THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON
Dated as of September 29,
2009
4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due
2014
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Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
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Section 1.01 .
Definitions
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Section 1.02 . Compliance Certificates
and Opinions
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11
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Section 1.03 . Form of Documents
Delivered to Trustee
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Section 1.04 . Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 1.05 . Notices, Etc., to Trustee
and Company
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Section 1.06 . Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 1.07 . Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents
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Section 1.08 . Severability
Clause
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14
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Section 1.09 . Benefits of
Indenture
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14
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Section 1.10 . Governing
Law
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14
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Section 1.11 . No Recourse Against
Others
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Section 2.01 . Designation, Amount and
Issuance of Securities
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Section 2.02 . Form of the
Securities
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Section 2.03 . Date and Denomination of
Securities; Payment at the Stated Maturity Date; Payment of
Interest
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Section 2.04 . Execution and
Authentication
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Section 2.05 . Security Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent
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Section 2.06 . Paying Agent To Hold
Money in Trust
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Section 2.07 . Holder
Lists
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Section 2.08 . Exchange and Registration
of Transfer of Securities
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Section 2.09 . Global
Securities
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Section 2.10 . Transfer
Restrictions
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Section 2.11 . Responsibilities and
Obligations of the Trustee
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Section 2.12 . Replacement
Securities
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Section 2.13 . Outstanding
Securities
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Section 2.14 . Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.15 .
Cancellation
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Section 2.16 . CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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Section 2.17 . Additional
Securities
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Particular
Covenants of the Company
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Section 3.01 . Payment of Principal and
Interest
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Section 3.02 . Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 3.03 . Provisions as to Paying
Agent
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Section 3.04 . Rule 144A
Information Requirement
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Section 3.05 . Resale of Certain
Securities
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Section 3.06 . Book-Entry
System
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Section 3.07 . Compliance
Certificate
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Section 3.08 . Payment of Additional
Interest
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Section 4.01 . Right To Require
Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 5.01 . Conversion Privilege and
Conversion Rate
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Section 5.02 . Conversion Rate
Adjustment Upon Certain Make-whole Fundamental
Changes
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Section 5.03 . Exercise of Conversion
Privilege
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Section 5.04 . Settlement of Conversion
Obligation
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Section 5.05 . Fractions of
Shares
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Section 5.06 . Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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Section 5.07 . Notice of Adjustments of
Conversion Rate
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Section 5.08 . Company To Reserve Common
Stock
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Section 5.09 . Taxes on
Conversions
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Section 5.10 . Certain
Covenants
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Section 5.11 . Cancellation of Converted
Notes
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Section 5.12 . Provision in Case of
Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or
Sale
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Section 5.13 . Responsibility of Trustee
for Conversion Provisions
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Section 5.14 . Notice to Holders Prior
to Certain Actions
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Section 5.15 . Stockholder Rights
Plan
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Section 5.16 . Company Determination
Final
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Section 5.17 . Exchange in Lieu of
Conversion
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Events of
Default; Remedies
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Section 6.01 . Events of
Default
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Section 6.02 . Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 6.03. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 6.04 . Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim
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Section 6.05 . Application of Money
Collected
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Section 6.06 . Limitation on
Suits
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Section 6.07 . Unconditional Right of
Holders To Receive Payment
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Section 6.08 . Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 6.09 . Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 6.10 . Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 6.11 . Control by
Holders
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Section 6.12 . Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 6.13 . Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 6.14 . Waiver of Stay or
Extension Laws
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Section 6.15. Violations of Certain
Covenants
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Consolidation, Merger,
Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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Section 7.01 . Company May Consolidate,
Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Section 8.01 . Duties and
Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section 8.02 . Notice of
Defaults
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Section 8.03 . Reliance on Documents,
Opinions, Etc
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Section 8.04 . No Responsibility for
Recitals, Etc
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Section 8.05 . Trustee, Paying Agents,
Conversion Agents or Security Registrar May Own
Securities
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Section 8.06 . Monies To Be Held in
Trust
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Section 8.07 . Compensation and Expenses
of Trustee
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Section 8.08 . Officers’
Certificate as Evidence
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Section 8.09 . Conflicting Interests of
Trustee
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Section 8.10 . Eligibility of
Trustee
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Section 8.11 . Resignation or Removal of
Trustee
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Section 8.12 . Acceptance by Successor
Trustee
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Section 8.13 . Succession by Merger,
Etc
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Section 8.14 . Preferential Collection
of Claims
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Section 8.15 . Trustee’s
Application for Instructions from the Company
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Holders’ Lists and
Reports by Trustee
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Section 9.01 . Company To Furnish
Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 9.02 . Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 9.03 . Reports by
Trustee
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Section 9.04 . Reports by
Company
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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Section 10.01 . Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 10.02 . Deposited Monies and
Shares To Be Held in Trust by Trustee
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Section 10.03. Paying Agent To Repay
Monies and Shares Held
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Section 10.04. Return of Unclaimed
Monies and Shares
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Section 10.05.
Reinstatement
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Section 11.01 . Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders
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Section 11.02 . Supplemental Indentures
with Consent of Holders
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Section 11.03 . Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 11.04 . Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 11.05 . Reference in Securities
to Supplemental Indentures
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Section 11.06. Notice to Holders of
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 12.01 . When Securities Are
Disregarded
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Section 12.02 . Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Security Registrar
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Section 12.03 .
