Exhibit 4.1
INTERMUNE, INC.
To
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated
as of
June 24, 2008
5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2015
CROSS
- REFERENCE TABLE
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Indenture |
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Section |
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310 |
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(a)(1)
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7.09 |
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(a)(2)
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7.09 |
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(a)(3)
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N.A. |
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(a)(4)
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N.A. |
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(a)(5)
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7.09 |
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(b)
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7.08; 7.10;
7.11 |
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(c)
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N.A. |
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311 |
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(a)
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7.13 |
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(b)
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7.13 |
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(c)
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N.A. |
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312 |
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(a)
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5.01; 5.02 |
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(b)
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5.02 |
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(c)
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5.02 |
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313 |
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(a)
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5.03 |
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(b)
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5.03 |
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(c)
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5.03 |
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(d)
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5.03 |
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314 |
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(a)
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5.04 |
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(b)
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N.A. |
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(c)(1)
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15.05 |
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(c)(2)
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15.05 |
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(c)(3)
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N.A. |
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(d)
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N.A. |
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(e)
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15.05 |
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(f)
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N.A. |
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315 |
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(a)
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7.01 |
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(b)
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6.08 |
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(c)
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7.01 |
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(d)
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7.01 |
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(e)
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6.09 |
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316 |
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(a)
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8.01 |
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(a)(1)(A)
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8.01; 6.01 |
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.07 |
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(a)(2)
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N.A. |
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(b)
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6.04 |
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(c)
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8.01 |
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317 |
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(a)(1)
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6.02; 6.03;
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(a)(2)
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6.02; 6.05 |
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(b)
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7.05 |
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318 |
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(a)
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15.07 |
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This
Cross - Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of this Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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ARTICLE 2
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Issue, Description, Execution,
Registration And Exchange Of Notes
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Section 2.01. Designation Amount And Issue Of
Notes
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Section 2.02. Form of Notes
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Section 2.03. Date And Denomination Of Notes ;
Payments Of Interest
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Section 2.04. Execution of Notes
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Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of
Notes ; Restrictions on Transfer
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Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Notes
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Section 2.07. Temporary Notes
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Section 2.08. Cancellation of Notes
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Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers
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Section 2.10. Additional Notes
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Section 2.11. Ranking
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ARTICLE 3
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Redemption Of Notes
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Section 3.01. Redemption At Option of Holders Upon a
Designated Event
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Section 3.02. The Company’s Right to Elect Manner of
Redemption upon a Designated Event
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Section 3.03. Effect of Redemption Notice
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Section 3.04 . Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 3.05. Repayment to the Company
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Section 3.06. Redemption Upon Changes In Withholding
Taxes
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ARTICLE 4
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Particular Covenants Of The
Company
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Section 4.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in
Trustee’s Office
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Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent
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Section 4.05. Existence
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Section 4.06. Maintenance of Properties
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Section 4.07. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
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Section 4.08. Rule 144A Information
Requirement
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Section 4.09. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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Section 4.10. Compliance Certificate
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Section 4.11. Payment Of Additional Amounts
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ARTICLE 5
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Noteholders’ Lists And Reports By
The Company And The Trustee
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Section 5.01. Noteholders’ Lists
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Section 5.02. Preservation And Disclosure Of
Lists
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Section 5.03. Reports By Trustee.
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Section 5.04. Reports by Company
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ARTICLE 6
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Remedies Of The Trustee And Noteholders
On An Event Of Default
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Section 6.01. Events Of Default
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Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default ; Suit
Therefor
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Section 6.03. Application of Monies Collected By
Trustee
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Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholder
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Section 6.05. Proceedings By Trustee
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Section 6.06. Remedies Cumulative And Continuing
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Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of
Defaults By Majority of Noteholders
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Section 6.08. Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.09. Undertaking To Pay Costs
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ARTICLE 7
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The Trustee
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Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
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Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions,
Etc
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Section 7.03. No Responsibility For Recitals, Etc
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Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or
Registrar May Own Notes
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Section 7.05. Monies to Be Held in Trust
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Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of
Trustee
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Section 7.07. Officers’ Certificate As
Evidence
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Section 7.08. Conflicting Interests of Trustee
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Section 7.09. Eligibility of Trustee
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Section 7.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee
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Section 7.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee
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Section 7.12. Succession By Merger
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Section 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
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ARTICLE 8
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The Noteholders
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Section 8.01. Action By Noteholders
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Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders
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Section 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
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Section 8.04. Company-owned Notes Disregarded
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Section 8.05. Revocation Of Consents, Future Holders
Bound
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ARTICLE 9
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Meetings Of Noteholders
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Section 8.01. Purpose Of Meetings
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Section 8.02. Call Of Meetings By Trustee
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Section 8.03. Call Of Meetings By Company Or
Noteholders
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Section 8.04. Qualifications For Voting
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Section 8.05. Regulations
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Section 8.06. Voting
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Section 8.07. No Delay Of Rights By Meeting
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ARTICLE 10
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Supplemental Indentures
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Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders
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Section 10.02. Supplemental Indenture With Consent Of
Noteholders
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Section 10.03. Effect Of Supplemental Indenture
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Section 10.04. Notation On Notes
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Section 10.05. Evidence Of Compliance Of Supplemental
Indenture To Be Furnished To Trustee
