OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
Dated as of April 29,
2009
Supplemental to
Indenture
Dated as of August 15,
1992
8.00% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2012
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
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SECTION 1.01. Scope of Supplemental
Indenture
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SECTION 1.02. Definitions
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SECTION 2.01. Title and Terms;
Payments
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SECTION 2.02. Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Notes
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SECTION 2.03. CUSIP Numbers
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SECTION 2.04. Reporting
Requirement
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND PURCHASES
THEREUPON
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SECTION 3.01. Purchase at Option of Holders
Upon a Fundamental Change
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SECTION 3.02. Effect of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice
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SECTION 3.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice
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SECTION 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change
Purchase Price
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SECTION 3.05. Notes Purchased in Whole or in
Part
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SECTION 3.06. Covenant to Comply With
Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes
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SECTION 3.07. Repayment to the
Company
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SECTION 4.01. Right to Convert
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SECTION 4.02. Conversion
Procedures
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SECTION 4.03. Payments Upon
Conversion
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SECTION 4.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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SECTION 4.05. Certain Other
Adjustments
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SECTION 4.06. Adjustments Upon Certain
Fundamental Changes
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SECTION 4.07. Effect of Recapitalization,
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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SECTION 4.08. Taxes on Shares
Issued
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SECTION 4.09. Reservation of Shares; Shares
to be Fully Paid; Compliance With Governmental Requirements;
Listing of Common Stock
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SECTION 4.10. Responsibility of
Trustee
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SECTION 4.11. Notice to Holders Prior to
Certain Actions
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SECTION 4.12. Stockholder Rights
Plan
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SECTION 5.01. Events of
Default
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SECTION 5.02. Additional
Interest
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SECTION 5.03. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 6.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
the Supplemental Indenture
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SECTION 6.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in
Trust by Trustee
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SECTION 6.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies
Held
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SECTION 6.04. Return of Unclaimed
Monies
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SECTION 6.05. Reinstatement
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SECTION 7.01. Amendments or Supplements
Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 7.02. Amendments, Supplements or
Waivers With Consent of Holders
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INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
INDENTURE
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SECTION 8.01. Limitations on Liens on Stock
of Principal Insurance Subsidiaries
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SECTION 8.02. Limitations on Issue or
Disposition of Stock of Principal Insurance
Subsidiaries
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SECTION 8.03. Prior Indentures Supplemental
to Original Indenture Excluded
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SECTION 8.04. Articles Thirteen and Fourteen
of Original Indenture
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SECTION 9.01. Governing Law
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SECTION 9.02. Payments on Business
Days
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SECTION 9.03. No Security Interest
Created
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SECTION 9.04. Trust Indenture
Act
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SECTION 9.05. Benefits of
Indenture
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SECTION 9.06. Calculations
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SECTION 9.07. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
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SECTION 9.08. Execution in
Counterparts
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SECTION 9.09. Severability
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A-1
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Exhibit B Form
of Notice of Conversion
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B-1
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Exhibit C Form
of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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C-1
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Exhibit D Form
of Assignment and Transfer
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D-1
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of April 29, 2009, between Old Republic
International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company, ” which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), and Wilmington Trust
Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (the
“Trustee” ) under the Indenture dated as of
August 15, 1992, between the Company and the Trustee (as
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof, the “ Original Indenture
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company executed and delivered the Original Indenture to the
Trustee to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from time
to time, of the Company’s unsecured Debt Securities, in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be
established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered
as provided in, the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS,
Section 901(5) of the Original Indenture provides for the
Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to
the Original Indenture to establish the form and terms of Debt
Securities of any series as contemplated by Sections 201 and
301 of the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company
to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Original Indenture, the Company desires to
establish a new series of its Debt Securities to be known as its
“8.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012” (the “
Notes ”), the form and substance of such Notes and the
terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as
provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Form
of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note
and the Form of Notice of Conversion, Form of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice and Form of Assignment and Transfer contemplated
under the terms of the Notes are to be substantially in the forms
hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, the
Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make
(i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in
accordance with its terms, and (ii) the Notes, when executed
by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the
valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been
duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of
the premises and the purchases of the Notes 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 Notes, as
follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01.
