THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
Subordinated Debt
Securities
BMP Sunstone Corporation
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 3.10 through 3.18, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust
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Section
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Indenture Section
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6.09
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6.09
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6.09
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6.07
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6.09
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6.10
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6.10
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7.01
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7.02
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7.02
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7.02
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.04
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1.01
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10.05
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1.02
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1.02
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1.02
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6.01
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6.05
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6.01
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6.01
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5.14
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1.01
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5.02
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5.12
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5.13
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Trust
Indenture
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Act
Section
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Indenture Section
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5.08
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1.05
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5.03
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5.04
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10.03
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1.08
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NOTE: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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1
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Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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8
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Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 1.04 No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements
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Section 1.05 Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 1.06 Notices, Etc., to Trustee,
Company
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Section 1.07 Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 1.08 Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 1.09 Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 1.10 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 1.11 Separability Clause
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Section 1.12 Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 1.13 Governing Law
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Section 1.14 Legal Holidays
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Section 1.15 Force Majeure
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Section 1.16 Waiver of Jury
Trial
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13
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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Section 2.02 Form of Face of
Security
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Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of
Security
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Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global
Securities
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Section 2.05 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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Section 3.02 Denominations
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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.04 Temporary
Securities
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Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 3.08 Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 3.09 Cancellation
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Section 3.10 Computation of
Interest
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Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust
Money
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Section 5.01 Events of Default
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.06 Application of Money
Collected
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Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to
Convert
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by Holders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or
Extension Laws
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Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee
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Section 6.02 Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.03 Individual Rights of
Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 6.04 Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Section 6.05 Notice of Default
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Section 6.06 Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 6.07 Replacement of
Trustee
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Section 6.08 Successor Trustee by Merger,
Etc
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Section 6.09 Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 6.10 Preferential Collection of
Claims against Company
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders
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Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04 Reports by Company
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Section 7.05 Calculation of Original Issue
Discount
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.01 Company May Merge, Etc., Only
on Certain Terms
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Section 8.02 Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders
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Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 10.01 Payment of
Securities
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.04 Corporate
Existence
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Section 10.05 Compliance Certificate;
Notice of Default
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.04 Notice of
Redemption
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Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 11.06 Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities
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Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.01 Company’s Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.02 Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 13.03 Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.05 Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 13.06 Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XIV CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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Section 14.01 Applicability; Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Price
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Section 14.02 Exercise of Conversion
Privilege
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Section 14.03 Fractions of
Shares
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Section 14.04 Adjustment of Conversion
Price
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Section 14.05 Notice of Adjustments of
Conversion Price
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Section 14.06 Notice of Certain Corporate
Action
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Section 14.07 Company to Reserve Common
Stock
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Section 14.08 Taxes on
Conversions
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Section 14.09 Covenant as to Common
Stock
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Section 14.10 Cancellation of Converted
Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 14.11 Provisions in Case of
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
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Section 14.12 Responsibility of
Trustee
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ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 15.01 Securities Subordinate to
Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.02 Payment Over of Proceeds Upon
Dissolution, Etc
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Section 15.03 Prior Payment to Senior
Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities
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Section 15.04 No Payment When Senior
Indebtedness in Default
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Section 15.05 Payment Permitted If No
Default
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Section 15.06 Subrogation to Rights of
Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.07 Provisions Solely to Define
Relative Rights
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Section 15.08 Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination
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Section 15.09 No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions
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Section 15.10 Notice to Trustee
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Section 15.11 Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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Section 15.12 Trustee Not Fiduciary for
Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.13 Rights of Trustee as Holder
of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights
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Section 15.14 Article Applicable to
Paying Agents
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Section 15.15 Certain Conversions Deemed
Payment
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Section 15.16 Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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v
INDENTURE, dated
as of
___, ___, between BMP Sunstone Corporation, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called
the “Company”), having its principal office at 600 W.
Germantown Pike, Suite 400, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
19462, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (herein called
the “Trustee”).
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as in this Indenture provided.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof, as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01
Definitions .
For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all
other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the
words “Article” and “Section” refer to an
Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture;
(5) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
(6) certain
terms used principally in Articles VI, X, and XIII, are defined in
those Articles.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.05.
“Add On
Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01.
“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
specified 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.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of
Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Capital
Lease Obligation” means, at any time any determination
thereof is made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be so required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
“Commission”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Common
Stock” includes any stock of any class of the Company which
has 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 which is not subject to redemption
by the Company. However, subject to the provisions of
Section 3.01(21) and (22) and Section 14.11, shares
issuable on conversion of Securities shall include only shares of
the class designated as Common Stock of the Company at the date of
this instrument or shares of any class or classes resulting from
any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and
which
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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 which 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.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, its Chief Operating Officer or a Vice
President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Constituent
Person” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.11.
