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Title: SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 4/29/2009
Industry: Insurance (Prop. and Casualty)     Sector: Financial

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, Parties: old republic international corp
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Exhibit 4.1

 

OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

as Issuer

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

as Trustee

Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of April 29, 2009

Supplemental to Indenture

Dated as of August 15, 1992

8.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 1

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01. Scope of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

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SECTION 1.02. Definitions

 

 

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ARTICLE 2

 

 

 

 

THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01. Title and Terms; Payments

 

 

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SECTION 2.02. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.03. CUSIP Numbers

 

 

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SECTION 2.04. Reporting Requirement

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

 

 

 

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND PURCHASES THEREUPON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price

 

 

12

 

SECTION 3.05. Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part

 

 

13

 

SECTION 3.06. Covenant to Comply With Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes

 

 

13

 

SECTION 3.07. Repayment to the Company

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

 

 

 

CONVERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01. Right to Convert

 

 

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SECTION 4.02. Conversion Procedures

 

 

13

 

SECTION 4.03. Payments Upon Conversion

 

 

15

 

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

 

 

24

 

SECTION 4.07. Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

 

 

26

 

SECTION 4.08. Taxes on Shares Issued

 

 

28

 

SECTION 4.09. Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance With Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock

28

 

SECTION 4.10. Responsibility of Trustee

 

 

28

 

SECTION 4.11. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.12. Stockholder Rights Plan

 

 

30

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

 

 

 

REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01. Events of Default

 

 

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SECTION 5.02. Additional Interest

 

 

31

 

SECTION 5.03. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

 

32

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

34

 

ARTICLE 7

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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ARTICLE 8

 

 

 

 

INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

35

 

SECTION 8.03. Prior Indentures Supplemental to Original Indenture Excluded

 

 

35

 

SECTION 8.04. Articles Thirteen and Fourteen of Original Indenture

 

 

35

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.04. Trust Indenture Act

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.05. Benefits of Indenture

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.06. Calculations

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.07. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.08. Execution in Counterparts

 

 

36

 

SECTION 9.09. Severability

 

 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A            Form of Note

 

 

A-1

 

Exhibit B            Form of Notice of Conversion

 

 

B-1

 

Exhibit C            Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice

 

 

C-1

 

Exhibit D            Form of Assignment and Transfer

 

 

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 ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     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.

     “ Additional Shares ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a).

     “ Agent Members ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

     “ 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).

     “ Conversion Price ” means, in respect of each Note, as of any date, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.

     “ 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.

     “ 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).

     “ Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

     “ Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a)(i).

     “ 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.

     “ 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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ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES

     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.

ARTICLE 4
CONVERSION

     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:

CR 1 = CR0 x      OS 1      

OS 0

where,

 

 

 

CR 0 =

 

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;

 

 

 

CR 1 =

 

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date;

 

 

 

OS 0 =

 

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

 

 

 

OS 1 =

 

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

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:

CR 1 = CR 0 x       OS 0 + X     

OS 0 + Y

where,

 

 

 

CR 0 =

 

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

 

 

CR 1 =

 

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

 

 

OS 0 =

 

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

 

 

X =

 

the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable

 

 

pursuant to such rights or warrants; and

 

 

 

Y =

 

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.

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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