Scope of Supplemental Indenture . The changes, modifications
and supplements to the Original Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to,
and shall only govern the terms of, the Notes, which may be issued
from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Debt Securities
that may be issued under the Original Indenture unless a
supplemental indenture with respect to such other Debt Securities
specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and
supplements. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall
supersede any corresponding provisions in the Original
Indenture.
SECTION 1.02.
Definitions . For all purposes of the Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(i) the terms
defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(ii) all words,
terms and phrases defined in the Original Indenture (but not
otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the
Original Indenture;
(iii) all other
terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted at the date of this instrument; and
(v) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02.
“
Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
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Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(a).
“ Agent
Members ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02.
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Business Day ” means, with respect to any Note, any
day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks
or trust companies in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to be closed.
“ Clause
A Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
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“ Clause
B Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Clause
C Distribution ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ close
of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
“ Common
Stock ” means the shares of common stock, par value $1.00
per share, of the Company as such shares of common stock exist on
the date of this Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section
4.07.
“
Conversion Agent ” means the Trustee or such other
office or agency designated by the Company where Notes may be
presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent shall initially be
the Trustee.
“
Conversion Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“
Conversion Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
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Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each Note, as
of any date, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such
date.
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Conversion Rate ” means, initially, 86.8056 shares of
Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to
adjustment as set forth herein.
“
Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Notes (so long as the Notes constitute Global
Notes), or any successor entity.
“
Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company until
a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter
“Depositary” shall mean such successor
Depositary.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(c).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Ex-Dividend Date ” means, in respect of any dividend
or distribution, the first date upon which the shares of Common
Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market
(used to determine the Last Reported Sale Price), regular way,
without the right to receive such dividend or
distribution.
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Fundamental Change ” will be deemed to have occurred
at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the
following occurs:
(1) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its
Subsidiaries, and its and their employee benefit plans, has become
the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined
in
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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;
(2) consummation
of any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company or
any other transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which
the Common Stock 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 a transaction where 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;
(3) the
Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(4) the Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on a national securities
exchange in the United States.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Fundamental Change as a result of clause
(2) above will not be deemed to have occurred if 100% of the
consideration received or to be received by the holders of the
Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in
connection with the transaction or transactions constituting the
Fundamental Change consists of Publicly Traded Securities and as a
result of such transaction or transactions the Notes become
convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash
payments for fractional shares.
“
Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(b).
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Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
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Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a)(i).
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Fundamental Change Purchase Price ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
“ Global
Note ” means any registered Note that is in global
form.
“
Indenture ” means the Original Indenture, as
originally executed and as supplemented from time to time by one or
more indentures supplemental thereto, including this Supplemental
Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Indenture, 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 the
Original Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such
supplemental indenture, respectively.
“ Initial
Dividend Threshold ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(d)(i).
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“ Initial
Notes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
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Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to the
payment of interest on the Notes, each May 15 and November 15
of each year.
“ Last
Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date
means the closing sale price per share of Common Stock (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 Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not
listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange on the relevant date, the “ Last Reported Sale
Price ” shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common
Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as
reported by Pink Sheets LLC or a similar organization. If the
Common Stock is not so quoted, the “ Last Reported Sale
Price ” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last
bid and ask prices for the Common Stock 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 (determined after
giving effect to any exceptions or exclusions to such definition,
but without regard to the proviso in clause (2) of the
definition thereof).
“Merger
Common Stock” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(c)(i).
“Merger
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“Merger
Valuation Percentage” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(d)(i).
“Merger
Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(d)(ii).
“
Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning
specified in the fourth paragraph of the recitals of this
Supplemental Indenture, and shall include any Additional Notes
issued pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
“ open of
business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City
time).
“
Original Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the
first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
“ Paying
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Original
Indenture, which shall initially be the Trustee, and shall be the
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal amount of,
interest on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price of, any Notes on
behalf of the Company.
“
Physical Notes ” means certificated Notes that are not
in global form and are registered Notes issued in denominations of
$1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof.
“ Place
of Payment ” means, for purposes of the Notes, New York,
New York.