“Conversion
Agent” means the transfer agent for the Company’s
Common Stock, which as of the date hereof is American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, or such other Person as the Company
may name from time to time.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at 101
Barclay Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company).
“Corporation”
means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or
business trust.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.03.
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.07.
“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Defeasible
Series” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act
as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
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“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any statute successor
thereto.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, and, to the extent not superseded
thereby, the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants or in such other statements by such other entity as
have been adopted by a significant segment of the accounting
profession.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a
nominee thereof.
“Guarantee”
or “guarantee” by any Person means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any
Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to
advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the
payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the holder of
such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness, or
(iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness (and
“Guaranteed”, “Guaranteeing” and
“Guarantor” shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing); provided, however, that the Guarantee by any Person
shall not include endorsements by such Person for collection or
deposit, in either case, in the ordinary course of
business.
“Hedging
Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the
Obligations of such Person under interest rate swap agreements,
interest rate cap agreements, and interest rate collar agreements,
and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person,
whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof)
or representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred
and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or representing
any Hedging Obligations, except any such balance that constitutes
an accrued expense or trade payable, and all deferrals, renewals,
extensions and refundings of obligations of any of the foregoing,
if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not
otherwise included, the Guarantee of any indebtedness of such
Person or any other Person.
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“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument,
and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The
term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only at Maturity, means interest
payable at Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date” shall be defined by the terms of the Security
established in accordance with Section 3.01.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of
Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 6.05.
“Obligations”
means any principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Accounting Officer, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer,
the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(2) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are
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to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;
(3) Securities
as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 13.02; and
(4) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount
(or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S.
dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security
of the amount determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of
such Security, and (C) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable,
as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.06 in
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exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security.
“Prospectus”
means a Prospectus of the Company relating to the offering from
time to time of the Securities.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
Article XI of this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer
of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means the principal of (and premium, if any),
accrued interest (including interest accruing on or after the
filing in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations,
guarantees and other amounts owing with respect to all Indebtedness
of the Company (including Indebtedness of others guaranteed by the
Company) other than the Securities, in any such case whether
outstanding on the date of this Indenture or the date Securities of
any series are issued hereunder or thereafter created, incurred or
assumed, unless in any case in the instrument creating or
evidencing any such Indebtedness or obligation or pursuant to which
the same is outstanding it is provided that such Indebtedness or
obligation is not superior in right of payment to the Securities,
or it is provided that such obligation is subordinated to senior
indebtedness to substantially the same extent as the Securities are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
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“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a
“significant subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning of clauses (1) and (2) of Rule 1-02(w) under
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock
of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting
stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed;
provided, however, that in the event the U.S. Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture
Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean each
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
Section 1.02
Compliance Certificates and Opinions .
Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required hereunder or under the Trust Indenture Act, together with
an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent
have been complied with. Each such certificate or opinion shall be
given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given
by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be
given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (including certificates provided for
in Section 10.05) shall include:
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(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .
In any case where
several matters are required to be certified to by, or covered by
an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only
one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only
one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion
with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as
to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.04
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Any
such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret
this Indenture.
Section 1.05
Acts of Holders; Record Dates .
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided,
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such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
The ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may,
in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any
day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With
regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date.
With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only
by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for
which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company
may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such
action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be
effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such
expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their
duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more
occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder (or any duly
appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any such
expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time, contrary
to or different from, the action or purported action to which such
expiration date relates, in which event the Company may set a new
record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly appointed
agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of the
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relevant series
on the date such action is so taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing
or the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall not set a record date
for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, any notice, declaration, request or direction referred
to in the next paragraph.
The Trustee may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in
the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 5.02, if an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing and the
Trustee shall not have given such a declaration to the Company,
(iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such
series. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee shall notify the Company and the Holders of
Outstanding Series of such series of any such record date so fixed
and the proposed action. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of
such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents),
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such
notice, declaration, request or direction shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their
duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the
90th day after such record date, such notice, declaration, request
or direction shall automatically and without any action by any
Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly
appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the
expiration of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration, request or
direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration
of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration, request or
direction to which such record date relates, in which event the
Trustee may set a new record date in respect thereof pursuant to
this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any notice, declaration, request or direction of
the type referred to in this paragraph given at any time to the
Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly appointed agents)
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such notice, declaration, request or
direction is so given.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may
do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any
different part of such principal amount.
