Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
POWER-ONE, INC.
as Issuer
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of
June 17, 2008
8% SENIOR SECURED
CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2013
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1.01
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Definitions
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1.02
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Rules of
Construction
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1.03
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Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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1.04
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Form of Documents
Delivered to Trustee
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1.05
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Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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1.06
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company
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1.07
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Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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1.08
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Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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1.09
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Severability Clause
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1.10
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Benefits of
Indenture
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1.11
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Governing Law
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1.12
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No Recourse Against
Others
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II. THE SECURITIES
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2.01
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Designation, Amount and
Issuance of Securities
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2.02
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Form of the
Securities
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2.03
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Date and Denomination of
Securities and Interest
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2.04
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Payments on the
Securities
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2.05
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Execution and
Authentication
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2.06
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Security Registrar, Paying
Agent and Conversion Agent
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2.07
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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2.08
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Exchange and Registration of
Transfer of Securities
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2.09
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Global Securities
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2.10
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Transfer
Restrictions
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2.11
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Responsibilities and
Obligations Relating to the Depositary
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2.12
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Replacement
Securities
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2.13
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Outstanding
Securities
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2.14
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Temporary
Securities
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30
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2.15
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Cancellation
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2.16
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CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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2.17
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Additional
Securities
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2.18
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Ranking
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III. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF
THE COMPANY
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3.01
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Payment of Principal and
Interest
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3.02
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Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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3.03
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Resale of Certain
Securities
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3.04
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Notice of Event of
Default
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3.05
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Late Filing Additional
Interest
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3.06
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Corporate Existence
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3.07
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Ownership of
Subsidiaries
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3.08
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Restricted Payments
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3.09
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Redemption and
Dividends
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3.10
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Liens
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3.11
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Indebtedness
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3.12
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Financial Covenants
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3.13
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Preservation of Repurchase
Rights
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3.14
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Share Cap Proposal
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3.15
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Further Assurances
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3.16
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Annual Compliance
Certificate
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IV. REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
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4.01
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Fundamental Change Repurchase
Right Notice
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4.02
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Right to Require Repurchase
Upon Fundamental Change
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4.03
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Settlement of Fundamental
Change Repurchases
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4.04
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Restrictions On
Repurchases
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4.05
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Ratio Event Repurchase Right
Notice
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4.06
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Right to Require Repurchase
Upon Ratio Event
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4.07
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Settlement of Ratio Event
Repurchases
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4.08
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Redemption Rights
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4.09
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Redemption Price
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4.10
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Selection of Securities to Be
Redeemed
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4.11
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Redemption Notice
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4.12
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Payment of Securities Called
for Redemption
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4.13
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Restrictions on
Redemption
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4.14
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Officers’ Certificate to
Trustee
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V. CONVERSION
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5.01
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Conversion Rights
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5.02
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Limitation on Beneficial
Ownership
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5.03
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Make-Whole Fundamental
Changes
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5.04
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Exercise of Conversion
Privilege
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5.05
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Settlement of Conversion
Obligation
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5.06
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Fractions of Shares
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5.07
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Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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5.08
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Notice of Adjustments of
Conversion Rate
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5.09
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Company to Reserve Common
Stock
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5.10
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Certain Covenants
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5.11
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Cancellation of Converted
Securities
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5.12
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Effect of Reclassification,
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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5.13
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Responsibility of Trustee for
Conversion Provisions
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5.14
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Stockholder Rights
Plan
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5.15
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Company Determination
Final
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5.16
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Compliance with Listing
Rules
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VI. RIGHTS OF PARTICIPATION IN
FUTURE EQUITY ISSUANCES
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6.01
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Offer Notices
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6.02
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Acceptance of
Offers
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6.03
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Settlement of Participation in
Equity Issuances
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6.04
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Participation Rights Not
Applicable
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VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT;
REMEDIES
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7.01
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Events of Default
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7.02
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Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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7.03
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Default Additional
Interest
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7.04
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Collection of Indebtedness and
Enforcement by Trustee
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7.05
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Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim
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7.06
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Application of Money
Collected
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7.07
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Limitation on Suits
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7.08
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Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Payment
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7.09
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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7.10
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Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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7.11
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Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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7.12
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Control by Holders
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7.13
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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7.14
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Undertaking for
Costs
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7.15
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Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws
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7.16
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Violations of Certain
Covenants
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VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER,
CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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8.01
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Company May Consolidate,
Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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8.02
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Effectiveness of
Consolidation, Merger or Transfer
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IX. THE TRUSTEE
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9.01
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Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
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9.02
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Notice of Defaults
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9.03
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Reliance on Documents,
Opinions, Etc
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9.04
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No Responsibility for
Recitals, Etc
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9.05
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Trustee, Security Registrar
and Agents May Own Securities
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9.06
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Monies To Be Held in
Trust
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9.07
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Compensation and Expenses of
Trustee
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9.08
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Officers’ Certificate as
Evidence
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9.09
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Conflicting Interests of
Trustee
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9.10
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Eligibility of
Trustee
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9.11
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Resignation or Removal of
Trustee
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9.12
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Acceptance by Successor
Trustee
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9.13
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Succession by Merger,
Etc
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9.14
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Preferential Collection of
Claims
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9.15
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Trustee’s Application
for Instructions From the Company
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X. HOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS
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10.01
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Company to Furnish Names and
Addresses of Holders
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10.02
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Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders
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10.03
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Reports by Company;
Rule 144A Information
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XI. SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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11.01
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Discharge of
Indenture
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11.02
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Deposited Monies to Be Held in
Trust by Trustee
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11.03
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Paying Agent to Repay Monies
Held
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11.04
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Return of Unclaimed
Monies
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11.05
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Reinstatement
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XII. MODIFICATIONS AND
AMENDMENTS
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12.01
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Consent Requirements for
Modifications and Amendments
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12.02
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Amendments Without Consent of
Holders
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12.03
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Amendments Requiring Consent
of Holders
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12.04
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Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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12.05
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Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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12.06
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Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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12.07
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Notice to Holders of
Supplemental Indentures
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XIII. COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
DOCUMENTS
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13.01
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Security Documents
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13.02
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Suits to Protect the
Collateral
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13.03
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Release of
Collateral
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13.04
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Sufficiency of
Release
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13.05
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Actions by the
Trustee
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XIV. MISCELLANEOUS
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14.01
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Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Security Registrar
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14.02
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Successors
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14.03
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Multiple Originals
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14.04
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Calculations
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14.05
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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14.06
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Force Majeure
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Schedule A
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Make-Whole Table
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Exhibit A
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Form of Security
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Exhibit B
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Form of Restrictive Legend for Common
Stock Issued Upon Conversion or Redemption
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INDENTURE
, dated as of
June 17, 2008, between POWER-ONE, INC., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, as
Issuer (the “ Company ”), having its principal
office at 740 Calle Plano, Camarillo, California, and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as
Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
WHEREAS , the Company has duly authorized the
creation of an issue of 8% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due
2013 (each a “ Security ” and collectively, the
“ Securities ”) of the tenor and amount
hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS , all things necessary to make the
Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, and to make this
Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, have
been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH ,
for and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the
benefit of the Company and the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
1.01
DEFINITIONS.
“ Act ,” when used with
respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.05(a) .
“ Additional Interest ”
means Default Additional Interest and Late Filing Additional
Interest.
