EXHIBIT 4.4
AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
As Exchange Agent and Trustee
Senior Exchangeable Notes
due 2023
GUARANTEE AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 30, 2003
GUARANTEE AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT dated as of July 30, 2003
between AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Parent")
and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, in its
capacity as the Trustee (the "Trustee") under that certain Indenture, dated as
of even date herewith (as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, including the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed to be a part thereof, the
"Indenture"), among AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") and the Trustee and as the Exchange Agent (the "Exchange Agent")
hereunder and under the Indenture.
RECITALS OF THE PARENT
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an
issue of Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2023 (the "Securities") having the terms,
tenor, amount and other provisions set forth in the Indenture, and, to provide
therefor, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the
Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Parent and the Parent will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Parent is entering into this Agreement as
contemplated by the Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS GUARANTY AND EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
set forth therefor in the Indenture.
"Agreement" means this Agreement, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions
of the TIA that are deemed to be a part hereof.
"Average Sale Price" means the average of the Sale Prices of
the Common Stock for the shortest of
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(1) 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last full
trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the
rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated, or
(2) the period (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the
first public announcement of (a) the issuance of rights, warrants or
options or (b) the distribution, in each case, in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated and (y) proceeding through the
last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect
to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which
the Average Sale Price is being calculated (excluding days within such
period, if any, which are not trading days), or
(3) the period, if any, (x) commencing on the date next
succeeding the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the next preceding (a)
issuance of rights, warrants or options or (b) distribution, in each
case, for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of Sections
7.06(c), 7.07 or 7.08 and (y) proceeding through the last full trading
day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights,
warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average
Sale Price is being calculated (excluding days within such period, if
any, which are not trading days).
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Parent or any duly authorized committee of such board.
"Capital Stock" for any corporation means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock or other equity issued
by that corporation.
"Common Stock" shall mean the shares of Class B Common Stock,
$0.01 par value, of the Parent as it exists on the date of hereof or any other
shares of Capital Stock of the Parent into which the Common Stock shall be
reclassified or changed. "Common Stock" payable in connection with the purchase
of Securities upon a Change of Control in accordance with Section 3.02 shall be
deemed to include common stock of any entity, including the parent company of
any such entity, that the Parent consolidates or merges with or into, that is
merged into the Parent, or to which the Parent sells or transfers all or
substantially all of its assets.
"domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that was formed
under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision
thereof or the District of Columbia.
"guarantee" means, as applied to any obligation, (i) a
guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in
the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part
or all of such obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent
or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment
or performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or
any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the
payment of amounts drawn down by letters of credit.
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"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Securities by the
Parent or any Subsidiary (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) in
accordance with the provisions of Article 8.
"Guaranteed Obligations" means the principal of and cash
interest on the Securities to be paid in full when due, whether at Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, or otherwise (including, without
limitation, the amount that would become due but for the operation of the
automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Law), together with cash
interest and interest on any overdue interest, to the extent lawful, and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the
Securities and the Indenture to be paid in full or performed, all in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, including, without
limitation, in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any
Securities or of any such other obligations, the payment or performance of any
such Securities or other obligations when due or performed in accordance with
the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise.
"Guarantors" means the Parent and each domestic Subsidiary
(other than the Company and its subsidiaries) that issues a Guarantee pursuant
to the provisions of Article 8.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any
Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Parent.
"Officer's Certificate" means a written certificate containing
the information specified in Sections 9.04 and 9.05, signed in the name of the
Parent by any Officer, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion containing the
information specified in Sections 9.04 and 9.05, from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the
Parent, the Company or the Trustee.
"Parent" means the party named as the "Parent" in the first
paragraph of this Agreement until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
"person" or "Person" means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Sale Price" of Capital Stock on any date means (a) the
closing per share sale price (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the
average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange or such other United States securities exchange
on which the Capital Stock is traded or, if the Capital Stock is not listed on a
United States national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or (b) in the
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absence of such quotation, such price as the Company shall determine on the
basis of such quotations as the Company considers appropriate.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose
Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect
directors is, at the date of determination, directly or indirectly owned by the
Parent, by one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent or by the Parent and one or
more Subsidiaries of the Parent, (ii) a partnership in which the Parent or a
Subsidiary of the Parent holds a majority interest in the equity capital or
profits of such partnership, or (iii) any other person (other than a corporation
or a partnership) in which the Parent, a Subsidiary of the Parent or the Parent
and one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent, directly or indirectly, at the date
of determination, have (x) at least a majority ownership interest or (y) the
power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other
governing body of such person.
"Time of Determination" means the time and date of the earlier
of (i) the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights, warrants or
options or a distribution, in each case, to which Section 7.07 or 7.08 applies
and (ii) the time ("Ex-Dividend Time") immediately prior to the commencement of
"ex-dividend" trading for such rights, warrants or options or distribution on
the New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional exchange or
market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
"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
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other national or
regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the
Common Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange, on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or, if the
Common Stock is not quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System, on the principal other market on which the Common
Stock is then traded.
"Trustee" means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Agreement until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture and, thereafter, shall
mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any
subsequent such successor or successors.
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions
Defined in
Term Section
"Exchange Agent"................................................... 2.01
"Exchange Date".................................................... 7.02
"Exchange Rate".................................................... 7.01
"Ex-Dividend Measurement Period"................................... 7.08
"Extraordinary Cash Dividend"...................................... 7.08
"Market Price"..................................................... 3.04
"Relevant Cash Dividends".......................................... 7.08
"Rights"........................................................... 7.19
"Rights Agreement"................................................. 7.19
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SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. Whenever this Agreement refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Agreement. All other TIA
terms used in this Agreement that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned
to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a defined term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including, without limitation; and
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular.
SECTION 1.05 Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments (which
may take the form of an electronic writing or messaging or otherwise be in
accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary or the Trustee) of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing (which may be in electronic form); and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, when it is hereby
expressly required, to the Parent. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
(either of which may be in electronic form) shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Parent, if made
in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution (or electronic delivery) or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing or delivering such instrument or writing
acknowledged to such officer the execution (or electronic delivery) thereof.
When such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer's
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of such signer's authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing (electronic or otherwise), or the
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authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
register maintained by the Registrar.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(e) If the Parent shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Parent may, at its option, by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Parent shall have no obligation to do so.
If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record
date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record
date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have authorized or
agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Securities
shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement within six months after the record date.
