U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Dated as of October 13,
2009
5.75% Junior Subordinated
Convertible Debentures due 2029
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
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Section 1.01 .
Definitions
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Section 1.02 . Compliance Certificates
and Opinions
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Section 1.03 . Form of Documents
Delivered to Trustee
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Section 1.04 . Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 1.05 . Notices, Etc., to Trustee
and Company
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Section 1.06 . Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 1.07 . Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 1.08 . Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents
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Section 1.09 . Successors and
Assigns
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Section 1.10 . Severability
Clause
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Section 1.11 . Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 1.12 . Governing Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial
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Section 1.13 . Legal
Holiday
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Section 1.14. Force
Majeure
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Section 1.15. U.S.A. Patriot
Act
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Section 1.16. Execution in
Counterparts
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Section 1.17 .
Calculations
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Section 1.18. Limitation on Individual
Liability
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ARTICLE 2
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Issue,
Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of
Securities
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Section 2.01 . Title and Terms;
Payments
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Section 2.02 .
Denominations
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Section 2.03 . Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Section 2.04 . Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.05 . Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section 2.06 . Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 2.07 . Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 2.08 . Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Securities
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28
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Section 2.09 . Cancellation and Transfer
Provisions
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Section 2.10 . CUSIP
Numbers
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Section 2.11. Additional Securities;
Repurchases
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ARTICLE 3
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Interest
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Section 3.02 . Contingent
Interest
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Section 3.03 . Bid Solicitation
Agent’s Responsibilities in Respect of Contingent
Interest
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Section 3.04 . Payment of Contingent
Interest
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Section 3.05 . Contingent Interest
Notification
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Section 3.06. Defaulted
Amounts
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ARTICLE 4
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Subordination
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Section 4.01 . Agreement of
Subordination
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Section 4.02 . Payments to
Holders
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Section 4.03 . Subrogation of
Securities
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Section 4.04 . Authorization to Effect
Subordination
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Section 4.05 . Notice to
Trustee
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Section 4.06 . Trustee’s Relation
to Senior Debt
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Section 4.07 . No Impairment of
Subordination
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Section 4.08 . No Impairment of
Conversion Right
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Section 4.09 . Article Applicable
to Paying Agents
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Section 4.10 . Senior Debt Entitled to
Rely
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ARTICLE 5
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Covenants
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Section 5.01 . Payments and
Deliveries
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Section 5.02 . Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 5.03 . Appointments to Fill
Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
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Section 5.04 . Money and Common Shares
for Payments and Deliveries on Securities to be Held in
Trust
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Section 5.05 . Statement by Officers as
to Default
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Section 5.07 . Book-Entry
System
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Section 5.08 . Additional
Interest
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Section 5.09 . Commission Filings And
Reports
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Section 5.10 . Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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Section 5.11. Further Instruments and
Acts
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Section 5.12. Tax Treatment of the
Securities
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Section 5.13. Certain Distributions and
Dividends
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ARTICLE 6
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Redemption
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Section 6.01 . Right to Redeem; Notices
to Trustee
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Section 6.02 . Selection of Securities
to Be Redeemed
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Section 6.03 . Redemption
Notice
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Section 6.04 . Effect of Redemption
Notice
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Section 6.05 . Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 6.06 . Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE 7
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Fundamental
Changes and Repurchases Thereupon
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Section 7.01 . Repurchase at Option of
Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 7.02 . Effect of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice
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Section 7.03 . Withdrawal of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice.
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Section 7.04 . Deposit of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price
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Section 7.05 . Securities Repurchased in
Whole or in Part
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Section 7.06 . Covenant to Comply With
Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Securities
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Section 7.07 . Repayment to the
Company
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ARTICLE 8
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Conversion
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Section 8.01 . Conversion
Right
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Section 8.02 . Settlement Upon
Conversion; Conversion Procedure
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Section 8.03 . Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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Section 8.04 . Shares to Be Fully
Paid
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Section 8.05. Adjustments of Average
Prices
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Section 8.06 . Adjustment to Shares
Delivered Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change
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Section 8.07. Effect of
Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes to the Common
Shares
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Section 8.08 . Certain
Covenants
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Section 8.09 . Responsibility of
Trustee
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Section 8.10. Notice to Holders Prior to
Certain Actions
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Section 8.11 . Shareholder Rights
Plans
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Section 8.12. Exchange in Lieu of
Conversion
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Section 8.13. Limit on Issuance of
Common Shares upon Conversion
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ARTICLE 9
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Events of
Default; Remedies
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Section 9.01 . Events of
Default
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Section 9.02 . Acceleration of Stated
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 9.03. Additional
Interest
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Section 9.04. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 9.05 . Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim
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Section 9.06 . Application of Money
Collected
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Section 9.07 . Limitation on
Suits
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Section 9.08 . Unconditional Right of
Holders to Receive Payment and Consideration Due Upon
Conversion
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Section 9.09 . Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 9.10 . Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 9.11 . Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 9.12 . Control by
Holders
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Section 9.13. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 9.14 . Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE 10
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Consolidation, Merger,
Sale, Conveyance, Transfer Or Lease
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Section 10.01 . Company May Consolidate,
etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Section 10.02 . Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE 11
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The
Trustee
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Section 11.01 . Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 11.02 . Notice of
Defaults
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Section 11.03 . Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 11.04 . Not Responsible for
Recitals
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Section 11.05 . May Hold
Securities
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Section 11.06 . Money Held in
Trust
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Section 11.07. Compensation,
Reimbursement; Indemnification
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Section 11.08 . Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests
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Section 11.09 . Corporate Trustee
Required; Eligibility
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Section 11.10 . Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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Section 11.11 . Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Section 11.12 . Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 11.13 . Preferential Collection
of Claims against the Company
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ARTICLE 12
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Holders’ Lists And
Reports By Trustee
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Section 12.01 . Company to Furnish
Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 12.02 . Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 12.03 . Reports By
Trustee
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ARTICLE 13
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Satisfaction
And Discharge
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Section 13.01 . Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture
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Section 13.02 . Deposited Monies and
Common Shares, if any, to Be Held in Trust by
Trustee
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Section 13.03 .
Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 14
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Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 14.01 . Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders
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Section 14.02 . Supplemental Indentures
with Consent of Holders
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Section 14.03 . Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 14.04. Notice of Supplemental
Indenture
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Section 14.05 . Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 14.06 . Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 14.07 . Reference in Securities
to Supplemental Indentures
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EXHIBIT
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Exhibit A Form
of Security
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INDENTURE, dated
as of October 13, 2009, between Convergys Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Ohio, as Issuer (the “ Company ”), having its
principal office at 201 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202,
and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association,
as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the creation of an issuance of its
5.75% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures due 2029 (each a
“ Security ” and collectively, the “
Securities ”) of the tenor and amount hereinafter set
forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued
by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make
this Indenture a valid 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 Section 1.01 have the meanings assigned to
them in this Section 1.01 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.
“
Acquiror Securities ” means securities of the acquiror
that are Publicly Traded Securities.
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“ Act
,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.04(a).
“
Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 9.03.
“
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 2.08(a).
“ Bid
Solicitation Agent ” means the Person appointed by the
Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Securities in
accordance with Section 3.02(b) and Section 8.01(b). The
Trustee shall initially act as the Bid Solicitation
Agent.
“ 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, a
Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is
authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be
closed.
“ Capital
Stock ” means any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock 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.
“ Cash
Percentage ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(b).
“ Cash
Percentage Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(b).
“ Clause
A Distribution ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(c).
“ Clause
B Distribution ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(c).
“ Clause
C Distribution ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(c).
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“ close
of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
“ Common
Equity ” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person
that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of
directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a
corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of
the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control
the management or policies of such Person.
“ Common
Shares ” means, subject to Section 8.07, the common
shares, no par value per share, of the Company as they exist on the
date of this Indenture.
“
Company ” means the Person named as the “
Company ” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “
Company ” shall mean such successor Person.
“ Company
Request ” or “ Company Order ” means a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Vice Chairman of the Board
of Directors, its President or any Vice President, its Chief
Financial Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Contingent Debt Regulations ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.12.
“
Contingent Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02(a).
“
Conversion Agent ” means the Trustee or such other
office or agency designated by the Company as a location where
Securities may be presented for conversion.
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(e).
“
Conversion Obligation ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01.
“
Conversion Price ” means as of any date $1,000,
divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“
Conversion Rate ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01.
“
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 U.S. Bank National
Association, U.S. Bank National Association, 425 Walnut ML
CN-OH-W6CT, Cincinnati, OH 45202, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services.
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“ Current
Conversion Value ” means the product of (a) the
Conversion Rate in effect on the relevant Redemption Date and
(b) the average of the Daily VWAP of the Common Shares for the
five consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding such Redemption Date.
“ Cut-off
Date ” means the earlier of October 20, 2011 and the
date on which the Company’s Five-Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated October 20, 2006, as
amended on August 11, 2008, is terminated.
“ Daily
Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive
Trading Days during the Observation Period, 5% of the product of
(a) the applicable Conversion Rate and (b) the Daily VWAP
of the Common Shares on such Trading Day.
“ Daily
Settlement Amount ,” for each of the 20 consecutive
Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist
of:
(a) cash equal to
the lesser of (i) $50 and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value;
and
(b) if the Daily
Conversion Value exceeds $50, a number of Common Shares (the
“ Daily Share Amount ”), subject to the
Company’s right to pay cash in lieu of all or a portion of
such shares pursuant to Section 8.02(b), equal to (i) the
difference between the Daily Conversion Value and $50, divided
by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
“ Daily
Share Amount ” has the meaning specified in clause
(b) of the definition of Daily Settlement Amount.
“ Daily
VWAP ” means for any Trading Day the per share
volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “CVG.N
<equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page
is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open
of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary
trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted
average price is unavailable, the market value of one Common Share
on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average
method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking
firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “
Daily VWAP ” shall 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.
“
Defaulted Amounts ” means any amounts on any Security
(including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price, principal and interest) that are payable
but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.
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“
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.
“
Designated Institution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.12(a).
“
Designated Senior Debt ” means the Company’s
obligations under any particular Senior Debt in which the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or
guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which the
Company is a party) expressly provides that such Senior Debt shall
be “ Designated Senior Debt ” for purposes of
this Indenture. The instrument, agreement or other document
evidencing any Designated Senior Debt may place limitations and
conditions on the right of such Senior Debt to exercise the rights
of Designated Senior Debt.
“
Distributed Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(c).
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.06(c).
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.01.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means the first date on which the
Common Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable
market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance,
dividend or distribution in question.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“ Form of
Assignment and Transfer ” means the “Form of
Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form
of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Form of
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” means the
“Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached
as Attachment 2 to the Form of Security attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“ Form of
Notice of Conversion ” means the “Form of Notice of
Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Security
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Form of
Security ” means the “Form of Security”
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“
Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred
at the time after the Securities are originally issued if any of
the following occurs:
(a) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its
Subsidiaries or the employee benefit plans of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial
owner,” as
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defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s
Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
Company’s Common Equity;
(b) consummation
of (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the
Common Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or
combination) as a result of which the Common Shares would be
converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other
property or assets or (ii) any share exchange, consolidation
or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Shares will
be converted into cash, securities or other property or any sale,
lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of
transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any
Person other than one of the Company’s Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that any such transaction in
which (x) the Common Shares are not changed or exchanged
except to the extent necessary to reflect a change in the
jurisdiction or organization of the Company or (y) the holders
of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately
prior to such transaction that is a share exchange, consolidation
or merger own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes
of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or
transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such event,
shall not be a Fundamental Change;
(c) the
shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(d) the Common
Shares (or other common shares or common stock underlying the
Securities) cease to be listed or quoted on any of The New York
Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global
Market (or any of their respective successors) or any other
national securities exchange;
provided , however , that a transaction or
transactions described in clause (b) above shall not
constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the
consideration received or to be received by the common shareholders
of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and
cash payments made in respect of dissenters rights or appraisal
rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions
otherwise constituting a Fundamental Change consists of shares of
Publicly Traded Securities or shares which will be Publicly Traded
Securities when issued or exchanged in connection with such
transaction or transactions and as a result of this transaction or
transactions the Securities become convertible into such
consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and
cash payments made in respect of dissenters rights or appraisal
rights (subject to the provisions set forth in Section 8.02(a)
and Section 8.02(b)). In addition, for the avoidance of doubt,
in no event will a strategic transaction or other divestiture of
the Company’s Information Management Business be considered
the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of
the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
purposes of this definition of “Fundamental
Change.”
