THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
Dated as of September 23,
2009
7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due
2017
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions;
Interpretations
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Section 1.01 .
Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02 . References to
Interest
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12
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ARTICLE 2
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Issue,
Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of
Notes
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Section 2.01 . Designation and
Amount
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12
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Section 2.02 . Form of
Notes
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12
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Section 2.03 . Date and Denomination of
Notes; Payments of Interest
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13
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Section 2.04 . Execution, Authentication
and Delivery of Notes
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Section 2.05 . Exchange and Registration
of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary;
Automatic Exchange
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Section 2.06 . Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Notes
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Section 2.07 . Temporary
Notes
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Section 2.08 . Cancellation of Notes
Paid, Etc.
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Section 2.09 . CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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Section 2.10 . Additional Notes;
Purchases
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ARTICLE 3
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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Section 3.01 . Satisfaction and
Discharge
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ARTICLE 4
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Particular
Covenants of the Company
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Section 4.01 . Payment of Principal and
Interest
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Section 4.02 . Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 4.03 . Appointments to Fill
Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
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Section 4.04 . Provisions as to Paying
Agent
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Section 4.06 . Rule 144A
Information Requirement and Annual Reports
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Section 4.07 . Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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Section 4.08 . Compliance Certificate;
Statements as to Defaults
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ARTICLE 5
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Lists of
Noteholders and Reports by the Company and the Trustee
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Section 5.01 . Lists of
Noteholders
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Section 5.02 . Preservation and
Disclosure of Lists
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ARTICLE 6
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Defaults and
Remedies
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Section 6.01 . Events of
Default
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Section 6.02 .
Acceleration
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Section 6.03 . Payments of Notes on
Default; Suit Therefor
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Section 6.04 . Application of Monies
Collected by Trustee
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Section 6.05 . Proceedings by
Noteholders
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Section 6.06 . Proceedings by
Trustee
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Section 6.07 . Remedies Cumulative and
Continuing
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34
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Section 6.08 . Direction of Proceedings
and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders
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Section 6.09 . Notice of
Defaults
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Section 6.10 . Undertaking to Pay
Costs
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ARTICLE 7
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Concerning
the Trustee
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Section 7.01 . Duties and
Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section 7.02 . Reliance on Documents,
Opinions, Etc.
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Section 7.03 . No Responsibility for
Recitals, Etc.
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Section 7.04 . Trustee, Paying Agents,
Conversion Agents or Registrar May Own Notes
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Section 7.05 . Monies to Be Held in
Trust
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Section 7.06 . Compensation and Expenses
of Trustee
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Section 7.07 . Officer’s
Certificate as Evidence
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Section 7.08 . Conflicting Interests of
Trustee
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Section 7.09 . Eligibility of
Trustee
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Section 7.10 . Resignation or Removal of
Trustee
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Section 7.11 . Acceptance by Successor
Trustee
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Section 7.12 . Succession by Merger,
Etc.
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Section 7.13 . Limitation on Rights of
Trustee as Creditor
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Section 7.14 . Trustee’s
Application for Instructions from the Company
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ARTICLE 8
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Concerning
the Noteholders
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Section 8.01 . Action by
Noteholders
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Section 8.02 . Proof of Execution by
Noteholders
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Section 8.03 . Who Are Deemed Absolute
Owners
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Section 8.04 . Company-Owned Notes
Disregarded
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Section 8.05 . Revocation of Consents;
Future Holders Bound
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ARTICLE 9
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Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.01 . Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Noteholders
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Section 9.02 . Supplemental Indentures
with Consent of Noteholders
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Section 9.03 . Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04 . Notation on
Notes
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Section 9.05 . Evidence of Compliance of
Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee
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ARTICLE 10
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Consolidation, Merger,
Sale, Conveyance and Lease
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Section 10.01 . Company May Consolidate,
Etc. on Certain Terms
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Section 10.02 . Successor Entity to Be
Substituted
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Section 10.03 . Opinion of Counsel to Be
Given Trustee
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ARTICLE 11
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Immunity of
Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors
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Section 11.01 . Indenture and Notes
Solely Corporate Obligations
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50
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ARTICLE 12
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Special
Interest
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Section 12.01 . Special
Interest
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ARTICLE 13
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Conversion
of Notes
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Section 13.01 . Conversion
Privilege
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Section 13.02 . Conversion
Procedure
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Section 13.03 . Increased Conversion
Rate Applicable To Certain Notes Surrendered In Connection With
Make-Whole Fundamental Changes
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Section 13.04 . Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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Section 13.05 . Shares to Be Fully
Paid
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Section 13.06 . Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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Section 13.07 . Certain
Covenants
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Section 13.08 . Responsibility of
Trustee
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Section 13.09 . Notice to Noteholders
Prior to Certain Actions
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Section 13.10 . Stockholder Rights
Plans
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ARTICLE 14
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REDEMPTION
OF NOTES
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Section 14.01 . Company’s Right to
Redeem; Notices to Trustee
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Section 14.02 . Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed
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Section 14.03 . Redemption
Notice
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Section 14.04 . Effect of Redemption
Notice
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Section 14.05 . Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 14.06 . Notes Redeemed in
Part
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Section 14.07 . No Redemption Upon
Acceleration
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ARTICLE 15
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repurchase
Of Notes At Option Of Noteholders
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Section 15.01. Repurchase at Option of
Noteholders upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 15.02. Withdrawal of Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice
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Section 15.03. Deposit of Fundamental
Change Purchase Price
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ARTICLE 16
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Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 16.01 . Provisions Binding on
Company’s Successors
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Section 16.02 . Official Acts by
Successor
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Section 16.03 . Addresses for Notices,
Etc.