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ARTICLE 11
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Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance
And Lease
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Section 11.01. Company May Consolidate On Certain
Terms
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Section 11.02. Successor To Be Substituted
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Section 11.03. Opinion Of Counsel To Be Given To
Trustee
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ARTICLE 12
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Satisfaction And Discharge Of
Indenture
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Section 12.01. Discharge Of Indenture
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Section 12.02. Deposited Monies To Be Held In Trust By
Trustee
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Section 12.03. Paying Agent To Repay Monies Held
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Section 12.04. Return Of Unclaimed Monies
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Section 12.05. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 13
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Immunity Of Incorporators, Stockholders,
Officers And Directors
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Section 13.01. Indenture And Notes Solely Corporate
Obligations
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ARTICLE 14
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Conversion Of Notes
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Section 14.01. Right To Convert
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Section 14.02. Exercise Of Conversion Privilege ;
Issuance Of Common Stock On Conversion ; No Adjustment
For Interest Or Dividends
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Section 14.03. Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional
Shares
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Section 14.04. Conversion Rate
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Section 14.05. Adjustment Of Conversion Rate
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Section 14.06. Effect Of Reclassification, Consolidation,
Merger or Sale
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Section 14.07. Taxes On Shares Issued
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Section 14.08. Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully
Paid ; Compliance With Governmental Requirements ;
Listing of Common Stock
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Section 14.09. Responsibility Of Trustee
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Section 14.10 . Notice To Holders Prior To Certain
Actions
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Section 14.11. Stockholder Rights Plans
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Section 14.12. Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to
Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection With A Fundamental Change
and A Withholding Tax Redemption
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ARTICLE 15
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 15.01. Provisions Binding On Company’s
Successors
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Section 15.02. Official Acts By Successor
Corporation
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Section 15.03. Addresses For Notices, Etc
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Section 15.04. Governing Law
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Section 15.05. Evidence Of Compliance With Conditions
Precedent, Certificates To Trustee
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Section 15.06. Legal Holidays
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Section 15.07. Trust Indenture Act
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Section 15.08. No Security Interest Created
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Section 15.09. Benefits Of Indenture
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Section 15.10. Table Of Contents, Headings, Etc
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Section 15.11. Authenticating Agent
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Section 15.12. Execution In Counterparts
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Section 15.13. Severability
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Exhibit A
Form of Note
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE dated as of June 24,
2008 between InterMune, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called the “ Company ”), having its principal
office at 3280 Bayshore Boulevard, Brisbane, California 94005 and
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national banking
association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “
Trustee ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate
purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issue of its 5.00%
Convertible Senior Notes Due 2015 (hereinafter called the “
Notes ”), in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $85,000,000 and, to provide the terms and conditions upon
which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Notes, the certificate
of authentication to be borne by the Notes, a form of assignment, a
form of option to elect redemption upon a Designated Event, and a
form of conversion notice to be borne by the Notes are to be
substantially in the forms hereinafter provided for; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things
necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized
authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute
this Indenture a valid agreement according to 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:
That in order to declare the terms
and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the
holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders
from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided
below), as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
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
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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 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.
“ 0.25% Convertible
Notes ” means the convertible senior notes issued under
the 2004 Indenture.
“ 2004 Indenture ”
means the Indenture dated as of February 27, 2004 between the
Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee,
under which the Company’s 0.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due
2011 are issued and outstanding.
“ Additional Amounts
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.11.
“ Additional Notes
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
“ Adjustment Event
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(k).
“ Agent Members ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).
“ Affiliate ” of
any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “ control ”, when used with respect
to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the
direction of 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.
“ Applicable Price
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.12(c).
“ Board of Directors
” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee
of such Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.
“ Board Resolution
” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Business Day ”
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which
banking institutions in The City of New York or the city in which
the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or obligated
by law, regulation or executive order to close.
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“ Closing Sale Price
” of the shares of Common Stock on any date means the closing
sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in
either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average
closing ask prices) on such date as reported in composite
transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on
which shares of Common Stock are traded or, if the shares of Common
Stock are not listed on a United States national or regional
securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market or by
the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated. In the absence of such
quotations, the Company shall be entitled to determine the Closing
Sale Price on the basis it considers appropriate. The Closing Sale
Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after
hours trading.
“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“ Common Stock ”
means any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference
in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
Subject to the provisions of Section 14.06, however, shares
issuable on conversion of Notes shall include only shares of the
class designated as common stock of the Company at the date of this
Indenture (namely, the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share) or
shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification
or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company;
provided that if at any time there shall be more than one
such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so
issuable on conversion shall be substantially in the proportion
which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all
such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all
such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“ Company ” means
the corporation named as the “ Company ” in the
first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions
of Article 11 and Section 14.06, shall include its
successors and assigns.
“ Conversion Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b).
“ Conversion Notice
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).
“ Conversion Price
” as of any day will equal $1,000 divided by the Conversion
Rate as of such date.
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“ Conversion Rate
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04.
“ 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,
is 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90017,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
“ Current Market Price
” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.05(g)(i).
“ Custodian ”
means The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as custodian with
respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
“ Default ” means
any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both,
would be, an Event of Default.
“ Defaulted Interest
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“ Designated Event
” means the occurrence of (a) a Fundamental Change or
(b) a Termination of Trading.
“ Designated Event
Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(b).
“ Designated Event
Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(b).
“Designated Event
Redemption Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“ Designated Event
Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“ Depositary ”
means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Notes. The
Depository Trust Company 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.
“ Determination Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(k).
“ Effective Date ”
has the meaning specified in Section 14.12(b).
“ Event of Default
” means any event specified in Section 6.01 as an Event
of Default.
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“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from
time to time.
“ Expiration Time
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(f).
“ Ex-Dividend Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(d).
“ Fair Market Value
” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.05(g)(ii).
“ Fundamental Change
” means (i) the acquisition by any person, including any
syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a
purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of
purchase, merger or other acquisition transactions of shares of the
Company’s capital stock entitling that person to exercise 50%
or more of the total voting power of all shares of the
Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors, other than any acquisition by us, any of
the Company’s future subsidiaries or any of the
Company’s employee benefit plans (except that such person
shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of
a subsequent condition); or (ii) the consolidation or merger
of us with or into any other person, any merger of another person
into us, or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties and assets to another person, other than any transaction
(x) that does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the
Company’s capital stock; and (y) pursuant to which
holders of the Company’s capital stock immediately prior to
such transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors of the continuing or surviving person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; and
(z) any merger solely for the purpose of changing the
Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and resulting in a
reclassification, conversion, or exchange of outstanding shares of
common stock solely into shares of common stock of a parent entity.
However, a Fundamental Change will be deemed not to have occurred
if at least 90% of the consideration in the transaction or
transactions constituting a Fundamental Change consists of shares
of common stock, depositary receipts or other certificates
representing common equity interests traded or to be traded
immediately following such Fundamental Change on a national
securities exchange and as a result of the transaction or
transactions, the obligations of the Company under the Notes are
expressly assumed by the person issuing such consideration in such
transaction or transactions and the Notes become convertible solely
into such common stock (and any rights attached thereto),
depositary receipts or other certificates representing common
equity interests.
