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Title: Seventh Supplemental Indenture
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/16/2009
Industry: Advertising     Sector: Services

Seventh Supplemental Indenture, Parties: interpublic group of companies  inc. or its agent for registration of transfer  exchange or payment  and any certificate issued in exchange for this security or any portion hereof is registered in the name of cede , suntrust bank , us bank national association
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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Copy

 

 

THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

 

Seventh Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of June 15, 2009

to the Senior Debt Indenture dated as of November 12, 2004

 

 

Creating a series of Securities designated

10.0% Senior Notes due 2017

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01

 

Provisions of the Base Indenture

 

2

SECTION 1.02

 

Definitions

 

2

ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01

 

Creation of Series; Establishment of Form

 

9

SECTION 2.02

 

Payment of Principal or Interest

 

11

SECTION 2.03

 

Optional Redemption by the Company

 

12

SECTION 2.04

 

Change of Control Offer

 

14

ARTICLE 3

GLOBAL SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01

 

Form

 

16

SECTION 3.02

 

Regulation S Global Securities

 

17

SECTION 3.03

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

17

ARTICLE 4

REMEDIES

SECTION 4.01

 

Additional Events of Default

 

30

SECTION 4.02

 

Amendment to Cross-Acceleration Provision

 

30

ARTICLE 5

REPORTS BY THE COMPANY

SECTION 5.01

 

Reports by the Company

 

31

ARTICLE 6

COVENANTS

SECTION 6.01

 

Limitations on Liens

 

32

 

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ARTICLE 7

WAIVER, MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS

SECTION 7.01

 

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

 

34

ARTICLE 8

RANKING

SECTION 8.01

 

Senior in Right of Payment

 

34

ARTICLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01

 

Integral Part

 

34

SECTION 9.02

 

Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation

 

35

SECTION 9.03

 

Counterparts

 

35

SECTION 9.04

 

GOVERNING LAW

 

35

SECTION 9.05

 

Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act

 

35

SECTION 9.06

 

Effect of Headings

 

35

SECTION 9.07

 

Severability of Provisions

 

35

SECTION 9.08

 

Successors and Assigns

 

35

SECTION 9.09

 

Benefit of Indenture

 

35

SECTION 9.10

 

Acceptance by Trustee

 

35

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Note

 

EX. A-1

Exhibit B

 

Form of Certificate of Transfer

 

EX. B-1

Exhibit C

 

Form of Certificate of Exchange

 

EX. C-1

Exhibit D

 

Form of Certificate From Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investor

 

EX. D-1

Exhibit E

 

Form of Free Transferability Certificate

 

EX. E-1

 

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SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 2009 between THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America and having a corporate trust office in Atlanta, Georgia, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to SunTrust Bank (to the interests of which as indenture trustee the Trustee has succeeded) a Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2004 (the “ Base Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(7) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may from time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form or terms of Securities of a new series;

WHEREAS, Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company may enter into supplemental indentures to establish the terms and provisions of a series of Securities issued pursuant to the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) to supplement the Base Indenture in so far as it will apply only to a series of Securities to be known as the Company’s “10.0% Senior Notes due 2017” (the “ Notes ”) issued hereunder (and not to any other series);

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to establish the Notes as a series of Securities under the Base Indenture and to provide for, among other things, the issuance of and the form and terms of the Notes for purposes of the Notes and the Holders thereof; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms.


NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01 Provisions of the Base Indenture .

Except insofar as herein otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, provisions, terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes and every Holder of Notes authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture shall be bound hereby.

SECTION 1.02 Definitions . For all purposes of the Indenture relating to the series of Securities (consisting of the Notes) created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires:

(a) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(c) each capitalized term that is used in this Supplemental Indenture but not defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Base Indenture;

(d) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(e) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

(f) the word “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term;

(g) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(h) references to payments on the Notes shall include Additional Interest payable under the Registration Rights Agreement, if any.

144A Global Security ” means a Global Security in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Security Legend and the Restricted Securities Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Securities sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

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Additional Interest ” means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; and

(2) the excess of:

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at July 15, 2013 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 2.03(f)(ii)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through July 15, 2013, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

(b) the principal amount of the Note.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Base Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “ Beneficially Owns ” and “ Beneficially Owned ” shall have corresponding meanings.