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Section 16.04 . Governing
Law
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Section 16.05 . Evidence of Compliance
with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to
Trustee
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Section 16.06 . Legal
Holidays
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Section 16.07 . No Security Interest
Created
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Section 16.08 . Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 16.09 . Table of Contents,
Headings, Etc.
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Section 16.10 . Authenticating
Agent
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Section 16.11 . Execution in
Counterparts
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Section 16.12 .
Severability
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Section 16.13 . Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 16.14. Consent to
Jurisdiction
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Section 16.15 . Force
Majeure
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Section 16.16 .
Calculations
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Section 16.17. U.S.A. Patriot
Act
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A-1
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iv
INDENTURE dated as
of September 23, 2009 between Eastman Kodak Company, a New
Jersey corporation, as issuer (hereinafter sometimes called the
“ Company ,” as more fully set forth in
Section 1.01) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the
“ Trustee ,” as more fully set forth in
Section 1.01).
WHEREAS, for its
lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
issue of its 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (hereinafter
sometimes called the “ Notes ”), initially in an
aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, and in order to provide
the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, the Form
of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each
Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to
be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms
hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, all acts
and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly
authorized authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the
valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to
constitute these presents a valid agreement according to its terms,
have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture
and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly
authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are
to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of
the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the
holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders
from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided
below), as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions;
Interpretations
Section 1.01
. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective
meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used
in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or
that are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except
as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force
at the date of the execution of this Indenture. The words
“herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder,” and words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this
Article include the plural as well as the singular. Unless
otherwise noted, references to “U.S. Dollars” or
“$” shall mean the currency of the United
States.
“
Additional Interest ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 6.02.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“
Automatic Exchange ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.05(f).
“
Automatic Exchange Date ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.05(f).
“
Bankruptcy Law ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.01(b).
“ Board
of Directors ” means the board of directors of the
Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it
hereunder.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which the banking institutions in New York
City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close
or be closed.
“ Capital
Stock ” means, for any entity, any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or
other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock
issued by that entity.
“ Cash
Settlement ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.02(a).
“ close
of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Common
Stock ” means shares of common stock, par value $2.50 per
share, of the Company, as they exist on the date of this Indenture,
subject to Section 13.06.
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Company ” means Eastman Kodak Company, a New Jersey
corporation, and subject to the provisions of Article 10,
shall include its successors and assigns.
“ Company
Order ” means a written order of the Company, signed by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President, Executive Vice President or any Vice President
(whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words
added before or after the title “Vice President”),
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Continuing Director ” means a director who either was
a member of the board of directors on September 23, 2009 or
who becomes a member of the board of directors subsequent to that
date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by
the shareholders of the Company, is duly approved by a majority of
the continuing directors on the board of directors at the time of
such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the
proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire board
of directors in which such individual is named as nominee for
director.
“
Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.02.
“
Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.02(h).
“
Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 13.02(g).
“
Conversion Obligation ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 13.01.
“
Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each $1,000
principal amount of Notes, as of any date, $1,000, divided
by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal office of
the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office at the date hereof shall be The Bank
of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, New York,
10007, fax: 732-667-9185, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, or such other address or fax number as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and
the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and
the Company).
“
Custodian ” means The Bank of New York Mellon, as
custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the
Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
“ Daily
Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive
Trading Days during the Settlement Averaging Period, one-twentieth
(1/20th) of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such
Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such
Trading Day.
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“ Daily
VWAP ” of the Common Stock, in respect of any Trading
Day, means the per share volume-weighted average price on the
Relevant Exchange as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg
VWAP” on Bloomberg page EK.N<equity>AQR (or its
equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of
the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled
close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day
(or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the
market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day
as determined using a volume-weighted average price method by the
Company’s Board of Directors or a nationally recognized
independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by
the Company. The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to
after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular
trading session.
“
Default ” means any event that is, or after the giving
of notice or with the passage of time, or both, would become, an
Event of Default.
“
Defaulted Interest ” means any interest on any Note
that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any April 1 or October 1.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Global Notes,
the Person specified in Section 2.05 as the Depositary with
respect to such Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed
and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter, “ Depositary ” shall
mean or include such successor.
“ DTC
” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(c).
“
Effective Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.03(a).
“ Event
of Default ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means, with respect to any
issuance, dividend or distribution in which the holders of shares
of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or
other property, the first date on which the shares of Common Stock
trade on the Relevant Exchange, regular way, without the right to
receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in
question.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.04(e).
“
Expiration Time ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.04(e).
