Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION COPY
BEST BUY CO., INC.
and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee
First
Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of
June 24, 2008
6.75% Notes due
2013
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01.
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Definition Of
Terms
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ARTICLE 2
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THE
SECURITIES
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Section
2.01.
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Designation
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Section
2.02.
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Principal Amount;
Series Treatment for Additional Securities
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Section
2.03.
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Form of Securities;
Global Form
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Section
2.04.
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Restrictive
Legends
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Section
2.05.
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Transfer
Restrictions
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Section
2.06.
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Registration, Transfer
and Exchange
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Section
2.07.
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Restrictions on
Transfer and Exchange
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Section
2.08.
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Restricted Regulation S
Global Notes
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Section
2.09.
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Additional
Interest
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ARTICLE 3
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COVENANTS
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Section
3.01.
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Covenants
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Section
3.02.
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Offer To Repurchase
Upon Change Of Control Triggering Event
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ARTICLE 4
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REDEMPTION OF THE
NOTES
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Section
4.01.
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Optional Redemption by
Company
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Section
4.02.
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Selection of Notes to
Be Redeemed
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Section
4.03.
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Redemption
Notice
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Section
4.04.
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Effect of Redemption
Notice
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Section
4.05.
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Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section
4.06.
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Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE 5
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DEFEASANCE
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Section
5.01.
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Defeasance By The
Company
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ARTICLE 6
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
6.01.
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Rule 144A Information;
No Resales By Affiliates
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Section
6.02.
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Ratification Of
Indenture
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Section
6.03.
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Trustee Not Responsible
For Recitals
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Section
6.04.
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Governing
Law
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Section
6.05.
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Separability
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Section
6.06.
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Counterparts
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Note
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EXHIBIT B
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Restricted
Legend
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EXHIBIT C
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DTC Legend
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EXHIBIT D
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Regulation S
Certificate
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EXHIBIT E
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Rule 144A
Certificate
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EXHIBIT F
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Certificate of
Beneficial Ownership
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture
”), dated as of June 24, 2008, between Best Buy
Co., Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “ Company
”), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “
Trustee ”).
WHEREAS , the
Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated
as of June 24, 2008 (the “ Base Indenture
”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to
time of Securities (as defined therein) to be issued in one or
mores series as provided in the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS , the
issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount of an
initial series of the Securities of the Company under the
Indenture, designated as its 6.75% Notes due 2013 (the “
Notes ”) have been authorized by a written consent of
the Board of Directors of the Company;
WHEREAS , the
Company desires to issue $500,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount of
the Notes as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS , Sections
3.01 and 8.02 of the Base Indenture provide that the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance of and to
establish the form or terms and conditions of Securities of any
series as permitted by the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS , the
Company desires to establish the form, terms and conditions of the
Notes;
WHEREAS , all
things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid
and legally binding supplement to the Base Indenture according to
its terms and the terms of the Base Indenture have been done;
WHEREAS , the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Base Indenture to the effect
that the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture
is authorized or permitted under the Base Indenture and that all
conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the
execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to be
complied with by the Company have been complied with; and
WHEREAS , the
Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
First Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration
of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the
Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and
agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
. Definition Of Terms. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a)
a term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used
in this First Supplemental Indenture unless the definition of such
term is amended and supplemented pursuant to this First
Supplemental Indenture;
(b)
a term defined in this First Supplemental Indenture has the same
meaning throughout;
(c)
the singular includes the plural, and vice versa ;
(d)
except as otherwise indicated, a reference to a Section or
Article is to a Section or Article of this First
Supplemental Indenture;
(e)
headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(f)
the following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.01(f):
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Additional Interest ” means any increase in Interest
set forth in Section 2(e) of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under direct or indirect common control with, such Person.
For purposes of this definition, “ control ”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms “
controlling ,” “ controlled by ”
and “ under common control with ”) with respect
to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership ” means a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“
Certificated Note ” means a Note in registered
physical form without interest coupons.
