EXHIBIT 4.1
THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
as Issuer
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Up to $115,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of
2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
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INDENTURE
Dated as of June 25, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE..............................................................1
Section 1.1. Definitions............................................................................1
Section 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act......................................8
Section 1.3. Rules of Construction..................................................................9
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders........................................................................9
ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES........................................................................................10
Section 2.1. Form and Dating.......................................................................10
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication..........................................................11
Section 2.3. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent..................12
Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Cash and Securities in Trust.....................................13
Section 2.5. Securityholder Lists..................................................................14
Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.................................................................14
Section 2.7. Replacement Securities................................................................15
Section 2.8. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders' Action.............................16
Section 2.9. Temporary Securities..................................................................16
Section 2.10. Cancellation..........................................................................17
Section 2.11. Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................17
Section 2.12. Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements.........................................17
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.........................................................................24
Section 2.14. Ranking...............................................................................24
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION...........................................................................................25
Section 3.1. The Company's Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee......................................25
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed................................................25
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption..................................................................26
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption........................................................27
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price...........................................................27
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part...........................................................27
Section 3.7. Repayment to the Company..............................................................27
ARTICLE IV REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS ON SPECIFIC DATES...................................28
Section 4.1. Optional Put..........................................................................28
Section 4.2. The Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Repurchase Price....................31
Section 4.3. Effect of Repurchase Notice...........................................................33
Section 4.4. Deposit of Repurchase Price...........................................................33
Section 4.5. Securities Repurchased in Part........................................................34
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Section 4.6. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Securities.................34
Section 4.7. Repayment to the Company..............................................................35
ARTICLE V REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE..........................................35
Section 5.1. Fundamental Change Put................................................................35
Section 5.2. The Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price...................................................................39
Section 5.3. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice........................................42
Section 5.4. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price........................................42
Section 5.5. Securities Repurchased in Part........................................................43
Section 5.6. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Securities.................43
Section 5.7. Repayment to the Company..............................................................44
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS.............................................................................................44
Section 6.1. Payment of Securities.................................................................44
Section 6.2. SEC and Other Reports to the Trustee..................................................45
Section 6.3. Compliance Certificate................................................................45
Section 6.4. Further Instruments and Acts..........................................................46
Section 6.5. Maintenance of Office or Agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent...................................................................46
Section 6.6. Delivery of Information Required Under Rule 144A......................................46
Section 6.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws...............................................47
Section 6.8. Statement by Officers as to Default...................................................47
ARTICLE VII SUCCESSOR CORPORATION................................................................................47
Section 7.1. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.............................................47
Section 7.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.....................................................48
ARTICLE VIII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES...............................................................................48
Section 8.1. Events of Default.....................................................................48
Section 8.2. Acceleration..........................................................................50
Section 8.3. Other Remedies........................................................................50
Section 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults...............................................................50
Section 8.5. Control by Majority...................................................................51
Section 8.6. Limitation on Suits...................................................................51
Section 8.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment or to Convert....................................52
Section 8.8. Collection Suit by Trustee............................................................52
Section 8.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................................................52
Section 8.10. Priorities............................................................................53
Section 8.11. Undertaking for Costs.................................................................53
Section 8.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................................................53
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ARTICLE IX TRUSTEE...............................................................................................54
Section 9.1. Duties of Trustee.....................................................................54
Section 9.2. Rights of Trustee.....................................................................55
Section 9.3. Individual Rights of Trustee..........................................................56
Section 9.4. Trustee's Disclaimer..................................................................56
Section 9.5. Notice of Defaults....................................................................57
Section 9.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.........................................................57
Section 9.7. Compensation and Indemnity............................................................57
Section 9.8. Replacement of Trustee................................................................58
Section 9.9. Successor Trustee by Merger...........................................................59
Section 9.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.........................................................59
Section 9.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.....................................59
ARTICLE X DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.................................................................................60
Section 10.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities..................................................60
Section 10.2. Repayment to the Company..............................................................60
ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS............................................................................................60
Section 11.1. Without Consent of Holders............................................................60
Section 11.2. With Consent of Holders...............................................................61
Section 11.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act...................................................63
Section 11.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions................................63
Section 11.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.................................................63
Section 11.6. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures...............................................63
Section 11.7. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.....................................................64
ARTICLE XII CONVERSION...........................................................................................64
Section 12.1. Conversion Privilege..................................................................64
Section 12.2. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Rate; Fractional Shares..............................66
Section 12.3. Adjustment of Conversion Rate for Common Stock........................................68
Section 12.4. Consolidation or Merger of the Company................................................76
Section 12.5. Notice of Adjustment..................................................................77
Section 12.6. Notice in Certain Events..............................................................78
Section 12.7. Company To Reserve Stock: Registration; Listing.......................................78
Section 12.8. Taxes on Conversion...................................................................79
Section 12.9. Conversion After Record Date..........................................................79
Section 12.10. Company Determination Final...........................................................80
Section 12.11. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions...................................80
Section 12.12. Unconditional Right of Holders to Convert.............................................80
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ARTICLE XIII [Reserved]..........................................................................................81
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................81
Section 14.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls..........................................................81
Section 14.2. Notices...............................................................................81
Section 14.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders...........................................82
Section 14.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent....................................82
Section 14.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.........................................82
Section 14.6. Separability Clause...................................................................83
Section 14.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar........................83
Section 14.8. Legal Holidays........................................................................83
Section 14.9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process.........................83
Section 14.10. No Recourse Against Others............................................................83
Section 14.11. Successors............................................................................84
Section 14.12. Multiple Originals....................................................................84
Section 14.13. Benefits of Indenture.................................................................84
EXHIBIT A Form of Security
EXHIBIT B Form of Restrictive Legend for shares of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion
EXHIBIT C Form of Repurchase Notice
EXHIBIT D Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
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INDENTURE dated as of June 25, 2003 between THE COOPER COMPANIES,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly organized and existing under
the laws of the United States as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's 2.625%
Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions.
"Additional Interest Amounts" has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement. All references herein or in the Securities to
interest accrued or payable as of any date shall include any Additional Interest
Amounts accrued or payable as of such date as provided in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified person means the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent Members" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Applicable Stock" means the shares of Common Stock; provided, that,
in the event of a Fundamental Change occurring prior to July 1, 2013 in which
the Company is not the surviving Person, the term "Applicable Stock" shall mean
the Capital Stock or ordinary shares or American Depositary Shares (or similar
securities) of such surviving Person or its direct or indirect parent.
"Applicable Stock Price" means, in respect of a Conversion Date, the
average of the Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the five-Trading Day
period starting on the third Trading Day following such Conversion Date.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any
similar federal or State law for the relief of debtors.
"Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share" means, at any time, the Company's
basic earnings per share for the most recent 12-month period for which
financial statements are available.
"Bid Solicitation Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of such board.
"Board Resolution" means a resolution of the Board of Directors.
"Business Day" means each day of the year other than a Saturday or a
Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are
required or authorized by law or regulation to close.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) equity issued by that Person.
"Cash" means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time
of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Certificated Securities" means Securities that are in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that do not include the information
called for by footnotes 1 and 3 thereof.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $0.10 par value per share, of
the Company as that stock exists on the date of this Indenture or any other
shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such Common Stock shall be
reclassified or changed.
"Company" means the party named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such subsequent
successor or successors.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom is
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an
Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice President.
"Conversion Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Conversion Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(b).
"Conversion Price" means, at any time, $1,000 divided by the
Conversion Rate in effect at such time rounded to two decimal places (rounded up
if the third decimal place thereof is 5 or more and otherwise rounded down).
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"Conversion Rate" means initially 22.5201 shares per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
"Conversion Value" means, at any time, the amount equal to the product
of the Sales Price at such time multiplied by the then current Conversion Rate.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered which
office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 707 Wilshire
Blvd, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
"Current Market Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(f).
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Debenture Measurement Period" has the meaning set forth in Section
12.1(a).
"Default" means, when used with respect to the Securities, any event
which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
"Depositary" means, with respect to any Global Securities, a clearing
agency that is registered as such under the Exchange Act and is designated by
the Company to act as Depositary for such Global Securities (or any successor
securities clearing agency so registered), which shall initially be DTC.
"Director" means a member of the Board of Directors.
"distributed assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
"Excess Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(e).
"Excess Amount Per Share" has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.3(e).
"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
"Ex-Dividend Date" means, with respect to any issuance or distribution
on shares of Common Stock, the first Trading Day on which the shares of Common
Stock trade regular way on the principal securities market on which the shares
of Common Stock are then traded without the right to receive such issuance or
distribution.
"Fair Market Value" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(f).
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"Fundamental Change" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).
"Fundamental Change Company Notice" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(b).
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(c).
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Price" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).
"Global Securities" means Securities that are in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that include the information called for by
footnotes 1 and 3 thereof and that are deposited with the Depositary or its
custodian and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA
that are explicitly incorporated in this Indenture by reference to the TIA.
"Initial Purchasers" mean UBS Securities LLC, McDonald Investments
Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
"Interest Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in the Securities.
"Issue Date" of any Security means the date on which such Security was
originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Legal Holiday" means any day other than a Business Day.
"Market Price" means:
(a) with respect to Securities, as of any date of determination,
the average of the secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent (which shall
initially be the Trustee) for $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities at
approximately 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date of determination
from three securities dealers (none of which shall be an Affiliate of the
Company) selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial
Purchasers, provided, that if at least three such bids cannot be reasonably
obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, but two bids are obtained, then the
average of the two bids
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shall be used, and if only one such bid can be reasonably obtained by the
Bid Solicitation Agent, this one bid will be used; provided, however, if
(a) the Bid Solicitation Agent, through the exercise of reasonable efforts,
is unable to obtain at least one bid from a securities dealer, or (b) in
the Company's reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of
the secondary market value of the Securities as of such date of
determination, then the Market Price of a Security for such date of
determination shall equal (1) the Conversion Rate in effect as of such date
of determination multiplied by (2) the average Sale Price of a share of
Common Stock for the five Trading Days ending on such date of
determination;
(b) with respect to Common Stock, the average of the Sale Price
of one share of Common Stock for the 20-Trading Day period immediately
preceding and including the third Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Repurchase Date (or if the third Business Day immediately
preceding the relevant date of determination is not a Trading Day, then on
the last Trading Day immediately preceding such third Business Day).