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Publicly Traded Securities ” means, in respect of a
transaction described in clause (2) of the definition of
Fundamental Change, shares of common stock traded on the New York
Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Global
Select Market (or any or their respective successors) or which will
be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with a
Fundamental Change.
“
Reference Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“ Regular
Record Date ” means, with respect to the payment of
interest on the Notes, the May 1 (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on May 15 and
the November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date on November 15.
“
Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled
to be a Trading Day on the principal United States national or
regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is
listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so
listed or admitted for trading, “ Scheduled Trading
Day ” means a Business Day.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any Note and the
payment of the principal amount thereof, May 15,
2012.
“ Stock
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(c).
“ Trading
Day ” means a day on which (i) trading in the Common
Stock generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the
Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on
the principal other United States national or regional securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common
Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional
securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the
Common Stock is then traded, and (ii) a Last Reported Sale
Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange
or market. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a
closing sale price must be determined) is not so listed or traded,
“ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.
“ Trigger
Event ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“
Underwriters ” means the underwriters named in the
Underwriting Agreement.
“
Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting
Agreement, dated April 23, 2009, entered into by the Company
and the Underwriters in connection with the sale of the
Notes.
“
U.S. ” means the United States of America.
“
Valuation Period ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
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SECTION 2.01.
Title and Terms; Payments . There is hereby established a
series of Debt Securities designated the “8.00% Convertible
Senior Notes due 2012” initially limited in aggregate
principal amount to $316,250,000, which amount shall be as set
forth in a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Original
Indenture.
The principal
amount of Notes then outstanding shall be payable at Stated
Maturity.
The Company may,
without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, hereafter issue
additional notes (“ Additional Notes ”) under
the Indenture with the same terms and with the same CUSIP number as
the Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture (the
“Initial Notes” ) in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount; provided that such Additional Notes must
be part of the same issue as the Initial Notes for federal income
tax purposes. Any such Additional Notes shall constitute a single
series together with the Initial Notes for all purposes hereunder,
including, without limitation, for purposes of any waivers,
supplements or amendments to the Indenture requiring the approval
of Holders of the Notes and any offers to purchase the
Notes.
The Form of Note,
the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer shall be
substantially as set forth in Exhibits A, B, C and D, respectively,
hereto, which are incorporated into and shall be deemed a part of
this Supplemental Indenture, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the
rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined to be necessary or appropriate by the officers of the
Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of
the Notes.
The Company shall
pay the principal of and interest on any Global Note in immediately
available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may
be, as the registered Holder of such Global Note and shall make all
such payments in accordance with the procedures of the
Depositary.
The Company shall
pay the principal of any Physical Notes at the office or agency
designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has
initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Debt
Security Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New
York, New York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment
or for registration of transfer. The Company may, however, change
the Paying Agent or Debt Security Registrar for the Notes without
prior notice to the Holders thereof, and the Company may act as
Paying Agent or Debt Security Registrar for the Notes. Interest on
any Physical Notes will be payable (i) to Holders of Physical
Notes having an aggregate principal amount of Notes of $5,000,000
or less, by check mailed to the Holders of such Notes at their
address in the Debt Security Register and (ii) to Holders
having an aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes in excess of
$5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder at its address in
the Debt Security Register or, upon
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application by
a Holder to the Debt Security Registrar not later than the relevant
Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available
funds to that Holder’s account within the United States,
which application shall remain in effect until that Holder
notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.
SECTION 2.02.
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . (a) The Notes
initially shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes
without interest coupons (i) registered in the name of Cede
& Co., as nominee of the Depositary and (ii) delivered to
the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.
Members of, or
participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members
”) shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture or
the Original Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on
their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or
under the Global Note, and Cede & Co., or such other Person
designated by the Depositary as its nominee, may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as
the absolute owner of the Global Note 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 Global Notes 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 Note may be
transferred or exchanged, in whole or in part, for Physical Notes,
only if: (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time
that it is unwilling or unable to continue in its capacity as
Depositary for the Notes, or the Depositary ceases to be registered
as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, a
successor Depositary is not appointed within 60 days or
(ii) if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has
occurred and is continuing, in each case in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depositary. Other than as set forth in
this Section 2.02(b), the Notes shall remain in global form as
Global Notes.
