Exhibit 4.2
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC
OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO IN THE TERMS OF SECURITIES ATTACHED
HERETO.
GLOBALSTAR, INC.
8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured
Notes
CUSIP NO.: 378973 AB7
ISIN: US378973AB75
GLOBALSTAR, INC., a company duly
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the “ Company, ” which term includes any
successor or resulting Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede
& Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of [
·
] United States Dollars, as revised
by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security
attached hereto, on the Stated Maturity, and to pay interest
thereon from June [ · ], 2009 or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing
December 15, 2009, at the rate of 8.00% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be May
31 st (whether or not a Business Day)
immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on June 15
th and November 30 th (whether
or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an Interest Payment
Date on December 15 th
.
Reference is made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof,
including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this
Security the right to convert this Security into shares of Common
Stock and/or cash, on the terms and subject to the limitations
referred to on the reverse hereof and as more fully specified in
the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: June [ · ], 2009
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GLOBALSTAR, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
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U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Securities referred to in the Indenture.
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By:
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Authorized Officer
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TERMS OF
SECURITIES
8.00% Convertible Senior
Unsecured Notes
This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called
the “ Securities ”), issued under an Indenture
dated as of April 15, 2008 (the “ Original
Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”) as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture (the
“ Second Supplemental Indenture,” together with
the Original Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to
which reference is hereby made for a statement, of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used, but not
otherwise defined, in this Security, shall have the meaning set
forth in the Second Supplemental Indenture.
This security is the general,
unsecured, senior obligation of the Company.
1.
Interest. Globalstar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such
corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “
Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Security at the rate of 8.00% per annum until (but
excluding) Stated Maturity. In addition to interest at the rate
per annum set forth in the immediately preceding sentence,
the Company shall pay Additional Interest or Special Interest, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 5.01 or 5.02 of the Second
Supplemental Indenture.
The Company will pay interest
semiannually in arrears on June 15 th and December 15 th of
each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”),
commencing December 15, 2009, to Holders of record on the
immediately preceding May 31 st
and November 30 th
(each, a “
Regular Record Date ”). Interest on the
Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid on the Securities or, if no interest has been paid,
from June [ · ], 2009. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2.
Method of Payment. By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time)
on the date on which any principal of any Security is due and
payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay such amount. The Company will pay principal
in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. Interest on
the Securities shall by payable solely, at the Holder’s
election in accordance with the terms of Section 3.01 of the Second
Supplemental Indenture, in the form of (a) Additional Securities in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such interest
and Special Interest and Additional Interest, if any, then due, or
(b) in the case of Holders for which a Common Stock Election is
effective, in PIK Interest
Shares in an amount calculated in accordance
Section 3.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture. Payments
in respect of principal of Securities represented by a Global
Security will be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust
Company. The Company will pay principal of Definitive
Securities at the office or agency designated by the Company for
such purpose.
3.
Redemption. On the
Stated Maturity, the Company shall redeem for cash the Securities,
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date
falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Redemption Price shall be
100% of the principal amount of the Securities redeemed but shall
not include accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Instead, the
Company shall pay such accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the
Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the Close of
Business on the corresponding Regular Record Date.
4.
Sinking Fund. The
Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
5.
Purchase at the Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental
Change. If a
Fundamental Change shall occur at any time, each Holder shall have
the right, at such Holder’s option during a specified period
and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to
require the Company to purchase all or a portion of its Securities
at the Fundamental Change Purchase Price specified in the
Indenture.
6.
Conversion. Subject
to the procedures for conversion set forth in the Indenture, a
Holder may convert its Securities at its option at any time prior
to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Stated Maturity for the payment of principal of the
Securities. Securities in respect of which a Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice has been delivered may not be