Successors
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Section 12.04 . Multiple
Originals
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Section 12.05.
Calculations
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Section 12.06 . Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 12.07 . Force
Majeure
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Schedule A
Make-Whole Table
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Exhibit A
— Form of Security
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Exhibit B
— Form of Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issued Upon
Conversion
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iv
INDENTURE, dated
as of September 29, 2009, between PHH Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Maryland, as issuer (the “ Company ”), having
its principal office at 3000 Leadenhall Road, Mt. Laurel, New
Jersey 08054 and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the creation of an issuance of 4.00%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (each, a “ Security
” or “ Note ” and, collectively, the
“ Securities ” or “ Notes ”)
of the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide
therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued
by the Company, the valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Company, in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture, have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the premises
and the purchases of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually agreed, for the benefit of the Company and the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 1.01
. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) the terms
defined in this Article 1 have the meanings assigned to them
in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(ii) all other
terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(iii) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(iv) 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, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.04.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.08(a).
“
Additional Securities ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.17.
“
Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agent
Members ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09(f).
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or
any similar Federal or State law for relief of debtors.
“ Bid
Solicitation Agent ” means initially the Company or any
agent the Company may appoint in the future, including the Trustee,
to solicit a Trading Price for the Securities as may be required
pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Board
of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, either
the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“ Board
Resolution ” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors
and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or
a 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 close in the City of New York.
“ Capital
Stock ” means any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock and limited liability company interests and, with
respect to partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or
limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, such partnership.
“ close
of business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City
time.
“
Commission ” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created
under the Exchange Act.
“ Common
Stock ” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Company as they exist on the date of this
Indenture, subject to Section 5.12.
“
Company ” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “
Company ” shall mean such successor Person.
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Continuing Directors ” means (i) individuals who
on the date of original issuance of the Notes were members of the
Board of Directors of the Company and (ii) any new directors
whose election to the Board of Directors of the Company or whose
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was
approved by at least a majority of the Company’s directors
then still in office (or a duly constituted committee thereof),
either who were directors on the date of original issuance of the
Notes or whose election or nomination for election was previously
so approved. Solely for purposes of this definition, the phrase
“or any duly authorized committee of that board” of the
definition of Board of Directors shall be disregarded.
“
Conversion Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03.
“
Conversion Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03.
“
Conversion Obligation ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“
Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each Security,
as of any date $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of
such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” means, initially 38.7522 shares of
Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to
adjustment as set forth herein.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall,
at any particular time, be principally administered, which office
is, at the date of this Indenture, located at The Bank of New York
Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286,
Attn: 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).
“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Global Securities, or any successor
entity.
“ Daily
Conversion Value ” means for each of the 60 consecutive
VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period, one-sixtieth
(1/60th) of the product of (a) the applicable Conversion Rate
and (b) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock (or the Reference
Property pursuant to Section 5.12) on such VWAP Trading Day.
Any determination of the Daily Conversion Value by the Company
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“ Daily
Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04.
“ Daily
Share Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(a)(ii).
“ Daily
VWAP ” of the Common Stock means, for each of the 60
consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period, the
per share volume-weighted average price as
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displayed under
the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page PHH.N
<equity> AQR (or any equivalent successor page) in respect of
the period from the scheduled open of trading on the principal
trading market for the Common Stock to the scheduled close of
trading on such market on such VWAP Trading Day, or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of
one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day using a
volume-weighted method as determined by a nationally recognized
independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by
the Company. Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after
hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading
session trading hours.
“
Default ” means any event that is or with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both would become an Event of
Default.
“
Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company until
a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “
Depositary ” shall mean such successor
Depositary.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(b).
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“
Ex-Date ” shall mean the first date on which the
shares of the Common Stock trade on the relevant exchange or in the
relevant market, regular way, without the right to receive the
issuance or distribution in question, from the Company or, if
applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on such exchange or
market (in the form of due bids or otherwise) as determined by such
exchange or market.
“
Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
“
Extension Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.02.
“ Foreign
Jurisdiction Transaction ” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change ” will be deemed to have occurred
at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the
following occurs:
(1) any
Person acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly,
through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or
series of transactions, of shares of the Company’s Capital
Stock entitling the Person to exercise 50% or more of the total
voting power of all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock
entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than an
acquisition by the Company or any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries; provided that a Fundamental Change shall not
occur as a result of this clause (1) if, in such purchase,
merger, acquisition or other transaction, all or substantially all
of the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash,
securities or other property, in which case clause (2) below
shall apply (in addition to, if applicable, clauses (3),
(4) or (5) below); or
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(2) the
Company (i) merges or consolidates with or into any other
Person, another Person merges with or into the Company, or the
Company conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially
all of the Company’s assets to another Person (excluding a
pledge of securities issued by any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, but not excluding any transfer or other disposition
resulting from the foreclosure or other exercise of
creditors’ remedies pursuant to such pledge) or
(ii) engages in any recapitalization, reclassification or
other acquisition transaction or series of transactions in which
all or substantially all of the Common Stock is exchanged for or
converted into cash, securities or other property, in each case
other than any merger or consolidation:
(a) pursuant to
which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the
transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the voting power of all shares of
Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of either (x) the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after the transaction or (y) the
corporation that directly or indirectly owns 100% of the Capital
Stock of such continuing or surviving corporation; or
(b) that does not
result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock; or
(c) which is
effected solely to change the Company’s jurisdiction of
incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or
exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares
of common stock of the surviving entity; or
(3) at any
time the Company’s Continuing Directors do not constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if
applicable, a successor Person to the Company); or
(4) the
Company is liquidated or dissolved or holders of the Common Stock
approve any plan or proposal for the Company’s liquidation or
dissolution; or
(5) if shares
of Common Stock, or shares of any other Capital Stock which
constitute the Reference Property as set forth in Section 5.12
hereof, are not listed for trading on any United States national
securities exchange.