(c) with respect to Applicable Stock, the average of the Sale
Price of one share of Applicable Stock for the 20-Trading Day period
immediately preceding and including the third Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or if the third Business
Day immediately preceding the relevant date of determination is not a
Trading Day, then on the last Trading Day immediately preceding such third
Business Day), appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence,
during the period commencing on the first of such Trading Days during such
20-Trading Day period and ending on the date of determination, as the case
may be, of any event described in Sections 12.3 or 12.4.
"Measurement Period" means the last 30 consecutive Trading Days in a
fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2003.
"Non-Electing Share" has the meaning set forth Section 12.4.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means indebtedness the terms of which
provide that the lender's claim for repayment of such indebtedness is limited
solely to a claim against the property which secures such indebtedness.
"Notice of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
"NYSE" means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a written certificate containing the
information specified in Sections 14.4 and 14.5, signed in the name of the
Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom is the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an Executive Vice President
or a Senior Vice President and delivered to the Trustee. An Officers'
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Certificate given pursuant to Section 6.3 shall be signed by the principal
financial or accounting Officer of the Company and one other Officer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion containing the
information specified in Sections 14.4 and 14.5, from legal counsel. The counsel
may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company.
"Ordinary Cash Dividends" means any cash dividend paid by the Company
in accordance with the Company's stated dividend policy as in effect from time
to time.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"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.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated as of June 19,
2003 among the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Record Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(f).
"Redemption Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
"Reference Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers.
"Regular Record Date" has the meaning set forth in the Securities.
"Repurchase Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
"Repurchase Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c).
"Repurchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any
vice president, assistant vice president or assistant treasurer or any other
officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively,
or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person's
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knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
"Restricted Certificated Security" means a Certificated Security which
is a Transfer Restricted Security.
"Restricted Global Security" means a Global Security that is a
Transfer Restricted Security.
"Restricted Security" means a Restricted Certificated Security or a
Restricted Global Security.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Sale Price" of one share of Common Stock or one share of Applicable
Stock on any date means the closing per share sale price of such Common Stock or
Applicable Stock, as applicable (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the bid and ask prices or, if there is more than one bid or ask
price, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date
as reported in composite transactions on the Nasdaq National Market or, if the
shares of Applicable Stock are not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, as
reported on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, or if not listed on
a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated. In the absence of such a quotation, the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be entitled to make a good faith determination of
the sale price on the basis it considers appropriate.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Security" or "Securities" means any of the Company's 2.625%
Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023, as amended or supplemented from time to
time, issued under this Indenture.
"Significant Subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X (17 C.F.R. 210).
"Special Record Date" has the meaning set forth in the Securities.
"Spin-Off" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means July
1, 2023.
"Subsidiary" means any Person of which at least a majority of the
outstanding voting stock shall at the time directly or indirectly be owned by
the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof or by the Company and one or
more Subsidiaries.
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"TIA" means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect
on the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that in the event the TIA is
amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the TIA as so amended.
"Trading Day" means:
(a) if the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market, a day on which trades may be made on the Nasdaq National Market;
(b) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for trading
on the quoted on the NYSE, a day on which the NYSE is open for business; or
(c) if the applicable security is not so listed or admitted for
trading on the NYSE and not so quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, a day
on which the principal U.S. national or regional exchange on which the
applicable security is listed or admitted for trading is open for business.
"Transfer Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(f).
"Transfer Restricted Security" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.12(f).
"Trigger Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(d).
"Trustee" means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
"Unrestricted Certificated Security" means a Certificated Security
that is not a Transfer Restricted Security.
"Unrestricted Global Security" means a Global Security that is not a
Transfer Restricted Security.
Section 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
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"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company.
All other TIA terms used but not defined in this Indenture 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 1.3. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States as in effect from time to time;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) "including" means including, without limitation; and
(e) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular.
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as
described in Section 14.2. 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 shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, 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 by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof.
Where 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, if it so states. The
fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(c) The principal amount and serial number of any Security and the
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the
Registrar for the Securities.
(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 Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may,
at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, 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 Company
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 Indenture not later than six months after the
record date.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1. Form and Dating.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, which is a part of
this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided that any such notation,
legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company).
The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the
Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
(a) Restricted Global Securities. All of the Securities are being
offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and shall be issued initially
in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, which shall be
deposited with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the
Depositary and registered in the name of DTC or the nominee thereof, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may
from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records
of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.
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(b) Global Securities in General. Each Global Security shall represent
such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall
provide that it shall initially represent the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities stated thereon, but that the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions, repurchases and conversions of
such Securities.
Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security
to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with
instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 and shall
be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.
Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary
(collectively, the "Agent Members") nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent
Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof,
or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the
case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained
herein shall (A) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be,
or (B) impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person
on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of
such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(c) Certificated Securities. Certificated Securities will be issued
only under the limited circumstances provided in Section 2.12(a)(i).
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any
Officer. The signature of the Officer on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
A Security bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at the time of the execution of the Security an Officer shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office(s)
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such
office(s) at the date of authentication of such Securities.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities for original
issue in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100,000,000 (up to $115,000,000
aggregate principal amount if the Initial Purchasers' option set forth in the
Purchase Agreement is exercised in full) upon one or more Company Orders without
any further action by the Company (other than as
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contemplated in Section 14.4 and Section 14.5). Subject to the preceding
sentence, at any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication. Except as otherwise provided in this Article
Two, the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery
said Securities to or upon Company Order. The aggregate principal amount of the
Securities due at the Stated Maturity thereof outstanding at any time may not
exceed the amount set forth in this paragraph except as provided in Section 2.7.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive
and shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) a copy of the Board Resolution in or pursuant to which the terms
and form of the Securities were established, the issuance and sale of the
Securities was authorized, this Indenture was authorized and specified Officers
were authorized to establish the form and determine the terms of the Securities
and the form of this Indenture, to execute the Securities and this Indenture on
behalf of the Company and to take any other necessary actions relating thereto
and evidence of any actions taken by authorized Officers pursuant to that Board
Resolution, each certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or taken by any
authorized Officer and to be in full force and effect as of the date of such
certificate;
(b) an Officers' Certificate delivered in accordance with Sections
14.4 and 14.5; and
(c) an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter,
the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to
authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
The Securities shall be issued only in registered form without coupons
and only in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and any multiple of
$1,000.
Section 2.3. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid
Solicitation Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office
or agency where Securities may be presented for redemption, repurchase or
payment ("Paying Agent"), an office or agency where Securities may be presented
for conversion ("Conversion Agent") and an office or agency where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. The Company shall also appoint a bid solicitation agent ("Bid
Solicitation Agent") to act as set forth in Section 3 of the Securities.
Pursuant to Section 6.5, the Company will at all times maintain a Registrar,
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and Bid Solicitation Agent and an office or
agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served in the Borough of Manhattan, New
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York City. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their
transfer and exchange.
The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more additional
paying agents, one or more additional conversion agents and one or more
additional Bid Solicitation Agents. The term Paying Agent includes any
additional paying agent, including any named pursuant to Section 6.5. The term
Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named
pursuant to Section 6.5.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate limited agency agreement
with any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or
co-registrar (in each case, if such Person is a Person other than the Trustee).
The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to
such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any
such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent or Bid Solicitation Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and
shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 9.7.
The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as
Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar. None of the Company
or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Bid Solicitation
Agent.
The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent in connection with the
Securities.
Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Cash and Securities in Trust.
Except as otherwise provided herein, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent Cash (in immediately available funds if
deposited on the due date) or number of shares of Common Stock and/or Applicable
Stock sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the
Trustee all Cash, Common Stock and Applicable Stock held by the Paying Agent for
the making of payments in respect of the Securities and shall notify the Trustee
of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company, a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money, Common Stock and Applicable Stock held by it as Paying
Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all Cash,
Common Stock and Applicable Stock held by it to the Trustee, and to account for
any funds and Common Stock or Applicable Stock disbursed by it, and the Trustee
may at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written
request to the Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to forthwith pay to the
Trustee all Cash, Common Stock and Applicable Stock so held in trust. Upon doing
so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the Cash, Common Stock
or Applicable Stock.
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Section 2.5. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall cause to
be furnished to the Trustee on or before each semiannual interest payment date
and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders.
Section 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements
contained in Section 2.12, when a Security is presented to the Registrar with a
request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal
principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided,
however, that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form
and, if applicable, a transfer certificate, each in the form included in Exhibit
A attached hereto and in form satisfactory to the Registrar and each duly
executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To
permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security
for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained for
such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the
Registrar's request. Any transfer or exchange shall be without charge, except
that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay
all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the
Securityholder requesting such transfer or exchange.
Neither the Company, the Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required
to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed), (ii) any Securities in respect of which a Repurchase Notice
or a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by
the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in
the case of Securities to be repurchased in part, the portion thereof not to be
repurchased) or (iii) any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing
of a notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
(b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 shall provide to
the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection
with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of
Securities.
(c) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company, the
Registrar and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the
transfer, exchange or assignment of
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such Holder's Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or
applicable United States federal or state securities law.
The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest
in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or other
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms
of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance
as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Section 2.7. Replacement Securities.
If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, the
Registrar or the Trustee, or (b) the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide or protected
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or
in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like
tenor and principal amount, bearing a certificate number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be redeemed by the
Company pursuant to Article III or repurchased by the Company pursuant to
Article IV or V, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay, redeem or repurchase such Security, as the case may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.7, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar)
connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.7 are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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Section 2.8. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders'
Action.
