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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/15/2009
Industry: Communications Equipment     Sector: Technology

INDENTURE, Parties: cede & co , finisar corporation , wells fargo bank  national association
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Exhibit 4.5

 

 

FINISAR CORPORATION

And

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of

October 15, 2009

 

5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029

 

 

 


 

CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*

*NOTE: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

§310(a)(1)

 

6.09

(a)(2)

 

6.09

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(5)

 

6.09

(b)

 

6.08; 6.10; 6.11

(c)

 

Not Applicable

§311(a)

 

6.13

(b)

 

6.13

§312(a)

 

4.01; 4.02

(b)

 

4.02(a)

(c)

 

4.02(b)

§313(a)

 

4.03

(b)

 

4.03

(c)

 

4.03

(d)

 

4.03(a)

§314(a)

 

4.04

(b)

 

Not Applicable

(c)(1)

 

13.05

(c)(2)

 

13.05

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(d)

 

Not Applicable

(e)

 

13.05

§315(a)

 

6.01

(b)

 

5.08

(c)

 

6.01

(d)

 

6.01

(e)

 

5.09

§316(a)

 

7.01

(a)(1)(A)

 

7.01; 5.01

(a)(1)(B)

 

5.07

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

(b)

 

5.04

(c)

 

7.01

§317(a)(1)

 

5.03; 5.02; 5.05

(a)(2)

 

5.02

(b)

 

6.05; 11.01

§318(a)

 

13.07

(c)

 

13.07

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.01

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Securities

 

 

9

 

Section 2.01

 

Designation Amount and Issue of Securities

 

 

9

 

Section 2.02

 

Form of Securities

 

 

9

 

Section 2.03

 

Date and Denomination of Securities; Payments of Interest

 

 

10

 

Section 2.04

 

Execution of Securities

 

 

12

 

Section 2.05

 

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer

 

 

13

 

Section 2.06

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities

 

 

17

 

Section 2.07

 

Temporary Securities

 

 

18

 

Section 2.08

 

Cancellation of Securities

 

 

18

 

Section 2.09

 

CUSIP Numbers

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 Particular Covenants of the Company

 

 

19

 

Section 3.01

 

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

19

 

Section 3.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

19

 

Section 3.03

 

Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office

 

 

19

 

Section 3.04

 

Provisions as to Paying Agent

 

 

19

 

Section 3.05

 

Existence

 

 

20

 

Section 3.06

 

Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

21

 

Section 3.07

 

Rule 144A Information Requirement

 

 

21

 

Section 3.08

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

 

 

21

 

Section 3.09

 

Compliance Certificate

 

 

21

 

Section 3.10

 

Additional Interest Notice

 

 

22

 

Section 3.11

 

Reports

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 Securityholders’ Lists and Reports by the Company and the Trustee

 

 

23

 

Section 4.01

 

Securityholders’ Lists

 

 

23

 

Section 4.02

 

Preservation and Disclosure of Lists

 

 

23

 

Section 4.03

 

Reports by Trustee

 

 

23

 

Section 4.04

 

Reports by Company

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 Remedies of the Trustee and Securityholders on an Event of Default

 

 

24

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01

 

Events of Default

 

 

24

 

Section 5.02

 

Payments of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor

 

 

26

 

Section 5.03

 

Application of Monies Collected By Trustee

 

 

28

 

Section 5.04

 

Proceedings by Securityholders

 

 

28

 

Section 5.05

 

Proceedings by Trustee

 

 

29

 

Section 5.06

 

Remedies Cumulative and Continuing

 

 

29

 

Section 5.07

 

Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders

 

 

29

 

Section 5.08

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

30

 

Section 5.09

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 The Trustee

 

 

31

 

Section 6.01

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

 

 

31

 

Section 6.02

 

Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc

 

 

32

 

Section 6.03

 

No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc

 

 

34

 

Section 6.04

 

Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or Registrar May Own Securities

 

 

34

 

Section 6.05

 

Monies to Be Held in Trust

 

 

34

 

Section 6.06

 

Compensation and Expenses of Trustee; Indemnity for Trustee

 

 

34

 

Section 6.07

 

Officers’ Certificate as Evidence

 

 

35

 

Section 6.08

 

Conflicting Interests of Trustee

 

 

35

 

Section 6.09

 

