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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 4/15/2008
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

INDENTURE, Parties: endo pharmaceuticals holdings inc , bank of new york
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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC.

1.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2015

 

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF APRIL 15, 2008

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01.    Definitions    1
Section 1.02.    Other Definitions    11
Section 1.03.    Trust Indenture Act Provisions    12
Section 1.04.    Rules of Construction    12
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01.    Form and Dating    13
Section 2.02.    Execution and Authentication    14
Section 2.03.    Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent    15
Section 2.04.    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    15
Section 2.05.    Securityholder Lists    16
Section 2.06.    Transfer and Exchange    16
Section 2.07.    Replacement Securities    17
Section 2.08.    Outstanding Securities    18
Section 2.09.    Treasury Securities    18
Section 2.10.    Temporary Securities    19
Section 2.11.    Cancellation    19
Section 2.12.    Legends; Additional Transfer Requirements    19
Section 2.13.    Cusip or ISIN Numbers    24
Section 2.14.    [Reserved]    25
Section 2.15.    Issuance, Transfer and Exchange of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Securities    25
Section 2.16.    Additional Securities    25
Section 2.17.    Additional Interest    26
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASES OF SECURITIES UPON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
Section 3.01.    Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon Fundamental Change    26
Section 3.02.    Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice    29
Section 3.03.    Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price    30
Section 3.04.    Securities Purchased in Part    30
Section 3.05.    Compliance with Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities    31
Section 3.06.    No Fundamental Change Repurchase Following Acceleration    31
Section 3.07.    Trustee’s Fundamental Change Purchase Disclaimer    31

 

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ARTICLE 4
PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL SHARES
Section 4.01.    Interest Payments    31
Section 4.02.    Additional Shares    32
ARTICLE 5
CONVERSION
Section 5.01.    Conversion Privilege    33
Section 5.02.    Conversion Procedure    36
Section 5.03.    Fractional Shares    38
Section 5.04.    Taxes on Conversion    38
Section 5.05.    Payment Upon Conversion    38
Section 5.06.    Adjustment of Conversion Price    41
Section 5.07.    No Adjustment    46
Section 5.08.    Adjustment for Tax Purposes    46
Section 5.09.    Temporary Reduction of Conversion Price    47
Section 5.10.    Notice of Certain Transactions    47
Section 5.11.    Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Binding Share Exchange or Sale on Conversion Privilege    47
Section 5.12.    Disclaimer    49
Section 5.13.    Limitation on Adjustments    49
Section 5.14.    Exchange in Lieu of Conversion    49
ARTICLE 6
SUBORDINATION
Section 6.01.    Agreement to Subordinate    50
Section 6.02.    Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy    50
Section 6.03.    Default on Senior Indebtedness    51
Section 6.04.    Acceleration of Payment of Securities    52
Section 6.05.    When Distribution Must Be Paid Over    52
Section 6.06.    Subrogation    52
Section 6.07.    Relative Rights    52
Section 6.08.    Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company    53
Section 6.09.    Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent    53
Section 6.10.    Distribution or Notice to Representative    53
Section 6.11.    Article 6 Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Accelerate    53
Section 6.12.    Trust Monies Not Subordinated    53
Section 6.13.    Trustee Entitled to Rely    54
Section 6.14.    Trustee to Effectuate Subordination    54
Section 6.15.    Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness    54

 

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Section 6.16.    Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions    54
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS
Section 7.01.    Payment of Securities    55
Section 7.02.    SEC Reports    55
Section 7.03.    [Reserved]    56
Section 7.04.    Compliance Certificates    56
Section 7.05.    Additional Interest Notice    56
Section 7.06.    Rule 144A Information Requirements    56
Section 7.07.    Further Instruments and Acts    57
Section 7.08.    Maintenance of Corporate Existence    57
Section 7.09.    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws    57
Section 7.10.    Additional Interest Payable Upon Failure to Report or to Delegend    57
Section 7.11.    No Layering of Indebtedness    58
ARTICLE 8

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, BINDING SHARE EXCHANGE, CONVEYANCE,

TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 8.01.    Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms    58
Section 8.02.    Successor Substituted    59
ARTICLE 9
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.01.    Events of Default    59
Section 9.02.    Acceleration    61
Section 9.03.    Other Remedies    62
Section 9.04.    Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default    62
Section 9.05.    Control by Majority    63
Section 9.06.    Limitations on Suits    63
Section 9.07.    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert    63
Section 9.08.    Collection Suit by Trustee    64
Section 9.09.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    64
Section 9.10.    Priorities    64
Section 9.11.    Undertaking for Costs    65

 

