Exhibit 4.2
COINSTAR, INC.
as Issuer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
First Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of September 16,
2009
to Debt Securities
Indenture
Dated as of September 16,
2009
4.00% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G
ENERAL A PPLICATION
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Section 1.01.
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Scope of
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 1.02.
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Definitions
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Section 1.03.
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References
to Interest
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Section 1.04.
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References
to Principal
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ARTICLE 2
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T HE S
ECURITIES
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Section 2.01.
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Title and
Terms; Payments
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Section 2.02.
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Book-entry
Provisions for Global Notes
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Section 2.03.
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Reporting
Requirement
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Section 2.04.
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Repurchase
And Cancellation
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ARTICLE 3
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F UNDAMENTAL C HANGES AND P URCHASES T HEREUPON
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Section 3.01.
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Purchase at
Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
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Section 3.02.
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Effect of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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Section 3.03.
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Withdrawal
of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
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Section 3.04.
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Deposit of
Fundamental Change Purchase Price
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Section 3.05.
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Notes
Purchased in Whole or in Part
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Section 3.06.
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Covenant to
Comply with Applicable Laws
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Section 3.07.
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Repayment to
the Company
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ARTICLE 4
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C ONVERSION
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Section 4.01.
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Right to
Convert the Notes
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Section 4.02.
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Conversion
Procedures
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Section 4.03.
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Settlement
Upon Conversion
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Section 4.04.
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Adjustment
of Conversion Rate
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Section 4.05.
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Certain
Other Adjustments
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Section 4.06.
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Adjustment
to Shares Delivered Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Adjustment
Event
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Section 4.07.
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Effect of
Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or
Sale
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Section 4.08.
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Taxes on
Shares Issued
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Section 4.09.
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Reservation
of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance With Governmental
Requirements; Listing of Common Stock
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Section 4.10.
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Responsibility of Trustee
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Section 4.11.
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Notice to
Holders Prior to Certain Actions
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Section 4.12.
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Stockholder
Rights Plan
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ARTICLE 5
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R EMEDIES
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Section 5.01.
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Events of
Default
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Section 5.02.
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Additional
Interest
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ARTICLE 6
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S ATISFACTION A ND
D ISCHARGE
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Section 6.01.
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Article 4 of
the Original Indenture
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Section 6.02.
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Article 4 of
the Original Indenture
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Section 6.03.
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Deposited
Monies to be Held in Trust by Trustee
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Section 6.04.
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Paying Agent
to Repay Monies Held
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Section 6.05.
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 7
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S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES
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Section 7.01.
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 7.02.
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders
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ARTICLE 8
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C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER A ND
S ALES
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Section 8.01.
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Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets
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Section 8.02.
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Successor
Person Substituted
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Section 8.03.
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Opinion of
Counsel to Be Given to Trustee
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ARTICLE 9
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M ISCELLANEOUS
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Section 9.01.
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Governing
Law
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Section 9.02.
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No Security
Interest Created
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Section 9.03.
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Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.04.
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Benefits of
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 9.05.
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Calculations
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Section 9.06.
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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Section 9.07.
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Counterparts
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Section 9.08.
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Successors
and Assigns
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Section 9.09.
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Separability
Clause
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Section 9.10.
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Applicability of Original
Indenture
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Section 9.11.
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Ratification
of Original Indenture
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Section 9.12.
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The
Trustee
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EXHIBIT
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Exhibit A Form of Note
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A-1
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this
“ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of
September 16, 2009, between Coinstar, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association (the “ Trustee ”), as
trustee under the Debt Securities Indenture dated as of
September 16, 2009, 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 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 9.01(d) 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 Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01 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 Securities to be known as its “4.00%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2014” (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;
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
WHEREAS the execution and delivery
of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company 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:
ARTICLE 1
D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G
ENERAL A PPLICATION
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 Securities that may be
issued under the Original Indenture unless a supplemental indenture
with respect to such other 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
1 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
Supplemental Indenture; and
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(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 Shares
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(a).
“ Agent Members ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“ Bid Solicitation
Agent ” means the Company or such other Person (including
the Trustee) as may be appointed, from time to time, by the Company
to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance
with Section 4.01(b)(ii). The Company shall initially act as
the Bid Solicitation Agent.