“ Change
of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1)
the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation,
any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person
(other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries)
becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than
50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting
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Stock or other
Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is
reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares; provided ,
however , that a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner
of, or to own beneficially any securities, (A) tendered
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such
person or any of such person’s affiliates until such tendered
securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder or
(B) if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a
result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or
consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and
regulations under the Exchange Act and (ii) is not also then
reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the
Exchange Act;
(2)
the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more persons (other than
to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries);
provided , however , that none of the circumstances
in this clause (2) shall be a Change of Control if the persons
that beneficially own the Company’s Voting Stock immediately
prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, shares with a
majority of the total voting power of all outstanding voting
securities of the surviving or transferee person that are entitled
to vote generally in the election of that person’s board of
directors, managers or trustees immediately after the
transaction;
(3)
the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person
or any such person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the
Company, in either case, pursuant to a transaction in which any of
the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of
such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash,
securities or other property, other than pursuant to a transaction
in which shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the transaction constitute, or are converted
into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the
surviving person immediately after giving effect to such
transaction;
(4)
the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation
or dissolution; or
(5)
the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Company’s board of directors are not Continuing
Directors.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a
Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company ( i.e.
, a parent company) and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders
of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following
that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the
Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction
or (2) immediately following that transaction no person (other
than a holding company
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satisfying the
requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding
company; provided that any series of related transactions
shall be treated as a single transaction. The term
“person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning
given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act.
“ Change
of Control Triggering Event ” means, with respect to the
Notes, the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating
Event with respect to the Notes.
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Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and its
successors.
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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States
Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent
Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
notes of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
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Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any
Redemption Date, (A) the arithmetic average of four Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Company obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all
such quotations for such Redemption Date.
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Continuing Director ” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors
who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue
Date, (2) was nominated for election to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a committee of the Board of
Directors consisting of a majority of independent Continuing
Directors or (3) was nominated for election, elected or
appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a
majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board
of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or
appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the
Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a
nominee for election as a director, without objection to such
nomination).
“ DTC
Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Exhibit C.
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Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., and its
successors or assigns, as operator of the Euroclear
System.
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Exchange Notes ” means the debt securities of the
Company to be offered to Holders in exchange for the Initial Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer or otherwise pursuant to a
Registration of the Exchange Notes containing terms identical to
the Notes for which they are exchanged (except that
(i) interest
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thereon shall
accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the
corresponding series of Notes (unless the Exchange Note is issued
after an interest record date and prior to the corresponding
Interest Payment Date, in which case interest shall accrue from
such Interest Payment Date) or, if no such interest has been paid,
from the first date that the corresponding series of Notes was
originally issued under the Base Indenture as supplemented by this
First Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the provisions relating
to Additional Interest (other than any Additional Interest accrued
through the date of issuance of such Exchange Notes) shall be
eliminated.
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Exchange Offer ” means the exchange offer by the
Company of Exchange Notes for Initial Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
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Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” means a
registration statement relating to an Exchange Offer on an
appropriate form and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, in each case including the prospectus
contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material
incorporated by reference therein.
“ Global
Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(b).
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Indenture ” means the Base Indenture as supplemented
by this First Supplemental Indenture.
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Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the
Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company after
consultation with the Trustee; provided , however ,
that if such Reference Treasury Dealer ceases to be a Primary
Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute another Primary
Treasury Dealer.
“ Initial
Notes ” means (i) all Notes issued on the Issue
Date, (ii) any additional Notes of this series issued under
Section 2.02 in an offering not registered under the
Securities Act and (iii) any Notes issued in replacement
therefor, but not including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange
therefor.
“ Initial
Purchasers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Goldman,
Sachs & Co., and the other initial purchasers named in the
Purchase Agreement, dated June 19, 2008, between the Company
and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
as representatives of the initial purchasers.
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Interest ” means, with respect to the Notes, any
interest payable on the Notes, including Additional Interest, if
any.
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Interest Payment Date ” means each January 15 and
July 15, commencing on January 15, 2009.
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Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or
higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or
the equivalent) by S&P, and the
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equivalent
investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or
Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
“ Issue
Date ” means the first date that Notes were originally
issued under this First Supplemental Indenture.
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Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person that is not a U.S.
person, as defined in Regulation S.
“
Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
“ Rating
Agencies ” means each of Moody’s and S&P and,
if any of Moody’s and S&P ceases to rate the Notes or
fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the control of the Company, a “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act selected by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution)
and which is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as a replacement
agency for Moody’s or S&P or both of them, as the case
may be.