“ Additional Securities ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.17 .
“ Additional Shares ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.03(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 the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and
“ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agent Members ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.09(f) .
“ Applicable Price ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.07(n) .
“ Averaging Period ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.07(f) .
“ Bankruptcy Custodian ”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“ Bankruptcy Law ” means
Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar Federal or State
law for relief of debtors.
“ Beneficial Owner ” means a
“beneficial owner” as determined in accordance with
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
“ Board of Directors ”
means, with respect to any Person, either the board of directors of
such Person or any duly authorized committee of that
board.
“ Business Day ” means any
day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, that is neither a legal
holiday in the City of New York nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close in the City of New York.
“ Capital Stock ” means any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock and limited
liability company interests and, with respect to partnerships,
partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, such partnership.
“ Cap Price ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.07(m) .
“ Cash Equivalents ”
means:
(i)
United States
dollars;
(ii)
securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months
from the date of acquisition;
(iii)
certificates of deposit
and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of twelve months or
less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with
maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in
each case, with any domestic commercial bank having combined
capital and surplus in excess of $500 million and a Thomson
BankWatch Rating at the time of acquisition of “B” or
better;
(iv)
repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above
entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iii) above;
(v)
commercial paper having
one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s
Rating Services and in each case maturing within six months after
the date of acquisition; and
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(vi)
money market or mutual
funds at least 90% of the assets of which constitute cash
equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (i) through
(v) of this definition.
“ Collateral ” means the
assets of the Company and its domestic, first tier, Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries and any other property or assets that fall within the
definition of “ Pledged Collateral ” under the
Pledge Agreement that from time to time secure the Securities, and
the payment and performance of all other obligations of the Company
to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder.
“ Collateral Agent ” means
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. or such successors
appointed under the Security Documents.
“ Commission ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act.
“ Common Stock ” means the
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
as they exist on the date of this Indenture or any other Reference
Property into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified,
changed, converted into or exchanged for in accordance with to
Section 5.12 .
“ Company ” means the Person
named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“ Company ” shall mean such successor
Person.
“ Company Notice ” has the
meaning specified in Section 13.03 .
“ Contingent Obligation ”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that person with respect to any
Indebtedness, lease or other obligation of another Person if the
primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability,
or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the
obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or
discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be
complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be
protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto;
provided , that
indemnification provisions not otherwise constituting a guarantee
shall not be deemed to be a “contingent
obligation.”
“ Continuing Directors ”
means (i) individuals who on the Issue Date were members of
the Board of Directors of the Company and (ii) any new
directors whose election or appointment to the Board of Directors
of the Company or nomination for election by the Company’s
stockholders was approved by at least a majority of the
Company’s directors then still in office (or a duly
constituted committee thereof), either who were directors on the
Issue Date or whose election, appointment or nomination for
election was previously so approved.
“ Conversion Agent ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.06(a) and shall
include any additional conversion agents appointed pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) .
“ Conversion Date ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.04(b) .
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“ Conversion Notice ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.04(a) .
“ Conversion Obligation ”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(a)
.
“ Conversion Price ” means,
at any time, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as at
that time.
“ Conversion Rate ” means
the Initial Conversion Rate, as it may be adjusted pursuant to
Section 5.03 or Section 5.07 .
“ Corporate Trust Office ”
means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust
business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office is, as of the date of this
Indenture, located at The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., 700
South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California,
90017, Attention: Corporate Unit, or such other address as
the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of
any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company).
“ Custodian ” means the
Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Global Securities, or any
successor entity.
“ Default ” means any event
that is or, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or
both, would become an Event of Default.
“ Default Additional Interest
” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(a)
.
“ Delegending Date ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.10(d) .
“ Depositary ” means The
Depository Trust Company until a successor Depositary shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “ Depositary ” shall
mean such successor Depositary.
“ Dilutive Issuance ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.07(n) .
“ Distributed Property ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.07(d) .
“ Effective Date ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.03(c) .
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning specified in Section 7.01 .
“ Ex-Date ” means, with
respect to any issuance or distribution to holders of the Common
Stock, the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade
on the Relevant Exchange, regular way, without the right to receive
such issuance or distribution.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Excluded Securities ”
means any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection
with any employee benefit plan or agreement which has been, as of
the date of determination,
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approved by the Company’s Board of
Directors, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be
issued in the ordinary course of business to any consultant,
employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) upon conversion of the
Securities; (iii) pursuant to any bona fide firm commitment
underwritten public offering with a nationally recognized
underwriter, which generates gross proceeds to the Company in
excess of $50,000,000 (other than an “at-the-market
offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the
1933 Act and “equity lines”); (iv) upon exercise
or conversion of any options (including the warrants held by PWER
Bridge LLC) or convertible securities which are outstanding on
June 11, 2008, provided that the terms of such options or
convertible securities are not materially amended, modified or
changed on or after June 12, 2008 in a manner adverse to the
holders; (v) pursuant to rights under the Rights Agreement,
dated as of July 27, 2000, between the Company and the rights
agent named therein or any similar successor agreement (the “
Rights Plan ”) and (vi) directly on an
arm’s-length basis to an unrelated third party in connection
with bona fide, strategic transactions, joint ventures,
collaborations, licenses of products or technology, or similar
transactions approved by the Company’s Board of Directors;
provided that the primary purpose of such issuance is not to raise
equity capital.
“ Fundamental Change ” means
the occurrence of any one of the following events at any time after
the Issue Date:
(a)
any Person other than the
Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their employee benefit plans,
files a Schedule TO or any similar schedule, form or report under
the Exchange Act disclosing that such Person has become the direct
or indirect ultimate Beneficial Owner of the Company’s
Capital Stock representing more than 50% of the total voting power
of all shares of the Capital Stock of the Company entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors;
(b)
the Company
(1) merges or consolidates with or into any other Person,
another Person merges with or into the Company, or the Company
conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its
assets to another Person (excluding a pledge of securities issued
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (2) engages in
any recapitalization, reclassification or other acquisition
transaction or series of transactions in which all or substantially
all the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash,
securities or other property, in each case, other than any merger
or consolidation:
(i)
pursuant to which the
holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction
have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or
more of the voting power of all shares of Capital Stock entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors of either (A) the
continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the
transaction or (B) the corporation that directly or indirectly
owns 100% of the Capital Stock of such continuing or surviving
corporation;
(ii)
that does not result in a
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the
outstanding Common Stock; or
(iii)
that is effected solely to
change the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and
results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of
outstanding shares of the Common Stock solely into shares of common
stock of the surviving entity;
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(c)
at any time the Continuing
Directors do not constitute a majority of Board of Directors of the
Company (or, if applicable, of a successor person to the Company);
or
(d)
if shares of the Common
Stock, or shares of any other Capital Stock into which the
Securities are convertible pursuant to the terms of this Indenture,
are not listed for trading on any United States national or
regional securities exchange.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction
or event described above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change
if, in connection with such transaction or event, or as a result
therefrom, a transaction described in clause (b)
above occurs (without regard to any exclusion to such clause
described in the paragraphs (i) , (ii) or
(iii) thereunder) and at least 90% of the
consideration paid for the Common Stock (excluding cash payments
for fractional shares, cash payments made pursuant to
dissenters’ appraisal rights and cash dividends) consists of
shares of common stock (or depositary receipts in respect thereof)
traded on any Relevant Exchange (or will be so traded or quoted
immediately following the completion of the merger or consolidation
or such other transaction) and, as a result of such transaction,
the Securities become convertible into such Common Stock (or
depositary receipts in respect thereof) pursuant to
Section 5.12 .