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“ Global Note ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Indebtedness ”
means, with respect to any Person, and without duplication, whether
recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and
whether or not contingent, (a) all indebtedness, obligations
and other liabilities of such Person for borrowed money (including
obligations of the Person in respect of overdrafts, foreign
exchange contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate
protection agreements, and any loans or advances from banks,
whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, other
than any account payable or other accrued current liability or
obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the obtaining of materials or services;
(b) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities of
such Person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or
bankers’ acceptances; (c) all obligations and
liabilities in respect of leases of such Person required, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to be
accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet
of such Person and all obligations and other liabilities under any
lease or related document (including a purchase agreement) in
connection with the lease of real property which provides that such
Person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third
party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a
minimum residual value of the leased property to the lessor and the
obligations of such Person under such lease or related document to
purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such leased
property; (d) all net obligations of such Person with respect
to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other
similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge,
exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement; (e) all
direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such Person
in respect of, and obligations or liabilities of such Person to
purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor
against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or
liabilities of another Person of the kind described in clauses (a)
through (d); (f) any indebtedness or other obligations
described in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any
mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property
which is owned or held by such Person, regardless of whether the
indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been
assumed by such Person; and (g) any and all deferrals,
renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or
liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through
(f).
“ Indenture ”
means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented.
“ Interest ”
means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable
under the terms of the Notes.
“ Make-Whole Applicable
Increase ” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.12(b).
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“ Make-Whole
Consideration ” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.12(a).
“ Make-Whole Conversion
Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.12(a).
“ Market Price ”
means 95% of the average of the Closing Sale Price of one share of
common stock for the 5-Trading Day period immediately preceding and
including the third Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Designated Event Redemption Date (or if the third
Business Day immediately preceding the relevant date of
determination is not a Trading Day, then on the last Trading Day
immediately preceding such third Business Day).
“ Non-Electing Share
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.06.
“ Note ” or
“ Notes ” means any Note or Notes, as the case
may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including
any Global Note.
“ Note Register ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“ Note Registrar ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“ Noteholder ” or
“ holder ” as applied to any Note, or other
similar terms (but excluding the term “ Beneficial
Holder ”), means any Person in whose name at the time a
particular Note is registered on the Note Registrar’s
books.
“ Officers’
Certificate ”, when used with respect to the Company,
means a certificate signed by any of the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President
(whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words
added before or after the title " Vice President ”)
and any of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“ Outstanding ”,
when used with reference to Notes and subject to the provisions of
Section 8.04, means, as of any particular time, all Notes
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled
by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes in lieu of which, or
in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.06; and
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(c) Notes converted into Common
Stock pursuant to Article 14 and Notes deemed not outstanding
pursuant to Article 3.
“ Person ” means a
corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability
company, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a
trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency
or a political subdivision thereof.
“ Portal Market ”
means The Portal Market operated by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“ Predecessor Note
” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a
lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.
“ Premium ” means
any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.
“ Purchased Shares
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(f).
“ qualified institutional
buyer ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Rule 144A.
“ Record Date ”
has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(g)(iii).
“ Redemption Notice
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a)(i).
“ Reference Property
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.06.
“ Responsible Officer
” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer or trust officer 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 any
familiarity with the particular subject.
“ Restricted Securities
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“ Rule 144A ”
means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Securities ” has
the meaning specified in Section 14.05(d).
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to
time.
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“ Share Delivery Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b).
“ Significant Subsidiary
” means, as of any date of determination, a Subsidiary of the
Company that would constitute a “ significant
subsidiary ” as such term is defined under
Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Commission as in
effect on the date of this Indenture.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity
interest 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 such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries
of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any
partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general
partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or
(b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one
or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
“ Taxes ” has the
meaning specified in Section 4.11.
“ Termination of Trading
” means the termination of trading of Company’s Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are at such time
convertible) on any United States national securities exchange,
following which the Company’s Common Stock (or other common
stock into which the Notes are at such time convertible) is no
longer approved for trading on any United States system of
automated dissemination of quotations and security prices or listed
for trading on a United States national securities exchange.
“ Trading Day ”
has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(g)(iv).
“ Trigger Event ”
has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(d).
“ Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it
was in force at the date of this Indenture, except as provided in
Sections 10.03; provided that if the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “
Trust Indenture Act ” shall mean, to the extent
required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so
amended.
“ Trustee ” means
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., and its successors and
any corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation or
merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any
successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee
hereunder.
“ Withholding Tax
Redemption ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.06.
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ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description,
Execution, Registration And Exchange Of Notes
Section 2.01. Designation
Amount And Issue Of Notes. The Notes shall be designated as
“ 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2015 ”.
Notes not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of $85,000,000,
(except pursuant to Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.10, 3.01 and 14.02
hereof) upon the execution of this Indenture, or from time to time
thereafter, may be executed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the written order of
the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President or any Vice President (whether or not designated
by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the
title “ Vice President ”), the Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
without any further action by the Company hereunder.
Section 2.02. Form of
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. The terms and provisions
contained in the form of Note 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, the Depositary or by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for the Notes to be tradable on
The Portal 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 2.05(a),
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 (a “ Global Note ”). The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be
effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture
and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided
in Section 2.05(a), beneficial owners of a Global Note shall
not be
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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.
Any Global Note 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 redemptions, 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, 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
and interest and premium, if any, on any Global Note shall be made
to the holder of such Note.
Section 2.03. Date And
Denomination Of Notes ; Payments Of Interest. 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 Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the
Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months.
The Person in whose name any Note (or
its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the
close of business on any record date with respect to any interest
payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on
such interest payment date, except that the interest payable upon
redemption upon the occurrence of a Designated Event will be
payable to the Person to whom principal is payable pursuant to such
redemption. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of
Manhattan, City of New York, which shall initially be an office or
agency of the Trustee. The Company shall pay interest (i) on
any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Note Register (or
upon written notice by such Person, by wire transfer in immediately
available funds, if such Person is entitled to interest on
aggregate principal in excess of $2 million) or (ii) on
any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The term “
record date ” with respect to any interest payment
date shall mean the February 15 or August 15 preceding
the applicable March 1 or September 1 interest payment date,
respectively.