“ Business Day ”
means, solely for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, any
weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City
of New York are authorized or obligated to close.
“ Clause A Distribution
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ 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).
“ Closing Sale Price
” on any date means the closing sale price per share of the
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 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common
Stock is not listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, then as
reported by the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Market or the principal
other national or regional securities exchange on which the shares
of the Common Stock are then traded or, if the Common Stock is not
listed or approved for trading on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global
Market or another national or regional securities exchange, on the
principal market on which shares of the Common Stock are then
traded. If the Common Stock is not so traded, the “
Closing Sale Price ” will be the average of the
midpoint of the last bid and ask prices for shares of 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. The “ Closing Sale Price
” will be determined without reference to early hours,
after-hours or extended market trading.
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“ Common Equity ”
of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally
entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such
Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or
otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body,
partners, managers or others that will control the management or
policies of such Person.
“ Common Stock ”
means, subject to Section 4.07, the common stock of the
Company, par value $0.001 per share, at the date of this
Supplemental Indenture.
“ Continuing Director
” means any individual who on the original issuance date of
the Notes was a member of the Board of Directors, together with any
new directors whose election or, solely to fill the vacancy of a
Continuing Director, appointment by the Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the holders of the Common Stock was
approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company
then still in office who were either directors on the original
issuance date of the Notes or whose election, appointment (in the
case of a vacancy of a Continuing Director) or nomination for
election was previously approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors, either by specific vote or by approval of the proxy
statement issued by us on behalf of the Board of Directors in which
such individual is named as a nominee for director. Solely for
purposes of the definition of “Continuing Directors,”
the phrase “or any committee of that board duly authorized to
act generally or in any particular respect for the Company
hereunder” in the definition of “Board of
Directors” in Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture
shall be disregarded.
“ Conversion Agent
” means the Trustee or such other office or agency designated
by the Company where Notes may be presented for conversion. The
Trustee shall initially be the Conversion Agent.
“ Conversion Date
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b).
“ Conversion Notice
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02(b)(i).
“ 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, 24.8181 shares of Common Stock per $1,000
principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment as set forth
herein.
“ Conversion Reference
Period ” means (i) for any Note with a Conversion
Date occurring during the period beginning on, and including, the
30th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date and
ending at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
prior to the Stated Maturity Date, the 25 consecutive Trading Day
period beginning on, and including, the 27th Scheduled Trading Day
prior to the Stated Maturity Date, and (ii) for any Note with
a Conversion Date occurring prior to the 30th Scheduled Trading Day
prior to the Stated Maturity Date, the 25 consecutive Trading Day
period beginning on, and including, the third Trading Day
immediately following the such Conversion Date.
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“ Custodian ”
means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes (so long
as the Notes constitute Global Notes), or any successor
entity.
“ Daily Conversion
Value ” means, for each of the 25 consecutive Trading
Days during the applicable Conversion Reference Period,
one-twenty-fifth (1/25th) of the product of (a) the
applicable Conversion Rate and (b) the Daily VWAP on such
Trading Day.
“ Daily Settlement
Amount ,” for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days
during the Conversion Reference Period for any Note, shall consist
of:
(a) cash equal to the lesser of
(i) $40 and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value;
and
(b) to the extent the Daily
Conversion Value exceeds $40, a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value
and $40, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such
Trading Day.
“ Daily VWAP ”
means, in respect of any Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted
average price of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select
Market as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP”
on Bloomberg page “CSTR.UQ <equity> AQR” (or its
equivalent if such page is not available) in respect of the period
from scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading
of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of
one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day, as determined by
the Board of Directors in a commercially reasonable manner using a
volume-weighted average price method). The “ Daily
VWAP ” shall be determined without regard to after hours
trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session
trading hours.
“ Depository ”
means, with respect to the Notes, initially The Depository Trust
Company until a successor Depository shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and
thereafter “ Depository ” shall mean such
successor Depository.
“ Distributed Property
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
“ Effective Date
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.06(c).