For
the purposes of this definition, the term “ Person
” has the meaning specified in Section 1.01 and
also includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a
“person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act.
“ Fundamental Change Expiration
Time ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b) .
“ Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(a) .
“ Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b) .
“ Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(a) .
“ Fundamental Change Repurchase Right
Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a) .
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, in
each case, as in effect in the United States from time to
time.
“ Global Security ” means a
Security in global form registered in the Security Register in the
name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.
“ Holder ” means a Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
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“ Indebtedness ” of a Person
means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed
money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as
the deferred purchase price of property or services, including
(without limitation) capital leases in accordance with GAAP (other
than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business
and any liabilities relating to the application of FASB 133 or any
other related accounting literature under GAAP or in connection
with embedded or standalone derivatives related to indebtedness),
(iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to
letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments,
(iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses,
(v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing,
in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with
the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and
remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of
default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),
(vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar
arrangement that would be classified as a capital lease in
accordance with GAAP, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by
(or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage,
Lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon
or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract
rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such
assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in
respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (i) through (vii)
above; and provided, however, that neither the accrual of interest
nor the accretion of original issue discount (in each case, whether
as the issuance of pay-in-kind securities or otherwise) nor imputed
interest, cost or premiums shall be deemed to be Indebtedness for
purposes of this definition.
“ Indenture ” means this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions
hereof.
“ Indenture Documents ”
means, collectively, this instrument, the Pledge Agreement and the
Security Documents, in each case, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Initial Conversion Rate ”
means 304.8780 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount
of Securities.
“ Initial Purchaser ” means
the initial purchaser of the securities under the Purchase
Agreement.
“ interest ” means, when
used with reference to the Securities, any interest payable under
the terms of the Securities, including any Additional Interest
payable under the terms of the Securities.
“ Interest Payment Date ”
means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year, commencing September 30,
2008.
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“ Issue Date ” means
June 17, 2008, being the date the Securities are originally
issued.
“ Last Reported Sale Price ”
means, with respect to the Common Stock or any other security for
which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined, on any date,
the closing sale price per share of Common Stock or unit of such
other security (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in
either case, the average of the average last bid and the average
last ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions
for the Relevant Exchange, if any. If the Common Stock or
such other security is not listed for trading on a United States
national or regional securities exchange on such date, the “
Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the average of the
last quoted bid and ask prices per share of Common Stock or unit of
such other security in the over-the-counter market on such date, as
reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization. If the
Common Stock or such other security is not so quoted, the “
Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the average of the
mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock or
such other security on such date from each of at least three
nationally recognized independent investment banking firms,
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.
The Last Reported Sale Price shall be determined without reference
to extended or after hours trading. Any such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“ Late Filing Additional Interest
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(a)
.
“ Lien ” means, with respect
to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not
filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to
sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement
to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
(or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“ LTM EBITDA ” shall mean,
with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis for the most recent twelve-month period for which financial
statements are, or are made, publicly available, the consolidated
net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period
(treated as a single period), plus for such period, to the extent
such amount was deducted in calculating such consolidated net
income,
(a)
the sum of (in each case
without duplication):
(i)
provision for taxes based
on income, profits or capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise
and similar taxes, and taxes paid by the Company and its
Subsidiaries during such period,
(ii)
interest expense of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period plus the amount of
dividends and accretion on preferred capital stock, and accretion
of discounts on the Company’s debt, for such
period,
(iii)
depreciation and
amortization expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period,
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(iv)
business optimization
expenses and restructuring charges and reserves, in each case based
on the good faith determination of the audit committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors (which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment
cost, excess pension charges, contract termination costs (including
future lease commitments) and costs to consolidate facilities and
relocate employees),
(v)
any other non-cash charges
or other non-cash items (including, without limitation, non-cash
charges or other non-cash items relating to the application of FASB
133 or any other related accounting literature under GAAP or in
connection with embedded or standalone derivatives related to
indebtedness, or the write-off of goodwill or other intangibles in
accordance with SFAS 142 or SFAS 144, or any non-cash compensation
charges in accordance with SFAS 123(R)); provided that, for
purposes of this subclause (v) , any non-cash charges, other
non-cash items or losses shall be treated as cash charges, other
non-cash items or losses in any subsequent period during which cash
disbursements attributable thereto are made, and
(vi)
Transaction
Costs,
minus for such period
(b)
the sum of (in each case
without duplication), non-cash gains from:
(i)
the disposition of
assets,
(ii)
the change of estimates,
and
(iii)
change of actuarial
assumptions.
“ Make-Whole Fundamental Change
” means any transaction or event that constitutes a
Fundamental Change pursuant to clauses (a) or
(b) of the definition thereof other than, for the
avoidance of doubt, any such transaction or event that is not a
Fundamental Change as a result of the paragraph following
clause (d) thereof.
“ Market Disruption Event ”
means the occurrence or existence on any Scheduled Trading Day for
the Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading
(by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the
Relevant Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any
options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock
on the Relevant Exchange, and such suspension or limitation occurs
or exists at any time within the 30 minutes prior to the closing
time of the Relevant Exchange on such day.
“ Maturity ” means, in
respect of any Security, the date on which the principal,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price of such
Security becomes due and payable pursuant to this Indenture,
whether at the Stated Maturity Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date or Redemption Date, by declaration of acceleration or
otherwise.
“ New Issuance Price ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.07(n) .
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“ Officer ” means each of
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary, of the
Company.
“ Officers’ Certificate
” means a certificate signed by two Officers, or by one
Officer and any Senior Vice President of the Company, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means
a written opinion of counsel for the Company, who may be external
or in-house counsel.
“ Outstanding ” means, in
respect of a Security, that such Security is outstanding pursuant
to the terms of Section 2.13 .
“ PAI ” means PAI Capital
LLC, a limited liability company established under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
“ Paying Agent ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.06(a) and shall
include any additional paying agents appointed pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) .
“ Permitted Indebtedness ”
means (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities,
(ii) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is
made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities, provided that such Indebtedness does
not provide for (A) the payment, prepayment, repayment,
repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal
or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the
maturity date of the Securities or later and (B) total
interest and fees at a rate in excess of eight percent (8%) per
annum, (iii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding
as of the date of this Indenture (which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall include the maximum principal amount that may be
borrowed under any outstanding revolving credit facility),
(iv) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens, (v)
unsecured
obligations or Indebtedness to trade creditors of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (vi) extensions, refinancings and renewals of any
items of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that (W) the
principal amount is not increased, (X) the stated maturity
date is not made earlier, (Y) if the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced or renewed is subordinate in right of payment
to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, such extended,
refinanced or renewed Indebtedness is subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities on terms at least as favorable in the
aggregate to the Holders of the Securities as those contained in
the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced or renewed and (Z) such Indebtedness is incurred
either by (1) the Subsidiary who is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced or renewed or (2) the
Company, (vii) Indebtedness in the form of a bond or other
obligation in favor of a foreign tax authority to secure actual or
potential tax obligations to it and (viii) any Indebtedness
not otherwise set forth in clauses (i) through
(vii) above, provided that the aggregate amount of
such Indebtedness shall not exceed $10 million.