For purposes of
this definition, whether a “person” is a
“beneficial owner” shall be determined in accordance
with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and
“person” includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act. In addition, solely for purposes of this
definition, the phrase “or any duly authorized committee of
that board” of the definition of Board of Directors shall be
disregarded.
“
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.01(i).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.01.
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.01(i).
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“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 4.01.
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice ” has the
meaning specified in Section 4.01(b).
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, in each case, as in effect in the United
States from time to time.
“ Global
Security ” means a Security in global form registered in
the Security Register in the name of the Depositary or a nominee
thereof.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Security Register.
“
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.
“ Initial
Purchasers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital
Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.
“
interest ” means, when used with reference to the
Securities, any interest payable under the terms of the Securities,
including Additional Interest, if any, and the Extension Fee, if
any.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each March 1 and
September 1 of each year.
“ Issue
Date ” means the date the Securities are originally
issued as set forth on the face of the Security under this
Indenture.
“ Last
Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock (or any other
security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined)
on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no
closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and
last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of
the average last bid and the average last ask prices) on that date
as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S.
national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock
(or such other security) is traded. If the Common Stock (or such
other security) is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or
regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “
Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the average of the
last quoted bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or such other
security) in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date, as
reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or similar organization. If the
Common Stock (or such other security) is not so quoted, the “
Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the average of the
mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or
such other security) on the relevant date from each of at least
three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms,
which may include one or more of the Initial Purchasers, selected
by the Company for this purpose. Any such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
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“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to clauses
(1), (2) or (5) under the definition of Fundamental
Change (but without giving effect to subclause (a) under
clause (2) of that definition).
“ Market
Disruption Event ” means the occurrence or existence on
any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in
the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts
relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation
occurs or exists at any time within the 30 minutes prior to the
closing time of the relevant exchange on such day.
“
Measurement Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a)(i).
“
Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning
specified in the first paragraph of the Recitals of the
Company.
“
Observation Period ” with respect to any Security
means:
(i) with
respect to any Conversion Date occurring on or after the 65th
Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date, the 60
consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including,
the 62nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date
(or if such day is not a VWAP Trading Day, the next succeeding VWAP
Trading Day); and
(ii) in all
other instances, the 60 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period
beginning on and including the third VWAP Trading Day after the
Conversion Date.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Chief
Financial Officer, and by the Treasurer or the Secretary, of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing
an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 3.07
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer
of the Company.
“ open of
business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City
time.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may
be external or in-house counsel for the Company.
“
Outstanding ,” when used with respect to Securities,
means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities,
or portions thereof, for whose payment or purchase money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided that if such Securities are to be purchased prior
to the Stated
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Maturity Date
thereof, notice of such purchase shall have been given to the
Holders as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have been made for giving
such notice;
(iii) Securities
that have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture; and
(iv) Securities
converted pursuant to Article 5;
provided , however , that, in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor.
“ Paying
Agent ” means any Person (including the Company)
authorized by the Company to pay the principal amount of, interest
on or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, any Securities on
behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall be the initial Paying
Agent.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“
Physical Securities ” means permanent certificated
Securities in registered form issued in denominations of $1,000
principal amount and multiples thereof.
“
Principal Portion ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.04(a)(i).
“
protected purchaser ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12.
“
Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement,
dated September 23, 2009, entered into by the Company and the
Initial Purchasers in connection with the sale of the
Securities.
“ record
date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06(e).
“ Record
Date ” means, with respect to the payment of interest,
the February 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date on March 1 and August 15
(whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an Interest
Payment Date on September 1.
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“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.12(b).
“ Resale
Restriction Termination Date ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.10.
“
Responsible Officer ” means any officer of the Trustee
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, with direct responsibility for the administration of
this Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“
Restricted Security ” or “ Restricted
Securities ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10.
“
Restricted Security Legend ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.10.
“
Restricted Transfer Default ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.08(b).
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same
may be amended from time to time.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same
may be amended from time to time.
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted for trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted for trading on any exchange or market, a Business
Day.
“
Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
“
Securitization Indebtedness ” means any indebtedness
of any of the Company’s structured bankruptcy-remote
subsidiaries which does not permit or provide for recourse to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the structured
bankruptcy-remote subsidiary) or any property or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than property or assets
of such structured bankruptcy-remote subsidiary); provided
that if at any time, whether by operation of law, the terms of such
indebtedness, pursuant to a legal judgment, decree or order, or
otherwise, any such indebtedness is, or becomes, recourse to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the structured
bankruptcy-remote subsidiary) then such indebtedness shall not be
Securitization Indebtedness.
“
Security ” or “ Securities ” has
the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the Recitals of the
Company.
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“
Security Register ” and “ Security
Registrar ” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.05.
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06(c).
