COVANTA HOLDING
CORPORATION
3.25% Cash Convertible Senior Notes
due 2014
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
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ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Incorporation by
Reference
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction
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SECTION 2.01. Designation, Amount and Issuance
of Notes
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SECTION 2.02. Form of the Notes
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SECTION 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes;
Payment at Maturity; Payment of Interest
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SECTION 2.04. Execution and
Authentication
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SECTION 2.05. Registrar and Paying
Agent
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SECTION 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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SECTION 2.07. Noteholder Lists
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SECTION 2.08. Exchange and Registration of
Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer
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SECTION 2.09. Replacement Notes
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SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Notes
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SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes
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SECTION 2.12. Cancellation
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SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest
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SECTION 2.14. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
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SECTION 2.15. Automatic Exchange from Restricted
Global Note to Unrestricted Global Note
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SECTION 2.16. Additional Notes
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ARTICLE 3 Repurchase of Notes
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SECTION 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders
Upon a Fundamental Change
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SECTION 3.02. Fundamental Change Company
Notice
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SECTION 3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal
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SECTION 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price
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SECTION 3.05. Payment of Notes Tendered for
Repurchase
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SECTION 3.06. Notes Repurchased in
Part
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SECTION 3.07. Covenant to Comply with Securities
Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes
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SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes
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SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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SECTION 4.03. Reports; 144A
Information
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SECTION 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate
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SECTION 4.07. Further Instruments and
Acts
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SECTION 4.08. Additional Interest
Notification
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SECTION 4.09. Statement by Officer as to
Default
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SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws
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ARTICLE 5 Successor Company
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SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer
Assets
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SECTION 5.02. Successor to Be
Substituted
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SECTION 5.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given
Trustee
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ARTICLE 6 Defaults and Remedies
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default
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SECTION 6.02. Acceleration
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SECTION 6.03. Additional Interest
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SECTION 6.04. Other Remedies
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SECTION 6.05. Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 6.06. Control by Majority
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SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 6.08. Rights of Noteholders to Receive
Payment
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SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by
Trustee
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SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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SECTION 6.12. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 6.13. Failure to Comply with Reporting
Covenant
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SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to
Noteholders
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SECTION 7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity
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SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by
Merger
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company
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ARTICLE 8 Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on
Notes
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SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust
Money
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SECTION 8.03. Repayment to Company
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SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement
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SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of
Noteholders
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SECTION 9.02. With Consent of
Noteholders
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SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act
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SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents
and Waivers
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SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes
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SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign
Amendments
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ARTICLE 10 Cash Conversion of Notes
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SECTION 10.01. Right to Cash Convert
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SECTION 10.02. Cash Conversion Procedures;
Settlement Upon Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or
Dividends
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SECTION 10.03. Adjustment to Conversion Rate
Upon a Non-Stock Change of Control
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SECTION 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Rate
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SECTION 10.05. Effect of Reclassification,
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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SECTION 10.06. Notice to Holders Prior to
Certain Actions
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SECTION 10.07. Shareholder Rights
Plans
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SECTION 10.09. Responsibility of
Trustee
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SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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SECTION 11.03. Communication by Noteholders with
Other Noteholders
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SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 11.06. When Notes Disregarded
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SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent
and Registrar
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SECTION 11.08. Business Day
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SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW, WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE
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SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against
Others
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SECTION 11.11. Successors
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SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals
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SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents;
Headings
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SECTION 11.14. Severability Clause
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SECTION 11.15. Calculations
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SECTION 11.16. U.S.A. Patriot Act
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INDENTURE
dated as of May 22, 2009 between COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “ Company
”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association organized under the laws of the United States,
as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its
3.25% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 (the “
Notes ”), having the terms, tenor, amount and other
provisions hereinafter set forth, and, to provide therefor, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes are duly
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder
and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the
Company, and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement
of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been
done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the
issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly
authorized,
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of the Notes, as
follows:
Definitions and Incorporation by
Reference
SECTION
1.01. Definitions . The terms defined in this
Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other
terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or which are by reference therein defined in the
Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in
the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
Indenture. The words “ herein ”, “
hereof ”, “ hereunder ” and words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The terms defined
in this Article include the plural as well as the
singular.
“Additional
Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 6.03.
“Additional
Notes” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.16.
“Additional
Notes Board Resolutions” means resolutions duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee in an
Officers’ Certificate providing for the issuance of
Additional Notes.
“Additional
Shares” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.03(a).
“Adjustment
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(k).
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or
indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with
respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent
Members” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(b)(vi).
“Automatic
Exchange” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15.
“Automatic
Exchange Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Bid
Solicitation Agent” means the financial institution appointed
by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes
in accordance with Section 10.01(6). The Bid Solicitation
Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be the
Trustee.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or,
other than in the case of the definition of “Continuing
Directors,” any committee thereof duly authorized to act on
behalf of such Board.
“Business
Day” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.08.
“Capital
Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such
Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt
securities convertible into such equity.
“Cash
Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(a).
“Cash
Conversion Obligation” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“Cash
Conversion Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(b).
“Closing
Sale Price” of Common Stock on any date means:
(i) the closing
sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the closing bid and closing ask prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the
average closing ask prices) on such date as
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reported in
composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange
on which Common Stock is traded; or
(ii) if Common
Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, the last quoted bid price for Common Stock on that date
in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc.
or a similar organization; or
(iii) if Common
Stock is not so quoted by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar
organization, as determined by a nationally recognized securities
dealer retained by the Company for that purpose.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common
Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that
is generally entitled to (i) vote in the election of directors
of such Person or (ii) if such Person is not a corporation,
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 the Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
the Company, or such other capital stock into which the
Company’s Common Stock is reclassified or changed.