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ARTICLE 10
TRUSTEE
Section 10.01.    Duties of Trustee    65
Section 10.02.    Rights of Trustee    66
Section 10.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee    67
Section 10.04.    Trustee’s Disclaimer    68
Section 10.05.    Notice of Default or Events of Default    68
Section 10.06.    Reports by Trustee to Holders    68
Section 10.07.    Compensation and Indemnity    68
Section 10.08.    Replacement of Trustee    69
Section 10.09.    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc    70
Section 10.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification    70
Section 10.11.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company    70
Section 10.12.    Trustee or Agents May Hold Securities    70
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01.    Satisfaction and Discharge    71
Section 11.02.    Application of Trust Money    71
Section 11.03.    Repayment to Company    72
Section 11.04.    Reinstatement    72
ARTICLE 12
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 12.01.    Without Consent of Holders    72
Section 12.02.    With Consent of Holders    73
Section 12.03.    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act    74
Section 12.04.    Revocation and Effect of Consents    74
Section 12.05.    Notation on or Exchange of Securities    74
Section 12.06.    Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc    75
Section 12.07.    Effect of Supplemental Indentures    75
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01.    Trust Indenture Act Controls    75
Section 13.02.    Notices    75
Section 13.03.    Communications by Holders with Other Holders    76
Section 13.04.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    76

 

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Section 13.05.    Record Date for Vote or Consent of Securityholders    77
Section 13.06.    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent    77
Section 13.07.    Legal Holidays    77
Section 13.08.    Governing Law    77
Section 13.09.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    78
Section 13.10.    No Recourse against Others    78
Section 13.11.    Successors    78
Section 13.12.    Multiple Counterparts    78
Section 13.13.    Severability    78
Section 13.14.    Table of Contents, Headings, etc    78
Section 13.15.    Force Majeure    78
Section 13.16.    Waiver of Jury Trial    78
Schedule 4.02.    Additional Shares Table    S-1
Exhibit A    Form of Security    A-1
Exhibit B    Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer of Restricted Common Stock    B-1

 

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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of April 15, 2008, is between Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation having its principal office at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, New York 10286, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

In consideration of the premises and the acquisition of the Securities by the Holders thereof, both parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the registered Holders of the Securities.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions .

Additional Interest ” means any additional interest payable pursuant to Section 7.10 or Section 9.02(b) hereof.

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

Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security, or to the delegending of Global Securities or shares of Common Stock, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, in each case to the extent applicable to such transfer, exchange or delegending.

Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may be, at the option of the lessor, extended).

Board of Directors ” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of the Board of Directors specifically authorized to act for it with respect to this Indenture.

Business Day ” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.

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

 

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Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash ” or “ cash ” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Certificated Security ” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that does not include the information or the schedule called for by footnotes 1, 3 and 4 thereof.

Closing Sale Price ” of the Common Stock means, as of any date of determination, the closing sale price per share (or, if no such closing sale price is reported on such day, the average of the bid and asked prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average asked prices) at 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by Pink Sheets LLC.

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value, as it exists on the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which 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 , however , that, if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion of the Securities 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 party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor.

Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who (a) was a member of the Board of Directors as of the date hereof or (b) was nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Conversion Period ” means, with respect to any Security surrendered for conversion, the forty consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the third Trading Day after the related Conversion Date for such Security; provided that with respect to any Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on the forty-fifth scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date and ending at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Final Maturity Date, the “ Conversion Period ” means the first forty Trading Days beginning on and including the forty-second scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date.

 

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Conversion Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to $1,000 divided by the then applicable Conversion Price on such date, rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, for each $1,000 principal amount of the Securities. As of the date hereof and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.06, the Conversion Rate with respect to the Securities is approximately 34.2466 shares of Common Stock.

Conversion Value ” of a Security means, as of any date of determination, the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such date multiplied by the then current Conversion Rate of such Security on such date.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which at any time the trust created by this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or at any other time at 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 Company).

Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the forty consecutive Trading Days during the Conversion Period, one-fortieth (1/40th) of the product of (a) the applicable Conversion Rate and (b) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such Trading Day.

Daily Measurement Value ” is equal to the Specified Dollar Amount, divided by 40.

Daily Settlement Amount ,” for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities validly surrendered for conversion, on each of the forty consecutive Trading Days during the Conversion Period, shall consist of:

(a) Cash equal to the lesser of the Daily Measurement Value and the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day; and

(b) to the extent such Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Daily Net Share Settlement Amount.

Daily Net Share Settlement Value ” means, to the extent the Daily Conversion Value exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such Trading Day.

Daily VWAP ” for the Common Stock (or any security that is part of the Reference Property into which the Common Stock has been converted, if applicable) means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the Conversion Period, the per share volume-weighted average price on the principal exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock

 

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(or other security) is then listed or traded, as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “ENDP.Q <Equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if any such page is not available or the Bloomberg Page for any security that is part of the Reference Property into which the Common Stock has been converted, if applicable) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable (or the Reference Property in question is not a security), the estimated volume-weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock (or the other Reference Property) on such Trading Day as determined in a reasonable, good faith manner by the Board of Directors using a volume-weighted method) and will be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

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

Designated Senior Indebtedness ” of the Company means any Senior Indebtedness of the Company that, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $25 million and is specifically designated by the Company in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Fair Market Value ” means with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s length, free market transaction, for Cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. For all purposes of this Indenture, Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination will be conclusive and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Final Maturity Date ” means April 15, 2015.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the date of this Indenture, including those set forth in (1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (2) the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession and (4) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and other official written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC expressing the views of the SEC therein.

