THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
Trustee
Providing for Issuance of
7.5824% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due February [
],
2014
Dated as of February [
],
2009
ARTICLE 1
Definitions And Other
Provisions Of General Application
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Definitions
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Officer’s Certificates and
Opinions
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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Acts of
Holders
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Notices,
etc., to Trustee and Company
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Notice To
Holders; Waiver
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Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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Successors
and Assigns
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Separability
Clause
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Benefits Of
Indenture
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Governing
Law
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Counterparts
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Judgment
Currency
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Legal
Holidays
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Waiver of
Jury Trial
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Force
Majeure
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Facsimile
Instructions
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Form Generally
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Forms of
Securities
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Reserved
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18
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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Title and
Terms
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Denominations
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Reserved
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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Cancellation
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Computation
of Interest
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE 3
Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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Application
of Trust Money; Excess Funds
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Paying Agent
to Repay Moneys Held
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Return of
Unclaimed Amounts
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission, and Annulment
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Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Application
of Money Collected
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Limitation
on Suits
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium, and Interest and to Convert
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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Control by
Holders
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Waiver of
Past Defaults
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Undertaking
for Costs
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Waiver of
Stay or Extension Laws
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Certain
Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
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Notice of
Defaults
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Certain
Rights of Trustee
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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May Hold
Securities
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Money Held
in Trust
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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Appointment
of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE 6
Consolidation, Merger,
Conveyance, Transfer Or Lease
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE 7
Supplemental
Indentures
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Conformity
With Trust Indenture Act
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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Notice of
Supplemental Indentures
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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Money or
Security Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Certificate
to Trustee
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Corporate
Existence
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Covenant as
to Common Stock
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Limitation
on Incurrence of Senior Debt
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ARTICLE 9
Conversion of
Securities
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Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Rate
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Exercise of
Conversion Privilege
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Fractions of
Shares
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Adjustment
of Conversion Rate
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Notice of
Adjustments of Conversion Rate
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Notice of
Certain Corporate Action
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Company to
Reserve Common Stock
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Taxes on
Conversions
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Reserved
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Cancellation
of Converted Securities
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Provision in
Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
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Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion
Provisions
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Automatic
Conversion
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ARTICLE 10
Make-Whole
Payment
ARTICLE 11
Holders Lists And Reports By
Trustee And Company; Non-Recourse
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Preservation
of Information
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No Recourse
Against Others
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Reports by
Trustee
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Section 13 or 15(d) Reports by
Company
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Agreement to
Subordinate
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Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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Default on
Senior Debt
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Acceleration
of Payment of Securities
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When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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Subrogation
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Relative
Rights
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
Company
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Rights of
Trustee and Paying Agent
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Distribution
or Notice to Representative
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Article 12 Not to Prevent Events of Default
or Limit Right to Accelerate
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Trust Moneys
and Make-Whole Payment Not Subordinated
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Trustee
Entitled to Rely
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Trustee’s Compensation Not
Prejudiced
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Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination
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Trustee Not
Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt
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Reliance by
Holders of Senior Debt on Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLE 13
. Option Of The Holder Upon A Change In
Control
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Right to
Require Repurchase
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Notices;
Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc
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THIS INDENTURE,
between EpiCept Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called the “ Company ,” as more fully defined in
Section 1.01), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter called the “
Trustee ,” as more fully defined in Section 1.01), is
made and entered into as of this [ ] day of February,
2009.
The Company, for
its lawful corporate purposes, has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of its
7.5824% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due [ ], 2014 (the “
Securities ”), in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $25,000,000, and to provide the terms and conditions upon
which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Agreements of the
Parties
To set forth or to
provide for the establishment of the terms and conditions upon
which the Securities are and are to be authenticated, issued, and
delivered, and in consideration of the premises thereof, and the
purchase of Securities by the Holders (as hereinafter defined)
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders from time to time of
the Securities, as the case may be:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions And Other
Provisions Of General Application
Section 1.01.
Definitions . For all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as
hereinafter defined), either directly or by reference therein, have
the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“ GAAP ”); and
(d) all
references in this instrument to designated “ Articles
”, “ Sections ” and other subdivisions are
to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this
instrument as originally executed. The words “herein”,
“hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section, or other subdivision.
“ Act
”, when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has
the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
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Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
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Aggregate Current Market Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 9.04(e).
“
Authenticating Agent ” means any Person authorized by
the Trustee to authenticate Securities under
Section 5.14.