“ Stated
Maturity Date ” when used with respect to any Security
and the payment of the principal amount thereof, means
September 1, 2014.
“ Stock
Price ” means the price per share of Common Stock at the
time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to which
Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate as set
forth in Section 5.02, which shall be equal to (i) if
holders of Common Stock receive only cash consideration for their
shares of Common Stock in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change, the cash amount paid per share and (ii) otherwise, the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over
the 10 Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the
Effective Date.
“ Stock
Price Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a)(ii).
“
Subsidiary ” means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock or other voting interests of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more
other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting
stock or other voting interests” means stock or other voting
interests which ordinarily have voting power for the election of
directors or comparable governing body, whether at all times or
only so long as no senior class of stock or other interests has
such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“
Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.01(a).
“ Trading
Day ” means a day during which (i) trading in the
Common Stock generally occurs and (ii) there is no Market
Disruption Event.
“ Trading
Price ” of the Notes on any date of determination means
the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the
Bid Solicitation Agent per $1000 in principal amount of Notes for
$2.0 million in principal amount of the Notes at approximately
3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from
three independent nationally recognized securities dealers the
Company selects, which may include one or more of the Initial
Purchasers; provided that if three such bids cannot
reasonably be provided to the Bid Solicitation Agent, but two such
bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used,
and if only one such bid is obtained, that one bid shall be used.
If at least one bid for $2.0 in million principal amount of the
Notes cannot reasonably be obtained, then the Trading Price per
$1,000 in principal amount of the Notes will be deemed to be less
than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate. Any such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“ Trading
Price Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a)(i).
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“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06(c).
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in effect on the date as of which this Indenture was executed;
provided, however , that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture
Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “
Trustee ” shall mean such successor
Trustee.
“
U.S. ” or “ United States ” means
the United States of America.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.06(c).
“ VWAP
Market Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the
principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market
on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading to open
for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the
occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m. (local time on such
exchange or market) on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common
Stock for an aggregate one half-hour period or longer of any
suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements
in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or
otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or
futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
“ VWAP
Trading Day ” means a day during which (i) trading
in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national
or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock
is listed or admitted for trading and (ii) there is no VWAP
Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or
traded, then “ VWAP Trading Day ” shall mean a
Business Day.
“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of
such Person, all the Capital Stock of which (other than
directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by such Person or
another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
Section 1.02
. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application
or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required
hereunder. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the
form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an
officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with any other requirement set forth in
this Indenture.
Every
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include:
(a) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
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(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, such
individual has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
(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
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel of an officer of
the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.04
. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. (a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as an “ Act ”
of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 8.01) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 1.04.
(b) The fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary
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public or other
officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is
by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of
the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee reasonably deems sufficient.
(c) The
Company may fix any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be
given or taken by Holders. If not set by the Company prior to the
first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any
such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote,
the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day
(or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required
to be provided pursuant to Section 9.01) prior to such first
solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record
date, only the Holders on such date (or their duly designated
proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the
relevant action.
(d) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(e) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
Section 1.05
. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(i) the Trustee by
any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Trustee at its applicable Corporate Trust Office; or
(ii) the Company
by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company,
Attention: General Counsel.
Section 1.06
. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Security Register. In
any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders. Notices will be deemed
to have been given on the date of mailing. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such
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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 or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Whenever under
this Indenture the Trustee is required to provide any notice by
mail, in all cases the Trustee may alternatively provide notice by
overnight courier or by telefacsimile, with confirmation of
transmission.
Section 1.07
. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof, and
all Article and Section references are to Articles and Sections,
respectively, of this Indenture unless otherwise expressly
stated.
Section 1.08
. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.09
. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their respective successors hereunder
and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.10
. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY (AND ANY
CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS
INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN
THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK).
Section 1.11
. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer,
employee, stockholder or Affiliate of the Company from time to time
shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Securities or this Indenture. Each Holder by accepting a
Security waives and releases such liability.
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Section 2.01
. Designation, Amount and Issuance of Securities. The
Securities shall be designated as “4.00% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2014.” The Securities will be limited to an
aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, subject to
Section 2.17 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered
upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.04, Section 2.08,
Section 2.09, Section 2.10, Section 2.12 or
Section 2.14. Upon the execution of this Indenture, or from
time to time thereafter, Securities may be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Securities upon a written
order of the Company, such order signed by an Officer of the
Company, without any further action by the Company
hereunder.
Section 2.02
. Form of the Securities. The Securities and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such
Securities shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A hereto. The terms and provisions contained in the
form of Securities attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute,
and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution
and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any of the
Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes
as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof
to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required by the Custodian for the Global Securities or the
Depositary or as may be required to comply with any applicable law
or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any
rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or
restrictions to which any particular Securities are
subject.
So long as the
Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the
Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, subject to
Section 2.09, all of the Securities will be represented by one
or more Securities in global form registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (“ Global
Securities ”). The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in any such Global Securities shall be effected through
the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable
procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.09,
beneficial owners of a Global Security shall not be entitled to
have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive
form and will not be considered Holders of such Global
Security.
Any Global
Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities as
shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time
to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect issuances, repurchases,
conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any
endorsement
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of a Global
Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the
amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee or the Custodian for the Global Security, at the
direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions
given by the Holder of such Securities in accordance with this
Indenture. Payment of principal of, and interest on, any Global
Securities shall be made to the Depositary in immediately available
funds.