“ Permitted Liens ”
means (i) any Lien
for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have
been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory
Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law
with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent,
(iii) any Lien created by operation of law, arising in the
ordinary course of business with respect to a
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liability that is not yet due or delinquent or
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
(iv) easements, rights-of-way, municipal and zoning and
building ordinances and similar charges, encumbrances, title
defects or other irregularities, governmental restrictions on the
use of property or conduct of business, and Liens in favor of
governmental authorities and public utilities, that do not
materially interfere with the ordinary course of business of
the Company
and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, (v) Liens securing obligations under
indebtedness included in clauses (i) and (iii) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness, (vi) Liens (A) upon
or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the
purchase price of such equipment or Indebtedness incurred solely
for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such
equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of
its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the
property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of
such equipment, (vii) Liens on property of, or on shares of
stock or Indebtedness of, any corporation existing at the time such
corporation becomes, or becomes a part of, any Subsidiary; provided
that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets
of the
Company or any
Subsidiary other than the property or assets acquired and the
proceeds and products thereof and were not incurred in anticipation
of such Person becoming a Subsidiary; (viii) Liens incurred in
connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of any
Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses
(v) and (vi) above, provided that any
extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the
property encumbered by the existing Lien, (ix) Liens arising
out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by
the Company
or any of its
Subsidiaries, (x) any option or other agreement to purchase
any asset of the
Company or any
Subsidiary the purchase, sale or other disposition of which is not
prohibited by any provision of the Securities, (xi) leases or
subleases and licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the
ordinary course of the Company ’s business, not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(xii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities
arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in
connection with the importation of goods and (xiii) Liens
arising from judgments, decrees or attachments other than orders or
decrees constituting a bankruptcy-related event of
default.
“ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Physical Securities ”
means permanent certificated Securities in registered form issued
in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples
thereof.
“ Pledge Agreement ” means
that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of even date
herewith, by the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor
of the Trustee, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof.
“ Pledged Equity Co-Collateral
Agents ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01(b) .
“ Pledged Subsidiaries ”
means each first tier Subsidiary of the Company, Capital Stock in
which constitutes “Pledged Collateral” under and as
defined in the Pledge Agreement.
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“ PowerOne UK ” means
Power-One Limited, a UK company incorporated in England and Wales
with registration number 3103043.
“ Protected Purchaser ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a) .
“Purchase
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement between the
Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., dated June 12, 2008,
relating to the Securities,
“ Ratio Event ” has the
meaning specified in Section 4.05(a) .
“ Ratio Event Expiration Time
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(b)
.
“ Ratio Event Repurchase Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a)
.
“ Ratio Event Repurchase Notice
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(b)
.
“ Ratio Event Repurchase Period
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a)
.
“ Ratio Event Repurchase Price
” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a)
.
“ Ratio Event Repurchase Right
Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.05(a) .
“ Record Date ” means, with
respect to any Interest Payment Date, the March 15,
June 15, September 15 or December 15 immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day).
“ Redemption Date ” means,
with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for
redemption of such Security by the Company.
“ Redemption Notice ” has
the meaning specified in Section 4.11(a) .
“ Redemption Price ” has the
meaning specified in Section 4.09(a) .
“ Reference Property ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.12(a) .
“ Released Collateral ” has
the meaning specified in Section 13.03 .
“ Relevant Exchange ” means,
at any time, the principal United States national or regional
securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted for trading at such time.
“ Reorganization Event ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.12(a) .
“ Resale Restriction Termination
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10(a) .
“ Responsible Officer ”
means any officer of the Trustee within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee including any vice president, assistant
vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar
to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such
officers, respectively,
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with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“ Restricted Security ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.10(b) .
“ Restricted Security Legend
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(a)
.
“ Rule 144 ” means
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any successor
rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“ Rule 144A ” means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (including any successor
rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“ Scheduled Trading Day ”
means a day during which trading in the Common Stock is scheduled
to occur on the Relevant Exchange. If the Common Stock is not
then listed or admitted for trading on a United States national or
regional securities exchange or market, “ Scheduled
Trading Day ” shall mean a Business Day.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“ Security ” has the meaning
specified in the first paragraph of the Recitals of the
Company.
“ Security Documents ”
means, collectively, the Pledge Agreement and all other security
agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, collateral
assignments and other agreements or instruments evidencing or
creating any security in favor of the Trustee and any Holders in
any or all of the Collateral, (including, without limitation,
(a) the pledge agreement dated on or about the Closing Date
and entered into between the Company, as chargor and The
Bank of New York Trust
Company (Cayman) Limited , as chargee in its own name and behalf and in
the name of and on behalf of the other secured creditors referred
to therein (the “ Cayman Pledge Agreement
”), relating to the shares representing 66% of the corporate
capital, as issued from time to time and paid up, of Power-One
Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, (b) the
pledge agreement dated on or about the Closing Date and entered
into between PAI, as pledgor and The Bank of New York, as pledgee in its own name and behalf and in
the name of and on behalf of the other secured creditors referred
to therein (the “ Chinese Pledge Agreement
”), relating to the shares representing 66% of the corporate
capital, as issued from time to time and paid up, of Shenzhen, a
wholly foreign owned limited liability company established under
the laws of the People’s Republic of China, (c) the
pledge agreement dated on or about the Closing Date and entered
into between the Company, as pledgor and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.
, as collateral agent in
its own name and behalf and in the name of and on behalf of the
other secured creditors referred to therein (the “
Italian Pledge
Agreement ”), relating to the shares
representing 66% of the corporate capital, as issued from time to
time and paid up, of Power-One Italy Holdings, S.p.A., an Italian
corporation with, as of the Closing Date, corporate capital of Eur.
120,000.00, and with its principal place of business at via
Birmania 81, Rome, Italy, fiscal code 09159521005 and (d) the
pledge agreement dated on or about the Closing Date and entered
into between the Company, as pledgor and BNY Corporate
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Trust Services Limited, as collateral agent in
its own name and behalf and in the name of and on behalf of the
other secured creditors referred to therein (the “
UK Pledge
Agreement ”), relating to the shares
representing 60.1% of 66% of the corporate capital, as issued from
time to time and paid up, of PowerOne UK) in each case, as amended
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Security Register ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b) .
“ Security Registrar ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.06(a) and
shall include any co-registrars appointed pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) .
“ Shenzhen ” means Power-One
Asia Pacific Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign
owned limited liability company established under the laws of the
People’s Republic of China.
“ Significant Subsidiary ”
means any subsidiary, or group of subsidiaries, that would
constitute a “significant subsidiary” under Regulation
S-X under the Securities Act.
“ Spin-Off ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.07(d) .
“ Stated Maturity Date ”
means, for any Security, June 17, 2013.