“Company”
means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes
of any provision contained herein and required by the Trust
Indenture Act, each other obligor on the indenture
securities.
“Continuing
Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member
of the Board of Directors who (i) was a member of the Board of
Directors on the date of this Indenture; or (ii) was nominated
for election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval
of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the
Board of Directors at the time of such new director’s
nomination or election.
“Conversion
Agent” means the agency appointed by the Company to which
Notes may be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent
appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.
“Conversion
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.02(a).
“Conversion
Period” means the period of fifty (50) consecutive
Settlement Period Trading Days:
(1) with respect
to Cash Conversion Notices received during the period beginning 55
Scheduled Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date, beginning on
and including the 53 rd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the
Maturity Date;
(2) with respect
to cash conversions in connection with a Fundamental Change,
beginning on and including the 53 rd Scheduled Trading Day immediately
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preceding the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date relating to such Fundamental
Change; and
(3) in all other
cases, beginning on and including the third Settlement Period
Trading Day following the Company’s receipt of a
Holder’s Cash Conversion Notice.
“Conversion
Price” on any date of determination means $1,000 divided by
the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“Conversion
Rate” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Daily
Conversion Value” for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes
for any Settlement Period Trading Day equals 1/50
th of the product of:
(1) the Conversion
Rate in effect on that Settlement Period Trading Day, multiplied
by
(2) the VWAP of
Common Stock (or the consideration into which Common Stock has been
converted in connection with certain corporate transactions) on
that day.
“declaration
date” and “date of declaration” shall mean, with
respect to a distribution by the Company to all or substantially
all of its holders of Common Stock, the date on which the
distribution has been authorized by the Board of Directors under
applicable law.
“Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13.
“Depositary”
means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall
be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been
appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean
or include such successor.
“Determination
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(k).
“DTC”
means The Depository Trust Company.
“Effective
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.03(a).
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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“Ex-Dividend
Date” means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to
holders of Common Stock, the first date upon which a sale of Common
Stock does not automatically transfer the right to receive the
relevant dividend or distribution from the seller of Common Stock
to its buyer.
“Expiration
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(e).
“Expiration
Time” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(e).
“Fair
Market Value” means the amount that a willing buyer would pay
to a willing seller in an arms’ length transaction, as
determined by the Board of Directors.
“Full
Interest Period” means a period of days during which interest
accrues from, and including, an Interest Payment Date to, but
excluding, the next Interest Payment Date.
“Fundamental
Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after
the original issuance of the Notes that any of the following
occurs:
(1) upon filing
with the SEC of any Schedule TO, or any other schedule or form
or report under the Exchange Act disclosing the consummation of any
transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” becomes or has become the “beneficial
owner” (as these terms are defined in Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of the Company’s Capital Stock that is at the
time entitled to vote by the holder thereof in the election of the
Board of Directors (or comparable body); provided ,
however , that such a filing will not constitute a
Fundamental Change if the filing occurs in connection with a
transaction (i) in which Common Stock is exchanged for common
stock, depositary receipts of other certificates representing
Common Equity interests in such beneficial owner and (ii) pursuant
to which the holders of 50% or more of the total voting power of
all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors immediately prior to such
transaction have the right to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50%
or more of the total voting power of all shares of such beneficial
owner’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in elections
of directors of such beneficial owner immediately after giving
effect to such transaction;
(2) the first day
on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are
not Continuing Directors;
(3) the adoption
of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company;
(4) the
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
“person” (as this term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), or the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and those of
its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as
this term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
other than:
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(i) that does not
result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of outstanding shares of the Company’s Capital
Stock; and
(ii) pursuant to
which the holders of 50% or more of the total voting power of all
shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction have the right to exercise, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors of the continuing or surviving Person (or
any parent thereof) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction; or
(b) any merger
primarily for the purpose of changing the Company’s
jurisdiction of incorporation and resulting in a reclassification,
conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely
into shares of Common Stock of the surviving entity; or
(5) the
termination of trading of Common Stock, which will be deemed to
have occurred if Common Stock or other common stock upon which the
Cash Conversion Settlement Amount upon cash conversion will be
based is neither listed for trading on a U.S. national securities
exchange nor approved for quotation on any U.S. system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices, and no American
Depositary Shares or similar instruments for such Common Stock are
so listed or approved for listing or quotation in the United
States.
However, a
Fundamental Change will be deemed not to have occurred if more than
90% of the consideration in the transaction or transactions (other
than cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in
respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights) which otherwise
would constitute a Fundamental Change under clauses (1) or
(4) above consists of shares of common stock, depositary
receipts or other certificates representing Common Equity interests
traded or to be traded immediately following such transaction on a
U.S. national securities exchange and, as a result of the
transaction or transactions, the Cash Conversion Settlement Amount
upon cash conversion of the Notes becomes based on such common
stock, depositary receipts or other certificates representing
Common Equity interests (and any rights attached thereto) and other
applicable consideration.
For
purposes of this definition, whether a “person” is a
“beneficial owner” shall be determined in accordance
with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and
“person” includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act.
“Fundamental
Change Company Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.02.
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“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(c).
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“Global
Notes” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Initial
Purchasers” means each of Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Calyon Securities
(USA) Inc., Avondale Partners LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc. (each, an “Initial Purchaser”).