Global Security ” means a permanent Global Security that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that includes the information and schedule called for by footnotes 1, 3 and 4 thereof and which is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

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Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided , however , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term “Guarantor” shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any Indebtedness.

Holder ” or “ Securityholder ” means the person in whose name a Security is registered on the Primary Registrar’s books.

Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing immediately after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term “ Incurrence ” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication, the following items if and to the extent that any of them (other than items specified under clauses (c), (g), (h) and (i) below) would appear as a liability or, in the case of clause (f) only, Preferred Stock on the balance sheet of such Person, prepared in accordance with GAAP, on such date:

(a) the principal amount of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(b) the principal amount of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

(c) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto but excluding obligations in respect of letters of credit issued in respect of Trade Payables);

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than twelve months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services;

 

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(e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person;

(f) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided , however , that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

(g) all obligations of such Person with respect to interest rates, swaps, caps, collar agreements, foreign currency hedges, exchanges and other similar agreements;

(h) all obligations of such Person in respect of a Receivables Facility; and

(i) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (h) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee.

Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Initial Issue Date ” means April 15, 2008.

Initial Purchasers ” shall mean Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lazard Capital Markets LLC.

Instrument ” means any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (all or substantially all of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company) or any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (all or substantially all of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company).

interest ”, in respect of the Securities, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest payable on the Securities, including Additional Interest, if any.

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

Market Disruption Event ” means the occurrence or existence for more than one half hour period in the aggregate on any scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading, by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by NASDAQ or otherwise, in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

 

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NASDAQ ” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Officer ” means the Chairman or any Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Controller or Assistant Secretary of the Company.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two or more Officers of the Company, one of whom must be either the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, delivered to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.04.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

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

Principal ” or “ principal ” of a debt security, including the Securities, means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.

QIB ” means any “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A).

Qualifying Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Change in Control included in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Change in Control or (b) any Termination of Trading, provided that an acquisition, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition otherwise constituting a Change in Control will not constitute a Qualifying Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration paid for the Common Stock in that transaction, excluding Cash payments for fractional shares and Cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights, consists of shares of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, or will be so traded immediately following the merger, binding share exchange or consolidation, and, as a result of the merger, binding share exchange or consolidation, the Securities become convertible into such shares of such common stock.

Receivables Facility ” means any future receivables financing facilities pursuant to which the Company and/or any of its Significant Subsidiaries sell accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to arrangements customary in the industry.

Representative ” means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness as identified by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to a written notice from the Company.

 

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Restricted Common Stock ” means Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security that is Transfer Restricted Common Stock.

Restricted Global Security ” means a Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted Security.

Restricted Security Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.12(a).

Restricted Stock Legend ” means the legend required by Section 2.12(b).

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whereby the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries transfers such property to a Person and the Company or such Significant Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities ” means the 1.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, or any of them (each, a “ Security ”).

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Securities Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor thereto.

Senior Indebtedness ” of the Company means the principal of, premium (if any) and accrued and unpaid interest on (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization of the Company regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings) and fees and other amounts owing in respect of all Indebtedness of the Company whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter Incurred, unless in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Securities; provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (a) any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary of the Company, (b) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company, (c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities), (d) any Indebtedness or obligation of the Company (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) that by its terms is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness or obligation of the Company, including any Senior Subordinated Indebtedness and any Subordinated Obligations or (e) any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock.

 

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Senior Subordinated Indebtedness ” means the Securities and any other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Securities in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness.

Settlement Method ” means, with respect to a conversion of Securities, the relative proportions of Cash and/or shares of Common Stock with which such conversion is settled under this Indenture, as elected (or deemed to be elected) by the Company.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Specified Dollar Amount ” means the amount of Cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities specified in the Settlement Notice related to such converted Securities.

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

Subordinated Obligation ” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities pursuant to a written agreement.

Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) NASDAQ or, if the Common Stock is not listed on NASDAQ, the principal other U.S. national

 

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or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed is open for trading or, if the Common Stock is not so listed, any Business Day. A “Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.

Trading Price ” means, on any date of determination with respect to any Security, the average of the secondary bid quotations per Security obtained by the Conversion Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided that, if at least three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained, but two such bids can reasonably be obtained, then the average of these two bids shall be used; provided , further , that, if at least two such bids cannot reasonably be obtained, but one such bid can reasonably be obtained, this one bid shall be used. If, on any date of determination, the Conversion Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities from an independent nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price of such Securities on such date of determination will be deemed to be less than 98% of the Conversion Value.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.