Section 1.06
Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company .
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing (via facsimile or first class mail, postage prepaid) to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
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(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 1.07
Notice to Holders; Waiver . Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and delivered electronically or mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the
latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if
any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of the acknowledgement of
receipt of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed
with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
Section 1.08
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
The following
Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“commission”
means the Commission;
“indenture
securities” means the Securities;
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder;
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee; and
“obligor on
the indenture securities” means the Company and any other
obligor on the Securities.
All other Trust
Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
Trust Indenture Act, referenced to another statute or defined by
any Commission Rule and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings defined to them thereby.
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Section 1.09
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 1.10
Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.11
Separability Clause . In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.12
Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders
of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.13
Governing Law . This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State
of New York, but without regard to principles of conflicts of
laws.
Section 1.14
Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the
last date on which a Holder has the right to convert his Securities
shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu
of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if
any) or conversion of the Securities need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date,
or at the Stated Maturity, or on such last day for conversion,
provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 1.15
Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible
or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or
terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
Section 1.16
Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE
SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 2.01
Forms Generally .
The Securities of
each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this
Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any
series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02
Form of Face of Security .
[Insert any legend
required by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
BMP Sunstone
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on
[ if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert —, and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and
in each year, commencing
at the rate of ___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert
— , and at the rate of ___% per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest].
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
or
(whether or not a Business Day), as
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the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to
be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture].
[ If the
Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
— The principal of this Security shall not bear interest
except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such
case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at
the rate of ___% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of
such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has
been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal
shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue
principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the
rate of ___% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been
made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable
on demand.]
Payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and [ if applicable,
insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in [ ] , in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [ if applicable, insert —;
provided , however , that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register].
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
under its corporate seal.
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BMP SUNSTONE
CORPORATION
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Section 2.03
Form of Reverse of Security .
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
, ___(herein called the “Indenture”), between the
Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called
the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the
face hereof [if applicable, insert —, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $
].
[ If
applicable, insert — Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security is
entitled, at his option, at any time on or before the close of
business on
, or in case this Security or a portion hereof is called for
redemption, then in respect of this Security or such portion hereof
until and including, but (unless the Company defaults in making the
payment due upon redemption) not after, the close of business on
the 10th calendar day before the Redemption Date, to convert this
Security (or any portion of the principal amount hereof which is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), at the principal amount
hereof, or of such portion, into fully paid and non-assessable
shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a
share) of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price per
share of Common Stock equal to $
per each share of Common Stock (or at the current adjusted
conversion price if an adjustment has been made as provided in the
Indenture) by surrender of this Security, duly endorsed or assigned
to the Company or in blank, to the Company at its office or agency
in ___, accompanied by written notice to the Company that the
Holder hereof elects to convert this Security, or if less than the
entire principal amount hereof is to be converted, the portion
hereof to be converted, and, in case such surrender shall be made
during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of
business on such Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the
portion thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date within such period), also accompanied by payment in
funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of
this Security then being converted. Subject to the aforesaid
requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the
Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on
or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of
this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such
Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest (with
certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no payment or
adjustment is to be made on conversion for interest accrued hereon
or for dividends on the Common Stock issued on conversion. No
fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of
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shares will be
issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional interest the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
The conversion price is subject to adjustment as provided in the
Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides that in case of
certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a party
or the transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Company,
the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any Holders
of Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will be
convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be
convertible as specified above, only into the kind and amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon the
consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock into which this Security might have been
converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise
any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount
received per share by a plurality of non-electing
shares).]
[ If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice
delivered, [ if applicable, insert — (1)
on in any year commencing with the year 20___ and ending with the
year 20___ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at
a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)]
at any time [ if applicable, insert on or after
, 20___], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at
the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount): If redeemed [ if applicable, insert
— on or before
, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ___
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [ if applicable,
insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund
or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[ If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice
delivered, (1) on
in any year commencing with the year ___ and ending with the year
___ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth
in the table below, and (2) at any time [ if applicable,
insert — on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[ If
applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may not, prior to
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [ if
applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys
borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than
___% per annum.]
[ If
applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series
provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year ___ and ending with the year
___ of [ if applicable, insert — not less than $
(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities
of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [ if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking
fund payments [ if applicable, insert — and Securities
surrendered for conversion] may be credited against subsequent [
if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund
payments otherwise required to be made [ if applicable,
insert — in the inverse order in which they become
due.]