“ Rating
Event ” means the rating on the Notes is lowered
independently by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are
rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating
Agencies on any day during the period commencing on the earlier of
the date of the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change
of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of
Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of
Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of
the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible
downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies).
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Redemption Date ” has the meaning assigned in
Section 4.01.
“
Redemption Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.03.
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Redemption Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01.
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Reference Treasury Dealer ” means either of J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and their
affiliates, which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in
New York City, and their respective successors plus two other
primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City
selected by the Company; provided , however , that if
any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a
primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
“ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Company shall
substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
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Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with
respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date,
the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid
and asked prices for the Comparable
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Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its Principal Amount)
quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer
at 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day
preceding such Redemption Date.
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Registration ” means a registered Exchange Offer for
the Notes by the Company or other registration of the Notes under
the Securities Act pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
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Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2008, between the
Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman,
Sachs & Co., as Representatives of the several Initial
Purchasers.
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Registration Statement ” means the Registration
Statement to be filed pursuant to and as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Regular
Record Date ” means, for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date, the close of business on January 1 or
July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date.
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Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
“
Regulation S Certificate ” means a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
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Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note
representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to Regulation
S.
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Restricted Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Exhibit B.
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Restricted Period ” means (i) two years in the
case of a U.S. Global Note or (ii) the relevant 40-day
distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S in the
case of a Regulation S Global Note.
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Restricted Regulation S Global Note ” means a
Regulation S Global Note that bears the Restricted
Legend.
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Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
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Rule 144A Certificate ” means (i) a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto or
(ii) a written certification addressed to the Company and the
Trustee to the effect that the Person making such certification
(x) is acquiring such Note (or beneficial interest) for its
own account or one or more accounts with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and each such
account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the
meaning of Rule 144A, (y) is aware that the transfer to
it or exchange, as applicable, is being made in reliance upon the
exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities
Act
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provided by
Rule 144A, and (z) acknowledges that it has received such
information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) or has determined not to request such
information.
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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Substitute Rating Agency ” means a “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act selected by the Company (pursuant to a Board Resolution and
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) as a replacement agency for
Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may
be.
“
Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent or
interpolated (on a day count basis) yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date.
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Unrestricted Regulation S Global Note ” means a
Regulation S Global Note that does not bear the Restricted
Legend.
“ U.S.
Global Note ” means a Global Note that bears the
Restricted Legend representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to
Rule 144A.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Designation
.
(a)
The Company hereby establishes a series of Securities designated
the “6.75% Notes due 2013” for issuance under the
Indenture. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be
July 15, 2013.
(b)
Interest Rate .
(i)
The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.75% per
annum, subject to Section 2.01(b)(ii); the date from which
interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be June 24, 2008, or
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes
shall be January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning
on January 15, 2009; the interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, shall be
paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names
the Notes (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest,
which shall be the January 1 or July 1, as the case may
be, next preceding such
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Interest Payment Date,
without regard to any transfer or exchange of such Notes subsequent
to the Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not punctually paid or duly provided
for shall, at the Company’s option, cease to be payable to
the respective Holders on such Regular Record Date, and such
defaulted interest may be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Notes (or one or more predecessor Notes) are registered at the
close of business on a special record date, which date may not be
less than 10 days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted
interest, for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not
less than 15 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in the Base Indenture. Payment of
principal and interest on the Notes shall be made at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the
Company as may be designated for such purpose, 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;
provided , however , that each installment of
interest and principal on the Notes may at the Company’s
option with written notice to the Trustee be paid in immediately
available funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee
located in the United States, provided such payee has given
written wire transfer instructions to the Company.
(ii)
The interest rate payable on the Notes shall be subject to
adjustments from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P,
or in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency thereof, downgrades
(or subsequently upgrades) the rating assigned to the Notes, in the
manner described below.
