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Title: SYBASE, INC. 3.50% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/4/2009
Industry: Software and Programming     Law Firm: Paul Hastings     Sector: Technology

SYBASE, INC. 

3.50% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029, Parties: sybase inc , last date on which sybase  inc , us bank national association
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Exhibit 10.1

 

SYBASE, INC.

3.50% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF AUGUST 4, 2009

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.2. OTHER DEFINITIONS

 

 

6

 

SECTION 1.3. TRUST INDENTURE ACT PROVISIONS

 

 

7

 

SECTION 1.4. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.1. FORM AND DATING

 

 

8

 

SECTION 2.2. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION

 

 

10

 

SECTION 2.3. REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.4. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST

 

 

11

 

SECTION 2.5. SECURITYHOLDER LISTS

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.6. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.7. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES

 

 

13

 

SECTION 2.8. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.9. TREASURY SECURITIES

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY SECURITIES

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.12. LEGEND; ADDITIONAL TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.1. TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE

 

 

17

 

SECTION 3.2. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.3. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

 

18

 

SECTION 3.4. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.5. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.6. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART

 

 

20

 

SECTION 3.7. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER UPON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

 

 

20

 

SECTION 3.8. EFFECT OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE

 

 

23

 

SECTION 3.9. DEPOSIT OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE PRICE

 

 

24

 

SECTION 3.10. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY

 

 

24

 

SECTION 3.11. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER ON SPECIFIED DATES

 

 

24

 

SECTION 3.12. SECURITIES PURCHASED IN PART

 

 

27

 

SECTION 3.13. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS UPON PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

 

 

28

 

SECTION 3.14. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 CONVERSION

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.1. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE AND CONVERSION RATE

 

 

28

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 4.2. CONVERSION PROCEDURE

 

 

33

 

SECTION 4.3. FRACTIONAL SHARES

 

 

35

 

SECTION 4.4. TAXES ON CONVERSION

 

 

35

 

SECTION 4.5. COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK

 

 

35

 

SECTION 4.6. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION RATE

 

 

36

 

SECTION 4.7. NO ADJUSTMENT

 

 

42

 

SECTION 4.8. ADJUSTMENT FOR TAX PURPOSES

 

 

43

 

SECTION 4.9. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT

 

 

43

 

SECTION 4.10. NOTICE OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

 

43

 

SECTION 4.11. EFFECT OF RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE ON CONVERSION PRIVILEGE

 

 

44

 

SECTION 4.12. TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER

 

 

45

 

SECTION 4.13. VOLUNTARY INCREASE

 

 

46

 

SECTION 4.14. PAYMENT OF CASH IN LIEU OF COMMON STOCK.

 

 

46

 

SECTION 4.15. RIGHTS PLAN

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.1. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES

 

 

47

 

SECTION 5.2. SEC REPORTS

 

 

48

 

SECTION 5.3. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES

 

 

48

 

SECTION 5.4. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS

 

 

48

 

SECTION 5.5. MAINTENANCE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE

 

 

48

 

SECTION 5.6. RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT

 

 

48

 

SECTION 5.7. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS

 

 

49

 

SECTION 5.8. ADDITIONAL INTEREST; RECEIPT OF REQUEST TO DELEGEND THE SECURITIES

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.1. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS

 

 

50

 

SECTION 6.2. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

51

 

SECTION 7.2. ACCELERATION

 

 

53

 

SECTION 7.3. OTHER REMEDIES

 

 

55

 

SECTION 7.4. WAIVER OF DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

55

 

SECTION 7.5. CONTROL BY MAJORITY

 

 

55

 

SECTION 7.6. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS

 

 

55

 

SECTION 7.7. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND TO CONVERT

 

 

56

 

SECTION 7.8. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE

 

 

56

 

SECTION 7.9. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

 

 

56

 

SECTION 7.10. PRIORITIES

 

 

57

 

SECTION 7.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 TRUSTEE

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.1. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE

 

 

57

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 8.2. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

 

 

58

 

SECTION 8.3. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

 

 

59

 

SECTION 8.4. TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER

 

 

59

 

SECTION 8.5. NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

59

 

SECTION 8.6. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS

 

 

60

 

SECTION 8.7. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY

 

 

60

 

SECTION 8.8. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE

 

 

61

 

SECTION 8.9. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC

 

 

62

 

SECTION 8.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION

 

 

62

 

SECTION 8.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.1. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

62

 

SECTION 9.2. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY

 

 

63

 

SECTION 9.3. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY

 

 

63

 

SECTION 9.4. REINSTATEMENT

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.1. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

64

 

SECTION 10.2. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS

 

 

65

 

SECTION 10.3. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.4. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.5. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.6. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC

 

 

66

 

SECTION 10.7. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11.1. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS

 

 

67

 

SECTION 11.2. NOTICES

 

 

67

 

SECTION 11.3. COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.4. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

68

 

SECTION 11.5. RECORD DATE FOR VOTE OR CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.6. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AND CONVERSION AGENT

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.7. LEGAL HOLIDAYS

 

 

69

 

SECTION 11.8. GOVERNING LAW

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.9. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.10. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.11. SUCCESSORS

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.12. MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.13. SEPARABILITY

 

 

70

 

SECTION 11.14. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC

 

 

70

 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

 

 

 

TIA

 

 

 

INDENTURE

SECTION

 

 

 

SECTION

 

 

 

 

 

Section

 

310

 

11.1

 

 

310(a)(1)

 

8.10

 

 

(a)(2)

 

8.10

 

 

(a)(3)

 

N.A.**

 

 

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

 

 

(a)(5)

 

8.10

 

 

(b)

 

8.10

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

Section

 

311

 

11.1

 

 

311(a)

 

8.11

 

 

(b)

 

8.11

 

 

(c)

 

N.A.