“
Authentication Order ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07.
“
Automatic Conversion ” has the meaning specified in
Article 9.
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Automatic Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified
in Article 9.
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Automatic Conversion Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Article 9.
“ Board
of Directors ” means (i) the board of directors of
the Company, (ii) any duly authorized committee of that board,
or (iii) any officer, director or authorized representative of
the Company, in each case duly authorized by such Board to act
hereunder.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Capital
Stock ” means any class of authorized capital stock of
the Company, whether common or preferred stock, as specified from
time to time in the Company’s certificate of incorporation,
as amended and restated, and as in effect from time to
time.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means (1) 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
six months from the date of acquisition, (2) certificates of
deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six 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
capital and surplus in excess of U.S.$500 million and a
Thompson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better,
(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
(7) days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (1) above entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above,
(4) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services and in each case maturing within six
months after the date of acquisition and (5) money market
funds at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses
(1)-(4) of this definition.
“ Change
in Control ” means the occurrence at any time, after the
original issuance of the Securities, of any of the following
events:
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(1) the
acquisition by any Person (including any syndicated group that
would be deemed to be a “person” under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership,
directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other
acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of shares of
Capital Stock of the Company entitling such Person to exercise more
than fortypercent (40%) of the total voting power of all shares of
Capital Stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the
elections of directors, other than any such acquisition by the
Company, any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan of the
Company; or
(2) any
Person shall succeed in having sufficient numbers of its nominees
(who are not supported by a majority of the then current Board of
Directors of the Company) elected to the Board of Directors of the
Company such that such nominees, when added to any existing
directors remaining on the Board of Directors of the Company after
such election who are Affiliates of or acting in concert with any
such Person, shall constitute a majority of the Board of Directors
of the Company; or
(3) any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person, or any merger of another Person with or into the Company
(other than (A) a merger (i) that does not result in any
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of
outstanding shares of the Company’s Capital Stock and
(ii) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock immediately
prior to such transaction have, directly or indirectly, fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of all shares of
Capital Stock or other ownership interests entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of the continuing or
surviving Person immediately after such transaction and
(B) any merger that is effected solely to change the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and results in a
reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of
Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the Company or
another Person); or
(4) the sale
of all or substantially all the assets of the Company.
“ Closing
Price ” means, with respect to the Common Stock on any
day, the closing sale price regular way on such day or, in the case
where no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in each case on
The Nasdaq Capital Market, or, if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to trading on such exchange, on the principal national
security exchange or quotation system on which such security is
quoted or listed or admitted to trading, or, if not quoted or
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange
or quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices of the Common Stock on the over-the-counter market on the
day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated, or a similar generally accepted reporting service, or
if not so available, in such manner as furnished by any New York
Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time by the Board
of Directors for that purpose, or if no bid or asked price is
available a price determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in
a Board Resolution.
“
Combined Cash and Tender Amount ” has the meaning
specified in Section 9.04(e).
“
Combined Tender and Cash Amount ” has the meaning
specified in Section 9.04(f).
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties on such date.
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“ Common
Stock ” means the shares of the class designated as
common stock of the Company at the date of this Indenture or as
such stock may be reconstituted from time to time. Subject to the
provisions of Section 9.11, shares issuable on conversion or
repurchase of Securities shall include only shares of Common Stock
or shares of any class or classes of Common Stock resulting from
any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided
, however , that if at any time there shall be more than one
such resulting class, the shares so issuable on conversion of
Securities shall include shares of all such classes, and the shares
of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the
proportion that the total number of shares of such class resulting
from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares
of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
“
Company ” means EpiCept Corporation, unless and until
a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “
Company ” shall mean such successor
corporation.
“ Company
Order ” means a written request, order, or consent signed
in the name of the Company by its President and Chief Executive
Officer, its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, or
by any other officer or officers of the Company pursuant to an
applicable Board Resolution, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Completion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.04(f).
“
Constituent Person ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.11.
“
Conversion Agent ” means any Person authorized by the
Company to convert Securities in accordance with Article 9.
The Company has initially appointed the Trustee as its Conversion
Agent.
“
Conversion Date ” means the date on which both the
Securities and the duly signed and completed notice of conversion
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
have been delivered to the Trustee.
“
Conversion Rate ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.01.
“
Conversion Shares ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.04(m).
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal office of
the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office at the dated hereof is located at 101
Barclay Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, 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).