“ Ex-Dividend Date
” means, with respect to any issuance, dividend or
distribution, the first date on which shares of the Common Stock
trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market,
regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or
distribution in question.
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“ Expiration Date
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(e).
“ Expiration Time
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(e).
“ Form of Assignment and
Transfer ” shall mean the “Form of Assignment and
Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Form of Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice ” shall mean the “Form of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2
to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Form of Notice of
Conversion ” shall mean the “Form of Notice of
Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Fundamental Change
” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the
Notes are originally issued if any of the following
occurs:
(a) any Person acquires beneficial
ownership (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger
or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of
shares of Common Equity of the Company entitling the Person to
exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
Common Equity of the Company entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors;
(b)(1) the Company recapitalizes,
reclassifies or changes the Common Stock (other than changes
resulting from a subdivision or combination) and as a result of
which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for,
stock, other securities or other property or assets or (2) the
Company merges or consolidates with or into any other Person,
another Person merges or consolidates with or into the Company, or
the Company conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or
substantially all of its assets to another Person, in each case
other than any transaction:
(i) involving a merger or
consolidation that does not result in a reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding Common Stock;
or
(ii) pursuant to which the holders
of the Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction have the
entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the
total voting
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power of all shares of Common Equity
of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the
transaction, with such holders’ proportional voting power
immediately after the transaction vis-à-vis each other with
respect to the securities they receive in such transaction being in
substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power
vis-à-vis each other with respect to the Common Stock that
they held immediately before such transaction; or
(iii) that is effected solely to
change the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and
results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of
outstanding shares of the Common Stock solely into shares of common
stock of the surviving entity;
(c) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors does not consist
of Continuing Directors;
(d) the holders of the Common Stock
approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company; or
(e) a Termination of
Trading.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Fundamental Change shall not be deemed to have occurred if at least
90% of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional
shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’
appraisal rights) in a merger or consolidation otherwise
constituting a Fundamental Change under clause (a) and/or
clause (b) above consists of shares of common stock traded on
the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global
Market (or any of their respective successors), or will be so
traded immediately following the merger or consolidation, and as a
result of the merger or consolidation the Notes become convertible
into such consideration (subject in all respects to the provisions
set forth in Section 4.03).
For the purpose of this definition
only, “Person” includes any syndicate or group deemed
to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act.
In addition, for purposes of clause
(c) of this definition only, the phrase “or any
committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any
particular respect for the Company hereunder” in the
definition of “Board of Directors” in Section 1.01
of the Original Indenture shall be disregarded.
“ Fundamental Change
Company Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(b).
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“ Fundamental Change
Expiration Time ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a)(i).
“ 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 Note that is a Registered Security 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 Supplemental
Indenture 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.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the
Notes, each March 1 and September 1 of each year,
commencing March 1, 2010.
“ Make-Whole Adjustment
Event ” means any transaction or event that constitutes a
Fundamental Change as defined in clause (a) or (b) of
such definition (and determined after giving effect to any
exceptions or exclusions to such definition, including without
limitation the first full paragraph immediately following clause
(e) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the
exception set forth in clause (b)(ii) of the definition
thereof).
“ Market Disruption
Event ” means (i) a failure by the principal market
on which the Common Stock is listed or approved for trading to open
for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the
occurrence or existence for more than a one half-hour period in the
aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the principal market on which the
Common Stock is listed or approved for trading or otherwise) in the
shares of the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future
contracts relating to shares of the Common Stock, and such
suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00
p.m., New York City time, on such day.
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“ Maturity ”
means, with respect to any Note, the date on which the principal of
such Note becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to the
Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity Date, on the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, by declaration of acceleration, or
otherwise.
“ Measurement Period
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(b)(ii).
“ Merger Event ”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
“ Note ” or
“ Notes ” has the meaning specified in the
fourth paragraph of the recitals of this Supplemental
Indenture.
“ NYSE ” means
the New York Stock Exchange.
“ 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 Securities issued in denominations of $1,000
principal amount and multiples thereof.
“ Place of Payment
” means, for purposes of the Notes, New York City, New
York.
“ Regular Record Date
” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the
Notes, the February 15 (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on March 1 and
the August 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding an Interest Payment Date on September 1.
