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Exhibit
4.13
SBA COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION
1.875% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2013
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 16,
2008
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Incorporation
by Reference
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SECTION 1.01.
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Definitions |
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SECTION 1.02.
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 1.03.
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Rules of
Construction |
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ARTICLE 2 The Notes
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SECTION 2.01.
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Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes |
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SECTION 2.02.
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Form of
the Notes |
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SECTION 2.03.
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Date and
Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of
Interest |
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SECTION 2.04.
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Execution
and Authentication |
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SECTION 2.05.
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Registrar
and Paying Agent |
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SECTION 2.06.
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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SECTION 2.07.
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Noteholder Lists |
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SECTION 2.08.
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Exchange
and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer |
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SECTION 2.09.
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Replacement Notes |
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SECTION 2.10.
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Outstanding Notes |
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SECTION 2.11.
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Temporary
Notes |
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SECTION 2.12.
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Cancellation |
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SECTION 2.13.
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Defaulted
Interest |
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SECTION 2.14.
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CUSIP and
ISIN Numbers |
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ARTICLE 3 Repurchase of Notes
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SECTION 3.01.
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Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental
Change |
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SECTION 3.02.
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Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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SECTION 3.03.
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Deposit
of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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SECTION 3.04.
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Notes
Repurchased in Part |
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SECTION 3.05.
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Covenant
to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes |
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ARTICLE 4 Covenants
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SECTION 4.01.
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Payment
of Notes |
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SECTION 4.02.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 4.03.
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Reports;
144A Information |
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SECTION 4.04.
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Existence |
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SECTION 4.05.
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims |
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SECTION 4.06.
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Compliance Certificate |
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SECTION 4.07.
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Further
Instruments and Acts |
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SECTION 4.08.
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Additional Interest |
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SECTION 4.09.
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Statement
by Officer as to Default |
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SECTION 4.10.
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Waiver of
Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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SECTION 4.11.
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Covenant
to Obtain Prior Shareholder Approval |
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ARTICLE 5 Successor Company
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SECTION 5.01.
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When
Company May Merge or Transfer Assets |
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SECTION 5.02.
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Successor
to Be Substituted |
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SECTION 5.03.
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Opinion
of Counsel to Be Given Trustee |
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ARTICLE 6 Defaults and
Remedies
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SECTION 6.01.
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Events of
Default |
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SECTION 6.02.
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Acceleration |
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SECTION 6.03.
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Other
Remedies |
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SECTION 6.04.
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Waiver of
Past Defaults |
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SECTION 6.05.
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Control
by Majority |
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SECTION 6.06.
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Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 6.07.
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Rights of
Noteholders to Receive Payment |
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SECTION 6.08.
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Collection Suit by Trustee |
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SECTION 6.09.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 6.10.
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Priorities |
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SECTION 6.11.
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Undertaking for Costs |
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SECTION 6.12.
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Failure
to Comply with Reporting Covenant |
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ARTICLE 7 Trustee
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SECTION 7.01.
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Duties of
Trustee |
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SECTION 7.02.
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Rights of
Trustee |
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SECTION 7.03.
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Individual Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 7.04.
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Trustee’s Disclaimer |
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SECTION 7.05.
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Notice of
Defaults |
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SECTION 7.06.
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Reports
by Trustee to Noteholders |
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SECTION 7.07.
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Compensation and Indemnity |
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SECTION 7.08.
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Replacement of Trustee |
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SECTION 7.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Merger |
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SECTION 7.10.
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Eligibility; Disqualification |
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SECTION 7.11.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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ARTICLE 8 Discharge of
Indenture
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SECTION 8.01.
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Discharge
of Liability on Notes |
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SECTION 8.02.
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Application of Trust Money |
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SECTION 8.03.
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Repayment
to Company |
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SECTION 8.04.
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Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE 9 Amendments
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SECTION 9.01.
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Without
Consent of Noteholders |
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SECTION 9.02.
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With
Consent of Noteholders |
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SECTION 9.03.
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Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 9.04.
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Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers |
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SECTION 9.05.
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Notation
on or Exchange of Notes |
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SECTION 9.06.
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Trustee
to Sign Amendments |
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ARTICLE 10 Conversion of
Notes
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SECTION 10.01.
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Right to
Convert |
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SECTION 10.02.
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Conversion Procedures; Settlement Upon Conversion; No
Adjustment for Interest or Dividends; Cash Payments in Lieu of
Fractional Shares |
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SECTION 10.03.
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Increased
Conversion Rate Applicable to Securities Converted in Connection
With Make-Whole Fundamental Changes |
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SECTION 10.04.
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Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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SECTION 10.05.
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Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale |
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SECTION 10.06.
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Certain
Covenants |
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SECTION 10.07.