ARTICLE 2
TRUSTEE AND EXCHANGE AGENT
SECTION 2.01 Exchange Agent. The Parent shall maintain an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for exchange ("Exchange
Agent"). The Parent may have one or more additional exchange agents. The term
"Exchange Agent" includes any additional exchange agent, including any named
pursuant to Section 4.04. The Parent shall enter into an appropriate agency
agreement with any Exchange Agent (other than the Trustee). The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Agreement that relate to such agent. The Parent
shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the
Parent fails to maintain a Exchange Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and
shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 2.04.
The Parent or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as
Exchange Agent or co-registrar. The Parent initially appoints the Trustee as
Exchange Agent in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.02 Rights, Duties, Etc. of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall have such rights and duties under this Agreement as set forth in Sections
7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 of the
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Indenture, which sections of the Indenture are hereby incorporated in into this
Agreement in their entirety.
SECTION 2.03 Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of the Indenture, this Agreement
or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for any Guarantor's or the
Company's use or application of the proceeds from the Securities, it shall not
be responsible for any statement in the registration statement for the
Securities under the Securities Act or in the Indenture, this Agreement or the
Securities (other than its certificate of authentication), or the determination
as to which beneficial owners are entitled to receive any notices hereunder.
SECTION 2.04 Compensation and Indemnity. The Parent agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable
compensation as the Parent and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in
writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited (to the extent permitted by law) by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses, advances and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor, Trustee and
their agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, damage, claim,
liability, cost or expense (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses
and taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income
of the Trustee)) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim (whether asserted by the Parent or any Holder or any other Person) or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
To secure the Parent's payment obligations in this Section
2.05, the Holders shall have been deemed to have granted to the Trustee a lien
prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, except that held in trust to pay the Principal Amount at Maturity,
Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase
Price, Change of Control Purchase Price, or cash interest, if any, as the case
may be, on particular Securities.
The Parent's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and discharge of the Indenture
and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses
after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) of the
Indenture, the expenses including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel, are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
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SECTION 2.05 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign or
be removed and replaced in accordance with Section 7.08 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.06 Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation, the
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be
the successor Trustee.
SECTION 2.07 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The
Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual
report of condition. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Trustee from
filing with the Commission the application referred to in the penultimate
paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
ARTICLE 3
THE PARENT'S RIGHTS UPON REDEMPTION OF THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 Exchange Arrangement on Call for Redemption. In
connection with any redemption of Securities, the Parent may arrange for the
purchase and exchange of any Securities called for redemption by an agreement
with one or more investment banks or other purchasers to purchase such
Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Securityholders, on or
prior to 11:30 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date, an amount that,
together with any amounts deposited with the Trustee by the Company for the
redemption of such Securities, is not less than the Redemption Price of, and any
accrued and unpaid interest with respect to, such Securities. If such an
agreement is entered into, any Securities not duly surrendered for exchange by
the Holders thereof may, at the option of the Parent, be deemed, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, acquired by such purchasers from such Holders and
(notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article 7 hereof)
surrendered by such purchasers for exchange, all as of immediately prior to the
close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, subject to
payment of the above amount as aforesaid. The Trustee shall hold and pay to the
Holders whose Securities are selected for redemption any such amount paid to it
for purchase and exchange in the same manner as it would moneys deposited with
it by the Company for the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee's prior
written consent, no arrangement between the Parent and such purchasers for the
purchase and exchange of any Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any
of the powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set
forth in this Agreement or the Indenture, and the Parent agrees to indemnify the
Trustee from, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
arising out of or in connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and
exchange of any Securities between the Parent and such purchasers, including the
costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee in the defense of any claim or
liability arising out of or in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Indenture.
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SECTION 3.02 Election to Deliver Common Stock Upon Purchase of
Securities at Option of the Holder.
(a) Subject to compliance with Section 3.04, the Parent may,
at its option, elect to deliver Common Stock in exchange for Securities in full
or partial satisfaction of the Company's obligation to pay the Purchase Price of
the Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a)
of the Indenture has been given and not withdrawn. If the Parent elects to so
deliver Common Stock in exchange for Securities, it shall deliver a notice of
its election thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Paying Agent no later
than three Business Days prior to the relevant Company Notice Date. The Parent
shall designate in such notice, the percentages or amounts of the Purchase Price
of Securities in respect of which it will deliver Common Stock; provided that
the Parent will pay cash for fractional interests in Common Stock. For purposes
of determining the existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities
subject to purchase by the Company held by a Holder shall be considered together
(no matter how many separate certificates are to be presented). The Parent may
not change its election with respect to the consideration (or the percentage of
consideration to be paid in Common Stock) to be paid once the Parent has given
its notice pursuant hereto to the Company, the Paying Agent and the Trustee
except pursuant to Section 3.04 in the event of a failure to satisfy, prior to
the close of business on the Purchase Date, any condition to the payment of the
Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in Common Stock.
(b) The Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a
Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) of the Indenture has been given, or
a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Parent by the issuance of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i)
an amount equal to the portion of such Purchase Price being paid in Common Stock
by (ii) the Market Price of a share of Common Stock, subject to Section 3.06.
SECTION 3.03 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder
upon Change of Control.
Subject to compliance with Section 3.04, the Parent may, at
its option, elect to deliver Common Stock in exchange for Securities in full or
partial satisfaction of the Company's obligation to pay the Change of Control
Purchase Price. If the Parent elects to so deliver Common Stock in exchange for
Securities, it shall deliver notice of its election thereof (which notice shall
include the percentage of the Change of Control Purchase Price to be satisfied
by delivery of Common Stock) to the Trustee and the Company no later than 15
Business Days after the occurrence of a Change of Control.
The shares of Common Stock deliverable in payment of the
Change of Control Purchase Price less any cash payments shall have a "fair
market value" as of the Change of Control Purchase Date of not less than the
Change of Control Purchase Price less any cash payments made by the Company. For
purposes hereof, the "fair market value" of shares of Common Stock shall be
determined by the Parent and shall be equal to 95% of the average of the Market
Price determined as of the Change of Control Purchase Date;
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SECTION 3.04 Conditions to Exercise of the Parent's Rights to
Deliver Common Stock.