“interest”
means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable
under the terms of the Notes, including Defaulted Interest, if any,
Additional Interest, if any, and Reporting Additional Interest, if
any.
“Interest
Payment Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c).
“Issue
Date” means the date of initial issuance of Notes pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Market
Disruption Event” means, if Common Stock is listed on the
NYSE or another U.S. national securities exchange, the occurrence
or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the
scheduled close of trading on any Trading Day of any material
suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements
in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or
otherwise) in Common Stock on such exchange or in any options,
contracts or future contracts relating to Common Stock on the
primary market for the trading of such options, contracts or future
contracts.
“Maturity
Date” means June 1, 2014.
“Non-Stock
Change of Control” means a transaction described under clause
(1) or clause (4) of the definition of Fundamental Change
(without regard to the proviso in clause (1) or clause
(4)(a)(ii) of the definition of “Fundamental Change”)
pursuant to which 10% or more of the consideration for Common Stock
(other than cash payments for fractional shares, if applicable, and
cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal
rights) in such transaction consists of cash or securities (or
other property) that are not shares of Common Stock, depositary
receipts or other certificates representing Common Equity interests
traded or scheduled to be traded immediately following such
transaction on a U.S. national securities exchange.
“Noteholder”
or “Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Registrar’s books.
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“Notes”
means any Notes issued, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, including any Global Notes.
“NYSE”
means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Offering
Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum prepared by the
Company and dated May 18, 2009 in relation to the sale of the
Notes by the Initial Purchasers.
“Officer”
means the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers. One
of the officers executing an Officers’ Certificate in
accordance with Section 4.06 shall be the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer or chief operating officer of the
Company.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
“Paying
Agent” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Preferred
Stock”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means
Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is
preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution
of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or
dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any
other class of such Person.
“protected
purchaser” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09.
“Purchase
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated May 18,
2009 among the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the
offering and sale of the Notes.
“Reference
Property” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.05.
“Register”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Registrar”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Regular
Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date
of the Notes, the May 15 and November 15 preceding the
applicable June 1 and December 1 Interest Payment Date,
respectively.
“Reorganization
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.05.
“Reporting
Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.13.
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“Resale
Restriction Termination Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(d).
“Responsible
Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of such person’s knowledge of or familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Restricted
Global Note” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15.
“Restricted
Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08(c).
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act as it
may be amended from time to time hereafter.
“Schedule TO”
means a Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or
13(e)(1) of the Exchange Act.
“Scheduled
Trading Day” means any day on which the principal U.S.
national securities exchange or market on which Common Stock is
listed or admitted for trading is scheduled to be open for
trading.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Settlement
Period Market Disruption Event” means:
(i) a failure by
the securities exchange or market referenced in the definition of
Settlement Period Trading Day to open for trading during its
regular trading session; or
(ii) the
occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on
any Scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock of an aggregate one-half
hour of suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of
movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the NYSE or
otherwise) in Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures
contracts relating to Common Stock.
“Settlement
Period Trading Day” means a day during which:
(i) trading in
Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national
securities exchange or market on which Common Stock is listed or
admitted for trading; and
(ii) there is no
Settlement Period Market Disruption Event;
provided , however , that if Common Stock is not
traded on any U.S. national securities exchange or market, then
Settlement Period Trading Day shall mean a day that the VWAP of
Common Stock can be obtained.
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“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be
a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning of Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X promulgated
by the SEC.
“Special
Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(a).
“Special
Record Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(a).
“Spin-Off”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
“Stock
Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.03(b).
“Stock
Price Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(1).
“Subsidiary”
of any specified person means any corporation at which at least a
majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of
any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is
at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person , or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other
Subsidiaries.
“Successor
Company” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(a).
“Trading
Day” means a day during which:
(i) the NYSE is
open for trading, or if Common Stock is not listed on the NYSE, the
principal U.S. national securities exchange on which Common Stock
is listed is open for trading, and has a scheduled closing time of
4:00 p.m., New York City time (or the then standard closing time
for regular trading on the relevant exchange or market) or if
Common Stock is not so listed, any Business Day; and
(ii) there is no
Market Disruption Event.
“Trading
Price” per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on any date of
determination shall be the average of the secondary market bid
quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New
York City time, on such determination date from two independent
nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company;
provided that, if only one such bid can reasonably be
obtained, then that one bid will be used. If the Bid Solicitation
Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes from an independent nationally
recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 95% of the
product of the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock for such day and
the applicable Conversion Rate.
“Trading
Price Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(6).
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“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as
amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Trustee”
means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
“Uniform
Commercial Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time.
“Unrestricted
Global Note” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15.
“Valuation
Period” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.04(c).
“VWAP”
of Common Stock on any Settlement Period Trading Day means such per
share volume-weighted average price as is displayed on Bloomberg
(or any successor service) page CVA<EQUITY>AQR in respect of
the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
Settlement Period Trading Day; or, if such price is not available,
the VWAP means the market value per share of Common Stock on such
Settlement Period Trading Day as determined by a nationally
recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this
purpose by the Company.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company, all the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned
Subsidiary.
SECTION
1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act . This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and
made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act
terms have the following meanings:
“Commission”
means the SEC.
“indenture
securities” means the Notes.
“indenture
security holder” means a Noteholder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor
on the indenture securities.
All
other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are
defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
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SECTION
1.03. Rules of Construction . Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a
term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2)
“or” is not exclusive;
(3)
“including” means including without limitation;
and
(4) words
in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include
the singular.