“ Form of
Assignment and Transfer ” shall mean the “Form of
Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form
of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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“ Form of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” shall mean the
“Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” attached
as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“ Form of
Note ” shall mean the “Form of Note” attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Form of
Notice of Conversion ” shall mean the “Form of
Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of
Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“
Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence after the
original issuance of the Notes of any of the following
events:
(a) a
“person” or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company, its
Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company or any
such Subsidiary, has become the direct or indirect ultimate
“beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act, of the Company’s common equity representing
more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s common
equity;
(b) consummation
of any recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange,
exchange offer, tender offer, consolidation, merger of the Company
or other change to the Common Stock pursuant to which all or
substantially all of the Common Stock will be converted into cash,
securities or other property or any sale, lease or other transfer
in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and the
Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other
than one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries (any such
exchange, offer, consolidation, merger, transaction or series of
transactions being referred to in this clause (b) as an
“ Event ”); provided, however , that if
Persons that beneficially own the Company’s voting securities
immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly,
a majority of the voting securities of the continuing or surviving
person or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such
Event in substantially the same proportion as the ownership of the
Company’s voting securities (taken as a whole) immediately
prior to such transaction, such transaction shall not be a
Fundamental Change (it being understood that any merger solely for
the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of
incorporation and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or
exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares
of common stock of the surviving entity where this proviso is true
shall not be a Fundamental Change);
(c) Continuing
Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the board of
directors;
(d) the
shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
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(e) the Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on any U.S. national
securities exchange,
provided , however , in the case of a transaction
or event described in clause (a) or (b) above, if at
least 90% of the consideration (the “ Transaction
Consideration ”), excluding cash payments for fractional
shares and cash payments pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal
rights (if applicable), in the transaction or event constituting
the Fundamental Change consists of Publicly Traded Securities, and
as a result of such transaction or event, the Notes become,
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, convertible into such
Transaction Consideration, as set forth in Section 13.06,
including such Publicly Traded Securities, but excluding cash
payments for fractional shares and cash payments pursuant to
dissenters’ appraisal rights (if applicable) (subject to the
provisions of Section 13.02), such event shall not be a
Fundamental Change.
For purposes of
this definition, whether a “person” is a
“beneficial owner” shall be determined in accordance
with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and
“person” includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.01(b).
“
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.01(b)(iii).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.01(a)(i).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Purchase Price ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.01(a).
“ Global
Note ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(b).
“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
amended or supplemented.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each April 1 and October
1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2010; provided ,
however , that if any Interest Payment Date falls on a date
that is not a Business Day, such payment of interest will be
postponed until the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest
or other amount will be paid as a result of such
postponement.
“ Initial
Purchasers ” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated, BNY Mellon Capital
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Markets, LLC,
Daiwa Securities America Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and PNC
Capital Markets LLC.
“
Interest Record Date ,” with respect to any Interest
Payment Date, shall mean the March 15 or September 15
(whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding
the applicable April 1 or October 1 Interest Payment Date,
respectively.
“ Last
Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date
means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price
is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed for trading. The “ Last
Reported Sale Price ” will be determined without
reference to after-hours or extended market trading. If the Common
Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on the relevant date, then the “ Last
Reported Sale Price ” will be the last quoted bid price
for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant
date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar
organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “
Last Reported Sale Price ” will be determined by a
U.S. nationally recognized independent investment banking firm
selected by the Company for this purpose.
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change as described in the
definition thereof (in the case of any Fundamental Change described
in clause (b) of the definition thereof, determined without
regard to the proviso in such clause (b), but subject to the
paragraphs immediately following clause (e) of the definition
thereof).
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (a) a failure by the
primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock
trades or is quoted to open for trading during its regular trading
session or (b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common
Stock for an aggregate one-half hour period of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in
the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts
relating to the Common Stock listed on an exchange or quotation
system.
“
Material Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is a
“significant subsidiary” as defined under
Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act;
provided that, in the case of a Subsidiary that meets the
criteria of clause (3) of the definition thereof but not
clause (1) or (2) thereof, such Subsidiary shall not be
deemed to be a Material Subsidiary unless the Subsidiary’s
income from continuing operations before income taxes,
extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling
interests for the last completed fiscal year prior to the date of
such determination exceeds $25,000,000.
“
Maturity Date ” means April 1, 2017.
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“ Merger
Event ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.06.
“
Note ” or “ Notes ” shall mean any
note or notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“ Note
Register ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
“ Note
Registrar ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(a).
“
Noteholder ” or “ holder ,” as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term
“beneficial holder”), shall mean any Person in whose
name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note
Register.
“
Offering Memorandum ” means the final offering
memorandum dated September 17, 2009 relating to the offering
and sale of the Notes pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
“
Officer ” means, with respect to the Company, the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any
Executive or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether
or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added
before or after the title “Vice President”).
“
Officer’s Certificate ,” when used with respect
to the Company, means a certificate signed by an Officer of the
Company that is delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate
(other than delivered pursuant to Section 4.08 of this
Indenture) shall include the statements provided for in
Section 16.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions
of such Section.
“ open of
business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel acceptable to the Trustee, who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in
Section 16.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions
of such Section.
“
outstanding ,” when used with reference to Notes,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any
particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Notes, or
portions thereof, for the payment, redemption or purchase of which
monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust
with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company)
or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided
that, if any such Note is purchased, the holder thereof
shall
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have delivered
a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with
Section 15.01(a);
(c) Notes that
have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Notes in lieu of
which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in
due course; and
(d) Notes
converted pursuant to Article 13.
“ Paying
Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 4.02.
“
Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a limited
liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture,
a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a
government or an agency or a political subdivision
thereof.
“
Physical Settlement ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 13.02(a).
