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Title: Indenture
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/1/2009
Industry: Consumer Financial Services     Sector: Financial

Indenture, Parties: phh corporation
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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

PHH CORPORATION

as Issuer

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

as Trustee

 

Indenture

Dated as of September 29, 2009

 

4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 1

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01 . Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02 . Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

11

 

Section 1.03 . Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

 

 

12

 

Section 1.04 . Acts of Holders; Record Dates

 

 

12

 

Section 1.05 . Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company

 

 

13

 

Section 1.06 . Notice to Holders; Waiver

 

 

13

 

Section 1.07 . Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

14

 

Section 1.08 . Severability Clause

 

 

14

 

Section 1.09 . Benefits of Indenture

 

 

14

 

Section 1.10 . Governing Law

 

 

14

 

Section 1.11 . No Recourse Against Others

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

The Securities

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01 . Designation, Amount and Issuance of Securities

 

 

15

 

Section 2.02 . Form of the Securities

 

 

15

 

Section 2.03 . Date and Denomination of Securities; Payment at the Stated Maturity Date; Payment of Interest

 

 

16

 

Section 2.04 . Execution and Authentication

 

 

17

 

Section 2.05 . Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent

 

 

17

 

Section 2.06 . Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust

 

 

18

 

Section 2.07 . Holder Lists

 

 

18

 

Section 2.08 . Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities

 

 

18

 

Section 2.09 . Global Securities

 

 

19

 

Section 2.10 . Transfer Restrictions

 

 

20

 

Section 2.11 . Responsibilities and Obligations of the Trustee

 

 

22

 

Section 2.12 . Replacement Securities

 

 

22

 

Section 2.13 . Outstanding Securities

 

 

23

 

Section 2.14 . Temporary Securities

 

 

23

 

Section 2.15 . Cancellation

 

 

24

 

Section 2.16 . CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

 

 

24

 

Section 2.17 . Additional Securities

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

Particular Covenants of the Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01 . Payment of Principal and Interest

 

 

24

 

Section 3.02 . Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

24

 

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Section 3.03 . Provisions as to Paying Agent

 

 

25

 

Section 3.04 . Rule 144A Information Requirement

 

 

26

 

Section 3.05 . Resale of Certain Securities

 

 

26

 

Section 3.06 . Book-Entry System

 

 

26

 

Section 3.07 . Compliance Certificate

 

 

27

 

Section 3.08 . Payment of Additional Interest

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

Repurchase of Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01 . Right To Require Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

Conversion

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01 . Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate

 

 

32

 

Section 5.02 . Conversion Rate Adjustment Upon Certain Make-whole Fundamental Changes

 

 

34

 

Section 5.03 . Exercise of Conversion Privilege

 

 

35

 

Section 5.04 . Settlement of Conversion Obligation

 

 

36

 

Section 5.05 . Fractions of Shares

 

 

38

 

Section 5.06 . Adjustment of Conversion Rate

 

 

39

 

Section 5.07 . Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate

 

 

47

 

Section 5.08 . Company To Reserve Common Stock

 

 

47

 

Section 5.09 . Taxes on Conversions

 

 

47

 

Section 5.10 . Certain Covenants

 

 

48

 

Section 5.11 . Cancellation of Converted Notes

 

 

48

 

Section 5.12 . Provision in Case of Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

 

 

48

 

Section 5.13 . Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions

 

 

49

 

Section 5.14 . Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

 

 

50

 

Section 5.15 . Stockholder Rights Plan

 

 

51

 

Section 5.16 . Company Determination Final

 

 

51

 

Section 5.17 . Exchange in Lieu of Conversion

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

Events of Default; Remedies

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01 . Events of Default

 

 

52

 

Section 6.02 . Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

 

53

 

Section 6.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

 

 

55

 

Section 6.04 . Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

55

 

Section 6.05 . Application of Money Collected

 

 

55

 

Section 6.06 . Limitation on Suits

 

 

56

 

Section 6.07 . Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Payment

 

 

56

 

Section 6.08 . Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

57

 

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Section 6.09 . Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

57

 

Section 6.10 . Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

57

 

Section 6.11 . Control by Holders

 

 

57

 

Section 6.12 . Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

57

 

Section 6.13 . Undertaking for Costs

 

 

58

 

Section 6.14 . Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

 

 

58

 

Section 6.15. Violations of Certain Covenants

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01 . Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

The Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01 . Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

 

 

60

 

Section 8.02 . Notice of Defaults

 

 

62

 

Section 8.03 . Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc

 

 

62

 

Section 8.04 . No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc

 

 

63

 

Section 8.05 . Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or Security Registrar May Own Securities

 

 

63

 

Section 8.06 . Monies To Be Held in Trust

 

 

64

 

Section 8.07 . Compensation and Expenses of Trustee

 

 

64

 

Section 8.08 . Officers’ Certificate as Evidence

 

 

64

 

Section 8.09 . Conflicting Interests of Trustee

 

 

65

 

Section 8.10 . Eligibility of Trustee

 

 

65

 

Section 8.11 . Resignation or Removal of Trustee

 

 

65

 

Section 8.12 . Acceptance by Successor Trustee

 

 

66

 

Section 8.13 . Succession by Merger, Etc

 

 

67

 

Section 8.14 . Preferential Collection of Claims

 

 

67

 

Section 8.15 . Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01 . Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

 

 

68

 

Section 9.02 . Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

 

 

68

 

Section 9.03 . Reports by Trustee

 

 

68

 

Section 9.04 . Reports by Company

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01 . Discharge of Indenture

 

 

69

 

Section 10.02 . Deposited Monies and Shares To Be Held in Trust by Trustee

 

 

70

 

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Section 10.03. Paying Agent To Repay Monies and Shares Held

 

 

70

 

Section 10.04. Return of Unclaimed Monies and Shares

 

 

70

 

Section 10.05. Reinstatement

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

Supplemental Indentures

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01 . Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

 

 

71

 

Section 11.02 . Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

 

 

71

 

Section 11.03 . Execution of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

72

 

Section 11.04 . Effect of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

73

 

Section 11.05 . Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

 

 

73

 

Section 11.06. Notice to Holders of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01 . When Securities Are Disregarded

 

 

73

 

Section 12.02 . Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar

 

 

73

 

Section 12.03 . Successors

 

 

74

 

Section 12.04 . Multiple Originals

 

 

74

 

Section 12.05. Calculations

 

 

74

 

Section 12.06 . Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

74

 

Section 12.07 . Force Majeure

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule A Make-Whole Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A — Form of Security

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B — Form of Restrictive Legend for Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion

 

 

 

 

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     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 ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     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:

ARTICLE 1

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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ARTICLE 2
The Securities

     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).

ARTICLE 5
Conversion

     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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