Board of Directors ” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or, except in the context of the definitions of “Change of Control” and “Continuing Directors,” a duly authorized committee thereof;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or, if the partnership has more than one general partner, the managing general partner of the partnership; and

(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

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Broker-Dealer ” means any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities.

Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

(2) the adoption by the Company’s shareholders of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution;

(3) the Company (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) becomes aware of the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or

(5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person.

Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

Change of Control Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

 

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Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg (formerly Cedel Bank, société anonyme), and any successor thereto.

Company ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, those members of the Board of Directors of the Company, each of whom (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(c)(ii).

Definitive Security ” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, and such Security shall not bear the Global Security Legend.

Depositary ” shall mean the Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.

Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. The term “Disqualified Stock” shall also include any options, warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature.

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or its successor.

Exchange Notes ” means the Securities issued in the Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 3.03(f) hereof.

Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Global Securities ” means with respect to the Notes issued hereunder, one or more global notes which are executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall bear the Global Security Legend.

 

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Global Security Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06 of the Base Indenture.

Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register.

Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

Indirect Participant ” means an entity that, with respect to The Depository Trust Company, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

Initial Purchasers ” means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC and Lloyds TSB Bank plc.

Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

Interest Payment Date ” means January 15 and July 15 of each year.

Interest Period ” means the period commencing on, and including, an Interest Payment Date for the Notes and ending on, and including, the day before the next succeeding Interest Payment Date for the Notes. The initial Interest Period shall commence on the Issue Date and end on January 14, 2010.

Issue Date ” means the date of this Supplemental Indenture.

Legended Regulation S Global Security ” means a Global Security in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Security Legend, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and the Restricted Securities Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Securities initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Securities for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Maturity ” means the date on which the principal of the Notes becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by call for redemption or otherwise.

Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Notes ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

 

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Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person.

Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company. The Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Notes issued hereunder.

Principal ,” “ Principal Amount ” or “ principal ” of a Note means the principal of the Note.

QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the Issue Date, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

Regular Record Date ” means January 1 and July 1 (whether or not a Business Day).

Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Security ” means a Legended Regulation S Global Security or an Unlegended Regulation S Global Security, as appropriate.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 3.03(h) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Legended Regulation S Global Securities issued under the Indenture.

Resale Restriction Termination Date ” means, for any Restricted Security (or beneficial interest therein) the date on which the Company instructs the Trustee in writing to remove the Restricted Securities Legend from the Restricted Security in accordance with the procedures described in this Supplemental Indenture (which instruction is expected to be given on or about the one-year anniversary of the issuance of such Restricted Security).

“Restricted Definitive Security ” means a Definitive Security bearing the Restricted Securities Legend.

Restricted Global Security ” means a Global Security bearing the Restricted Securities Legend.

 

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Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

Restricted Securities Legend ” means the legend containing the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 3.03(g)(i) hereof.

Restricted Security ” means a Restricted Definitive Security or a Restricted Global Security.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Securities ” has the meaning specified in the recitals.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Register ” means the register, in such office as the Company shall keep at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, in which the Company shall, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, provide for the registration of Securities and of registration of transfers of Securities.

Security Registrar ” means such Person appointed for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities in accordance with Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security Registrar.

Shelf Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement relating to registering the Notes under the Securities Act.

Special Redemption Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f)(iii).

Stated Maturity ” means July 15, 2017.

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

Tender Offers ” means the Company’s offers, commencing June 8, 2009, to purchase for cash (i) any and all of the Company’s 5.40% Notes due 2009 and (ii) up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.25% Notes due 2011 and the Company’s Floating Rate Notes due 2010.

Treasury Rate ” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to July 15, 2013; provided , however , that if the period from the Redemption Date to July 15, 2013 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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Trustee ” has the meaning provided in the recitals and, subject to the provisions of Article 6 of the Base Indenture, any successor to that person.

Unlegended Regulation S Global Security ” means a permanent Global Security in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Security Legend and the Restricted Securities Legend, deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee and issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding Principal Amount of the Legended Regulation S Global Security upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

Unrestricted Definitive Security ” means a Definitive Security that does not bear and is not required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

Unrestricted Global Security ” means a Global Security not bearing the Restricted Securities Legend.

U.S. Person ” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors of such person.

ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01 Creation of Series; Establishment of Form . In accordance with Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, there is hereby created a series of Securities under the Indenture entitled “10.0% Senior Notes due 2017”.

(a) The form of the Notes, including the form of the certificate of authentication, is attached hereto as Exhibit A .

(b) The Trustee shall authenticate or deliver the Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of the Notes. The Company may from time to time issue additional Notes in accordance with Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture. The Notes issued originally hereunder, together with any additional Notes subsequently issued, shall be treated as a single class for purposes of the Indenture.

(c) The aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes shall be due and payable at the Stated Maturity unless earlier repaid in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture.

(d) The outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 10.0% per annum, from June 15, 2009 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semiannually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing on January 15, 2010, and at Maturity, to the Person

 

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in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

(e) If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date or Maturity date is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional Interest), as applicable, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, except that if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. No interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date or the Maturity date, as the case may be, to the date payment is made.

(f) All amounts payable in connection with the Notes shall be denominated and payable in the lawful currency of the United States.

(g) The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company maintained for such purpose in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee.

(h) The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee, except that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any agent not a party to the Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of the Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent and any change in the address of such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Paying Agent, Security Registrar and/or agent for service of notices and demands, the Trustee shall act as such Paying Agent, Security Registrar or agent for service of notices and demands. The Company may remove any Paying Agent or Security Registrar upon written notice to such Paying Agent or Security Registrar and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Paying Agent or Security Registrar as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such successor and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Paying Agent or Security Registrar until the appointment of a successor agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or co-registrar.

(i) Article 12 of the Base Indenture shall have no force or effect in respect of, or application to, the Notes.

(j) The Base Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes only, by replacing the words, “other than the Securities of such series” with the words “other than the 10.0% Senior Notes due 2017” in paragraph (5) of Section 5.01.

 

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SECTION 2.02 Payment of Principal or Interest .

(a) Payments . Payments of principal and interest on the Notes shall be made in the manner provided for in the Notes.

(b) Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Security Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Security Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

(c) Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(i) Semiannual interest on any Notes that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any Notes shall be paid in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United States. In the case of a Global Security, semiannual interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Depositary, with respect to that portion of such Global Security held for its account by Cede & Co., for the purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in respect of such Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.

(ii) Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Notes, any semiannual interest on any Notes that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any applicable payment date (herein called “ Defaulted Interest, ” which term shall include any accrued and unpaid interest that has accrued on such defaulted amount in accordance with paragraph 1 of the Notes), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company as provided for in Section 3.07 of the Base Indenture.

(iii) Subject to the foregoing provisions of Section 2.02 of this Supplemental Indenture and Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, Notes delivered under this Supplemental Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Notes shall carry the rights to semiannual interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue interest, which were carried by such other Notes.

(d) Additional Interest under the Registration Rights Agreement . Under certain circumstances, the Company may be obligated to pay Additional Interest to Holders, all as and to the extent set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. The terms thereof are incorporated by reference herein and such Additional Interest is deemed to be interest for purposes of this Indenture.

(e) Sinking Fund . There shall be no sinking fund provided for the Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.03 Optional Redemption by the Company .

(a) Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee, Paying Agent and Holders . The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes pursuant to the redemption provisions of Section 2.03(f) hereof. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(f) hereof, it shall notify in writing the Trustee, Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes to be redeemed as provided in Section 2.03(c).

(b) Fewer Than All Outstanding Notes to Be Redeemed . If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in Principal Amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. In the case that the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed, the Trustee may effectuate such selection by lot, pro rata, or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. The Trustee will make such selection promptly following receipt of the notice of redemption from the Company provided pursuant to Section 2.03(c).

(c) Notice of Redemption . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(f), at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption by first-class mail to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as it appears on the Security Register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the redemption price;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such redemption price, interest, if any, on the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holder will be to receive payment of the redemption price upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent of the Notes;

(vi) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the certificate number and portion of the Principal Amount of such Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in Principal Amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

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(vii) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(viii) the CUSIP and ISIN number or numbers for the Notes called for redemption and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number that is listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s request, made at least five Business Days prior to the date upon which such notice is to be mailed, the Paying Agent shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense.

(d) Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 2.03(c) hereof, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price. Upon presentation and surrender to the Paying Agent, Notes called for redemption shall be paid at the redemption price as set forth in Section 2.03(f) hereof and in the Notes.

