THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
Dated as of October 7,
2009
6.0% Convertible Senior Notes due
2029
Table Showing Reflection in
Indenture of Certain Provisions
of Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990*
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Trust
Indenture
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Act
Section
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Indenture
Section
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(a)
(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A
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(a)
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2.07
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(b)
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12.03
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(c)
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12.03
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(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A
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(b)(2)
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06;
12.02
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(d)
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7.06
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(a)
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4.02; 4.03;
12.02
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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12.04
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(c)(2)
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12.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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12.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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6.09;
12.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.10
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(a)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.08
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.05
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Trust
Indenture
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Act
Section
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Indenture
Section
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(c)
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2.14
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(a)(1)
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6.03
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(a)(2)
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6.03
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(b)
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2.05
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(a)
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12.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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12.01
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N.A. means not
applicable.
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*
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This Cross
Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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Page
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
and Incorporation by Reference
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Section 1.01 .
Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02 . Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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10
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Section 1.03 . Rules of
Construction
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11
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ARTICLE 2
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The
Notes
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Section 2.01. Designation and
Amount
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11
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Section 2.02. Form of
Notes
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11
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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 and
Authentication
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13
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Section 2.05 . Registrar and Paying
Agent
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14
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Section 2.06 . Paying Agent to Hold
Money in Trust
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15
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Section 2.07 . Holder
Lists
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15
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Section 2.08 . Transfer and
Exchange
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15
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Section 2.09 . Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost and Stolen Notes
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Section 2.10 . Outstanding
Notes
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Section 2.11 . Treasury
Notes
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Section 2.12 . Temporary
Notes
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Section 2.13 .
Cancellation
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Section 2.14 . Defaulted
Interest
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Section 2.15. Global
Notes
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Section 2.16 . CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE 3
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Redemption
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Section 3.01 . Notices to
Trustee
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Section 3.02 . Selection of Notes To Be
Redeemed
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Section 3.03 . Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.04 . Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.05 . Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 3.06 . Notes Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE 4
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Covenants
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Section 4.01 . Payment of
Notes
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Section 4.02 . SEC
Reports
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Section 4.03 . Compliance
Certificate
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Section 4.04 . Further Instruments and
Acts
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ARTICLE 5
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Successor
Companies
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Section 5.01 . Merger and
Consolidation
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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. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 6.04. Application of Moneys
Collected
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Section 6.05. Limitation on
Suits
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Section 6.06. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 6.07. Additional
Interest
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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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Trustee
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Section 7.01 . Duties of
Trustee
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Section 7.02 . Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.03 . Individual Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.04 . Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Section 7.05 . Reports by Trustee to
Holder
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Section 7.06 . Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 7.07 . Replacement of
Trustee
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Section 7.08 . Successor Trustee by
Merger
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Section 7.09 . Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 7.10 . Preferential Collection
of Claims Against the Company
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ARTICLE 8
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Satisfaction
And Discharge
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Section 8.01 . Satisfaction and
Discharge of the Indenture
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Section 8.02 . Deposited Monies to Be
Held in Trust by Trustee
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Section 8.03. Paying Agent to Repay
Monies Held
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Section 8.04. Return of Unclaimed
Monies
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Section 8.05.
Reinstatement
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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 to Trustee
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Section 9.06. Notice of Execution of
Supplemental Indenture
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ARTICLE 10
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Conversion
of Notes
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Section 10.01 . Conversion
Privilege
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Section 10.02. Conversion
Procedure
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Section 10.03. Increased Conversion Rate
Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with
Make-Whole Fundamental Changes
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Section 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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Section 10.05. Shares to Be Fully
Paid
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Section 10.06. Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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Section 10.07. Certain
Covenants
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Section 10.08. Responsibility of
Trustee
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Section 10.09. Notice to Noteholders
Prior to Certain Actions
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Section 10.10. Stockholder Rights
Plans
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Section 10.11. Exchange in Lieu of
Conversion
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ARTICLE 11
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Repurchase
of Notes at Option of Noteholders
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Section 11.01. Repurchase at Option of
Noteholders
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Section 11.02 . Repurchase at Option of
Noteholders upon a Fundamental Change
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ARTICLE 12
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Miscellaneous
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Section 12.01 . Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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Section 12.03 . Communication by Holders
with Other Holders
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Section 12.04 . Certificate and Opinion
as to Conditions Precedent
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Section 12.05 . Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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78
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Section 12.06 . When Notes
Disregarded
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78
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Section 12.07 . Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar
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Section 12.08 . Legal
Holidays
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Section 12.09 . Governing
Law
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Section 12.10 . No Recourse Against
Others
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Section 12.11 .