“
Predecessor Note ” of any particular Note means every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it
replaces.
“
Publicly Traded Securities ” means shares of common
stock that are traded on any U.S. national securities exchange or
that will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with
a Fundamental Change described in clause (a) or (b) of
the definition thereof.
“
Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Purchase
Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2009, among the Company
and the Initial Purchasers.
“
Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 14.01.
“
Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 14.01.
“
Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 14.01
“
Reference Property ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 13.06(b).
“
Relevant Exchange ” means, at any time, the New York
Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, the primary U.S. national securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for
trading.
“ Resale
Restriction Termination Date ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.05(c).
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“
Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to
the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of
the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer
or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“
Restricted Global Note ” shall mean a Global Note that
is a Restricted Security.
“
Restricted Securities ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.05(c).
“
Restricted Transfer Default ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 12.01(a).
“
Restricted Transfer Triggering Date ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 12.01(a).
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 as promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A as promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is
scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary U.S. national
securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted for trading, unless the Common Stock is not so traded
or quoted, in which case “Scheduled Trading day” means
a Business Day.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Settlement Averaging Period ,” with respect to any
Note surrendered for conversion to which a Cash Settlement applies,
means:
(a) if the
relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to January 15, 2017, the
20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the
third Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion
Date, unless such Note has been called for redemption;
(b) if the
relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after January 15, 2017,
the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including,
the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date;
and
(c) if such
Note has been called for redemption, the 20 consecutive Trading Day
period beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day
prior to the Redemption Date.
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“
Settlement Method ” means, with respect to a
conversion of Notes, a Physical Settlement or a Cash Settlement, as
elected (or deemed elected) by the Company pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture.
“
Settlement Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.02(b).
“ Stock
Price ” means (a) in the case of a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of
Fundamental Change in which holders of Common Stock receive solely
cash consideration in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change, the amount of cash paid per Common Stock and (b) in
the case of all other Make-Whole Fundamental Changes, the average
of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Stock over the period
of five consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the
Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the
Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
“ Special
Interest ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 12.01(a).
“
Spin-Off ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.04(c).
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person.
“
Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(a).
“ Trading
Day ” means a day during which trading in Common Stock
generally occurs on the primary exchange or quotation system on
which the Common Stock then trades or is quoted and there is no
Market Disruption Event, unless the Common Stock is not so traded
or quoted, in which case “Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
“
Transaction Consideration ” shall have the meaning set
forth in the definition of Fundamental Change.
“
transfer ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(c).
“ Trigger
Event ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.04(c).
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this
Indenture; provided , however , that in the event the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the
term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent
required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so
amended.
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“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
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.
“ United
States ” means the United States of America.
“
Unrestricted Global Note ” shall mean a Global Note
that is not a Restricted Security.
“
Valuation Period ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 13.04(c).
“
Weighted Average Consideration ” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 13.06(c).
Section 1.02
. References to Interest. Any reference to the payment of
interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be
deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest (if
applicable) and Special Interest (if applicable) if, in such
context, Additional Interest and Special Interest, as applicable,
was, or would be, payable pursuant to Section 6.01 and
Section 12.01, respectively. An express mention of the payment
of Additional Interest (if applicable) or Special Interest (if
applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as
excluding Special Interest or Additional Interest, as applicable,
in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description,
Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes
Section 2.01
. Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as
the “7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017.” The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to
$400,000,000, subject to Section 2.10 and except for Notes
authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to
Section 2.05 and Section 2.06.
Section 2.02
. Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be
substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A,
which are incorporated in and made a part of this
Indenture.
Any of the Notes
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends or endorsements as the officer executing
the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence
of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule
or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance,
or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or
restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
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The Global Note
shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as
shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to
time be increased or reduced to reflect purchases, conversions,
transfers, exchanges or issuances of additional Notes permitted
hereby. Any endorsement of the Global Note to reflect the amount of
any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian,
at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon
instructions given by the holder of such Notes in accordance with
this Indenture. Payment of principal (including any Fundamental
Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price, as applicable) of, and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Global Note shall be
made to the holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a
record date or other means of determining holders eligible to
receive payment is provided for herein.
The terms and
provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A
hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby.
Section 2.03
. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall
bear interest from the date specified on the face of the form of
Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Notes shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
The Person in
whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the
Note Register at the close of business on any Interest Record Date
with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to
receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.
Interest shall be payable at the office of the Paying Agent, which
shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the
Company’s Paying Agent and Note Registrar. The Company shall
pay interest on any Notes in certificated form (i) to the
Person entitled thereto having an aggregate principal amount of
$5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to such Person and (ii) to
the Person entitled thereto having an aggregate principal amount of
more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to such Person or,
upon application by such Person to the Note Registrar not later
than the relevant Interest Record Date, by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to such Person’s account within
the United States, which application shall remain in effect until
such Person notifies, in writing, the Note Registrar to the
contrary.
Any Defaulted
Interest shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on
the relevant Interest Record Date by virtue of its having been such
Noteholder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(1) or (2) below:
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(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor
Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record
date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be
not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such
notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as
in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than fifteen days and not less than ten days prior to
the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such
special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each holder at its address
as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten days prior to
such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been
so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are
registered at the close of business on such special record date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause
(2) of this Section 2.03.