The Parent's right to exercise its election to purchase the
Securities pursuant to Sections 3.02 or 3.03 through the issuance of shares of
Common Stock shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the Parent having given timely notice of its election
to purchase all or a specified percentage of the Securities with Common
Stock as provided herein;
(ii) the shares of Common Stock having been admitted for
listing or admitted for listing subject to notice of issuance on the
New York Stock Exchange or a national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed
on a national or regional securities exchange, as quoted on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System;
(iii) the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be
issued in respect of the payment of the Purchase Price under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in
each case, if required;
(iv) any necessary qualification or registration under
applicable state securities laws or the availability of an exemption
from such qualification and registration; and
(v) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that (A) the terms
of the issuance of the Common Stock are in conformity with this
Agreement and (B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Parent
in payment of the Purchase Price or the Change of Control Purchase
Price, as the case may be, in respect of Securities have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement in payment of the Purchase Price or Change of Control
Purchase Price, as the case may be, in respect of the Securities, will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, free from preemptive rights under law or
material contracts, and, in the case of such Officer's Certificate,
stating that conditions (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and the
condition set forth in the second succeeding sentence have been
satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of Counsel, stating that
conditions (ii) and (iii) above have been satisfied.
Such Officer's Certificate shall also set forth the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity
of Securities and the Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each trading day
during the period for which the Market Price is calculated. The Parent may pay
the Purchase Price (or any portion thereof) in Common Stock only if the
information necessary to calculate the Market Price is published in a daily
newspaper of national circulation.
The "Market Price" of the Common Stock means the average of
the Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five trading day period ending on,
and including, the third Business Day (if the third Business Day prior to the
applicable Purchase Date is a trading day or, if not,
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then on the last trading day) prior to the applicable Purchase Date,
appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during the period
commencing on the first of such trading days during such five trading day period
and ending on such Purchase Date, of any event described in Section 7.06, 7.07
or 7.08; subject, however, to the conditions set forth in Sections 7.09 and
7.10.
SECTION 3.05 Covenants of the Parent. All shares of Common
Stock delivered in exchange for the Securities shall be newly issued shares or
treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or
adverse claim created by the Parent.
SECTION 3.06 Fractional Shares. The Parent will not issue a
fractional share of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price or the Change
of Control Purchase Price. Instead the Parent will pay, or cause to be paid,
cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market
value of a fraction of a share shall be determined by multiplying the Market
Price by such fraction and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent. It is
understood that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security purchased, the
number of shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of
Securities to be purchased.
SECTION 3.07 Effect of Delivery of Common Stock. Upon a
payment by Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, that portion of accrued
Original Issue Discount or cash interest attributable to the period from the
Issue Date to the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date with respect
to the purchased Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited but
rather shall be deemed acquired by the Parent from the Holder through the
delivery of the Common Stock in exchange for the Security being purchased
pursuant to the terms hereof, and the fair market value of such Common Stock
(together with any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock)
shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for the
accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest through the Purchase Date or
Change of Control Purchase Date, and the balance, if any, of the fair market
value of such shares of Common Stock shall be treated as issued in exchange for
the Issue Price of the Security being purchased pursuant to the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 3.08 Taxes. If a Holder of a Security receives Common
Stock in exchange for Securities, the Parent shall pay, or cause to be paid, any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on such issue of shares
of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because
the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than
the Holder's name. The Exchange Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates
representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's
name until the Exchange Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which
will be due because the shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other
than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax withholding
required by law or regulations.
SECTION 3.09 Deposit of Purchase Price or Change of Control
Purchase Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date or
the Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Parent shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Exchange Agent the number of shares of
Common Stock required to be delivered pursuant to the Parent's election under
Sections 3.02 or 3.03, as the case may be.
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SECTION 3.10 Return to the Parent. The Trustee and the
Exchange Agent shall promptly return to the Parent any shares of Common Stock
that remain unclaimed as provided in paragraph 14 of the Securities, together
with dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f) of
the Indenture), held by them for the payment of the Purchase Price or Change of
Control Purchase Price, as the case may be; provided, however, that to the
extent that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock deposited by the
Parent pursuant to Section 3.09 exceeds those necessary to pay the aggregate
Purchase Price or Change of Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, of the
Securities or portions thereof which the Parent or the Company is obligated to
purchase as of the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date, as the case
may be, whether as a result of withdrawal or otherwise, then promptly after the
Business Day following the Purchase Date or Change of Control Purchase Date, as
the case may be, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Parent together
with dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f) of
the Indenture).
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Deposit of Securities. Any shares of Common Stock
to be given to the Exchange Agent shall be deposited with the Exchange Agent by
10:00 a.m., New York City time, no later than the Business Day following the
payment date in accordance with Section 3.09 or the seventh Business Day
following the Exchange Date in accordance with Section 7.02.
SECTION 4.02 SEC and Other Reports. The Parent shall deliver
to the Trustee, within 15 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports,
information, documents and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual
report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Parent is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Parent also shall comply with the
provisions of TIA Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and
documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's
receipt of the same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Parent's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).
SECTION 4.03 Delivery of Certain Information. At any time when
the Parent is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the
request of a Holder or any beneficial holder of Securities or shares of Common
Stock which are restricted securities issued upon exchange thereof, the Parent
will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information to such
Holder or any beneficial holder of Securities or holder of shares of Common
Stock issued upon exchange of Securities, or to a prospective purchaser of any
such security designated by any such holder, as the case may be, to the extent
required to permit compliance by such Holder or holder with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act in connection with the resale of any such security.
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SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Parent will
maintain an office or agency of the Trustee and Exchange Agent where Securities
may be surrendered for registration of purchase or exchange and where notices
and demands to or upon the Parent in respect of the Securities and this
Agreement may be served. The office of the Trustee, located at 180 East Fifth
Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 (Attention: Corporate Trust Services), shall
initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The Parent
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in the
location of the office of the Trustee). If at any time the Parent shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 9.02.
Effective August 11, 2003, the office of the Trustee will be 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Parent may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Parent of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
for such purposes.
SECTION 4.05 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by
Subsidiaries. The Parent will not permit any Subsidiary (other than the Company
or its Subsidiaries) to guarantee the payment of any Debt of the Parent or the
Company unless such Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplement
to this Agreement providing for a Guarantee of the Securities by such Subsidiary
to the extent required in Article 8 hereof.
SECTION 4.06 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon the request of
the Trustee, the Parent will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such other acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01 When Parent May Merge or Transfer Assets. The
Parent shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other person or
convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to any person, nor will the Parent permit any Subsidiary to enter into any such
transaction or series of transactions if such transaction or series of
transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, transfer,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any other
person or persons, unless:
(a) either (1) the Parent shall be the surviving corporation
or (2) the person (if other than the Parent) formed by such consolidation or
into which the Parent is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Parent substantially as an
entirety (i) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the
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laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and
(ii) shall expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, all of the obligations of the Parent
under this Agreement;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture; and
(c) the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if an agreement
supplemental hereto is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental agreement, comply with this Article 5 and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more
Subsidiaries (other than to the Parent or another Subsidiary), which, if such
assets were owned by the Parent, would constitute all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Parent, shall be deemed to be the transfer of
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Parent.