“
corporation ” means a corporation, association,
company, joint-stock company, limited liability company or business
trust.
“
Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.11.
“
Distribution Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.04(m).
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“ DTC
” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation.
“
Equivalent Government Securities ” means, in relation
to Securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars,
securities of the government that issued the currency in which such
Securities are denominated or securities of government agencies
backed by the full faith and credit of such government.
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Article 4.
“
Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession.
“
Hercules Loan ” means that certain amended loan and
security agreement, dated as of August 30, 2006, among the
Company, Maxim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Hercules Technology Growth
Capital, Inc., and as amended on May 5, 2008 and June 23,
2008.
“
Holder ” and “ Holder of Securities
” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in
the Security Register.
“
Indebtedness ” means the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to
the commencement of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, whether
or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowable as a claim
in any such proceeding) on, and rent payable on or in connection
with, and all fees, costs, claims, expenses and other amounts
payable in connection with, the following, whether absolute or
contingent, secured or unsecured, due or to become due, outstanding
on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or
assumed: (1) all the Company’s indebtedness evidenced by
a credit or loan agreement, note, bond, debenture, or other similar
instrument whether or not the recourse of the lender is to all of
the Company’s assets or only to a portion, (2) all of
the Company’s indebtedness, obligations and other
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, for borrowed money,
including, without limitation, overdrafts, foreign exchange
contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection
agreements and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not
evidenced by notes or similar instruments, or bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to all of the Company’s assets or only to a portion
thereof, (3) all of the Company’s obligations as lessee
under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the
lessee under GAAP, (4) all of the Company’s obligations
and other liabilities, contingent or otherwise, under any lease or
related document, including a purchase agreement, in connection
with the lease of real property or improvements, or any personal
property included as part of any such lease, which provides that
the Company is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third
party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a
residual value of leased property to the lessor and all of the
Company’s obligations under such lease or related document to
purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property,
whether or not such lease transaction is characterized as an
operating lease or capitalized lease in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, (5) all of the Company’s
obligations under interest rate and currency swaps, caps, floors,
collars, hedge agreements, forward contracts, or similar agreements
or arrangements, (6) all of the Company’s obligations
with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’
acceptances and similar facilities, including related
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reimbursement
obligations, (7) all of the Company’s obligations issued
or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services
(but excluding trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business), (8) all of the
Company’s obligations of the type referred to in clauses
(1) through (7) above of another Person and all dividends
of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, the
Company has assumed or guaranteed or for which the Company is
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, jointly or
severally, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise or which is secured
by a lien on the Company’s property and (9) renewals,
extensions, modifications, replacements, restatements and
refundings of, or any indebtedness or obligation issued in exchange
for, any such indebtedness or obligation described in clauses
(1) through (8) of this definition; provided, however,
that Indebtedness shall not include accounts payable or other
accrued liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course
of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or
services and any indebtedness or obligation that the Company may
owe to any direct or indirect Subsidiary and obligations owed to a
Person specified in clause (11) of the definition of Permitted
Lien in connection with the licensing and/or partnering arrangement
referred to therein.
“
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, including, for all purposes of
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and
govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on the Securities.
“
Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.14 hereof.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
with respect to such asset.
“
Make-Whole Payment ” has the meaning specified in
Article 10 hereof.
“
Maturity ”, when used with respect to any Security,
means the date on which the principal amount outstanding under such
Security or an installment of principal amount outstanding under
such Security becomes due and payable, as therein or herein
provided, whether on the Scheduled Maturity Date (as hereinafter
defined), by declaration of acceleration, conversion, call for
redemption, or otherwise.
“ New
York Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday
or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation,
or executive order to be closed.
“
Non-electing Share ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.11.
“ Notice
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by (a) both the President and Chief Executive Officer,
and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, or
(b) any other officer or officers of the Company pursuant to
an applicable Board Resolution, and delivered to the
Trustee.
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“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel to the
Company, which counsel may be an employee of the Company or other
counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“
Outstanding ” means, as of the date of determination,
all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) such
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) such
Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited in
trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (as hereinafter
defined) other than the Company, or, if the Company shall act as
its own Paying Agent, has been set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company; provided , in any case, that if such Securities
are to be redeemed prior to their Scheduled Maturity Date, notice
of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made; and
(iii) such
Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
or which shall have been paid, in each case, pursuant to the terms
of Section 2.10 (except with respect to any such Security as
to which proof reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security
is a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the
Company).