(c) In
connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the
beneficial interest in the Global Note to beneficial owners
pursuant to Section 2.02(b), the Debt Security Registrar shall
(if one or more Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its
books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount
of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of
the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount. In
connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to
beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.02(b), the Global Note
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 Note, an
equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized
denominations and the same tenor.
(d) Physical
Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.02 shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Note,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants
or otherwise,
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shall instruct
the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. The Trustee
or such agent shall deliver such Physical Notes to or as directed
by the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so
registered.
(e) The
Holder of Global Notes 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 Supplemental Indenture, Original
Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 2.03.
CUSIP Numbers . In issuing the Notes, the Company may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders of the Notes;
provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers as
printed on the Notes and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the “CUSIP” numbers of the Notes.
SECTION 2.04.
Reporting Requirement . The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and
of the information, documents and other reports, if any, that the
Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any
grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act),
and the Company shall otherwise comply with the requirements of
Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a). The Trustee agrees that
any quarterly or annual report or other information, document or
other report that the Company files with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on the
Commission’s EDGAR system shall constitute delivery of the
same to the Trustee. The Trustee does not have the duty to review
such information, documents or reports, is not considered to have
notice of the content of such information, documents or reports and
does not have a duty to verify the accuracy of such information,
documents or reports.
ARTICLE 3
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND PURCHASES THEREUPON
SECTION 3.01.
Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change .
(a) Generally . If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time,
then each Holder of Notes shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash
any or all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the
principal amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple of
$1,000, on a date specified by the Company that is no earlier than
the 20th calendar day following the date of, and no later than the
35th calendar day following the date of, delivery of the
Fundamental Change Company Notice (as defined below) (the “
Fundamental Change Purchase Date ”), at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change
Purchase Price ”); provided , however, that if a
Fundamental Change Purchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and
on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular
Record Date relates, the interest payable in respect of such
Interest Payment Date shall be payable to the Holders of record as
of the corresponding Regular Record Date and the Fundamental Change
Purchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal
amount
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of the Notes to
be purchased pursuant to this Article 3. The requirement for
the Company to purchase any Notes on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date will be subject to extension to comply with
applicable law.
Purchases of Notes
under this Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of the
Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to
the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the
“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” ) in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Note as Exhibit C
thereto, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the
Depositary’s procedures for tendering interests in Global
Notes, if the Notes are not Physical Notes, in each case prior to
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date ; and
(ii) delivery of
the Notes, in the case of Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent
appointed by the Company (together with all necessary endorsements
for transfer), or book-entry transfer of the Notes, in compliance
with the procedures of the Depositary, such delivery or transfer
being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price therefor.
The Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased
shall state:
(i) if such Notes
are Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of such
Notes;
(ii) the portion
of the principal amount of such Notes, which must be $1,000 or a
multiple thereof; and
(iii) that such
Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture;
provided , however , that if such Notes are in
global form, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must also
comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the
Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by
this Section 3.01 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole
or in part, such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice at any time
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date by delivery of a
written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 3.03 below.
The Paying Agent
shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.
(b)
Fundamental Change Company Notice . On or before the 20th
calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the
Company shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes, the
Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of any Paying Agent other
than the Trustee) a notice (the “ Fundamental Change
Company Notice ”) of the occurrence of such
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Fundamental
Change and of the purchase right at the option of the Holders
arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be sent by first
class mail or, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with
the procedures of the Depositary for providing notices.
Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company
Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing the
information included therein in a newspaper of general circulation
in New York, New York or shall publish such information on the
Company’s website or through such other public medium as the
Company may use at such time.
Each Fundamental
Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the events
causing a Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of
the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last
date on which a Holder of Notes may exercise the repurchase right
pursuant to this Article 3;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
(vi) the name and
address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if
applicable;
(vii) if
applicable, the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to
the applicable Conversion Rate;
(viii) if
applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be
converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice in accordance with the Indenture; and
(ix) the
procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to
purchase their Notes.
No failure of the
Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the purchase rights of the Holders of Notes or affect the
validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant
to this Section 3.01.