The successor person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Parent is merged or the successor person to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Parent under this Agreement with the same
effect as if such successor had been named as the Parent or the applicable
Subsidiary herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease and any
obligations the Parent may have under a supplemental agreement pursuant to
Section 7.14, the Parent shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants
under this Agreement. Subject to Section 6.04, the Parent, the Exchange Agent,
the Trustee and the successor person shall enter into a supplement to this
Agreement to evidence the succession and substitution of such successor person
and such discharge and release of the Parent.
A Guarantor (other than the Parent) shall not consolidate with
or merge into any Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entity to another Person unless either such Guarantor is the
surviving Person or the surviving Person assumes the obligations of such
Guarantor and the surviving Person is a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, except if all of the assets or all of the common stock of such
Guarantor is sold to a non-affiliate of the Parent, in which case the Guarantee
shall be released.
ARTICLE 6
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 6.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Parent and the
Trustee may amend this Agreement without the consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
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(2) to comply with Article 5 or Section 7.14;
(3) to secure the Parent's obligations hereunder;
(4) to add to the Parent's covenants for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Parent;
(5) to make any change to comply with the TIA, or any
amendment thereto, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in
connection with the qualification of this Agreement under the TIA, or
as necessary in connection with the registration of the Securities
under the Securities Act;
(6) to add or release Guarantors in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement; or
(7) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holders (it being understood that any amendment described
in clause (1) above made solely to conform this Agreement to the final
offering memorandum provided to investors in connection with the
initial offering of the Securities will be deemed not to adversely
affect the rights or interests of Holders).
SECTION 6.02 With Consent of Holders. With the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
of the Securities at the time outstanding, the Parent and the Trustee may amend
this Agreement. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment to this Agreement may not:
(1) reduce the percentage in Principal Amount at maturity of
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(2) make any change in this Section 6.02, except to increase
any percentage set forth therein;
(3) make any change that adversely affects the right of a
Holder to exchange any Security;
(4) make any change that affects the number of shares of
Common Stock deliverable pursuant to Article 3 hereof in a manner
adverse to the Holders;
(5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment with respect to, or exchange of, the Securities; or
(6) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Guarantee other than in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 6.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
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After an amendment under this Section 6.02 becomes effective,
the Parent shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
Every amendment effected pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall
comply with the TIA.
SECTION 6.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and
Actions. Until an amendment, consent, waiver or other action by the Holders
becomes effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or
portion of the Security that evidences the same obligation as the consenting
Holder's Security, even if notation of the amendment, consent, waiver or other
action is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent
Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder's Security or portion of the
Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date as of
which the amendment, consent, waiver or action is made effective. After an
amendment, consent, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind every
Holder.
SECTION 6.04 Trustee to Sign Supplements to this Agreement.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 6 if
the amendment contained therein does not adversely affect the rights, duties,
liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need
not, sign such supplement to this Agreement. In signing such supplement to this
Agreement the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to the provisions of Section
7.01 of the Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to
the documents required by Section 9.04, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Agreement and the Indenture.
SECTION 6.05 Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any
amendment under this Article, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all
purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 6.06 Waiver by Majority of Holders. The Holders of a
majority in Principal Amount at Maturity may, on behalf of all the Holders of
all Securities waive compliance by the Parent with restrictive provisions of
this Agreement, and waive any past default under this Agreement and its
consequences, except a default in the delivery of Common Stock by the Parent
pursuant to the terms hereof or in respect of any provision which under this
Agreement cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each outstanding Security affected.
ARTICLE 7
EXCHANGE
SECTION 7.01 Exchange Privilege. A Holder of a Security may
exchange such Security into Common Stock at any time during the periods and
subject to the conditions stated in paragraph 8 of the Securities, subject to
the provisions of this Article 7. The number of
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shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of a Security per $1,000 of
Principal Amount at Maturity thereof (the "Exchange Rate") shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 8 of the Securities.
A Holder may exchange a portion of the Principal Amount at
Maturity of a Security if the portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000. Provisions of this Agreement that apply to exchange of all of a Security
also apply to exchange of a portion of a Security.
SECTION 7.02 Exchange Procedure. To exchange a Security, a
Holder must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 8 of the Securities. The date
on which the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the exchange date (the
"Exchange Date"). As soon as practicable after the Exchange Date but in any
event no later than the seventh Business Day following the Exchange Date, the
Parent shall deliver to the Holder, through the Exchange Agent, a certificate
for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exchange and
cash in lieu of any fractional share determined pursuant to Section 7.03. The
Parent shall determine such full number of shares and the amounts of the
required cash with respect to any fractional share, and shall set forth such
information in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Exchange Agent. The
Exchange Agent shall have no duties under this paragraph unless and until it has
received such certificate.
The person in whose name the certificate is registered shall
be treated as a stockholder of record on and after the Exchange Date; provided,
however, that no surrender of a Security on any date when the stock transfer
books of the Parent shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the Person
or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such exchange as
the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but
such surrender shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled
to receive such shares of Common Stock as the record holder or holders thereof
for all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which
such stock transfer books are open; such exchange shall be at the Exchange Rate
in effect on the date that such Security shall have been surrendered for
exchange, as if the stock transfer books of the Parent had not been closed. Upon
exchange of a Security, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such
Security.
Holders may surrender a Security for exchange by means of a
book-entry delivery in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Security and the
regulations of the applicable book-entry facility.
No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on, or
other distributions with respect to, any Common Stock except as provided in this
Article 7. On exchange of a Security, that portion of accrued Original Issue
Discount or cash interest attributable to the period from the Issue Date of the
Security through the Exchange Date with respect to the exchanged Security shall
not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be
acquired by the Parent from the Holder thereof through delivery of the Common
Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in
exchange for the Security being exchanged pursuant to the provisions hereof; and
the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such
cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as issued, to the
extent thereof, first in exchange for the greater of Original Issue Discount or
cash interest through the Exchange Date, and the balance, if any, of such fair
market value of
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such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued in
exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being exchanged pursuant to the
provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, accrued cash interest will be
payable upon exchange of Securities made concurrently with or after acceleration
of Securities following an Event of Default.
If a Holder exchanges more than one Security at the same time,
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exchange shall be based
on the total Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities exchanged.