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Notice to
Holders Prior to Certain Actions |
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SECTION 10.08.
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Stockholder Rights Plans |
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SECTION 10.09.
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Responsibility of Trustee |
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ARTICLE 11 Miscellaneous
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SECTION 11.01.
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Trust
Indenture Act Controls |
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SECTION 11.02.
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Notices |
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SECTION 11.03.
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Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders |
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SECTION 11.04.
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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SECTION 11.05.
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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SECTION 11.06.
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When
Notes Disregarded |
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SECTION 11.07.
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Rules by
Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar |
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SECTION 11.08.
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Business
Day |
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SECTION 11.09.
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GOVERNING
LAW |
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SECTION 11.10.
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No
Recourse Against Others |
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SECTION 11.11.
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Successors |
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SECTION 11.12.
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Multiple
Originals |
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SECTION 11.13.
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Qualification of Indenture |
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SECTION 11.14.
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Table of
Contents; Headings |
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SECTION 11.15.
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Severability Clause |
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SECTION 11.16.
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Calculations |
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Note |
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| Exhibit B |
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Form of
Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issued Upon
Conversion |
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INDENTURE dated as of
May 16, 2008 between SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida
corporation, as issuer (the “ Company ”), and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the
“ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the creation of an issue of its 1.875% Convertible
Senior Notes due 2013 (the “ Notes ”), having
the terms, tenor, amount and other provisions hereinafter set
forth, and, to provide therefor, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary
to make the Notes, when the Notes are duly executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this
Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company, in
accordance with their and its terms, have been done and performed,
and the execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the
Notes have in all respects been duly authorized,
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS
INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of
the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all holders of the Notes, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and
Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions . The terms defined in this Section 1.01
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective
meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used
in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or
which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires) shall have the respective meanings
assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
Indenture. The words “ herein ”, “
hereof ”, “ hereunder ” and words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The terms defined
in this Article include the plural as well as the
singular.
“Additional
Interest” has the meaning specified for Additional Interest
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Additional
Shares” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.03.
“Adjustment
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(k).
“Affiliate” of
any specified Person means any other Person, directly or
indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent Members”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(b)(vi).
“Bankruptcy Law”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Bid Solicitation
Agent” means the financial institution appointed by the
Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in
accordance with Section 10.01(2). The Bid Solicitation Agent
appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.
“Board of
Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or,
other than in the case of the definition of “Continuing
Directors,” any committee thereof duly authorized to act on
behalf of such Board.
“Business Day”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.08.
“Capital Stock”
of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of
or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person,
including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities
convertible into such equity.
“close of
business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common Equity”
of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally
entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors of such
Person or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation, vote or
otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body,
partners, managers or others that will control the management or
policies of such Person.
“Common Stock”
means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company, or such other capital stock into which the
Company’s common stock is reclassified or changed.
“Company” means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes
of any provision contained herein and required by the Trust
Indenture Act, each other obligor on the indenture
securities.
“Continuing
Director” means a director who either was a member of the
Board of Directors on May 12, 2008 or who becomes a director
of the Company subsequent to that date and whose election,
appointment or nomination for election by the stockholders of the
Company, is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors
on the Board of Directors at the time of such approval, either by a
specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the
Company on behalf of the entire Board of Directors in which such
individual is named as nominee for director.
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“Conversion
Agent” means the agency appointed by the Company to which
Notes may be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent
appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.
“Conversion Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a).
“Conversion
Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(a).
“Conversion
Obligation” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“Conversion
Price” on any date of determination means $1,000 divided by
the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“Conversion Rate”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
“Conversion
Value,” for every $1,000 principal amount of a Note being
converted, means an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion
Values for each of the forty-five (45) Settlement Period
Trading Days in the Settlement Period.
“Corporate Trust
Office” or other similar term, means the designated office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business as it relates to this Indenture shall be administered,
which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated,
located at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005,
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 Company.
“Current Market
Price” means the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading-Day
period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
declaration date for the distribution requiring such
computation.
“Custodian” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Daily Conversion
Value” for any Settlement Period Trading Day equals 1/45th of
(x) the Conversion Rate in effect on that Settlement Period
Trading Day multiplied by (y) the VWAP of the Common Stock on
that Settlement Period Trading Day.
“declaration
date” and “date of declaration” shall mean, with
respect to a distribution by the Company to all or substantially
all of its holders of Common Stock, the date on which the
distribution has been authorized by the Board of Directors under
applicable law.
“Default” means
any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both
would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13.
“Depositary”
means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall
be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been
appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean
or include such successor.
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“Determination
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(k).
“Distributed
Property” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(c).
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company.
“Effective Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.03.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Ex-Dividend
Date” means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to
holders of Common Stock, the first date upon which a sale of the
Common Stock does not automatically transfer the right to receive
the relevant dividend or distribution from the seller of the Common
Stock to its buyer.