Eligibility of Trustee

 

 

35

 

Section 6.10

 

Resignation or Removal of Trustee

 

 

35

 

Section 6.11

 

Acceptance by Successor Trustee

 

 

37

 

Section 6.12

 

Succession by Merger

 

 

37

 

Section 6.13

 

Preferential Collection of Claims

 

 

38

 

Section 6.14

 

Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

 

 

38

 

Section 6.15

 

Force Majeure

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 The Securityholders

 

 

38

 

Section 7.01

 

Action by Securityholders

 

 

38

 

Section 7.02

 

Proof of Execution by Securityholders

 

 

39

 

Section 7.03

 

Who are Deemed Absolute Owners

 

 

39

 

Section 7.04

 

Company-owned Securities Disregarded

 

 

39

 

Section 7.05

 

Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

 

 

40

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 Meetings of Securityholders

 

 

40

 

Section 8.01

 

Purpose of Meetings

 

 

40

 

Section 8.02

 

Call of Meetings by Trustee

 

 

40

 

Section 8.03

 

Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders

 

 

41

 

Section 8.04

 

Qualifications for Voting

 

 

41

 

Section 8.05

 

Regulations

 

 

41

 

Section 8.06

 

Voting

 

 

42

 

Section 8.07

 

No Delay of Rights by Meeting

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 Supplemental Indentures

 

 

42

 

Section 9.01

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders

 

 

42

 

Section 9.02

 

Supplemental Indenture with Consent of Securityholders

 

 

44

 

Section 9.03

 

Effect of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

45

 

Section 9.04

 

Notation on Securities

 

 

45

 

Section 9.05

 

Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished to Trustee

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10 Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease

 

 

46

 

Section 10.01

 

Company May Consolidate on Certain Terms

 

 

46

 

Section 10.02

 

Successor to be Substituted

 

 

46

 

Section 10.03

 

Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

47

 

Section 11.01

 

Discharge of Indenture

 

 

47

 

Section 11.02

 

Deposited Monies to be Held in Trust by Trustee

 

 

47

 

Section 11.03

 

Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held

 

 

48

 

Section 11.04

 

Return of Unclaimed Monies

 

 

48

 

Section 11.05

 

Reinstatement

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12 Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors

 

 

48

 

Section 12.01

 

Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13 General Provisions

 

 

49

 

Section 13.01

 

Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors

 

 

49

 

Section 13.02

 

Official Acts by Successor Corporation

 

 

49

 

Section 13.03

 

Addresses for Notices, Etc

 

 

49

 

Section 13.04

 

Governing Law

 

 

49

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 13.05

 

Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee

 

 

49

 

Section 13.06

 

Legal Holidays

 

 

50

 

Section 13.07

 

Trust Indenture Act

 

 

50

 

Section 13.08

 

No Security Interest Created

 

 

50

 

Section 13.09

 

Benefits of Indenture

 

 

51

 

Section 13.10

 

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc

 

 

51

 

Section 13.11

 

Authenticating Agent

 

 

51

 

Section 13.12

 

Execution In Counterparts

 

 

52

 

Section 13.13

 

Severability

 

 

52

 

Section 13.14

 

U.S.A. Patriot Act

 

 

52

 

Section 13.15

 

Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14 Redemption Of Securities

 

 

52

 

Section 14.01

 

Redemption of Securities

 

 

52

 

Section 14.02

 

Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Securities

 

 

52

 

Section 14.03

 

Payment of Securities Called For Redemption by the Company

 

 

54

 

Section 14.04

 

Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption

 

 

55

 

Section 14.05

 

Redemption at Option of Securityholders upon a Fundamental Change

 

 

55

 

Section 14.06

 

Securities Repurchased in Part

 

 

58

 

Section 14.07

 

Repayment to the Company

 

 

58

 

Section 14.08

 

Redemption of Securities at Option of the Holder on Specified Dates

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15 Conversion of Securities

 

 

62

 

Section 15.01

 

Right To Convert

 

 

62

 

Section 15.02

 

Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Issuance of Common Stock On Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends

 

 

62

 

Section 15.03

 

Settlement Election

 

 

64

 

Section 15.04

 

Settlement Notices

 

 

65

 

Section 15.05

 

Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares

 

 

65

 

Section 15.06

 

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

 