SECTION 7.03 Fractional Shares. The Parent will not issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon exchange of a Security. Instead, the
Parent will deliver, or cause to be delivered, cash for the current market value
of the fractional share. The current market value of a fractional share shall be
determined, to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, by multiplying the per share
Sale Price of the Common Stock, on the last Trading Day prior to the Exchange
Date, by the fractional amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole
cent.
SECTION 7.04 Taxes on Exchange. If a Holder exchanges a
Security, the Parent shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or
transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the exchange.
However, the Holder shall pay any such tax that is due because the Holder
requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name and any
income tax which is imposed on the Holder as a result of the exchange. The
Exchange Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common
Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Exchange
Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the
shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein
shall preclude the Parent from any tax withholding or directing the withholding
of any tax required by law or regulations.
SECTION 7.05 Parent to Provide Stock. The Parent shall, prior
to issuance of any Securities under this Article 7, and from time to time as may
be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the exchange of the
Securities.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon exchange of the
Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from
preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim created by the Parent.
The Parent will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal
and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common
Stock upon exchange of the Securities, if any, and will list or cause to have
quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in
the over-the-counter market or such other market on which the Common Stock is
then principally listed or quoted.
SECTION 7.06 Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock. Except as
set forth in Section 7.14, if, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the
Parent:
(a) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of its Common Stock;
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(b) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater number of shares;
(c) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or rights,
warrants or options for its Capital Stock);
(d) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares; or
(e) issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares
of its Capital Stock (other than rights, warrants or options for its Capital
Stock),
then the exchange privilege and the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to
such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Security thereafter
exchanged may receive the number of shares or other units of Capital Stock of
the Parent which such Holder would have owned immediately following such action
if such Holder had exchanged the Security immediately prior to such action.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
SECTION 7.07 Adjustment for Rights Issue. Except as set forth
in Sections 7.14 and 7.19, if after the Issue Date, the Parent distributes any
rights, warrants or options to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them,
for a period expiring within 60 days after the record date for such
distribution, to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
the Sale Price of the Common Stock as of the Time of Determination, the Exchange
Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
R' = R (O + N)
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O + [(N x P)/M]
where:
R' = the adjusted Exchange Rate.
R = the current Exchange Rate.
O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the
record date for the distribution to which this Section 7.07 is being applied.
N = the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered
pursuant to the distribution.
P = the offering price per share of the additional shares.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of (i) a
distribution to which Section 7.06(c) applies or (ii) a distribution to which
Section 7.08(a) applies, for which, in each
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case, (x) the record date shall occur on or before the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 7.07 applies and (y) the Ex-Dividend Time
shall occur on or after the date of the Time of Determination for the
distribution to which this Section 7.07 applies, the fair market value (on the
record date for the distribution to which this Section 7.07 applies) of:
(i) the Capital Stock of the Parent distributed in respect of
each share of Common Stock in such Section 7.06(c) distribution and
(ii) assets of the Parent or debt securities or any rights,
warrants or options to purchase securities of the Parent distributed in
respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 7.08(a)
distribution.
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for
the purposes of this Section 7.07.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the
rights, warrants or options to which this Section 7.07 applies. If all of the
shares of Common Stock subject to such rights, warrants or options have not been
issued when such rights, warrants or options expire, then the Exchange Rate
shall promptly be readjusted to the Exchange Rate which would then be in effect
had the adjustment upon the issuance of such rights, warrants or options been
made on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the
exercise of such rights, warrants or options.
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 7.07 if the
application of the formula stated above in this Section 7.07 would result in a
value of R' that is equal to or less than the value of R.
SECTION 7.08 Adjustment for Other Distributions.
(a) Subject to Section 7.08(c), if, after the Issue Date of
the Securities, the Parent distributes to all holders of its Common Stock any of
its assets (excluding distributions of Capital Stock or equity interests
referred to in Section 7.08(b)) or evidence of indebtedness or any rights,
warrants or options to purchase securities of the Parent (including securities
or cash, but excluding (x) distributions of Capital Stock referred to in Section
7.06 and distributions of rights, warrants or options referred to in Section
7.07 or Section 7.19 and (y) cash dividends or other cash distributions that are
paid out of consolidated current net earnings or earnings retained in the
business as shown on the books of the Parent unless such cash dividends or other
cash distributions are Extraordinary Cash Dividends) the Exchange Rate shall be
adjusted in accordance with the formula:
R' = R x M
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M - F
where:
R' = the adjusted Exchange Rate.
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R = the current Exchange Rate.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of a
distribution to which Section 7.06(c) applies, for which (i) the record date
shall occur on or before the record date for the distribution to which this
Section 7.08(a) applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after
the date of the Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section
7.08(a) applies, the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution
to which this Section 7.08(a) applies) of any Capital Stock of the Parent
distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 7.06(c)
distribution.
F = the fair market value (on the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 7.08(a) applies) of the assets, securities,
rights, warrants or options to be distributed in respect of each share of Common
Stock in the distribution to which this Section 7.08(a) is being applied
(including, in the case of cash dividends or other cash distributions giving
rise to an adjustment, all such cash distributed concurrently).
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for
the purposes of this Section 7.08(a).
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the
distribution to which this Section 7.08(a) applies.
For purposes of this Section 7.08(a), the term "Extraordinary
Cash Dividend" shall mean any cash dividend with respect to the Common Stock the
amount of which, together with the aggregate amount of cash dividends on the
Common Stock to be aggregated with such cash dividend in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph, equals or exceeds the threshold percentage set
forth in item (i) below. For purposes of item (i) below, the "Ex-Dividend
Measurement Period" with respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall
mean the 365 consecutive day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend
Time with respect to such cash dividend, and the "Relevant Cash Dividends" with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall mean the cash dividends on
the Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the Ex-Dividend Measurement
Period.
(i) If, upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock, the aggregate amount of
such cash dividend together with the amounts of all Relevant Cash
Dividends equals or exceeds on a per share basis 5% of the Sale Price
of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day preceding the date of
declaration by the Board of Directors of the cash dividend or
distribution with respect to which this provision is being applied,
then such cash dividend together with all Relevant Cash Dividends,
shall be deemed to be an Extraordinary Cash Dividend and for purposes
of applying the formula set forth above in this Section 7.08(a), the
value of "F" shall be equal to (y) the aggregate amount of such cash
dividend together with the amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends, minus
(z) the aggregate amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends for which a
prior adjustment in the Exchange Rate was previously made under this
Section 7.08(a).
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In making the determinations required by item (i) above, the
amount of cash dividends paid on a per share basis and the amount of
any Relevant Cash Dividends specified in item (i) above, shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence during such period of
any event described in Section 7.06.