Any interest on any Note which is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
March 1 or September 1 (herein called “ Defaulted
Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Noteholder on the relevant record date by virtue of his having been
such Noteholder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(1) or (2) below:
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(1) 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 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 of the proposed payment (which shall be not less
than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the Trustee of
such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date),
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit on or 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 special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not
less than ten (10) 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 cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each holder
at his address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than
ten (10) days prior to such special record date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid 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 (2) of this
Section 2.03.
(2) The Company may make payment
of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or
designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange or automated quotation system, 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.
Section 2.04. Execution of
Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of
the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of
the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President
(whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words
added before or after the title “ Vice President
”). Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of
Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as
provided by Section 15.11), shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such
certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent)
upon
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any Note
executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note
so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
In case any officer of the Company
who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such
officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such
Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed
of as though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be
such officer of the Company, and any Note may be signed on behalf
of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the
execution of such Note, shall be the proper officers of the
Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture
any such person was not such an officer.
Section 2.05. Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Notes ; Restrictions on
Transfer
(a) The Company shall cause to
be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register
maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the
Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Note
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 Note Register
shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The
Trustee is hereby appointed “ Note Registrar ”
for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as
herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars
in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-registrar, and
satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in
this Section 2.05, 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 which the Noteholder 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
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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, redemption, or
conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the Note
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 Noteholder
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 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.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for
conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or
portions thereof tendered for redemption (and not withdrawn)
pursuant to Section 3.01.
(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 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 (i) has notified the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Note and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the
Company within ninety days or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or (C) the Company, in
its sole discretion, 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 clause (A) or
(B) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and
any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (C) above may be
exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the
Company. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any
portion thereof shall be a Global Note; provided that any
such Note so
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issued
that is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note.
(iii) Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof
pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be issued in definitive,
fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an
aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Note 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 Note to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the
Depositary to the Trustee, as Note Registrar. With regard to any
Global Note to be exchanged in part, either such Global Note shall
be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as
Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such
Global Note, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an
amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of
an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon
any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery the Note issuable on such exchange
to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized
representative thereof.
(iv) In
the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
clause (ii) above, the Company will promptly make available to
the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in
definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.
(v) Neither
any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“
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 Note 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 Note 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 Note.
(vi) At
such time as all interests in a Global Note have been redeemed,
converted, canceled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form,
such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the
Trustee in
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accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing
between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is redeemed,
converted, canceled 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, be appropriately reduced, and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or
the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
(c) Every Note that bears or is
required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set
forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together with any Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Notes and required to bear the legend
set forth in Section 2.05(c), collectively, the “
Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c)
(including those set forth in the legend below) unless such
restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the
Company, and the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such
Note holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all
such restrictions on transfer. As used in Section 2.05(c) and
2.05(d), the term “ transfer ” encompasses any
sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any
Restricted Security or any interest therein.
Until the expiration of the holding
period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate
evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any,
issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set
forth in this Section 2.05(c), if applicable) shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form, unless such Note 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, with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES
ACT ”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS
THAT IT IS A “ QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ”
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT, PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THIS NOTE UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF
THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO INTERMUNE, INC. OR ANY
SUBSIDIARY
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THEREOF,
(B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH
HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH
CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER);
(3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE),
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE
TRUSTEE 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;
AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM
THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF
THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THIS
NOTE UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION), THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON
THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND
SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE). THIS
LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION). THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE
TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN
VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION.
Any Note (or security issued in
exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on
transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to
conditions for removal of the foregoing legend set forth therein
have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange
to the Note Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.05, 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 2.05(c). If the
Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a
Global Note bearing the legend set forth in this
Section 2.05(c), the principal amount of the legended Global
Note shall be reduced by the appropriate principal amount and the
principal amount of a Global Note without
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the
legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) shall be increased by
an equal principal amount. If a Global Note without the legend set
forth in this Section 2.05(c) is not then outstanding, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver an unlegended Global Note to the Depositary.
(d) Until the expiration of the
holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any stock
certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of any
Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form,
unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act
(and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer)
or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
similar provision then in force, or such Common Stock has been
issued upon conversion of Notes that have been transferred pursuant
to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless
otherwise agreed by the Company in writing with written notice
thereof to the transfer agent:
THE
COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “
SECURITIES ACT ”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND,
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT, UNTIL THE
EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE COMMON
STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR
ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), (1) IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT (A) TO
INTERMUNE, INC. OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A “
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A,
(C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY
RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR
(D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO
BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (2) PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE), IT
WILL FURNISH TO MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES, AS TRANSFER AGENT (OR A
SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT 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 AND (3) IT
WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMON STOCK
EVIDENCED
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HEREBY
IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D)
ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS
LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE
COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE OR UPON
ANY TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY AFTER THE
EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
(OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION).
Any such Common Stock as to which
such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with
their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the
foregoing legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon
surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common
Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the
transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new
certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of Common
Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by
this
Section 2.05(d).
(e) Any Note or Common Stock
issued upon the conversion of a Note that, prior to the expiration
of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), is purchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate
thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Affiliate unless
registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in a transaction which results in such Notes or Common Stock, as
the case may be, no longer being “ Restricted
Securities ” (as defined under Rule 144).
(f) 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
(including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount,
under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications
to be given to the Noteholders and all payments to be made to
Noteholders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon
the order of the registered Noteholders (which shall be the
Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights
of beneficial owners in any Global Note 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
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Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among
Agent Members in any Global Indenture) 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 2.06. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its
discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or
an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a
substituted Note 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 connected
with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the
Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Note and of the ownership thereof.
Following receipt by the Trustee or
such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory
security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding
paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may
authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for
delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the
Company may require the payment by the holder of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected
therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature
or has been tendered for redemption upon a Designated Event (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 Note, 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 Note), 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 Note and of the ownership
thereof.