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee, except for those cancelled by it, those paid,
redeemed or repurchased pursuant to Section 2.7, those delivered to it for
cancellation and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate thereof holds the Security; provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have given
or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver, or other Act hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities
outstanding at the time of such determination shall be considered in any such
determination.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, the replaced
Security ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory
to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide or protected purchaser
unaware that such Security has been replaced.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Stated Maturity or a
Redemption Date or on the Business Day immediately following a Repurchase Date
or a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, Cash or securities,
if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities payable, then immediately
after such Stated Maturity, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, such Securities shall cease to be
outstanding and interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on such
Securities shall cease to accrue.
If a Security is converted in accordance with Article XII, then from
and after the time of conversion on the date of conversion, such Security shall
cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on
such Security shall cease to accrue.
Section 2.9. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the
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temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon
surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
Section 2.10. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, repurchase by the Company
pursuant to Articles IV or V, conversion, redemption or registration of transfer
or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may
at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled
by the Trustee. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities
it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has
converted pursuant to Article XII. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held
by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with the
Trustee's customary procedure.
Section 2.11. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment (whether in Cash, Common Stock or
Applicable Stock) of principal of, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on, the Security, for the purpose of receiving Cash, Common
Stock or Applicable Stock upon conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 2.12. Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
(i) Certificated Securities shall be issued in exchange for
interests in the Global Securities only if (x) the Depositary notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Global Securities or if it at any time ceases to be a "clearing agency"
registered under the Exchange Act, if so required by applicable law or
regulation and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days, (y) the Company decides to discontinue use of the system of
book-entry transfer through DTC (or any successor depositary) or (z) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. In either case, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt
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of a Company Order (which the Company agrees to deliver promptly), authenticate
and deliver Certificated Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of such Global Securities in exchange therefor. Only
Restricted Certificated Securities shall be issued in exchange for beneficial
interests in Restricted Global Securities, and only Unrestricted Certificated
Securities shall be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in Unrestricted
Global Securities. Certificated Securities issued in exchange for beneficial
interests in Global Securities shall be registered in such names and shall be in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
The Trustee shall deliver or cause to be delivered such Certificated Securities
to the Persons in whose name such Securities are so registered. Such exchange
shall be effected in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture other
than the provisions set forth in Section 2.12(a)(i), a Global Security may
not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities. In the event
that Certificated Securities are issued in exchange for beneficial interests in
Global Securities in accordance with Section 2.12(a)(i), and, on or after such
event, Certificated Securities are presented by a Holder to the Registrar with a
request:
(x) to register the transfer of the Certificated Securities to a
person who will take delivery thereof in the form of Certificated
Securities only; or
(y) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal
amount of Certificated Securities of other authorized denominations,
such Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested;
provided, however, that the Certificated Securities presented or surrendered for
register of transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in accordance with the proviso to the first paragraph of
Section 2.6; and
(ii) in the case of a Restricted Certificated Security, such
request shall be accompanied by the following additional information and
documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of
such Holder, without transfer, or such Restricted Certificated
Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in
substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate);
(B) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a QIB in
accordance with Rule
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144A, or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities
Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially
the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate);
(C) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being issued
to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), a certificate to
that effect from the Holder (in substantially the form set forth in
the Transfer Certificate) and a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on
transfer of the Securities in the form obtained from the Trustee;
(D) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144
pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration
requirements under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect
from the Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
Certificate) and if the Company or the Registrar so requests, a
customary Opinion of Counsel, certificates and other information
reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the effect
that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities
Act.
(c) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Restricted Global Security
for a Beneficial Interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. Any person having
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may upon request, subject
to the Applicable Procedures, transfer such beneficial interest to a person who
is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Global Security. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions, or such
other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the
Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any person having a beneficial interest
in a Restricted Global Security and the following additional information and
documents in such form as is customary for the Depositary from the Depositary or
its nominee on behalf of the person having such beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security (all of which may be submitted by facsimile or
electronically):
(i) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect from the Holder (in substantially the form set
forth in the Transfer Certificate); or
(ii) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144, a certification to that effect from the Holder
(in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) and, if
the Company or the Trustee so requests, a customary Opinion of Counsel,
certificates and other information reasonably acceptable to the Company and
the Register to the effect that such transfer does not require registration
under the Securities Act,
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the Registrar shall reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate principal amount
of the Restricted Global Security by the appropriate principal amount and shall
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Security by a like principal amount. Such transfer shall
otherwise be effected in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. If no
Unrestricted Global Security is then outstanding, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (which the Company agrees to
deliver promptly), authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted Global Security.
(d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in an Unrestricted Global
Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Restricted Global Security. Any person
having a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may upon
request, subject to the Applicable Procedures, transfer such beneficial interest
to a person who is required or permitted to take delivery thereof in the form of
a Restricted Global Security (it being understood that only QIBs may own
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities). Upon receipt by the
Trustee of written instructions, or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depositary, from the Depository or its nominee on behalf of
any person having a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security and
the following additional information and documents in such form as is customary
for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of the person
having such beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Security (all of
which may be submitted by facsimile or electronically):
(i) a certification from the Holder (in substantially the form
set forth in the Transfer Certificate) to the effect that such beneficial
interest is being transferred to a person that the transferor reasonably
believes is a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A; or
(ii) a certification from the Holder (in substantially the form
set forth in the Transfer Certificate) to the effect that such beneficial
interest is being transferred in compliance with Rule 904 under the Act; or
(iii) a certification from the Holder (in substantially the form
set forth in the Transfer Certificate) to the effect that such beneficial
interest is being transferred to an institutional "accredited investor" (as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and a
signed letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to
the restrictions on transfer of the Securities in the form obtained from
the Trustee.
The Registrar shall reduce or cause to be reduced the aggregate principal amount
of the Unrestricted Global Security by the appropriate principal amount and
shall increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the
Restricted Global Security by a like principal amount. Such transfer shall
otherwise be effected in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. If no
Restricted Global Security is then outstanding, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (which the Company agrees to
deliver promptly), authenticate and deliver a Restricted Global Security.
(e) Transfers of Certificated Securities for Beneficial Interest in
Global Securities. In the event that Certificated Securities are issued in
exchange for beneficial interests
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in Global Securities and, thereafter, the events or conditions specified in
Section 2.12(a)(i) which required such exchange shall cease to exist, the
Company shall mail notice to the Trustee and to the Holders stating that Holders
may exchange Certificated Securities or interests in Global Securities by
complying with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and briefly describing
such procedures and the events or circumstances requiring that such notice be
given. Thereafter, if Certificated Securities are presented by a Holder to a
Registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of such Certificated Securities to a
person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest
in a Global Security, which request shall specify whether such Global
Security will be a Restricted Global Security or an Unrestricted Global
Security, or
(y) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal
amount of beneficial interests in a Global Security, which beneficial
interests will be owned by the Holder transferring such Certificated
Securities (provided that in the case of such an exchange, Restricted
Certificated Securities may be exchanged only for Restricted Global
Securities and Unrestricted Certificated Securities may be exchanged only
for Unrestricted Global Securities), the Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested by canceling such Certificated
Security and causing the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Global Security to be increased accordingly and, if no such Global Security
is then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon
receipt of a Company Order (which the Company agrees to deliver promptly)
authenticate and deliver a new Global Security;
provided, however, that the Certificated Securities presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in accordance with the proviso to Section 2.6(a);
(ii) in the case of a Restricted Certificated Security to be
transferred for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security,
such request shall be accompanied by the following additional information
and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in
substantially the form set forth in the Transfer Certificate); or
(B) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the
form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) and, if the Company or the
Registrar so requests, a customary Opinion of Counsel, certificates
and other information reasonably acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee to the effect that such transfer does not require registration
under of the Securities Act;
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(iii) in the case of a Restricted Certificated Security to be
transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Security, such request shall be accompanied by the following information
and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a QIB
(which, in the case of an exchange, shall be such Holder) in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certification to that effect from such
Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
Certificate); or
(B) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred in compliance with Rule 904 under the Act, certification
to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form set forth
in the Transfer Certificate); or
(C) if such Restricted Certificated Security is being
transferred to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act),
certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the
form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) and a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements relating to the
restrictions on transfer of the Securities in the form obtained from
the Trustee;
(iv) in the case of an Unrestricted Certificated Security to be
transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Security, such request need not be accompanied by any additional
information or documents; and
(v) in the case of an Unrestricted Certificated Security to be
transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Security, such request shall be accompanied by the following additional
information and documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Unrestricted Certificated Security is being
transferred to a person the Holder reasonably believes is a QIB
(which, in the case of an exchange, shall be such Holder) in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certification to that effect from such
Holder (in substantially the form set forth in the Transfer
Certificate); or
(B) if such Unrestricted Certificated Security is being
transferred in compliance with Rule 904 under the Act, certification
to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form set forth
in the Transfer Certificate); or
(C) if such Unrestricted Certificated Security is being
transferred to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act),
certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the
form set forth in the Transfer Certificate) and a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements relating to the
restrictions on transfer of the Securities in the form obtained from
the Trustee;
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(f) Legends.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (2), (3) and
(4), each Global Security and Certificated Security (and all Securities
issued in exchange therefor or upon registration of transfer or replacement
thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the form called for by
footnote 2 to Exhibit A attached hereto (each a "Transfer Restricted
Security"), for so long as it is required by this Indenture to bear such
legend. Each Transfer Restricted Security shall have attached thereto a
certificate (a "Transfer Certificate") in substantially the form called for
by footnote 5 to Exhibit A attached hereto.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security
(x) after the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales of the
Securities under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, (y) pursuant to Rule
144 or (z) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act:
(A) in the case of any Restricted Certificated Security, any
Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Restricted
Certificated Security for an Unrestricted Certificated Security, or
(under the circumstances described in Section 2.12(e)) to transfer
such Restricted Certificated Security to a transferee who shall take
such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Security, and in each case shall rescind any restriction on the
transfer of such Security; provided, however, that the Holder of such
Restricted Certificated Security shall, in connection with such
exchange or transfer, comply with the other applicable provisions of
this Section 2.12; and
(B) in the case of any beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Security, the Trustee shall permit the beneficial owner thereof
to transfer such beneficial interest to a transferee who shall take
such interest in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Security and shall rescind any restriction on transfer of such
beneficial interest; provided, however, that such Unrestricted Global
Security shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section
2.12(a)(ii); and provided, further, that the owner of such beneficial
interest shall, in connection with such transfer, comply with the
other applicable provisions of this Section 2.12.
