EXHIBIT 4.2
OVERSTOCK.COM,
INC.
TO
[TRUSTEE]
AS TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS
OF
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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Section 1.2
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Section 1.3
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Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 1.4
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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Section 1.5
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Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company
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Section 1.6
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Notice to Holders; Waiver
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Section 1.7
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.8
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Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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Section 1.9
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 1.10
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Separability Clause
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Section 1.11
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Benefits of Indenture
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Section 1.12
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Governing Law
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Section 1.13
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Legal Holidays
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Section 1.14
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Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate
Obligations
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Section 1.15
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Indenture May be Executed in
Counterparts
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ARTICLE 2
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SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.1
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Forms Generally
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Section 2.2
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Form of Face of Security
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Section 2.3
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Form of Reverse of Security
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Section 2.4
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Form of Legend for Global
Securities
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Section 2.5
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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Section 2.6
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Form of Conversion Notice
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ARTICLE 3
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THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.1
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.2
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Denominations
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Section 3.3
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating
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Section 3.4
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Temporary Securities
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Section 3.5
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Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 3.6
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities
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Section 3.7
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved
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Section 3.8
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Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 3.9
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Cancellation
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Section 3.10
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Computation of Interest
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ARTICLE 4
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.1
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.2
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE 5
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REMEDIES
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Section 5.1
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Events of Default
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Section 5.2
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 5.3
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.4
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.5
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities
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Section 5.6
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Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.7
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Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.8
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert
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Section 5.9
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 5.11
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12
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Control by Holders
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Section 5.13
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14
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Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension
Laws
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ARTICLE 6
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THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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Section 6.2
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.3
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Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.4
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities
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Section 6.5
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May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee
under Other Indentures
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Section 6.6
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Money Held in Trust
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Section 6.7
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Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section 6.8
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Conflicting Interests
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Section 6.9
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Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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Section 6.10
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor
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Section 6.11
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Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 6.12
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business
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Section 6.13
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company
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Section 6.14
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE 7
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND
COMPANY
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Section 7.1
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders
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Section 7.2
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Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders
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Section 7.3
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Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.4
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Reports by Company
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ARTICLE 8
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE
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Section 8.1
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Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on
Certain Terms
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Section 8.2
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Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE 9
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.1
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.2
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Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.3
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.5
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.6
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures
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ARTICLE 10
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COVENANTS
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Section 10.1
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Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Section 10.2
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 10.3
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Money for Securities Payments to be Held in
Trust
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Section 10.4
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Statement by Officers as to Default
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Section 10.5
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Existence
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Section 10.6
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Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE 11
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.1
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Applicability of Article
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Section 11.2
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Section 11.3
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 11.4
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Notice of Redemption
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Section 11.5
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 11.6
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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Section 11.7
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE 12
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SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.1
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Applicability of Article
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Section 12.2
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities
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Section 12.3
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund
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ARTICLE 13
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.1
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Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.2
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Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 13.3
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Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.4
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.5
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Deposited Money, U.S. Government Obligations and
Foreign Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 13.6
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 14
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CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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Section 14.1
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Applicability of Article
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Section 14.2
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Exercise of Conversion Privilege
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Section 14.3
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No Fractional Shares
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Section 14.4
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Adjustment of Conversion Price
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Section 14.5
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Notice of Certain Corporate Actions
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Section 14.6
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Reservation of Shares of Common Stock
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Section 14.7
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Payment of Certain Taxes upon
Conversion
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Section 14.8
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Nonassessability
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Section 14.9
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Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or
Sale of Assets
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Section 14.10
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Duties of Trustee Regarding
Conversion
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Section 14.11
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Repayment of Certain Funds upon
Conversion
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ARTICLE 15
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SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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Section 15.1
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Agreement of Subordination
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Section 15.2
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Payments to Holders
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Section 15.3
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Subrogation of Securities
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Section 15.4
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Authorization to Effect Subordination
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Section 15.5
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Notice to Trustee
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Section 15.6
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Trustee’s Relation to Senior
Debt
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Section 15.7
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No Impairment of Subordination
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Section 15.8
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Certain Conversions/Exchanges Deemed
Payment
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Section 15.9
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Article Applicable to Paying
Agents
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Section 15.10
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Senior Debt Entitled to Rely
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Section 15.11
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Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of
Liquidating Agent
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Section 15.12
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Trust Monies Not Subordinated
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iii
Overstock.com, Inc.