Section

 

312

 

11.1

 

 

(a)

 

2.5

 

 

(b)

 

11.3

 

 

(c)

 

11.3

Section

 

313

 

11.1

 

 

313(a)

 

8.6(a)

 

 

(b)(1)

 

N.A.

 

 

(b)(2)

 

8.6(a)

 

 

(c)

 

8.6(a)

 

 

(d)

 

N.A.

Section

 

314

 

11.1

 

 

314(a)

 

5.2

 

 

(b)

 

N.A.

 

 

(c)(1)

 

11.4(a)

 

 

(c)(2)

 

11.4(a)

 

 

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

 

 

(d)

 

N.A.

 

 

(e)

 

11.4(b)

 

 

(f)

 

N.A.

Section

 

315

 

11.1

Section

 

316

 

11.1

Section

 

317

 

11.1

Section

 

318(c)

 

11.1

 

*

 

This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Indenture.

 

**

 

N.A. means Not Applicable.

 


 

          THIS INDENTURE dated as of August 4, 2009 is between Sybase, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

          In consideration of the purchase of the Securities (as defined herein) by the Holders thereof, both parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2029.

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

           SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS.

          “ Additional Interest ” means the additional interest that may be payable pursuant to Section 5.8 and Section 7.2(b); provided that neither Section 5.8 nor Section 7.2(b) shall preclude interest from accruing simultaneously under the other Section. All references herein to interest accrued or payable as of any date shall include any Additional Interest accrued or payable as of such date as provided in either Section 5.8 or Section 7.2(b).

          “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified person, 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 ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

          “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, in each case to the extent applicable to such transfer or exchange.

          “ Board of Directors ” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of the Board of Directors authorized to act for it with respect to this Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 3.7(b)(3) hereof, such term shall mean the board of directors of the Company and not any committee thereof.

          “ Business Day ” means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close or be closed.

          “ 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, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

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          “ Cash ” or “ cash ” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

          “ Certificated Security ” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A that does not include the information or the schedule called for by footnotes 1 and 3 thereof.

          “ close of business ” means 5:00 p.m., local time, in the City of New York.

          “ Closing Price ” means the last reported sale price per share of Common Stock (or, if no last sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices per share) on such date reported by the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported by the principal national or regional securities exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “closing price” will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “closing price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

          “ Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share, as it exists on the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of capital stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion of Securities shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

          “ Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Company.

          “ Conversion Price ” per share of Common Stock as of any day means the result obtained by dividing (i) $1,000 by (ii) the then applicable Conversion Rate.

          “ Conversion Rate ” means the rate at which the Securities are convertible, which rate shall be initially 20.8836 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

          “ Conversion Reference Period ” means:

          (i) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date, for Securities that are converted on or after the 25 th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the redemption of the Securities, the 20 consecutive Trading Days

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beginning on the 22 nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date (in the case of a partial redemption, this clause (i) shall only apply to those Securities that are subject to redemption);

          (ii) for Securities that are converted on or after the 25 th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Final Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the 22 nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Final Maturity Date; and

          (iii) in all other instances, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on the third Trading Day following the Conversion Date.

          “ Conversion Value ” means, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities converted, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date and (ii) the average of the Closing Prices of the Company’s Common Stock for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days of the Conversion Reference Period; provided that, after the consummation of a Fundamental Change in which the consideration is comprised entirely of cash and the Securities become convertible solely into cash, the amount in clause (ii) of this definition shall be the cash price per share received by holders of the Company’s Common Stock in such Fundamental Change; and provided further, that in the event of any conversion rate adjustment during the Conversion Reference Period, from and after the effective date of such adjustment, the Conversion Rate for purposes of clause (i) of this definition shall mean the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

          “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071; Attention: Corporate Trust Services (Sybase, Inc. — 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029) or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.

          “ Daily Share Amount ” means, for each Trading Day of the Conversion Reference Period and for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion, a number of shares of Common Stock (but in no event less than zero) equal to (i) the difference between (a) the Closing Price on such Trading Day multiplied by the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence on such Trading Day of any event which would require an adjustment pursuant to Section 4.6, and (b) $1,000, divided by (ii) the Closing Price on such Trading Day multiplied by 20.

          “ Default ” means, when used with respect to the Securities, any event which is or, after notice or passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default.

          “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

          “ Final Maturity Date ” means August 15, 2029.

          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in (1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (2) the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession and (4) the rules and regulations of the

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SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in registration statements filed under the Securities Act and periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC.