“Expiration Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(e).
“Expiration Time”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(e).
“Fair Market
Value” means the amount that a willing buyer would pay to a
willing seller in an arms’ length transaction, as determined
by the Board of Directors.
“Fixed Cash
Amount” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(b).
“Full Interest
Period” means a period of days during which interest accrues
from, and including, an Interest Payment Date to, but excluding,
the next Interest Payment Date.
“Fundamental
Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after
the original issuance of the Notes that any of the following
occurs:
(i) any “person”
or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act), other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or the
employee benefit plans of the Company or any such Subsidiary of the
Company, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under
the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become
the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner,” as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the
Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the
voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;
(ii) consummation of any
share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to
which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or
other property or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other
disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all
or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one
of
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the Company’s
Subsidiaries; provided , however , that a transaction
where the holders of more than 50% of all classes of the
Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction
own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common
Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee
immediately after such event shall not be a Fundamental
Change;
(iii) Continuing Directors
cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors;
(iv) the stockholders of the
Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; or
(v) the Common Stock (or
other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible)
ceases to be quoted or listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market or
another established automated over-the-counter trading market in
the United States;
provided , however , that
a Fundamental Change shall not be deemed to have occurred if at
least 95% of the consideration, excluding cash payments for
fractional shares, in the transaction or transactions constituting
the Fundamental Change consists of shares of Publicly Traded
Securities, and as a result of such transaction or transactions,
the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities
in accordance with Section 10.05, subject to the provisions of
Section 10.02.
For purposes of this
definition, whether a “person” is a “beneficial
owner” shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act and “person” includes any
syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a
“person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act.
“Fundamental Change
Company Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(b).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a)(1).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a)(1).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“Global Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Indenture” means
this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
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“Initial
Purchasers” means each of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC (each, an “Initial
Purchaser”).
“interest” means,
when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under
the terms of the Notes, including Defaulted Interest, if any,
Additional Interest, if any, and Reporting Additional Interest, if
any.
“Interest Payment
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c).
“Last Reported Sale
Price” of the Common Stock on any date means:
(i) the closing sale price
per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of
the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the
average of the average bid and the average asked prices) on that
date as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq
Global Market; or
(ii) if the Common Stock is
not quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global
Market, the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale
price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if
more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and
the average asked prices) on that date as reported in composite
transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is traded; or
(iii) if the Common Stock is
not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on that date as reported by Pink Sheets LLC
or similar organization; or
(iv) if the Common Stock is
not so quoted by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization, the
average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the
Common Stock on the relevant date from a nationally recognized
independent investment banking firm selected by the Company for
this purpose.
The Last Reported Sale Price
of the Common Stock will be determined without reference to
extended or after hours trading. If during a period applicable for
calculating the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock an
event occurs that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate,
the Last Reported Sale Price shall be calculated for such period in
a manner determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to
appropriately reflect the impact of such event on the price of the
Common Stock during such period.
“Make-Whole Fundamental
Change” means any transaction or event that constitutes a
Fundamental Change as described in clauses (i), (ii), (iv) and
(v) of the definition thereof, except that the entire
“provided however” proviso in clause (ii) of the
definition of Fundamental Change shall be disregarded and shall not
be given effect for purposes of determining whether a transaction
or event is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
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“Market Disruption
Event” means, if the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market or listed on
another U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the
occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on
the scheduled close of trading on any Trading Day of any material
suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements
in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or
otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or
future contracts relating to the Common Stock.
“Maturity Date”
means May 1, 2013.
“Noteholder” or
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Notes” means any
Notes issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
including any Global Notes.
“Officer” means
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers. One
of the officers executing an Officers’ Certificate in
accordance with Section 4.06 shall be the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer or chief operating officer of the
Company.
“opening of
business” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
“Paying Agent”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Person” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“PORTAL
SM
Market” means The
PORTAL Market operated by the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC or any
successor thereto.
“Preferred
Stock”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means
Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is
preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution
of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or
dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any
other class of such Person.
“protected
purchaser” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Publicly Traded
Securities” means shares of common stock listed on a national
securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or
the Nasdaq Global Market that will be so listed or quoted when
issued or exchanged in connection with a Fundamental
Change.
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“Record Date”
means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to holders of
Common Stock, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.
“Reference
Property” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.05.
“Register” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Registrar” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of May 16, 2008, between the Company and the Representatives,
as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“Regular Record
Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date of the
Notes, the April 15 and October 15 preceding the
applicable May 1 and November 1 Interest Payment Date,
respectively.
“Reorganization
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.05.
“Reporting Additional
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.12.
“Representatives”
means, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Lehman Brothers
Inc.