Certain Sections of this Indenture
relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939:
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Section 310
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(a)(1)
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6.9
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(a)(2)
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6.9
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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6.8, 6.10
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Section 311
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(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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Section 312
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(a)
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7.1, 7.2
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(b)
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7.2
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(c)
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7.2
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Section 313
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(a)
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7.3
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(b)
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7.3
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(c)
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7.3
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(d)
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7.3
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Section 314
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(a)
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7.4
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(a)(4)
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1.1, 10.4
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.2
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(c)(2)
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1.2
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(d)
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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1.2
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Section 315
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(a)
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6.1
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
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(d)
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6.1
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(e)
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5.14
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Section 316
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(a)
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1.1
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.2, 5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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(c)
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1.4
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Section 317
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(a)(1)
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5.3
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(a)(2)
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5.4
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(b)
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10.3
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Section 318
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(a)
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1.7
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for
any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
iv
INDENTURE, dated as of
,
between Overstock.com, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal executive office at
6350 South 3000 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121, and [Trustee], a
,
as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”). A
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of its unsecured subordinated
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof appertaining, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in
this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used
herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein;
(3) all accounting terms
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided , the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles in the
United States of America as are generally accepted at the date of
such computation;
(4) all references to
“$” refer to lawful currency of the United States of
America;
(5) unless the context
otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as
the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(6) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
“Act,” when used with
respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
“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.
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“Authenticating Agent”
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
“Board of Directors”
means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly
authorized committee of that board empowered to act for it with
respect to this Indenture.
“Board Resolution” means
a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day,” when
used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common Stock” includes
any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company;
provided , however , subject to the provisions of
Section 14.9, shares issuable upon conversion of Securities
shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock
of the Company at the date of this Indenture 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 ,
further , that if at any time there shall be more than one
such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so
issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“Company” means the
corporation named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company Request” or
“Company Order” means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President
or a Vice President, and by its principal financial officer, its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“control” when used with
respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
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or such other office, designated by the Trustee by written notice
to the Company, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
“corporation” means a
corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Covenant Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
“Defeasance” has the
meaning specified in Section 13.2.
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“Depositary” means, with
respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“Designated Senior Debt”
means the Company’s obligations under any particular Senior
Debt in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents
to which the Company is a party) expressly provides that such
Senior Debt shall be “Designated Senior Debt” for
purposes of this Indenture ( provided that such instrument,
agreement or other document may place limitations and conditions on
the right of such Senior Debt to exercise the rights of Designated
Senior Debt). If any payment made to any holder of any Designated
Senior Debt or its Representative with respect to such Designated
Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by such
holder or Representative upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the reinstated
Indebtedness of the Company arising as a result of such rescission
or return shall constitute Designated Senior Debt effective as of
the date of such rescission or return.
“euro” or
“euros” means the currency adopted by those nations
participating in the third stage of the economic and monetary union
provisions of the Treaty on European Union, signed at Maastricht on
February 7, 1992.
“European Economic Area”
means the member nations of the European Economic Area pursuant to
the Oporto Agreement on the European Economic Area dated
May 2, 1992, as amended.
“European Union” means
the member nations of the European Union established by the Treaty
of European Union, signed at Maastricht on February 2, 1992,
which amended the Treaty of Rome establishing the European
Community.
“Event of Default” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto,
in each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
“Foreign Government
Obligation” means with respect to Securities of any series
which are not denominated in the currency of the United States of
America (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation
of the government which issued or caused to be issued the currency
in which such security is denominated and for the payment of which
obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or, with respect
to Securities of any series which are denominated in euros, a
direct obligation of any member nation of the European Union for
the payment of which obligation the full faith and credit of the
respective nation is pledged so long as such nation has a credit
rating at least equal to that of the highest rated member nation of
the European Economic Area, or (ii) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of a government specified in clause (i) above
the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the such government, which, in either case
(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a
bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities
Act) as custodian with respect to any Foreign Government Obligation
which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank
for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with
respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any
Foreign Government Obligation which is so specified and held,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Foreign Government Obligation or the
specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
“Global Security” means
a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any
series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.4 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
such Securities).