“ Reference Property
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“ Scheduled Trading Day
” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the
principal U.S. national 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.
“ Settlement Amount
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.03(a).
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“ Significant
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Article 1,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act).
“ Spin-Off ” has
the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
“ Stated Maturity Date
” means, with respect to any Note and the payment of the
principal amount thereof, September 1, 2014.
“ Stock Price ”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(c).
“ Successor Company
” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01(a).
“ Supplemental
Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph hereof.
“ Termination of
Trading ” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then
convertible, subject in all respects to Section 4.03) is
neither listed nor approved for trading on the NYSE, the NASDAQ
Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their
respective successors).
“ Trading Day ”
means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event
and (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the
NASDAQ Global Select Market, or if the Common Stock is not listed
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, then as reported by the NYSE,
the NASDAQ Global Market or the principal other national or
regional securities exchange on which shares of the Common Stock
are then traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed or approved
for trading on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Market or another
national or regional securities exchange, on the principal market
on which shares of the Common Stock are then traded. If the Common
Stock is not so listed or traded, “ Trading Day
” shall have the same meaning as Business Day.
“ Trading Price ”
of the Notes on any date of determination means the average of the
secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation
Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Notes at approximately
3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from
three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected
by the Company; provided that if three such bids cannot
reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such
bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used,
and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid
Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid
Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for
$5,000,000 principal amount of the Notes from a nationally
recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of
the product of the Closing Sale Price and the applicable Conversion
Rate.
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“ Trading Price
Condition ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(b)(ii).
“ Trigger Event ”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
“ Trustee ” has
the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture.
“ Underwriters ”
means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies &
Company, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation.
“ Underwriting
Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated
September 10, 2009, between the Company and the Underwriters,
as managers for the underwriters party thereto.
“ unit of Reference
Property ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.07(a).
“ U.S. ” means
the United States of America.
“ Valuation Period
” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.04(c).
Section 1.03 . References to
Interest. Any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any
Note in the Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional
Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would
be payable pursuant to Section 5.02. Any express mention of
the payment of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Section 1.04 . References to
Principal. Any reference in the Indenture to the payment of, or
the right to receive, the principal of any Note shall be deemed to
include the payment or, or the right to receive, as the case may
be, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price if, in such context, the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price is, was or would be payable
pursuant to Section 3.02. Any express mention of the payment
of the Fundamental Purchase Price in any provision hereof related
to the payment of, or right to receive, the principal of any Note
shall not be construed as excluding the payment of, or the right to
receive, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to any
Note in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
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ARTICLE 2
T HE
S ECURITIES
Section 2.01 . Title and
Terms; Payments. There is hereby established a series of
Securities designated the “4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due
2014” initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$200,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture.
The principal amount of Notes then
Outstanding shall be payable on the Stated Maturity Date. Interest
on the Notes shall accrue at a rate of 4.00% per annum, from
September 16, 2009 or from the most recent date on which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, until the principal
thereof is paid or made available for payment or the Notes are
otherwise repurchased or converted in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment
Date, beginning on March 1, 2010, to the Person in whose name
a Note is registered on the Security Register at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date.
The Form of Note shall be
substantially as set forth in Exhibit A and 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 Attachments 1, 2 and 3, respectively, to Exhibit A, each of
which is incorporated into and shall be deemed a part of this
Supplemental Indenture, and 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 Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the
registered Holder of such Global Note. The Company shall pay the
principal of and interest on any Physical Notes at the office or
agency designated by the Company for that purpose or, at the
Company’s option, by check mailed to the Holder’s
address as shown in the Security Register, unless a Holder timely
requests to have such amounts paid by wire transfer in accordance
with the final three sentences of this paragraph, in which case the
Company shall instead pay such principal of and interest on any
Physical Notes by wire transfer in accordance with the transfer
instructions provided in such request. The Company has initially
designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and 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
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may, however, change the Paying Agent or
Security Registrar for the Notes or approve a change in the office
of the Paying Agent or Security Registrar for the Notes, in each
case, without prior notice to the Holders thereof, and the Company
may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar for the Notes.