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.04
. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes
shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the
manual or facsimile signature of any Officer.
At any time and
from time to time after the date of the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver additional Notes executed
by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes,
and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Notes.
In authenticating
such Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under
this Indenture in relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall
receive, and shall rely upon:
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(a) A copy of
the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors in or
pursuant to which the terms and form of the Notes were established,
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 as of the date of such certificate, and if
the terms and form of such Notes are established by an
Officer’s Certificate pursuant to general authorization of
the Board of Directors, such Officer’s
Certificate;
(b) an
executed supplemental indenture, if required;
(c) an
Officer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with
Section 16.05; and
(d) an
Opinion of Counsel which shall state:
(1) that the form
of such Notes has been established by a supplemental indenture or
by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors in
accordance with Section 2.02 and Section 2.04 and in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) that the terms
of such Notes have been established in accordance with Section 2.02
and in conformity with the other provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such
Notes, 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
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
Only such Notes as
shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A
hereto, executed manually by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
(or an authorized officer of an authenticating agent appointed by
the Trustee as provided by Section 16.10), shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose. Such certificate of authentication executed by the Trustee
(or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
All Notes shall be
dated that date of their authentication.
In case any
Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall
cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the
Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered
or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Notes had not
ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be
signed on behalf of the
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Company by such
Person as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall
be an Officer of the Company, although at the date of the execution
of this Indenture any such person was not such an
Officer.
Section 2.05
. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions
on Transfer; Depositary; Automatic Exchange. (a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a
register (the register maintained in such office or in any other
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 4.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to
as the “ Note Register ”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes.
Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable period of
time. The Trustee is hereby appointed “ Note Registrar
” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes
as herein provided. The Company may appoint a new Note Registrar
without prior notice to Noteholders. The Company may appoint one or
more co-registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any
co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such
transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount
and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture.
Notes may be
exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the
Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing
registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange, purchase or conversion shall (if so required by the
Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-registrar) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
duly executed, by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney-in-fact
duly authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be charged by the Company, the Trustee or the Notes Registrar
to the Noteholder for any exchange or registration of transfer of
Notes, but the Noteholder may be required by the Company, the
Trustee, the Notes Registrar or otherwise to pay a sum sufficient
to cover any tax, assessments or other governmental charges that
may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of
the Noteholder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange or
registration of transfer of Notes being different from the name of
the Noteholder of the old Notes presented or surrendered for such
exchange or registration of transfer.
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None of the
Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-registrar shall
be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Notes
surrendered for conversion, redemption or repurchase except for any
portion of that Note that is not being repurchased, redeemed or
converted, as the case may be.
All Notes issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in
accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange. For greater certainty, all
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
will be issued as evidence of the same continuing indebtedness of
the Company under this Indenture and in no circumstances is the
Company obligated under the Indenture to repay the principal amount
of the exchanged Notes by virtue of the registration of a transfer
or exchange.
(b) So long
as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the
Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be
represented by one or more Notes in global form (each, a “
Global Note ”) registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not
involve the issuance of a definitive Note shall be effected through
the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance
with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set
forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary
therefor.
(c) Every
Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to
bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together
with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and
required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d),
collectively, the “ Restricted Securities ”)
shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 2.05(c) (including the legend set forth below), and
the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such holder’s
acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on
transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and
Section 2.05(d), the term “ transfer ”
encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition
whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
Until the date
(the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”)
that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the
last date of original issuance of the Notes and (2) such later
date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws, any
certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in
exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than shares of
Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof which shall
bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), if applicable)
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless
such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration
statement that has become or been declared effective under the
Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of
such transfer, pursuant to the exemption from registration provided
by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the
Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in
writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee):
THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES
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ACT”), OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT,
PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT
(OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS
SECURITY OR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (D) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF
SUCH TRANSFER), (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS
APPLICABLE), SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT
SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY
TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE
EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D)
ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION). THE INDENTURE
CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER
ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTION.
No transfer of any
Note prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date will be
registered by the Note Registrar except in accordance with
applicable securities laws unless the applicable box on the Form of
Assignment and Transfer has been checked.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or the Note,
such Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor)
as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in
accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of such Note for
exchange to the Note Registrar in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the
restrictive legend required by this
Section 2.05(c).
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions
set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole or in part
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except
(i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and
(ii) for transfers of portions of a Global Note in
certificated form made upon request of a member of, or a
participant in, the Depositary (for itself or on behalf of a
beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Trustee by or on
behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of
the Depositary and in compliance with this
Section 2.05(d).
The Depositary
shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The
Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global
Note. Initially, the Global Notes shall be issued to the
Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the
nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as
custodian for DTC.
If (i) the
Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is
unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes
and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days,
(ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing
agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not
appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default
with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing, upon the
request of the beneficial owner of the Notes, the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s
Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
of Notes, will authenticate and deliver Notes in definitive form to
each such beneficial owner of the related Notes (or a portion
thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, and
upon delivery of the Global Note to the Trustee such Global Note
shall be canceled.
Definitive Notes
issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the
Trustee shall deliver such definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such definitive Notes are so registered.