In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such
Outstanding Securities have given a direction concerning the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or concerning the exercise of any trust
or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture, or
concerning a consent on behalf of the Holders of Securities to the
waiver of any past default and its consequences, Securities owned
by the Company, any other obligor upon the Securities, or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding. 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 assigned to the corporate
trust department of the Trustee knows to be owned by the Company or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor 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 to act as owner 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 such other obligor.
“ Paying
Agent ” means, with respect to any Securities, any Person
appointed by the Company to distribute amounts payable by the
Company on such Securities. As of the date of this Indenture, the
Company has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon as Paying Agent
with respect to all Securities issuable hereunder.
“
Permitted Junior Securities ” means:
(a) Capital
Stock of the Company; or
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(b) debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and debt
securities that are issued in exchange for Senior Debt to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
notes that are subordinated to Senior Debt under this Indenture and
have a stated maturity after (and do not provide for scheduled
principal payments prior to) the stated maturity of any Senior Debt
and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior
Debt;
provided , however , that if such Capital Stock or
debt securities are distributed in a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, such Capital Stock or debt securities are distributed
pursuant to a plan of reorganization consented to by each class of
Senior Debt.
“
Permitted Lien ” means the following types of
Liens:
(1) Liens
imposed by law for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental
charges or levies that are not yet due and payable or are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings as to which the
Company or its Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such
reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;
(2) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s, vendors’ or lessors’ Liens (and
deposits to obtain the release of such Liens), set-off rights and
other like Liens imposed by law (or contract, to the extent that
such contractual Liens are similar in nature and scope to Liens
imposed by law), in each case arising in the ordinary course of
business and securing obligations that either (a) are not
overdue by more than sixty (60) days or (ii) are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings as to which the
Company or its Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such
reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;
(3) Liens
incurred and pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workers’ compensation, disability
or unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, retiree health
benefits and other similar plans or programs and other social
security laws or regulations;
(4) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases,
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
(5) (a) easements,
covenants, conditions, restrictions, zoning restrictions, building
codes, land use laws, leases, subleases, licenses, rights of way,
minor irregularities in, or lack of, title and similar encumbrances
affecting real property, (b) with respect to any
lessee’s or licensee’s interest in real or personal
property, mortgages, liens, rights and obligations and other
encumbrances arising by, through or under any owner, lessor or
licensor thereof, with or without the lessee’s or
licensee’s consent and (c) leases, licenses, rights and
obligations in connection with patents, copyrights, trademarks,
tradenames and other intellectual property, in each case that do
not secure the payment of borrowed money (other than, with respect
to any lessee’s or licensee’s interest in real or
personal property, mortgages, liens, rights and obligations and
other encumbrances arising by, through or under any owner, lessor
or licensor thereof) to the extent, in the case of each of clauses
(a), (b) and (c), that the Liens referred to therein do not,
in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the affected
property as used by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business taken as a whole or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(6) Liens in
favor of customs and revenue authorities to secure payment of
customs duties in connection with the importation of
goods;
(7) any
interest or title of a lessor under any capitalized lease
obligation; provided, however, that such Liens do not extend to any
property or assets which is not leased property subject to such
capitalized lease obligation;
(8) Liens
securing purchase money indebtedness incurred in the ordinary
course of business; provided, however, that (a) such purchase
money indebtedness shall not exceed the purchase price or other
cost of such property or equipment and shall not be secured by any
property or equipment of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company other than the property and equipment so acquired and
(b) the Lien securing such purchase money indebtedness shall
be created within ninety (90) days of such
acquisition;
(9) Liens
securing interest swap obligations which interest swap obligations
relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
(10) Liens
securing Indebtedness under currency agreements;
(11) Liens in
favor of Strategic Partners in connection with a biopharmaceutical
licensing and/or partnering arrangement;
(12) judgment
Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien
is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which
may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall
not have been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(13) Liens
upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any
Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of
bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such
inventory or other goods;
(14) Liens
securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial
letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds
thereof;
(15) banker’s
Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens with respect to cash and
Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more bank accounts in the
ordinary course of business; and
(16) Liens
arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
regarding leases.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, or
government, or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Place
of Conversion ” means any city in which any Conversion
Agent is located.
“ Place
of Payment ” means any city in which any Paying Agent is
located.
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“
Predecessor Securities ” of any particular Security
means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for
the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.10 in lieu of a lost, destroyed,
mutilated, or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed, mutilated, or stolen
Security.