SECTION
2.01. Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes
. The Notes shall be designated as “3.25% Cash Convertible
Senior Notes due 2014.” The Notes initially will be issued in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (i) $400,000,000 (up to
$460,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their
over-allotment option in full in accordance with the Purchase
Agreement) plus (ii) such additional aggregate principal
amount of Notes as may be issued from time to time as Additional
Notes in accordance with Section 2.16 (except pursuant to
Sections 2.04, 2.11 and 3.03 hereof). Upon the execution
of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Notes may be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication.
SECTION
2.02. Form of the Notes . The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such
Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A hereto. The terms and provisions contained in the
form of Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute,
and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution
and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any
of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes
as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof
to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required by the custodian for the Global Notes or the Depositary or
as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system
on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any
particular Notes are subject.
So
long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the
Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise
contemplated by Section 2.08(b), all of the Notes will be
represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the
name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (the
“ Global Notes ”). The transfer and exchange of
beneficial interests in any such Global Notes shall be effected
through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the
applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in
Section
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2.08(b),
beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have
certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive
form and will not be considered holders of such Global
Note.
Any
Global Notes shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall
be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced
to reflect repurchases, cash conversions, transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the
amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the
custodian for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, in
such manner and upon instructions given by the holder of such Notes
in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of,
interest on and premium, if any, on any Global Notes shall be made
to the Depositary in immediately available funds.
SECTION
2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payment at
Maturity; Payment of Interest .
(a)
Date and Denomination . The Notes shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from
the date specified on the face of the form of Notes attached as
Exhibit A hereto.
(b)
Payment at Maturity . The Notes shall mature on June 1,
2014, unless earlier cash converted or repurchased in accordance
with the provisions hereof. On the Maturity Date, each Holder shall
be entitled to receive on such date $1,000 in cash for each $1,000
principal amount of Notes, together with accrued and unpaid
interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date. With respect to
Global Notes, principal and interest will be paid to the Depositary
in immediately available funds. With respect to any certificated
Notes, principal and interest will be payable at the
Company’s office or agency, which initially will be the
office or agency of the Trustee. If the Maturity Date is not a
Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, and no additional interest shall be accrue thereon.
(c)
Payment of Interest . Interest on the Notes will accrue at
the rate of 3.25% per annum, from May 22, 2009 until the
principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest
shall be payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each, an
“ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing
December 1, 2009, to the Person in whose name any Note is
registered on the Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any
Regular Record Date with respect to the applicable Interest Payment
Date, except that the interest payable on the Maturity Date will be
paid to the Person to whom the principal amount is paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notes or portion thereof
surrendered for cash conversion after 5:00 p.m., New York City time
on the Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date but prior
to the applicable Interest Payment Date shall be accompanied by
payment from the Holder, whether or not such Holder was the Holder
of record on the relevant date, in immediately available funds or
other funds acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the
interest otherwise payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount being converted; provided that no such
payment need be made:
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(i) with respect
to conversions after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 15,
2014;
(ii) with respect
to conversions during such period commencing on the date the
Company has given notice of a Fundamental Change pursuant to
Section 10.01(5) to, and including, the Business Day
immediately preceding the corresponding Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date; or
(iii) with respect
to any overdue interest, if overdue interest exists at the time of
conversion with respect to such Notes.
Interest
on the Notes for a Full Interest Period will be computed on the
basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day
months. Interest on the Notes for a period other than a Full
Interest Period will be calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed during the period and a 365 day
year.
The
Company shall pay interest on:
(i) any Global
Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Depositary or its nominee;
(ii) any Notes in
certificated form having a principal amount of less than
$5,000,000, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as it appears in the Register, provided ,
however , that, at maturity, interest will be payable
as described in Section 2.03(b); and
(iii) any Notes in
certificated form having a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of
the holder of such Notes duly delivered to the trustee at least
five Business Days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date,
provided , however , that, at maturity, interest will
be payable as described in Section 2.03(b).
If
an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall
instead be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no
additional interest shall accrue thereon.
SECTION
2.04. Execution and Authentication . One Officer
shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note,
the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
A
Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually authenticates the Note. Upon the written order of
the Company signed by an Officer, the Trustee shall authenticate a
Note executed by the Company. The signature of the Trustee on the
Note shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly and
validly authenticated under this Indenture. A Note shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
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The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible
Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless
limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent
may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service
of notices and demands.
SECTION
2.05. Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company
shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may
be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”).
The Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one such office
or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes. The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (the “
Register ”) and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent, and the term
“Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The Company
initially appoints the Trustee as (i) Registrar and Paying
Agent in connection with the Notes, (ii) the custodian with
respect to the Global Notes, (iii) Conversion Agent and
(iv) Bid Solicitation Agent.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which
shall incorporate the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the
name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such
and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant
to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically
organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
The
Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written
notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee;
provided , however , that no such removal shall
become effective until (1) acceptance of an appointment by a
successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by
the Company and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the
case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (2) notification
to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying
Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with
clause (1) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at
any time upon written notice; provided , however ,
that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if
the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with
Section 7.08.
SECTION
2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
Prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Note,
the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as Paying Agent, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto)
a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so
becoming due. 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 Noteholders or the Trustee all
money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or
interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default
by the Company in making any
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such payment.