 

66

 

Section 15.07

 

Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

 

 

74

 

Section 15.08

 

Taxes on Shares Issued

 

 

75

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 15.09

 

Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock

 

 

75

 

Section 15.10

 

Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

 

 

76

 

Section 15.11

 

Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Occurrence of a Fundamental Change

 

 

77

 

Section 15.12

 

Transfer Restrictions

 

 

78

 

Exhibit A — Form of Global Note

 


 

INDENTURE

     INDENTURE dated as of October 15, 2009 between Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”), having its principal office at 1389 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1134, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the creation and issue of its 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “ Securities ”) of the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement in accordance with its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Securities have in all respects been duly authorized,

     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

     That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

     Section 1.01 Definitions . The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as defined herein) or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (as defined herein) (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture. The words “ herein ”, “ hereof ”, “ hereunder ” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

     “ Additional Interest ” has the meaning given the term “Additional Interest Amount” in Section 2(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 


 

     “ Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.11.

     “ Agent Members ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

     “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ”, when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

     “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee of such Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

     “ Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

     “ Cash ” or “ cash ” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

     “ Cash Settlement Averaging Period ” means (a) with respect to any Conversion Date occurring on or after the 12th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Redemption Date, the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 12th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding such date, subject to any extension due to a Market Disruption Event and (b) in all other cases, the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date.

     “ Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following transactions:

          (i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section l3(d)(3) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within the meaning or Rule 13-d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) 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 “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, of Common Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors; or

          (ii) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors does not consist of Continuing Directors; or

          (iii) a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange (other than any such transaction (a) that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding Common Stock, and (b) pursuant to which holders of the Common Stock immediately before the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, fifty

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percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of all series of capital stock entitled to vote generally in elections of the Board of Directors of the continuing or surviving or successor Person immediately after giving effect to such issuance), or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties and assets to another Person; or

          (iv) the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the Company’s liquidation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a consolidation or merger, it will not constitute a Change in Control if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration for the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights and cash payment of the required cash payment, if any) in the consolidation or merger constituting the Change in Control consists of securities traded on a United States national securities exchange, or which will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with the Change in Control, and as a result of such consolidation or merger the securities become convertible solely into such securities.

     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

     “ Common Stock ” means any shares of any class of the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and that is not subject to redemption by the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 15.07, however, shares issuable on conversion of Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock at the date of this Indenture (namely, the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value) 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 on conversion 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 ” means the corporation named as the “ Company ” in the preamble to this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10 and Section 15.07, shall include its successors and assigns.

     “ Company Order ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

     “ Continuing Directors ” means as of any date of determination, any individual who on the date of this Indenture was a member of the Board of Directors, together with any directors whose election, or, solely to fill the vacancy of a Continuing Director, appointment by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved

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by the vote of a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors (or such lesser number comprising a majority of a nominating committee if authority for such nominations or elections has been delegated to a nominating committee whose authority and composition have been approved by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time such committee was formed) then still in office who were either directors on the date of this Indenture or whose election, appointment (in the case of a vacancy of a Continuing Director), or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors, either by specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company in which such individual is named as a nominee for director.

     “ Conversion Date ” means the Business Day on which the holder satisfies all of the requirements set forth in Section 15.02.

     “ Conversion Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.

     “ Conversion Price ” per share of Common Stock as of any date shall mean the result obtained by dividing (a) $1,000 by (b) the Conversion Rate as of such date, rounded to the nearest cent.

     “ Conversion Rate ” means the rate at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon Conversion, which rate shall be initially 93.6768 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

     “ Conversion Value ” means the product of (a) the Conversion Rate multiplied by (b) the average of the Volume Weighted Average Price per share of Common Stock on each of the Trading Days during the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period. The “Conversion Rate,” as such term is used in the immediately preceding sentence, shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence on or before the relevant Trading Day in the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period of any event that would require an adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 15.06.

     “ Corporate Trust Office ” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business as it relates to this Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 45 Broadway, 14 th Floor, New York, NY 10006, Fax No. (212) 515-1589, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration (Finisar).