Successors
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Section 12.12 . Multiple
Originals
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Section 12.13 . Table of Contents;
Headings
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Section 12.14 .
Severability
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Section 12.15 . Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 12.16 . Force
Majeure
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A-1
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Exhibit B Form of Notice of
Conversion
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B-1
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Exhibit C Form of Repurchase
Notice
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C-1
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Exhibit D Form of Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice
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D-1
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Exhibit E Form of Assignment and
Transfer
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E-1
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iv
INDENTURE dated as
of October 7, 2009, between UAL CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”) and The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking
association, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
This Indenture
supplements and, except with respect to the provisions therein
required by the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent inconsistent
therewith, amends and restates the form of indenture attached as
Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s registration statement on
Form S-3 filed with the SEC on December 1, 2008.
Each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the securities issued under
this Indenture (the “ Notes ”):
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation
by Reference
Section 1.01
. Definitions.
“
Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 6.07.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control” when
used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent or co-registrar.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“ Board
of Directors ” means the board of directors of the
Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf
of the board of directors of the Company.
“
Business Day ” means any day that is not a Legal
Holiday.
“ Capital
Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or
other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of
such Person, including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt
securities convertible into such equity.
“ Close
of Business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“ Closing
Date ” means the date of this Indenture.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Common
Equity ” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person
that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of
directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a
corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of
the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control
the management or policies of such Person.
“ Common
Stock ” means, subject to Section 10.06(b), shares
of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, at the
date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting
from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and that
have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in
the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company and that are not subject to redemption
by the Company; provided that if at any time there shall be
more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class
then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion that the
total number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Company
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.01(b).
“
Conversion Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08.
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(c).
“
Conversion Obligation ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(a).
“
Conversion Price ” means as of any date, $1,000,
divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(a).
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Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” means the
office of the Trustee at which this Indenture shall be principally
administered, which office shall initially be located at the
address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 and for
purposes of Sections 2.02 and 2.05, such office shall also
mean the office or agency of the Trustee located at 101 Barclay
Street, New York, NY 10286, Attention: Bond Operations-7E, and may
be located at such other address as the Trustee may give notice to
the Company and the Holders or such other address as a successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company
and the Holders.
“
Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to a
Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor
thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
“ Daily
VWAP ” for the Common Stock, in respect of any Trading
Day, means the per share volume-weighted average price on The
NASDAQ Global Select Market (or if the Common Stock is not then
listed on such market, on the primary exchange or quotation system
on which the Common Stock then trades or is quoted) as displayed
under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page
“UAUA.Q <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent
successor page if such page is not available) in respect of the
period from the scheduled opening 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 a
nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained
for this purpose by the Company). Daily VWAP shall be determined
without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside
of the regular trading session.
“
Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“
Definitive Notes ” means a certificated Note
registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in
accordance with Section 2.12 hereof.
“
Depositary ” means The Depositary Trust Company and
its successors.
“
Designated Institution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.11.
“
Dollar ” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be
legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.03(a).
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“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Exchange Consideration ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.11.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means, with respect to any
issuance, dividend or distribution in which the holders of Common
Stock (or other security) have the right to receive any cash,
securities or other property, the first date on which the shares of
the Common Stock (or other security) trade on the applicable
exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the
right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in
question.
“
Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(e).
“
Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(e).