If the Company or a Subsidiary 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 complying
with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability
for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION
2.07. Noteholder 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
Noteholders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the
extent otherwise required under the Trust Indenture Act, the
Company shall furnish, or cause the 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
Noteholders and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section
312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION
2.08. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of
Notes; Restrictions on Transfer .
(a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office the
Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes
and of transfers of Notes. The Register shall be in written form or
in any form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonably prompt period of time.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes to the
Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements
for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.08, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
Notes
may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations
and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are
so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration
numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
All
Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange, repurchase or cash conversion shall (if so required by
the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in
form
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satisfactory to
the Company, and the Notes shall be duly executed by the holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made to any holder for any registration of,
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may
require payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes.
Neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to
exchange, issue or register a transfer of (a) any Note or
portions thereof surrendered for cash conversion pursuant to
Article 10 or (b) any Note or portions thereof tendered
for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to
Article 3.
(b) The
following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes:
(i) Each Global
Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian for the Global Notes
therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note
for all purposes of this Indenture.
(ii)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and
no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered,
in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee
thereof unless (A) the Depositary (x) has notified the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary has
not been appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days, or
(B) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented
by Global Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to this
Section 2.08(b)(ii) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in
part.
(iii) In addition,
certificated Notes will be issued in exchange for beneficial
interests in a Global Note upon request by or on behalf of the
Depositary in accordance with customary procedures following the
request of a beneficial owner seeking to enforce its rights under
the Notes or this Indenture, including its rights following the
occurrence of an Event of Default.
(iv) Notes issued
in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to
clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be issued in definitive,
fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an
aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Notes or
portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such
names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary
shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any
Global Notes to be exchanged shall be surrendered by the Depositary
to the Trustee, as Registrar, provided that pending
completion of the exchange of a
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Global Note,
the Trustee acting as custodian for the Global Notes for the
Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Notes, shall
reduce the principal amount thereof, by an amount equal to the
portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate
adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such
surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery the Notes issuable on such exchange to or
upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized
representative thereof.
(v) In the event
of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause
(ii) above or upon any request described in clause
(iii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the
Trustee a sufficient supply of certificated Notes in definitive,
fully registered form, without interest coupons.
(vi) Neither any
members of, or participants in, the Depositary (the “
Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf
Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture
with respect to any Global Notes registered in the name of the
Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such
nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute
owner and holder of such Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the
case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent
Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may
act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing
the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Notes.
(vii) At such time
as all interests in a Global Note have been repurchased, cash
converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form,
such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the
Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions
existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global
Note. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a
Global Note is repurchased, cash converted, cancelled or exchanged
for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global
Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and
instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for
the Global Note, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall
be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the custodian for
the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such
reduction.
(c) Every
Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof) that bears or is required under this
Section 2.08(c) to bear the Restricted Note Legend set forth
in Exhibit A (the “ Restricted Securities
”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
in this Section 2.08(c) (including those set forth in the
Restricted Note Legend in Exhibit A) unless such restrictions on
transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company
following receipt of legal advice supporting the permissibility of
the waiver of such
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transfer
restrictions, and the holder of each such Restricted Security, by
such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all
such restrictions on transfer. As used in this
Section 2.08(c), the term “transfer” means any
sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any
Restricted Security or any interest therein.
(d) Until
the date (the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date
”) that is (1) the date that is one year after the last
date of the original issuance of the Notes and (2) such later
date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws, any
certificate evidencing a Restricted Security shall bear a legend in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, as the
Restricted Note Legend, unless such Restricted Security has been
sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be
effective at the time of such transfer) or sold pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision
then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing
as set forth above, with written notice thereof to the
Trustee.
(e) In
connection with any transfer of the Notes prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date, the holder must complete and deliver
the form of assignment set forth on the certificate representing
the Note, with the appropriate box checked, to the Trustee (or any
successor Trustee, as applicable).
Any
Notes that are Restricted Securities and as to which such
restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with
their terms or as to conditions for removal of the Restricted Note
Legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of
such Notes for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 2.08, be exchanged for a new Note
or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall
not bear the restrictive legend required by Section 2.08(c).
If such Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented
by a Global Note bearing the Restricted Note Legend, the principal
amount of the legended Global Notes shall be reduced by the
appropriate principal amount and the principal amount of a Global
Note without a Restricted Note Legend shall be increased by an
equal principal amount. If a Global Note without the Restricted
Note Legend is not then outstanding, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an unlegended Global
Note to the Depositary. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination
Date and, if applicable, promptly after a registration statement
with respect to the Notes has been declared effective under the
Securities Act.
(f) Any
Notes purchased by the Company may, at its option, be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation, but may not be reissued or resold
by the Company. Any Notes surrendered by the Company to the Trustee
for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and will be promptly
cancelled.
The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent
Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the
books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or
its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect
to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the
delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the
Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or
with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be
given to the Holders of Notes and
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all payments to
be made to Holders of Notes under the Notes shall be given or made
only to or upon the order of the registered Holders of Notes (which
shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global
Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Notes shall be
exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary
procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be
fully protected in conclusively relying upon information furnished
by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.