“ Record
Date ” means any Regular Record Date or Special Record
Date.
“ Record
Date Period ” means the period from the close of business
of any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date
to the opening of business on such Interest Payment
Date.
“
Registered Common Stock ” means Common Stock that does
not require registration or approval under any federal securities
law or, if applicable, the securities law of any state where a
Holder is located, before such shares are freely transferable
without being transfer restrictions under the Securities
Act.
“
Registered Securities ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
“ Regular
Record Date ” means, for interest payable in respect of
any Security on any Interest Payment Date means the June 15
and the December 15 (whether or not a New York Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
“
Repurchase Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
“
Repurchase Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
“
Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.02.
“
Required Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.14 hereof.
“
Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to
the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of
the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer
or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“
Scheduled Maturity Date ”, when used with respect to
any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the date
on which all outstanding principal and interest will be due and
payable.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Security Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“
Security Registrar ” means the Person who maintains
the Security Register, which Person shall be the Trustee unless and
until a successor Security Registrar is appointed by the
Company.
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“ Senior
Debt ” means any debt outstanding under the Hercules
Loan.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
“ Special
Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.11.
“ Stated
Maturity ” when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of interest is due and payable.
“Strategic Partner ” means (i) a
pharmaceutical or biotechnology company with book equity of at
least U.S.$150,000,000, (ii) a pharmaceutical or biotechnology
company with sales of at least U.S.$100,000,000, or (iii) a
publicly traded, or division or subdivision of a publicly traded,
pharmaceutical or biotechnology company with market capitalization
in excess of U.S.$150,000,000.
“
Subsidiary ” of any specified corporation means any
entity at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall
at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by the specified
corporation or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
both.
“
Successor Security ” of any particular Security means
every Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by, such particular Security; and, for
the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.07 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“ Trading
Day ” means: (1) if the Common Stock is listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on
which such national securities exchange is open for business;
(2) if the Common Stock is quoted on The Nasdaq Capital Market
or any other system of automated dissemination of quotations of
securities prices, a day on which trades may be effected through
such system; or (3) if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange or quoted
on The Nasdaq Capital Market or any other system of automated
dissemination of quotation of securities prices, a day on which the
Common Stock is traded regular way in the over-the-counter market
and for which a closing bid and a closing asked price for the
Common Stock are available.
“ Trading
Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date
in question: the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Alternext US, NYSE
Arca, The Nasdaq Global Market, The Nasdaq Global Select Market,
The Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“ Trust
Indenture Act ”, or “ TIA ” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which
this instrument was executed; provided, however , that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
so amended.
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“
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.
“ U.S.
Government Obligations ” means (i) securities that
are direct obligations of the United States of America, the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America and (ii) securities that are
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith
and credit of the United States of America, and also includes
depository receipts issued by a bank or trust company as custodian
with respect to any of the securities described in the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii), and any payment of interest or principal
payable under any of the securities described in the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii) that is held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt, or from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of such securities, or from any specific payment of
interest or principal payable under the securities evidenced by
such depository receipt.
“ Volume
Weighted Average Price ” means, with respect to the
Common Stock of the Company, for any date, the price determined by
the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the
daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such
date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which
the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported
by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York
City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time); (b) if the OTC
Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average
price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding
date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is
not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices
for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets Inc. (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of
a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of
the Notes then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the
Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the
Company.
“ Voting
Stock ”, as applied to the stock of any corporation,
means stock of any class or classes (however designated), the
outstanding shares of which have, by the terms thereof, ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the members of the board of
directors (or other governing body) of such corporation, other than
stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency.
Section 1.02.
Officer’s Certificates and Opinions . Upon any
application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating
that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent have been complied with. Each certificate
or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the
Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include the
following:
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(a) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read all covenants and conditions of this Indenture relating to
such proposed action, including the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(d) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
the other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, legal counsel, unless such officer knows that
any such certificate, opinion, or representation is erroneous. Any
opinion of counsel for the Company 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, unless
such counsel knows that any such certificate, opinion, or
representation is erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give, or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other
instruments under this Indenture, such instruments may, but need
not, be consolidated and form a single instrument.
Section 1.04.