     “ Custodian ” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

     “ Daily Share Amount ” means, for each Trading Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period and each $1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion, a number of shares of Common Stock (but in no event less than zero) determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(  

volume weighted average price
per share of Common Stock on
such trading day

 

x

 

conversion rate
in effect on the
conversion date

 

)

 

-

 

specified
cash
amount

 

 

 

volume weighted average price per share of Common Stock
on such trading day

 

x

 

10

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The “Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date,” as such term is used in the formula set forth above, shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence on or before the relevant Trading Day of any event that would require an adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 15.06.

     “ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

     “ Depositary ” means, the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Securities. The Depository Trust Company shall be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

     “ Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.11.

     “ Event of Default ” means any event specified in Section 5.01 as an Event of Default.

     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

     “ Ex-Dividend Date ” means, with respect to any distribution on Common Stock, the first day on which the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange, or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such distribution.

     “ Fundamental Change ” shall mean the occurrence of a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.

     “ Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(b).

     “ Fundamental Change Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(b).

     “ Fundamental Change Redemption Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(a).

     “ Fundamental Change Redemption Right Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(b).

     “ Global Security ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

     “ Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

      “Initial Purchaser” means Piper Jaffray & Co.

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     “ Interest ” means, when used with reference to the Securities, any interest payable under the terms of the Securities, including Additional Interest, if any, payable under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

     “ 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 such date as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or other principal United States securities exchange on which Common Stock are traded or, if the Common Stock are not listed for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three U.S. nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by us for this purpose. The Last Reported Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading.

     “ Market Disruption Event ” means the occurrence or existence for more than one-half hour period in the aggregate on any Trading Day for the Company’s Common Stock 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 Company’s Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating solely to the Company’s Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

      “Material Subsidiary” means a subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

     “ Maturity Date ” means October 15, 2029.

     “ Officers’ Certificate ”, when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “ Vice President ”) and the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

     “ Outstanding ”, when used with reference to Securities and subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

     (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

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     (b) Securities, or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or (ii) that shall have been otherwise defeased in accordance with Article 11;

     (c) Securities in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06; and

     (d) Securities converted into either Common Stock, cash, or a combination of cash and Common Stock pursuant to Article 15 and Securities deemed not outstanding pursuant to Article 14.

      “Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.

      “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security that it replaces.

     “ Prescribed Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.07.

      “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

      “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 15, 2009 between the Company and the Initial Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

     “ Redemption Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.08(a).

      “Redemption Date Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.08(b).

     “ Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 14.08(a).

      “Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

      “Restricted Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

      “Restricted Securities Legend” means the legend labeled as such and that is set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

      “Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 15.06(b).

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      “Rights Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 15.06(b).

      “Rule 144” means Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act.

      “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act.

      “Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.

     “ Securities ” means securities in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 issued under this Indenture.

      “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

      “Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

      “Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.

      “Securityholder” or “holder” as applied to any Security, or other similar terms, means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Security is registered on the Security Registrar’s books.

      “Spin-Off” has the meaning specified in Section 15.06(c).

     “ Stock Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.11.

      “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than fifty-percent (50%) of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

      “Termination of Trading” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Common Stock, or other securities into which the Securities are then convertible, are not listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange with electronically disseminated quotes, except as a result of a merger involving the Company or a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock, or other securities into which the Securities are then convertible.

      “Trading Day” means a day during which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs, (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event and (iii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (other than a Last Reported Sale Price referred to in the second sentence of the definition thereof) is available for such day; provided that if the Common Stock is not not admitted for trading or quotation on or by any exchange, bureau or other organization referred to

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in the definition of Last Reported Sale Price (excluding the second sentence of that definition), “Trading Day” will mean any Business Day.

      “Trigger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 15.06(c).

      “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.03 and Section 15.07; provided that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

      “Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and its successors and any corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee hereunder.

     “ Volume Weighted Average Price ” per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means such price as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page FNSRD <equity> VWAP (or, on and after the Trading Day on which the Company’s ticker symbol is restored to “FNSR”, page FNSR <equity> VWAP) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day. If such price is not available, the Volume Weighted Average Price means the market value per share of Common Stock on such day as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company.

ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description, Execution, Registration
and Exchange of Securities

     Section 2.01 Designation Amount and Issue of Securities. The Securities shall be designated as “5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029.”

     The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Securities for original issue upon receipt of a written order or orders of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (a “ Company Order ”). The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated, shall provide that all such Securities will be represented by a Restricted Global Security and the date on which each original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $100,000,000 except as provided in Section 2.06.