“
Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence after the
original issuance of the Notes of any of the following
events:
(a) any
“person” or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or its
Subsidiaries files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or
report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group
has become the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial
owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of
the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;
(b) consummation
of any binding share exchange, exchange offer, tender offer,
consolidation or merger of the Company 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 its
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 a “transaction”
or an “event”); provided , however , that
any such transaction or event where the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such
transaction or event, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of
all classes of the Common Equity of the continuing or surviving
person or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such
transaction or event shall not be a Fundamental Change;
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(c) the
stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(d) the
Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible) ceases to be listed on The New York Stock Exchange,
The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global
Market;
provided , however , in the case of a transaction
or event described in clause (b) above, if (1) at least
90% of the consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional
shares, in such transaction or event consists of shares of Publicly
Traded Securities, and (2) as a result of such transaction or
event the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded
Securities and any other consideration received in connection with
such transaction, excluding cash payments for fractional shares,
such transaction or event shall not constitute a Fundamental
Change; provided , further , if any transaction in
which all of the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of
another entity shall occur, following completion of any related
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period and any related Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, references to the Company solely for
purposes of this definition shall instead apply to such other
entity.
For purposes of
this definition, whether a “ person ” is a
“ beneficial owner ” shall be determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and
“person” includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.02(b).
“
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.02(b)(x).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.02(a).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.02(a)(i).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 11.02(a).
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America as in effect from time to time. All
ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture
shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.
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“ Global
Note ” means a Note in global form registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee.
“
Holder ” or “ Noteholder ”, as
applied to any Note, means any Person in whose name at the time a
particular Note is registered on the Note Register.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each April 15 and
October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2010;
provided , however , that if any Interest Payment
Date, the Stated Maturity or any earlier Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls on a
date that is not a Business Day, such payment of interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) (and principal in the case
of the Stated Maturity or earlier Redemption Date, or to the extent
paid in cash, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date) will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day, and
no interest or other amount will be paid as a result of such
postponement.
“
Interest Record Date, ” with respect to any Interest
Payment Date, means the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not such
day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the relevant 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 primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock
then trades or is quoted. The Last Reported Sale Price shall 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 securities exchange on the relevant date, then the
“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock shall 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 similar organization. If the Common Stock is
not so quoted, then the “Last Reported Sale Price” of
the Common Stock shall be determined by a U.S. nationally
recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the
Company for this purpose.
“ Legal
Holiday ” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.08.
“
Make-Whole Conversion Rate Adjustment ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.03(a).
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that occurs on or prior to October 15, 2014 and
constitutes a Fundamental Change
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under clause
(a) or (b) of 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 provisos immediately following clause
(d) of the definition of Fundamental Change).
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period ” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.03(a).
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (a) a failure by the
primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock then
trades or is quoted, as the case may be, 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, of an aggregate one-half hour period, of
any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of
movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange
or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or
future contracts relating to the Common Stock.
“ Merger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.06.
“
Note ” has the meaning specified in the
Preamble.
“ Note
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“ Notice
of Conversion ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(b).
“ Notice
of Redemption ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.03.
“
Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the chief executive officer, the chief financial
officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the
controller or the secretary of the Company.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by two Officers of the Company, that meets the requirements
of Section 12.04 hereof.
“ Open of
Business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel,
that meets the requirements of Section 12.04 hereof. The
counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
“ Paying
Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
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organization,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.
“
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 2.09 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.
“
Prospectus ” means the prospectus dated
December 1, 2008 as supplemented by the final prospectus
supplement dated October 1, 2009 relating to the offering and
sale of the Notes.
“
Publicly Traded Securities ” means shares of common
stock that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or
that will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with
a transaction or event described in clause (b) of the
definition of “Fundamental Change.”
“ Record
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(f).
“
Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note
to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Redemption Price ” means the price at which the Notes
may be redeemed, as set forth in Section 3.01.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.06(b).
“
Registrar ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“
Repurchase Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.02(a).
“
Repurchase Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified
in Section 11.01(b).
“
Repurchase Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.01(a).
“
Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.01(a).
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is
scheduled to be a Trading Day. If the Common Stock is not so listed
for trading or quotation on or by any exchange or quotation system,
“Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
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“ SEC
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any time, any
Subsidiary of the Company which would be a “Significant
Subsidiary” at such time, as such term is defined in
Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the
Closing Date.
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(c).
“ Stated
Maturity ” means October 15, 2029.