Trust Officer ” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, 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.

Vice President ”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

Voting Stock ” of a Person means any class or classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

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

 

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Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

   Defined in Section

“Additional Securities”

             2.16(a)

“Additional Shares”

             4.02(a)

“Agent Members”

             2.01(b)

“Bankruptcy Law”

             9.01

“Blockage Notice”

             6.03

“Change in Control”

             3.01(a)

“Company Order”

             2.02

“Conversion Agent”

             2.03

“Conversion Consideration”

             5.05(a)(iv)

“Conversion Date”

             5.02(b)

“Conversion Obligation”

             5.05(a)

“Conversion Price”

             5.06

“Custodian”

             9.01

“Daily Conversion Value”

             5.05(a)

“Designated Financial Institution”

             5.14

“Depositary”

             2.01(a)

“DTC”

             2.01(a)

“Effective Date”

             4.02(b)

“Event of Default”

             9.01

“Exchange Election”

             5.14

“Expiration Date”

             5.06(d)

“Expiration Time”

             5.06(d)

“Fundamental Change”

             3.01(a)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Date”

             3.01(a)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”

             3.01(c)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Price”

             3.01(a)

“Interest Payment Date”

             4.01(a)

“Legal Holiday”

           13.07

“Additional Interest Notice”

             7.05

“Maximum Conversion Rate”

             4.02(g)

“Notice of Conversion”

             5.02(a)

“pay the Securities”

             6.03

“Paying Agent”

             2.03

“Payment Blockage Period”

             6.03

“Primary Registrar”

             2.03

“Purchased Shares”

             5.06(d)

“Quarter”

             5.01(a)

“Record Date”

             4.01(a)

“Reference Property”

             5.11

“Registrar”

             2.03

“Resale Restriction Termination Date”

             2.12(a)

“Rights Plan”

             5.06(c)

“Settlement Notice”

             5.05(a)(iii)

“Spin-Off”

             5.06(d)(iii)

 

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Term

   Defined in Section  

“Stock Price”

   4.02 (a)

“Termination of Trading”

   3.01 (a)

“Transfer Restricted Common Stock”

   2.12 (b)

“Transfer Restricted Securities”

   2.12 (a)

“Transforming Transaction”

   5.01 (e)

“Trigger Event”

   5.06 (c)

“Triggering Distribution”

   5.06 (d)

“Unissued Shares”

   3.01 (a)

“Volume Weighted Average Price”

   5.05 (a)

Section 1.03. Trust Indenture Act Provisions .

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture shall also include those provisions of the TIA that would be required to be included herein by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990 if this Indenture had been qualified pursuant to the TIA. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

indenture securities ” means the Securities;

indenture trustee ” means the Trustee; and

obligor ” on the Securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by any SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction .

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(A) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein;

(B) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(C) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

(D) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(E) the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange, and the term “merged” has a correlative meaning;

(F) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

 

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(G) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments thereto;

(H) “herein”, “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(I) references to the payments on the Securities shall include Additional Interest payable hereunder, if any.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating .

The Securities and the corresponding Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A , which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. The Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.

(a) Restricted Global Securities . Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, substantially in the form of Exhibit A , which shall be deposited on behalf of the acquirers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) (such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “ Depositary ”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co., duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Securities Custodian as hereinafter provided, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

(b) Global Securities in General . Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein, and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions, purchases or conversions of such Securities. Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 hereof and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or under the Global Security, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be

 

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treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (A) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or (B) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

(c) Book Entry Provisions . The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.01(c) and Section 2.02, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or as otherwise instructed by the Depositary, (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and (iii) shall bear legends substantially to the following effect:

“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication .

An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

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

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

The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Securities for original issue in the aggregate principal amount of up to $379,500,000 upon receipt of (i) a written order or orders of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (a “ Company Order ”) and delivered to the Trustee, and (ii) an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 13.04 hereof, if required. Additional Securities may thereafter be issued pursuant to Section 2.16 hereof. Each Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated, shall provide that all Securities will be represented by a Global Security and the

 

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date on which each original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent .

The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies in The City of New York where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “ Registrar ”) or for conversion (each, a “ Conversion Agent ”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) and one or more offices or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. One of the Registrars (the “ Primary Registrar ”) shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, or Conversion Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent (except for the purposes of Article 11).

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities Custodian and Conversion Agent, and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee to be such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If the Company or an

 

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Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall, before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, segregate the money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.

Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists .

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Primary Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each semiannual interest payment date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.12, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided , however , that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by, if applicable, any legal opinions, certifications or other evidence required by the Company pursuant to Section 2.12 and, if it is a Certificated Security, an assignment form in the form included in Exhibit A , all in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto; provided that this sentence shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.04, 5.02(f) or 12.05.