“ Stock Price ” means, for a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change (a) if holders of the Common
Stock receive only cash consideration for their shares of Common
Stock in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the
cash amount paid per share of Common Stock and (b) in all
other cases, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the
Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of such
Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
“ Subordinated Indebtedness
” means any Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries
(whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred) that
is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities
pursuant to a written agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” means a
corporation, association, company, limited partnership, joint-stock
company or business trust more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock or other voting interests of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or
by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the
purposes of this definition, “voting stock or other voting
interests” means stock or other voting interests which
ordinarily have voting power for the election of directors or
comparable governing body, whether at all times or only so long as
no senior class of stock or other interests has such voting power
by reason of any contingency.
“ Successor Company ” has
the meaning specified in Section 8.01(a)(i)
.
“ Tangible Net Worth ”
means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination, its
consolidated stockholders’ equity, as determined on a
consolidated basis, excluding the impact of non-cash charges or
other non-cash items relating to the application of FASB 133 or any
other related accounting literature under GAAP or in connection
with embedded or standalone
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derivatives related to Indebtedness, minus the
aggregate intangible assets of such Person, as determined on a
consolidated basis.
“ Total Debt ” means, as of
any date of determination, the total amount of Indebtedness that
would appear as such on the balance sheet of a Person as of such
date, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“ Total Net Debt ” means, as
of any date of determination and in respect of any Person, the
total amount of Indebtedness that would appear as such on the
balance sheet of such Person, minus the total amount of cash and
Cash Equivalents that would appear as such on such balance sheet of
such Person, in each case as of the same date and as prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Trading Day ” means a day
during which (a) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs
on the Relevant Exchange and (b) there is no Market Disruption
Event. If the Common Stock is not then listed or admitted for
trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange
or market, then “ Trading Day ” means a Business
Day.
“ Transaction Costs ” means
all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection
with the offering of the Securities and the application of the net
proceeds thereof, including all fees, costs and expenses relating
to this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Purchase Agreement
relating to the Securities, and any other document prepared in
connection therewith and the application of the proceeds thereof
relating to the payoff of outstanding Indebtedness and the release
of related Liens and all costs, fees and expenses associated with
any amendment or waiver under any such document, together with all
fees, costs and expenses of financial, legal and accounting
advisors related thereto.
“ Trust Indenture Act ”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date as
of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however ,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after
such date, “ Trust Indenture Act ” means, to the
extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as so amended.
“ Trustee ” means the Person
named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “ Trustee ” shall mean such successor
Trustee.
“ United States ” means the
United States of America.
“ Valuation Period ” has the
meaning specified in Section 5.07(d) .
“VWAP”
means the volume weighted
average price and refers to such price as reported by the Bloomberg
Professional Service provided by Bloomberg L.P. or, if such service
is no longer providing such information, such other comparable
service as the Company shall reasonably specify. To the extent that
Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, the VWAP on The
Nasdaq Global Market will be determined based on the Bloomberg
function: “TICKER [PWER] EQUITY AQR” or a successor
function on such service. If for whatever reason the VWAP is
unavailable for a Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price of
Common Stock on that Trading Day shall be used in lieu of the
VWAP.
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“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ”
of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all the Capital
Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is
owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such
Person.
1.02
RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION.
For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
the terms defined in
Section 1.01 have the meanings assigned to them in
Section 1.01 and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b)
all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with GAAP; and
(c)
the words
“herein,” “hereof’ and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
1.03
COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
(a)
Upon any application or
request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required
hereunder. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an
officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with any other requirement set forth in
this Indenture.
(b)
Every certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(i)
a statement that each
individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(ii)
a brief statement as to
the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which
the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(iii)
a statement that, in the
opinion of each such individual, such individual has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv)
a statement as to whether,
in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant
has been complied with.
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1.04
FORM OF
DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
(a)
In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b)
Any certificate or opinion
of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
(c)
Where any Person is
required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
1.05
ACTS OF HOLDERS;
RECORD DATES.
(a)
Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as an “
Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 9.01
) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in
the manner provided in this Section 1.05 .
(b)
The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting
in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
reasonably deems sufficient.
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(c)
The Company may fix any
day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on
any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by
Holders. If not set by the Company prior to the first
solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such
action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the
record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30
th day (or, if later, the date of the most
recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to
Section 10.01 ) prior to such first solicitation or
vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date,
only the Holders on such date (or their duly designated proxies)
shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant
action.
(d)
The ownership of the
Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(e)
Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of
the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
1.06
NOTICES, ETC.,
TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with:
(i)
the Trustee by any Holder
or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder
if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the
Trustee at its applicable Corporate Trust Office provided that such notice shall be effective
only upon actual receipt by the Trustee; or
(ii)
the Company by the Trustee
or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company,
Attention: General Counsel.
1.07
NOTICE TO
HOLDERS; WAIVER.
(a)
Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date
(if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Notices will be deemed to have been
given on the date of mailing. Where this Indenture provides
for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by
the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such
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filing shall not be a condition precedent to
the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
(b)
In case by reason of the
suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause
it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
(c)
Whenever under this
Indenture the Trustee is required to provide any notice by mail, in
all cases the Trustee may alternatively provide notice by overnight
courier or by telefacsimile, with confirmation of
transmission.
1.08
EFFECT OF
HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof, and all Article and
Section references are to Articles and Sections, respectively,
of this Indenture unless otherwise expressly stated.
1.09
SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE.
In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
1.10
BENEFITS OF
INDENTURE.
Except as provided in Article 13
hereof, nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto
and their respective successors hereunder and the Holders of
Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
1.11
GOVERNING
LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
1.12
NO RECOURSE
AGAINST OTHERS.
No
director, officer, employee, stockholder or Affiliate of the
Company from time to time shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities or this
Indenture. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and
releases such liability.
II.
THE
SECURITIES
2.01
DESIGNATION,
AMOUNT AND ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The
Securities shall be designated as “8% Senior Secured
Convertible Notes due 2013.” The Securities shall be
limited to an aggregate principal amount of up to $80,000,000,
subject to
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Section 2.17
. Upon the execution
of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Securities may
be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication in accordance with Section 2.05
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2.02
FORM OF THE
SECURITIES.
(a)
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 hereto. The terms and provisions contained in
the form of Securities 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.
(b)
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 for the Global Securities, the Depositary or by The
Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. in order for the Securities to be
tradable on The PORTAL Market 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.
(c)
So long as the Securities
are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or
unless otherwise required by law, subject to
Section 2.09 , all of the Securities will be
represented by one or more Global Securities. The transfer
and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Securities
shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this
Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary.
Except as provided in Section 2.09 , 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.
(d)
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
issuances, repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. 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 for the Global Security, at the direction
of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the
Holder of such Securities in accordance with this
Indenture.
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2.03
DATE AND
DENOMINATION OF SECURITIES AND INTEREST.
The
Securities shall be issuable in fully 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 Securities 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.
2.04
PAYMENTS ON THE
SECURITIES.
(a)
On the Stated Maturity
Date, each Holder shall be entitled to receive on such date the
principal amount of the Securities held, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to, but not including, the Stated Maturity
Date.
(b)
On each Interest Payment
Date, the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Register at the close of business on the Record Date for such
Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date, except that the interest
payable upon Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom
principal is payable upon Maturity.
(c)
If any Interest Payment
Date or any date on which principal or any other amount is payable
in respect of the Securities falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, such payment of interest or principal, as the case may be,
shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day and no
interest or other amount shall be paid as a result of such
postponement.