“ 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 share of the Common Stock and
(b) in the case of all other Make-Whole Fundamental Changes,
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common
Stock over the period of ten consecutive Trading Days ending on,
and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective
Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Board of Directors
will make appropriate adjustments, in its good faith determination,
to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes
effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, during such
ten consecutive Trading Day period.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation,
association, partnership or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or
other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such
Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“
Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb) and the rules and regulations
thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date.
“ Trading
Day ” means a day during which (a) trading in the
Common Stock generally occurs on the primary exchange or quotation
system on which
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Common Stock
then trades or is quoted and (b) there is no Market Disruption
Event. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a Last
Reported Sale Price or Daily VWAP must be determined) is not so
traded or quoted, “Trading Day” means any Business
Day.
“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(c).
“
Trustee ” means the party named as such in this
Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the
successor.
“ Trust
Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer of the Trustee within the Global Corporate Trust
department (or any successor unit, department or division of the
Trustee) located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who
has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer, trust officer or person performing
similar functions to whom such matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity of the particular
subject.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(c).
“
Weighted Average Consideration ” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.06(c)(iii).
Section 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This
Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms
have the following meanings:
“
Commission ” means the SEC.
“
indenture securities ” means the Notes.
“
indenture security holder ” means a Holder.
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture.
“
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee.
“
obligor ” on the Notes means the Company, and any
other obligor on the Notes.
All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act,
defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
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Section 1.03.
Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or”
is not exclusive;
(d) “including”
means including without limitation;
(e) words in
the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular; and
(f) the
principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Section 2.01.
Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the
“6.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029.” The aggregate
principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is initially limited to $345,000,000, 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 2.08, Section 2.09, Section 2.12,
Section 3.06, Section 9.04, Section 10.02,
Section 11.01(h) and Section 11.02(h) hereof. The Company
may, without the consent of the Noteholders, reopen the Notes and
issue additional Notes under this Indenture with the same terms and
with the same CUSIP number as the Notes previously issued in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount, provided that no such
additional Notes may be issued unless they will be fungible with
the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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 Global Note
may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such
legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian, the
Depositary, any regulatory body or required to comply with any
applicable law or regulation
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thereunder or
with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or
traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with
respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or
restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
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.
A 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 redemptions, repurchases,
conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase
or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, 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 Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be), accrued
and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on a 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 Company shall
pay the principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) of any Definitive Notes at the office or agency of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of
Manhattan, New York City.
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.
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Section 2.03.
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess 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 (including Additional Interest, if
any) 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 (including Additional Interest, if any)
payable on such Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the
Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes), including
Additional Interest, if any, will be payable (i) to Holders of
the Notes having an aggregate principal amount of Notes of
$5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes
at their address in the Note Register and (ii) to Holders
having an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of
$5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder at its address in
the Note Register or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar
not later than the relevant Interest Record Date, by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account
within the United States, which application shall remain in effect
until that Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the
contrary.
Section 2.04.
Execution and Authentication. One or more Officers of the
Company shall sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or
facsimile signature. The Notes may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer of
the Company whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that
office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not
be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee
or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver a Global Note for original issue in an
aggregate face amount of up to $345,000,000 upon a written order of
the Company signed by one Officer of the Company.
The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the
Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of
which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the
terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate
Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in
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this Indenture
to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any
Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and
demands.
In authenticating
the Notes, the Trustee shall receive, and subject to the Trust
Indenture Act will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel that this Indenture and 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 (except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity, and
subject to customary assumptions), and that all conditions
precedent in respect of the authentication and delivery by the
Trustee of such Notes have been complied with.
Section 2.05.
Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain, with
respect to the Notes, at the place or places pursuant to
Section 2.02, an office or agency where the Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where the Notes
may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent
”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to the
Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note
Register ”). The Company may have one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and
the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent
for the Notes and its agency in New York City as a place where
Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer
or for exchange.
The Company shall
enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or
Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate
the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. The agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any
such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to
appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.06.
The Company or any of its domestically organized Significant
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company may
remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such
Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee without prior notice
to the Holders of the Notes; provided, however , that no
such removal shall become effective until (a) acceptance of
any appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate
agreement entered into by the Company and such successor
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Registrar or
Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or
(b) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve
as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor
in accordance with clause (a) above. The Registrar or Paying
Agent may resign at any time upon written notice; provided,
however , that the Trustee may resign as Registrar or Paying
Agent only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance
with Section 7.07.