          “ Global Security ” means a Security in global form that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that includes the information and schedule called for by footnotes 1 and 3 thereof and which is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

          “ Holder ” or “ Securityholder ” means the person in whose name a Security is registered on the Primary Registrar’s books.

          “ Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

          “ Initial Purchasers ” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P Morgan Securities Inc.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” means February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2010.

          “ Officer ” means the Chairman or any Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Controller or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

          “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers; provided, however, that for purposes of Sections 4.11 and 5.3, “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and by one other Officer.

          “ opening of business ” means 9:00 a.m., local time, in the City of New York.

          “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

          “ Person ” or “ 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.

          “ Principal ” or “ principal ” of a debt security, including the Securities, means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.

          “ Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed by the Company for such redemption pursuant to Section 3.

          “ Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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          “ Restricted Global Security ” means a Global Security that is a Restricted Security.

          “ Restricted Security ” means a Security required to bear the restricted legend called for by footnote 2 in the form of Security set forth in Exhibit A of this Indenture.

          “ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

          “ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

          “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “ Securities ” means the 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 or any of them (each, a “Security”), as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Indenture.

          “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

          “ Securities Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor thereto.

          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined under Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

          “ Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

          “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 10.3, and except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

          “ Trading Day ” means a day during which trading in securities generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded), other than a day on which the material suspension of or limitation on trading is imposed that affects either the New York Stock Exchange (or, if applicable, such other market) in its entirety or only the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant market on which the shares are traded or otherwise) or on which the New York Stock Exchange (or, if applicable, such other market) cannot clear the transfer of the Company’s shares due to an event beyond the Company’s control.

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          “ Trading Price ” of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations per Security obtained by the Trustee for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from two independent nationally recognized securities dealers the Company selects, which may include either or both of the Initial Purchasers, provided that if at least two such bids cannot be reasonably obtained by the Trustee, but one such bid can be reasonably obtained by the Trustee, this one bid will be used. If the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities from a nationally recognized securities dealer or if in the Company’s reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the secondary market value of the Securities, then the Trading Price of the Securities will be deemed to be less than 98% of the then current Conversion Rate multiplied by the Closing Price of Common Stock on such determination date.

          “ Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means the successor.

          “ Trust Officer ” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

          “ Vice President ” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

           SECTION 1.2. OTHER DEFINITIONS.

 

 

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Additional Common Stock”

 

 

4.1

(i)

“Agent Members”

 

 

2.1

(b)

“Bankruptcy Law”

 

 

7.1

(a)

“Cash Percentage”

 

 

4.14

(b)

“Clause A Distribution”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

“Clause B Distribution”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

“Clause C Distribution”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

“Company Fundamental Change Notice”

 

 

3.7

(d)

“Company Order”

 

 

2.2

(e)

“Company Put Right Notice”

 

 

3.11

(b)

“Conversion Agent”

 

 

2.3

(a)

“Conversion Date”

 

 

4.2

(a)

“Conversion Settlement Period”

 

 

4.2

(a)

“Current Market Price”

 

 

4.6

(a)(8)

“Custodian”

 

 

7.1

(a)

“DTC”

 

 

2.1

(a)

“Depositary”

 

 

2.1

(a)

“Distribution Notice”

 

 

4.1

(b)

“Effective Date”

 

 

4.1

(i)

“Event of Default”

 

 

7.1

(a)

“Ex-Dividend Date”

 

 

4.6

(c)

“Fundamental Change”

 

 

3.7

(b)

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Term

 

Defined in Section

“Fundamental Change Purchase Date”

 

 

3.7

 

“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”

 

 

3.7

(e)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Price”

 

 

3.7

 

“Legal Holiday”

 

 

11.7

 

“Legend”

 

 

2.12

(a)

“Merger Notice”

 

 

4.1

(c)

“Non-Stock Fundamental Change”

 

 

4.1

(i)

“Non-Stock Fundamental Change Notice”

 

 

4.1

(i)

“Notice of Default”

 

 

7.1

(b)

“Paying Agent”

 

 

2.3

(a)

“Primary Registrar”

 

 

2.3

(a)

“Purchase Agreement”

 

 

2.1

 

“Put Right Purchase Date”

 

 

3.11

(a)

“Put Right Purchase Notice”

 

 

3.11

(e)

“Put Right Purchase Price”

 

 

3.11

(a)

“QIB”

 

 

2.1

(a)

“Redemption Price”

 

 

3.1

(a)

“Reference Property”

 

 

4.11

(a)

“Registrar”

 

 

2.3

(a)

“Remaining Shares”

 

 

4.14

(a)

“Restricted Transfer Default”

 

 

5.8

(b)

“Restricted Transfer Triggering Date”

 

 

5.8

(b)

“Rights”

 

 

4.15

 

“Rights Plan”

 

 

4.15

 

“Spin-Off”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

“Stock Price”

 

 

4.1

(i)

“Trigger Event”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

“Valuation Period”

 

 

4.6

(a)(3)

           SECTION 1.3. TRUST INDENTURE ACT PROVISIONS.

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture shall also include those provisions of the TIA required to be included herein by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

          “indenture securities” means the Securities;

          “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder;

          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

          “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

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          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.