(d)
The Company shall pay any
amount of principal when due:
(i)
with respect to Global
Securities, to the Depositary or its nominee in immediately
available funds; and
(ii)
with respect to Physical
Securities, at the office of the Paying Agent, which initially
shall be the Corporate Trust Office.
(e)
The Company shall pay
interest on each Interest Payment Date:
(i)
with respect to any Global
Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Depositary or its nominee;
(ii)
with respect to any
Physical Securities having a principal amount of $2,000,000 or
less, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as it appears in the Security Register; provided that at
Maturity, interest will be payable at the office of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially
be the Corporate Trust Office; and
(iii)
with respect to any
Physical Securities having a principal amount of more than
$2,000,000, either (A) by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register or
(B) at the election of the Person entitled thereto, by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to an account within the
United States of
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such Person if such Person has duly delivered
notice of such election and applicable wire instructions to the
Registrar not later than the Record Date for such Interest Payment
Date and has not delivered notice to the Registrar revoking such
election prior to such Record Date; provided that at
Maturity, interest will be payable at the office of the Company
maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially
be the Corporate Trust Office.
(f)
If the Company is required
to pay any Additional Interest under this Indenture, the Company
shall pay such Additional Interest to Holders on the same dates and
in the same manner as regular interest is paid to Holders, except
as set forth in Section 3.05 and
Section 7.03 .
2.05
EXECUTION AND
AUTHENTICATION.
(a)
One or more Officers shall
sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no
longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the
Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
(b)
The Company shall deliver
the Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication together with an authentication order executed by
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company ordering the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, which
authentication order shall set forth the number of separate
Securities certificates, the principal amount of each of the
Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original
issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the Holder of each such
Security and delivery instructions. Upon receipt of such
executed Securities and such authentication order, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities in accordance with
such authentication order.
(c)
A Security shall not be
valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs
the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
(d)
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer, a copy
of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by
the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating
agent has the same rights as any Security Registrar, Paying Agent
or agent for service of notices and demands.
2.06
SECURITY
REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT.
(a)
The Company shall maintain
an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Security
Registrar ”), an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and
an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”), in each
case, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Security Registrar,
Conversion Agent and Paying Agent in connection with the
Securities. The Bank of New York, an Affiliate of the
Trustee, located at 101 Barclay Street,
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8W,
New York, New York 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration,
shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for
each of the aforesaid purposes. The Company or any of its
domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying
Agent, Conversion Agent or Security Registrar. The Company
may from time to time appoint one or more additional Conversion
Agents, Paying Agents and co-registrars and may from time to time
rescind such designations.
(b)
The Security Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities (the “
Security Register ”) and of their transfer and
exchange.
(c)
The Company shall enter
into an appropriate agency agreement with any Security Registrar,
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent not a party to this
Indenture. Each such agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such agent.
(d)
The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of each such office or agency, if not the
Trustee, or if not designated or appointed by the
Trustee.
(e)
If at any time the Company
fails to maintain a Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof,
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
(f)
The Company may remove any
Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent at any time
and without prior notice to Holders by written notice to such
Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent and to the
Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become
effective until (i) acceptance of an appointment by a
successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by
the Company and such successor Security Registrar, Paying Agent or
Conversion Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee
or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall
serve as Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent until
the appointment of a successor in accordance with
clause (i) above. The Security Registrar,
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may resign at any time upon
written notice; provided that the Trustee may resign as
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security Registrar only if the
Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with
Section 9.11 .
2.07
PAYING AGENT TO
HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
(a)
On or prior to each due
date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such
principal and interest when so becoming due. If the Company
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent,
it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it
as a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto. If such deposit is made, or such segregation is
effected, on a due date for such principal or interest, such
deposit shall be received, or such segregation shall be effected,
by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such due
date.
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(b)
The Company shall require
each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment.
(c)
The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying
Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.07 ,
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money
delivered to the Trustee.
2.08
EXCHANGE AND
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES.
(a)
The Company shall cause to
be kept at the Corporate Trust Office 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.
(b)
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Securities to the Security
Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer
set forth in this Section 2.08 and in
Section 2.10 , 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.
(c)
Securities may be
exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive
legends as may be required by this Indenture, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at the office of the Security
Registrar. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding.
(d)
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.
(e)
All Securities presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange,
repurchase, redemption 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, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f)
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.
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(g)
Neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any Security Registrar shall be required to
exchange, issue or register a transfer of any Securities or
portions thereof (i) tendered for repurchase (and not
withdrawn) pursuant to Article 4 ,
(ii) surrendered for conversion pursuant to
Article 5 , or (iii) selected for redemption
pursuant to Article 4 .
2.09
GLOBAL
SECURITIES.
(a)
Each Global Security
authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to the
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian for the Global
Securities therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute
a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b)
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:
(i)
the Depositary
(A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
and in each case, a successor depositary has not been appointed by
the Company within 90 calendar days; or
(ii)
in accordance with
clause (c) below.
Any
Global Securities exchanged pursuant to this
Section 2.09(b) shall be so exchanged in whole
and not in part.
(c)
In addition, Physical
Securities shall be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in
a Global Security upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in
accordance with customary procedures following the request of a
beneficial owner seeking to enforce its rights under the Securities
or this Indenture upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default.
(d)
Securities issued in
exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof pursuant to
Section 2.09(b) or
Section 2.09(c) shall be issued in definitive,
fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an
aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Securities
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 Securities to be exchanged shall be
surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, provided that pending completion of the exchange
of a Global Security, the Trustee acting as custodian for the
Global Securities for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to
such Global Securities, shall reduce the principal amount thereof,
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 Securities
issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
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(e)
In the event of the
occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 2.09(b) above or upon any request
described in Section 2.09(c) , the Company will
promptly make available to the Trustee a sufficient supply of
Physical Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without
interest coupons.
(f)
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 Securities 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 Securities 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
Securities.
(g)
At such time as all
interests in a Global Security have been redeemed, repurchased,
converted, cancelled or exchanged for Physical Securities, 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 for the Global
Security. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
interest in a Global Security is redeemed, repurchased, converted,
cancelled or exchanged for Physical Securities, the principal
amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the
standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the custodian for the Global Security, be
appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Security, by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global
Security, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
2.10
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS.
(a)
Until the date (the
“ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”) that is
the later of (1) one year after the Issue Date or such shorter
period of time as permitted under Rule 144, and (2) such
later date, if any, as may be required by applicable
law:
(i)
any certificate evidencing
a Security shall bear a legend in substantially the form identified
as “Form of Restricted Security Legend” in the
form of Security set forth in Exhibit A; and
(ii)
any certificate
representing Common Stock issued upon conversion or redemption of a
Security shall bear a legend substantially in the form identified
as “Form of Restricted Security Legend for Common Stock
Issued Upon Conversion or Redemption” in
Exhibit B,
(each a “ Restricted Security
Legend ”), in each case, unless (A) such Security or
such Common Stock, as the case may be, has been sold pursuant to a
registration statement that has been declared effective under the
Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time
of
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such transfer) or sold without transfer
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, (B) such Restricted
Security Legend has been removed pursuant to
Section 2.10(d) , or (C) otherwise agreed by the
Company in writing with written notice thereof to the
Trustee.