“Responsible
Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Restricted
Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(c).
“Rule 144A” means
Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act as it may be
amended from time to time hereafter.
“Schedule TO”
means a Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or
13(e)(1) of the Exchange Act.
“Scheduled Trading
Day” means any day on which the primary U.S. national
securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted for trading is scheduled to be open for
trading.
“SEC” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Settlement
Period” means the forty-five (45) consecutive Settlement
Period Trading Days:
(i) with respect to
Conversion Dates occurring during the period beginning fifty
(50) Scheduled Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date,
beginning on and including the forty-seventh (47 th ) Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Maturity Date; and
(ii) in all other cases,
beginning on and including the third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the
Conversion Date.
“Settlement Period
Market Disruption Event” means:
(i) a failure by the primary
U.S. national securities exchange or market on which the Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading to open for trading during
its regular trading session; or
(ii) the occurrence or
existence prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Trading Day for the Common
Stock of an aggregate one half hour period, of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in
the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts
relating to the Common Stock.
“Settlement Period
Trading Day” means a day during which:
(i) trading in the Common
Stock generally occurs on the primary U.S. national securities
exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted
for trading; and
(ii) there is no Settlement
Period Market Disruption Event;
provided , however , that
if on any Trading Day the Common Stock is not traded on any market,
then that Trading Day shall nevertheless be a “Settlement
Period Trading Day” so long as the market value per share of
the Common Stock on that Trading Day can be obtained from a
nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained
for these purposes by the Company.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be
a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning of Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X promulgated by
the SEC.
“Special Interest
Payment Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(a).
“Special Record
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(a).
“Spin-off” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
“Stock Price”
means:
(i) in the case of a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change in which holders of the Common Stock
receive only cash as consideration for their shares of Common
Stock, the amount of cash paid per share of the Common Stock in
such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; or
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(ii) in the case of all other
Make-Whole Fundamental Changes, the average of the Last Reported
Sale Prices of Common Stock over the five (5) consecutive
Trading-Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change.
“Stock Price
Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(1).
“Subsidiary” of
any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership
interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Successor
Company” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“Trading Day”
means a day during which:
(i) the Nasdaq Global Select
Market or the Nasdaq Global Market is open for trading, or if the
Common Stock is not quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or
the Nasdaq Global Market, the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed is open for
trading, or if the Common Stock is not so quoted or listed, any
Business Day; and
(ii) there is no Market
Disruption Event.
“Trading Price”
per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on any date of determination
shall be calculated based on the average of the secondary market
bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for
$5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes 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 only two such bids can
reasonably be obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be
used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained, then
that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot
reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes, then the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 95% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
applicable Conversion Rate.
“Trading Price
Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(2).
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in
effect on the date of this Indenture.
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“Trust Officer”
means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Trustee” means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
“Uniform Commercial
Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time.
“VWAP” for the
Common Stock means, with respect to any Settlement Period Trading
Day during the Settlement Period, the per share volume-weighted
average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page SBAC.UQ
<equity> AQR in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on such Settlement Period Trading Day; or
if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market
value per share of the Common Stock on such Settlement Period
Trading Day as determined by a nationally recognized independent
investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the
Company.
“Wholly Owned
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company, all the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned
Subsidiary.
SECTION 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . This
Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms
have the following meanings:
“Commission”
means the SEC.
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture security
holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
“obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the
indenture securities.
All other Trust Indenture Act
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust
Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another
statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them
by such definitions.
SECTION 1.03. Rules
of Construction . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the meaning
assigned to it;
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(2) “or” is not
exclusive;
(3) “including”
means including without limitation; and
(4) words in the singular
include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular.
ARTICLE 2
The Notes
SECTION 2.01.
Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes . The Notes shall
be designated as “1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due
2013.” The Notes will not exceed the aggregate principal
amount of $550,000,000 (except pursuant to Sections 2.04, 2.11
and 3.03 hereof). Upon the execution of this Indenture, or
from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication.
SECTION 2.02. Form
of the Notes . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in
the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The terms and
provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A
hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby.
Any of the Notes may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive
evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the
custodian for the Global Notes, the Depositary or by The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC in order for the Notes to be tradable on The
PORTAL SM Market or as may be required for the Notes to be tradable on
any other market developed for trading of securities pursuant to
Rule 144A or as may be required to comply with any applicable law
or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any
rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to
usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to
which any particular Notes are subject.
So long as the Notes are
eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless
otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by
Section 2.08(b), all of the Notes will be represented by one
or more Notes in global form registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (the “ Global
Notes ”). The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in any such Global Notes shall be effected through the
Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable
procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in
Section 2.08(b), beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not
be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will
not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificates in definitive form and will not be considered holders
of such Global Note.