(c) No
Payment During Events of Default. There shall be no purchase of
any Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01 if there has occurred
and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes
(other than an Event of Default that is cured by the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes). The Paying Agent
will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical
Notes held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default that is cured by the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to the Notes) and
shall deem canceled any instructions for book-entry transfer of the
Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in which
case,
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upon such
return and cancellation, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn.
SECTION 3.02.
Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice . Upon receipt
by the Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
specified in Section 3.01 hereof, the Holder of the Note in
respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given
shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn
in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof) thereafter be entitled
to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price in cash
with respect to such Note. Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price
shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the
Paying Agent, on the later of (x) the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date with respect to such Note ( provided the
conditions in Section 3.01 hereof have been satisfied) and
(y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note
to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by
Section 3.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.03.
Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice . A
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in
part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the
Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company
Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
specifying:
(i) the principal
amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted;
(ii) if Physical
Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes; and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the
original Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which portion must be
in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000;
provided ,
however , that if Physical Notes have not been issued, the
notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the
Depositary.
The Paying Agent
will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical
Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this
Section 3.03.
SECTION 3.04.
Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price . Prior to
11:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall
segregate and hold in trust as provided herein) an amount of money
(in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day)
sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the
Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date. If the Paying Agent holds cash
sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the
Notes for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been
tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Supplemental
Indenture on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then as of
such
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Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, (a) such Notes will cease to be
outstanding and interest will cease to accrue thereon (whether or
not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or such Notes have
been delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights
of the Holders in respect thereof will terminate (other than the
right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and
previously accrued and unpaid interest upon delivery or book-entry
transfer of such Notes).
SECTION 3.05.
Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part . Any Note that is to be
purchased, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the
office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires in the case of Physical Notes, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such
Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes,
of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the
portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is
not purchased.
SECTION 3.06.
Covenant to Comply With Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of
Notes . In connection with any offer to purchase Notes under
Section 3.01 hereof, the Company shall, in each case if
required, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and
any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then
be applicable, (ii) file a Schedule TO or any other
required schedule under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise
comply with all federal and state securities laws so as to permit
the rights and obligations under Section 3.01 to be exercised
in the time and in the manner specified in
Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.07.
Repayment to the Company . To the extent that the aggregate
amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.04 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase
Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is
obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
then, following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Paying
Agent shall promptly return any such excess to the
Company.
SECTION 4.01.
Right to Convert . (a) Subject to and upon compliance
with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, each Holder of
Notes shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to
convert the principal amount of any such Notes, or any portion of
such principal amount equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000
thereof, at the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date
for such Notes, at any time prior to the close of business on the
second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding May 15,
2012.
(b) Notes may
not be converted after the close of business on the second
Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding May 15,
2012.
SECTION 4.02.
Conversion Procedures . (a) Each Note shall be
convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if
applicable, in accordance with the procedures of the
Depositary.
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(b) In order
to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest
in a Global Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate
instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositary’s
book-entry conversion program, furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents if required by the Company or the Conversion
Agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by Section 4.03(c) and
any taxes or duties if required pursuant to Section 4.08, and
the Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in
accordance with the customary practice of the Depositary. In order
to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any Physical
Notes, the Holder of any such Notes to be converted, in whole or in
part, shall:
(i) complete and
manually sign the conversion notice provided on the back of the
Note (the “Conversion Notice” ) or a facsimile
of the Conversion Notice;
(ii) deliver the
Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the
Conversion Agent;
(iii) if required,
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents,
(iv) make any
payment required under Section 4.03(c); and
(v) if required,
pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in
Section 4.08.
The date on
which the Holder satisfies all of the applicable requirements set
forth above is the “ Conversion Date .” The
Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in any event
within two (2) Business Days of the receipt thereof, provide
the Company with notice of any conversion by a Holder of the
Notes.
(c) Each
Conversion Notice shall state the name or names (with address or
addresses) in which any certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be
issued. All such Notes surrendered for conversion shall, unless the
shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as
the registration of such Notes, be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company duly executed by, the Holder or his duly authorized
attorney.
(d) In case
any Notes of a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be
surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the
Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized
denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.