Acts of Holders . (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
an 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 (if
expressly required by the applicable terms of this Indenture) to
the Company. If any Securities are denominated in coin or currency
other than that of the United States, then for the purposes of
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Securities have taken any action as herein described, the
principal amount of such Securities shall be deemed to be that
amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such
principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange into
United States dollars for the currency in which such Securities are
denominated (as evidenced to the Trustee by a certificate provided
by a financial institution, selected by the Company, that maintains
an active trade in the currency in question) as of the date of the
taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal
amount as evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the immediately
preceding sentence. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments.
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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 5.01) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(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 to such
execution or by the certificate of any 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 an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership, on
behalf of such corporation or partnership, 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 deems
sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Securities shall for all purposes be determined by
reference to the Security Register, as such register shall exist as
of the applicable date.
(d) If the
Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
the Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance
a Record Date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to
do so. If such Record Date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
may be given before or after such Record Date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on such Record Date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders
of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed
as of such Record Date. Promptly and in any case not later than ten
(10) days after setting a Record Date, the Company shall
notify the Trustee and the Holders of such Record Date.
(e) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind each
subsequent Holder of such Security, and each Holder of any Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, with respect to anything done or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance upon
such action, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
Section 1.05.
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . Any request, order,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver, or other action to be
taken by the Trustee, the Company, or the Holders hereunder
(including any Company Order), and any notice to be given to the
Trustee or the Company with respect to any action taken or to be
taken by the Trustee, the Company, or the Holders hereunder, shall
be sufficient if made in writing and
(a) (if to be
furnished or delivered to or filed with the Trustee by the Company
or any Holder) delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, or
(b) (if to be
furnished or delivered to the Company by the Trustee or any Holder,
and except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01 and, in the
case of a request for repayment, except as specified in the
Security carrying the right to repayment) mailed to the Company,
first-class
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prepaid, at its principal office located in Tarrytown, New York,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address
hereafter furnished in writing by the Company to the
Trustee.
Section 1.06.
Notice To Holders; Waiver . Where this Indenture or any
Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly provided
herein or in such Security) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or
her address as it appears in the Security Register as of the
applicable Record Date, not later than the latest date or earlier
than the earliest date prescribed by this Indenture or such
Security 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. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike,
work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail notice
of any event to any Holder when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or the applicable
Security, then any method of notification as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be deemed to be
sufficient for the giving of such notice.
Section 1.07.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which
is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the
provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall
control.
Section 1.08.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents hereof are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any
provision of this Indenture.
Section 1.09.
Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10.
Separability Clause . In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.11.
Benefits Of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in any
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder, the
Authenticating Agent, the Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, and
the Holders of Securities (or such of them as may be affected
thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12.
Governing Law . This Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
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Section 1.13.
Counterparts . This instrument may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to
be an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 1.14.
Judgment Currency . The Company agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that
(a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court,
with respect to the Securities, it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, payable with respect to such Securities into a currency in
which a judgment can be rendered (the “ Judgment
Currency ”), the rate of exchange from the currency in
which payments under such Securities is payable (the “
Required Currency ”) into the Judgment Currency shall
be the highest bid quotation (assuming European-style quotation
— i.e. , Required Currency per Judgment Currency)
received by the Company from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers in the City of New York for the purchase of the aggregate
amount of the judgment (as denominated in the Judgment Currency) on
the New York Business Day preceding the date on which a final
unappealable judgment is rendered, for settlement on such payment
date, and at which the applicable dealer timely commits to execute
a contract, and (b) the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or by any recovery
pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with
the preceding clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required
Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall
result in the actual receipt by the judgment creditor of the full
amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect
of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or
additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the
Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt
shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by
judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this
Indenture.
Section 1.15.
Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment Date
or Maturity of any Security or the last day on which a Holder of a
Security has a right to convert his Security shall not be a New
York Business Day at any Place of Payment or Place of Conversion,
as the case may be, then (notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of
Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding New York Business Day at
such Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be,
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date, at Maturity, or by such last day for conversion;
provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date, Maturity, or last day for
conversion, as the case may be.
Section 1.16.
Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE
NOTES.
Section 1.17.
Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible
or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including,
without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war
or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the
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use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices
in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
Section 1.18.
Facsimile Instructions. The Trustee agrees to accept and act
upon facsimile transmission of written instructions or directions
pursuant to this Indenture given by the Company; provided ,
however that: (i) the Company, subsequent to such
facsimile transmission of written instructions or directions, shall
provide the originally executed instructions to the Trustee in a
timely manner, and (ii) such originally executed instructions
or directions shall be signed by an authorized officer of the
Company.