Section 2.06.
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit
of Holders of any Notes, or the Trustee, all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the
Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries acts
as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of Holders of any Notes all money held by it
as Paying Agent.
Section 2.07.
Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to
it of the names and addresses of Holders of the Notes and shall
otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If
the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in
such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of Holders of the
Notes.
Section 2.08.
Transfer and Exchange. Where the Notes are presented to the
Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer
or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of the Notes, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its
requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations
of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at
the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar
governmental charge required by law or permitted by this Indenture
if a holder requires any shares of Common Stock to be issued in a
name other than such Holder’s name.
Neither the
Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange Notes for the period
beginning at the Open of
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Business
fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a Notice of
Redemption and ending at the Close of Business on the day of such
mailing or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Notes
selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the
portion being redeemed of any such Notes selected, called or being
called for redemption in part, or any Notes surrendered for
repurchase or conversion, except for any portion of the Notes not
being redeemed, repurchased or converted, as the case may
be.
Section 2.09.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes. If any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Note and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and
(b) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon their request the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Note, a new Note and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
Upon the issuance
of any new Note under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Note
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Notes.
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Section 2.10.
Outstanding Notes. The Notes outstanding at any time are all
the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by
it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the
interest on a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance
with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as
not outstanding.
If a Note is
replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding
until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying
Agent holds at the Stated Maturity of the Notes money sufficient to
pay such Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date
such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue.
A Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Note.
Section 2.11.
Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the
required principal amount of the Notes have concurred in any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, the Notes owned by the Company shall be disregarded, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver only the Notes that the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.12.
Temporary Notes. Until Definitive Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have
variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and
the Trustee upon request shall authenticate Definitive Notes in
exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, temporary Notes
shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the Definitive
Notes.
Section 2.13.
Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall
cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment,
replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled
Notes in accordance with its then existing procedures therefor
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act),
and upon request shall deliver a certificate of such disposal to
the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company may
not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid for or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 2.14.
Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of
interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus,
to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the
defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders on a subsequent
special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and
payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the
Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Holder a notice that
states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest
to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other
lawful manner.
Section 2.15.
Global Notes .
(a)
Transfer and Exchange . Notwithstanding any provisions to
the contrary contained in Section 2.08 of this Indenture and in
addition thereto, any Global Note shall be exchangeable pursuant to
Section 2.08 of this Indenture for Notes registered in the
names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Note or its
nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the
Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days
of such event or (ii) an Event of Default with respect to the
Notes represented by such Global Note shall have occurred and be
continuing. Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in
such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Note with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided
in this Section 2.15(a), a Global Note may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global
Note to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.
(b)
Legend . Any Global Note issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS NOTE
IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE
TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR
ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER
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STREET, NEW
YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS
GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, 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.”
(c) Acts
of Holders . The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents
and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under this
Indenture.
(d)
Payments . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, payment of the principal of and interest, and other
amounts payable, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the
Holder thereof.
(e)
Consents, Declaration and Directions . Except as provided in
Section 2.15(d), the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall
treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented by a Global Note as shall be
specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to
such Global Note, for purposes of obtaining any consents,
declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 2.16.
CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices issued
under this Indenture, including but not limited to Notices of
Redemption, as a convenience to Holders; provided that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any Notice of Redemption or other notice and that
reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification
printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or effect
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of other such
notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
numbers.
Section 3.01.
Notices to Trustee. The Company may not redeem the Notes
prior to October 15, 2014. On or after October 15, 2014
and prior to the Stated Maturity, the Company may redeem for cash
all or part of the Notes, upon not less than 35 nor more than 60
calendar days’ notice before the Redemption Date to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes, at 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed (the “
Redemption Price ”), plus any accrued and unpaid
interest, including any Additional Interest, to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date is after an Interest
Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which
it relates, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to Holders of the Notes as of such Interest
Record Date and the price the Company is required to pay the Holder
surrendering the Note for redemption shall be equal to the
Redemption Price and shall not include any accrued and unpaid
interest, including any Additional Interest). No Notes may be
redeemed if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated,
and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the
Redemption Date.