(iii) Upon the exchange, registration of transfer or replacement
of Securities not bearing the legend described in paragraph (1) above, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
Securities that do not bear such legend and that do not have a Transfer
Certificate attached thereto.
(iv) After the expiration of the holding period pursuant to Rule
144(k) of the Securities Act, the Company may with the consent of the
Holder of a Restricted Global Security or a Restricted Certificated
Security, remove any restriction of transfer on such Security, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
Securities that do not bear such legend and that do not have a Transfer
Certificate attached thereto.
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(v) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to
sales of the Securities under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act or a
transfer pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, the shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Securities shall bear the legend in substantially the
form called for by Exhibit B attached hereto.
(g) Transfers to the Company. Nothing contained in this Indenture or
in the Securities shall prohibit the sale or other transfer of any Securities
(including beneficial interests in Global Securities) to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, which Securities shall thereupon be cancelled in accordance
with Section 2.10.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company may issue the Securities with one or more "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
Section 2.14. Ranking.
The indebtedness of the Company arising under or in connection with
this Indenture and every outstanding Security issued under this Indenture from
time to time constitutes and will constitute a senior unsecured general
obligation of the Company, ranking equally with other existing and future senior
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company and ranking senior in right of payment to
any future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly made subordinate to the
Securities by the terms of such Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Section 2.14 only, "Indebtedness" means, without
duplication, the principal or face amount of:
(a) all obligations for borrowed money;
(b) all obligations evidenced by notes or other similar instruments;
(c) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers
acceptances or similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect
thereto);
(d) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) all obligations as lessee which are capitalized in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles; and
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(f) all Indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is legally
responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to
supply funds or to invest in, others).
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1. The Company's Right to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
Prior to July 1, 2008, the Securities will not be redeemable at the
Company's option. Beginning on July 1, 2008, the Company, at its option, may
redeem the Securities in accordance with this Article III for Cash at any time
as a whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on those Securities to, but
not including, the Redemption Date (the "Redemption Price").
In the event that the Company elects to redeem the Securities on a
date that is on or after any Regular Record Date but on or before the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be required to pay any
accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, to the same
Holder to whom the Company pays the principal of such Security regardless of
whether such Holder was the registered Holder on the Regular Record Date
immediately preceding such Redemption Date.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed and the Redemption Price. The Company shall give this notice to the
Trustee by a Company Order at least 40 days before the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed,
unless the procedures of the Depositary provide otherwise, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed by lot or on a pro rata basis. The Trustee
shall make the selection within five Business Days after it receives the notice
provided for in Section 3.1 from outstanding Securities not previously called
for redemption.
Securities and portions of Securities that the Trustee selects shall
be in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions
of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of the Securities or portions of the Securities to be redeemed.
Securities and portions of Securities that are to be redeemed are
convertible by the Holder until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date. If any Security selected for
partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion
right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted
portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion
selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection
of Securities to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for
the purpose of such selection.
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Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date,
the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
The notice of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
and shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) the Conversion Rate;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;
(e) that Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the
Redemption Date;
(f) that Holders who want to convert their Securities must satisfy the
requirements set forth in Article XII;
(g) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(h) in the case of any Security redeemed in part, that the Holder of
such Security will receive a new Security or Securities, of authorized
denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(i) if fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be
redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(j) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such
Redemption Price, interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on
Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date;
(k) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities; and
(l) any other information the Company wants to present.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company makes such request at least five Business Days (unless
a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date by
which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this
Section 3.3; provided, further, that the text of the notice of redemption shall
be prepared by the Company.
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Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is given, Securities called for redemption
become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price,
except for Securities which are converted in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at
the Redemption Price.
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an amount of Cash (in
immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date) sufficient to
pay the aggregate Redemption Price of all Securities or portions thereof which
are to be redeemed as of such Redemption Date other than Securities or portions
of Securities called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Redemption Date, Cash
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of any Securities for which notice of
redemption is given, then, on such Redemption Date, such Securities will cease
to be outstanding and interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on such
Securities will cease to accrue, whether or not such Securities are delivered to
the Paying Agent, and the rights of the Holders in respect thereof shall
terminate (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon delivery of
such Securities).
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Certificated Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall
be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security,
without charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security surrendered.
Section 3.7. Repayment to the Company.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.5 exceeds the aggregate Redemption Price of the
Securities or portions thereof which the Company is redeeming as of the
Redemption Date, then, promptly after the Redemption Date, the Paying Agent
shall return any such excess to the Company.
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ARTICLE IV
REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES
AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
ON SPECIFIC DATES
Section 4.1. Optional Put.
(a) Securities shall be repurchased by the Company, at the option of
the Holder thereof, on July 1, 2008, July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2018 (each, a
"Repurchase Date"), at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of those Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, to, but not including, such Repurchase Date (the "Repurchase
Price"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the
requirements set forth in Section 4.1(c).
(b) No later than 20 Business Days prior to each Repurchase Date, the
Company shall mail a written notice of the repurchase right by first class mail
to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by
applicable law). The notice shall include a form of Repurchase Notice to be
completed by the Holder and shall briefly state, as applicable:
(i) the date by which the Repurchase Notice must be delivered to
the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise the repurchase right;
(ii) the Repurchase Date;
(iii) the Repurchase Price;
(iv) whether the Repurchase Price will be paid in Cash or, if
permitted hereunder, in shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof
and, in the case of a combination, the percentage of each;
(v) if the Company elects to pay the Repurchase Price in shares
of Common Stock or a combination of Cash and shares of Common Stock, that
the number of shares of Common Stock each Holder will receive will equal
the portion of the Repurchase Price to be paid in shares of Common Stock
divided by the Market Price of one share of Common Stock;
(vi) if the Company elects to pay the Repurchase Price in shares
of Common Stock or a combination of Cash and shares of Common Stock, the
method of calculating the Market Price of the shares of Common Stock;
(vii) that because the Market Price of one share of Common Stock
will be determined prior to the Repurchase Date, Holders of the Securities
will bear the market risk that the shares of Common Stock to be received
will decline in value between the date such Market Price is determined and
the Repurchase Date;
(viii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the
Conversion Agent;
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(ix) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto;
(x) that the Securities as to which a Repurchase Notice has been
given may be converted if they are otherwise convertible pursuant to
Article XII only if the Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture;
(xi) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
to collect payment;
(xii) that the Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a
Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid
promptly following the later of the Repurchase Date and the time of
surrender of such Security;
(xiii) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise its put
right under this Section 4.1;
(xiv) the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities;
(xv) the procedures for withdrawing a Repurchase Notice;
(xvi) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such
Repurchase Price, interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on
Securities surrendered for repurchase by the Company will cease to accrue
on and after the Repurchase Date; and
(xvii) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
repurchase right in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided,
however, that the Company makes such request at least three Business Days
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date
by which such notice of repurchase right must be given to the Holder in
accordance with this Section 4.1(b); provided, further, that the text of the
notice of repurchase right shall be prepared by the Company.
(c) A Holder may exercise its right specified in Section 4.1(a) upon
delivery of a written notice of repurchase (a "Repurchase Notice"),
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, to the Paying Agent at any time
during the period beginning at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date that
is 20 Business Days immediately preceding the relevant Repurchase Date until
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding such
Repurchase Date, stating:
(i) the certificate number of the Security which the Holder will
deliver to be repurchased or the appropriate Depositary procedures if
Certificated Securities have not been issued;
(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which
the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be in
principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000;
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(iii) that such Security shall be repurchased by the Company as
of the Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in
the Securities and in this Indenture; and
(iv) in the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section 4.2(b),
to pay the Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock
but such portion of the Repurchase Price shall ultimately be paid to such
Holder entirely in Cash because any of the conditions to payment of the
Repurchase Price in shares of Common Stock is not satisfied prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
relevant Repurchase Date, as set forth in Section 4.2(b), whether such
Holder elects to (A) withdraw such Repurchase Notice as to some or all of
the Securities to which such Repurchase Notice relates (stating the
principal amount and certificate numbers, if any or the appropriate
Depositary procedures, if applicable, of the Securities as to which such
withdrawal shall relate), or (B) receive Cash in respect of the entire
Repurchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which such
Repurchase Notice relates.
The delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent with, or at any time
after delivery of, the Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary
endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a condition to the
receipt by the Holder of the Repurchase Price therefor; provided, however, that
such Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 4.1 only if the
Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the
description thereof in the related Repurchase Notice.
If a Holder, in such Holder's Repurchase Notice and in any written
notice of withdrawal delivered by such Holder pursuant to the terms of Section
4.3, fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the election set
forth in Section 4.1(c)(iv), such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to
receive Cash in respect of the entire Repurchase Price for all Securities
subject to such Repurchase Notice in the circumstances set forth in such Section
4.1(c)(iv).
The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 4.1, a portion of a Security, so long as the principal amount of such
portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the repurchase of
such portion of such Security.
Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 4.1 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to
be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Repurchase Date
and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering to the Paying Agent the Repurchase Notice contemplated by this
Section 4.1(c) shall have the right to withdraw such Repurchase Notice at any
applicable time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of
withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 4.3.
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The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by
it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
Section 4.2. The Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of
Repurchase Price.