(g) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any
transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers
between or among Agent Members) other than to require delivery of
such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required
by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
SECTION
2.09. Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Registrar or if the Noteholder of a Note claims
that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the
Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Noteholder
(i) satisfies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable
time after he has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful
taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to
receiving such notification, (ii) makes such request to the
Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a
protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform
Commercial Code (a “ protected purchaser ”) and
(iii) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the
Trustee. Such Noteholder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient
in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss, expense, claim or
liability that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and
subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Company and the
Trustee may charge the Noteholder for their expenses in replacing a
Note. In the case of any Note which has matured or is about to
mature or has been properly tendered for repurchase on a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn), or is to be
converted into cash, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost
or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Note,
pay or authorize the payment of cash (without surrender thereof
except in the case of a mutilated Notes) if the applicant for such
cash payment shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if
applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any
loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with
such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, the Trustee
and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Notes and of the ownership thereof.
Every
replacement Note is an additional obligation of the
Company.
The
provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken Notes.
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SECTION
2.10. Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at
any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those paid pursuant to Section 2.09
hereof, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described
in this Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
holds the Note.
If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected
purchaser.
If
the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with
this Indenture, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Maturity
Date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on
that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be
repurchased or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent
is not prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that
date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after
that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding
and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION
2.11. Temporary Notes . Pending the preparation
of Notes in certificated form, the Company may execute and the
Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall,
upon the written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver
temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be
issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such
temporary Notes shall be executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same
effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such
authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any
or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at
each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for
such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes
in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at
its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this
Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
SECTION
2.12. Cancellation . The Company at any time may
deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered
to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and
dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary
procedures or deliver canceled Notes to the Company upon written
request of the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of
canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
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SECTION
2.13. Defaulted Interest . Any interest on any
Note which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due
and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of thirty
calendar days, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
the Regular Record Date, and such defaulted interest and interest
(to the extent lawful) on such defaulted interest at the annual
rate borne by the Notes plus 1% (such defaulted interest and
interest thereon herein collectively called “ Defaulted
Interest ”) shall be paid by the Company at its election,
in each case, as provided in clause (a) or
(b) below:
(a) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor
Notes) are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note, upon which the
Trustee may conclusively rely, and the date (not less than thirty
calendar days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the
“ Special Interest Payment Date ”), and at the
same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date
(the “ Special Record Date ”) for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen
calendar days and not less than ten calendar days prior to the
Special Interest Payment Date and not less than ten calendar days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special
Interest Payment Date therefor to be given to each Noteholder, not
less than ten calendar days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor
having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the
Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the
Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause
(b).
(b) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by
the Trustee.
(c) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights
to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Note.
SECTION
2.14. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . The Company in
issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and
“ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and “ISIN”
numbers in notices of repurchase as a convenience to
Noteholders;
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provided , however , that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any
notice of a repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any changes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers.
SECTION
2.15. Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note
to Unrestricted Global Note. Beneficial interests in a Global
Note that is subject to restrictions set out in Section 2.08(c)
(the “ Restricted Global Note ”) shall be
automatically exchanged into beneficial interests in an
unrestricted Global Note that is no longer subject to the
restrictions set out in Section 2.08(c) (including removal of the
legend set forth in Exhibit A) (the “ Unrestricted
Global Note ”) without any action required by or on
behalf of the Holder (the “ Automatic Exchange
”). In order to effect such exchange, the Company shall at
least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the
Resale Restriction Termination Date, deliver a notice of Automatic
Exchange (an “ Automatic Exchange Notice ”) to
each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note
Register with a copy to the Trustee. The Automatic Exchange Notice
shall identify the Notes subject to the Automatic Exchange and
shall state: (1) the date of the Automatic Exchange;
(2) the section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
Automatic Exchange shall occur; (3) the “CUSIP”
number of the Restricted Global Note from which such Holders’
beneficial interests shall be transferred and (4) the
“CUSIP” number of the Unrestricted Global Note into
which such Holders’ beneficial interests shall be
transferred. At the Company’s request on no less than five
days’ prior notice, the Trustee shall deliver in the
Company’s name and at its expense, the Automatic Exchange
Notice to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in
the Note Register; provided, however, that the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee a written order of the Company and an
Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give the
Automatic Exchange Notice (in the name and at the expense of the
Company) and setting forth the information to be stated in the
Automatic Exchange Notice as provided in the preceding sentence. As
a condition to any such exchange pursuant to this
Section 2.15, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from
the Company, and rely conclusively without any liability upon, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Company, in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer of beneficial interests to
the Unrestricted Global Note shall be effected in compliance with
the Securities Act. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests
pursuant to this Section 2.15, the Registrar shall reflect on
its books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease and
increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the applicable
Restricted Global Note(s) and the Unrestricted Global Note,
respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial interests
transferred. If an Unrestricted Global Note is not then outstanding
at the time of the Automatic Exchange, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted
Global Note to the Depositary. Following any such transfer pursuant
to this Section 2.15, the relevant Restricted Global Note
shall be cancelled.
SECTION
2.16. Additional Notes. The Company may, from
time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable
provisions of this Indenture, without notice to or the consent of
the Noteholders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture
additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”)
having terms and conditions identical to those of the other
outstanding Notes, except that Additional Notes may:
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(a) have
a different Issue Date from the Issue Date for other outstanding
Notes;
(b) have
a different issue price than other outstanding Notes;
and
(c) have
terms specified in the Additional Notes Board Resolutions for such
Additional Notes making appropriate adjustments to this
Article 2 and Exhibit A (and related definitions)
applicable to such Additional Notes in order to conform to and
ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable
securities laws), which are not adverse in any material respect to
the Holder of any outstanding Notes (other than such Additional
Notes);
provided , no Additional Notes may be issued unless such
Additional Notes are fungible with the Notes issued pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement for U.S. federal income tax and securities laws
purposes, as determined pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel; and
provided further, that the Additional Notes have the same CUSIP
number as other outstanding Notes. No Additional Notes may be
issued if on the Issue Date therefor any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
The
Notes originally issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and any
Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all
purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments,
offers to purchase and United States federal tax
purposes.