          All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by any SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

           SECTION 1.4. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

          (a) Unless the context otherwise requires:

          (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

          (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

          (3) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

          (4) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

          (5) the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the term “merged” has a correlative meaning;

          (6) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

          (7) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments thereto; and

          (8) all “Article”, “Exhibit” and “Section” references are to Articles, Exhibits and Sections, respectively, of or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified herein, and the terms “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES

           SECTION 2.1. FORM AND DATING.

          The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A , which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system rule or regulation or usage. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated July 29, 2009 (the “ APurchase Agreement ”) between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

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          (a) Restricted Global Securities . All of the Securities are initially being offered and sold by the Company to the Initial Purchasers for resale to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (collectively, “ QIBs ” or individually, each a “ QIB ”) in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”, and such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “ Depositary ”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. (or any successor thereto), for the accounts of participants in the Depositary duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Securities Custodian as hereinafter provided, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures. A

          (b) Global Securities In General . Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect replacements, exchanges, purchases, redemptions, or conversions of such Securities. Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 hereof and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

          Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or under the Global Security, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) 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 Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (1) 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 (2) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

          (c) Book Entry Provisions . The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Subsection 2.1(c), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (1) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (2) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and (3) shall bear legends substantially to the following effect:

“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY 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 THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS

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REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”

           SECTION 2.2. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

          (a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $400,000,000 except as provided in Sections 2.6 and 2.7.

          (b) Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature, one of whom shall be the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

          (c) If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

          (d) A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

          (e) The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Securities for original issue in the aggregate principal amount of up to $400,000,000 upon receipt of a written order or orders of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (a “ Company Order ”). The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated, shall provide that all such Securities will be represented by a Restricted Global Security and the date on which each original issue of Securities is to be authenticated.

          (f) The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent

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may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

          (g) The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any multiple thereof.

      SECTION 2.3. REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT.

          (a) The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “ Registrar ”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for conversion (each, a “ Conversion Agent ”) and one or more offices or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. One of the Registrars (the “ Primary Registrar ”) shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.

          (b) The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. 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 Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or agent for service of notices and demands in any place required by this Indenture, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent (except for the purposes of Section 5.1 and Article 9), Conversion Agent and Registrar.

          (c) The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities Custodian and Conversion Agent, and each of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the office or agency of U.S. Bank Trust National Association, an Affiliate of the Trustee, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

      SECTION 2.4. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

     Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of, or interest on, any Securities, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. Subject to Section 9.2, a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) to make any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall, before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of, or interest on, any Securities, segregate the money 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 the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith to the

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Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.

           SECTION 2.5. SECURITYHOLDER 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Primary Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each semiannual 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 Securityholders.

           SECTION 2.6. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

          (a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.12, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided, however, that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form and, if applicable, a transfer certificate each in the form included in Exhibit A , and in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto, and provided , that this sentence shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.12(a), 3.6, 3.12, 4.2(e) or 10.5.

          (b) Neither the Company, any Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (1) any Securities for a period of 15 days next preceding mailing of a notice of Securities to be redeemed, (2) any Securities or portions thereof selected or called for redemption (except in the case of redemption of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or (3) any Securities or portions thereof in respect of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).

          (c) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

          (d) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.

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          (e) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.

          (f) 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 Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or other beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) 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 2.7. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.

          (a) If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Company, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

          (b) In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be purchased or redeemed by the Company pursuant to Article 3, or converted pursuant to Article 4, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay, redeem, purchase or convert such Security, as the case may be.

          (c) Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.7, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.

          (d) Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

          (e) The provisions of this Section 2.7 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

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           SECTION 2.8. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.

          (a) Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those redeemed or purchased pursuant to Article 3, those converted pursuant to Article 4, those delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.

          (b) If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Company receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

          (c) If a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds in respect of the outstanding Securities on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of (including premium, if any) and accrued interest on Securities (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date, or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Securities (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue; provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision thereof satisfactory to the Trustee has been made.

          (d) Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.9, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.

           SECTION 2.9. TREASURY SECURITIES.

          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

           SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.

          Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company with the consent of the Trustee considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

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           SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.

          The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase, payment, conversion or cancellation and shall dispose of the cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures or deliver the canceled Securities to the Company. All Securities which are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Final Maturity Date shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company may not hold or resell such Securities or issue any new Securities to replace any such Securities or any Securities that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 4.

           SECTION 2.12. LEGEND; ADDITIONAL TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS.

          (a) If Securities are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities subject to restrictions on transfer and bearing the legends called for by footnote 2 set forth on the forms of Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A (collectively, the “ Legend ”), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Security, the Securities so issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company and the Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an opinion of counsel if requested by the Company or such Registrar, as may be reasonably required by the Company and the Registrar, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Rule 144 or that such Securities are not “restricted” within the meaning of Rule 144; provided that no such evidence need be supplied in connection with the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale. Upon (1) provision of such satisfactory evidence if requested, or (2) notification by the Company to the Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a Security that does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Security and the Security is subsequently held by an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend shall be reinstated.

          (b) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.12.

          (c) Subject to the succeeding paragraph, every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend other than a Restricted Global Security. Whenever any Restricted Security other than a Restricted Global Security is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered in a name other than that of the Holder, such Security must be accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A , dated the date of such

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surrender and signed by the Holder of such Security, as to compliance with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.