Payments on any Physical Notes having a principal amount of at
least $1,000,000 shall be payable, if the Holder of such Physical
Notes so requests in accordance with the two immediately succeeding
sentences, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account specified by the Holder at a bank in New York City, New
York. To request payment by wire transfer, the Holder must give
appropriate transfer instructions to the Trustee or other Paying
Agent (if not the Trustee) at least 15 Business Days before the
requested wire payment is due and, in the case of any interest
payments, the instructions must be given by the Person who is shown
on the Trustee’s records as the Holder of the Physical Note
on the applicable Regular Record Date. All applications for payment
by wire transfer shall remain in effect unless and until new
instructions are given in the manner described in the immediately
preceding sentence.
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 Depository and (ii) delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the
Depository (“ 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
Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global
Note, and Cede & Co., or such other Person designated by
the Depository 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 Depository or impair, as between the
Depository 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
Depository, 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 in
accordance with the terms of Section 3.05 of the Original
Indenture.
(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 3.05 of the
Original Indenture, the Security Registrar shall (if one or more
Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records
the date and a
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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 accordance with
Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture.
(d) In connection with the transfer
of the entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture, 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 Depository 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.
(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 of Notes is entitled to take under
this Supplemental Indenture, Original Indenture or the
Notes.
Section 2.03 . Reporting
Requirement. For purposes of Section 7.04 of the Original
Indenture, documents filed by the Company with the Commission via
the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to be filed
with and furnished to the Trustee as of the time such documents are
filed via the Commission’s EDGAR system; provided,
however , that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever
to monitor such filings via the Commission’s EDGAR system and
the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any
such filings.
Section 2.04 . Repurchase
And Cancellation. To the extent permitted by law, the Company
may repurchase Notes in open-market purchases or negotiated
transactions without giving prior notice to Holders. The Company
shall surrender any Notes repurchased by the Company to the Trustee
for cancellation in accordance with Section 3.09 of the
Original Indenture and any such Notes repurchased by the Company
shall be deemed to be no longer Outstanding. Any Notes surrendered
for cancellation by the Company shall not be reissued or
resold.
ARTICLE 3
F UNDAMENTAL C HANGES AND P URCHASES T HEREUPON
Section 3.01 . Purchase at
Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a
Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Stated Maturity
Date, 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 an
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integral multiple of $1,000, on a date (the
“ Fundamental Change Purchase Date ”) specified
by the Company that is no fewer than 15 calendar days and no more
than 45 calendar days following the date of the Fundamental Change
Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the
“ Fundamental Change Purchase Price ”), unless
the 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, in which case the Company shall instead pay
the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the Interest
Payment Date to the Holders of record as of the preceding Regular
Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased
pursuant to this Article 3.
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 in
Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if
the Notes are Global Notes, or in compliance with the
Depository’s procedures for tendering interests in Global
Notes, if the Notes are not Physical Notes, in each case on or
before the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “
Fundamental Change Expiration Time ”); 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 the case of Global Notes, in
compliance with the procedures of the Depository, 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 an integral multiple
thereof; and
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(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 Global
Notes, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must also comply with
appropriate procedures of the Depository.
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.
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) Within 30 calendar days after
the Company knows or reasonably should know of the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders 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
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 Depository 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 the City of New York and make such information available on the
Company’s website.
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 purchase right pursuant to this
Article 3;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase
Price;
(v) the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date;
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(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 this
Supplemental 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) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
there shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.01 if the principal amount of the Notes has been
accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or
prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (except in the case
of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the
payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to
such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the
respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the
acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration
resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes) and
shall deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer
of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depository,
in which case, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may
be, 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 a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice specified in
Section 3.01, 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) 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 (a) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect
to such Note ( provided that the conditions in
Section 3.01 have been satisfied) and (b) 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. If
a Holder of Notes delivers a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice,
such Holder may not thereafter surrender such Notes for conversion
unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn
pursuant to Section 3.03.
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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 an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided, however
, that if such Notes are Global
Notes, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the
Depository.
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. (New
York City time) 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 cash (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 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 upon delivery or book-entry transfer of such
Notes).