With
respect to any issuance of Additional Notes, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors and
an Officers’ Certificate in respect of such Additional Notes,
which shall together provide the following information:
(i) the
aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(ii) the
Issue Date, issue price, amount of interest accrued and payable on
the first Interest Payment Date, the first Interest Payment Date,
the CUSIP number and corresponding ISIN of such Additional Notes;
and
(iii) such
matters as shall be applicable to such Additional Notes as
described in paragraph (c) of the second preceding
paragraph.
SECTION
3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a
Fundamental Change
(a) If
there shall occur a Fundamental Change at any time prior to the
Maturity Date, then each Noteholder shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of
such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof that is a
multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for which such Holder has
properly delivered and not withdrawn a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice on a date (the “ Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date ”) specified by the Company that is not
less than twenty Business Days and more than
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thirty-five
Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company
Notice related to such Fundamental Change at a cash repurchase
price (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
”) equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding,
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, subject to the satisfaction
by the holder of the requirements set forth in
Section 3.01(c); provided that if such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or
prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, then the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the holders of record of the
Notes on the applicable Regular Record Date instead of the holders
surrendering the Notes for repurchase on such date.
(b) On
or before the fifth calendar day after the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to
all Holders of record of the Notes on the date of the Fundamental
Change at their addresses shown in the Register (and to beneficial
owners of the Notes to the extent required by applicable law) a
Fundamental Change Company Notice as set forth in Section 3.02
with respect to such Fundamental Change. The Company shall also
deliver a copy of the Fundamental Change Company Notice to the
Trustee and the Paying Agent at such time as it is mailed to
Holders of Notes. Simultaneously with the mailing of such
Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall disseminate a
press release containing the relevant information and make such
information available on the Company’s website or through
another public medium as the Company may use at such
time.
No
failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and press
release and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase rights of
Holders of Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the
repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.01.
(c) For
Notes to be repurchased at the option of the Holder, the Holder
must deliver to the Paying Agent, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a written notice of the
Holder’s exercise of its repurchase right (the “
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ”). The
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must state the
following:
(A) the
certificate number of the Notes which the holder will deliver to be
repurchased (if the Notes are certificated) or appropriate
Depositary information in accordance with appropriate Depositary
procedures (if the Notes are represented by a Global
Note);
(B) the portion of
the principal amount of the Notes which the holder will deliver to
be repurchased, which portion must be in principal amounts of
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000; and
(C) that such
Notes shall be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the terms and
conditions specified in the Notes and in this Indenture.
The
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must be accompanied by such
Notes duly endorsed for transfer (if the Notes are certificated) or
book-entry transfer of such Notes (if such Notes are represented by
a Global Note). The delivery of such Notes to the Paying
Agent
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with, or at any
time after delivery of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
(together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of the
Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor; provided ,
however , that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.01 only if the
Notes so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all
respects to the description thereof in the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice. All questions as to the validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Notes for
repurchase shall be determined by the Company, whose determination
shall be final and binding absent manifest error.
(d) The
Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 3.01, a portion of a Note, if the principal amount of
such portion is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions of
this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Note also
apply to the repurchase of such portion of such Note.
(e) The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it
of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof.
Any
repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 3.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of
the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly following
the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of
the book-entry transfer or delivery of the Notes.
SECTION
3.02. Fundamental Change Company Notice . In connection with
any repurchase of Notes due to a Fundamental Change, the Company
shall, on or before the fifth calendar day after the occurrence of
such Fundamental Change, give notice to Holders (with a copy to the
Trustee and the Paying Agent) setting forth information specified
in this Section 3.02 (the “ Fundamental Change
Company Notice ”).
Each
Fundamental Change Company Notice shall:
(1) state the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date to which the Fundamental Change Company Notice
relates;
(2) state the
circumstances constituting the Fundamental Change;
(3) state that the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid in
cash;
(4) state that
Holders must exercise their right to elect repurchase prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(5) include a form
of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(6) state the name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion
Agent;
(7) state that
Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
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(8) state that a
Holder may withdraw its Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any
time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by
delivering a valid written notice of withdrawal in accordance with
Section 3.03;
(9) state the
Notes are then cash convertible, the then applicable Conversion
Rate, and the expected changes in the Conversion Rate resulting
from such Fundamental Change transaction;
(10) state that
Notes as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been
given may be cash converted only if the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
(11) state the
amount of interest accrued and unpaid per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
and
(12) state the
CUSIP number of the Notes.
A Fundamental
Change Company Notice may be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such Fundamental
Change Company Notice in the Company’s name and at the
Company’s expense; provided , that the text of
the Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the
Company.
SECTION
3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
Withdrawal . Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice specified in
Section 3.01, the holder of the Notes in respect of which such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly withdrawn in
accordance with the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to
receive solely the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect
to such Notes. Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be
paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds and/or the Notes
by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (x) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to such Notes
(provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in
Section 3.01) and (y) the time of book-entry transfer or
delivery of such Notes to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in
the manner required by Section 3.01. The Notes in respect of
which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given by the
Holder thereof may not be cash converted pursuant to
Article 10 hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn.