          (d) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of any Security shall cease and terminate when such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(d). Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a surrender of such Security for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12, be exchanged for a new Security, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement registering the resale of the Securities under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned opinion of counsel or registration statement.

As used in the preceding Subsections 2.12(c) and (d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of any Security.

          (e) The provisions below shall apply only to Global Securities:

                    (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (B) the Company has provided the Depositary with written notice that it has decided to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfer through the Depositary or any successor Depositary or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclauses (A) or (B) immediately above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclause (C) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

                    (2) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security 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 the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on

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the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

               (3) Subject to the provisions of clause (5) of this Subsection 2.12(e), the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

               (4) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (1) of this Subsection 2.12(e) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

               (5) Neither 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 Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, 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 Security 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 Security.

           SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS.

          The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE

           SECTION 3.1. TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.

          (a) Prior to August 20, 2014, the Securities shall not be redeemable. The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities at any time on or after August 20, 2014 in whole, or from time to time in part (which must be equal to $1,000 or any multiple thereof), at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “ Redemption Price ”); provided that if the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or before an Interest Payment Date, then the interest will be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date and the

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term Redemption Price shall not include such interest. Securities or portions of the Securities called for redemption shall be convertible by the Holder in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 until the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date.

          (b) If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to this Section 3.1, it shall notify the Trustee at least 35 days prior to the Redemption Date as fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. If fewer than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given to the Trustee, which record date shall not be less than five days after the date of notice to the Trustee.

           SECTION 3.2. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

          (a) If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, unless the procedures of the Depositary provide otherwise, the Trustee shall, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, select the Securities to be redeemed. The Trustee shall make the selection from the Securities outstanding and not previously called for redemption by lot, or in its discretion, on a pro rata basis. Securities in denominations of $1,000 may only be redeemed in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.

          (b) If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted subsequent to the Trustee commencing selection of Securities to be redeemed but prior to redemption of such Securities shall be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

           SECTION 3.3. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

          (a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall give notice of redemption in accordance with Section 11.2 to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as it appears on the Registrar’s books.

          (b) The notice shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP numbers) to be redeemed and shall state:

                    (1) the Redemption Date;

                    (2) the Redemption Price;

                    (3) the then effective Conversion Price and Conversion Rate;

                    (4) the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;

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                    (5) that Securities called for redemption must be presented and surrendered to a Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

                    (6) that Holders who wish to convert Securities must surrender such Securities for conversion no later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date and must satisfy the other requirements set forth in paragraph 9 of the Securities and Article 4 hereof;

                    (7) that, unless the Company defaults in making the payment of the Redemption Price, interest on Securities called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the Holder shall be to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus any accrued and unpaid interest payable to such Holder upon presentation and surrender to a Paying Agent of the Securities; and

                    (8) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, upon presentation and surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

          (c) If any of the Securities to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to redemptions. At the Company’s request, which request shall (1) be irrevocable once given and (2) set forth all relevant information required by clauses (1) through (8) of Subsection 3.3(b), the Trustee shall give such notice of redemption to each Holder on behalf of the Company and at the Company’s expense; provided , however , that, in all cases, the text of such notice of redemption shall be prepared by the Company.

           SECTION 3.4. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

          Once notice of redemption is given, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the notice, except for Securities that are converted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4. On or after the Redemption Date and upon presentation and surrender to a Paying Agent, Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price.

           SECTION 3.5. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

          Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company acts as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Redemption Date) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted. The Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Company any money not required for that purpose because of the conversion of Securities pursuant to Article 4 or, if such money is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose, it shall be discharged from the trust.

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           SECTION 3.6. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.

          Upon presentation and surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

           SECTION 3.7. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER UPON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE .

          If at any time the Securities remain outstanding there shall have occurred a Fundamental Change, all or any portion of the Securities of any Holder equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000, shall be purchased by the Company, at the option of such Holder, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased, together with interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Price ”), on the date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Date ”) that is specified by the Company and is not less than 20 or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Company Fundamental Change Notice; provided , however , if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date is an Interest Payment Date, then interest on the Securities shall be payable to the Holders in whose name the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date and the term Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall not include such interest.

          (a) Whenever in this Indenture (including Sections 2.1, 7.1 and 7.7 hereof) or in the form of Securities there is a reference, in any context, to the principal of any Securities as of any time, such reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price payable in respect to such Securities to the extent that such Fundamental Change Purchase Price is, was or would be so payable at such time, and express mention of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price in any provision of this Indenture shall not be construed as excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase Price in those provisions of this Indenture when such express mention is not made.

          (b) A “ Fundamental Change ” of the Company, or any successor entity that is subject to the terms of this Indenture, shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the original issuance of Securities as any of the following events shall occur:

                    (1) the acquisition by any person of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger (except a merger or consolidation described in subclause (2) of this Subsection) or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of shares of the Capital Stock of the Company entitling that person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of such Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than any acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plans of the Company;

                    (2) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other person, any merger of another person into the Company, or any conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets to another person (other than to one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company), except:

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               (A) any transaction pursuant to which holders of the Capital Stock of the Company immediately prior to the transaction are entitled to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Capital Stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the continuing or surviving person immediately after the transaction in substantially the same proportion as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction; or

               (B) any merger solely 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;

                    (3) during any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of that two-year period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election to the Board of Directors, or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election were previously so approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office;

                    (4) a resolution is passed by the Company’s stockholders approving a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

                    (5) the Common Stock of the Company (or other Capital Stock into which the Securities are convertible pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof) ceases to be listed on a national securities exchange located in the United States.

          Beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act. The term “person” includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3.7, a Fundamental Change will be deemed not to have occurred if, in the case of a merger or consolidation, more than 90% of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in a merger or consolidation otherwise constituting a Fundamental Change consists of shares of common stock, depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, or will be so traded or quoted immediately following such merger or consolidation, and as a result of such merger or consolidation the Securities become convertible in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof into cash in an amount equal to the lesser of $1,000 and the Conversion Value and, if the Conversion Value is greater than $1,000, payment of the excess value in the form of cash or such common stock, depositary receipts, ordinary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests.

          (d) On or before the 20 th day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company, or, at the written request and expense of the Company, the Trustee, shall give written notice of the Fundamental Change (the “ Company Fundamental Change Notice ”) to the Trustee (if the Trustee does not mail such notice), the Paying Agent and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) in accordance with Section 11.2. The Company Fundamental Change Notice shall include the form of a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and shall state:

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               (1) the date of such Fundamental Change and, briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

               (2) the date by which the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 3.7 must be given;

               (3) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

               (4) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

               (5) the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Security and the last date on which a Holder may exercise such right;

               (6) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;

               (7) the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent and that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment;

               (8) the then effective Conversion Price and Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate ;

               (9) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise conversion rights under Article 4 and that Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given may be converted pursuant to Article 4 of this Indenture only to the extent that the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

               (10) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.7;

               (11) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, including a form of notice of withdrawal; and

               (12) whether such notice constitutes a Non-Stock Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 4.1(i).

If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to the purchase of Global Securities.

Contemporaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing the information therein in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City, New York, or publish such information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

          (e) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in this Section 3.7 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form included in Exhibit A hereto and which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case

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of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a “ Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ”) together with the Securities with respect to which such rights are being exercised to any Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

                    (1) The delivery of such Security to any Paying Agent prior to, on or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price therefor.

                    (2) The Company shall only be obliged to purchase pursuant to this Section 3.7, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.

                    (3) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to a Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this Subsection 3.7(e) shall have the right to withdraw such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in whole or in a portion thereof that is a principal amount of $1,000 or in a multiple thereof at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.8.

                    (4) A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.

                    (5) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

           SECTION 3.8. EFFECT OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE .

          (a) Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of a properly completed Fundamental Change Purchase Notice and Securities from a Holder in accordance with Section 3.7(e), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified below) thereafter be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (1) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to such Security ( provided that the conditions in Subsection 3.7(e) have been satisfied) and (2) the time of delivery of such Security to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Subsection 3.7(e). Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article 4 on or after the date of the delivery of such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn in accordance with Subsection 3.8 (b) with respect to the Securities to be converted.

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          (b) A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which may be delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, specifying the principal amount of the Security or portion thereof (which must be a principal amount of $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, the certificate number (if in certificated form) of the Securities so withdrawn and the principal amount of Securities (if any) that remain subject to the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. In the case of Global Securities, any withdrawal notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures in effect from time to time.

           SECTION 3.9. DEPOSIT OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE PRICE

          (a) On or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Fundamental Change Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased on such Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 3.9 is made by the Company shall be at the option of the Company, provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

          (b) If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Security for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture then, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, such Security will cease to be outstanding, interest will cease to accrue and the rights of the Holder in respect thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price as aforesaid). The Company shall publicly announce the principal amount of Securities repurchased on or as soon as practicable after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

           SECTION 3.10. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY .

          To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.9 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.

           SECTION 3.11. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER ON SPECIFIED DATES

          (a) Securities shall be purchased in cash in whole or in part (which must be equal to $1,000 or any multiple thereof) by the Company, at the option of Holders, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.11 and paragraph 8 of the Securities promptly after August 15, 2014, August 15, 2019 and August 15, 2024 (each, a “ Put Right Purchase Date ”), at a purchase price per Security in cash equal to

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100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Security, together with any accrued and unpaid interest if any up to but not including the applicable Put Right Purchase Date (the “ Put Right Purchase Price ”).

          (b) The Company shall give written notice of the applicable Put Right Purchase Date in accordance with Section 11.2 to the Trustee and to each Holder (at its address shown in the register of the Registrar) not less than 20 Business Days prior to each Put Right Purchase Date (the “ Company Put Right Notice ”). Each Company Put Right Notice shall include a form of Put Right Purchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall state:

               (1) the Put Right Purchase Price, the Put Right Purchase Date and the Conversion Price and Conversion Rate then in effect;

               (2) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

               (3) that Securities as to which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been given may be converted if they are otherwise convertible only in accordance with Article 4 hereof and paragraph 9 of the Securities only to the extent that the Put Right Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

               (4) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment;

               (5) that the Put Right Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Put Right Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in subclause (4) above;

               (6) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section and a brief description of those rights;

               (7) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;

               (8) the procedures for withdrawing a Put Right Purchase Notice as set forth in Subsection 3.11(g);

               (9) that, unless the Company fails to pay such Put Right Purchase Price on Securities for which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been submitted, such Securities shall no longer be outstanding and interest on such Securities will cease to accrue on and after the Put Right Purchase Date; and

               (10) the CUSIP number of the Securities.