Section 2.03
. Date and Denomination of Securities; Payment at the Stated
Maturity Date; Payment of Interest. The Securities shall be
issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall
bear interest from the date specified on the face of the form of
Securities attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on the
Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.
On the Stated
Maturity Date, each Holder shall be entitled to receive the
principal amount of the Securities held and accrued and unpaid
interest to, but not including, the Stated Maturity Date. With
respect to Global Securities, principal and interest will be paid
to the Depositary in immediately available funds. With respect to
any Physical Securities, principal and interest will be payable at
the Company’s office or agency maintained for that purpose,
which initially will be the Trustee’s office at 101 Barclay
Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286.
The Person in
whose name any Security is registered on the Security Register at
the close of business on any Record Date with respect to any
Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date, except that the interest
payable upon the Stated Maturity Date will be payable to the Person
to whom principal is payable upon the Stated Maturity
Date.
Except as provided
above, the Company shall pay interest (i) on any Global
Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Depositary or its nominee, (ii) on any
Securities in certificated form having a principal amount of
$5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register,
provided that on the Stated Maturity Date, interest will be
payable at the office of the Company maintained by the Company for
such purposes, which shall initially be an office or agency of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New
York 10286 and (iii) on any Securities in certificated form
having a principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears
in the Security Register or, upon application by a Holder to the
Security Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s
account within the United States, which application shall remain in
effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Security
Registrar to the contrary; provided that on the Stated
Maturity Date, interest will be payable at the office of the
Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall
initially be an office or agency of the Trustee located at 101
Barclay Street, Floor 8 West, New York, New York 10286. If a
payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest shall
accrue thereon.
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Section 2.04
. Execution and Authentication. One or more Officers shall
sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer
whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the
time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be
valid nevertheless.
A Security shall
not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually
signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the
Company to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall
be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer, a
copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by
the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or agent
for service of notices and demands.
Section 2.05
. Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Security Registrar ”), an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for payment (the “ Paying
Agent ”) and an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent
”). The Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one
such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid
purposes. The Security Registrar shall keep a register of the
Securities (the “ Security Register ”) and of
their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent,
and the term “Security Registrar” includes any
co-registrars. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as
(i) Security Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the
Securities, (ii) the Custodian with respect to the Global
Securities and (iii) Conversion Agent.
The Company shall
enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Security
Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent not a party to this
Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the
Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company
fails to maintain a Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to
appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 8.07.
The Company or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security
Registrar.
The Company may
remove any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent
upon written notice to such Security Registrar, Paying Agent or
Conversion Agent and to the Trustee; provided that no such
removal shall become effective until (1) acceptance of an
appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement
entered into by the Company and such successor Security Registrar,
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, and delivered
to the Trustee or (2) notification to the Trustee that the
Trustee shall serve
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as Security
Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent until the appointment
of a successor in accordance with clause (1) above. The
Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may resign at
any time upon written notice; provided that the Trustee may
resign as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Security Registrar only
if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with
Section 8.11.
Section 2.06
. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. On or prior to each
due date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company is acting as Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when
so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other
than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall
hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money
held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or
interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any
default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent,
it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it
as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to
account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying
with this Section 2.06, the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
Section 2.07
. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to
it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the
Security Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the
Security Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least
five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of
the names and addresses of Holders.
Section 2.08
. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities. The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office the
Security Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Security Register
shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonably prompt period of
time.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Securities to the Security
Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements
for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.08 and in
Section 2.10, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing
such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture.
Securities may be
exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive
legends as may be required by this Indenture, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.02. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
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deliver, the
Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously
Outstanding.
All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
All Securities
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the
Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be made to any Holder for any registration of, transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar may require payment by the Holder of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities.
Neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Security Registrar shall be
required to exchange, issue or register a transfer of (a) any
Securities or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant
to Article 5 or (b) any Securities or portions thereof
tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to
Section 4.01.
Section 2.09
. Global Securities. The following provisions shall apply to
Global Securities:
(a) Each
Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and
delivered to the Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian for
the Global Securities therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this
Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or
a nominee thereof unless the Depositary (x) has notified the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Security or (y) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor
depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 calendar
days. Any Global Securities exchanged pursuant to this
Section 2.09(b) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in
part.
(c) In
addition, Physical Securities will be issued in exchange for
beneficial interests in a Global Security upon request by or on
behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures
following the request of a beneficial owner seeking to enforce its
rights under the Securities or this Indenture upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
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(d) Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
pursuant to Section 2.09(b) or Section 2.09(c) shall be
issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest
coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of
such Global Securities or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall
be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends
required hereunder. Any Global Securities to be exchanged shall be
surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Security
Registrar; provided that pending completion of the exchange
of a Global Security, the Trustee acting as Custodian for the
Global Securities for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to
such Global Securities, shall reduce the principal amount thereof,
by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by
means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the
Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery the Securities
issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(e) In the
event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 2.09(b) above or upon any request described in
Section 2.09(c), the Company will promptly make available to
the Trustee a sufficient supply of Physical Securities in
definitive, fully registered form, without interest
coupons.
(f) Neither
any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“
Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf
Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture
with respect to any Global Securities registered in the name of the
Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such
nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner and Holder of such Global Securities for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as
the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent
Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may
act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing
the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any
Securities.