     Section 2.02 Form of Securities . The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Security 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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     Any of the Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the Custodian, the Depositary or as may be required for the Securities to be tradable on any other market developed for trading of securities pursuant to Rule 144A or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Securities are subject.

     So long as the Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 1.1(1), all of the Securities will be represented by one or more Securities in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (a “Global Security“ ). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Security shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 1.1(1), beneficial owners of a Global Security shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered holders of such Global Security (other than in an enforcement by such owner of a beneficial interest to exchange such beneficial interest for Securities in certificated form).

     Any Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby or to reflect the increase in the principal amount of the Securities permitted by Section 2.01. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities 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 Global Securities in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of and Interest and premium, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the holder of such Security.

     Section 2.03 Date and Denomination of Securities; Payments of Interest . The Securities shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear Interest from the date specified on the face of the form of Security attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

     The Person in whose name any Security (or its Predecessor Security) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on any record date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the Interest payable on such interest payment date, except that the Interest payable upon redemption or repurchase will be payable to the Person to whom principal is payable pursuant to such redemption or repurchase (unless the redemption date or the

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repurchase date, as the case may be, falls after a record date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, in which case the semi-annual payment of Interest becoming due on such interest payment date shall be payable to the holders of such Securities registered as such on the applicable record date).

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security (or portion thereof) is converted into Common Stock during the period after a record date for the payment of Interest to, but excluding, the opening of business on the next succeeding interest payment date, holders of such Security at the close of business on the record date shall receive Interest payable on such Security (or portion thereof) on the corresponding interest payment date notwithstanding the conversion. Such Security (or portion thereof), upon surrender for conversion, shall be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of Interest payable on such Security so converted; provided that no such payment shall be made (i) if the Company has specified a redemption date that is after a record date but on or prior to the next succeeding interest payment date, (ii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Redemption Date that is after a record date but on or prior to the next succeeding interest payment date or (iii) to the extent of any overdue Interest at the time of conversion with respect to such Security. Interest shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, which shall initially be an office or agency of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., having an office as of the date of this Indenture at 45 Broadway, 14 th Floor, New York, NY 10006, attention: Corporate Trust Administration (Finisar). The Company shall pay Interest (i) on any Securities in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register ( provided that the holder of Securities with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall, at the written election of such holder, be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds, which written notice shall remain in effect until such Person notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary) or (ii) on any Global Security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The term “record date” with respect to any interest payment date shall mean the April 1 and October 1 preceding the applicable April 15 or October 15 interest payment date, respectively.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any April 15 or October 15 (herein called “Defaulted Interest” ) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Securityholder on the relevant record date by virtue of his having been such Securityholder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

     (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when

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deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each holder at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 2.03.

     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

     Section 2.04 Execution of Securities . The Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or any of its Assistant Secretaries or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”) or its Treasurer or any of its Assistant Treasurers (which may be printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise). Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Security attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 13.11), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

     In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the Company, and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

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     Section 2.05 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer . (1) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register” ) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance with Section 3.02.

     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security to the Security Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

     Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 3.02. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

     All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

     All Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, redemption, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and the Securities shall be duly executed by the Securityholder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

     No service charge shall be made to any holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.

     Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Security Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days next preceding any selection of Securities to be redeemed, (b) any Securities or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 15 or (c) any Securities or portions thereof tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Article 14.

     (a) The following provisions shall apply only to Global Securities:

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     (i) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or Custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

     (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (A) the Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and no successor clearing agency has been appointed by the Company within 90 days, (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (C) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Securities represented by Global Securities; provided that beneficial interests in a Global Security may be exchanged for definitive certificated Securities upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (C) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Company. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

     (iii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Security Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

     (iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

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     (v) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary ( “Agent Members” ) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.

     (vi) At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been redeemed, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, such Global Security shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Security is redeemed, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

     (b) The transfer restrictions set forth below shall apply to the Securities, whether in the form of a Global Security or a Certificated Security.

     Until the date that is one year after the last original issue date of the Securities, any certificate evidencing such Security (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) and any share certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend, unless (1) such Security or such Common Stock have been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or such Common Stock have been issued upon conversion of Securities that have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, (2) such Security or such Common Stock are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) as is in effect on the date of transfer of such Security or (3) otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee.