At such time as
all interests in a Global Note have been converted, canceled,
redeemed, purchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon
receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with
standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for
definitive Notes, converted, canceled, purchased or transferred to
a transferee who receives definitive Notes therefor or any
definitive Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global
Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance
with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or
increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
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None of the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
(d) Until the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, any stock certificate
representing shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such
Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form
(unless the Note or such shares of Common Stock have been
transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or
been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues
to be effective at the time of such transfer or pursuant to the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act or any similar provision then in force under the
Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with
written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for
the Common Stock):
THE COMMON STOCK
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE
HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED
HEREBY UNDER RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION), (1) IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE
COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT (A) TO EASTMAN KODAK
COMPANY OR TO ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A,
(C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY
RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR
(D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO
BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (2) PRIOR TO SUCH
TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE), IT
WILL FURNISH TO COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES LLC, AS TRANSFER
AGENT (OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND
(3) IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMON STOCK
EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE
TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
1(D) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED
HEREBY AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO
SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
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HEREBY UNDER
RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION).
(e) During
the period ending one year after the last date of original issuance
of the Notes, the Company will not, and will use its reasonable
efforts not to permit any of its “affiliates” (as
defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Notes that
constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that
have been reacquired by any of them.
(f) Beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Note will be automatically
exchanged into beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
without any action required by or on behalf of the Holder (the
“ Automatic Exchange ”) on the date specified by
the Company that is on or after the Resale Restriction Termination
Date (the “ Automatic Exchange Date ”). The
Restricted Global Note from which beneficial interests are
transferred pursuant to an Automatic Exchange shall be cancelled
following the Automatic Exchange. The Trustee shall authenticate
one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred pursuant to the Automatic Exchange. In
effecting the Automatic Exchange, the Company shall comply with the
applicable procedures in effect at such time.
Section 2.06
. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any
Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request
the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and,
if applicable, to the authenticating agent, such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless
from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected
with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the
Trustee and, if applicable, to the authenticating agent, evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Note and of the ownership thereof.
The Trustee or the
authenticating agent, if applicable, may authenticate any such
substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such
security or indemnity as the Trustee, the Company and, if
applicable, the authenticating agent may require. Upon the issuance
of any substitute Note, the Company or the Trustee may require the
payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In
case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been
tendered for redemption or purchase upon a Fundamental Change or is
about to be converted into cash or Common Stock (together with cash
in lieu of fractional shares), as applicable, shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its
sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or
authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of
the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such
payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee
and, if applicable,
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to the
authenticating agent, such security or indemnity as may be required
by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost
or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in
every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to
the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or
Conversion Agent evidence of their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute
Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by
virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at
any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall
be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly
issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall
be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
or conversion or purchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or
conversion of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
For greater
certainty, every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen will be issued as evidence of
the same continuing indebtedness of the Company under this
Indenture and in no circumstances is the Company obligated under
the Indenture to repay the principal amount of the substituted Note
by virtue of such mutilation, destruction or loss.
Section 2.07
. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in
certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon written
request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes
(printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any
authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes
in certificated form but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be
determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such
authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially
the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in
certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will
execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent
Notes in certificated form (other than any Global Note) and
thereupon any or all temporary Notes (other than any Global Note)
may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the
Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal
amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made
by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations
under this Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated
and delivered hereunder.
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For greater
certainty, each Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 2.07 in exchange for a temporary Note will be issued
as evidence of the same continuing indebtedness of the Company
under this Indenture and in no circumstances is the Company
obligated under the Indenture to repay the principal amount of the
temporary Note by virtue of the exchange.
Section 2.08
. Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc. All Notes surrendered for
the purpose of payment, purchase, conversion, exchange or
registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or
any Paying Agent or any Note Registrar or any Conversion Agent, be
surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it, or, if
surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it, and
no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee
shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary
procedures and, after such disposition, shall deliver a written
confirmation of such disposition to the Company, at the
Company’s written request. If the Company shall acquire any
of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as satisfaction of
the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the
same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09
. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes
may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in all notices
issued to Noteholders as a convenience to holders of the Notes;
provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of
any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN”
numbers.
Section 2.10
. Additional Notes; Purchases. The Company may, without the
consent of the Noteholders and notwithstanding Section 2.01,
issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms and with the
same CUSIP and ISIN number as the Notes initially issued hereunder
in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which will form the
same series with the Notes initially issued hereunder;
provided that no such additional Notes may be issued unless:
(i) they would constitute a “qualified reopening”
(as defined in Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-2(k)) or both the original
Notes and the additional Notes are issued with no more than de
minimis original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and (ii) the resale of such Notes by non-Affiliates
of the Company would not require registration under U.S. securities
laws. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such
Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such
matters as the Trustee shall reasonably request. The Company may
also from time to time purchase the Notes in open market purchases
or negotiated transactions without prior notice to Noteholders. Any
Notes purchased by the Company shall be deemed to be no longer
outstanding under this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 3
Satisfaction and
Discharge
Section 3.01
. Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture shall upon
request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate
cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (a) (i) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and
(y) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust,
as provided in Section 4.04(d)) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited
with the Trustee or delivered to Noteholders, as applicable, after
the Notes have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity
Date, any Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, upon
conversion (following, for the avoidance of doubt, the Settlement
Averaging Period if Cash Settlement) or otherwise, cash or shares
of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of fractional shares),
as applicable (solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion
Obligation, if applicable), sufficient to pay all of the
outstanding Notes and all other sums due payable under this
Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 7.06 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
ARTICLE 4
Particular Covenants of the
Company
Section 4.01
. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants
and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including
the Redemption Price and Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if
applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, each
of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the
manner provided herein and in the Notes.