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Any Global Notes shall
represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby.
Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian for the
Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and
upon instructions given by the holder of such Notes in accordance
with this Indenture. Payment of principal of, interest on and
premium, if any, on any Global Notes shall be made to the
Depositary in immediately available funds.
SECTION 2.03. Date
and Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of
Interest .
(a) Date and
Denomination . The Notes shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and
integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified
on the face of the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A
hereto.
(b) Payment at
Maturity . The Notes shall mature on May 1, 2013, unless
earlier converted or repurchased in accordance with the provisions
hereof. On the Maturity Date, each Holder shall be entitled to
receive on such date $1,000 in cash for each $1,000 principal
amount of Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but
not including, the Maturity Date. With respect to Global Notes,
principal and interest will be paid to the Depositary in
immediately available funds. With respect to any certificated
Notes, principal and interest will be payable at the
Company’s office or agency in New York City, which initially
will be the office or agency of the Trustee located at 100 Wall
Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration and at the Company’s office or agency in
Miami, Florida, which initially will be the office or agency of the
Trustee located at 200 South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1870,
Miami, Florida 33131, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. If
the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall
be accrue thereon.
(c) Payment of
Interest . Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of
1.875% per annum, from May 16, 2008 until the principal
thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be
payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, an
“ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing
November 1, 2008, to the Person in whose name any Note is
registered on the Register at the close of business on any Regular
Record Date with respect to the applicable Interest Payment Date,
except that the interest payable on the Maturity Date will be paid
to the Person to whom the principal amount is paid. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Notes or portion thereof surrendered for
conversion after the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for an Interest Payment Date but prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date shall be accompanied by payment, in immediately
available funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, of an
amount equal to the interest otherwise payable on such Interest
Payment Date on the principal amount being converted;
provided that no such payment need be made:
(i) with respect to
conversions after the close of business on April 15,
2013;
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(ii) with respect to
conversions during such period commencing on the date the Company
has given notice of a Fundamental Change pursuant to
Section 10.01(4) to, and including, the second Scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding the corresponding Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date; or
(iii) with respect to any
overdue interest, if overdue interest exists at the time of
conversion with respect to such Notes.
Interest on the Notes for a
Full Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a
three-hundred sixty (360)-day year comprised of twelve
(12) thirty (30)-day months. Interest on the Notes for a
period other than a Full Interest Period will be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed during the period and a
three-hundred sixty-five (365)-day year.
The Company shall pay
interest on:
(i) any Global Notes by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the
Depositary or its nominee;
(ii) any Notes in
certificated form having a principal amount of less than
$5,000,000, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as it appears in the Register, provided , however
, that, at maturity, interest will be payable as described in
Section 2.03(b); and
(iii) any Notes in
certificated form having a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of
the holder of such Notes duly delivered to the trustee at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment
Date, provided , however , that, at maturity,
interest will be payable as described in
Section 2.03(b).
If an Interest Payment Date
is not a Business Day, payment shall instead be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue
thereon.
SECTION 2.04.
Execution and Authentication . One Officer shall sign the
Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If an
Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at
the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be
valid nevertheless.
A Note shall not be valid
until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually authenticates
the Note. Upon the written order of the Company signed by an
Officer, the Trustee shall authenticate a Note executed by the
Company. The signature of the Trustee on the Note shall be
conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly and validly
authenticated under this Indenture. A Note shall be dated the date
of its authentication.
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by
an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be
furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any
Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
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SECTION 2.05.
Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of
transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”) and
an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the
“ Paying Agent ”). The Corporate Trust Office
shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for
each of the aforesaid purposes. The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Notes (the “ Register ”) and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent,
and the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as (i) Registrar
and Paying Agent in connection with the Notes, (ii) the
custodian with respect to the Global Notes, (iii) Conversion
Agent and (iv) Bid Solicitation Agent.
The Company shall enter into
an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent
not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of
the Trust Indenture Act. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company
shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent.
If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the
Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate
compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or
any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company may remove any
Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or
Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided , however ,
that no such removal shall become effective until
(1) acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced
by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Company and such
successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and
delivered to the Trustee or (2) notification to the Trustee
that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the
appointment of a successor in accordance with clause
(1) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any
time upon written notice; provided , however , that
the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the
Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with
Section 7.08.
SECTION 2.06. Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to each due date of the
principal and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with
the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay
such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent
for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes and shall
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent.
Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee.
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SECTION 2.07.
Noteholder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current
a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available
to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders and shall otherwise
comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required
under the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall furnish, or cause
the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five
(5) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require
of the names and addresses of Noteholders and the Company shall
otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 2.08.
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer . (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the
Corporate Trust Office the Register in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes.
The Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period
of time.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Notes to the Registrar or any
co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such
transfer set forth in this Section 2.08, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for
other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
All Notes presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange,
repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company or
the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company, and the Notes shall be duly executed by the holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be
made to any holder for any registration of, transfer or exchange of
Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment by the
holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes.
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Neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange, issue or
register a transfer of (a) any Note or portions thereof
surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 10 or (b) any
Note or portions thereof tendered for repurchase (and not
withdrawn) pursuant to Article 3.
(b) The following provisions
shall apply only to Global Notes:
(i) Each Global Note
authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian for the Global Notes
therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note
for all purposes of this Indenture.
(ii) Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a
Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of
any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless
(A) the Depositary (x) has notified the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary has not been
appointed by the Company within ninety (90) calendar days, or
(B) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented
by Global Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to this
Section 2.08(b)(ii) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in
part.
(iii) In addition,
certificated Notes will be issued in exchange for beneficial
interests in a Global Note upon request by or on behalf of the
Depositary in accordance with customary procedures following the
request of a beneficial owner seeking to enforce its rights under
the Notes or this Indenture, including its rights following the
occurrence of an Event of Default.
(iv) Notes issued in exchange
for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause
(ii) or (iii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully
registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate
principal amount equal to that of such Global Notes or portion
thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and
be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall
designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global
Notes to be exchanged shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the
Trustee, as Registrar, provided that pending completion of
the exchange of a Global Note, the Trustee acting as custodian for
the Global Notes for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to
such Global Notes, shall reduce the principal amount thereof, by an
amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of
an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon
any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery the Notes issuable on such exchange
to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized
representative thereof.
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(v) In the event of the
occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above
or upon any request described in clause (iii) above, the
Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a sufficient
supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form,
without interest coupons.
(vi) Neither any members of,
or participants in, the Depositary (the “ Agent
Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent
Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Notes registered in the name of the
Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such
nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner and holder of such Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the
case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent
Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may
act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing
the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Notes.
(vii) At such time as all
interests in a Global Note have been repurchased, converted,
cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global
Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in
accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing
between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note. At
any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global
Note is repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in
certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall,
in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions
existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global
Note, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note, by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global
Note, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
(c) Every Note (and all
securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof)
that bears or is required under this Section 2.08(c) to bear
the Restricted Note Legend set forth in Exhibit A (together with
any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and required
to bear the legend set forth in Exhibit B, collectively, the
“ Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to
the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.08(c)
(including those set forth in the Restricted Note Legend in Exhibit
A and the legend set forth in Exhibit B) unless such restrictions
on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company
following receipt of legal advice supporting the permissibility of
the waiver of such transfer restrictions, and the holder of each
such Restricted Security, by such holder’s acceptance
thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer.
As used in this Section 2.08(c), the term
“transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or
other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any
interest therein.
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Until one year after the last
date of original issuance of the Notes, any certificate evidencing
a Restricted Security shall bear a legend in substantially the form
set forth in Exhibit A, as the Restricted Note Legend (or as set
forth in Exhibit B, in the case of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Notes), unless such Restricted Security has been
sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be
effective at the time of such transfer) or sold pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision
then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing
as set forth above, with written notice thereof to the
Trustee.
In connection with any
transfer of the Notes prior to the date one year after the last
date of original issuance of the Notes, the holder must complete
and deliver the form of assignment set forth on the certificate
representing the Note, with the appropriate box checked, to the
Trustee (or any successor Trustee, as applicable). If the proposed
transfer is pursuant to clause 1(D) of the Registered Note Legend,
the holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee (or
any successor Trustee, as applicable), such certifications, legal
opinions or other information as the Company may reasonably require
to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Restricted
Note Legend will be removed from a certificate representing a Note
upon the earlier of the transfer of the Note evidenced thereby
pursuant to clause 1(B) of the Restricted Note Legend or the
expiration of one year from the last date of original issuance of
the Notes.
Any Notes that are Restricted
Securities and as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have
expired in accordance with their terms or as to conditions for
removal of the Restricted Note Legend set forth therein have been
satisfied may, upon surrender of such Notes for exchange to the
Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.08, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the
restrictive legend required by this Section 2.08(c). If such
Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a
Global Note bearing the Restricted Note Legend, the principal
amount of the legended Global Notes shall be reduced by the
appropriate principal amount and the principal amount of a Global
Note without a Restricted Note Legend shall be increased by an
equal principal amount. If a Global Note without the Restricted
Note Legend is not then outstanding, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an unlegended Global
Note to the Depositary.
(d) Any Restricted
Securities, prior to the expiration of a one year period after the
last date of original issuance of the Notes, purchased or owned by
the Company or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the
Company or such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities
Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results
in such Notes or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being
“restricted securities” (as defined under Rule
144).