(A)
If the rating of the Notes from Moody’s or any Substitute
Rating Agency thereof is decreased to a rating set forth in the
immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall
increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on the Issue
Date by the percentage points set forth below opposite that
rating:
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Moody’s Rating*
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Percentage Points
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Ba1
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0.25
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Ba2
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0.50
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Ba3
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0.75
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B1
or below
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1.00
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* Including the
equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
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(B)
If the rating of the Notes from S&P or any Substitute Rating
Agency thereof is decreased to a rating set forth in the
immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall
increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes on the Issue
Date by the percentage points set forth below opposite that
rating:
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S&P Rating*
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Percentage Points
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BB+
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0.25
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BB
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0.50
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BB-
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0.75
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B+
or below
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1.00
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* Including the
equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
(C)
If at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted
upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a
Substitute Rating Agency thereof), as the case may be, subsequently
increases its rating of the Notes to any of the ratings set forth
in the tables above, the interest rate on the Notes shall be
decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the
interest rate payable on the Notes on the Issue Date plus the
applicable percentage points set forth opposite the ratings in the
tables above in effect immediately following the increase. If
Moody’s or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof subsequently
increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 (or its equivalent, in
the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher and S&P or
any Substitute Rating Agency thereof increases its rating to BBB-
(or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or
higher, the interest rate on the Notes shall be decreased to the
interest rate payable on the Notes on the Issue Date.
(D)
Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating
set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s
or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency
thereof), shall be made independent of any and all other
adjustments. In no event shall (1) the interest rate on the
Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the Issue Date or (2) the total increase in the interest rate
on the Notes exceed 2.00 percentage points above the interest rate
payable on the Notes on the Issue Date.
(E)
No adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made
solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to
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provide a rating of the
Notes. If at any time less than two Rating Agencies provide a
rating of the Notes for reason beyond the Company’s control,
the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the
extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for
purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest
rate on the Notes pursuant to the table above (x) such
Substitute Rating Agency shall be substituted for the last Rating
Agency to provide a rating of the Notes but which has since ceased
to provide such rating, (y) the relative ratings scale used by
such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured
debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company
and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in
the applicable table in Section 2.01(b)(ii)(A) or
2.01(b)(ii)(B) with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency,
such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by
Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table and
(z) the interest rate on the Notes shall increase or decrease,
as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest
rate payable on the Notes on the Issue Date plus the appropriate
percentage points, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such
Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table in
Section 2.01(b)(ii)(A) or 2.01(b)(ii)(B) (taking
into account the provisions of clause (y) above) (plus any
applicable percentage points resulting from a decreased rating by
the other Rating Agency).
(F)
For so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the
Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of
the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by
such Rating Agency shall be twice the percentage points set forth
in the applicable table above. For so long as no Rating Agency
provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes
shall increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00
percentage points above the interest rate payable on the Notes on
the Issue Date.
(G)
The interest rate on the Notes shall permanently cease to be
subject to any adjustment described in this
Section 2.01(b)(ii) (notwithstanding any subsequent
decrease in the ratings by either or both Rating Agencies) if the
Notes become rated A2 and A (or its equivalent, in the case of a
Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P,
respectively (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency
thereof), or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by
one Rating Agency.
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(H)
Any interest rate increase or decrease described in this
Section 2.01(b)(ii) shall take effect from the first day
of the interest period during which a rating change requires an
adjustment in the interest rate. If Moody’s or S&P or any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof changes its rating of the Notes
more than once during any particular interest period, the last
change by such agency during such period shall control for purposes
of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes
described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action.
(I)
If the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described
in this Section 2.01(b)(ii), then the term
“interest,” as used in this First Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture and the Notes, shall be deemed to
include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise
requires.
(J)
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, and Paying Agent, if the
Trustee shall not then be acting as Paying Agent, within five
calendar days after either Moody’s or S&P or any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof downgrades, or subsequently
upgrades, the rating assigned to the Notes as described by this
Section 2.01(b)(ii), an Officer’s Certificate stating
(i) that the rating downgrade, or subsequent upgrade, as the
case may be, has occurred and (ii) the current rating or
ratings upon which the interest rate payable on the Notes shall be
based.
(c)
The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
(d)
Interest (including Additional Interest) on the Notes shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months and, in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days
elapsed.
(e)
The Notes shall be issuable in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof.
(f)
The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company designated
for that purpose as the Payment Office, as provided in
Section 4.05 of the Base Indenture; provided, however ,
that interest may be payable at the option of the Company by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Security Register on the record date
for such interest payment.