(a) If the Securities are to be repurchased on July 1, 2008 pursuant
to Section 4.1(a), the Repurchase Price must be paid in Cash. If the Securities
to be repurchased on July 1, 2013 or July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 4.1(a),
the Repurchase Price may be paid for at the election of the Company, in Cash or
shares of Common Stock, or in any combination of Cash and shares of Common
Stock, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2(b). The Company shall
designate, in the notice of repurchase right delivered pursuant to Section
4.1(b), whether the Company will repurchase the Securities for Cash or, if
permitted hereunder, shares of Common Stock, or, if a combination thereof, the
percentages of the Repurchase Price in respect of which it will pay in Cash or
shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company will pay Cash for
fractional interests in a share of Common Stock. For purposes of determining the
existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities subject to
repurchase by the Company held by a Holder shall be considered together (no
matter how many separate certificates are to be presented). Each Holder whose
Securities are repurchased pursuant to Section 4.1 shall receive the same
percentage of Cash or, if permitted hereunder, shares of Common Stock in payment
of the Repurchase Price for such Securities, (i) except as provided in this
Section 4.2(a) with regard to the payment of Cash in lieu of fractional shares
of Common Stock, (ii) in the event that the Company is unable to purchase the
Securities of the Holder or Holders for shares of Common Stock because any
necessary qualifications or registration of the shares of Common Stock under
applicable securities laws cannot be obtained, the Company may purchase the
Securities of such Holder or Holders for Cash. The Company may not change its
election with respect to the consideration (or components or percentages of
components thereof) to be paid once the Company has given its notice of
repurchase right to Holders except in the event of a failure to satisfy, prior
to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Repurchase Date, any condition to the payment of the Repurchase Price in whole
or in part, in shares of Common Stock.
(b) If the Company elects to pay all or a portion of the Repurchase
Price of Securities in respect of which a Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section
4.1(c) has been given in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued shall be equal to the portion of the Repurchase Price to be
paid in shares of Common Stock divided by the Market Price of one share of
Common Stock, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the second
succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock in
payment of the Repurchase Price. Instead, the Company will make a Cash payment
(calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Market
Price of one share of Common Stock. 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.
The Company's right to exercise its election to repurchase Securities
through the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be conditioned upon:
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(i) the registration of such shares of Common Stock under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case, if required;
(ii) any qualification or registration of such shares of Common
Stock under applicable state securities laws, if necessary, or the
availability of an exemption from such qualification and registration;
(iii) the listing of such shares of Common Stock on a United
States national securities exchange or the quotation of such shares of
Common Stock in an inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United
States national securities association; and
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
stating: (A) that the terms of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock
are in conformity with this Indenture; (B) that the shares of Common Stock
to be issued in payment of the Repurchase Price in respect of Securities
have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture in payment of the Repurchase Price in respect of
Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free
from preemptive rights; (C) that the conditions above, the conditions in
clauses (i)-(iii) above and the condition set forth in the second
succeeding sentence regarding issuance of a press release have been
satisfied in all material respects; and (D) the number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities and the
Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each Trading Day during the period
commencing on the first Trading Day of the period during which the Market
Price is calculated and ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Repurchase Date; and
(v) the receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel stating
that: (A) the shares of Common Stock to be issued in payment of the
Repurchase Price in respect of Securities have been duly authorized, and
when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in
payment of the Repurchase Price in respect of Securities, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's
knowledge, free from preemptive rights; and (B) the conditions in clauses
(i) through (iii) above have been satisfied in all material respects.
If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied with respect to a Holder
or Holders prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Repurchase Date, and the Company has elected to
repurchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 4.2 through the issuance of
Common Stock, the Company shall pay the entire Repurchase Price of the
Securities of such Holder or Holders in Cash.
Upon determination of the actual number of shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon repurchase of Securities, the Company shall be required to
disseminate a press release through a public medium as is customary for such a
press release.
(c) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Common Stock delivered
upon repurchase of the Securities shall be newly issued shares, shall be duly
authorized, validly issued,
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fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free
of any lien or adverse claim.
(d) Taxes. If a Holder of a repurchased Security is paid in shares of
Common Stock, the Company shall pay 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 Paying
Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common
Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Paying 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
contained herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required by law or
regulations.
Section 4.3. Effect of Repurchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Repurchase Notice specified in
Section 4.1(c), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Repurchase
Notice was given shall (unless such Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified
in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the
Repurchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Repurchase Price shall be
paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of Cash and/or securities by the Paying
Agent, promptly following the later of (a) the Repurchase Date with respect to
such Security (provided the conditions in Section 4.1(c) have been satisfied)
and (b) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder
thereof in the manner required by Section 4.1(c). Securities in respect of which
a Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to Article XII on or after the date of the delivery of such Repurchase
Notice unless such Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as
specified in the following paragraph.
A Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the
Repurchase Notice at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date, specifying:
(a) the certificate number, if any, or the appropriate Depositary
procedures, if applicable, of the Security in respect of which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the principal amount of the Security with respect to which such
notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains
subject to the original Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be
delivered for repurchase by the Company.
Section 4.4. Deposit of Repurchase Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Repurchase
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall
segregate and hold in trust as provided in
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Section 2.4) an amount of Cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on
such Business Day) and/or shares of Common Stock, if permitted hereunder,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Repurchase Price of all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be repurchased on such Repurchase Date.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the
applicable Repurchase Date, Cash and/or shares of Common Stock, if permitted
hereunder, sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of any Securities for which a
Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to Section 4.3,
then, immediately after such Repurchase Date, such Securities will cease to be
outstanding and interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on such
Securities will cease to accrue, whether or not such Securities are delivered to
the Paying Agent, and the rights of the Holders in respect thereof shall
terminate (other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price upon delivery of
such Securities).
As soon as practicable on and after the Repurchase Date, the Company
shall deliver to each Holder entitled to receive shares of Common Stock through
the Paying Agent, a certificate (other than in the case of Holders of Securities
in book-entry form with DTC, which shares shall be delivered in accordance with
DTC customary practices) for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable
in payment of the Repurchase Price and Cash in lieu of any fractional interests.
The person in whose name the certificate for the shares of Common Stock is
registered shall be treated as a holder of record of shares of Common Stock on
the Repurchase Date. No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on the
shares of Common Stock the record date for which occurred on or prior to the
Repurchase Date.
Section 4.5. Securities Repurchased in Part.
Any Certificated Security which is to be repurchased only in part
shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security, without charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to,
and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so
surrendered which is not repurchased.
Section 4.6. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase
of Securities.
When complying with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof (provided
that such offer or purchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for purposes of
Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision
thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), and
subject to any exemptions available under applicable law, the Company shall:
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(a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision)
under the Exchange Act;
(b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act; and
(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws so as
to permit the rights and obligations under this Article IV to be exercised in
the time and in the manner specified therein.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of this Article IV, the Company's
compliance with such laws and regulations shall not in and of itself cause a
breach of its obligations under this Article IV.
Section 4.7. Repayment to the Company.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash or shares of Common
Stock deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 4.4 exceeds the aggregate
Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof which the Company is
obligated to repurchase on the Repurchase Date, then, promptly after the
Repurchase Date, the Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Company.
ARTICLE V
REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
Section 5.1. Fundamental Change Put.
(a) General. If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to July
1, 2013, the Securities not previously repurchased by the Company shall be
repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holder thereof at a repurchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on
those notes to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Price"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf
of any Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 5.1(c). The fundamental
change repurchase date must be within 30 days after the date of the mailing of
the Fundamental Change Company Notice under Section 5.1 (b) (the "Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date"). No Holder shall have the right to require the Company
to repurchase its Securities under this Article V if a Fundamental Change occurs
on or after July 1, 2013.
A "Fundamental Change" is any transaction or event (whether by means
of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger,
combination, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with
which any of the following occur:
(i) any "person" or "group" is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of shares of the Company's voting stock
representing 50% or more of the total
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voting power of all outstanding classes of the Company's stock or has the
power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors;
(ii) the holders of the Company's Capital Stock approve any plan
or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or
not otherwise in compliance with this Indenture);
(iii) all or substantially all of the Common Stock is exchanged
for, converted into, acquired for or constitutes solely the right to
receive, consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares)
which is not all or substantially all common stock that is listed on, or
immediately after the transaction or event will be listed on, a United
States national securities exchange, or is approved, or immediately after
the transaction or event will be approved, for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market or any similar United States system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices;
(iv) the sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of
our assets and property to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act); or
(v) at any time the following persons cease to constitute a
majority of our board of directors:
(A) individuals who on the first Issue Date of the
Securities constituted the Company's Board of Directors; and
(B) any new Directors whose election by the Company's Board
of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Company's
stockholders was approved by at least a majority of the Directors then
still in office who were either Directors on the first Issue Date of
the Securities or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved.
(b) Notice of Fundamental Change. No later than 30 days after the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change that occurs prior to July 1, 2013, the
Company shall mail a written notice of Fundamental Change (the "Fundamental
Change Company Notice") by first class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder
(and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law). The notice shall
include a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the
Holder and shall briefly state, as applicable:
(i) the events causing a Fundamental Change and the date of such
Fundamental Change;
(ii) that the Holder has a right to require the Company to
repurchase the Holder's Securities;
(iii) the date by which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
must be delivered to the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise the
Fundamental Change repurchase right;
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(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(vi) whether the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid
in Cash or shares of Applicable Stock, or a combination thereof and, in the
case of a combination, the percentage of each;
(vii) if the Company elects to pay the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price in shares of Applicable Stock or a combination of Cash and
shares of Applicable Stock, that the number of shares of Applicable Stock
each Holder will receive will equal the portion of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price to be paid in shares of Applicable Stock divided by the
Market Price of one share of Applicable Stock;
(viii) if the Company elects to pay the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price in shares of Applicable Stock or a combination of Cash and
shares of Applicable Stock, the method of calculating the Market Price of
the shares of Applicable Stock;
(ix) that because the Market Price of one share of Applicable
Stock will be determined prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
Holders of the Securities will bear the market risk that the shares of
Applicable Stock to be received will decline in value between the date such
Market Price is determined and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(x) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion
Agent;
(xi) the Conversion Rate applicable on the Fundamental Change
Company Notice Date;
(xii) that the Securities as to which a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has been given may be converted if they are otherwise
convertible pursuant to Article XII only if the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
(xiii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect payment;
(xiv) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any
Security as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly
given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the
Fundamental Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security;
(xv) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise its put
right under this Section 5.1;
(xvi) the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities;
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(xvii) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice;
(xviii) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on Securities surrendered for repurchase by the Company
will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
and
(xix) the CUSIP number(s) of the Securities.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the Fundamental
Change Company Notice in the Company's name and at the Company's expense;
provided, however, the Company makes such request at least three Business Days
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date
by which such Fundamental Change Company Notice must be given to the Holders in
accordance with this Section 5.1(b); provided, further, that the text of the
Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.