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(d).
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“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(a).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(c)(i).
“
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(a).
“
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 on the date hereof.
“ Global
Security ” means a Security in global form registered in
the Security Register in the name of a Depositary or a nominee
thereof.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Security Register.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication, (a) such Person’s indebtedness
evidenced by a credit or loan agreement, note, bond, debenture or
other written obligation, (b) all obligations of such Person
for money borrowed, (c) all obligations of such Person
evidenced by a note or similar instrument; (d) such
Person’s obligations (i) as lessee under leases required
to be capitalized on such Person’s balance sheet under GAAP
or (ii) as lessee under other leases for facilities, capital
equipment or related assets, whether or not capitalized, entered
into or leased for financing purposes, (e) all obligations of
such Person under interest rate and currency swaps, caps, floors,
collars, hedge agreements, forward contracts or similar agreements
or arrangements, (f) all obligations of such Person with
respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and
similar facilities (including reimbursement obligations with
respect to the foregoing), (g) all obligations of such Person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (but excluding trade accounts payable and accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business),
(h) obligations of the type described in clauses
(a) through (g) above of another Person and all dividends of
another Person, the payment of which, in either case, the Person
first referenced above has assumed or guaranteed, or for which the
Person first referenced above is responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, jointly or severally, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, or which are secured by a lien on the property of the
Person first referenced above and (i) renewals, extensions,
modifications, replacements, restatements and refundings of, or any
indebtedness or obligation issued in exchange for, any indebtedness
or obligation described in clauses (a) through (h) above.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be
the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount. The amount of any Indebtedness
outstanding as of any date with respect to any interest rate and
currency swaps, caps, floors, collars, hedge agreements, forward
contracts or similar agreements or arrangements shall be the
termination value thereof. Indebtedness shall not include
liabilities for taxes of any kind.
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“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended
by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and
govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
“
Information Management Business ” means the reporting
segment of the Company that provides business support system and
operational support system (BSS/OSS) solutions and capability
across a broad functional footprint, combining software, partner
products, integration and business consulting services, and
operational expertise to create solutions that help service
providers meet their business goals. The Information Management
solution portfolio is organized into three functional areas:
revenue management, enterprise product management, and customer
relationship solutions. All solutions are billed using Infinys
components.
“ Initial
Conversion Value ” means $800.0016.
“
interest ” means (a) Regular Interest,
(b) Contingent Interest, if any and (c) Additional
Interest, if any. For the avoidance of doubt, any express mention
of Contingent Interest or Additional Interest in any provision
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Contingent Interest or
Additional Interest, as the case may be, in those provisions hereof
where such express mention is not made.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means each March 15 and
September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15,
2010.
“ 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 Shares on any date
means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price
is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Shares
are traded. If the Common Shares are 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
last quoted bid price for the Common Shares in the over-the-counter
market on the relevant date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or
a similar organization. If the Common Shares are 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 Shares on the relevant date from each of at least three
nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected
by the Company for this purpose.
“
Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction
or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (as defined above
under clause (a), (b) or (d) and with respect to clause
(b), determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or
exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the
proviso in clause (b) of the definition
thereof).
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“ Market
Disruption Event ” means (a) a failure by the
primary United States national or regional securities exchange or
market on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for
trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or
(b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Shares for
more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular
trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading
(by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the
relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in
any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common
Shares.
“
Measurement Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01(b).
“ Merger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.07(a).
“
Non-Payment Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Notice
of Conversion ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(c).
“
Observation Period ” with respect to any Security
surrendered for conversion means (a) except as set forth in
the immediately succeeding clause (b), if the relevant Conversion
Date occurs on or after September 15, 2028, the 20 consecutive
Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding September 15, 2029;
(b) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the
date of issuance of a Redemption Notice, but prior to the relevant
Redemption Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and
including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding
such Redemption Date; and (c) in all other instances, the 20
consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the third
Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion
Date.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
(a) signed by (i) one of the Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the President or any
Vice President, and (ii) one of the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company,
and (b) delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing
an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 5.05
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, and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“
Outstanding ,” when used with respect to Securities,
means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
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the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;
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Securities, or portions thereof, for
whose payment, redemption or repurchase money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall act
as Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed or
repurchased prior to the Stated Maturity, the relevant Redemption
Notice or the relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall
have been given to the Holders or by Holder(s), as the case may be
and as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice;
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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
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Securities that the Company has
repurchased in accordance with Section 2.11(b);
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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 that a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned that 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 or any
Subsidiary of the Company) authorized by the Company to pay the
Principal Amount of, interest on or Redemption Price or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price of, any Securities on behalf of the
Company. The Trustee shall initially be the Paying
Agent.
“ Payment
Blockage Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Payment
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(a).
“ PDF
” has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
“
Percentage Increase ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.06(a).
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
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“
Physical Securities ” means permanent certificated
Securities in registered form issued in denominations of $1,000
Principal Amount and integral multiples thereof.
“
Principal Amount ” of a Security means the principal
amount set forth on the face of the Security, which amount, in the
case of any Global Security, may from time to time by decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depositary, as set forth on the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Securities” in Schedule A thereto, in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Depositary.