[ If the
Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert —
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[ If the
Security is subject to conversion of any kind, insert —
In the event of conversion of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The indebtedness
evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is
issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect
thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
[ If
applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of [(l) the entire indebtedness of this
Security or (2)] certain restrictive covenants and Events
of
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Default with
respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[ If the
Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
— If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this
series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[ If the
Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert —
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon
payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and
overdue interest all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this
series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this
series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein [Insert, if applicable
— or for enforcement of the right to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture].
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Subject to the
rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, as set forth in the
Indenture, no other reference herein to the Indenture and no other
provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture.
As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of
like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[ If
applicable, insert —
[FORM OF CONVERSION
NOTICE]
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SUNSTONE CORPORATION
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The undersigned
owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to
convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common
Stock of BMP Sunstone Corporation, in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that the
shares issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together with
any check in payment for fractional shares and any Securities,
representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and
delivered to
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the registered
holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If
shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the
undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable
with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the
undersigned on account of interest accompanies this
Security.
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registration of shares of Common Stock and Securities if to be
issued otherwise than to the registered holder.
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Principal
Amount to be converted (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less
than all):
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Signature
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(Please print
name and address, including zip code number)
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SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
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[SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED required only if Common Stock and Securities are to be
issued and delivered to other than registered holder]
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Section 2.04
Form of Legend for Global Securities .
Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities
evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR
REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF,
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO
SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY
AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN
EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A
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GLOBAL SECURITY
SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section 2.05
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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The Bank of New
York Mellon, as Trustee
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Section 3.01
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series .
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may
be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series;
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the same series pursuant to Section 3.04,
3.05, 3.06 or 9.06 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(3) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
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(5) the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the
place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and the
applicability, nonapplicability or variation of Article XI
with respect to the Securities of such series;
(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(10) the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable, each of which shall be acceptable to the
Trustee, if other than the currency of the United States of America
and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the
currency of the United States of America for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01;
(11) if
the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest
on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to
an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall
be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(13) if
and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for
such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances
other than those set forth in Section 3.05 in which any such
Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged
for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in
which any such transfer may be registered;
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(14) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default set forth in
Section 5.01 which applies to Securities of the
series;
(15) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 5.02;
(16) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X
which applies to Securities of the series;
(17) the
applicability, nonapplicability, or variation of Article XII
with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(18) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to
either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article XIII; provided that no series of Securities that is
convertible into Common Stock as provided in Article XIV or
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant
to Section 3.01(21) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to
Section 13.02;
(19) the
terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are
convertible into Common Stock of the Company pursuant to
Article XIV, and any variation thereof;
(20) any
addition to or change in the provisions of Article XV with
respect to the Securities of such series;
(21) the
terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities;
and
(22) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(5)).
All Securities of
any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and, subject to
Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms
of the series.
The Company may,
from time to time, by adoption of a Board Resolution and subject to
compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture,
without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to
this Indenture additional securities of any series of Securities
(“Add On Securities”) having terms and conditions
identical to those of such series of Outstanding Securities, except
that such Add On Securities:
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(A) may
have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding
Securities;
(B) may
have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest
Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of
Outstanding Securities; and
(C) may
have terms specified in such Board Resolution for such Add On
Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III
applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and
ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities
laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder
of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities)
and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the
Trustee.
Section 3.02
Denominations . The Securities of each series shall be
issuable only in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified
denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President,
one of its Vice Chairmen or one of its Vice Presidents. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual
or facsimile.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any Series
executed by the Company, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if
the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if
the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant
to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
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(3) that
such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or
terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required
to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding
paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each
Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior
to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 3.04
Temporary Securities . Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange
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therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 3.05
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the
office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company or Security Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant
to Section 3.04 or 9.06 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall
not be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for
redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
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The provisions of
Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each
Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global
Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such
applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.01, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has notified the
Company that it is unwilling or unable or no longer permitted under
applicable law to continue as Depositary for such Global Security
and the Company has not appointed a successor within 90 days
of receipt of such notice or (B) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global
Security or (C) the Company so directs the Trustee by Company
Order or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in
addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
(3) Subject
to Clause (2) above and to such applicable provisions, if any,
as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, any
exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in
whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a
Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such
names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section,
Section 3.04, 3.06 or 9.06 or otherwise, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
Section 3.06
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and
counsel to the Trustee) in connection therewith.
Every new Security
of any series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for any
mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Securit
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