(e) The Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other
Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the
acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership
interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Agent
Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or
the payment of any amount, under or
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with respect to such Notes. All notices
and communications to be given to the holders of Notes and all
payments to be made to holders of Notes under the Notes shall be
given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders
of Notes (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case
of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global
Notes shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the
customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and
shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by
the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.
The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among
Agent Members) other than to require delivery of such certificates
and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by,
and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this
Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
SECTION 2.09.
Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to
the Registrar or if the Noteholder of a Note claims that the Note
has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code
are met, such that the Noteholder (i) satisfies the Company or
the Trustee within a reasonable time after he has notice of such
loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not
register a transfer prior to receiving such notification,
(ii) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to
the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in
Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “
protected purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies any
other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, such Noteholder shall furnish an indemnity
bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any
loss, expense, claim or liability that any of them may suffer if a
Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment.
The Company and the Trustee may charge the Noteholder for their
expenses in replacing a Note. In case any Notes which has matured
or is about to mature or has been properly tendered for repurchase
on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn), or is
to be converted into Common Stock, shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Notes, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or
authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof
except in the case of a mutilated Notes), as the case may be, if
the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the
Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating
agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense
caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every
case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying
Agent or Conversion Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Notes and of the ownership
thereof.
Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company.
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The provisions of this
Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken Notes.
SECTION 2.10.
Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all
Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the
Note.
If a Note is replaced
pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless
the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that
the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent
segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture,
on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Maturity Date money
sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date
with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be repurchased
or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that
date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.11.
Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation of Notes in
certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the
written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary
Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable
in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of
the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions
and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Notes shall
be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such
authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially
the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in
certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will
execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent
Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes
may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the
Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an
equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form.
Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and
without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and
subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Notes in
certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.12.
Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no
one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of such
canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures or
deliver canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue
new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place
of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
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SECTION 2.13.
Defaulted Interest . Any interest on any Note which is
payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and payable and
such nonpayment continues for a period of thirty (30) calendar
days, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
Regular Record Date, and such defaulted interest and interest (to
the extent lawful) on such defaulted interest at the annual rate
borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest thereon
herein collectively called “ Defaulted Interest
”) shall be paid by the Company at its election, in each
case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to
make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date (as
defined below) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than thirty
(30) calendar days after such notice) of the proposed payment
(the “ Special Interest Payment Date ”), and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
record date (the “ Special Record Date ”) for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than
fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten
(10) calendar days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date
and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall promptly cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to
be given to each Noteholder, not less than ten (10) calendar
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and
Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment
Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective
predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (b).
(b) The Company may make
payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.13, each Note delivered under
this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for
or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Note.
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SECTION 2.14. CUSIP
and ISIN Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use
“CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of
repurchase as a convenience to Noteholders; provided ,
however , that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a
repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any changes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 3
Repurchase of
Notes
SECTION 3.01.
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change .
(a) If there shall occur a Fundamental Change at any time
prior to the Maturity Date, then each Noteholder shall have the
right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to
repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes for cash, or any
portion of the principal amount thereof that is equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof, on the date (the “
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”) specified by the
Company that is not less than twenty (20) Business Days and
not more than thirty-five (35) Business Days after the date of
the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price ”). If such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall instead pay
the principal amount to the holders of the Notes surrendering the
Notes for repurchase pursuant to this Section 3.01, and pay
the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date to the holder of record on the close of
business on the corresponding Regular Record Date. Repurchases of
Notes under this Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of
the holder thereof, upon:
(1) delivery to the Paying
Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ”) in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Note prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase
Expiration Time ”); and
(2) delivery or book-entry
transfer of the Notes to the Paying Agent at any time after
delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with
all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Paying Agent in New York City, such delivery being a condition to
receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
therefor; provided that such Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.01 only if
the Note so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all
respects to the description thereof in the related Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice.
The Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice shall state:
(i) the certificate numbers,
if any, of Notes to be tendered for repurchase, or the appropriate
Depositary information if the Notes in respect of which such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is being submitted is
represented by a Global Note;
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(ii) the portion of the
principal amount of Note to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof; and
(iii) that the Note is to be
repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Notes and this Indenture.
Any purchase by the Company
contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.01
shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be
received by the Holder promptly following the later of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry
transfer or delivery of the Note.
All questions as to the
validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of
any Notes for repurchase shall be determined by the Company, whose
determination shall be final and binding absent manifest
error.
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, any Noteholder delivering to the Paying
Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this
Section 3.01 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in
part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written
notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 3.02 below.
The Paying Agent shall
promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.