“
Prospectus ” means prospectus dated September 9,
2009, relating to the exchange offer by the Company of the
Securities for a portion of the Company’s 4.875% Senior Notes
due 2009.
“
Publicly Traded Securities ” means common shares or
shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New
York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ
Global Market or any of their respective successors.
“ Record
Date ” means with respect to any payment of interest, the
March 1 or September 1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day)
immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment
Date.
“
Redemption Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.03(a).
“
Redemption Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.03(a).
“
Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01(b).
“
Reference Price ” means $9.6593.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.07(a).
“ Regular
Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“
Representative ” means the (a) indenture trustee
or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Debt or
(b) with respect to any Senior Debt that does not have any
such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case
of such Senior Debt issued pursuant to an agreement providing for
voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior
Debt, any holder or owner of such Senior Debt acting with the
consent of the required Persons necessary to bind such holders or
owners of such Senior Debt and (ii) in the case of all other
such Senior Debt, the holder or owner of such Senior
Debt.
“
Responsible Officer ” means any officer of the Trustee
within the Corporate Trust Office 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.
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“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the primary United States national
securities exchange or market on which the Common Shares are listed
or admitted for trading. If the Common Shares are not so listed or
admitted for trading, “ Scheduled Trading Day ”
means a Business Day.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
“
Security ” or “ Securities ” has
the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of
this Indenture.
“
Security Register ” and “ Security
Registrar ” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 2.05(a).
“ Senior
Debt ” means, with respect to the Company, means the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including all
interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy
or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-petition
interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on, and
all fees and other amounts payable in connection with, any
Indebtedness of the Company, whether absolute or contingent,
secured or unsecured, due or to become due, outstanding on the date
of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed by the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Senior Debt
” shall not include (a) the Securities, (b) any other
Indebtedness or obligation if its terms or the terms of the
instrument under which or pursuant to which it is issued expressly
provide that it is not senior in right of payment to the
Securities, (c) any Indebtedness or obligation of the Company
to any Subsidiary of the Company or (d) any amounts owed by
the Company for trade payables.
“
Settlement Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(a).
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(c).
“ Stated
Maturity ” means September 15, 2029.
“ Stock
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.06(c).
“
Subsidiary ” means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock 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” means stock which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.
“
Surviving Entity ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(a)(ii).
“ Tax
Triggering Event ” means the enactment of U.S. federal
legislation, promulgation of Treasury regulations, issuance of a
published ruling, notice, announcement or equivalent
form
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of guidance by
the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service, or the issuance of a
judicial decision if the Company determines, or receives an opinion
of its outside advisors to the effect that, any such authority will
have the effect of lowering the comparable yield or delaying or
otherwise limiting the current deductibility of interest or
original issue discount with respect to the Securities;
provided that the Company determines that such reduction,
delay, or limitation is material.
“ Trading
Day ” (i) for all purposes under this Indenture
other than for purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion
means a day on which (a) trading in the Common Shares
generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common
Shares are not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the
principal other United States national or regional securities
exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed or, if the
Common Shares are not then listed on a United States national or
regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on
which the Common Shares are then traded, (b) a Last Reported
Sale Price for the Common Shares is available on such securities
exchange or market and (c) there is no Market Disruption
Event; provided that if the Common Shares (or other security
for which a closing sale price must be determined) are not so
listed or traded, “ Trading Day ” means a
Business Day; and (ii) solely for purposes of determining
amounts due upon conversion, “ Trading Day ”
means a day on which (a) there is no Market Disruption Event
and (b) trading in the Common Shares generally occurs on The
New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not then
listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other
United States national or regional securities exchange on which the
Common Shares are then listed or, if the Common Shares are not then
listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange,
on the principal other market on which the Common Shares are then
traded, except that if the Common Shares (or other securities for
which a Daily VWAP must be determined) are not so listed or traded,
“ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.
“ Trading
Price ” has the meaning specified (a) in
Section 3.02(b) for purposes of determining whether Contingent
Interest is payable in respect of the Securities and (b) in
Section 8.01(b) for purposes of determining whether the
Trading Price Condition has been satisfied.
“ Trading
Price Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01(b).
“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.03(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.
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“ Unit of
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.07(a).
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
8.03(c).
“ Vice
President ,” when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”
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 under the
Trust Indenture Act. 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 the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and 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 Officers’
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel 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 may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion
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Counsel are
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, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, 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 11.01) 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 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 or her individual capacity,
such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof of his or her 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, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, 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 12.01) 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.
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(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 (including
facsimile) 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 (including facsimile) 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: Secretary.
Section 1.06
. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date
(if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice
to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled
to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such 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.
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Section 1.07
. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required hereunder to be a part of and govern
this Indenture, the provision in the Trust Indenture Act shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or
excluded, the provision of this Indenture shall apply as so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.08
. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof, and
all Article and Section references are to Articles and Sections,
respectively, of this Indenture unless otherwise expressly
stated.
Section 1.09
. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10
. 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 1.11
. 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 1.12
. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) 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).
(b) EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Section 1.13
. Legal Holiday. If any Interest Payment Date, the Stated
Maturity or any earlier Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or
Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the
required payment need not be made on such date, but shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as
applicable, and no interest on such payment shall accrue in respect
of the delay.
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Section 1.14.
Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible
or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its
obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or
terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
Section 1.15.
U.S.A. Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in
accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the
Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight
the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to
obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person
or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account
with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they
will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in
order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A.
Patriot Act.
Section 1.16.
Execution in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed
in two or more counterparts, which when so executed shall
constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of
this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or Portable
Document Format (“ PDF ”) transmission shall
constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to
the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original
Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto
transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their
original signatures for all purposes.