(g) At such
time as all interests in a Global Security have been repurchased,
converted, cancelled or exchanged for Securities in certificated
form, such Global Security shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled
by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and
instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian for
the Global Security. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
interest in a Global Security is redeemed, repurchased, converted,
cancelled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the
principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with
the standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian for the Global Security, be
appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Security, by the Trustee or the Custodian for the Global
Security, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
Section 2.10
. Transfer Restrictions. Subject to the last two paragraphs
of this Section 2.10, prior to the date upon which the Restricted
Security Legend is removed from any Security (the “ Resale
Restriction Termination Date ,” which shall have a
correlative meaning in respect
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of any
Restricted Common Stock) any certificate evidencing such Security
(and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof, including Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion
thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in the form of
Security set forth in Exhibit B hereto, if applicable)
shall bear a legend in the form identified as the “Restricted
Security Legend” (the “ Restricted Security
Legend ”) in the form of Security set forth in
Exhibit A hereto and, unless such Security (or such
Common Stock) has been sold pursuant to a registration statement
that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and
which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or
sold pursuant to Rule 144 or any similar provision then in
force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with
written notice thereof to the Trustee.
Every Security
(and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution
thereof) that bears or is required under this Section 2.10 to
bear the legend required by this Section 2.10 (together with
any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities and
required to bear the legend set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, collectively, the “ Restricted Securities
”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
in this Section 2.10 and such legends, unless such
restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the
Company, and the Holder of any Restricted Securities, by such
Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such
restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.10, the
term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer
or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any
interest therein.
So long as the
Securities are represented by Global Securities that are held by or
on behalf of the Depositary only, the Company may accomplish any
delegending of such Securities by:
(i) instructing
the Trustee to remove the Restricted Security Legend from the
Securities and instructing the transfer agent for the Common Stock
to remove the Restricted Stock Legend from the Common Stock issued
upon conversion of the Securities;
(ii) notifying
Holders of the Securities and Common Stock issued upon conversion
of the Securities that the Restricted Security Legend and
Restricted Stock Legend have been removed or deemed
removed;
(iii) notifying
the Trustee, the transfer agent for the Common Stock and DTC to
change the CUSIP number for the Securities and the Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Securities to the applicable
unrestricted CUSIP number; and
(iv) complying
with the applicable procedures of the Depositary for
delegending.
Any Security (or
security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) that has been
transferred, replaced or exchanged on or after the Resale
Restriction Termination Date or that has been transferred pursuant
to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the Securities Act may, upon surrender of such Security to the
Registrar for exchange in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.10, be exchanged for a new Security or
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Securities, of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the
Restricted Security Legend required by this
Section 2.10.
Section 2.11
. Responsibilities and Obligations of the Trustee. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent
Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the
books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or
its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect
to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the
delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the
Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or
with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to
be given to the Holders of Securities and all payments to be made
to Holders of Securities under the Securities shall be given or
made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders of
Securities (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the
case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any
Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depositary
subject to the customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee
may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent
Members.
The Trustee shall
have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Securities (including any transfers between or
among Agent Members) other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the
terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
Section 2.12
. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Security Registrar or if the Holder of a
Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such
that the Holder (i) notifies the Company or the Trustee within
a reasonable time after he has notice of such loss, destruction or
wrongful taking and the Security Registrar does not register a
transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) makes such
request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Security being
acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303
of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “ protected
purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies any other
reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company. If required
by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an
indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect
the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent
and the Security Registrar from any loss that any of them may
suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may
charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security. In
case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has
been properly tendered for repurchase on a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn) or is to be converted into
Common Stock, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security,
pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the
conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the
case of a mutilated Securities), as the case may be, if the
applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish
to
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the Company, to
the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or
in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the
Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or
Conversion Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Securities and of the ownership
thereof.
The provisions of
this Section 2.12 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken Securities.
Section 2.13
. Outstanding Securities. Securities Outstanding at any time
are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those
canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those
described in this Section 2.13 as not Outstanding. A Security
does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is
replaced pursuant to Section 2.12, it ceases to be Outstanding
unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to
them that the replaced Security is held by a protected
purchaser.
If the Paying
Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this
Indenture, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Stated
Maturity Date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest
payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions
thereof) to be repurchased or maturing, as the case may be, and the
Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the
Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then
on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease
to be Outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.14
. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
Securities in certificated form, the Company may execute and the
Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall,
upon the written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver
temporary Securities (printed or lithographed). Temporary
Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the Securities in certificated form,
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Security, all as may be determined by the
Company. Every such temporary Securities shall be executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating
agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with the same effect, as the Securities in certificated
form. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will execute and
deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Securities in
certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Securities may
be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 and the
Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities an
equal aggregate principal amount of Securities in certificated
form. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense
and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
and
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subject to the
same limitations under this Indenture as Securities in certificated
form authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.15
. Cancellation. To the extent permitted by law, the Company
may from time to time repurchase the Notes in open market purchases
or negotiated transactions without prior notice to Holders. The
Company shall surrender any Notes repurchased by it for
cancellation and any such repurchased Notes shall be deemed to be
no longer Outstanding. The Security Registrar and the Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no
one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration
of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver canceled
Securities to the Company pursuant to written direction by an
Officer. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in
place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture.
Section 2.16
. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN”
numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall
use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers.