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“Holder” means a Person
in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether absolute or
contingent, whether secured or unsecured, due or to become due,
outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created,
incurred or assumed, of such Person (i) (a) for borrowed
money (including, but not limited to, any indebtedness secured by a
security interest, mortgage or other lien on the assets of that
Person that is (1) given to secure all or part of the purchase
price of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of
such property or to another, or (2) existing on property at
the time of acquisition thereof), (b) evidenced by a note or
similar instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any
business, properties or assets of any kind (c) evidenced by a
credit or loan agreement, note, debenture, bond or other written
obligation, (d) under a lease required to be capitalized on
the balance sheet of the lessee under United States generally
accepted accounting principles or under other leases for
facilities, capital equipment or related assets, whether or not
capitalized, entered into or leased for financing purposes,
(e) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees,
bankers’ acceptances and similar facilities (including
reimbursement obligations with respect to any of the foregoing),
(f) issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of any
property or services, but excluding trade accounts payable and
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business,
(g) under interest rate or currency swap agreements, cap,
floor, collar agreements, hedge agreements, forward contracts and
similar agreements and arrangements; (ii) with respect to any
obligation of others of the type described in the preceding clause
(i) the payment of which is assumed by or guaranteed in any
manner by such Person or for which such Person is responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise, or which are secured by a lien on such
Person’s property; and (iii) any and all renewals,
extensions, modifications, replacements, restatements and
refundings of, or any Indebtedness or obligation issued in exchange
for, any such Indebtedness or obligation described in the preceding
clauses (i) or (ii).
“Indenture” means this
instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
“Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1; provided , however , that if at any
time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this Indenture
due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees for any one
or more separate series of Securities, “Indenture”
shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities for which any
such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or
as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive,
however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other
series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee,
regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and
exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after
such Person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as
such Trustee, was not a party; provided , further
that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by
one or more indentures supplemental hereto which are only
applicable to certain series of Securities, the term
“Indenture” for a particular series of Securities shall
only include the supplemental indentures applicable
thereto.
“interest,” when used
with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security, which by its
terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act”
means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Maturity,” when used
with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, repurchase at the
option of the Holder, upon redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of Default”
means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(4).
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“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the principal
financial officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered
to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’
Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Company.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for, or an
employee of, the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount
Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2.
“Outstanding,” when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except
(1) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose
payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to
which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 13.2;
and
(4) Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which
would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.2,
(B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the
Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal
amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by
Section 3.1, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more non-U.S. dollar currencies or currency
units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, of the principal
amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in
clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as
provided in such clause), and (D) Securities owned by the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“Payment Blockage
Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 15.2.
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“Person” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment,” when
used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place
or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Predecessor Security”
of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Record Date” means any
Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.
“Redemption Date,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption Price,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Regular Record Date”
for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Representative” means
the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or
representative for any Senior Debt or (b) with respect to any
Senior Debt that does not have any such trustee, agent or other
representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Debt issued
pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among
the holders or owners of such Senior Debt, any holder or owner of
such Senior Debt acting with the consent of the required persons
necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior Debt and
(ii) in the case of all other such Senior Debt, the holder or
owner of such Senior Debt.
“Responsible Officer”
means, when used with respect to the Trustee, an officer of the
Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office assigned and duly authorized
by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“Securities” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
“Senior Debt” means the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including all interest
accruing subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-petition
interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) and all
fees on, and other amounts payable in connection with, Indebtedness
of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture
or thereafter created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect
guaranteed by the Company (including all deferrals, renewals,
extensions or refundings of, or amendments, modifications or
supplements to, the foregoing), unless in the case of any
particular Indebtedness the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or the assumption or guarantee thereof expressly provides that
such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the
Securities or expressly provides that such Indebtedness is “
pari passu ” or “ junior” to the
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Senior Debt
shall not include any Indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary
of the Company. If any payment made to any holder of any Senior
Debt or its Representative with respect to such Senior Debt is
rescinded or must otherwise be returned by such holder or
Representative upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
the Company or otherwise, the reinstated Indebtedness of the
Company arising as a result of such rescission or return shall
constitute Senior Debt effective as of the date of such rescission
or return.
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“Special Record Date”
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
“Stated Maturity,” when
used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of principal or interest is due and
payable.
“Subsidiary” means a
Person of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock
having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors of
such Person (in the case of a corporation) is, or of which more
than 50% of the equity interests (in the case of a Person which is
not a corporation) are, at the time owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of
this definition, “voting stock” means stock or other
similar interests which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of directors or persons performing similar functions,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or
other interests has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided ,
however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the
Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more
than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government
Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment
of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and
(y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in
clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the
holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific
payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or
interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
“Vice President,” when
used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words
added before or after the title “vice
president.”