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Every substitute Note issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact
that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to
all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion
or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and
shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding
any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary
with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion or
redemption of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
Section 2.07. 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 Note 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 2.08. Cancellation
of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment,
redemption, conversion, exchange or registration of transfer shall,
if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any Note
Registrar or any conversion agent, be surrendered to the Trustee
and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee,
shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Notes shall be issued in
lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes
in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption, or satisfaction of the
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indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same
are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “
CUSIP ” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if
so, the Trustee shall use “ CUSIP ” numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders;
provided 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
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the “ CUSIP ” numbers.
Section 2.10. Additional
Notes. The Company may, without the consent of the holders,
issue Additional Notes (the “ Additional Notes
”) under this Indenture with the same terms and with the same
CUSIP numbers as the Notes offered hereby in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount, provided that such Additional Notes must be part
of the same issue as the notes offered hereby for United States
federal income tax purposes.
Section 2.11. Ranking.
The Notes constitute a senior unsecured general obligation of the
Company, ranking equally with other existing and future senior
unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company,
including, without limitation, the 0.25% Convertible Notes, and
ranking senior in right of payment to any future Indebtedness of
the Company that is expressly made subordinate to the Notes by the
terms of such Indebtedness.
ARTICLE 3
Redemption Of
Notes
Section 3.01. Redemption At
Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event
(a) If there shall occur a
Designated Event at any time prior to maturity of the Notes, then
each Noteholder shall have the right, at such holder’s
option, to require the Company to redeem for cash such
holder’s Notes, in whole or any portion thereof that is a
multiple of $1,000 principal amount, on the date (the “
Designated Event Redemption Date ”) that is thirty
(30) days after the date of the Designated Event Notice (as
defined in Section 3.01(b)) of such Designated Event (or, if
such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued interest, to, but excluding, the Designated
Event Redemption Date (the “ Designated Event Redemption
Price ”). Such redemption pursuant to this
Section 3.01 shall be made at the option of the Noteholder,
upon:
(i) delivery to the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company) by a Noteholder of a duly
completed form entitled “Option
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to Elect
Repayment Upon A Designated Event” (the “ Redemption
Notice ”) in the form set forth on the reverse of the
Note during the period beginning at any time from the opening of
business on the date the Designated Event Notice is mailed until
the close of business on the Designated Event Redemption Date;
and
(ii) delivery or book-entry transfer
of the Note or Notes to the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the
Designated Event Notice (together with all necessary endorsements)
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company), such delivery being a condition to
receipt by the holder of the redemption price therefor;
provided that such redemption price shall be so paid
pursuant to this Section 3.01 only if the Note so delivered to
the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) shall
conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related
Redemption Notice.
The Company shall redeem, pursuant to
this Section 3.01, a portion of a Note, if the principal
amount of such portion is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the redemption of all of
a Note also apply to the redemption of such portion of such Note.
Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and, upon the Company’s written direction to
the Trustee, 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 authorized denominations, in aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes
presented.
Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, any holder delivering to the Trustee (or other paying
agent appointed by the Company) the Redemption Notice contemplated
by this Section 3.01 shall have the right to withdraw such
Redemption Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the
Designated Event Redemption Date by delivery of a written notice of
withdrawal to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the
Company) in accordance with Section 3.03.
The Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the Company of the
receipt by it of any Redemption Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof.
(b) On or before the tenth day
after the occurrence of any Designated Event of which it is aware,
the Company at its written request (which must be received by the
Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the
Trustee is requested to give notice as described below, unless the
Trustee shall agree in writing to a shorter period), or the
Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall
mail or cause to be mailed to all holders of record on the date of
the Designated Event a notice (the “ Designated Event
Notice ”) of the occurrence of such Designated Event and
of the redemption right at the option
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of the
holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be mailed by
first class mail. The notice, if mailed in the manner herein
provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the holder receives such notice. If the Company
shall give such notice, the Company shall also deliver a copy of
the Designated Event Notice to the Trustee at such time as it is
mailed to Noteholders. Concurrently with the mailing of any
Designated Event Notice, the Company shall issue a press release
announcing such Designated Event referred to in the Designated
Event Notice, the form and content of which press release shall be
determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure to
issue any such press release or any defect therein shall not affect
the validity of the Designated Event Notice or any proceedings for
the redemption of any Note which any Noteholder may elect to have
the Company redeem as provided in this Section 3.01.
Each Designated Event Notice, subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 3.02(a), shall specify
the circumstances constituting the Designated Event, the Designated
Event Redemption Date, the price at which the Company shall be
obligated to redeem Notes, that the holder must exercise the
redemption right on or prior to the close of business on the
Designated Event Redemption Date (the “ Designated Event
Expiration Time ”), that the holder shall have the right
to withdraw any Notes surrendered prior to the Designated Event
Expiration Time, a description of the procedure which a Noteholder
must follow to exercise such redemption right and to withdraw any
surrendered Notes, the place or places where the holder is to
surrender such holder’s Notes, the amount of interest accrued
on each Note to the Designated Event Redemption Date and the CUSIP
number or numbers of the Notes (if then generally in use).
No failure of the Company to give the
foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the
Noteholders’ redemption rights or affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.01.
(c) In the case of a
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale
or conveyance to which Section 14.06 applies, in which the
Common Stock of the Company is changed or exchanged as a result
into the right to receive stock, securities or other property or
assets (including cash), which includes shares of Common Stock of
the Company or shares of common stock of another Person that are,
or upon issuance will be, traded on a United States national
securities exchange or approved for trading on an established
automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States and
such shares constitute at the time such change or exchange becomes
effective in excess of 50% of the aggregate fair market value of
such stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash)
(as determined by the Company, which determination shall be
conclusive and binding), then the Person formed by such
consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such
assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture (accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel that such supplemental indenture complies with this
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Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of
execution of such supplemental indenture) modifying the provisions
of this Indenture relating to the right of holders of the Notes to
cause the Company to redeem the Notes following a Designated Event,
including without limitation the applicable provisions of this
Section 3.01 and the definitions of Common Stock and
Designated Event, as appropriate, as determined in good faith by
the Company (which determination shall be conclusive and binding),
to make such provisions apply to such other Person if different
from the Company and the common stock issued by such Person (in
lieu of the Company and the Common Stock of the Company).