          (c) If any of the Securities are to be redeemed in the form of a Global Security, the Company shall modify such Company Put Right Notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to repurchases.

          (d) At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such Company Put Right Notice on behalf of the Company and at the Company’s expense; provided , however , that, in all cases, the text of such Company Put Right Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

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          (e) To exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 3.11, the Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a written notice of purchase in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto (a “ Put Right Purchase Notice ”) at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the applicable Put Right Purchase Date until the close of business on the Put Right Purchase Date stating:

          (1) if certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased (or if the Securities are not certificated, the Put Right Purchase Notice must comply with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to purchases),

          (2) the portion (which may be 100%) of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be in a principal amount of $1,000 or a multiple thereof, and

          (3) that such Security shall be purchased as of the applicable Put Right Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions in this Section 3.11.

          (f) The Company shall purchase all Securities with respect to which a Put Right Purchase Notice is given and not withdrawn, upon the later of the applicable Put Right Purchase Date and delivery of such Securities to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent (if the Securities are not certificated, such delivery must comply with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to purchases). Delivery of such Security shall be a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Put Right Purchase Price therefor. The Put Right Purchase Price shall be paid pursuant to this Section 3.11 only if the Security delivered to the Paying Agent conforms in all respects to the description thereof in the related Put Right Purchase Notice, as determined by the Company.

          (g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Put Right Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.11 shall have the right to withdraw such Put Right Purchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Put Right Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent specifying:

               (1) the certificate number, if any, of the Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted (or, if the Securities are not certificated, the withdrawal notice must comply with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to withdrawals),

               (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Security (which must be equal to $1,000 or a multiple thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and

               (3) the aggregate principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains subject to the original Put Right Purchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company.

          (h) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Put Right Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

          (i) On or before 11:00a.m. (local time in the City of New York) on the Business Day following the Put Right Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in

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trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on or after such Put Right Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Put Right Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Put Right Purchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 3.11(i) is made by the Company shall be at the option of the Company; provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds by the close of business on the Business Day after the Put Right Purchase Date.

               (1) If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Put Right Purchase Price of any Security for which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn on the Put Right Purchase Date, then, on the close of business on the Business Day after the Put Right Purchase Date, such Security will cease to be outstanding, and interest shall cease to accrue on such Security whether or not the Security is delivered to the Paying Agent, and the rights of the Holder in respect thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Put Right Purchase Price as aforesaid).

               (2) The Put Right Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder with respect to Securities for which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (A) the Business Day after the Put Right Purchase Date with respect to such Security ( provided that the conditions in Subsection 3.11(f) have been satisfied) and (B) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.11(f). Securities in respect of which a Put Right Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof, if convertible pursuant to Article 4 hereof, may not be converted on or after the date of the delivery of such Put Right Purchase Notice, unless such Put Right Purchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as specified in Subsection 3.11(g).

               (3) To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to this Subsection 3.11(i) exceeds the aggregate Put Right Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Put Right Purchase Date the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.

          (j) The Company shall only be obligated to purchase, pursuant to this Section 3.11, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.

          (k) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Put Right Purchase Notice specified in subsection 3.11(f), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Put Right Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Put Right Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified herein) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Put Right Purchase Price with respect to such Security.

           SECTION 3.12. SECURITIES PURCHASED IN PART .

          Any Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the Put Right Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security,

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without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.

           SECTION 3.13. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS UPON PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

          In connection with any offer to purchase of Securities under Section 3.7 or Section 3.11, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to either such Rule), if applicable, under the Exchange Act, (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor or similar schedule, form or report) if required under the Exchange Act, and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer to purchase or purchase of Securities, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.7 through 3.11 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein.

           SECTION 3.14. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

          The Company (a) shall, on or prior to the date that is two years from the latest issuance of any Securities in accordance with Section 2.11 surrender any Security purchased by the Company pursuant to this Article 3 to the Trustee for cancellation, and (b) after such date, may (to the extent permitted by applicable law) reissue or sell such Security or surrender such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as aforesaid. Any Securities surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold by the Company and will be canceled promptly in accordance with Section 2.11.

ARTICLE 4
CONVERSION

           SECTION 4.1. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE AND CONVERSION RATE .