Section 1.17
. Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Company or its agents (other than the Trustee) shall be responsible
for making all calculations and determinations called for under
this Indenture and the Securities. These calculations include, but
are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices
of the Common Shares, accrued interest payable on the Securities
and the Conversion Rate. The Company or its agents (other than the
Trustee) will make all such calculations and determinations in good
faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations and
determinations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company
upon request shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the
Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if different than the Trustee),
and the Trustee and Conversion Agent, as applicable, are entitled
to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s
calculations and determinations without independent verification.
The Trustee will deliver a copy of such schedule to any Holder upon
the written request of such Holder.
Section 1.18.
Limitation on Individual Liability . No recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any shareholder,
employee, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of
the Company, either directly or through the Company, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly understood that this Indenture and the
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obligations
issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such
personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be
incurred by, the shareholders, employees, officers or directors, as
such, of the Company, or any of them, because of the creation of
the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or
in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law
or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all
such rights and claims against, every such shareholder, employee,
officer or director, as such, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or
in any Security or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such
Security.
ARTICLE 2
Issue, Description,
Execution, Registration and Exchange of
Securities
Section 2.01
. Title and Terms; Payments. The aggregate Principal Amount
of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is initially limited to $125,000,000, subject to
Section 2.11 and except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.06,
6.06, 7.05 or 14.07.
The Securities
shall be known and designated as the “5.75% Junior
Subordinated Convertible Debentures due 2029” of the Company.
The Principal Amount shall be payable at the Stated
Maturity.
The Securities
shall not have the benefit of a sinking fund.
The Securities
shall be subordinated to all Senior Debt of the Company.
The Principal
Amount of and interest on Global Securities registered in the name
of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee shall be paid by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to The Depository
Trust Company or its nominee, as applicable.
The Principal
Amount of Physical Securities shall be payable at the office or
agency of the Company maintained by it for such purpose pursuant to
Section 5.02. Interest on Physical Securities will be payable
(i) to Holders having an aggregate Principal Amount of
$5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to such Holders and
(ii) to Holders having an aggregate Principal Amount of more
than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to such Holders or, upon
application by a Holder to the Security Registrar not later than
the relevant Record Date for such interest payment, by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to such 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.
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The aggregate
Principal Amount of any Global Security may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, as set forth on the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Securities” in
Schedule A thereto, in accordance with the procedures of the
Depositary.
Section 2.02
. Denominations. The Securities shall be issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount.
Section 2.03
. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer,
its Chief Financial Officer, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of an individual who was at any
time a proper officer of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did
not hold such office at the date of such Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The
Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be
authenticated, and shall further specify the amount of such
Securities to be issued as a Global Security or as Physical
Securities. The Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth
on the Form of Security, executed by the Trustee by manual
signature, facsimile or PDF, and such certificate upon any Security
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.04
. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of Physical
Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the Physical Securities in lieu of which they are issued
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities;
provided that any such temporary Securities shall bear the
legends on the face of such Securities as set forth in
Exhibit A.
If temporary
Securities are issued, the Company will cause Physical Securities
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
Physical Securities, the temporary
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Securities
shall be exchangeable for Physical Securities upon surrender of the
temporary Securities at any office or agency of the Company
designated pursuant to Section 5.02, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
Principal Amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations
and tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as Physical Securities.
Section 2.05
. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 5.02
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “
Security Register ”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security
Registrar” (the “ Security Registrar ”)
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security at an office or agency of
the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.02 for such
purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount and tenor,
each such Security being the legends as may be required by this
Indenture.
At the option of
the Holder and subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2.05 and to Section 2.09, Securities may be
exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate Principal Amount and tenor, upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
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.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company and the Security Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other
similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.04 not involving any
transfer.
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Neither the
Company nor the Security Registrar shall be required to exchange or
register a transfer of any Security (i) during the period
beginning at the open of business 15 days before the mailing
of a Redemption Notice to all Holders of Securities to be redeemed
and ending at the close of business on the date on which a
Redemption Notice is mailed to all Holders of Securities to be
redeemed, (ii) after any Redemption Notice has been given to
Holders, except that where such notice provides that such Security
is to be redeemed only in part, the Company and the Security
Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of
the portion thereof not to be redeemed, (iii) that has been
surrendered for conversion or (iv) as to which a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn,
except that where such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
provides that such Security is to be purchased only in part, the
Company and the Security Registrar shall be required to exchange or
register a transfer of the portion thereof not to be
purchased.
(b) Neither
the Trustee, the Security Registrar nor any of their respective
agents shall (i) have any duty to monitor compliance with or with
respect to any federal or state or other securities or tax laws or
(ii) have any duty to obtain documentation relating to any
transfers or exchanges other than as specifically required
hereunder.
Section 2.06
. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of like tenor and Principal Amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of like tenor and Principal Amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable or has been called for redemption
in full, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a
new Security, pay all amounts due with respect to such
Security.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section 2.06, the Company may
require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or other similar governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security
issued pursuant to this Section 2.06 in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone,
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and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section 2.06 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 2.07
. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee,
the Security Registrar and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or
the Security Registrar may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of the principal of such Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security
shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the
Security Registrar nor any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 2.08
. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) The
Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the
name of the Depositary or the nominee of such Depositary,
(ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the
Depositary and (iii) bear the legends set forth on the face of
the Form of Security.
Members of, or
participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members
”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to
any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or
any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of any Holder.
(b) Transfers
of the Global Securities shall be limited to transfers in whole,
but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their
respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global
Security may be transferred or exchanged, in whole or in part, for
Physical Securities in accordance with the rules and procedures of
the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.09. In
addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to each
beneficial owner in accordance with procedures of the Depositary in
exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Securities only
if: (i) such Depositary has notified the Company that the
Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Security and a successor shall not have been appointed
within 90 days of such notification, or (ii) such
Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act and a successor Depositary shall not have been
appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and
such beneficial owner requests that its Securities be issued as
Physical Securities.