Section 2.17
. Additional Securities. The Company may, from time to time
without the consent of the Holders of Outstanding Securities, issue
additional Securities pursuant to this Indenture (“
Additional Securities ”) with the same terms and with
the same CUSIP number as the Securities issued on the date of this
Indenture; provided that such Additional Securities are
issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” or are
treated as issued without original issue discount for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. The Securities originally issued pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement and any Additional Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture,
including waivers, amendments, offers to purchase and U.S. federal
income tax purposes. No Additional Securities may be issued if on
the Issue Date therefor any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
ARTICLE 3
Particular Covenants of the
Company
Section 3.01
. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants
and agrees that it shall duly and punctually pay or cause to be
paid the principal of, and interest on, each of the Securities at
the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided
herein and in the Securities.
Section 3.02
. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, where the Securities may be
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surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for
payment or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or
agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time
the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may
also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations.
The Company will
give prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
The Company hereby
initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent at the Corporate Trust
Office for each of the aforesaid purposes.
So long as the
Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or
cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 8.11(a)
and the third paragraph of Section 8.12. If co-registrars have
been appointed in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall
mail such notices only to the Company and the Holders of Securities
it can identify from its records.
Section 3.03
. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company
shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, or if the
Trustee shall appoint such a Paying Agent, the Company will cause
such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03:
(i) that it will
hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest, on the Securities (whether such sums have
been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities;
(ii) that it will
give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any
other obligor on the Securities) to make any payment of the
principal of or interest on the Securities when the same shall be
due and payable; and
(iii) that at any
time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of
the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held
in trust.
The Company shall,
on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities, deposit with the paying agent a sum (in funds which are
immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient
to pay such principal or interest, and (unless such
paying
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agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action; provided , however, that if
such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be
received by the paying agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time,
on such date.
(b) If the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities,
set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or any other obligor under the Securities) to make any payment of
the principal of or interest on the Securities when the same shall
become due and payable.
(c) Anything
in this Section 3.03 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other
reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or any paying agent hereunder as required by
this Section 3.03, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Company or
any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
sums.
(d) Anything
in this Section 3.03 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this
Section 3.03 is subject to Section 10.03 and
Section 10.04.
The Trustee shall
not be responsible for the actions of any other paying agents
(including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and shall
have no control of or liability for any funds held by such other
paying agents.
Section 3.04
. Rule 144A Information Requirement. Until the first
anniversary of the last Issue Date, the Company covenants and
agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available
to any Holder or beneficial holder of Securities or any Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be
Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any
prospective purchaser of Securities or such Common Stock designated
by such Holder or beneficial holder, the information required
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon the
request of any Holder or beneficial holder of the Securities or
such Common Stock, all to the extent required from time to time to
enable such Holder or beneficial holder to sell its Securities or
Common Stock without registration under the Securities Act within
the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as such
rule may be amended from time to time.
Section 3.05
. Resale of Certain Securities. The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined
under Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto) to, resell
any Securities that have been reacquired by any of them. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the
Company’s performance of its agreement in the preceding
sentence.
Section 3.06
. Book-Entry System. If the Securities cease to trade in the
Depositary’s book-entry settlement system, the Company
covenants and agrees that it shall use reasonable efforts to make
such other book entry arrangements that it determines are
reasonable for the Securities.
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Section 3.07
. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31,
2009, an Officers’ Certificate indicating whether the signers
thereof know of any event has occurred and is continuing, which is
or after notice of lapse of time or both would become an Event of
Default, and if such an event has occurred and is continuing,
specifying each such event known to such officers and the status
thereof.
The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within
30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of
any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of
time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event
of Default or Default, its status and the action which the Company
proposes to take with respect thereto.
Any notice
required to be given under this Section 3.07 shall be
delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office.
Section 3.08
. Payment of Additional Interest. (a) The Company will
make a one-time payment to each Holder of Notes of 0.50% of such
Holder’s aggregate principal amount of Notes (such one-time
payment, together with any amounts payable pursuant to the
immediately succeeding paragraph, “ Additional
Interest ”) if at any time during the six months to one
year period following the last original Issue Date of the Notes, it
fails to timely file any document or report that it is required
(giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25) to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than reports on Form 8-K);
provided that the Company will have 14 days, in the
aggregate, to cure all such missed filings before such payment
shall become due. The Additional Interest will be payable on the
Interest Payment Date following the late filing.
(b) Further,
if, and for so long as, the Restrictive Security Legend on the
Notes has not been removed, or the Notes are not otherwise freely
tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates
(without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities law or the
Restrictive Security Legend), in each case as of the 375th day
after the last original Issue Date of the Notes (each, a “
Restricted Transfer Default ”), the Company shall
either (i) pay Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate
equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes
Outstanding while a Restricted Transfer Default is continuing until
all Restricted Transfer Defaults shall cease or until the Notes are
freely tradable pursuant to the next clause or (ii) designate
an effective shelf registration statement useable for the resale of
the Notes or any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Notes, in which case Additional Interest shall not accrue for each
day on which such registration statement remains effective and
useable by Holders for the resale of the Notes and any Common
Shares. Additional Interest shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as
regular interest on the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, payment
of Additional Interest as set forth in this Section 3.08(b)
shall be the sole remedy to Holders in the event that the Company
fails to remove the Restrictive Security Legend and the Notes are
not otherwise freely tradable by Holders other than the
Company’s Affiliates.