          (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article and the Securities, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount may be converted on or prior to the close of business on the Final Maturity Date, unless previously redeemed by the Company or purchased by the Company at the Holders’ option, at the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion and subject to the adjustments described below, into the kind and amount of consideration determined in accordance with Section 4.14 hereof only under the following circumstances:

          (1) on any date during any fiscal quarter commencing after September 30, 2009 (and only during such fiscal quarter) if the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock was more than 130% of the then current Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading Days in the period of the 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the previous fiscal quarter;

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          (2) with respect to Securities called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, until the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date;

          (3) if the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan) entitling them to purchase Common Stock at less than the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the day preceding the declaration for such distribution;

          (4) if the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock cash, assets, debt securities or capital stock (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, share split of Common Stock or a dividend or distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock), which distribution has a per share value as determined by the Board of Directors exceeding 10% of the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the day preceding the declaration for such distribution;

          (5) (i) if the Company becomes a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Company’s Common Stock would be converted to cash, securities or other property, (i) if a Fundamental Change occurs, or (iii) if an event occurs that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the existence of the Fundamental Change exception set forth in the proviso to Section 3.7(c) hereof, other than in the case of (i) or (iii) an event described in clauses (A) or (B) of Section 3.7(b)(2);

          (6) during the five consecutive Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading Day period in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures described below in Section 4.1(d)(ii), for each Trading Day of such five Trading Day period was less than 98% of the product of the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for such five Trading Day period and the then current Conversion Rate; or

          (7) On or after February 15, 2029, until the close of the business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date.

          (b) In the case of a distribution contemplated by clauses (3) and (4) of Section 4.1(a), the Company shall notify Holders at least 20 days prior to the ex-dividend date (the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular way, on the relevant market from which the Closing Price was obtained without the right to receive such right, warrant, dividend or distribution) for such distribution (the “ Distribution Notice ”). Once the Company has given the Distribution Notice, Holders may surrender their Securities for conversion at any time until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the ex-dividend date and (ii) the Company’s announcement that such distribution will not take place. In the event of a distribution contemplated by clauses (3) and (4) of Section 4.1(a), Holders may not convert the Securities if the Holders may otherwise participate in such distribution without converting their Securities. The Company will provide written notice to the Conversion Agent as soon as reasonably practicable of any anticipated or actual event or transaction that will cause or causes the Securities to become convertible pursuant to clauses (3) or (4) of Section 4.1(a).

          (c) In the case of a transaction contemplated by clause (5) of Section 4.1(a) the Company will notify Holders (i) at least 25 days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction if such

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anticipated effective date is known to the Company or (ii) if such anticipated effective date is not known to the Company prior to such 25th day, then within five Trading Days after the Company becomes aware of such transaction (the “ Merger Notice ”). Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15 days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction or after delivery of the Merger Notice in accordance with clause (ii) of the preceding sentence if such delivery occurs after such 15th day; provided, however, that Holders’ rights to convert Securities shall terminate upon notice by the Company to the Holders that such contemplated transaction will not occur.

          (d) (i) For each fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after September 30, 2009, the Conversion Agent, on behalf of the Company, will determine, on the first Business Day following the last Trading Day of the prior fiscal quarter, whether the Securities are convertible pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.1(a), and, if so, will notify the Trustee and the Company in writing.

          (ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Securities and whether the Securities are convertible pursuant to clause (7) of Section 4.1(a) unless the Company has requested such determination; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder of the Securities provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is reasonably likely to be less than 98% of the product of the Closing Price of our Common Stock and the Conversion Rate then in effect per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. At such time, the Company shall instruct the Trustee to determine the Trading Price of the Securities beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day for 10 consecutive Trading Days to determine whether the Trading Prices for the Securities for each Trading Day in any five consecutive Trading Day period within such 10 Trading Day period is less than 98% of the product of (A) the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for such five Trading Day period and (B) the then current Conversion Rate, and to notify the Company accordingly.

          (e) The conversion rights pursuant to this Article 4 shall commence on the initial issuance date of the Securities and expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date, but shall be exercisable only upon the occurrence and during the time periods specified with respect to each circumstance pursuant to which the Securities become convertible pursuant to Section 4.1(a), subject, in the case of conversion of any Global Security, to any Applicable Procedures. If a Security is called for redemption or submitted or presented for purchase pursuant to Article 3, such conversion right shall terminate at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, Put Right Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, for such Security (unless the Company shall fail to make the Redemption Price, Put Right Purchase Price, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price payment when due in accordance with Article 3, in which case the conversion right shall terminate at the close of business on the date such failure is cured and such Security is redeemed or purchased, as the case may be). Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or a Put Right Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been delivered may not be surrendered for conversion pursuant to this Article 4 prior to a valid withdrawal of such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or Put Right Purchase Notice, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.

          (f) Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security.

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          (g) A Holder of Securities is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until such Holder has converted its Securities into Common Stock, and only to the extent such Securities are converted into Common Stock pursuant to this Article 4.

          (h) [Reserved]

          (i) Subject to Section 4.11, if a Holder elects to convert a Security in connection with a Fundamental Change referred to in Section 3.7 (without regards to Section 3.7(b)(2)(A)), other than Section 3.7(b)(3), pursuant to which 10% or more of the consideration for the Common Stock (other than cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights) in such transaction consists of cash or securities (or other property) that are not traded or scheduled to be traded immediately following such transaction on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Non-Stock Fundamental Change ”) that occurs on or prior to August 20, 2014, the Company will increase the Conversion Rate by an amount expressed as a number of shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Common Stock ”) determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Non-Stock Fundamental Change becomes effective or the date on which the Common Stock ceases to be traded on a U.S. National securities exchange (the “ Effective Date ”) and the price (the “ Stock Price ”) paid (or deemed paid) per share for the Common Stock in the Non-Stock Fundamental Change. If Holders of Common Stock receive only cash in the Non-Stock Fundamental Change, the Stock Price s


 
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