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Title: COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION 3.25% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2014
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/22/2009
Industry: Waste Management Services     Sector: Services

COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION 

3.25% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2014, Parties: covanta holding corp , global security shall be limited , wells fargo bank  national association
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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION

3.25% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2014

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 22, 2009

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.01. Definitions

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

11

 

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 The Notes

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.01. Designation, Amount and Issuance of Notes

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.02. Form of the Notes

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payment at Maturity; Payment of Interest

 

 

13

 

SECTION 2.04. Execution and Authentication

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.05. Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.07. Noteholder Lists

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.08. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.09. Replacement Notes

 

 

20

 

SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Notes

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.12. Cancellation

 

 

21

 

SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.14. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

 

 

22

 

SECTION 2.15. Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Global Note

 

 

23

 

SECTION 2.16. Additional Notes

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 Repurchase of Notes

 

 

24

 

SECTION 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change

 

 

24

 

SECTION 3.02. Fundamental Change Company Notice

 

 

26

 

SECTION 3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal

 

 

27

 

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Page

SECTION 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.05. Payment of Notes Tendered for Repurchase

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.06. Notes Repurchased in Part

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.07. Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 Covenants

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

29

 

SECTION 4.03. Reports; 144A Information

 

 

30

 

SECTION 4.04. Existence

 

 

30

 

SECTION 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.07. Further Instruments and Acts

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.08. Additional Interest Notification

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.09. Statement by Officer as to Default

 

 

31

 

SECTION 4.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 Successor Company

 

 

32

 

SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

 

 

32

 

SECTION 5.02. Successor to Be Substituted

 

 

33

 

SECTION 5.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 Defaults and Remedies

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default

 

 

33

 

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration

 

 

35

 

SECTION 6.03. Additional Interest

 

 

36

 

SECTION 6.04. Other Remedies

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.05. Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

37

 

SECTION 6.06. Control by Majority

 

 

38

 

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits

 

 

38

 

SECTION 6.08. Rights of Noteholders to Receive Payment

 

 

39

 

SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

39

 

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Page

SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

39

 

SECTION 6.11. Priorities

 

 

39

 

SECTION 6.12. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

40

 

SECTION 6.13. Failure to Comply with Reporting Covenant

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 Trustee

 

 

41

 

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee

 

 

41

 

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee

 

 

42

 

SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

43

 

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

43

 

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults

 

 

43

 

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Noteholders

 

 

44

 

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

44

 

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

 

 

45

 

SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger

 

 

45

 

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

46

 

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 Discharge of Indenture

 

 

46

 

SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes

 

 

46

 

SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money

 

 

46

 

SECTION 8.03. Repayment to Company

 

 

47

 

SECTION 8.04. Reinstatement

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 Amendments

 

 

47

 

SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Noteholders

 

 

47

 

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Noteholders

 

 

48

 

SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

49

 

SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers

 

 

49

 

SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

50

 

SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments

 

 

50

 

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Page

ARTICLE 10 Cash Conversion of Notes

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.01. Right to Cash Convert

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.02. Cash Conversion Procedures; Settlement Upon Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends

 

 

52

 

SECTION 10.03. Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon a Non-Stock Change of Control

 

 

54

 

SECTION 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate

 

 

55

 

SECTION 10.05. Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

 

 

64

 

SECTION 10.06. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

 

 

65

 

SECTION 10.07. Shareholder Rights Plans

 

 

65

 

SECTION 10.08. Reserved

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.09. Responsibility of Trustee

 

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 Miscellaneous

 

 

66

 

SECTION 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

66

 

SECTION 11.02. Notices

 

 

66

 

SECTION 11.03. Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders

 

 

67

 

SECTION 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

67

 

SECTION 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

67

 

SECTION 11.06. When Notes Disregarded

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.08. Business Day

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.09. GOVERNING LAW, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.10. No Recourse Against Others

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.11. Successors

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.12. Multiple Originals

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.13. Table of Contents; Headings

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.14. Severability Clause

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.15. Calculations

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.16. U.S.A. Patriot Act

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Form of Note

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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:

ARTICLE 1

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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     (a) any transaction:

     (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.

ARTICLE 2

The Notes

          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.

ARTICLE 3

Repurchase of Notes

          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.

ARTICLE 4

Covenants

          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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