(b) On or before the fifth
(5 th ) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to all Holders
of the Notes, and to beneficial owners as required by applicable
law, a notice (the “ Fundamental Change Company Notice
”) of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the
repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result
thereof. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The Company
shall also deliver a copy of the Fundamental Change Company Notice
to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent. The
Company will also publish a notice containing the information set
forth in the Fundamental Change Company Notice in a newspaper of
general circulation in New York City or publish such information on
the Company’s website or through such other public medium as
the Company may use at that time.
Each Fundamental Change
Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the events causing the
Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of the
Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last date on which
a Holder may exercise the repurchase right;
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(iv) the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price;
(v) the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date;
(vi) the name and address of
the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if
applicable;
(vii) that the Notes are
eligible to be converted, the applicable Conversion Rate and any
adjustments to the applicable Conversion Rate resulting from such
Fundamental Change transaction and expected changes in the cash,
shares or other property deliverable upon conversion of the Notes
as a result of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change, and the
method the Company has chosen to satisfy its Conversion Obligation,
if any;
(viii) that the Notes with
respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been
delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture;
(ix) that the Holder must
exercise the repurchase right by the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Expiration Time;
(x) that the Holder shall
have the right to withdraw any Notes tendered prior to the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Expiration Time;
(xi) state the CUSIP number
of the Notes; and
(xii) the procedures that
Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their
Notes.
No failure of the Company to give the
foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase
rights of Noteholders or affect the validity of the proceedings for
the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.01.
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company at the option
of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if there has occurred and
is continuing an Event of Default other than an Event of Default
that is cured by the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price of the Notes.
SECTION 3.02.
Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice .
A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by
means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Corporate
Trust Office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, specifying:
(1) the certificate number,
if any, of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted, or the appropriate Depositary information if
the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted is represented by a Global Note;
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(2) the principal amount of
the Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted; and
(3) the principal amount, if
any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal
amounts of $1,000 or multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 3.03.
Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . Prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the
Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 2.06, an amount of cash (in immediately available
funds if deposited on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date),
sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased as
of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
If on the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date the Paying Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes that Holders have
elected to require the Company to repurchase in accordance with
Section 3.01, then, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
such Notes will cease to be outstanding, interest will cease to
accrue and all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will
terminate, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price upon delivery or book-entry transfer of the Notes.
This will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer of the
Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Paying
Agent.
SECTION 3.04. Notes
Repurchased in Part . Upon presentation of any Notes
repurchased only in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of any
authorized denomination, in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unrepurchased portion of the Notes presented.
SECTION 3.05.
Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of
Notes . The Company will, to the extent applicable, comply with
the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules
under the Exchange Act that may be applicable at the time of the
offer to repurchase the Notes, file the related Schedule TO or any
other schedule required in connection with any offer by the Company
to repurchase the Notes and comply with all other federal and state
securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to
repurchase the Notes.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
SECTION 4.01.
Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the
manner provided in the Notes and in
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this Indenture. Principal and interest
shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the
Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture
money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the
Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay
interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the
Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain
an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York and in Miami, Florida, where the Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for
payment or for conversion or repurchase and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. As of the date of this Indenture, such New
York City office is located at the office of the Trustee located at
100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration and such Miami, Florida office is
located at the office of the Trustee located at 200 South
Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1870, Miami, Florida 33131, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration and, at any other time, at such
other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of
such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office.
The Company may also from
time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or
agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency.
So long as the Trustee is the
Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or cause to be mailed, the
notices set forth in Section 7.08. If co-registrars have been
appointed in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail
such notices only to the Company and the Noteholders it can
identify from its records.
SECTION 4.03.
Reports; 144A Information .
(a) The Company shall deliver
to the Trustee, within fifteen (15) calendar days after it
would have been required to file them with the SEC, copies of the
Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe)
which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In the event the
Company is at any time no longer subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Company shall continue to provide the Trustee with reports
containing substantially the same information as would have been
required to be filed
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with the SEC had it continued to have
been subject to such reporting requirements. In such event, such
reports shall be provided at the times the Company would have been
required to provide reports had the Company continued to have been
subject to such reporting requirements. The Company also shall
comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Company covenants and
agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available
to any holder or beneficial holder of Notes or any Common Stock
issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be Restricted
Securities and any prospective purchaser of Notes or such Common
Stock designated by such holder or beneficial holder, the
information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act upon the request of any holder or beneficial holder
of the Notes or such Common Stock, until such time as such
securities are not longer “restricted securities”
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trustee is for information
purposes only and Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein
or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to
examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture or to ascertain the
correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements
contained therein. The Trustee is entitled to assume such
compliance and correctness unless a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee is informed otherwise.
SECTION 4.04.
Existence . The Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the
Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that
the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the holders of Notes.
SECTION 4.05.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . The Company will pay or
discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may
become delinquent:
(i) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any
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