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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. In connection with any offer to
purchase Notes under Section 3.01, 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, in each case, 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
C ONVERSION
Section 4.01 . Right to
Convert the Notes. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of this Article 4, 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 an integral multiple thereof, at the Conversion
Rate then in effect:
(i) prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2014, only
upon satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in
Section 4.01(b); and
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(ii) on or after June 1, 2014,
at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Stated Maturity Date irrespective of the
conditions described in Section 4.01(b).
(b)(i) The Notes may be surrendered
for conversion during any fiscal quarter ending after
December 31, 2009 (and only during such fiscal quarter), if
the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading
Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30
consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the
immediately preceding fiscal quarter exceeds 130% of the applicable
Conversion Price on each such Trading Day. The Conversion Agent, on
behalf of the Company, shall determine at the beginning of each
fiscal quarter commencing after December 31, 2009 whether the
Notes may be surrendered for conversion in accordance with this
clause (i) and shall notify the Company and the Trustee (in
the case of a Conversion Agent other than the Trustee) if the Notes
become convertible in accordance with this clause (i).
(ii) The Notes may be surrendered
for conversion during the five Business Day period after any 10
consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Measurement
Period ”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder of
the Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth below in this
clause (ii), for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period was
less than 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the
Common Stock on such Trading Day and the applicable Conversion Rate
on such Trading Day (the “ Trading Price Condition
”). The Trading Prices shall be determined by the Bid
Solicitation Agent pursuant to this clause (ii) and the
definition of Trading Price set forth in Section 1.02. The
Company shall provide written notice to the Bid Solicitation Agent
of the three independent nationally recognized securities dealers
selected by the Company in accordance with the definition of
Trading Price, along with appropriate contact information for each.
The Bid Solicitation Agent shall have no obligation to determine
the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with this clause
(ii) unless requested by the Company, and the Company shall
have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder of Notes
provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading
Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes would be less than
98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
and the applicable Conversion Rate, at which time the Company shall
instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to determine the Trading Price
of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day following the
receipt of such evidence and on each successive Trading Day until
the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater
than or equal to 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of
the Common Stock and the applicable
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Conversion Rate. If the Company does
not so instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids when
required, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable
Conversion Rate on each day the Company fails to do so. If the
Trading Price Condition has been met, the Company shall so notify
the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if
other than the Trustee). If, at any time after the Trading Price
condition set forth above has been met, the Trading Price per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of
the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such
Trading Day and the applicable Conversion Rate, the Company shall
so notify the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent.
(iii) If the Company elects
to:
(A) distribute to all or
substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options
or warrants that allow such holders to purchase (for a period
expiring within 60 days) shares of Common Stock, at a price per
share less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the
Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on,
and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of
announcement of such distribution; or
(B) distribute to all or
substantially all holders of the Common Stock the Company’s
assets, debt securities or rights to purchase securities of the
Company, which distribution has a per share value exceeding 10% of
the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the declaration date for such
distribution,
then, in each case, the Company
shall notify the Holders of the Notes at least 40 Scheduled Trading
Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. Once the
Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender Notes for
conversion at any time until the earlier of (x) the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Ex-Dividend
Date and (y) the Company’s announcement that such
distribution will not take place, in each case, even if the Notes
are not otherwise convertible at such time.
(iv) If a transaction or event that
constitutes a Make-Whole Adjustment Event occurs, regardless of
whether a Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase
the Notes pursuant to Article 3, Holders may surrender Notes for
conversion at any time from, and including, the
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Effective Date of such Make Whole
Adjustment Event to, and including, the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date or, if there
is no Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the 30th Scheduled Trading
Day immediately following such Effective Date. The Company shall
notify Holders of the Notes and the Trustee no later than 40
Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated Effective Date of
any Make Whole Adjustment Event.
(v) If the Company is a party to a
combination, merger, binding share exchange, sale or conveyance of
all or substantially all of its property or assets, in each case
pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash,
securities and/or other property, that does not constitute a
Fundamental Change (including any transaction or event that would
be a Fundamental Change but for the existence of an exception
specified in the first full paragraph following clause (e) in
the definition thereof), Holders may surrender Notes for conversion
at any time during the period from, and including, the effective
date of such transaction to, and including, the Business Day
immediately preceding the 30th Scheduled Trading Day immediately
following such effective date. The Company shall notify Holders of
the Notes and the Trustee no later than 40 Scheduled Trading Days
prior to the anticipated effective date of such
transaction.