None of the Company, any Registrar or the Trustee shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Securities or portions thereof in respect of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).

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

 

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(b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.

(c) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable U.S. federal or state securities law. Prior to the due presentment of a registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of all payments with respect to such Securities, and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

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

Section 2.07. Replacement Securities .

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Company, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them from any loss they may suffer if a Security is replaced, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. The Trustee and the Company each may charge such Holder for their expenses in replacing such Security.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be redeemed or purchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3, or converted pursuant to Article 5, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay, redeem, purchase or convert such Security, as the case may be.

Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.07, 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 reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.

 

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Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.07 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities .

Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those purchased pursuant to Article 3, those converted pursuant to Article 5, those delivered to it for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Company receives, subsequent to the new Security’s authentication, proof satisfactory to the Company that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser unaware that such Security has been replaced.

If a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds in respect of Securities on a Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of (including premium, if any), and any accrued interest on Securities (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Securities (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and any interest on them shall cease to accrue.

Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.09, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

Section 2.09. Treasury Securities .

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

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Section 2.10. Temporary Securities .

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Every temporary Security shall be executed and registered by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

Section 2.11. Cancellation .

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, redemption, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, redemption, payment, conversion or cancellation and shall deliver the canceled Securities to the Company. All Securities which are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Final Maturity Date shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company may not hold or resell such Securities or issue any new Securities to replace any such Securities or any Securities that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 5.

Section 2.12. Legends; Additional Transfer Requirements .

(a) Every Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.12(a) to bear the Restricted Security Legend set forth in this Section 2.12(a) (the “ Transfer Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.06 and this Section 2.12(a) (including those set forth in the Restricted Security Legend set forth below), and the Holder of each such Transfer Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b), the term “transfer” includes any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Transfer Restricted Security. The Registrar shall not register any transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security not made in accordance with the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.12.

Subject to the last two paragraphs of this Section 2.12(a), prior to the date upon which the Trustee removes the Restricted Security Legend from any Security (the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”, which shall have a correlative meaning in respect of any Restricted Common Stock) any certificate evidencing such Security (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, including Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.12(b), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

1. REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

2. AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER, AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”

So long as the Securities are represented by Global Securities that are held by or on behalf of the Depositary only, the Company may accomplish any delegending of such Securities by:

(i) instructing the Trustee to remove the Restricted Security Legend from the Securities and instructing the transfer agent for the Common Stock to remove the Restricted Stock Legend from the Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities;

 

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(ii) notifying Holders of the Securities and Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities that the Restricted Security Legend and Restricted Stock Legend have been removed or deemed removed;

(iii) notifying the Trustee, the transfer agent for the Common Stock and DTC to change the CUSIP number for the Securities and the Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities to the applicable unrestricted CUSIP number; and

(iv) complying with any Applicable Procedures for delegending;

whereupon the Restricted Security Legend shall be deemed removed from any Global Securities without further action on the part of Holders.

Any Security (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which the restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or that has been transferred, replaced or exchanged on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date or that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act may, upon surrender of such Security to the Registrar for exchange in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Security Legend required by this Section 2.12(a).

(b) Every stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Transfer Restricted Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.12(b) to bear the Restricted Stock Legend set forth in this Section 2.12(b) (the “ Transfer Restricted Common Stock ”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.06 and this Section 2.12(b) (including those set forth in the Restricted Stock Legend set forth below), and the Holder of such Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Transfer Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer and the further restrictions set forth in Section 2.15. The Company shall not register any transfer of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such a Transfer Restricted Security not made in accordance with the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.12.

Subject to the last paragraph of this Section 2.12(b) and Section 2.15 with respect to Common Stock, prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Transfer Restricted Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such issuance) or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of Securities that have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act:

 

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“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

1. REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

2. AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE SECURITY IN RESPECT OF THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER, AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”

 

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Any stock certificate (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or that has been transferred, replaced or exchanged on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date or that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act may, upon surrender of such stock certificate to the Registrar for exchange in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12 and Section 2.15, be exchanged for a new stock certificate, of like tenor and aggregate number of shares, which shall not bear the Restricted Stock Legend required by this Section 2.12(b).

(c) Any Security or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of a Security that, prior to the date upon which the Company instructs the Trustee to remove the Restricted Security Legend, is purchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Security or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144).

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 2.06 and Section 2.12 to the contrary, in the event Rule 144(d) as promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) is amended to change the one-year period under Rule 144(d) (or the corresponding period under any successor rule), from and after receipt by the Trustee of the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for in this Section 2.12(d), (i) each reference in Section 2.12(a) to “one year” and in the Restricted Security Legend set forth in such paragraph to “ONE YEAR” shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed period, (ii) each reference in Section 2.12(b) to “one year” and in the Restricted Stock Legend set forth in such paragraph to “ONE YEAR” shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed period and (iii) all corresponding references in the Security (including the definition of Resale Restriction Termination Date) and the Restricted Security Legend thereon shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed period, provided that such changes shall not become effective if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would otherwise cause a violation of, the then-applicable federal securities laws. The provisions of this Section 2.12(d) shall not be effective until such time as the Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate have been received by the Trustee hereunder. This Section 2.12(d) shall apply to successive amendments to Rule 144(d) (or any successor rule) changing the holding period thereunder.

