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| | Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities. |
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| | “Independent Investment Banker” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., or their respective successors as may be appointed from time to time by the Company; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “primary treasury dealer”), the Company will substitute another primary treasury dealer. |
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| | “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the arithmetic average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date. |
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| | “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date. |
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| | “Reference Treasury Dealer” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and two other primary treasury dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective successors and any other primary treasury dealers selected by the Company. |
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Purchase of Securities upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event: | | Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities, the Company will be required to make an offer to each holder of the Securities to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that holder’s Securities at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of repurchase. |
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| | Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, stating: |
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| | (1) that a Change of Control has occurred or is about to occur and that such holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such holder’s Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date); |
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| | (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control Repurchase Event or, if the Change of Control is about to occur, the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control; |
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| | (3) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days from the date such notice is mailed); |
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| | (4) the instructions, as determined by the Company, that a holder must follow in order to have its Securities purchased; and |
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| | (5) that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the specified purchase date, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control. |
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| | On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company will, to the extent lawful: |
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| | (1) accept for payment all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered pursuant to its offer; |
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| | (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Securities or portions of the Securities properly tendered; and |
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| | (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities being purchased by the Company. |
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| | The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each holder of Securities properly tendered the purchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered. |
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| | Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Securities upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to a particular series of Securities, if, with respect to such series of Securities, a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Securities of such series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. |
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| | The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e)(1) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities as a result of Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Securities, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Re purchase Event provisions of the Securities by virtue of such conflict. |
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