Section 1.2
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an
officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that
each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
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(2) a brief statement as
to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or
opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in
the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to
whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters
are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any
specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some
matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an
officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate
or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to
make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section 1.4
Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. The Trustee shall
promptly deliver to the Company copies of all such instrument or
instruments delivered to the Trustee. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution
by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by
the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of
a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be
proved by the Security Register.
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Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of
any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security
and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, vote, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series, provided that the Company may not set a record
date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date,
and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided that no such action shall be effective
hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration
Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a
new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration
Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6.
The Trustee may set any day as a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving
or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any
declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2,
(iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such
series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such
notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that
no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6.
With respect to any record date set
pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record
dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date”
and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier
or later day; provided that no such change shall be
effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is
given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If
an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record
date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such
record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th
day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect
thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the
applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a
Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard
to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part
of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal
amount.
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Section 1.5
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon,
given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any
Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (or by
facsimile transmissions, provided that oral confirmation of receipt
shall have been received) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or
(2) the Company by the
Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, personally
delivered or sent via overnight courier to the Company addressed to
it at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer. A
Section 1.6
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for
notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or delivered by hand or
overnight courier, to each Holder affected by such event, at its
address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the
latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if
any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. Neither the failure
to mail or deliver by hand or overnight courier any notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed or delivered by hand or overnight
courier, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent
of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to
the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension
of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.7
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act
that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act, which may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.8
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 1.9
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10
Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
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Section 1.11
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders
of Senior Debt and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12
Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 1.13
Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or
the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert a Security
at a particular conversion price or rate shall not be a Business
Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a
provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) or, if applicable to a
particular series of Securities, conversion need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for
conversion, as the case may be.
Section 1.14
Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate
Obligations.
No recourse for the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security, or
for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the
Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in
any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, employee, agent, officer, or director or subsidiary,
as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or
any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as
a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
Section 1.15
Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1
Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall
be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such
other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities
exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of
any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board
Resolution or
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record of such action shall have attached
thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security referred to
therein approved by or pursuant to such Board
Resolution.
The definitive Securities shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may
be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
Section 2.2
Form of Face of Security.
[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS
THEREUNDER.]
OVERSTOCK.COM,
INC.
Overstock.com, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(herein called the “Company,” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to
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or registered assigns, the principal sum of
dollars on
[ if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
— , and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and
in each year, commencing
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at the rate of
%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment [ if applicable, insert — , provided that any
principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which
is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of
%
per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest
shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be the
or
(whether or not a Business Day), as the
case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given
to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[ If the Security is not to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of
this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption
or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and
any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of
%
per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any
overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such
interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on
demand shall bear interest at the rate of
%
per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such
demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for
payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on
demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [
if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in
,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts [ if applicable, insert — ;
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provided , however , that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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OVERSTOCK.COM, INC.
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Section 2.3
Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
“Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of
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200_ (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall
have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the
Company and [Trustee], as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
and all indentures supplemental thereto for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt
and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [ if
applicable, insert — , limited in aggregate principal
amount to
$ ].
[ If applicable, insert
— The Securities of this series are subject to redemption
upon not less than [ if applicable, insert — 30]
days’ notice by mail, [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT —
(1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at
any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
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as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert
— on or before
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%,
and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to
%
of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption [ if applicable, insert — (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
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Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the
face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[ If applicable, insert
— The Securities of this series are subject to redemption
upon not less than [ if applicable, insert — 30]
days’ notice by mail, (1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth
in the table below, and (2) at any time [ if applicable,
insert — on or after
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as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to
%
of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[ If applicable, insert
— Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not,
prior to
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redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [ if
applicable, insert — clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys
borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than
%
per annum.]
[ If applicable, insert
— The sinking fund for this series provides for the
redemption on
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in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year
of [ if applicable, insert — not less than
$
(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than]
$
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities
of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [ if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking
fund payments may be credited against subsequent [ if
applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments
otherwise required to be made if applicable, insert —
, in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[ If the Security is subject to
redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the cancellation hereof.]
[ If applicable, insert
— The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any
time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain
restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is convertible
into other securities of the Company, specify the conversion
features.]