(b)
Every Security (and all
securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof)
and any Common Stock issued upon conversion or redemption of any
Security that bears or is required under
Section 2.10(a) to bear a Restricted Security
Legend (each a “ Restricted Security ”) shall be
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 2.10 and in the Restricted Security Legend for
such Restricted Security, unless such restrictions on transfer
shall be waived by written consent of the Company following receipt
of legal advice supporting the permissibility of the waiver of such
transfer restrictions, and the Holder of any Restricted Securities,
by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by
all such restrictions on transfer.
(c)
In connection with any
transfer of a Physical Security that is a Restricted Security, the
Holder must complete and deliver the form of assignment set forth
on the certificate representing the Securities with the appropriate
box checked to the Trustee. If the proposed transfer is
pursuant to clause (2)(D) of the Restricted
Security Legend (other than a transfer pursuant to Rule 144),
the Holder must, prior to such transfer, furnish to the Trustee,
such certifications, legal opinions or other information as the
Company may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is
being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act.
(d)
The Company shall cause
the Restricted Securities Legend to be removed from any Restricted
Security on the date (the “ Delegending Date ”)
that is earlier of (1) the date that is one year after the
Issue Date for any Security Outstanding, (2) the transfer of
such Restricted Security pursuant to an effective registration
statement or (3) on any transfer of such Restricted Security
without transfer restrictions under Rule 144, in each case as
follows:
(i)
with respect to any
Restricted Security that is a Physical Security, upon surrender of
such Restricted Security by the Holder thereof to the Security
Registrar for exchange, such Restricted Security shall be exchanged
for a new Security, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
which shall not bear the Restricted Security Legend;
and
(ii)
with respect to any
Restricted Security represented by a Global Security, the Company
shall, on or promptly after the Delegending Date direct the
Depositary to remove the Restricted Securities Legend from the
Global Security; provided that if such a direction is not
permitted under the applicable rules, regulations, policies and
procedures of the Depositary as at the Delegending Date, the
Company shall, upon surrender of such Restricted Security by the
Holder thereof, reduce the principal amount of such Global Security
by the principal amount of such Restricted Security and increase
the principal amount of a Global Security without the Restricted
Security Legend by an equal principal amount. If a Global
Security without the Restricted Security Legend is not then
outstanding, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Depositary, a Global Security
without the Restricted Security Legend.
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2.11
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE DEPOSITARY.
(a)
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any 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 or the payment of any
amount under or with respect to such Securities.
(b)
All notices and communications to be given to the Holders of
Securities and all payments to be made to Holders of Securities
under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the
order of the registered Holders of Securities (which shall be the
Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Security).
(c)
The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Securities shall be
exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary
procedures of the Depositary.
(d)
The Company and the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with
respect to its Agent Members.
(e)
The Company and 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
Securities (including any transfers between or among Agent Members)
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.
2.12
REPLACEMENT
SECURITIES.
(a)
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Security Registrar or
if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code
are met, such that the Holder:
(i)
notifies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after
he has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the
Security Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving
such notification;
(ii)
makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the
Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in
Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “
Protected Purchaser ”); and
(iii)
satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the
Company. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond
sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and the
Security Registrar from any loss or liability that any of them may
suffer if a Security is replaced and subsequently presented or
claimed for payment.
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(b)
The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their
expenses in replacing a Security.
(c)
In case any Security which (i) has matured or is about to
mature, (ii) has been properly tendered for repurchase on a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn),
(iii) is to be converted into shares of Common Stock or
redeemed or repurchased for cash, shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security, convert or authorize the conversion of, or
redeem or repurchase or authorize redemption or repurchase of, the
same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Securities), as the case may be, if the applicant for such
conversion or redemption or repurchase 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 Securities and of the ownership
thereof.
(d)
The provisions of this Section 2.12 are exclusive and
shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities.
2.13
OUTSTANDING
SECURITIES.
(a)
At any time, the Securities outstanding at that time are all
Securities that have been authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered under this Indenture as at that time, other than:
(i)
Securities cancelled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for
cancellation as at that time;
(ii)
Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.12 as at that
time, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory
to them that the replaced Security is held by a Protected
Purchaser;
(iii)
Securities repurchased pursuant to Article 4 which are
no longer outstanding as at that time pursuant to
Section 4.03(d) or Section 4.07(d)
;
(iv)
Securities redeemed pursuant to Article 4 which are no
longer outstanding as at that time pursuant to
Section 4.12(c) ;
(v)
Securities converted pursuant to Article 5 which are no
longer outstanding as at that time pursuant to
Section 5.05(g) ; and
(vi)
Securities that have matured at the Stated Maturity in respect of
which the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance
with this Indenture, as of the Stated Maturity Date, sufficient
funds to pay all amounts due on the Stated Maturity Date with
respect to such Securities maturing and the Paying Agent is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on such date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
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(b)
Subject to Section 2.13(c) , a Security does not cease
to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds the Security.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 2.13 , in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Securities outstanding have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
(d)
The Company may from time to time repurchase outstanding Securities
on the open market or in negotiated or other transactions without
prior notice to the Holders.
2.14
TEMPORARY
SECURITIES.
(a)
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
Security, 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.
(b)
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 the office of the Security
Registrar 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.
2.15
CANCELLATION.
(a)
The Company may, at any time, deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Security Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee
and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment or
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cancellation and deliver canceled Securities to
the Company pursuant to written direction by an
Officer.
(b)
The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it
has redeemed, repurchased, converted, paid or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate
Securities in place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
2.16
CUSIP AND ISIN
NUMBERS.
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”
and/or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use) and,
if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and/or
“ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or otherwise as
a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any
notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers.
2.17
ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES.
The
Company may, from time to time without the consent of the Holders
of Outstanding Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount
of the Securities by issuing additional Securities in the future
pursuant to this Indenture (“ Additional Securities
”) having terms and conditions identical to those of the
other Outstanding Securities, except that Additional Securities may
have a different initial date from which interest begins to accrue
thereon so that the Additional Securities are fungible with
Outstanding Securities; provided that the Additional
Securities may have the same CUSIP number as the Securities issued
on the Issue Date, only if:
(a)
such issuance of Additional Securities is permissible as a
“qualified reopening” for United States federal income
tax purposes;
(b)
the resale of such Additional Securities by non-affiliates of the
Company would not require registration under the Securities Act;
and
(c)
at the time of, and after giving effect to, such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
2.18
RANKING.
The
indebtedness of the Company arising under or in connection with
this Indenture and every outstanding Security issued under this
Indenture from time to time constitutes and will constitute a
senior secured obligation of the Company, ranking equally in right
of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future
unsecured obligations that are not subordinated by their terms and
ranking senior in right of payment to any existing or future
indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated in right
of payment to the Securities.
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III.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
3.01
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall duly and punctually pay
or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, each of the
Securities at the places, at the respective times and in the manner
provided herein and in the Securities.
3.02
MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE
OR AGENCY.
The
Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or
an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange 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. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such
required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
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; provided , however , that
no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of
any such other office or agency.
The
Company hereby designates The Bank of New York, located at 101
Barclay Street, 8W, New York, New York 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration, as one such office or agency of the Company in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.