(d) The Company will comply with
the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules
under the Exchange Act to the extent then applicable in connection
with the redemption rights of the holders of Notes in the event of
a Designated Event.
Section 3.02. The
Company’s Right to Elect Manner of Redemption upon a
Designated Event .
(a) The Securities to be
redeemed with respect to any Designated Event Redemption Date
pursuant to Section 3.01(a) may be redeemed at the election of
the Company in cash or shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a
parent corporation’s common stock, or in any combination of
cash and shares of Common Stock or such parent corporation’s
common stock, subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 3.02(b). The Company shall designate, in the
Designated Event Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(b),
whether the Company will redeem the Notes for cash or shares of
Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common
stock, or if a combination thereof, the percentages of the
Designated Event Redemption Price in respect of which it will pay
in cash or shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, provided, however , that
the Company will pay cash for fractional interests in shares of
Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common
stock.
For purposes of determining the
existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities subject
to redemption by the Company held by a Holder shall be considered
together (no matter how many separate certificates are to be
presented). Each Holder whose Notes are redeemed pursuant to
Section 3.01 shall receive the same percentage of cash or
shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, in payment of the Designated
Event Redemption Price for such Notes, except (i) as provided
in this (a) with regard to the payment of cash in lieu of
fractional shares of Common Stock and (ii) in the event that
the Company is unable to redeem the Notes of a Holder or Holders
for shares of Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or
registrations of the shares of Common Stock under applicable
securities laws cannot be obtained, the Company may redeem the
Notes of such Holder or Holders for cash. The Company may not
change its election with respect to the consideration (or
components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once
the Company
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has
given its Designated Event Notice to Holders except in the event of
a failure to satisfy, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event
Redemption Date, any condition to the payment of the Designated
Event Redemption Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common
Stock or, if applicable, a parent corporation’s common
stock.
(b) If the Company elects to pay
all or a portion of the Designated Event Redemption Price in
respect of which a Designated Event Notice has been given in Common
Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock,
the number of shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, to be issued shall be equal to
(i) the portion of the Designated Event Redemption Price to be
paid in Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, divided by (ii) the Market
Price of one share of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, subject to satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the second succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue any
fraction of a share of Common Stock in payment of the Designated
Event Repurchase Price. Instead, the Company will make a cash
payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction
multiplied by the Market Price of one share of Common Stock, or if
applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock. If a Holder
elects to have more than one Note purchased, the number of shares
of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of Note to
be purchased.
The Company’s right to exercise
its election to redeem the Notes through the issuance of shares of
Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common
stock, shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the registration of such shares
of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s
common stock, under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in
each case, if required;
(ii) any qualification or
registration of such shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a
parent corporation’s common stock, under applicable state
securities laws, if necessary, or the availability of an exemption
from such qualification and registration;
(iii) listing of the common stock on
a United States national securities exchange or quotation thereof
in an inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United States
national securities association.
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an
Officers’ Certificate stating (A): that the terms of the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, are in conformity with this
Indenture; (B) that the shares of Common Stock, or if
applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock, to be issued
in payment of the Designated Event Redemption Price in respect of
Notes have been duly
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authorized and,
when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture
in payment of the Designated Event Redemption Price in respect of
Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free
from preemptive rights; (C) that the conditions in this
clause
(iv)(A) and (iv)(B) above, the conditions in clauses (i) to
(iii) above and the condition set forth in the second
succeeding paragraph regarding issuance of a press release have
been satisfied in all material respects; and (D) the number of
shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, to be issued for each $1,000
Principal Amount of Notes and the Closing Sale Price of a share of
Common Stock on each Trading Day during the period commencing on
the first Trading Day of the period during which the Market Price
is calculated and ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the Designated Event Redemption Date; and
(v) the receipt by the Trustee of an
Opinion of Counsel stating that: (A) the shares of Common
Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock,
to be issued by the Company in payment of the Designated Event
Redemption Price in respect of the Notes have been duly authorized,
and when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture in payment of the Designated Event Redemption Price in
respect of the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and, to such counsel’s knowledge, free from
preemptive rights; and (B) the condition in clause
(i) above has been satisfied in all material respects.
If the foregoing conditions are not
satisfied with respect to a Holder or Holders prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Designated Event Redemption Date, and the Company has elected to
redeem the Securities pursuant to this Section 3.02 through
the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, the Company shall pay the entire
Designated Event Redemption Price of the Notes of such Holder or
Holders in cash. Upon determination of the actual number of shares
of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s
common stock, to be issued upon redemption of the Notes, the
Company shall be required to disseminate a press release through a
public medium as is customary for such a press release.
(c) All shares of Common Stock,
or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock,
delivered upon redemption of the Notes shall be newly issued
shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of
any lien or adverse claim.
(d) If a Holder of a redeemed
Note is paid in shares of Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent
corporation’s common stock, the Company shall pay any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on such
issue of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax
which is due because the Holder requests the Common Stock, or if
applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock, to be issued
in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Paying
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Agent
may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock, or if applicable, a parent corporation’s common
stock, being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name
until the Paying Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax
which will be due because the shares of Common Stock, or if
applicable, a parent corporation’s common stock, are to be
issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. Nothing
contained herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required
by law or regulations.
Section 3.03. Effect of
Redemption Notice .
(a) Upon receipt by the Trustee
(or other paying agent appointed by the Company) of the Redemption
Notice specified in Section 3.01(a), the holder of the Note in
respect of which such Redemption Notice was given shall (unless
such Redemption Notice is validly withdrawn) thereafter be entitled
to receive solely the redemption price with respect to such Note.
Such redemption price shall be paid to such Noteholder, subject to
receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company), promptly following the later of
(x) the Designated Event Redemption Date with respect to such
Note (provided the holder has satisfied the conditions in
Section 3.01) and (y) the time of delivery of such Note
to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) by
the holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01.
Notes in respect of which a Redemption Notice has been given by the
holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article 14
hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such Redemption
Notice unless such Redemption Notice has first been validly
withdrawn.