(b) If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Parent
pays a dividend or makes a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock
consisting of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests,
of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Parent, the
Exchange Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
R' = R x (1 + F/M)
where:
R' = the adjusted Exchange Rate.
R = the current Exchange Rate.
M = the average of the Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the
ten (10) trading days commencing on and including the fifth trading day after
the date on which "ex-dividend trading" commences for such dividend or
distribution on The New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional
exchange or market which such securities are then listed or quoted (the
"Ex-Dividend Date").
F = the fair market value of the securities distributed in
respect of each share of Common Stock for which this Section 7.08(b) applies.
For purposes of this Section 7.08(b), such "fair market value" shall mean the
number of securities distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
multiplied by the average of the Sale Prices of those securities distributed for
the ten (10) trading days commencing on and including the fifth trading day
after the Ex-Dividend Date.
(c) In the event that, with respect to any distribution to
which Section 7.08(a) would otherwise apply, the difference between "M-F" as
defined in the formula set forth in Section 7.08(a) is less than $1.00 or "F" is
equal to or greater than "M", then the adjustment provided by Section 7.08(a)
shall not be made and in lieu thereof the provisions of Section 7.14 shall apply
to such distribution.
SECTION 7.09 When Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment in
the Exchange Rate need be made unless the adjustment would require an increase
or decrease of at least 1% in the Exchange Rate. Any adjustments that are not
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment and all adjustments that are made and carried forward shall be taken
in the aggregate in order to determine if the 1% threshold is met.
All calculations under this Article 7 shall be made to the
nearest cent or to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 7.10 When No Adjustment Required. No adjustment need
be made for a transaction referred to in Section 7.06, 7.07, 7.08 or 7.14 if
Holders are to participate
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in the transaction on a basis and with notice that the Board of Directors
determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the basis and notice on which
holders of Common Stock participate in the transaction. Such participation by
Holders may include participation upon exchange provided that an adjustment
shall be made at such time as the Holders are no longer entitled to participate.
No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock
pursuant to a Parent plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no
par value of the Common Stock.
To the extent the Securities become exchangeable pursuant to
this Article 7 into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash.
Interest will not accrue on the cash.
No adjustment will be made pursuant to this Article 7 that
would result, through the application of two or more provisions hereof, in the
duplication of any adjustment.
SECTION 7.11 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Exchange Rate
is adjusted, the Parent shall promptly mail to Holders a notice of the
adjustment. The Parent shall file with the Trustee and the Exchange Agent such
notice and a certificate from the Parent's independent public accountants
briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of computing
it. Upon receipt by it of such notice, and at the written request of the Parent,
the Exchange Agent will promptly mail such notice to Holders at the Parent's
expense. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is
correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be under any duty or
responsibility with respect to any such certificate except to exhibit the same
to any Holder desiring inspection thereof.
SECTION 7.12 Voluntary Increase. The Parent from time to time
may increase the Exchange Rate by any amount for any period of time; provided
that the Parent may not voluntarily increase the Exchange Rate if such increase
shall result in the issuance, upon exchange of all Securities, of a number of
shares of Common Stock in excess of the thresholds requiring stockholder
approval under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or such other United
States securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, unless the
Parent shall have, prior to such increase in the Exchange Rate, obtained any
such required stockholder approval. Whenever the Exchange Rate is increased, the
Parent shall mail, or shall direct the Exchange Agent in writing to mail, to
Holders and file with the Trustee and the Exchange Agent a notice of the
increase. The Parent shall mail the notice at least 15 days before the date the
increased Exchange Rate takes effect. The notice shall state the increased
Exchange Rate and the period it will be in effect.
A voluntary increase of the Exchange Rate does not change or
adjust the Exchange Rate otherwise in effect for purposes of Section 7.06, 7.07
or 7.08.
SECTION 7.13 Notice of Certain Transactions. If:
(a) the Parent takes any action that would require an
adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 7.06, 7.07 or 7.08 (unless
no adjustment is to occur pursuant to Section 7.10); or
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(b) the Parent or the Company takes any action that would
require a supplement to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.14; or
(c) there is a liquidation or dissolution of the Parent or the
Company (other than a liquidation or dissolution of the Company into the
Parent);
then the Parent shall mail to Holders and file with the Trustee and the Exchange
Agent a notice stating the proposed record date for a dividend or distribution
or the proposed effective date of a subdivision, combination, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, transfer, liquidation or
dissolution. The Parent shall file and mail the notice at least 15 days before
such date. Failure to file or mail the notice or any defect in it shall not
affect the validity of the transaction.
SECTION 7.14 Reorganization of Parent; Special Distributions.
If the Parent is a party to a transaction subject to Article 5 (other than a
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent in a transaction in
which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction do not
receive securities, cash, property or other assets of the Parent or any other
Person) or a merger or binding share exchange that reclassifies or changes its
outstanding Common Stock, the Person obligated to deliver securities, cash or
other assets upon exchange of Securities shall enter into a supplement to this
Agreement. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon exchange of Securities
is an Affiliate of the successor Parent, that issuer shall join in the
supplement to this Agreement.
The supplement to this Agreement shall provide that the Holder
of a Security may exchange it into the kind and amount of securities, cash or
other assets which such Holder would have received immediately after the
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or transfer if such Holder had
exchanged the Security immediately before the effective date of the transaction,
assuming (to the extent applicable) that such Holder (i) was not a constituent
Person or an Affiliate of a constituent Person to such transaction; (ii) made no
election with respect thereto; and (iii) was treated alike with the plurality of
non-electing Holders. The supplement to this Agreement shall provide for
adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the
adjustments provided for in this Article 7. The successor Parent shall mail to
Holders a notice briefly describing the supplement to this Agreement.
If this Section applies, neither Section 7.06 nor 7.07
applies.
If the Parent makes a distribution to all holders of its
Common Stock of any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or
options to purchase securities of the Parent that would otherwise result in an
adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.08,
then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive the distribution, a Holder of a Security that exchanges such
Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall upon such
exchange be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock into
which the Security is exchangeable, the kind and amount of securities, cash or
other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if
such Holder had exchanged the Security immediately prior to the record date for
determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution.
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SECTION 7.15 Parent Determination Final. Any determination
that the Parent or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to Section 7.03,
7.06, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.10, 7.14 or 7.17 is conclusive.