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(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in the Global Security to beneficial owners
pursuant to subsection (b) above, the Security Registrar shall
(if one or more Physical Securities are to be issued) reflect on
its books and records the date and a decrease in the Principal
Amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the Principal
Amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be
transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Securities of like
tenor and amount.
(d) In
connection with the transfer of the entire Global Security to
beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (b) above, the Global
Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by
the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the
Global Security, an equal aggregate Principal Amount of Physical
Securities of authorized denominations and the same
tenor.
(e) The
Holder of the Global Securities may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a
Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Securities.
Section 2.09
. Cancellation and Transfer Provisions. The Company at any
time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. The Trustee
shall cancel and dispose of all Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, purchase, repurchase,
redemption, conversion (pursuant to Article 8) or cancellation
in accordance with its customary practices. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate
as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by
such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation. The Company may not issue new Securities
to replace Securities it has paid in full or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
The Security
Registrar shall retain, in accordance with its customary
procedures, copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to this Section 2.09. The
Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such
letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable
time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Security
Registrar.
Section 2.10
. CUSIP Numbers. In issuing the Securities, the Company may
use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if
so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in any
Redemption Notice 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 Redemption Notice and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
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affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the
“CUSIP” numbers.
Section 2.11.
Additional Securities; Repurchases . (a) The Company
may, without the consent of the Holders and notwithstanding
Section 2.01, reopen this Indenture and issue additional
Securities hereunder with the same terms and with the same CUSIP
number as the Securities initially issued hereunder in an unlimited
aggregate Principal Amount, which will form the same series with
the Securities initially issued hereunder; provided that
such additional Securities must be part of the same issue as the
Securities initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Securities,
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such
matters, in addition to those required by Section 1.02, as the
Trustee shall reasonably request.
(b) The
Company may also from time to time repurchase the Securities in
open market purchases or negotiated transactions without giving
prior notice to Holders. Any Securities purchased by the Company
shall be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.09 and be deemed to
be no longer Outstanding under this Indenture.
Section 3.01
. Generally. (a) Regular interest (“ Regular
Interest ”) shall accrue on the Securities from
October 13, 2009, or from the most recent date on which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, at a rate of 5.75% per
annum until the Principal Amount thereof is paid or made available
for payment. Regular Interest shall be payable by the Company
semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Holder
in whose name any Security is registered on the Security Register
at the close of business on the corresponding Record
Date.
(b) Regular
Interest on the Securities shall be computed (i) for any full
semiannual period for which Regular Interest is calculated, on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, (ii) for any
period shorter than a full semiannual period for which Regular
Interest is calculated, on the basis of a 30-day month and
(iii) for such periods of less than a month, the actual number
of days elapsed over a 30-day month.
(c) (i) Upon
the conversion of any Securities, the Holder of such Securities
shall not be entitled to receive any separate cash payment for
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except to the extent specified
below. The Company’s payment or delivery, as the case may be,
to the Holder of the cash and the full number of Common Shares
(subject to the Company’s right to pay cash in respect of all
or a portion of such shares pursuant to Section 8.02(b)), if
any, together with any cash payment for any fractional share, into
which a Security is convertible, shall be deemed to satisfy in full
the Company’s obligation to pay the Principal Amount of the
Securities so converted and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result, accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion
Date shall
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be deemed to be
paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon
a conversion of Securities, to the extent the Company’s
Conversion Obligation includes any Common Shares, accrued and
unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid first out of the cash
paid upon such conversion.
(ii)
Notwithstanding subsection (c)(i) above, if Securities are
converted after the close of business on any Record Date but prior
to the open of business on the immediately following Interest
Payment Date, Holders of such Securities at the close of business
on such Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest
payable on such Securities on the corresponding Interest Payment
Date notwithstanding the conversion. Securities surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on any
Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following
Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the
full amount of interest payable on the Securities so converted on
such Interest Payment Date; provided that no such payment
need be made:
(A) for
conversions following the Record Date immediately preceding the
Stated Maturity;
(B) if the Company
has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Record Date and on
or prior to the Business Day immediately following the
corresponding Interest Payment Date;
(C) if the Company
has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a
Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately
following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or
(D) to the extent
of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time
of conversion with respect to such Security.
Section 3.02
. Contingent Interest. (a) Beginning with the
semiannual interest period commencing on September 15, 2019,
contingent interest on the Securities (“ Contingent
Interest ”) shall accrue during any semiannual interest
period where the average Trading Price of the Securities for the 10
Trading Days immediately preceding the first day of such semiannual
period is greater than or equal to $1,500 per $1,000 Principal
Amount of Securities, in which case such Contingent Interest
payable on each $1,000 Principal Amount of Securities for such
semiannual period shall be equal to 0.75% per annum of such average
Trading Price.
(b) For each
semiannual interest period commencing on or after
September 15, 2019, the Bid Solicitation Agent will determine
the average Trading Price of the Securities for the 10 Trading Days
immediately preceding the first day of such semiannual period. For
purposes of determining whether Contingent Interest shall be
payable in respect of the Securities, the “ Trading
Price ” of the Securities on any date of determination
means the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000
Principal Amount of Securities obtained by the Bid
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Solicitation
Agent for $5,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities at
approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination
date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers that the Company selects; provided that if at least
three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by 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 can
reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid
shall be used. The Company shall provide prompt written notice to
the Bid Solicitation Agent identifying the three independent
nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company.