(e) Deposit of Redemption Price . On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money sufficient to pay the aggregate redemption price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) with respect to, all the Notes to be redeemed on that date other than the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered by the Company to the Security Registrar for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, as promptly as practicable, return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) with respect to, the Notes to be redeemed.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the redemption price and any accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

(f) Optional Redemption . Except as set forth below in this Section 2.03(f), the Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company.

(i) At any time prior to July 15, 2013, the Company may at its option redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Principal Amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

 

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(ii) On or after July 15, 2013, the Company may at its option redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of Principal Amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

  

Percentage

 

2013

  

105.000

2014

  

102.500

2015 and thereafter

  

100.000

(iii) If the terms, conduct or results of any of the Company’s Tender Offers are not satisfactory to the Company in its sole judgment, then the Company may at its option, at any time during the 30-day period commencing on the Issue Date (the “ Special Redemption Period ”), redeem (A) all or (B) a part of the Notes ( provided that, if less than all of the Notes are being redeemed, the Company may only redeem up to $200,000,000 in aggregate Principal Amount), upon not less than three Business Days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to the accreted value of the Notes to be redeemed as of the Redemption Date plus 1.0% of the Principal Amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. If, prior to the expiration of the Special Redemption Period, the Company determines in its sole judgment that the terms, conduct and results of such Tender Offers are satisfactory to the Company, then the Company shall make a public announcement to such effect and thereby waive its rights under this Section 2.03(f)(iii).

(g) With respect to the Notes only, Sections 11.02 through 11.06 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable.

SECTION 2.04 Change of Control Offer . (a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer payment (a “ Change of Control Payment ”) in cash equal to not less than 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, to the date of repurchase (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), which date will be no earlier than the date of the occurrence of such Change of Control.

(b) No later than 30 days following any occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to the Trustee and each Holder or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the

 

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Change of Control and offering to repurchase the Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in such notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. Such notice shall also state:

(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 2.04 and that all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;

(ii) the purchase price and the Change of Control Payment Date;

(iii) that any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(vi) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes, provided that the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the Principal Amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased; and

(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in Principal Amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in Principal Amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(c) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 2.04, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws or regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.04 by virtue of such compliance.

(d) On or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company.

(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in Principal Amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note shall be in a Principal Amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(f) The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.

(g) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.04 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

(h) If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Supplemental Indenture, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement has been executed by the time of making the Change of Control Offer.

(j) This Section 2.04 shall be applicable notwithstanding the applicability of any other provisions of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

GLOBAL SECURITIES

SECTION 3.01 Form . The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. The Company shall execute and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Global Security or Securities in the manner provided for in Article 2 of the Base Indenture.

 

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SECTION 3.02 Regulation S Global Securities .

(a) Regulation S Global Securities . Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Legended Regulation S Global Security, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Security shall automatically be exchanged for beneficial interests in Unlegended Regulation S Global Security pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. The aggregate Principal Amount of the Regulation S Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

(b) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream and this Indenture shall not govern such transfers.

SECTION 3.03 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities . Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.03, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Securities shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Securities if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company (A) that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Securities and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or (B) that it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities; provided that in no event shall the Legended Regulation S Global Securities be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Securities prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 3.04 and 3.06 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, pursuant to the Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security. A Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 3.03(a); provided , however , that beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged for beneficial interests in a Global Security as provided in Section 3.03(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

 

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(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Initial Purchasers). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 3.03(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.03(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Securities be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Security prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 3.03(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities

 

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contained in the Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the Principal Amount at maturity of the relevant Global Securities pursuant to Section 3.03(i) hereof.

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 3.03(b)(ii) above and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

(B) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Legended Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 3.03(b)(ii) above and:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

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(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with the Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the aggregate Principal Amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Securities .

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

 

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(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate Principal Amount of the applicable Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.03(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Restricted Definitive Security in the appropriate Principal Amount. Any Restricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(i) shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Legended Regulation S Global Security to Definitive Securities . A beneficial interest in the Legended Regulation S Global Security may not be exchanged for a Definitive Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security only if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an

 

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Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.03(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate Principal Amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.03(i) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Security in the appropriate Principal Amount. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(iv) shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests .

(i) Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities . If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Security proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in th


 
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