(c) Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder may exercise its
right specified in Section 5.1(a) upon delivery of a written notice of
repurchase (a "Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice"), substantially in the form
of Exhibit D hereto, to the Paying Agent at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, stating:
(i) the certificate number of the Security which the Holder will
deliver to be repurchased or the appropriate depositary procedures if
Certificated Securities have not been issued;
(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which
the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be $1,000 or
a multiple of $1,000;
(iii) that such Security shall be repurchased on the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in
the Securities and in this Indenture; and
(iv) in the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section 5.2, to
pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares
of Applicable Stock but such portion of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price shall ultimately be paid to such Holder entirely in Cash because any
of the conditions to payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in
shares of Applicable Stock is not satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, as set forth in Section 5.2(b), whether such Holder elects
to (A) withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as to some or all
of the Securities to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
relates (stating the principal amount and certificate numbers, if any, or
the appropriate Depositary procedures, if applicable, of the Securities as
to which such withdrawal shall relate), or (B) receive Cash in respect of
the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase
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Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice relates.
The delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent with, or at any time
after delivery of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all
necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a condition
to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
therefor; provided, however, that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall
be so paid pursuant to this Section 5.1 only if the Security so delivered to the
Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth
in the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
If a Holder, in such Holder's Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and
in any written notice of withdrawal delivered by such Holder pursuant to the
terms of Section 5.3, fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the
election set forth in Section 5.1(c)(iv), such Holder shall be deemed to have
elected to receive Cash in respect of the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price for all Securities subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in
the circumstances set forth in such Section 5.1(c)(iv).
The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 5.1, a portion of a Security, so long as the principal amount of such
portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the repurchase of
such portion of such Security.
Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 5.1 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to
be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
contemplated by this Section 5.1(c) shall have the right to withdraw such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying
Agent in accordance with Section 5.3.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by
it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.
Section 5.2. The Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(a) The Securities to be repurchased with respect to any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date pursuant to Section 5.1(a) may be paid for at the
election of the Company in Cash or shares of Applicable Stock, or in any
combination of Cash and shares of Applicable Stock, subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 5.2(b). The Company shall designate, in the Fundamental
Change Company Notice delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b), whether the Company
will repurchase the Securities for Cash or shares of Applicable Stock, or, if a
combination thereof, the percentages of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
in respect of
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which it will pay in Cash or shares of Applicable Stock; provided, however, that
the Company will pay Cash for fractional interests in shares of Applicable
Stock. For purposes of determining the existence of potential fractional
interests, all Securities subject to repurchase by the Company held by a Holder
shall be considered together (no matter how many separate certificates are to be
presented). Each Holder whose Securities are repurchased pursuant to Section 5.1
shall receive the same percentage of Cash or shares of Applicable Stock in
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Securities, except
(i) as provided in this Section 5.2(a) with regard to the payment of Cash in
lieu of fractional shares of Applicable Stock and (ii) in the event that the
Company is unable to purchase the Securities of a Holder or Holders for shares
of Applicable Stock because any necessary qualifications or registrations of the
shares of Applicable Stock under applicable securities laws cannot be obtained,
the Company may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders for Cash. The
Company may not change its election with respect to the consideration (or
components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Company has
given its Fundamental Change Company Notice to Holders except in the event of a
failure to satisfy, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, any condition to
the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in whole or in part, in
shares of Applicable Stock.
(b) If the Company elects to pay all or a portion of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section 5.1(c) has been given in Applicable Stock,
the number of shares of Applicable Stock to be issued shall be equal to (i) the
portion of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to be paid in Applicable
Stock divided by (ii) the Market Price of one share of Applicable Stock, subject
to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the second succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue any fraction of a share of Applicable Stock
in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Instead, the Company will
make a Cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction
multiplied by the Market Price of one share of Applicable Stock on or prior to
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. If a Holder elects to have more than one
Security purchased, the number of shares of Applicable Stock shall be based on
the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased.
The Company's right to exercise its election to repurchase Securities
through the issuance of shares of Applicable Stock shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the registration of such shares of Applicable Stock under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case, if required; and
(ii) any qualification or registration of such shares of
Applicable Stock under applicable state securities laws, if necessary, or
the availability of an exemption from such qualification and registration;
(iii) the listing of such shares of Applicable Stock on a United
States national securities exchange or the quotation of such shares of
Applicable Stock in an
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inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United States national
securities association;
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
stating (A): that the terms of the issuance of the shares of Applicable
Stock are in conformity with this Indenture; (B) that the shares of
Applicable Stock to be issued in payment of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price in respect of Securities have been duly authorized and,
when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in respect of
Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free
from preemptive rights; (C) that the conditions above, the conditions in
clauses (i)-(iii) above and the condition set forth in the second
succeeding sentence regarding issuance of a press release have been
satisfied in all material respects; and (D) the number of shares of
Applicable Stock to be issued for each $1,000 principal amount of
Securities and the Sale Price of a share of Applicable Stock on each
Trading Day during the period commencing on the first Trading Day of the
period during which the Market Price is calculated and ending on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
and
(v) the receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel stating
that: (A) the shares of Applicable Stock to be issued by the Company in
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in respect of Securities
have been duly authorized, and when issued and delivered pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price in respect of Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, free from
preemptive rights; and (B) the conditions in clauses (i) and (iii) above
have been satisfied in all material respects.
If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied with respect to a Holder
or Holders prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and the Company
has elected to repurchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 5.2 through
the issuance of shares of Applicable Stock, the Company shall pay the entire
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities of such Holder or Holders
in Cash. Upon determination of the actual number of shares of Applicable Stock
to be issued upon repurchase of Securities, the Company shall be required to
disseminate a press release through a public medium as is customary for such a
press release.
(c) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Applicable Stock delivered
upon repurchase of the Securities shall be newly issued 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.
(d) Taxes. If a Holder of a repurchased Security is paid in shares of
Applicable Stock, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue
or transfer tax due on such issue of Applicable Stock. However, the Holder shall
pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the Applicable Stock
to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse
to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Applicable Stock being
issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Paying Agent
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receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares of
Applicable Stock are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name.
Nothing contained herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required by
law or regulations.
Section 5.3. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice specified in Section 5.1(c), the Holder of the Security in respect of
which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following
paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of Cash
and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (a) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to such Security (provided the
conditions in Section 5.1(c) have been satisfied) and (b) the time of delivery
of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner
required by Section 5.1(c). Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to Article XII on or after the date of the delivery of such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph.
A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in
accordance with the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:
(a) the principal amount of the Security with respect to which such
notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the certificate number, if any, or the appropriate Depository
procedures, if applicable, of the Security in respect of which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains
subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and which has been
or will be delivered for repurchase by the Company.
Section 5.4. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if
the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them is acting as the
Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.4) an
amount of Cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business
Day) and/or Applicable Stock, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the
aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Securities or portions
thereof which are to be repurchased on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the
applicable Fundamental
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Change Repurchase Date, Cash and/or Applicable Stock, if permitted hereunder,
sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Securities for
which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to Section 5.3, then, immediately after such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, such Securities will cease to be outstanding and interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on such Securities will cease to accrue,
whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent, and the rights
of the Holders in respect thereof shall terminate (other than the right to
receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery of such
Securities).
As soon as practicable on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, the Company shall deliver to each Holder entitled to receive shares of
Applicable Stock through the Paying Agent, a certificate (other than in the case
of Holders of Securities in book-entry form with the Depositary, which shares
shall be delivered in accordance with the Depositary customary practices) for
the number of full shares of Applicable Stock issuable in payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and Cash in lieu of any fractional
interests. The person in whose name the certificate for the shares of Applicable
Stock is registered shall be treated as a holder of record of Applicable Stock
on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. No payment or adjustment will be made
for dividends on the shares of Applicable Stock the record date for which
occurred on or prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Section 5.5. Securities Repurchased in Part.
Any Certificated Security which is to be repurchased only in part
shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security, without charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to,
and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so
surrendered which is not repurchased.
Section 5.6. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Repurchase
of Securities.
When complying with the provisions of Section 5.1 hereof (provided
that such offer or purchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for purposes of
Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision
thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), and
subject to any exemptions available under applicable law, the Company shall:
(a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor
provision) under the Exchange Act;
(b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act; and
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(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws so as
to permit the rights and obligations under this Article V to be exercised in the
time and in the manner specified therein.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the provisions of this Article V, the Company's
compliance with such laws and regulations shall not in and of itself cause a
breach of its obligations under this Article V.
Section 5.7. Repayment to the Company.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash or shares of
Applicable Stock deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 5.4 exceeds the
aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions
thereof which the Company is obligated to repurchase as of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date then, promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, the Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Company.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section 6.1. Payment of Securities.