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 Depository.
(b) In order to exercise the
conversion privilege with respect to a beneficial interest in a
Global Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate instruction
form for conversion pursuant to the Depository’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(f) 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 Depository. 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 a
conversion notice in the form set forth in the Form of Notice of
Conversion (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;
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(iii) if required, furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents,
(iv) if required, make any payment
required under Section 4.03(f); 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 shall
be the “ Conversion Date ” with respect to such
Notes surrendered for conversion. The Conversion Agent will, as
promptly as possible, and in any event within one Business Day 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 of Common Stock
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 its 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;
provided, however , that the Person in whose name the
certificate for any shares of Common Stock delivered upon
conversion is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of
record as of the close of business on the last Trading Day of the
related Conversion Reference Period. Upon the Conversion Date of
Notes surrendered for conversion, such Person shall no longer be a
Holder with respect to such Notes.
(e) Upon the conversion of a
beneficial interest in Global Notes, the Conversion Agent shall
make a notation on such Global Notes as to the reduction in the
principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of any conversions of Notes effected through any
Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
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(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 Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance
with Article 3 prior to the close of business on the Business Day
prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
Section 4.03 . Settlement
Upon Conversion. (a) Subject to Section 4.06(b), upon
conversion of any Note, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the
case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000
principal amount of Notes being converted, an amount of cash and
shares of Common Stock, if any, together with cash in lieu of any
fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with clause
(e) of this Section 4.03, if applicable (such cash and
shares, if any, the “ Settlement Amount ”) equal
to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 25
consecutive Trading Days during the applicable Conversion Reference
Period.
(b) Subject to Section 4.03(d),
the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the
consideration due in respect of any conversion of Notes no later
than the fifth Trading Day immediately following the last Trading
Day of the relevant Conversion Reference Period; provided
that if prior to the relevant Conversion Date the Common Stock has
been replaced by Reference Property consisting solely of cash
pursuant to Section 4.07 (other than pursuant to a Make-Whole
Adjustment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of
Fundamental Change in respect of which holders of the Common Stock
receive only cash consideration for their shares of Common Stock,
in a single, per-share amount, other than with respect to appraisal
and similar rights), then the Company shall pay or deliver, as the
case may be, the consideration due in respect of any conversion of
Notes no later than the third Business Day immediately following
the relevant Conversion Date.
(c) The Daily Settlement Amounts and
the Daily Conversion Values shall be determined by the Company
promptly following the last day of the relevant Conversion
Reference Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily
Settlement Amounts, the Daily Conversion Values and the amount of
cash deliverable in lieu of any fractional share, the Company shall
notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the
Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Conversion
Values and the amount of cash deliverable in lieu of fractional
shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agents (if
other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such
determination.
(d) If any information required in
order to determine an adjustment to the Conversion Rate used to
calculate the consideration deliverable upon conversion of any Note
will not be available as of the date such consideration is required
to be delivered by the Company, the Company shall determine
the
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amount of additional consideration, if any,
resulting from such adjustment to the Conversion Rate on the
earliest Trading Day on which such calculation can be made and
shall deliver such additional consideration to the converting
Holder on the third Trading Day immediately following the earliest
Trading Day on which such calculation can be made.
(e) Subject to Section 4.03(f),
upon conversion, Holders shall not receive any separate cash
payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
(f) Upon the conversion of any
Notes, the Holder of such Notes shall not be entitled to receive
any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
except to the extent specified below. The Company’s delivery
to the Holder of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, together
with any cash payment for any fractional share of Common Stock, if
applicable, into which a Note is convertible shall 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,
if any, to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result,
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than
cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of Notes
into cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, accrued and unpaid
interest shall be deemed to be paid first out of any cash paid upon
such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are
converted after the close of business on any Regular Record Date
and prior to the open of business on the immediately following
Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the full amount
of interest payable on such No