Section 4.02
. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain
an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for
payment or purchase (“ Paying Agent ”) or for
conversion (“ Conversion Agent ”) and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes
and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall
fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office.
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The Company may
also from time to time designate co-registrars in one or more other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency. The terms “ Paying Agent
” and “ Conversion Agent ” include any
such additional or other offices or agencies, as
applicable.
The Company hereby
initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee in New York as an office or agency of the
Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
Section 4.03
. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in
Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.04
. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company
shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company
will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:
(i) that it will
hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal (including the Redemption Price and Fundamental Change
Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest
on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Notes;
(ii) that it will
give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the
Company to make any payment of the principal (including the
Redemption Price and Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if
applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when
the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) that at any
time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of
the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held
in trust.
The Company shall,
on or before each due date of the principal (including the
Redemption Price and Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if
applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes,
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such
principal (including the Redemption Price and Fundamental Change
Purchase Price, if applicable) or accrued and unpaid interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action;
provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such
deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such date.
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(b) If the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued
and unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes a sum sufficient
to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) and accrued and
unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any
failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal
(including the Redemption Price and Fundamental Change Purchase
Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the
Notes when the same shall become due and payable. The Company may
change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the
Noteholders.
(c) Anything
in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other
reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by
this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Company or
any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
sums.
(d) Any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (pursuant to
Section 7.05), or then held by the Company, in trust for the
payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and
Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued
and unpaid interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for the
earlier of (i) two years after such principal (including the
Redemption Price and Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if
applicable) and interest has become due and payable and
(ii) the date such funds would escheat to the state, shall be
paid to the Company on request of the Company contained in an
Officer’s Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the holder of such Note shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New
York and of general circulation in The Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to
the Company.
Section 4.05
. Existence. Subject to Article 12, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 4.06
. Rule 144A Information Requirement and Annual Reports.
(a) At any time the Company is not subject to Sections 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company
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shall, so long
as any of the Notes or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof shall, at such time, constitute
“restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule
144(a)(3), shall, upon written request, provide to any holder,
beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or any
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Notes, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) to facilitate the resale of such Notes or
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A.
(b) The
Company shall furnish to the Trustee within 15 calendar days after
the same is required to be filed with the Commission (giving effect
to all applicable grace periods provided under the Exchange Act
including that provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange
Act), copies of documents or reports, if any, that the Company is
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act. If permitted under the Trust Indenture
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission
thereunder, any such document or report that the Company files with
the Commission through the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be
deemed furnished to the Trustee for purposes of this
Section 4.06(b) at the time such documents are filed or
furnished via the Commission’s EDGAR system.
(c) Delivery
of the reports, information and documents described in clause
(b) above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only,
and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively
on an Officer’s Certificate).
Section 4.07
. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or
other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do
so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law,
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 4.08
. Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal years of the Company (beginning with the fiscal
year ending on December 31, 2009) an Officer’s
Certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any
Default that occurred during the previous year.
In addition, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the
Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or
Default, an Officer’s
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Certificate
setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its
status and the action that the Company proposes to take with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE 5
Lists of Noteholders and
Reports by the Company and the Trustee
Section 5.01
. Lists of Noteholders. The Company covenants and agrees
that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee,
semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each April 1 and
October 1 in each year beginning with April 1, 2010, and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or
such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to
enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it
hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Noteholders as of a date
not more than 15 days (or such other date as the Trustee may
reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior
to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list
need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note
Registrar.
Section 5.02
. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. (a) The Trustee
shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
all information as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders
contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as
Note Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a
new list so furnished.
(b) The
rights of Noteholders to communicate with other Noteholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes and
the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every
Noteholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of
Noteholders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and
Remedies
Section 6.01
. Events of Default.
(a) The
following events shall be “ Events of Default ”
with respect to the Notes:
(i) default in any
payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the
continuance of such default for a period of
30 days;
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(ii) default in
the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the
Maturity Date, upon any required Redemption Date or Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, upon declaration of acceleration or
otherwise;
(iii) failure by
the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes upon
exercise of a holder’s conversion right;
(iv) failure by
the Company to provide notice of a Fundamental Change when such
notice is due in accordance with Section 15.01;
(v) failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under
Article 10;
(vi) default in
the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or agreement by
the Company contained in the Notes or this Indenture (other than
default in the performance, or breach, of a covenant or agreement
specifically dealt with in clauses (i) through (v) above)
and continuance of such default or breach for a period of
60 days after written notice thereof has been given to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Trustee and the Company by the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes;
(vii) a default or
defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Notes) by the
Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries having, individually or
in the aggregate, a principal amount outstanding of at least
$50,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall have resulted
in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness prior to
its express maturity or shall constitute a failure to pay at least
$50,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the
expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, if
such indebtedness is neither discharged nor such acceleration is
annulled by the end of a period of 30 days after written
notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Trustee and the Company by holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
(viii) the Company
or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a
voluntary case;
(B) consents to
the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(C) consents to
the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of
its property; or
(D) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
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(ix) a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief
against the Company or any Material Subsidiary in an involuntary
case;
(B) appoints a
Custodian of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for any
substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the
winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Material
Subsidiary;
and in each
such case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
days.