A
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying
Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
specifying:
(a) the
certificate number of the Notes in respect of which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted (if the Notes are certificated), or
the appropriate Depositary information in accordance with
appropriate Depositary procedures (if the
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Notes in
respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted is
represented by a Global Note);
(b) the principal
amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted; and
(c) the principal
amount, if any, of such Notes which remains subject to the original
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be
delivered for repurchase by the Company.
If
a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is properly withdrawn, the
Company shall not be obligated to repurchase the Notes listed in
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
SECTION
3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . On or
prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, shall set aside, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 2.06) an amount of cash in immediately
available funds sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) tendered for
repurchase at the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; provided that if such
payment is made on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, it must
be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such date. If any Notes tendered for repurchase are cash
converted in accordance with Article 10 prior to such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, any money deposited with the
Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the repurchase
of such Notes shall be paid to the Company or, if then held by the
Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
SECTION
3.05. Payment of Notes Tendered for Repurchase. If on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Paying Agent holds cash
sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the
Notes that Holders have elected to require the Company to
repurchase in accordance with Section 3.01, then, on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, such Notes will cease to be
outstanding, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes and all
other rights of the holders of such Notes will terminate, other
than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
and previously accrued and unpaid interest upon delivery or
book-entry transfer of the Notes. This will be the case whether or
not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes has
been delivered to the Paying Agent.
If
any Notes that holders have elected to require the Company to
repurchase in accordance with Section 3.01 shall not be so
paid on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall
pay interest (to the extent lawful) on the overdue Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price at the annual rate borne by the Notes plus
1%, and the Notes shall remain convertible into cash in accordance
with Article 10 until the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
and interest shall have been paid or duly provided for.
SECTION
3.06. Notes Repurchased in Part . Upon presentation of any
Notes repurchased only in part, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make
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available for
delivery to the Holder thereof at the expense of the Company, a new
Note or Notes of any authorized denomination, in aggregate
principal amount equal to the unrepurchased portion of the Notes
presented.
SECTION
3.07. Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of
Notes . The Company will, to the extent applicable, comply with
the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules
under the Exchange Act that may be applicable at the time of the
offer to repurchase the Notes, file the related Schedule TO or
any other schedule required in connection with any offer by the
Company to repurchase the Notes and comply with all other federal
and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the
Company to repurchase the Notes.
SECTION
4.01. Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly pay the
principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the
manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal and
interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date
the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this
Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then
due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The
Company shall pay interest (to the extent lawful) on overdue
principal at the annual rate of 1% above the then applicable
interest rate from the required payment date.
SECTION
4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will
maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or for cash
conversion or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. As of the date of this Indenture, such New York City office
is located at the office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway,
14 th
Floor, New York, NY 10006 Attention:
Corporate Trust Services and, at any other time, at such other
address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to
the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office.
The
Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one
or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of
any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
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So
long as the Trustee is the Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail,
or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.08.
If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this
Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Company
and the Noteholders it can identify from its records.
SECTION
4.03. Reports; 144A Information .
(a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within fifteen calendar days
after it would have been required to file them with the SEC (giving
effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the
Exchange Act), copies of the Company’s annual reports on Form
10-K and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules
and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file
with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. In the event the Company is at any time no longer subject to
the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, the Company shall continue to provide the Trustee
with reports containing substantially the same information as would
have been required to be filed with the SEC had it continued to
have been subject to such reporting requirements. In such event,
such reports shall be provided at the times the Company would have
been required to provide reports had the Company continued to have
been subject to such reporting requirements. The Company also shall
comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act. Documents filed by the Company with the SEC via the
EDGAR system will be deemed furnished to the Trustee as of the time
such documents are filed via EDGAR, provided that the Trustee shall
have no duty to determine if such filing has occurred.
(b) The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in
which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the
Exchange Act, make available to any holder or beneficial holder of
Notes which continue to be Restricted Securities and any
prospective purchaser of Notes designated by such holder or
beneficial holder, the information required pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon the request of any holder
or beneficial holder of the Notes, until such time as such
securities are not longer “restricted securities”
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities
Act.
Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
information purposes only and Trustee’s receipt of such shall
not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively
on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to
examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture or to ascertain the
correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements
contained therein. The Trustee is entitled to assume such
compliance and correctness unless a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee is informed otherwise.
SECTION
4.04. Existence . The Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right
if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of
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the business of
the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders of Notes.
SECTION
4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . The Company will
pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the
same may become delinquent:
(i) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company;
(ii) all claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law
become a lien or charge upon the property of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary of the Company; and
(iii) all stamp
taxes and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United
States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in
connection with the issuance, transfer, exchange, cash conversion
or repurchase of any Notes or with respect to this
Indenture;
provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim
(A) if the failure to do so will not, in the aggregate, have a
material adverse impact on the Company, or (B) if the amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings.
SECTION
4.06. Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee within one-hundred twenty calendar days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company a certificate of the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer of the Company, stating whether or not, to the
knowledge of such officer, any Default or Event of Default occurred
during such period and if so, describing each Default or Event of
Default, its status and the action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall
comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION
4.07. Further Instruments and Acts . The Company shall
execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION
4.08. Additional Interest Notification . If Additional
Interest or Reporting Additional Interest, as applicable, is
payable by the Company, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the
amount of such Additional Interest or Reporting Additional
Interest, as applicable, that is payable and (ii) the date on
which such Additional Interest or Reporting Additional Interest, as
applicable, is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee rece
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