     Every Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(b) to bear the Restricted Securities Legend (the “Restricted Securities” ) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(b) (including those set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend)

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unless such restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company, and the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Securityholder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(b), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein.

     Any Security (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to conditions for removal of the Restricted Securities Legend have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend. If the Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a Global Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, the principal amount of the Global Security so legended shall be reduced by the appropriate principal amount and the principal amount of a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend shall be increased by an equal principal amount. If a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend is not then outstanding, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend to the Depositary.

     Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the foregoing legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

     (c) Any Security or Common Stock issued upon the conversion of a Security that is purchased or owned by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof may not be resold by the Company or such Subsidiary unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results in such Securities or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144).

     (d) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent any Affiliate who is not a Subsidiary from reselling any Security or Common Stock issued upon the conversion of a Security, except for the resale of such Securities or Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement or resales of such Securities or Common Stock to the Company or a Subsidiary.

     (e) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Securityholders and all payments to be made to

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Securityholders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Securityholders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying conclusively upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.

     The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

     Section 2.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities . In case any Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Security, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

     Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Security and make available for delivery such Security. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption or has been tendered for purchase upon a Fundamental Change or on a Redemption Date (and not withdrawn) or is to be converted into Common Stock shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any paying agent or conversion agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

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     Every substitute Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion or redemption or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion or redemption or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

     Section 2.07 Temporary Securities . Pending the preparation of Securities in certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed). Temporary Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Securities in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Securities in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Securities in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Securities may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Securities in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

     Section 2.08 Cancellation of Securities . All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase, conversion, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any Security Registrar or any conversion agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption, repurchase or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

     Section 2.09 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption or repurchases as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any

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such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or a repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3
Particular Covenants of the Company

     Section 3.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and premium, if any (including the redemption price upon redemption or the repurchase price upon repurchase, in each case pursuant to Article 14), and Interest, on each of the Securities at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Securities.

     Section 3.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or for conversion, redemption or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

     The Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

     The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as paying agent, Security Registrar, Custodian and conversion agent and the Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as an office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

     Section 3.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office . The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

     Section 3.04 Provisions as to Paying Agent . If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee, or if the Trustee shall appoint such a paying agent, the Company will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 3.04:

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     (1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities;

     (2) that it will give the Trustee notice in writing of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities when the same shall be due and payable; and

     (3) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

     The Company shall, at least one Business Day prior to each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities, deposit with the paying agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or Interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action; provided that such deposit shall be received by the paying agent no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time, one Business Day prior to such payment due date.

     (a) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or Interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor under the Securities) to make any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities when the same shall become due and payable.

     (b) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or any paying agent hereunder as required by this Section 3.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

     (c) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 11.03 and 11.04.

     The Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions of any other paying agents (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and shall have no control of any funds held by such other paying agents.

     Section 3.05 Existence . Subject to Article 10, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of

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the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Securityholders.

     Section 3.06 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . The Company will pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Material Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, (ii) all claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon the property of the Company or any Material Subsidiary and (iii) all stamp taxes and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange, conversion, redemption or repurchase of any Securities or with respect to this Indenture other than pursuant to Section 2.06; provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) if the failure to do so will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) if the amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

     Section 3.07 Rule 144A Information Requirement . Within the period prior to the date that is one year after the last original issue date of the Securities, the Company shall, during any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any holder or beneficial holder of Securities or any Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of Securities or such Common Stock designated by such holder or beneficial holder, the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon the request of any holder or beneficial holder of the Securities or such Common Stock and it will take such further action as any holder or beneficial holder of such Securities or such Common Stock may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder or beneficial holder to sell its Securities or Common Stock without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as such Rule may be amended from time to time. Upon the request of any holder or any beneficial holder of the Securities or such Common Stock, the Company will deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

     Section 3.08 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . The Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

     Section 3.09 Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’

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Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and the status thereof of which the signer may have knowledge.