If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one
bid for $5,000,000 Principal Amount of Securities from an
independent nationally recognized securities dealer selected by the
Company and identified in writing to the Bid Solicitation Agent or,
in the reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors, the bid
quotations are not indicative of the secondary market value of the
Securities, then the Trading Price per $1,000 Principal Amount of
Securities shall be determined by the Board of Directors based on a
good faith estimate of the fair value of the Securities. The
Trustee shall initially act as Bid Solicitation Agent and shall be
entitled to all of the rights of the Trustee set forth in this
Indenture in connection with any determination of the average
Trading Price of the Securities as provided herein, and any such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 3.03
. Bid Solicitation Agent’s Responsibilities in Respect of
Contingent Interest. The Bid Solicitation Agent’s sole
responsibility pursuant to Section 3.02 shall be to obtain the
Trading Price of the Securities for each of the 10 Trading Days
immediately preceding the first day of the applicable semiannual
interest period and to provide such information to the Company. The
Company shall determine whether Holders are entitled to receive
Contingent Interest, and if so, provide written notice to the Bid
Solicitation Agent and issue a press release as required by
Section 3.05. Notwithstanding any term contained in this
Indenture or any other document to the contrary, the Bid
Solicitation Agent shall have no responsibilities, duties or
obligations for or with respect to (i) determining whether the
Company must pay Contingent Interest or (ii) determining the amount
of Contingent Interest, if any, payable by the Company.
Section 3.04
. Payment of Contingent Interest. Subject to
Section 3.01 hereof, Contingent Interest for any semiannual
interest payment period shall be paid by the Company on the
applicable Interest Payment Date to the Holder in whose name any
Security is registered on the Security Register at the close of
business on the corresponding Record Date. Contingent Interest on
the Securities shall be computed (i) for any full semiannual
period for which Contingent Interest is calculated, on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, (ii) for any period
shorter than a full semiannual period for which Contingent Interest
is calculated, on the basis of a 30-day month and (iii) for
such periods of less than a month, the actual number of days
elapsed over a 30-day month. Contingent Interest due under this
Article 3 shall be treated for all purposes of this Indenture
like any other interest accruing on the Securities.
Section 3.05
. Contingent Interest Notification. By the third Business
Day of a semiannual interest payment period for which Contingent
Interest specified in Section 3.02(a) will be paid, the
Company will disseminate a press release through Reuters Economic
Services and Bloomberg Business News stating that Contingent
Interest will be paid on the Securities and
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identifying
such semiannual interest payment period as the semiannual interest
payment period for which such Contingent Interest will be
paid.
Section 3.06.
Defaulted Amounts . Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date by
virtue of its having been such Holder but shall accrue interest per
annum at the interest rate borne by the Securities, subject to the
enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including,
such relevant payment date until, but excluding, such Defaulted
Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election in
each case, as provided in subsection (a) or
(b) below:
(a) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the
Persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close
of business on a special record date for the payment of such
Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Security and the
date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than
25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice,
unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the
same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in
this subsection provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such
special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address
as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days
prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor
having been so mailed, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close
of business on such special record date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following subsection (b) of this
Section 3.06.
(b) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Securities may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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Section 4.01
. Agreement of Subordination. The Company covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by its
acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all
Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Article 4; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon
original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof,
accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment of the
principal of and interest on all Securities (including, but not
limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to the Securities subject to
redemption or repurchase in accordance with Articles 6 and 7,
respectively, and the payment of any cash upon conversion in
accordance with Article 8) issued hereunder shall, to the
extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash or
other payment satisfactory to the holders of all Senior Debt,
whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred.
No provision of
this Article 4 shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default hereunder.
Section 4.02
. Payments to Holders. No payment shall be made with respect
to the principal of or interest on the Securities (including, but
not limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to the Securities subject to
redemption or purchase in accordance with Articles 6 and 7,
respectively, and any payment of cash upon conversion in accordance
with Article 8), except payments and distributions made by the
Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of
Section 4.05, if:
(a) the Company
defaults in its obligation to pay principal, premium, interest or
other amounts on any Senior Debt, including a default under any
redemption or repurchase obligation, and the default continues
beyond any grace period that the Company has to make these payments
(a “ Payment Default ”); or
(b) any other
default (a “ Non-Payment Default ”) occurs and
is continuing on any Designated Senior Debt and (i) the
default permits holders of the Designated Senior Debt (or any
Representative) to accelerate its maturity and (ii) a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives a notice (a “
Payment Blockage Notice ”) of the default from the
Company, the holder of such Designated Senior Debt or a
Representative of such Designated Senior Debt.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, following the delivery of a Payment Blockage Notice,
no new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered and no new period
of payment blockage with respect to the Securities may begin until
both (i) 365 consecutive days have elapsed since the
effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and
(ii) all scheduled payments of principal of and interest on
the Securities that have come due have been paid in full in
cash.
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No Non-Payment
Default that existed on the date of delivery of any Payment
Blockage Notice with respect to the Designated Senior Debt whose
holders delivered the Payment Blockage Notice may be made the basis
of a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice by the holders of such
Designated Senior Debt, whether or not within a period of 365
consecutive days.
The Company may
and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect of the
Securities upon:
(1) in the case of
a Payment Default, the date upon which the default is cured or
waived or ceases to exist, or
(2) in the case of
a Non-Payment Default with respect to Designated Senior Debt, the
earlier of (x) the date on which such Non-Payment Default is
cured or waived or ceases to exist, in each case, as and to the
extent permitted under the documentation for the Designated Senior
Debt, and (y) 179 days after the date on which the
applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received, in each case,
unless the maturity of the Designated Senior Debt has been
accelerated or this Article 4 otherwise prohibits the payment
or distribution at the time of such payment or
distribution.
Upon any
acceleration of the Principal due on the Securities as a result of
an Event of Default or payment by the Company or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary, marshaling of assets, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceedings, all principal, premium, if any, interest
and other amounts due on all Senior Debt shall be paid in full in
cash, or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt
before any payment of cash, property or securities is made on
account of the principal of or interest on, or with respect to the
conversion of, the Securities (except, to the extent required by
applicable law, payments made pursuant to Article 13 from
monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to
commencement of proceedings for such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Company, marshaling of assets,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings); and upon
any such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of
the Company, marshaling of assets, assignment for the benefit of
creditors or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceedings, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets
of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this
Article 4, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company
or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by
the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this
Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of
Senior Debt ( pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective amounts of Senior Debt held by such holders, or as
otherwise required by law or a court order) or their representative
or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior
Debt may have been issued, as their respective
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interests may
appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full in
cash, or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of Senior Debt, before any payment or distribution
is made to the Holders of the Securities or to the
Trustee.