(g)
The currency of denomination of the Notes shall be United States
Dollars. Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes shall be made in United States Dollars.
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Section 2.02. Principal Amount;
Series Treatment for Additional Securities .
(a)
The Notes shall be
initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000,
except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes
pursuant to Sections 3.08, 3.09, 3.11 or 8.02 of the Base
Indenture. The Company may, without notice to or the consent
of the Holders of the outstanding Notes, issue additional Notes of
the same tenor as the Notes by Company Order, so that such
additional Notes and the outstanding Notes shall form a single
series of Securities under the Base Indenture as supplemented by
this First Supplemental Indenture.
(b)
Any additional Notes
issued under Section 2.02(a) shall have the same form and
terms in all respects as the outstanding Notes (other than the date
of issuance and except that interest shall accrue on the additional
Notes from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on
the Notes or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the
first date that the Notes were originally issued under this First
Supplemental Indenture), including the same right to receive
accrued and unpaid interest.
(c)
For all purposes of the
Indenture, all Notes, whether Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or
additional Notes issued under Section 2.02(a) shall
constitute one series of Notes and shall vote together as one
series of Notes.
Section 2.03. Form of
Securities; Global Form .
(a)
The Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The terms
and provisions contained in the form of Notes set forth in
Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a
part of the Base Indenture as supplemented by this First
Supplemental Indenture.
Any of the Notes
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive
evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Base Indenture, or as may be required by the
Depositary or as may be required for the Initial Notes to be
tradeable on any market developed for trading of securities
pursuant to Rule 144A or as may be required to comply with any
applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be
listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special
limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are
subject.
(b)
So long as any Notes of
this series are eligible for book-entry settlement with the
Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise
contemplated by Section 3.08(b) of the Base Indenture,
all of the Notes of this series shall be represented by one or more
Notes in global form registered in the
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name of the Depositary
or the nominee of the Depositary (each and collectively, the
“ Global Note ”). The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be
effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Indenture
and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as
provided in Section 3.08(b) of the Base Indenture,
beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have
certificates registered in their names, shall not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive
form and shall not be considered holders of such Global
Note.
Any Global Note
shall represent the outstanding Notes and shall provide that it
shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time
to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect
the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such
manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in
accordance with the Base Indenture.
Section 2.04. Restrictive
Legends .
(a)
Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.04(e), each Initial Note or additional
Note issued under Section 2.02(a) (other than an Unrestricted
Regulation S Note) shall bear the Restricted Legend.
(b)
Each Global Note, whether
or not an Initial Note or additional Note issued under
Section 2.02(a), shall bear the DTC Legend.
(c)
Each Restricted Regulation
S Global Note shall bear the Restricted Legend.
(d)
Initial Notes and
additional Notes issued under Section 2.02(a) offered and
sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued as provided in
Section 2.08.
(e)
(i) If the Company
determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other
certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require)
that a Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act (or a successor rule) and that the Restricted
Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure
that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest
therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act; or
(ii) or after an Initial Note is (x) subject to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise, or
(y) exchanged for an Exchange Note, the Company may, subject
to the provision of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel in accordance with Section 14.05 of the Base
Indenture, instruct the Trustee to cancel such Note and issue to
the Holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor
and
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amount, registered in
the name of the Holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not
bear the Restricted Legend, and the Trustee shall comply with such
instruction.
Section 2.05. Transfer
Restrictions .
(a)
By its acceptance of any
Note bearing the Restricted Legend, each Holder of such a Note
acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in
this First Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and
agrees that it shall transfer such Note only as provided in this
First Supplemental Indenture and the Restricted Legend. The Company
and the Trustee as Registrar shall not register a transfer of any
Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on
transfer of such Note set forth in this First Supplemental
Indenture and the Restricted Legend. In connection with any
transfer of Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the
Notes to furnish the Trustee as Registrar or the Company such
certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of
them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being
made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
provided that the Trustee shall not be required to determine
(but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect
to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or
other information.
The Trustee shall
retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to the Base Indenture or this
Section 2.05(a). The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other
written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of
reasonable written notice to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall
have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
First Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among members of, or participants in, the
Depositary or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do
so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this First
Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
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