Section 2.01.
Form Generally .
All Securities
shall be issued in registered form, as opposed to bearer form, and
shall sometimes be referred to as the “ Registered
Securities .” Registered Securities shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these
methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange upon which the Securities may be
listed or, if the Securities are not listed on a securities
exchange, in any other manner approved by the Company, all as
determined by the officers of the Company executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. The
Securities shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated
Securities registered in the names of the Holders
thereof.
Section 2.02.
Forms of Securities .
Subject to
Section 2.01, the form of Security issued pursuant to this
Indenture shall be substantially in the form as Exhibit B
hereof. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Security
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. The Securities may have appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Security, as
evidenced by their execution of such Security.
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Section 2.04.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for any
Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially
as follows:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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Section 2.05.
Title and Terms .
The Securities
shall be known and designated as the “[ ]%
Convertible Subordinated Notes Due [ ], 2014” of
the Company. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may
be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to
$[ ], except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of other Securities pursuant the terms of this
Indenture.
All Securities
issued under this Indenture shall in all respects be equally and
ratably entitled to the benefits hereof, without preference,
priority, or distinction on account of the actual time of the
authentication and delivery thereof.
The principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be
payable as provided in the form of Security.
Section 2.06.
Denominations . The Securities shall be issuable only in
registered form, without interest coupons, in minimum denominations
of U.S.$2,000 and any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000.
Section 2.07.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President and
Chief Executive Officer or its Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. Any such signature may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
authentication, together with an order for authentication and
delivery (an “ Authentication Order ”) with
respect to such Securities, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of
such Authentication Order, and an Officer’s Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel in the form described in Section 1.02, in
accordance with procedures reasonably
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acceptable to
the Trustee set forth in the Authentication Order, and subject to
the provisions hereof, authenticate and deliver such Securities to
such recipients as may be specified from time to time pursuant to
such Authentication Order.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for in Section 2.04 executed by the Trustee by manual
signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.09.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
.
(a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 8.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to
as the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of
transfers of Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Registered
Securities and transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security at an office or agency of
the Company designated pursuant to Section 8.02 for such
purpose, 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 authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing
such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture.
At the option of
the Holder, and subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2.09, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities
of authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, and subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2.09, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.09,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Unless otherwise
provided in the Security to be transferred or exchanged, no service
charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer
or exchange of Securities except as provided in Section 2.10,
but the Company may (unless otherwise provided in such Security)
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be
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imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to this Section 2.09
or Section 9.02 (other than where the shares of Common Stock
are to be issued or delivered in a name other than that of the
Holder of the Security) not involving any transfer and other than
any stamp and other duties, if any, that may be imposed in
connection with any such transfer or exchange by the United States
or any political subdivision thereof or therein, which shall be
paid by the Company.
(b) Neither
the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor any of their agents shall
(1) have any duty to monitor compliance with or with respect
to any federal or state or other securities or tax laws or
(2) have any duty to obtain documentation on any transfers or
exchanges other than as specifically required hereunder.
Section 2.10.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities .
If any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there be
delivered to the Company and to the Trustee:
(a) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and
(b) such
security or indemnity as may be satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee to save each of them and any agent of either of them
harmless,
then, in the
absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion, but
subject to any conversion rights, may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay such Security, upon satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section 2.10, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto (other
than any stamp and other duties, if any, that may be imposed in
connection therewith by the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or therein, which shall be paid by the Company)
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security
issued pursuant to this Section 2.10 in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and such new Security shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of
this Section 2.10 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies of any Holder with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 2.11.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .
Interest on any
Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest.
Any interest on
any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“ Defaulted
Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been
such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(a) or (b) below:
(a) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a special record date (the “ Special Record Date
”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security, the date of the proposed payment and the Special
Record Date, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause. The
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
shall be not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11 and
Section 2.09, each Security delivered under this Indenture
upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Security.
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Interest on any
Security that is converted in accordance with Section 9.02
during a Record Date Period shall be payable in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 2.12.
Persons Deemed Owners .
Prior to due
presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as
the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.11)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.13.
Cancellation . All Securities surrendered for payment,
repurchase, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered
to the Trustee shall, at the written request of the Company, be
cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled in accordance with this Section. The Trustee shall
dispose of all cancelled Securities in accordance with applicable
law and its customary practices in effect from time to
time.
Section 2.14.