(e) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.12.

(f) The provisions of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof; provided that a Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

 

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(ii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

(iii) The registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i) above, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

Section 2.13. Cusip or ISIN Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” and/or ISIN numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and/or ISIN numbers in notices of purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the

 

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other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” and/or ISIN numbers.

Section 2.14. [Reserved] .

Section 2.15. Issuance, Transfer and Exchange of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Securities .

If (i) shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of Securities bearing the Restricted Security Legend are to be registered in a name other than that of the Holder of such Securities or (ii) shares of Common Stock represented by a certificate bearing the Restricted Stock Legend are transferred subsequently by such Holder, then the Holder must deliver to the transfer agent for the Common Stock and to the Company a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such shares of Common Stock and neither the transfer agent nor the registrar for the Common Stock shall be required to register any transfer of such Common Stock not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.

Section 2.16. Additional Securities .

(a) The Company may, from time to time without the consent of the Holders of outstanding Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount of the Securities by issuing additional Securities in the future pursuant to this Indenture (“ Additional Securities ”) having terms and conditions identical to those of the other outstanding Securities, except that Additional Securities may have a different initial date from which interest begins to accrue thereon so that the Additional Securities are fungible with outstanding Securities; provided that no differences pursuant to this Section 2.16(a) shall cause such Additional Securities to constitute a different class of securities than the Securities issued on the Initial Issue Date for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and provided , further , that the Additional Securities shall have the same CUSIP number as the Securities issued on the Initial Issue Date. The Securities issued on the Initial Issue Date and any Additional Securities shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, offers to purchase and U.S. federal income tax purposes. No Additional Securities may be issued if on the issue date therefor any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

(b) With respect to any Additional Securities, the Company shall set forth in an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, copies of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

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

(ii) the issue date and the issue price of such Additional Securities; and

(iii) whether such Additional Securities will be subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws).

 

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In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Section 13.04 hereof certifying as to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the authentication by the Trustee of such Additional Securities.

Section 2.17. Additional Interest .

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be obligated to pay Additional Interest to Holders, as and to the extent set forth in accordance with Section 7.10 and Section 9.02(b) hereof. Any Additional Interest is deemed to be interest for purposes of this Indenture. The Trustee has no duty to determine when Additional Interest under Section 7.10 or Section 9.02(b) hereof should be paid.

ARTICLE 3

PURCHASES OF SECURITIES UPON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

Section 3.01. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon Fundamental Change .

(a) If at any time that Securities remain outstanding there shall occur a Fundamental Change, Securities shall be purchased by the Company at the option of the Holders, as of the date of the Company’s choosing that is not less than 20 or more than 35 Business Days after the date on which the Company notifies the Holders of the Securities of the occurrence of the effective time of the Fundamental Change (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Date ”) at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Price ”), payable in Cash, subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of any Holder of the requirements set forth in subsection (c) of this Section 3.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not purchase the Securities upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

A “ Fundamental Change ” shall mean the occurrence of a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.

A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs after the date hereof:

(i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined below) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of shares of Voting Stock of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the Company or has the power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors; or

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leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any Person consolidates or enters into a binding share exchange with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined below), directly or indirectly, shares of Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction “beneficially own” (as defined below), directly or indirectly, shares of Voting Stock of the Company representing at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person; or

(iii) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or

(iv) the holders of the Capital Stock of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the terms hereof).

For the purpose of the definition of “Change in Control”, (i) “person” and “group” have the meanings given such terms under Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision to either of the foregoing, and the term “group” includes any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), (ii) a “beneficial owner” shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except that the number of shares of Voting Stock of the Company shall be deemed to include, in addition to all outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company and Unissued Shares deemed to be held by the “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined above) or other Person with respect to which the Change in Control determination is being made, all Unissued Shares deemed to be held by all other Persons, and (iii) the terms “beneficially owned” and “beneficially own” shall have meanings correlative to that of “beneficial owner”. The term “ Unissued Shares ” means shares of Voting Stock not outstanding that are subject to options, warrants, rights to purchase or conversion privileges exercisable within 60 days of the date of determination of a Change in Control.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3.01, Holders shall not have the right to require the Company to purchase any Securities under clause (i) or clause (ii) of the definition of “Change in Control” above, and the Company shall not be required to deliver a written notice of a Fundamental Change as a result of any acquisition, consolidation, merger or binding share exchange or a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, if at least 90% of the consideration paid for the Common Stock in that transaction, excluding Cash payments for fractional shares and Cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights, consists of shares of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, or that will be so traded immediately following the merger, binding share exchange or consolidation, and, as a result of the merger, binding share exchange or consolidation, the Securities become convertible into such shares of such common stock.