(b) A Redemption Notice may be
withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to
the office of the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the
Company) in accordance with the Redemption Notice at any time prior
to the close of business on the Designated Event Redemption Date,
specifying:
(i) 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,
(ii) the principal amount of the Note
with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
and
(iii) the principal amount, if any,
of such Note which remains subject to the original Redemption
Notice and which has been or will be delivered for redemption by
the Company.
Section 3.04 .
Deposit of Redemption Price .
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(a) Prior to 10:00 a.m.
(New York City Time) on the Business Day following the Designated
Event Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
(or other paying agent appointed by the Company; or, if the Company
or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the
paying agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 4.04) an amount of cash (in immediately available
funds if deposited on such Business Day), sufficient to pay the
aggregate redemption price of all the Notes or portions thereof
that are to be redeemed as of the Designated Event Redemption
Date.
(b) If the Trustee or other
paying agent appointed by the Company, or the Company or a
Subsidiary or Affiliate of either of them, if such entity is acting
as the paying agent, holds cash sufficient to pay the aggregate
redemption price of all the Notes, or portions thereof, that are to
be redeemed as of the Designated Event Redemption Date, on or after
the Designated Event Redemption Date (i) the Notes will cease
to be outstanding, (ii) interest on the Notes will cease to
accrue, and (iii) all other rights of the holders of such
Notes will terminate, whether or not book-entry transfer of the
Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee
or paying agent, other than the right to receive the redemption
price upon delivery of the Notes.
Section 3.05. Repayment to
the Company. The Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by
the Company) shall return to the Company any cash that remains
unclaimed as provided in Section 12.04.
Section 3.06. Redemption
Upon Changes In Withholding Taxes. The Notes may be redeemed
(the “Withholding Tax Redemption” ), as a whole
but not in part, at the election of the Company, upon not less than
30 nor more than 60 days notice (which notice shall be
irrevocable), at a redemption price equal to the Principal Amount
plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption
date and Additional Amounts, if any, if the Company, including as a
result of a merger or sale of assets where a parent Person is
organized outside of the United States, has become or will become
obligated to pay Additional Amounts, on the next date on which any
amount would be payable with respect to such Notes, and such
obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures
available to the Company; provided, however, that (a) no such
notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior
to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay
such Additional Amounts, and (b) at the time such notice of
redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts
remains in effect. Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption
described in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee (i) a certificate of the Company, signed by two
directors of the Company, stating that the obligation to pay
Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Company taking
reasonable measures available to it and (ii) an Opinion of
Counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has
or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Company has given notice of a Withholding Tax Redemption as
described in this Section 3.06 each Holder shall have the
right to elect that such Holder’s Notes will not be subject
to such Withholding Tax Redemption. If a Holder elects not to be
subject to a Withholding Tax Redemption, the Company will not be
required to pay any Additional Amounts as provided in
Section 4.11 below with respect to payments made on such
Holder’s Notes following the date of such Withholding Tax
Redemption, and all subsequent payments on such Holder’s
Notes will be subject to any tax required to be withheld or
deducted. Holders must elect their option to avoid a Withholding
Tax Redemption by written notice to the Trustee no later than the
15th day prior to the date of such Withholding Tax Redemption fixed
by the Company stating:
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the name and address of the registered Holder of the Notes
subject to such election: |
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the certificate numbers and Principal Amount of such
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that the Holder elects to avoid the Withholding Tax Redemption
and that the Holder will not be entitled to any Additional Amounts
with respect to payments made on such Holder’s Notes
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ARTICLE 4
Particular Covenants Of The
Company
Section 4.01. Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and
agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of and premium, if any (including the redemption price
upon redemption pursuant to Article 3), and interest, on each
of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the
manner provided herein and in the Notes.
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, where the Notes
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment or for conversion or redemption and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes
and this Indenture may be served. 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, or at an office of the Trustee’s Affiliate located in
New York at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, NY 10286,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
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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.
The Company hereby initially
designates the Trustee as paying agent, Note Registrar, Custodian
and conversion agent and the Corporate Trust Office shall be
considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of
the aforesaid purposes.
So long as the Trustee is the Note
Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or cause to be mailed, the
notices set forth in Section 7.10(a) and the third paragraph
of Section 7.11. If co-registrars have been appointed in
accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices
only to the Company and the holders of Notes it can identify from
its records.
Section 4.03. Appointments
to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office . The Company,
whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of
Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10,
a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder.
Section 4.04. Provisions as
to Paying Agent .
(a) If the Company shall appoint
a paying agent other than the Trustee, or if the Trustee shall
appoint such a paying agent, the Company will cause such paying
agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 4.04:
(1) that it will hold all sums held
by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (whether such sums have
been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Notes) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes;
(2) that it will give the Trustee
notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on
the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and
payable; and
(3) that at any time during the
continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it
will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.
The Company shall, on or before each
due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes, deposit with the paying agent a sum (in funds which are
immediately available on the due date for such payment)
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sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action;
provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such
deposit shall be received by the paying agent by 10:00 a.m.
New York City time, on such date.
(b) If the Company shall act as
its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or
interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or any other obligor under the Notes) to make any payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes when the
same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this
Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may,
at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause
to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or
any paying agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such
sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and
upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the
Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from
all further liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Anything in this
Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to
hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject
to Sections 12.03 and 12.04.
The Trustee shall not be responsible
for the actions of any other paying agents (including the Company
if acting as its own paying agent) and shall have no control of any
funds held by such other paying agents.
Section 4.05. Existence.
Subject to Article 11, 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 Noteholders.
Section 4.06. Maintenance of
Properties. The Company will cause all properties used or
useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any
Significant Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition,
repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the
judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
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advantageously conducted at all times; provided that nothing
in this Section 4.06 shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such
properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business
of any subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect
to the Noteholders.
Section 4.07. 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 Significant
Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) all claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
or charge upon the property of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary and (iii) all stamp taxes and other duties, if any,
which may be imposed by the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or therein in connection with the issuance,
transfer, exchange, conversion or redemption of any Notes or with
respect to this Indenture; provided that, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii), the Company shall not be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim (A) if the failure to do so will
not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on the
Company, or (B) if the amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 4.08. Rule 144A
Information Requirement. Within the period prior to the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), 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 in connection with any
sale thereof 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 and it will take such further
action as any holder or beneficial holder of such Notes or such
Common Stock may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such holder or beneficial holder to
sell its Notes or Common Stock without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by
Rule 144A, as such Rule may be amended from time to time. Upon
the request of any holder or any beneficial holder of the Notes or
such Common Stock, the Company will deliver to such holder a
written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements.