For purposes of
this Article 4, the words, “cash, property or
securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of Capital
Stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of
the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article 4
with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Debt
which may at the time be outstanding; provided that
(i) the Senior Debt is assumed by the new corporation, if any,
resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and
(ii) the rights of the holders of Senior Debt (other than
leases which are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation,
as the case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders,
altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation
of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another
corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all its property to another corporation upon the
terms and conditions provided for in Article 10 shall not be
deemed to be a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization, marshaling of assets, assignment for the benefit of
creditors or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding for the purposes of this Section 4.02 if such other
corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with the conditions stated in
Article 10.
In the event that,
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (including, without
limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the
foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities before all Senior Debt is paid in full, in cash or other
payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, or provision is
made for such payment thereof in accordance with its terms in cash
or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, such
payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of
and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Debt
or their Representative or Representatives, as their respective
interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application
to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full, in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt or their Representative,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of such Senior Debt.
Nothing in this
Section 4.02 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 11.07. This
Section 4.02 shall be subject to the further provisions of
Section 4.05.
Section 4.03
. Subrogation of Securities. Subject to the payment in full,
in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Debt, of all Senior Debt, the rights of the Holders of the
Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or
distributions made to the
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holders of such
Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4
(equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the
Company which by its express terms is subordinated to other
indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the
Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the
Company applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of and
interest on the Securities shall be paid in full in cash or other
payment satisfactory to the Holders of Securities; and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the
holders of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to
which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the provisions of this Article 4, and no
payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4, to
or for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt by Holders of the
Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Debt; and no payment or distribution of cash,
property or securities to or for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this
Article 4, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders
of Senior Debt shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or
for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the
provisions of this Article 4 are and are intended solely for
the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Debt, on
the other hand.
Nothing contained
in this Article 4 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company,
its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the
Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities
the principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms
and this Indenture, or to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the
consideration due upon conversion of such Securities in accordance
with this Indenture, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the
Company other than the holders of the Senior Debt.
Upon any payment
or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this
Article 4, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 11.01, and the Holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy,
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such
payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders
of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the
Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article 4.
Section 4.04
. Authorization to Effect Subordination. Each Holder of a
Security by the Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination as provided in this
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Article 4
and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 4.05
. Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee and to any Paying Agent of any
fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any
payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Article 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article 4 or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any
facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 4, unless and until a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
at the applicable Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the
form of an Officers’ Certificate) or a Representative or a
Holder or Holders of Senior Debt or from any trustee thereof; and
before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of Section 11.01, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided that,
if on a date not less than two Business Days prior to the date upon
which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for
any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the
principal of or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not
have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for
in this Section 4.05, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the
purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by
any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such prior date. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 4 to
the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to
the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to
Article 13, and any such payment shall not be subject to the
provisions of this Article 4.
The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 11.01, shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a
Representative or a person representing himself to be a holder of
Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish
that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of
Senior Debt. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith
that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 4, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 4,
and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 4.06
. Trustee’s Relation to Senior Debt. The Trustee in
its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth in this Article 4 in respect of any Senior Debt at any
time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Debt, and nothing in Section 11.13 or elsewhere in this Indenture
shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
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With respect to
the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to
observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article 4, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of
Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions of Section 11.01,
the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it
shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or
any other Person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt
shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 4 or otherwise,
unless payment of such amounts is prohibited under this
Article 4 and the Trustee shall have received notice provided
for in Section 4.05.
Section 4.07
. No Impairment of Subordination. No right of any present or
future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by
any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and
covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof
which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged
with.
Section 4.08
. No Impairment of Conversion Right. Nothing contained in
this Article 4 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company,
its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the Holders,
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of
any Security to convert such Security in accordance with
Article 8.
Section 4.09
. Article Applicable to Paying Agents. If at any time
any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed
by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term
“Trustee” as used in this Article 4 shall (unless
the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and
including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all
intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article 4 in addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided , however, that the first paragraph of
Section 4.05 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying
Agent.
Section 4.10
. Senior Debt Entitled to Rely. The holders of Senior Debt
(including, without limitation, Designated Senior Debt) shall have
the right to rely upon this Article 4, and no amendment or
modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the
rights of such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in
writing thereto.
Section 5.01
. Payments and Deliveries. The Company shall duly and
punctually make all payments and deliveries in respect of the
Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this
Indenture.
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Any payments or
deliveries made or due pursuant to this Indenture shall be
considered paid or delivered on the applicable date due if by
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date the Paying Agent
holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash (and Common Shares
deliverable following conversion, if applicable) or consideration
sufficient to satisfy all such amounts then due. Payment of the
principal of and interest on the Securities shall be in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts.
Section 5.02
. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency in the United States where Securities
may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served, which shall initially
be the Corporate Trust Office. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
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 one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for
any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided , however , that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United
States for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of
any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section 5.03
. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in
Section 11.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be
a Trustee hereunder.
Section 5.04
. Money and Common Shares for Payments and Deliveries on
Securities to be Held in Trust. If the Company (or any
Subsidiary of the Company) shall at any time act as Paying Agent,
then such Paying Agent shall, on or before each due date of any
payment in respect of any of the Securities, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to make the payment so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever the
Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to
each due date of any payment in respect of any Securities, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum
to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless
such
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Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company shall
cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section 5.04, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a
Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any Default by
the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the
making of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.
The Company may at
any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by
Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which
such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon
such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the
Company, in trust for the making of payments in respect of any
Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such payment
has become due shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however ,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, shall at the expense of the Company cause
to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to
the Company. In the absence of a written request from the Company
to return funds remaining unclaimed for two years after such
payment has become due to t
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