Each conversion
shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or
portion thereof) surrendered for conversion on the relevant
Conversion Date. The person in whose name the certificate or
certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock, that shall
be issuable upon such conversion shall become the Holder of record
of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on such
Conversion Date.
(e) Upon the
conversion of an interest in Global Notes, the Trustee (or other
Conversion Agent appointed by the Company) shall make a notation on
such Global Notes as to the reduction in the principal amount
represented thereby. The Company shall notify the
Trustee
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in writing of
any conversions of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent
other than the Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Note in respect of which a Holder has delivered a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice exercising such Holder’s
option to require the Company to purchase such Note may be
converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in
accordance with Article 3 hereof prior to the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the relevant Fundamental
Change Purchase Date.
SECTION 4.03.
Payments Upon Conversion . (a) Upon any conversion of
any Notes, on the third Business Day immediately following the
Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the aggregate
principal amount of such Notes to be converted divided by $1,000,
multiplied by (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect as of
such Conversion Date, together with any cash payment for any
fractional share of Common Stock as described in this
Section 4.03 .
(b) Subject
to Section 4.03(c) below, upon conversion, Holders shall not
receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest
unless such conversion occurs between a Regular Record Date and the
Interest Payment Date to which it relates.
(c) Upon the
conversion of any Notes, the Holder will not be entitled to receive
any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest except to
the extent specified below. The Company’s delivery to the
Holder of cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock, if
applicable, together with any cash payment for any fractional share
of Common Stock, into which a Note is convertible will be deemed to
satisfy in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal
amount of the Notes so converted and accrued and unpaid interest
to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result, accrued
and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Conversion Date will
be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted
after the close of business on a Regular Record Date for the
payment of interest, Holders of such Notes at the close of business
on such Regular Record Date will receive the interest payable on
such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion
during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest
Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of
interest payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no
such payment need be made (i) for conversions following the
Regular Record Date immediately preceding May 15, 2012,
(ii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change
Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior
to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, or (iii) to the
extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at
the time of conversion with respect to such Note.
(d) The
Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of Notes. If multiple Notes shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares which shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on
the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or
specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so
surrendered. If any fractional share of stock would be issuable
upon the
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conversion of
any Notes, the Company shall make payment therefor in cash in lieu
of fractional shares of Common Stock based on the Last Reported
Sale Price on the related Conversion Date.
SECTION 4.04.
Adjustment of Conversion Rate . The Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following
events occurs, except that the Company will not make any adjustment
to the Conversion Rate if Holders of Notes participate, as a result
of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described under
Section 4.04(a) (but only with respect to stock dividends or
distributions), Section 4.04(b), Section 4.04(c), and
Section 4.04(d), at the same time as holders of the Common
Stock participate, without having to convert their Notes, as if
such Holders held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Conversion Rate in effect for such Notes immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such event.
(a) If the
Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Notes
are outstanding, exclusively issues shares of its Common Stock as a
dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, or if the
Company effects a share split or share combination, then the
Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following
formula:
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the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the
Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately
prior to the open of business on the effective date of such share
split or share combination, as applicable;
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the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such
Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date;
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the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of
business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date;
and
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the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to such dividend, distribution, share split or share
combination.
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Such adjustment
shall become effective immediately after the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the
effective date for such share split or share combination. If any
dividend or distribution of the type described in this
Section 4.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the
Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate
which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had
not been declared.
(b) If the
Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Notes
are outstanding, issues to all or substantially all holders of the
Common Stock any rights or warrants entitling them for a period of
not more than 60 calendar days after the announcement date of such
issuance to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at
a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive
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Trading-Day
period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of
announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted based on the following formula:
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the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the
Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;
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the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such
Ex-Dividend Date;
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the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of
business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
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the total
number of shares of Common Stock issuable
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pursuant to
such rights or warrants; and
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the number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to
exercise such rights or warrants divided by the average of
the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of
such rights or warrants.
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To the extent
such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration
or termination, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the
Conversion Rate which would be in effect had the adjustments made
upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis
of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock
actually delivered. In the event that such rights or warrants are
not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be
the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if the date fixed
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
rights or warrants had not been fixed. For the purposes of this
Section 4.04(b), in determining whether any rights or warrants
entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock at less than t
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