SECTION 7.16 Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer. The Trustee has
no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 7 should be made, how
it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine
whether a supplement to this Agreement under Section 7.14 need be entered into
or whether any provisions of any supplement to this Agreement are correct. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the
validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon exchange of
Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Parent's failure to
comply with this Article 7. Each Exchange Agent (other than the Parent or an
Affiliate of the Parent) shall have the same protection under this Section 7.16
as the Trustee.
SECTION 7.17 Simultaneous Adjustments. In the event that this
Article 7 requires adjustments to the Exchange Rate under more than one of
Sections 7.06, 7.07 or 7.08, and the record dates for the distributions giving
rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments
shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of Section 7.06, second, the
provisions of Section 7.08 and, third, the provisions of Section 7.07.
SECTION 7.18 Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to
the Exchange Rate under this Article 7, any subsequent event requiring an
adjustment under this Article 7 shall cause an adjustment to the Exchange Rate
as so adjusted.
SECTION 7.19 Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued
upon Exchange. Each share of Common Stock issued upon exchange of Securities
pursuant to this Article 7 shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number
of common stock or preferred stock purchase rights, as the case may be (the
"Rights"), if any, that all shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive and
the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such exchange shall
bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any
shareholder rights agreement adopted by the Parent, as the same may be amended
from time to time (in each case, a "Rights Agreement"). Provided that such
Rights Agreement requires that each share of Common Stock issued by the Parent
(including those that might be issued upon exchange of Securities) at any time
prior to the distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights be
entitled to receive such Rights, then, notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary in this Article 7, there shall not be any adjustment to the exchange
privilege or Exchange Rate or any other term or provision of the Securities as a
result of the issuance of Rights, the distribution of separate certificates
representing the Rights, the exercise or redemption of such Rights in accordance
with any such Rights Agreement, or the termination or invalidation of such
Rights.
SECTION 7.20 The Company's Right to Elect to Pay Cash. Both
the Parent and the Company, in accordance with Section 11.02 of the Indenture,
may, in lieu of delivery of Common Stock by the Parent upon notice of exchange
of any Securities, may elect to pay Holders surrendering Securities an amount in
cash per Security equal to the Average Sale Price of Common Stock for the five
consecutive trading days immediately following either (a) the date of notice of
election to deliver cash as described below if the Company has not given notice
of redemption, or (b) the Exchange Date, in the case of exchange following the
notice of
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redemption specifying that the Company intends to deliver cash upon exchange, in
either case multiplied by the Exchange Rate in effect on that date. The Parent
will inform the Holders through the Trustee no later than two Business Days
following the Exchange Date of its election to deliver shares of Common Stock or
to pay cash in lieu of delivery of Common Stock, unless the Company has already
informed Holders of its election in connection with its optional redemption of
the Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture. If neither the Company
nor the Parent elects to deliver all of such payment in cash, the Common Stock
will be delivered by the Parent through the Exchange Agent no later than the
fifth business day following the Exchange Date. If either the Company or the
Parent elects to pay all of such payment in cash, the payment by the Parent, if
any, will be made to Holders surrendering Securities no later than the tenth
business day following the applicable Exchange Date. If an Event of Default
(other than a default in a cash payment upon exchange of the Securities) has
occurred and is continuing, the Parent may not pay cash upon exchange of any
Security (other than cash for fractional shares).
ARTICLE 8
GUARANTEES
SECTION 8.01 Guarantees. The Guarantors jointly and severally,
hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Securities and
obligations of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture, and guarantee
to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and to the Trustee on behalf of such
Holder, the Guaranteed Obligations.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Securities, the Indenture or this Agreement, the absence
of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with
respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
Guarantor.
Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law)
the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims
with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or
insure any security interest in or other lien or encumbrance upon any property
subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any other action against the
Company or any other Person, any right to require a proceeding first against the
Company or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and
covenants that the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any
Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such
Security, the Indenture, this Agreement and such Guarantee. Each Guarantor
hereby acknowledges that its Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of
collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that, in the event of a default in
payment of principal or cash interest on such Security, whether at its Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, redemption,
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purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on
behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Guarantors
to enforce such Guarantor's Guarantee without first proceeding against the
Company or any other Guarantor. The Guarantor agrees that if, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any
of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective
rights to accelerate the maturity of the Securities, to collect interest on the
Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to
the Securities, such Guarantor shall pay to the Trustee for the account of the
Holder, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and
payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the
Trustee or any of the Holders.
The obligations of each Guarantor under a Guarantee are
independent of the obligations Guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder, and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted by the Trustee on
behalf of, or by, the Holders, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Indenture, against a Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of
whether any action is brought against the Company or whether the Company is
joined in any such action or actions.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the
Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor further agrees that as
between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the
other hand, (x) subject to this Article 8, the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture
for the purposes of the Guarantee of such Guarantor notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the
obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligation as provided in Article Six of the Indenture, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each
Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee of such Guarantor.
Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation, reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company's assets, and shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities
are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities, whether as a
"voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer" or otherwise, all as though such
payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any
part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, for the purposes of
the amounts due under the Guarantees, the Securities shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount
paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
SECTION 8.02 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision
of any Guarantee shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and
valid under all applicable
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laws and regulations. If, however, any provision of such Guarantee shall be
prohibited by or invalid under any such law or regulation, it shall be deemed
modified to conform to the minimum requirements of such law or regulation, or,
if for any reason it is not deemed so modified, it shall be ineffective and
invalid only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without the
remainder thereof or any of the remaining provisions of such Guarantee being
prohibited or invalid.
SECTION 8.03 Future Subsidiaries. If (a) the Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) acquires or forms
a wholly-owned domestic Subsidiary or (b) the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) acquires or forms any domestic
Subsidiary and such Subsidiary guarantees any Debt of the Parent other than the
Guarantees of the Securities, the Parent will cause any such Subsidiary to (i)
execute and deliver to the Trustee any amendment or supplement to this Agreement
in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 hereof pursuant to which such
Subsidiary shall guarantee all of the obligations on the Securities (whether for
principal, cash interest, and interest accruing after the filing of, or which
would have accrued but for the filing of, a petition by or against the Company
under Bankruptcy Law, whether or not such interest is allowed as a claim after
such filing in any proceeding under such law), if any, and other amounts due in
connection therewith (including any fees, expenses and indemnities), on a senior
unsecured basis and (ii) deliver to such Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee to the effect that such amendment or
supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and is in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the execution of any such
amendment or supplement, the obligations of the Guarantors and any such
Subsidiary under their respective Guarantees shall become joint and several and
each reference to the "Guarantor" in this Agreement and the Securities shall, be
deemed to refer to all Guarantors, including such Subsidiary.