Section 3.02.
Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. If fewer than all of the
outstanding Notes are to be redeemed and the Notes are Global
Notes, the Notes shall be selected for redemption in accordance
with the Depositary procedures. If the Notes are not Global Notes,
then the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased
by lot, or on a pro rata basis or by another method that complies
with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any,
and that the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair
and appropriate and in accordance with methods generally used at
the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances. If
the Trustee selects a portion of the Notes for partial redemption
and the Holder of such Notes converts a portion of such Notes, the
converted portion shall be deemed to be from the portion selected
for redemption. The Trustee shall make the selection at least 35
calendar days but no more than 60 calendar days before the
Redemption Date from outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption. Notes and portions thereof that the Trustee selects
shall be in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for
redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of the Notes (or
portions thereof) to be redeemed.
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Section 3.03.
Notice of Redemption. At least 35 calendar days but not more
than 60 calendar days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall
mail a notice of redemption (the “ Notice of
Redemption ”) by first-class mail to each Holder of Notes
to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered
address.
The notice shall
identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the
Redemption Date (which must be a Business Day);
(b) the
Redemption Price;
(c) if any
Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount
of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date
upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon
cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the
Company’s election with respect to treatment of fractional
shares for conversions during the period following the Notice of
Redemption to the related Redemption Date as described under
Section 10.02(b).
(e) the name
and address of the Paying Agent;
(f) that
Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
to collect the Redemption Price;
(g) that,
unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or
the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof)
called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption
Date;
(h) the
paragraph of the Notes and/or provision of this Indenture pursuant
to which the Notes called for redemption are being
redeemed;
(i) the CUSIP
or ISIN number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed;
and
(j) that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on
the Notes.
At the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the Notice of
Redemption as provided to it in the Company’s name and at the
Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide
the Trustee with the information required by this
Section.
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Section 3.04.
Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once Notice of Redemption is
mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the
Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the notice.
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the
Redemption Price stated in the notice.
Failure to give
notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect
the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
Section 3.05.
Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust)
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued and
unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all Notes
to be redeemed on that date, other than Notes or portions of Notes
called for redemption that have been delivered by the Company to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying Agent shall as promptly as
practicable return to the Company any money deposited with it by
the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the
Redemption Price of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including any
Additional Interest) on, all Notes to be redeemed. If such money is
then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such
purpose it shall be discharged from such trust. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent.
Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee.
Section 3.06.
Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is
redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new
Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the
Notes surrendered.
Section 4.01.
Payment of Notes. The Company shall promptly make all
payments in respect of each Note on the dates and in the manner
provided in such Note and in this Indenture. Such payments shall be
considered made on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the
Paying Agent holds prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time),
in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to make all
payments with respect to such Notes then due and the Trustee or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying
such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.
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Section 4.02.
SEC Reports. Any documents or reports that the Company is
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act must be furnished by the Company to the Trustee
within fifteen days after the same are required to be filed with
the SEC (giving effect to any grace period provided by
Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein
or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on the
Officers’ Certificates). The Company also shall comply with
the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
The Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred
to above to the Trustee and the Holders if the Company has filed
such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any
successor system) and such reports are publicly
available.
Section 4.03.
Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the course
of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of
the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default and
whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during
such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the
Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall
comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a)(4).
Section 4.04.
Further Instruments and Acts. The Company shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 5
Successor
Companies
Section 5.01.
Merger and Consolidation. The Company shall not consolidate
with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all
or substantially all its properties and assets to, another Person
unless:
(a) if the
Company is not the resulting, surviving or transferee Person, the
resulting, the surviving or transferee Person (the “
Successor Company ”) is a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company
shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the
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Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the
Company under the Notes and this Indenture; and
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Successor
Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of the Company under this
Indenture.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and
Remedies
Section 6.01.