3.03
RESALE OF CERTAIN
SECURITIES.
Except as in accordance with
Section 2.17 , the Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined under
Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto) to, resell any
Securities that have been reacquired by any of them. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the
Company’s performance of its agreement in the preceding
sentence.
3.04
NOTICE OF EVENT OF
DEFAULT.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in
any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the
occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice
or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such
Event of Default or Default, its status and the action which the
Company proposes to take with respect thereto. Any notice
required to be
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given under this Section 3.04 shall
be delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office.
3.05
LATE FILING
ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
(a)
If, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and
including, December 17, 2008, the Company fails to timely file
any document or report that it is required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (giving effect to any grace period provided by
Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act), as applicable (other than
reports on Form 8-K), the Company shall pay additional
interest (the “ Late Filing Additional Interest
”) in accordance with this Section 3.05 .
(b)
Late Filing Additional interest shall accrue on all Restricted
Securities then Outstanding at an annual rate of 0.50% per annum of
the principal amount of such Restricted Securities during such
six-month period for which the Company’s failure to file
occurs until June 17, 2009.
(c)
Late Filing Additional Interest shall be payable in arrears on each
of up to two Interest Payment Dates following the late filing in
the same manner as regular interest on the Securities.
(d)
No Late Filing Additional Interest shall accrue after the end of
such six-month period, regardless of whether any such failure has
occurred or is continuing. No Late Filing Additional Interest
or other amounts shall be payable in respect of any Common Stock
delivered upon conversion or redemption of the Securities.
(e)
If the Company becomes obligated to pay any such Late Filing
Additional Interest, it shall provide an Officers’
Certificate to the Trustee setting forth the amount thereof, and
referencing Section 3.05(e) of the
Indenture.
3.06
CORPORATE
EXISTENCE.
Except as otherwise permitted in this Indenture
or the Security Documents, the Company shall, and shall cause each
of its Pledged Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
respective corporate existence in accordance with its
organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to
time).
3.07
OWNERSHIP OF
SUBSIDIARIES.
The
Company shall maintain direct ownership of all of, and shall not
transfer or dispose of any of, and shall not permit to be issued to
any Person other than the Company any of, the Capital Stock in the
Pledged Subsidiaries; provided that , in the case of
Shenzhen, PAI shall maintain direct ownership of all of, and shall
not transfer or dispose of any of, and shall not permit to be
issued to any Person other than PAI any of, the Capital Stock in
Shenzhen; and provided further that , in the case of
PowerOne UK, the Company shall maintain direct ownership of no less
than 60.5% of, and shall not transfer or dispose of any of, and
shall not permit to be issued (if after such issuance the Company
shall have less than 60.5% of the Capital
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Stock in PowerOne UK) to any Person other than
the Company any of, the Capital Stock in PowerOne UK.
3.08
RESTRICTED
PAYMENTS.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make
any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash
equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market
purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all
or any portion of any unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness (or any
extension, refinancing or renewal thereof), whether by way of
payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or
otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
3.09
REDEMPTION AND
DIVIDENDS.
The
Company shall not directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or
declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on the
Company’s Capital Stock without the prior written consent of
the Holders of the majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities outstanding, except for repurchases of securities
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Company’s equity
compensation plans.
3.10
LIENS.
The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any Lien upon or
in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights)
owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than
Permitted Liens.
3.11
INDEBTEDNESS
The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any
Indebtedness unless, in each case, (x) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
of or as a consequence of such incurrence of Indebtedness, and
(y) such Indebtedness is Permitted Indebtedness.
3.12
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
(a)
Until the first anniversary of the Issue Date, the Company’s
Total Debt as of the end of any fiscal quarter shall not exceed
$110 million, plus the principal amount of any additional
Securities issued as a result of the Initial Purchaser’s
exercise of its option to acquire up to $5 million of additional
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, but in no event
greater than $115 million; thereafter, as of the end of any fiscal
quarter the Company’s Total Debt shall not exceed the greater
of (i) $125 million and (ii) the product of
(x) three and (y) LTM EBITDA, in each case determined on
a pro forma basis, including a pro forma sale of assets, incurrence
of indebtedness and/or application of the net proceeds therefrom,
in each case as of
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such date of determination, as if such
transaction had occurred at the beginning of the relevant
twelve-month period;
(b)
Until the first anniversary of the Issue Date, cash and Cash
Equivalents shall not be less than $20 million at the end of each
fiscal quarter; thereafter cash and Cash Equivalents shall not be
less than $25 million at the end of each fiscal quarter; and
(c)
Until the first anniversary of the Issue Date, the Company’s
Tangible Net Worth at the end of each fiscal quarter shall not be
less than $90 million; thereafter, the Company’s Tangible Net
Worth shall not be less than $100 million at the end of each fiscal
quarter.
3.13
PRESERVATION OF
REPURCHASE RIGHTS.
The
Company will not enter into any contract or financing arrangement
that would restrict its ability to repurchase the Securities upon
exercise of the Holders’ repurchase rights pursuant to
Article 4 .
3.14
SHARE CAP
PROPOSAL
No
later than 90 days after the Issue Date, the Company will submit
for approval by its stockholders a proposal (the “ Share
Cap Proposal ”) that, if approved, will permit the
Company to issue Common Stock at a conversion price that is lower
than the Cap Price so that the conversion of the Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will not be limited by the
rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Global Market or any other
securities exchange on which the Common Stock may be traded or
listed that may otherwise limit such issuance without such
shareholder approval. To the extent that the Share Cap
Proposal is not approved by the Company’s stockholders, the
Company will resubmit the Share Cap Proposal for approval by its
stockholders at the next regular annual meeting of stockholders
(which shall be held within no more than 230 days after the initial
vote) and, if not then approved, within successive 180 day
intervals thereafter over the term of the Securities until the
Share Cap Proposal is either approved or the Securities are no
longer outstanding.
3.15
FURTHER
ASSURANCES.
Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
3.16
ANNUAL COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a
review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during
the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of
the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under
this Indenture in all material respects, and further stating, as to
each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his
or her knowledge, in his or her capacity as such, the Company has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in this Indenture in all material respects and is not in
Default in the
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performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (and, if a Default or
an Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such
Defaults or Events of Default) of which he or she may have
knowledge, in his or her capacity as such, and that to the best of
his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence
by reason of which, payments on account of the principal of or
interest, if any, on the Securities is prohibited or if such event
has occurred, a description of the event.
IV.
REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
4.01
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
REPURCHASE RIGHT NOTICE.
(a)
On or before the 10th Business Day following the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders and
the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice (the “ Fundamental
Change Repurchase Right Notice ”) of the occurrence of
such Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right, if any, at the
option of the Holders arising as a result thereof.
(b)
A Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice shall specify (if
applicable):
(i)
the events causing a Fundamental Change;
(ii)
the date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii)
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the last date on which a
Holder may exercise the repurchase right ;
(iv)
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v)
the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion
Agent;
(vi)
the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion
Rate;
(vii)
that the Securities with respect to which a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted
only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(viii)
that the Holder must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to
the Fundamental Change Expiration Time;
(ix)
that the Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Securities
surrendered for repurchase prior to the Fundamental Change
Expiration Time; and
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