The indebtedness evidenced by this
Security is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Company, and this
Security is issued subject to such provisions of the Indenture with
respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the
same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
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[ If the Security is not an
Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[ If the Security is an Original
Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to —
insert formula for determining the amount . Upon payment
(i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and
(ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and
interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s
obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each
series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf
of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture
and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon
the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not
have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this
series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are
issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of
$
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security that
are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
Section 2.4
Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY
MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY
REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN
PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER
THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 2.5
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of
authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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Section 2.6
Form of Conversion Notice.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 or in a supplemental indenture for the Securities
evidenced hereby, conversion notices shall be in substantially the
following form:
To Overstock.com, Inc.:
The undersigned owner of this
Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this
Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock of
the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred
to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and
deliverable upon the conversion, together with any check in payment
for fractional shares and any Securities representing any
unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the
registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated
below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other
than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes
payable with respect hereto. Any amount required to be paid by the
undersigned on account of interest accompanies this
Security.
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and
loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion program) pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15.
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Signature Guaranty
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Fill in for registration of shares
of Common Stock and Security if to be issued otherwise than to the
registered Holder.
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
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[The above conversion notice is to
be modified, as appropriate, for conversion into other securities
or property of the Company.]
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of
Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more
series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series,
(1) the title of the
Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 and
except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom
any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other
than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on
which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the rate or rates
(which may be fixed or variable) at which any Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which
any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which
any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for
any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date (or the
method for determining the dates and rates);
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(6) the place or places
where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election
by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if
any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the
series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at
the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of
or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of
the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency
units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United
States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.1;
(12) if the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in
one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those
in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is
made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so
payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(13) if other than the entire
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2;
(14) if the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be
determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated
Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal
amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the
Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of
any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the
manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall
be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the
Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be
defeasible pursuant to Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 or
both such Sections, or any other defeasance provisions applicable
to any Securities of the series, and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(16) if applicable, the terms of any
right to convert or exchange Securities of the series into shares
of Common Stock of the Company or other securities or
property;
(17) if applicable, that any
Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any
legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security
in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
clause (2) of the last paragraph of
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Section 3.5 in which any such
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than
the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(18) any deletion of, addition to or
change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of
the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the
requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.2;
(19) any deletion of, addition to or
change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies
to Securities of the series;
(20) any Authenticating Agents,
Paying Agents, Security Registrars or such other agents necessary
in connection with the issuance of the Securities of such series,
including, without limitation, exchange rate agents and calculation
agents;
(21) if applicable, the terms of any
security that will be provided for a series of Securities,
including provisions regarding the circumstances under which
collateral may be released or substituted;
(22) if applicable, the terms of any
guaranties for the Securities and any circumstances under which
there may be additional obligors on the Securities;
(23) any addition to or change in or
modification to the subordination provisions of this Indenture
relating to the Securities of that series (including the provisions
of Article 15), or different subordination provisions,
including a different definition of “Senior Debt” or
“Designated Senior Debt,” that will apply to Securities
of the series; and
(24) any other terms of the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1(5)).
All Securities of any one series
shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the series
are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the
series.
The Securities shall be subordinated
in right of payment to Senior Debt as provided in
Article 15.
Section 3.2
Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall
be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in
such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its principal
financial officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents,
attested by its Treasurer, its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, a copy of such Board
Resolution, the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms
of the series and an Opinion of Counsel, with such Opinion of
Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such
Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such
Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so
established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in
a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities
of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall
not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate
otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such
preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each
Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior
to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee
shall have any responsibility for any defect in the CUSIP number
that appears on any Security, check, advice of payment or
redemption notice, and any such document may contain a statement to
the effect that CUSIP numbers have been assigned by an independent
service for convenience of reference and that neither the Company
nor the Trustee shall be liable for any inaccuracy in such
numbers.
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Section 3.4
Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any
series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of
that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary
Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 3.5
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the
register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of
transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are
so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in
writing.
No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving
any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or
of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the
Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected
for redemption under Section 11.3 and
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ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.
The provisions of clauses (1), (2),
(3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global
Securities:
(1) Each Global Security
authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute
a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such
Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or
(ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or
(C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition
to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
(3) Subject to clause
(2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.4, 3.6,
9.6 or 11.7 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in
the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security
is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
Section 3.6
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the
Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence
of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new
Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that