(b) The term
“ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States
Code, or any similar U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. law for the
relief of debtors. For the purposes of Section 6.01(a) only,
the term “ Custodian ” means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under
any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.02
. Acceleration. In case one or more Events of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every
such case (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(viii) or Section 6.01(a)(ix) with respect
to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Material
Subsidiary)), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, by
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Noteholders), may declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything in
this Indenture or in the Notes contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(a)(viii) or Section 6.01(a)(ix) with respect
to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Material
Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the
Notes and accrued and unpaid interest shall be immediately due and
payable.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, if
elected by the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default in
respect of a violation of any obligations of the Company pursuant
to Section 4.06(b) shall, after the occurrence of such an
Event of Default (which shall be the 60 th day after written notice is provided to the
Company as set forth in Section 6.01(a)(vi) above), consist
exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the
Notes (the “ Additional Interest ”) at an annual
rate per year equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal
amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the
90-day
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period
beginning on, and including, the occurrence of such an Event of
Default during which such Event of Default is continuing to, but
excluding, the date on which such Event of Default is cured, if
applicable; and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount
of the Notes outstanding for each day during the 90-day period
beginning on, and including, the 91st day following, and including,
the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such Event
of Default is continuing to, but excluding, the date on which such
Event of Default is cured, if applicable. The Company may make any
such election by written notice to the Trustee, the Noteholders and
the Paying Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth
Business Day after the date on which such Event of Default occurs.
The Additional Interest shall be payable semi-annually at the same
time and in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes
pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 4.01. On and after
the 181st day following an Event of Default in respect of a
violation of any obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b),
or if the Company does not timely elect to pay Additional Interest,
either the Trustee or the Noteholders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may
declare the principal amount of the Notes and any accrued and
unpaid interest through the date of such declaration, to be
immediately due and payable.
Section 6.03
. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. If an Event
of Default described in clause (i) or (ii) of
Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred, the Company shall, upon
demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the holders of
the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for
principal and interest with interest on any overdue principal and
interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If
the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to
judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the monies
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes,
wherever situated.
In the event there
shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the
reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes
under title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable
law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall
have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such
other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor,
or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the
Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors
or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.03, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or
otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
of principal and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the
Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such
other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
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for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Noteholders allowed
in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their
property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the
same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar
official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to make
such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and
disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including any
other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof,
incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent
that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances
and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall
be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a
lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, monies, securities and other property that the holders
of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings,
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting
the Noteholder or the rights of any Noteholder, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any
such proceeding.
All rights of
action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or
other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Notes.
In any proceedings
brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent
all the holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make
any holders of the Notes parties to any such
proceedings.
Section 6.04
. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 with
respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such
monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping
thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
thereof, if fully paid:
First , to
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.06;
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Second ,
in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have
become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Notes
in default in the order of the date due of the installments of such
interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest
at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be
made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;
Third , in
case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due,
by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the
whole amount, including the payment of the Redemption Price,
Fundamental Change Purchase Price and the cash component of the
Conversion Obligation, if any, then owing and unpaid upon the Notes
for principal and interest, with interest on the overdue principal
and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the
Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by
the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be
insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid
upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and interest
without preference or priority of principal, over interest, or of
interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any
other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note,
ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid
interest; and
Fourth ,
to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
Section 6.05
. Proceedings by Noteholders. No holder of any Note shall
have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or
at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such
holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of
an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as provided in
Section 7.01, and unless also the holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall
have made a written request to the Trustee to institute such
action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and
shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for
60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding and no direction that, in the opinion of
the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have
been given to the Trustee by the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant
to Section 6.07; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Note with
every other taker and holder and the Trustee that no one or more
Noteholders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue
of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Noteholder, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other
such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except
in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common
benefit of all Noteholders (except as otherwise provided herein).
For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.05, each
and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any
Note, the right of any Noteholder to receive payment of the
principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on such
Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided
for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates
against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such Noteholder.
Anything in this
Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, the holder
of any Note, without the consent of either the Trustee or the
holder of any other Note, in its own behalf and for its own
benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding
suitable to enforce, its rights of conversion as provided
herein.
Section 6.06
. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default,
the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate
judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any
such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by
proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this
Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested
in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 6.07
. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in
Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this
Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Noteholders shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of
any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the
Trustee or the holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or
otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay
or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Notes to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of
Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed
to be a waiver of any such Default or any acquiescence therein;
and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.05, every power
and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or
to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Noteholders.
Section 6.08
. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Noteholders. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in
accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided
, however , that (a) such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve
the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf
of
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the holders of
all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default
hereunder and its consequences except (i) a Default in the
payment of accrued and unpaid interest on, or the principal
(including any Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Purchase
Price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to
the provisions of Section 6.01 and (ii) a failure by the
Company to deliver cash or shares of Common Stock (together with
cash in lieu of fractional shares), as applicable, upon conversion
of the Notes. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and
the holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this
Section 6.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all
purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been
cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shal
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