Section 4.09. Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist
upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any
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stay,
extension or usury law or other similar law which would prohibit or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated
herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture
and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 4.10. Compliance
Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within
one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate signed by
either the principal executive officer, principal financial officer
or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating whether or
not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in
default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and,
if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults
and the nature and the status thereof of which the signers may have
knowledge.
The Company will deliver to the
Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of (i) any default in
the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or
condition contained in this Indenture, or (ii) any Event of
Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with
particularity such default or Event of Default and further stating
what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
Any notice required to be given under
this Section 4.10 shall be delivered to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
The Company shall provide/complete
any information/documentation requested by the Trustee in order to
comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 4.11. Payment Of
Additional Amounts. All payments made by the Company under the
Notes will be made free and clear of and without withholding or
deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties,
levies, imposts, assessments or governmental charges of whatever
nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any taxing authority (
“Taxes” ), unless the Company is required to
withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or
administration thereof. In the event that the Company is required
to so withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Taxes
from any payment made under the Notes, the Company will pay such
additional amounts ( “Additional Amounts” ) as
may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder of
Securities (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or
deduction will equal the amount that such Holder would have
received if such Taxes had not
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been
required to be withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional
Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder
of Securities to the extent:
(i) that any such Taxes would not
have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former
connection between such Holder and the Taxing Authority imposing
such Taxes (other than the mere receipt of such payment,
acquisition, ownership or disposition of such Notes or the exercise
or enforcement of rights under such Notes or this Indenture);
(ii) of any estate, inheritance,
gift, sales, transfer, or personal property Taxes imposed with
respect to such Notes, except as otherwise provided herein;
(iii) that any such Taxes would not
have been so imposed but for the presentation of such Notes (where
presentation is required) for payment on a date more than
30 days after the date on which such payment became due and
payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for,
whichever is later, except to the extent that the beneficiary or
Holder thereof would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had
the Notes been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day
period;
(iv) that such Holder would not be
liable or subject to such withholding or deduction of Taxes but for
the failure to make a valid declaration of non-residence or other
similar claim for exemption, if (x) the making of such
declaration or claim is required or imposed by statute, treaty,
regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the relevant
Taxing Authority as a precondition to an exemption from, or
reduction in, the relevant Taxes, and (y) at least
60 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which
the Company shall apply this subclause (iv), the Company or the
Guarantor shall have notified all Holders of Securities in writing
that they shall be required to provide such declaration or claim;
or
(v) that such Holder has elected to
avoid a Withholding Tax Redemption pursuant to the last paragraph
of Section 3.06 with respect to payments made subsequent to
the date of such Withholding Tax Redemption.
The Company will also (i) make
such withholding or deduction of Taxes and (ii) remit the full
amount of Taxes so deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing
Authority in accordance with all applicable laws. The Company will
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain certified copies of tax
receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or
withheld from each Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes. The
Company, as the case may be, will, upon request, make
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available to the Holders of the Notes, within 60 days after
the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is due
pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts
evidencing such payment by the Company, notwithstanding the
Company’s efforts to obtain such receipts, the same are not
obtainable, other evidence of such payments by the Company.
In the event that the Company is
obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment of
principal, interest, redemption price or any other amount payable
under or with respect to the Notes, 30 days prior to the date
such payment is due and payable, the Company, will deliver to the
Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such
Additional Amounts will also be payable, the amounts so payable and
such other information as is necessary to enable the Trustee to pay
such Additional Amounts to the Holders on such payment date.
The foregoing provisions shall
survive any termination or discharge of this Indenture and shall
apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor
Person to the Company, as the case may be, is organized or is
engaged in business for tax purposes or any political subdivisions
or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.
In addition, the Company will pay any
stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and
duties, including interest, penalties and Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, payable in connection with the conversion of
redemption of the notes for stock or a combination of stock and
cash that would not have been payable but for the fact that the
stock is being issued by a non-U.S. entity.
Whenever in this Indenture or the
Notes there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal,
interest, redemption price or any other amount payable under or
with respect to any Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in
such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof.
ARTICLE 5
Noteholders’ Lists And
Reports By The Company And The Trustee
Section 5.01.
Noteholders’ Lists. The Company covenants and agrees that
it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee,
semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) days after each March
1 and September 1 in each year beginning with September 1,
2008, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company
of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may
reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any
notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the
holders of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days
(or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order
to so provide any such notices) prior to
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the time
such information is furnished, except that no such list need be
furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is
acting as the sole Note Registrar.
Section 5.02. Preservation
And Disclosure Of Lists.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to
the names and addresses of the holders of Notes contained in the
most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01
or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar or
co-registrar in respect of the Notes, if so acting. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Noteholders to
communicate with other holders of Notes with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Notes, and the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Noteholder, by receiving
and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them
shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of
information as to names and addresses of holders of Notes made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 5.03. Reports By
Trustee.
(a) Within sixty (60) days after
May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2009, the Trustee
shall transmit to holders of Notes such reports dated as of
May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning
the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner
provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have
occurred under the applicable sections of the Trust Indenture Act
the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such
reports.
(b) A copy of such report shall, at
the time of such transmission to holders of Notes, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system
upon which the Notes are listed or quoted and with the Company. The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes
are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or
delisted therefrom.
Section 5.04. Reports by
Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee (and the
Commission if at any time after the Indenture becomes
qualified
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under
the Trust Indenture Act), and transmit to holders of Notes, such
information, documents and other reports and such summaries
thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at
the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act, whether
or not the Notes are governed by such Act; provided that any
such information, documents or reports required to be filed with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act shall be made available to the Trustee within fifteen
(15) days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to
the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the
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 an Officers’
Certificates).
ARTICLE 6
Remedies Of The Trustee And
Noteholders On An Event Of Default
Section 6.01. Events Of
Default. In case one or more of the following Events of Default
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operatio
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