A “ Termination of Trading ” means that the Common Stock or other securities into which the Securities are convertible are not approved for listing on a U.S. national securities exchange.

 

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(b) Within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall mail a written notice of the Fundamental Change to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law). The notice shall include the form of a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and shall state:

(i) the date of such Fundamental Change and, briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(ii) the date by which the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 3.01 must be given;

(iii) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

(v) the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Securities;

(vi) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;

(vii) the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;

(viii) the Conversion Price (giving effect to any applicable Additional Shares) and any adjustments thereto;

(ix) that Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given may be converted into Cash and Common Stock (if any) pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture only to the extent that the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(x) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.01;

(xi) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, including a form of notice of withdrawal; and

(xii) that the Holder must satisfy the requirements set forth in the Indenture and the Securities in order to convert the Securities.

If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to the repurchase of Global Securities.

(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in subsection (a) of this Section 3.01 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form included in Exhibit A hereto and which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other manner reasonably acceptable to the Paying Agent and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a “ Fundamental Change

 

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Purchase Notice ”) to any Paying Agent during the period between the mailing of the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice and the close of business on the second scheduled Trading Day next preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

The delivery of such Security to any Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price therefor.

The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.01, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of the Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security pursuant to Section 3.01 through Section 3.04 also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to a Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this subsection (c) shall have the right to withdraw such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in whole or in a portion thereof that is a principal amount of $1,000 or in an integral multiple thereof at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second scheduled Trading Day next preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.02.

A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

Section 3.02. Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice .

Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.01(c), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified below) thereafter be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (a) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to such Security ( provided the conditions in Section 3.01(c) have been satisfied) and (b) the time of delivery of such Security to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01(c). Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article 5 on or after the date of the delivery of such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn.

A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which may be delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other manner reasonably acceptable to the Paying Agent and, in the case of Global

 

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Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a Paying Agent at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, specifying the principal amount of the Security or portion thereof (which must be a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted.

Section 3.03. Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price .

On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Fundamental Change Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of such Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 3.03 is made by the Company shall be at the option of the Company; provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Security for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture, then, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding and the rights of the Holder in respect thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price as aforesaid). The Company shall publicly announce the principal amount of Securities purchased as a result of such Fundamental Change on or as soon as practicable after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

To the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash deposited by the Company pursuant to this Section 3.03 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess Cash to the Company.

Section 3.04. Securities Purchased in Part .

Any Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.

 

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Section 3.05. Compliance with Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities .

In connection with any offer to purchase Securities under Section 3.01, the Company shall (a) comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act, (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor or similar schedule, form or report), if required, under the Exchange Act and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer to purchase or repurchase Securities, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Section 3.01 through Section 3.04 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein.

Section 3.06. No Fundamental Change Repurchase Following Acceleration .

No Securities shall be purchased by the Company under Section 3.01 if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated under Section 9.02, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

Section 3.07. Trustee’s Fundamental Change Purchase Disclaimer .

The Trustee has no duty to determine when a Fundamental Change has occurred, or when purchases of Securities upon a Fundamental Change under Article 3 should be made. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price payable in respect of any Fundamental Change. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article 3.

ARTICLE 4

PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL SHARES

Section 4.01. Interest Payments .

(a) The Company shall pay interest on the Securities at a rate of 1.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), or if any such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day, commencing October 15, 2008. Interest on a Security shall be paid to the Holder of such Security at the close of business on April 1 or October 1 (each, a “ Record Date ”), as the case may be, next preceding the related Interest Payment Date, and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. In the event of the maturity, conversion, or purchase of a Security by the Company at the option of the Holder, interest shall cease to accrue on such Security. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, however, the Company shall pay interest on the Final Maturity Date to Holders on the Record Date immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date in respect of the period ending with the Final Maturity Date regardless of whether such Holders convert their Securities.

(b) Upon conversion of a Security, (i) a Holder shall not receive any Cash payment of interest (unless such Holder is the Holder on a Record Date and such conversion occurs between such Record Date and the Interest Payment Date to which it relates, in which case a Holder on the Record Date shall receive on the Interest Payment Date accrued and unpaid interest) and the

 

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Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted to account for accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) except as set forth in clause (c) below, the Company’s delivery to a Holder of Cash and shares, if any, of Common Stock into which the Security is convertible shall be deemed to satisfy its obligation with respect to such Security, and any accrued but unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid in full upon conversion, rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.

(c) Securities surrendered for conversion by a Holder after the close of business on any Record Date but prior to the next Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest that shall be payable on the Securities; provided , however , that no such payment need be made (1) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Record Date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, (2) with respect to any Securities surrendered for conversion following the Record Date for the payment of interest immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date or (3) only to the extent of overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Securities.