The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the
Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant
to this Indenture. Principal amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price and
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, shall be considered paid on the applicable
date due if by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date the Paying Agent
holds, in accordance with this Indenture, Cash or securities, if permitted
hereunder, sufficient to pay all such amounts then due. The Company shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest on overdue principal and
overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, at the
rate borne by the Securities per annum. All references in this Indenture or the
Securities to interest shall be deemed to include Additional Interest Amounts,
if any, payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Payment of the principal of and interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on the Securities shall be in Cash except as otherwise provided
herein.
The Company shall pay interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if
any, on the Securities to the Person in whose name the Securities are registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the
corresponding Interest Payment Date. Any such interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid
(a) to the Person in whose name the Securities are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof
will be given to the Holders not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date or (b) at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.
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If a Security is redeemed pursuant to Article III hereof or the Holder
elects to require the Company to repurchase such Security pursuant to either
Article IV or Article V hereof on a date that is after the Regular Record Date
and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, accrued and unpaid on such Security to, but not
including, the applicable Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date will be paid to the same Holder to whom the Company pays the
principal of such Security regardless of whether such Holder was the registered
Holder on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable
Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Holders must surrender the Securities to the Paying Agent to collect
payment of principal. Payment of interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if
any, on Certificated Securities will be made by (i) check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Register if such
surrendered Securities have an aggregate principal amount of $5 million or less
or (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by
such Person if such surrendered Securities have an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $5 million. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Securities
are registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments with
respect to the Securities shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Section 6.2. SEC and Other Reports to the Trustee.
The Company shall ensure delivery 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 Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in
accordance with TIA Section 314(a); provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to deliver to the Trustee any material for which the Company has
sought and received confidential treatment by the SEC. In the event the Company
is at any time no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall continue to provide the Trustee with annual
and quarterly reports containing substantially the same information as would
have been required to be filed with the SEC had the Company continued to have
been subject to such reporting requirements. In such event, such reports shall
be provided at the times the Company would have been required to provide reports
had it continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. The
Company also shall comply with the other 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 such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
Section 6.3. Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2003) an Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the
knowledge of the signers thereof, the
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Company is in Default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture and if the Company shall be in
Default, specifying all such Defaults and the nature and status thereof of which
they may have knowledge.
Section 6.4. Further Instruments and Acts.
Upon reasonable request of the Trustee, or as otherwise necessary, the
Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
Section 6.5. Maintenance of Office or Agency of the Trustee,
Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion
Agent where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,
redemption, repurchase or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. An
office of the Trustee shall initially be such office or agency for all of the
aforesaid purposes. The Company 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 Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 14.2.
The Company 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 Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes.
Section 6.6. Delivery of Information Required Under Rule 144A.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder or any beneficial owner of
Securities or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion thereof, the Company will make available the information required
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to such Holder or any
beneficial owner of Securities or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof, 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; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish such information in
connection with any request made on or after the date which is two years from
the later of the date such security was last acquired from the Company or an
"affiliate" (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company.
Whether a
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person is a beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Company's
reasonable satisfaction.
Section 6.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or
other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would
prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal
amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price in respect of Securities, or any interest and Additional Interest Amounts,
if any, on such amounts, as contemplated herein, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 6.8. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as practicable and
in any event within five Business Days after the Company becomes aware of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or, an Officers' Certificate
setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action
which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
ARTICLE VII
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 7.1. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.
The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell,
assign, convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially in
their entirety (computed on a consolidated basis) to any Person, unless:
(a) either (i) the Company is the surviving entity or (ii) the
successor or transferee (the "successor corporation") is a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof, or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligation of the
Company under the Securities and the Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
shall exist; and
(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and, if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or
other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this
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Article VII and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been satisfied.
Section 7.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
Upon any consolidation with or merger into any corporation, or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially in their entirety in accordance with Section 7.1, the successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or which the Company is merged or 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 Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been
named as the Company herein, and in the case of a conveyance, transfer, or lease
of the properties and assets of the Company substantially in their entirety, the
Company shall be irrevocably released from its liabilities as obligor and maker
of the Securities and from its obligations under this Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 8.1. Events of Default.
So long as any Securities are outstanding, each of the following shall
be an "Event of Default":
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal amount (or
premium, if any), with respect to the Securities, when the same become due and
payable;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, in each case, when due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) following the exercise by the Holder of the right to convert a
Security pursuant to and in accordance with Article XII, the Company (i) fails
to deliver the Cash, if any, required to be delivered following the Company's
election to so deliver Cash upon conversion pursuant to Section 12.2(d) and such
failure continues for 10 days or (ii) fails to deliver the Common Stock, if any,
required to be delivered following the Company's election to so deliver Common
Stock upon conversion pursuant to Section 12.2(d);
(d) the Company defaults in its obligation to redeem any Security, or
any portion thereof, called for redemption by the Company pursuant to and in
accordance with Article III;
(e) the Company defaults in its obligation to pay the Repurchase Price
or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as applicable, with respect to any
Security, or any portion thereof, upon the exercise by the Holder of such
Holder's right to require the Company to repurchase such Securities pursuant to
and in accordance with Article IV or V, as applicable;
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(f) the Company fails to comply with any of its agreements or
covenants in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in
clause (a) through (e) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after
receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default (defined below);
(g) the Company fails or any Significant Subsidiary fails to make any
payment at maturity on any indebtedness, including any applicable grace periods,
in an amount in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate for all such indebtedness
and such amount has not been paid or discharged within 30 days after receipt by
the Company of a Notice of Default;
(h) a default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary that
results in the acceleration of maturity of any indebtedness of the Company or
any significant subsidiary (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness), at any one
time, in an amount in excess of $15,000,000 unless the acceleration is
rescinded, stayed or annulled within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a
Notice of Default;
(i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or under or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(ii) consents to the entry of any order for relief against it in
an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against
it;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any
substantial part of its property;
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(v) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief; or
(vi) consents to the filing of such petition or the appointment
of or taking possession by a Custodian; or
(j) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under
any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary,
and the order of decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
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A Default under clause (f), (g) or (h) above is not an Event of
Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding notify
the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure such
Default (and such Default is not waived) within the time specified in clause
(f), (g) or (h) above after actual receipt of such notice. Any such notice must
specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a
"Notice of Default."
Section 8.2. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 8.1(i) or (j)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the
Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, on all the Securities to be immediately due and
payable. Upon such a declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and
payable immediately.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(i) or (j) occurs and
is continuing, the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on all the Securities shall become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or any Securityholders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without
notice to any other Securityholder) may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree
and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, that have become due solely as a result of
acceleration and if all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 9.7 have been
paid. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
Section 8.3. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of
the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not
impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the
Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available
remedies are cumulative.
Section 8.4. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 8.7 and 11.2, the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding, by notice to the Trustee
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(and without notice to any other Securityholder), may waive an existing Default
and its consequences except:
(a) an Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, any
premium or interest on, or any Additional Interest Amounts with respect to, any
Security or the payment of any applicable Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price or Redemption Price; or
(b) a Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the
Securities, which, under Section 11.2, cannot be amended or modified without the
consent of each Securityholder affected thereby.
When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right. This
Section 8.4 shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)1(B) of the TIA and such Section
316(a)1(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.
Section 8.5. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may
refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that
the Trustee determines in good faith is prejudicial to the rights of other
Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the
Trustee is offered indemnity or security satisfactory to it. This Section 8.5
shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)1(A) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(A) is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section 8.6. Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:
(a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an
Event of Default is continuing;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to
pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity; and
(e) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
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A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
any other Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other
Securityholder.
Section 8.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment or to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount, Redemption Price,
Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities held by such Holder, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities and in this
Indenture, and to convert such Securities in accordance with Article XII, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates or the right to convert, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
impaired or affected adversely without the consent of such Holder.
Section 8.8. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(a), (b), (d) or (e)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust against the Company or another obligor on the
Securities for the whole amount owing with respect to the Securities and the
amounts provided for in Section 9.7.
Section 8.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal amount, Redemption
Price, Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal
amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
or interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel or any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.7) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
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disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.7.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 8.10. Priorities.
(a) If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VIII,
it shall pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 9.7;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for the principal amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the
Securities; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section 8.10. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder and the Company a
notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 8.11. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in
the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 8.11 does not apply to a suit
by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 8.7 or a suit by Holders
of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding. This Section 8.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and
such Section 315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as
permitted by the TIA.
Section 8.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceedings to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
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shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder
and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE IX
TRUSTEE
Section 9.1. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the
same degree of care and skill in its exercise of those rights and powers as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein.
This Section 9.1(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA and such
Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by
the TIA.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this Section (c) does not limit the effect of Section (b) of
this Section 9.1;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 8.5.
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Subparagraphs (c)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1),
315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) of the TIA, respectively, and such Sections 315(d)(1),
315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as
permitted by the TIA.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 9.1.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right
or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense.
(f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
(acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be under no liability for interest on
any money received by it hereunder unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Company.
Section 9.2. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to its duties and responsibilities under Section 9.1 and under
the TIA,
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(c) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers conferred under this Indenture;
(e) the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it and any advice
or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance on such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
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security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(g) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney
at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional
liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a
default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given
to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are
extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities
hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other person employed to act
hereunder; and
(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 9.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying
Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like
rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 9.10 and 9.11.
Section 9.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's
use or application of the proceeds from the Securities, it shall not be
responsible for any statement in any registration statement for the Securities
under the Securities Act or in any offering document for the
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Securities, this Indenture 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 9.5. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall give to each Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it
occurs or, if later, within 15 days after it is known to the Trustee, unless
such Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the case of a Default
described in Section 8.1(a), (b) (d) or (e), the Trustee may withhold the notice
if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Securityholders
and provided, further, that in the case of any Default described in Section
8.1(f), no such notice shall be given to Holders until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. The preceding sentence shall be in lieu of the proviso
to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from
this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section 9.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following
the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a
brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if
required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section
313(b). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA
Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the
Securities and Common Stock are listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee
promptly whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and of
any delisting thereof.