Events of Default. Each of the following shall be an “
Event of Default ”:
(a) default
in the payment in respect of the principal of any Note at its
maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon
declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(b) default
in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the
Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a
default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt
with in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) or (g) of this
Section 6.01), 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 Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes;
(d) the
failure to comply with the obligations to convert the Notes into
Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.02 upon exercise of
a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for
fifteen days;
(e) the
failure to timely issue a Company Notice or Fundamental Change
Company Notice in accordance with Section 11.01(b) or
Section 11.02(b), as the case may be; or
(f) (i) the
Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of the
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a
voluntary case,
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(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 all or substantially
all of its property, or
(D) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any
comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
or
(ii) a court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under the
Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief
against the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary
case;
(B) appoints a
custodian of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all
of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and in each
case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days.
(g) the
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under
Article 5.
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(f) with respect to the Company (and not solely
with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, or a group
of Subsidiaries of the Company that in aggregate would
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constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of the Company), unless the principal of all
of the Notes shall have already become due and payable (or waived),
either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding 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
and accrued and unpaid Additional 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(f) with respect to the
Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of
the Company, or a group of Subsidiaries of the Company that in
aggregate would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company)
occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the Notes and
accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Additional
Interest, if any, shall be immediately due and payable.
This provision,
however, is subject to the conditions that Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by
written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes (other than
a Default or an Event of Default resulting from a nonpayment of
principal or interest on the Notes, including Additional Interest,
any failure to repurchase any Notes when required or a failure to
deliver, upon conversion, shares of Common Stock due upon
conversion) and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences, including any acceleration (other than a declaration
or consequences, as the case may be, resulting from a nonpayment of
principal or interest on the Notes, including Additional Interest,
any failure to repurchase any Notes when required or a failure to
deliver, upon conversion, shares of Common Stock due upon
conversion) and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom (other than a Default resulting from a
nonpayment of principal or interest on the Notes, including
Additional Interest, any failure to repurchase any Notes when
required or a failure to deliver, upon conversion, shares of Common
Stock due upon conversion) shall be deemed to have been cured for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver or rescission
and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent
thereon. In case the Trustee shall have initiated proceedings to
enforce any right with respect to the Notes and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such
rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case,
subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company and
the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
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Section 6.03.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. (a) The Company covenants that (i) in case
it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on any of the Notes, and
such default shall have continued for a period of 90 Business Days,
(ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal
of any of the Notes when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Notes or upon declaration or
otherwise, (iii) in case it shall fail to redeem any Notes
pursuant to a Notice of Redemption, (iv) in case it shall fail
to repurchase any Notes when required or (v) in case it shall
fail to deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the
Notes, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole
amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such
Notes for principal or interest (including Additional Interest, if
any), or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue
principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) at the rate per
annum expressed in the Notes; and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06.
(b) 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,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Notes
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company
or other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
(c) In case
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property,
the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and
take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and
shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to
file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
and of the Holders of Notes allowed for the entire amount due and
payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of
institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that
may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the
Holders of Notes
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to make such
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to such
Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under
Section 7.06. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such
proceeding, 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, money, securities and other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such
proceeding, whether in liquidation or under any plan of
reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. The Trustee may vote on
behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
other person performing similar functions and be a member of a
creditors’ or other similar committee in any such
proceeding.
(d) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Notes, may be
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such
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
payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06,
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
In case of an
Event of Default hereunder, 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 the Trustee
shall deem appropriate to protect and enforce any of such rights,
either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained
in the 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.
Nothing contained
herein 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 Notes or the rights of any Noteholder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in
any such proceeding.
Section 6.04.
Application of Moneys Collected. Any moneys collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article and any other money or property
distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under
this Indenture after an Event of Default with respect to the Notes
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest (including
Additional
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Interest, if
any), upon presentation of the Notes, and notation thereon of the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the
payment of all obligations of the Company under Section 7.06
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee (including any predecessor
Trustee) and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances due or reasonably anticipated
to become due and the Trustee shall have a lien upon such moneys
collected to satisfy such payment obligations;
SECOND: To the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for
principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any),
including, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts payable in respect
of any Conversion Obligation payable in settlement thereof, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for
principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any),
respectively; and
THIRD: To the
payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other
Person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 6.05.
Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any
right by virtue of or by availing itself 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
(i) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the Holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder; (iii) such Holders shall have offered to
the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred therein or
thereby, (iv) the Trustee for sixty 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 (v)
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 sixty-day period pursuant to
Section 6.08; 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
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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.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any
Note, the right of any Noteholder to receive (i) payment of
the principal of (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price
or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon repurchase pursuant
to Section 3.01, Section 11.01 or Section 11.02,
respectively), and accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on such Note or
(ii) delivery of the Conversion Obligation due upon
conversion, in each case 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.
The Trustee shall
mail to all Holders any notice it receives from Holders under this
Section.
Section 6.06.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.09, all
powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the
Noteholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive 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 or
otherwise established with respect to such Notes.
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 Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right
or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default
or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.05, every power and remedy given by this Article or
by law to the Trustee or the Noteholders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee
or by the Noteholders.
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Section 6.07.
Additional Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, if the Company so
elects, the sole remedy of the Trustee or Noteholders for an Event
of Default relating to any obligation to file reports as required
under Section 4.02 of this Indenture and for any failure to
comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act shall, for the first 180 days after the
occurrence of such an Event of Default (which occurrence shall be
no earlier than the 60th day after written notice of such Event of
Default is provided to the Company in accordance with
Section 6.01(c)), consist exclusively of the right to receive
Additional Interest on the Notes at an annual rate equal to
(x) 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for
the first 90 days an Event of Default is continuing in such
180-day period and (y) 0.50% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes for the remaining 90 days an Event of
Default is continuing in such 180-day period. Additional Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following
the occurrence of such Event of Default in the same manner as
regular interest on the Notes. The Company may elect to pay
Additional Interest as the sole remedy under this Section 6.07
by giving notice to the Holders, the Trustee and Paying Agent of
such election on or before the Close of Business on the 5th
Business Day after the date on which such Event of Default
otherwise would occur. If the Company fails to timely give such
notice or pay Additional Interest, the Notes will be immediately
subject to acceleration in accordance with Section 6.02. On
the 181st day after the occurrence of such Event of Default (if
such Event of Default is not cured or waived prior to such 181st
day), the Notes will be subject to acceleration in accordance with
Section 6.02. This Section 6.07 shall not affect the
rights of the Trustee or the Noteholders in the event of the
occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company
does not elect to pay Additional Interest upon an Event of Default
in accordance with this Section 6.07, the Notes will be
subject to acceleration in accordance with Section 6.02.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of interest on, or in respect of, any Note, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of “
Additional Interest ” provided for in this
Section 6.07 to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to
the provisions of such sections, and express mention of the payment
of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any provision shall not
be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions
where such express mention is not made.
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 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 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
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deemed proper
by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law
or the Indenture or that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the
rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
Section 6.09.
Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days
after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a Trust
Officer has actual knowledge, mail to all Noteholders as the names
and addresses of such Noteholders appear upon the Note Register,
notice of all Defaults known to a Trust Officer, unless such
Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such
notice; and provided that, except in the case of a Default
in the payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest or
accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on any of the
Notes, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing
any Default in the payment of any Redemption Price, Repurchase
Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or a Default in the
delivery of the Conversion Obligation due upon conversion, then in
any such event the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as a committee of Trust Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice
is in the interests of the Noteholders. The Company is required to
deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of the occurrence
thereof, written notice of any events which would constitute a
Default, their status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take in respect thereof.
Section 6.10.
Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall
be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion,
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard for the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.10
(to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding,
or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of
the payment of the principal of accrued and unpaid interest or
accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on any Note
(including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price, Repurchase
Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may
be, with respect to the Notes being repurchased as provided in this
Indenture) or a Default in the delivery of the Conversion
Obligation due upon conversion on or after the due date expressed
or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of
the right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of
Article 10.
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Section 7.01.
Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing with respect to any Notes, the Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture
and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof
as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any
Notes:
(i) the Trustee
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the Notes
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to
Notes, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine
the certificates and opinions to determine whether or, not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm
or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein).
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph
does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.01;
(ii) the Trustee
shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee
shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it
pursuant to Section 6.08 or in accordance with the direction
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding
relating to the exercise of any right or power of the Trustee under
this Indenture.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee
is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (g) of this
Section.
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