SECTION 8.04 Priority of Guarantees. The Guarantee issued by
any Guarantor shall be unsecured senior obligations of such Guarantor, ranking
pari passu with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of
such Guarantor, if any.
SECTION 8.05 Limitation of Guarantors' Liability. Each
Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the guarantee by the Guarantor pursuant to
its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of
the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law or the provisions of
its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the
foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be limited to
the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent
and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor result in the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Guarantee constituting such fraudulent transfer or
conveyance.
SECTION 8.06 Subrogation. Each of the Guarantors hereby
irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter
acquire against the Company or any other Guarantor that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of its obligations under the
Guarantee and the Indenture, including, without limitation, any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, any
right to participate
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in any claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company or any Guarantor or
any collateral which any such Holder or the Trustee on behalf of such Holder
hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity,
or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the
right to take or receive from the Company or a Guarantor, directly or
indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount
shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the
principal of and accrued interest on the Securities shall not have been paid in
full, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the
benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders, and shall
forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders to be credited
and applied upon the principal of and accrued interest on the Securities.
SECTION 8.07 Reinstatement. Each Guarantor hereby agrees (and
each Person who becomes a Guarantor shall agree) that the Guarantee provided for
in Section 8.01 shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, (a) if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by a Holder to the
Company upon the bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation of the
Company or any Guarantor, including, without limitation, upon or as a result of
the appointment of a receiver or trustee or similar officer of the Company or
the Guarantor or a substantial part of their respective property, all as if such
payments had not been made, and (b) at any time any Guarantor (and each Person
who becomes a Guarantor) guarantees any indebtedness or obligations of the
Company.
SECTION 8.08 Release of the Guarantor. Concurrently with the
discharge of the Securities under Section 8.01 of the Indenture, each Guarantor
shall be released from all its obligations under its Guarantee under this
Article Eight.
So long as no Default exists or with notice or lapse of time
or both, would exist, the Guarantee issued by any Guarantor (other than the
Parent) shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon
(a) any sale, exchange or transfer to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the
Company of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor owned by the Company,
which transaction is otherwise in compliance with the Indenture or this
Agreement or (b) any release or discharge of all guarantees by such Guarantor of
any Debt of the Company other than the Guarantees of the Securities.
SECTION 8.09 Guaranteed Obligations Unaffected. No payment or
payments made by any other Guarantor or by any other Person, or received or
collected by any of the Holders from any other Guarantor or from any other
Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any appropriation or application
at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the
liability of the Guarantor hereunder which shall, not withstanding any such
payments, remain liable for the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to Section 8.07,
until this Guarantee shall have terminated pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof.
Without limiting the foregoing, nothing contained in the Guarantee will restrict
the right of the Trustee or the Holders to take any action to declare the
Guarantee to be due and payable prior to the maturity of any Securities pursuant
to Section 6.01 of the Indenture or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder
or thereunder.
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SECTION 8.10 Enforcement of Guaranteed Obligations. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture), then and in any such event all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall automatically become (in the case of an Event of Default
described in Section 6.01(6) or (7) of the Indenture) and may, at the option of
the Holders as provided in the Indenture (in the case of any Event of Default
described in Section 6.01 other than those described in Sections 6.01(6) or (7)
of the Indenture) and without demand, notice or legal process of any kind, be
declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.
SECTION 8.11 Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its guarantee and
waivers pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of
this Agreement limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is
required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision
shall control.
SECTION 9.02 Notices. Any request, demand, authorization,
notice, waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in
person or delivery by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by
facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the
following facsimile numbers:
if to the Parent:
America West Holdings Corporation
111 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85281
Attention:
Facsimile: (480)
with a copy of any notice given pursuant to Article 6 to:
Cooley Godward LLP
One Maritime Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attention: Samuel M. Livermore
Telephone: (415) 693-2113
Facsimile: (415) 951-3699
if to the Trustee:
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U.S. Bank National Association
180 East Fifth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Telephone: (651) 244-8677
Facsimile: (651) 244-0711
Provided that effective August 11, 2003, the address
for the Trustee will be:
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Phone (651) 495-3913
Fax (651) 495-8097
The Guarantor or the Trustee by notice given to the other in
the manner provided above may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Holder shall be mailed
to the Holder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holder's address as
it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given if so mailed within the time prescribed. In lieu of mailing any notice
directly to the Holders pursuant to any provision hereof, if so directed by the
Parent in writing, the Trustee or the Exchange Agent shall mail such notice,
subject to compliance by the Parent with Section 2.05.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If
a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not received by the addressee.
If the Parent or any other Guarantor mails a notice or
communication to the Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each
Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or co-registrar.
SECTION 9.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement. The Parent,
any other Guarantor, the Company, Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the
Exchange Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 9.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Parent, any other Guarantor to
the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Parent or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee if reasonably
requested:
(1) an Officer's Certificate stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
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(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 9.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with
a covenant or condition provided for in this Agreement shall include to the
extent required by the Trustee:
(1) a statement that such person making such Officer's
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such
covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 9.06 Separability Clause. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 9.07 Holder's Rights and Obligations. Each Holder, by
acquisition of the Securities, agrees to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each
Holder of Securities.
SECTION 9.08 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent
and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting
of Securityholders. The Registrar, Exchange Agent and the Paying Agent may make
reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 9.09 Calculations. The calculation of the Purchase
Price, Change of Control Purchase Price, Exchange Rate, Market Price, Sale Price
of the Common Stock and each other calculation to be made hereunder shall be the
obligation of the Parent. All calculations made by the Parent as contemplated
pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall be final and binding on the Parent and the
Holders absent manifest error. The Trustee, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
shall not be obligated to recalculate, recompute or confirm any such
calculations.
SECTION 9.10 Governing Law. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION 9.11 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer,
employee, agent, representative, stockholder or equity holder, as such, of the
Parent shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Parent under this
Agreement or for any claim based
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on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By
accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such
liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issue of the Securities.
SECTION 9.12 Successors. All agreements of the Parent and each
other Guarantor in this Agreement shall bind their respective successors. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Agreement shall bind its successor.
SECTION 9.13 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any
number of copies of this Agreement. Each signed copy shall be an original, but
all of them together represent the same agreement. One originally signed copy is
enough to prove this Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized,
have executed this Agreement on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of
the date first above written.
AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Derek J. Kerr
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Name: Derek J. Kerr
Title: Chief Financial Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Richard H. Prokosch
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Name: Richard H. Prokosch
Title: Vice President