Section 4.02. Additional Shares .

(a) If a Holder elects to convert its Securities pursuant to Section 5.01(d) hereof in connection with a Qualifying Fundamental Change that occurs prior to the Final Maturity Date, the Conversion Rate of the Securities being converted by such Holder at that time shall be increased by an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Shares ”) determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule 4.02 hereto. For avoidance of doubt, the adjustment provided for in this Section 4.02 shall be made only with respect to the Securities converted in connection with such Qualifying Fundamental Change and shall not be effective as to any Securities not so converted.

(b) For purposes of determining the applicable number of Additional Shares pursuant to Schedule 4.02:

(i) “ Effective Date” shall mean the date the Qualifying Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective; and

(ii) “ Stock Price” shall mean:

(x) in the case of a Qualifying Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition of Change in Control in which the holders of Common Stock receive only Cash in such Qualifying Fundamental Change, the Cash amount paid per share; or

(y) in the case of any other Qualifying Fundamental Change, the average of the last reported Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of such Qualifying Fundamental Change.

(c) If the Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts in the table attached as Schedule 4.02 hereto, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts, based on a 365-day year.

 

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(d) If the Effective Date falls between two Effective Dates in the table attached as Schedule 4.02 hereto, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the two dates, based on a 365-day year.

(e) No increase in the Conversion Rate shall be made pursuant to this Section 4.02 if the Stock Price (i) exceeds $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment) or (ii) is less than $24.85 per share (subject to adjustment).

(f) The Stock Price figures set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., column headers) in Schedule 4.02 hereto shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Price of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.06. The Stock Price figures set forth in the table shall be adjusted by the same adjustment factor applied to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 5.06. The number of Additional Shares indicated in the table shall be adjusted by the inverse of the adjustment factor applied to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 5.06.

(g) In no event shall the Conversion Rate be increased to more than 40.2366 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities (the “ Maximum Conversion Rate ”) pursuant to the events described in this Section 4.02. The Maximum Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Price of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.06, by the inverse of the adjustment factor applied to the Conversion Price pursuant to such section.

(h) The Company shall notify Holders of the anticipated Effective Date of a Qualifying Fundamental Change and issue a press release as soon as practicable after the Company first determines the anticipated Effective Date of such Qualifying Fundamental Change.

ARTICLE 5

CONVERSION

Section 5.01. Conversion Privilege .

(a) Subject to the further provisions of this Article 5 and paragraph 6 of the Securities, a Holder may surrender a Security for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on October 15, 2014, at the Conversion Price then in effect, if, during any calendar quarter (the “ Quarter ”) (and only during such Quarter) commencing after June 30, 2008, the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days in the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the Quarter preceding the Quarter in which the conversion occurs is more than 130% of the Conversion Price of the Securities in effect on that last Trading Day.

(b) Subject to the further provisions of this Article 5 and paragraph 6 of the Securities, if the Trading Price for the Securities on each Trading Day during any five

 

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consecutive Trading Day period was less than 98% of the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on such date multiplied by the then current Conversion Rate, a Holder may surrender a Security for conversion, prior to the close of business on October 15, 2014, at the Conversion Price then in effect, at any time during the following five Trading Days;

(c) Subject to the further provisions of this Article 5 and paragraph 6 of the Securities, in the event that the Company declares

(i) a dividend or distribution of any rights, options or warrants to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 days, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Closing Sale Price per share on the record date for such dividend or distribution, or

(ii) a dividend or distribution of Cash, debt securities (or other evidences of Indebtedness) or other assets (excluding dividends or distributions for which a Conversion Price adjustment is required to be made under Section 5.06(a)(i) or (ii) or 5.06(b) hereof) where the Fair Market Value of such dividend or distribution per share of Common Stock, as determined in this Indenture, together with all other such dividends and distributions within the preceding twelve months, exceeds 10% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of declaration for such dividend or distribution,

a Holder may surrender a Security for conversion, prior to the close of business on October 15, 2014, at the Conversion Price then in effect beginning on the date the Company gives notice to the Holders of such right, which, to the extent practicable, shall not be less than 40 days prior to the ex-dividend time for such dividend or distribution, until the earlier of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the ex-dividend time or until the Company announces that such distribution shall not take place, provided that Holders may not exercise such right, and the Company shall not be required to deliver such notice, if such Holders may participate (as a result of holding the Securities, and at the same time as holders of Common Stock participate) in any of the transactions described in either of clauses (i) or (ii) above as if such Holders held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the then applicable Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount of Securities held by such Holders, divided by 1,000, without conversion of their Securities;

(d) Subject to the further provisions of this Article 5 and paragraph 6 of the Securities, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company, a Holder may surrender a Security for conversion, prior to the close of business on October 15, 2


 
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