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ARTICLE 4
Repurchase of
Notes
Section 4.01
. Right To Require Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each
Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to
require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes
or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for cash, on a date (the
“ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”) of the
Company’s choosing that is not less than 20 calendar days nor
more than 35 calendar days after the date of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right Notice, at a repurchase price (the “
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ”) equal to 100%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to, but not including, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
falls after a Record Date for the payment of interest and on or
prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in which case the
Company shall pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at
the close of business on the corresponding Record Date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Holder shall have the right to require the
Company to repurchase any of its Notes under clause (2) of the
definition of Fundamental Change (and the Company shall not be
required to deliver the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
incidental thereto) if at least 90% of the consideration paid for
the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and
cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights
and cash dividends) in a merger or consolidation or such other
transaction otherwise constituting a Fundamental Change under
clause (2) of the definition thereof consists of shares of
common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ
Global Market, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the American
Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors) (or will be
so traded or quoted immediately following the completion of the
merger or consolidation or such other transaction) and, as a result
of the completion of the merger or consolidation or such other
transaction the Securities become convertible into cash (in respect
of the Principal Portion) and, if applicable, such shares of such
common stock pursuant to Section 5.12.
Repurchases of
Notes under this Section 4.01 shall be made, at the option of
the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to
the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by a
Holder of a duly completed notice (the “ Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice ”) in the form set forth on the
reverse of the Note on or before the Business Day prior to the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “ Fundamental
Change Expiration Time ”); and
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(ii) delivery or
book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Trustee (or other Paying
Agent appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary
endorsements) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), such delivery being a
condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price therefor.
The Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice shall state:
(A) if
certificated, the certificate numbers of Notes to be delivered for
repurchase;
(B) the portion of
the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(C) that the Notes
are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;
provided , however , that if the Notes are not
Physical Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must
comply with applicable Depositary procedures.
Any repurchase by
the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 4.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of the
consideration to be received by the Holder on the later of
(i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and (ii) the
time of the book-entry transfer or the delivery of the
Note.
The Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify
the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this
Section 4.01.
Any Note that is
to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee
(with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new
Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in
an authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of
the Note so surrendered.
(b) After the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change, but on or before the 10th
calendar day following such occurrence, the Company shall provide
to all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and Paying Agent a
notice (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Right
Notice ”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change
and of the repurchase right, if any, at the option of the Holders
arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be by first class
mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right Notice, the Company shall publish a notice
containing the information included therein in a newspaper of
general circulation in The
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City of New
York or on the Company’s website or through such other public
medium as the Company may use at such time.
Each Fundamental
Change Repurchase Right Notice shall specify (if
applicable):
(i) the events
causing a Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of
the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last
date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right, if
applicable;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, if applicable;
(vi) the name and
address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if
applicable;
(vii) the
applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the applicable
Conversion Rate;
(viii) that the
Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder
withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture;
(ix) that the
Holder must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to the
Fundamental Change Expiration Time;
(x) that the
Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered for
repurchase prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time;
and
(xi) the
procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to
repurchase their Notes.
No failure of the
Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity
of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 4.01.
(c) A
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn, in whole or
in part, by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to
the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right Notice at any time prior to the Fundamental Change
Expiration Time, specifying:
(i) the principal
amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted,
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(ii) if
certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Notes,
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the
original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must
be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000;
provided , however , that if the Notes are not in
certificated form, the notice must comply with appropriate
procedures of the Depositary.
(d) On or
prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
(or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company or if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust) an amount of money sufficient to repurchase on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all of the Notes to be
repurchased on such date at the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price. Subject to receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes
surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) prior to the
Fundamental Change Expiration Time shall be made on the later of
(x) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to
such Note ( provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions
to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in this
Section 4.01), and (y) the time of book-entry transfer or
the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent
appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner
required by this Section 4.01 by mailing checks for the amount
payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall
appear in the Security Register; provided , however ,
that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its
nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon
written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in
excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(e) If the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds
money sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased
as of the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, then on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
(i) such Notes shall cease to be Outstanding and interest, if
any, shall cease to accrue on such Notes, whether or not book-entry
transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been
delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent and (ii) all other
rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate, other than the
right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon
delivery or transfer of the Notes.
(f) In
connection with any repurchase of Notes pursuant to this
Article 4, the Company hereby agrees to:
(i) comply with
the provisions of Rule 13e-1, Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1
and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may
then be applicable; and
(ii) otherwise
comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws.
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(g) No Notes
may be repurchased at the option of Holders upon a Fundamental
Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated,
and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such
date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from the
Company’s default in the payment of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes).
Section 5.01
. Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate. (a) Subject
to the conditions described in subsections (i), (ii), and
(iii) below, and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article 5, a Holder shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the
portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral
multiple thereof) of such Note at any time prior to the close of
business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding
March 1, 2014, at the Conversion Rate (subject to adjustment
as provided in this Indenture) per $1,000 principal amount of the
Note (the “ Conversion Obligation ”) under the
circumstances and during the periods set forth below. On and after
March 1, 2014, regardless of the conditions described in
subsections (i), (ii) and (iii) below, and upon
compliance with the provisions of this Article 5, a Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all
or any portion (if t
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