     The Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

     Any notice required to be given under this Section 3.09 shall be delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

     Section 3.10 Additional Interest Notice . If the Company is required to pay Additional Interest to holders of Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable, (ii) the reason why such Additional Interest is payable and (iii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest to the persons entitled to such amounts, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

     Section 3.11 Reports

     (a) The Company covenants that any information, documents and reports that the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, shall be filed with the Trustee within five (5) days after the same is filed with the Commission; provided that the Company shall be deemed to have filed such reports with the Trustee and the Securityholders if the Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor thereto) and such reports are publicly available and it has notified the Trustee in writing (which notice may be in the form of an email) of such filing and provided the Trustee with either a hard copy or electronic link to such filing within five (5) days of the date of such filing. The Company also shall comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).

     (b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee and Agents are to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

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ARTICLE 4
Securityholders’ Lists and Reports
by the Company and the Trustee

     Section 4.01 Securityholders’ Lists . The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) days after each April 1 or October 1 in each year beginning with April 1, 2010, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of Securities as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as the sole Security Registrar.

     Section 4.02 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists . The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Securities, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

     (a) The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other holders of Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

     (b) Every Securityholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of holders of Securities made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

     Section 4.03 Reports by Trustee . Within sixty (60) days after May 15 of each year commencing with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture and for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit to holders of Securities such reports dated as of May 15 of the year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events have occurred under the applicable sections of the Trust Indenture Act the Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such reports. If required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313, the Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Sections 313(b)(2) and (c).

     A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to holders of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system upon which the Securities are listed and with the Commission. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

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     Section 4.04 Reports by Company . The Company shall file with the Trustee (and the Commission if at any time after the Indenture becomes qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), and transmit to holders of Securities, such information, documents and other reports and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto, whether or not the Securities are governed by the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within five (5) days after the same is so filed with the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall be deemed to have filed such reports for purposes of this Section 4.04 with the Trustee and the Securityholders if the Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor thereto) and such reports are publicly available and it has notified the Trustee in writing (which writing may be in the form of an email) of such filing and provided the trustee with either a hard copy or electronic link to such filing within five (5) days of the date of such filing. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee shall rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

ARTICLE 5
Remedies of the Trustee and Securityholders
on an Event of Default

     Section 5.01 Events of Default . If one or more of the following Events of Default (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by 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) shall have occurred and be continuing:

     (a) default in the payment of any installment of Interest, including any Additional Interest, upon any of the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of thirty (30) days; or

     (b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity or in connection with any redemption or repurchase, by acceleration or otherwise, upon declaration or otherwise; or

     (c) default in the Company’s obligation to provide a Fundamental Change Notice upon a Fundamental Change as provided in Section 14.05(a); or

     (d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company in the Securities or in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.01 specifically dealt with) continued for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or the Company and a Responsible Officer of the

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Trustee by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 7.04; or

     (e) failure by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries to make any payment of the principal or interest on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any debt for money borrowed in excess of $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Material Subsidiary, whether such debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, resulting in such debt becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled within thirty (30) days after written notice of such acceleration has been received by the Company or such Material Subsidiary or such debt shall not have been annulled by being discharged within such thirty (30) day period; or

     (f) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations to deliver Common Stock, cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities within the time period specified in Section 15.02; or

     (g) the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Material Subsidiary or its or their debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Material Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company or such Material Subsidiary, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company or such Material Subsidiary, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its or their debts as they become due; or

     (h) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Material Subsidiary or its or their debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Material Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company or such Material Subsidiary, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;

then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(g) or 5.01(h) with respect to the Company), unless the principal of all of the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding hereunder determined in accordance with Section 7.04, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the principal of and premium, if any, on all the Securities and the Interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary

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notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(g) or 5.01(h) occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of all the Securities and the Interest accrued thereon shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action. This provision, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Securities shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of Interest upon all Securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of Interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal and premium, if any, at the rate borne by the Securities, to the date of such payment or deposit) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, and if any and all defaults under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of and premium, if any, and accrued Interest on Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.07, then and in every such case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; 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 proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the holders of Securities, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the holders of Securities, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

     Section 5.02 Payments of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Company covenants that in case default shall be made in the payment of (a) any installment of Interest upon any of the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of thirty (30) days, or (b) the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Securities or in connection with any redemption or repurchase, by or under this Indenture, by declaration (subject to Section 5.01) or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal and premium, if any, or Interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of Interest at the rate set forth in the Securities for overdue payments of principal and Interest and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and Interest on the Securities to the registered holders, whether or not the Securities are overdue.