Computation of Interest . Interest on the Securities shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
(12) 30-day months.
Section 2.15.
CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing Securities may, at
the Company’s sole determination, obtain and use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use) in addition
to serial numbers and the Trustee may use such CUSIP numbers in
addition to serial numbers in notices of repurchase as a
convenience to Holders; provided , however , that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such CUSIP numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a repurchase or
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the serial or
other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any
such repurchase or redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such CUSIP numbers. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of any change in any such CUSIP
number.
ARTICLE 3
Satisfaction and
Discharge
Section 3.01.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion or transfer or
exchange of Securities expressly provided for herein or in the form
of Security), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(i) all Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09,
and (B) Securities for whose payment money has
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theretofore
been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 8.03) have been delivered to the
Trustee canceled or for cancellation; or
(ii) all such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancellation
(A) have become
due and payable, or
(B) will, in
accordance with their Scheduled Maturity Date, become due and
payable within one year,
and, in any of
the cases described in subparagraphs (A) or (B) above,
the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose, (x) an
amount in money sufficient, (y) U.S. Government Obligations or
Equivalent Government Securities which through the payment of
interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment, money sufficient, or (z) a combination of
(x) and (y) sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities with respect to
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable), or to the Scheduled Maturity Date; provided ,
however , that if such U.S. Government Obligations or
Equivalent Government Securities are callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, the amount of such money, U.S.
Government Obligations and Equivalent Government Securities
deposited with the Trustee must be sufficient to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness referred to above if such issuer elects to
exercise such call or redemption provisions at any time prior to
the Scheduled Maturity Date. The Company, but not the Trustee,
shall be responsible for monitoring any such call or redemption
provision; and
(b) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities;
and
(c) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities have
been complied with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Securities, the obligations of the Company under paragraph
(a) of this Section 3.01 and its obligations to the
Trustee under Section 5.07 shall survive, and the obligations
of the Trustee under Sections 3.02, 3.04 and 8.03 shall
survive.
Section 3.02.
Application of Trust Money; Excess Funds . All money and
U.S. Government Obligations or Equivalent Government Securities
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture
and the Securities in respect of which it was deposited, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as its own Paying Agent), as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, for whose payment such money
has been
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deposited with
the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
The Company will
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government
Obligations or Equivalent Government Securities deposited pursuant
to Section 3.01 hereof or the principal and interest received
in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities.
Anything in this
Article 3 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Order
any money or U.S. Governmental Obligations or Equivalent Government
Securities held by it as provided in Section 3.01 which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal
firm or firm of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee, (which may be the opinion delivered under
Section 3.01), are in excess of the amount thereof that would
then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
satisfaction and discharge.
Section 3.03.
Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held . Upon the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying
Agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand
of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 3.04.
Return of Unclaimed Amounts . Any amounts deposited with or
paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the
Company, in trust for payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest, if any, on the Securities not applied but remaining
unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for two years after the
date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due
and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee on
Company Order or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of any of such Securities shall
thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such
Holder may be entitled to collect (until such time as such
unclaimed amounts shall escheat, if at all, to the State of New
York) and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee or Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once a week for two successive weeks (in each case on
any day of the week) in a newspaper printed in the English language
and customarily published at least once a day at least five days in
each calendar week and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, in the City and State of New York, a notice that said
amounts have not been so applied and that after a date named
therein any unclaimed balance of said amounts then remaining will
be promptly returned to the Company.
Section 4.01.
Events of Default . “ Event of Default ”,
wherever used herein, means with respect to the Securities any one
of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
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(a) default
in the payment of any interest on any Security when it becomes due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of
30 days; or
(b) default
in the payment of the principal amount of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security as and when the same shall become due, either at
Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration, or otherwise;
or
(c) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company or
any Subsidiary in this Indenture in respect of the Securities
(other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities a
default in the performance or breach of which is specifically dealt
with elsewhere in this Section 4.01), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of ninety (90) days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“ Notice of Default ” hereunder; or
(d) default
in the payment when due of the principal of any indebtedness under
any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for
money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, if
any, in excess of U.S.$2,000,000, whether such indebtedness now
exists or shall hereafter be created, if the indebtedness is not
discharged and such default continues for a period of thirty
(30) days or more, or if such indebtedness has been
accelerated, such acceleration is not annulled, within a period of
thirty (30) days after there shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, a written
notice specifying such default and requiring the Compan
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