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     If the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions 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 any other obligor on the Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities wherever situated the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

     If there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and Interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Securities, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to first pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the holders of the Securities may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

     All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities.

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     In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Securities parties to any such proceedings.

     Section 5.03 Application of Monies Collected By Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 5 shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Securities, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06;

     SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of Interest on the Securities in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such Interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of Interest at the rate borne by the Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

     THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities for principal and premium, if any, and Interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of Interest, or of any Security over any other Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid Interest; and

     FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

     Section 5.04 Proceedings by Securityholders. No holder of any Security shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been

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given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.07; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 5.04, each and every Securityholder 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 Security, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any (including the redemption price upon redemption pursuant to Article 14), and accrued Interest on such Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or in the event of redemption, 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 holder.

     Anything in this Indenture or the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding, the holder of any Security, without the consent of either the Trustee or the holder of any other Security, in its own behalf and for its own benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to enforce, its rights of conversion as provided herein.

     Section 5.05 Proceedings by Trustee . If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial or other proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

     Section 5.06 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . Except as provided in Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 5 to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default or 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 any acquiescence therein, and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

     Section 5.07 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders . The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the

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time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 7.04 shall have the right to direct in writing 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; provided that (a) such written direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action which is not inconsistent with such written direction, (c) the Trustee may decline to take any action that (i) would benefit some Securityholder to the detriment of other Securityholders; or (ii) for which the Trustee has not received indemnity satisfactory to it, and (d) the Trustee may decline to take any action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 7.04 may, on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of Interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Securities, (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Securities into Common Stock, cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock, (iii) a default in the payment of the redemption price pursuant to Article 14, (iv) a default in the payment of any repurchase price pursuant to Article 14 or (v) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article 9 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each or all Securities then outstanding or affected thereby. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

     Section 5.08 Notice of Defaults . The Trustee shall, within ninety (90) days after a default occurs and is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, mail to all Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Security Register, notice of all defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or Interest on any of the Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders.

     Section 5.09 Undertaking to Pay Costs . All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security by his 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 to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 5.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent (10%) in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined

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in accordance with Section 7.04, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or Interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.

ARTICLE 6
The Trustee

     Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee . The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

     No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

     (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

     (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the Trustee; and

     (ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;

     (b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

     (c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 7.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy

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available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

     (d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01;

     (e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any paying agent or any records maintained by any co-registrar with respect to the Securities;

     (f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred;

     (g) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have been notified in writing, which shall include a reference to this Indenture, of such Event of Default by the Company or the holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities;

     (h) the Trustee shall not be liable if prevented or delayed in performing any of its duties by reason of any present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by any circumstances beyond its control; and

     (i) under no circumstances will the Trustee be liable to the Company or any other party to this Indenture for any consequential loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit) or any special or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever; in each case however caused or arising and whether or not foreseeable, even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.

     None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

     Section 6.02 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

     (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, Security, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

     (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be

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herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

     (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

     (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

     (e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee in its discretion shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole reasonable cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

     (f) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder;

     (g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

     (h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

     (i) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and their titles and specimen signatures of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

     (j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty; and

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     (k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

     Section 6.03 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc . The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

     Section 6.04 Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or Registrar May Own Securities . The Trustee, any paying agent, any conversion agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent, conversion agent or Security Registrar.

     Section 6.05 Monies to Be Held in Trust . Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all monies and properties received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as may be agreed in writing from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

     Section 6.06 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee; Indemnity for Trustee . The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing between the Company and the Trustee in writing, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances properly incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (or any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under this Indenture and its agents and any authenticating agent or by anyone appointed by it or to whom any of its functions may be delegated by it in the carrying out of its functions in the fulfillment of its obligations under this Indenture, for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees and agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any holder or any other Person) of liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its or their powers or duties. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the

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Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities. The obligation of the Company under this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation and/or removal of the Trustee in any capacity hereunder.

     When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(g) or (h) with respect to the Company occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

     Section 6.07 Officers’ Certificate as Evidence . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

     Section 6.08 Conflicting Interests of Trustee . If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall (i) eliminate such interest within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the Commission for permission to continue as trustee or (iii) resign, in each case to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.

     Section 6.09 Eligibility of Trustee . There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and sur


 
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