Section 9.7. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company agrees to:
(a) pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the
Company 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) 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 Indenture (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 own negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(c) fully indemnify the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and each of
their directors and officers for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any
and all loss, damage, claim, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses, and taxes
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(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the
Trustee)) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith on the
part of the Person so indemnified, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any
Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing
the provisions of this Section 9.7.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity hereunder; provided, that a failure to notify shall not
relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent the
Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Trustee shall have the
right to employ one separate counsel in any such action or proceeding and
participate in the investigation and defense thereof, and the Company shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel; provided, however,
that the Trustee may only employ such separate counsel at the expense of the
Company if in the reasonable judgment of the outside counsel to the Trustee (i)
a conflict of interest exists by reason of common representation or (ii) there
are legal defenses available to the Trustee that are different from or are in
addition to those available to the Company or if all parties commonly
represented do not agree as to the action (or inaction) of counsel.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section 9.7, the
Trustee shall have 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, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
or interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, as the case may be, on
particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 9.7 shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the
Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default
specified in Section 8.1(i) or (j), the expenses including the reasonable
charges and expenses of its counsel, are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 9.8. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company; provided, however,
that no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Trustee has
accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 9.8. The Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may
remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company
shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for
relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
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If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint, by
resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and
substance to the retiring Trustee and the Company. Thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held
by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in
Section 9.7.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Section 9.9. 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 or company, the resulting, surviving or transferee
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 9.10. 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 contained herein shall
prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to
in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
Section 9.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
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ARTICLE X
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 10.1. Discharge of Liability on Securities.
When (a) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced or repaid pursuant to Section 2.7)
for cancellation or (b) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable
(whether at the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, or on any Redemption Date,
or with respect to any Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or
upon conversion) and the Company deposits with the Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent Cash, Common Stock or Applicable Stock, as applicable, sufficient to pay
all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Securities (other than Securities
replaced pursuant to Section 2.7), and if in either case the Company pays all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject
to Section 9.7, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall join in the
execution of a document prepared by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
Notwithstanding the discharge of this Indenture, Article XIII shall
survive until the Securities have been paid in full.
Section 10.2. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any Cash or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the Cash or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability to the Securityholders with respect to such Cash or securities for
that period commencing after the return thereof.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
Section 11.1. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities
without the consent of any Securityholder to:
(a) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of Securities;
(b) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company by
the Indenture;
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(c) provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations to the
Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation, conveyance,
transfer, sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to Article VII;
(d) increase the Conversion Rate or reduce the Conversion Price;
provided, however, that such increase in the Conversion Rate or reduction in the
Conversion Price, as the case may be, is in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture or shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities;
(e) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities;
(f) add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any of
the Securities;
(g) secure the Securities;
(h) supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the discharge of the Securities,
provided that such change or modification does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities;
(i) make any changes or modifications necessary in connection with the
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act as contemplated in the
Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that such action does not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any material
respect;
(j) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or which is otherwise
defective, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture which the Company may deem necessary or desirable
and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture;
provided, however, that such action does not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Securities;
(k) add or modify any other provisions herein with respect to matters
or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Trustee may deem
necessary or desirable and which would not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities; and
(l) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Section 11.2. With Consent of Holders.
Except as provided below in this Section 11.2, this Indenture or the
Securities may be amended, modified or supplemented, and noncompliance in any
particular instance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities may
be waived, in each case with the written consent or affirmative vote of the
Holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of the Securities at
the time outstanding.
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Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of
Securities affected thereby (in addition to the written consent or the
affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority of the principal amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding), an amendment or waiver under this
Section 11.2 may not:
(a) change the maturity of the principal amount of, or any premium due
on, or the payment date of any installment of interest or Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on, any Security;
(b) reduce the principal amount of, or rate of interest or Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, on, or the premium amount, Redemption Price,
Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, any Security;
(c) change the currency of payment of principal amount of, or interest
or Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on, or the Redemption Price, Repurchase
Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, any Security from U.S. Dollars
or shares of Common Stock or Applicable Stock as provided herein;
(d) alter the manner of calculation or rate of accrual of interest or
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on any Security;
(e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any repurchase of, payment on or with respect to, or conversion
of, any Security, including any payment on or after the stated maturity of the
Securities, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, or in
the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Repurchase
Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(f) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an agency in The
City of New York pursuant to Section 6.5;
(g) adversely affect the right of Holders of the Securities to convert
such Securities as provided in Article XII;
(h) adversely affect the right of Holders of the Securities to require
the Company to repurchase such Securities as provided in Articles IV and V;
(i) modify the optional redemption provisions of Article III in a
manner that adversely affects the Holders of the Securities;
(j) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of the outstanding
Securities the written consent or affirmative vote of whose Holders is required
to take specific actions under the Indenture;
(k) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of the outstanding
Securities the written consent or affirmative vote of whose Holders is required
for any waiver of any past Default provided for in this Indenture; or
(l) modify any of (a)-(k) above.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 11.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 11.2 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
Nothing contained in this Section 11.2 shall impair the ability of the
Company and the Trustee to amend this Indenture or the Securities without the
consent of any Securityholder to provide for the assumption of the Company's
obligations to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation,
conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition pursuant to Article VII.
Section 11.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
comply with the TIA.
Section 11.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.
Until an amendment, waiver or other action by 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 consent, waiver or action is not made on the
Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent,
waiver or action as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, waiver
or action becomes effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes
effective, it shall bind every Securityholder.
Section 11.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article XI may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for outstanding Securities.
Section 11.6. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures.
The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant
to this Article XI if the amendment contained therein does not affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such
supplemental indenture the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to the provisions
of Section 9.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture.
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Section 11.7. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
ARTICLE XII
CONVERSION
Section 12.1. Conversion Privilege.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article
XII and subject to the Company's election pursuant to Section 12.2(d), a Holder
of a Security shall have the right, at such Holder's option, to convert all or
any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000)
of such Security into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect on
the Conversion Date only as follows:
(i) during any fiscal quarter (beginning with the quarter ending
October 31, 2003) if the Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20
consecutive Trading Days in the Measurement Period of the immediately
preceding fiscal quarter exceeds 120% of the Conversion Price in effect on
the last Trading Day of such Measurement Period (in the event that the
Conversion Price on such last Trading Day of such Measurement Period is not
the same as the Conversion Price in effect for each of the Trading Days in
such Measurement Period, the Conversion Agent shall make such adjustments
as it, in its discretion, deems appropriate in determining whether the
foregoing condition has been met);
(ii) during any five consecutive Trading Day period immediately
following any five consecutive Trading Day period (the "Debenture
Measurement Period") in which the average Market Price per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities during such Debenture Measurement Period was less than
95% of the average Conversion Value during such Debenture Measurement
Period; provided, however, that a Holder shall not have the right to
convert any Security pursuant to this Section 12.1(a)(ii) after July 1,
2018 if on any Trading Day during such Debenture Measurement Period the
Sale Price was more than the then-current Conversion Price and less than
120% of the then-current Conversion Price;
(iii) at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, if such Security
has been called for redemption pursuant to Article III hereof; or
(iv) as provided in Section 12.1(b).
The Conversion Agent shall, on behalf of the Company, determine at the
end of each applicable period whether the Securities shall be convertible as a
result of the occurrence of an event specified in clause (a) or (b) above and,
if the Securities shall be so convertible, the
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Conversion Agent shall promptly deliver to the Company and the Trustee written
notice thereof. Whenever the Securities shall become convertible pursuant to
this Section 12.1, the Company or, at the Company's request, the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall notify the Holders in writing of
the event triggering such convertibility in the manner provided in Section 14.2,
and the Company shall also publicly announce such information and publish it on
the Company's website. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
(b) In addition, in the event that:
(i)
(A) the Company distributes to all holders of Common Stock
rights or warrants (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan)
entitling them to purchase Common Stock at less than the average Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding
the declaration for such distribution; or
(B) the Company distributes to all holders of Common Stock
cash or other assets, debt securities or certain rights to purchase
the Company's securities, which distribution has a per share value as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company exceeding 10% of
the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately
preceding the declaration for such distribution;
then, in each case, the Company must notify, in writing, Holders of
Securities of the occurrence of such an event at least 20 days prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for any such distribution. Once the Company has given such
notice, Holders may surrender their Securities for conversion at any time
until the earlier of the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Ex-Dividend Date or the date of announcement by the Company
that the distribution will not take place. No adjustment shall be made to
the ability of a Holder of Securities to convert if such Holder may
participate in the distribution without conversion.
(ii) the Company becomes party to a consolidation, merger or
binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock of the Company
would be converted into cash, securities or other property, a Holder may
surrender the Securities for conversion at any time from and after the date
which is 15 days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction
until 15 days after the actual date of the transaction. If the Company
becomes party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant
to which the Common Stock of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, then at the effective time of the
transaction, the right to convert the Securities into Common Stock shall be
changed into a right to convert such Securities into the kind and amount of
cash, securities or other property which the Holder would have received if
the Holder had converted such Securities immediately prior to the
transaction. If the transaction occurs prior to July 1, 2013 and also
constitutes a Fundamental Change, the Holder shall have the rights set
forth in Article V above.
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Section 12.2. Conversion Procedure; Conversion Rate; Fractional
Shares.
(a) Subject to Section 12.2(d), each Security shall be convertible at
the office of the Conversion Agent into fully paid and nonassessable shares
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock. Subject to
Section 12.2(d), the Security will be converted into shares of Common Stock at
the Conversion Rate therefore.
No payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the
Common Stock or accrued interest or accrued and unpaid Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on a converted Security, except as described in Section 12.9
hereof.
The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock in
connection with any conversion of Securities, but instead shall, subject to
Section 12.3(g) hereof, make a Cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent)
equal to such fraction multiplied by the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the
last Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Security in respect of which a Holder
has delivered a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice exercising
such Holder's option to require the Company to repurchase such Security may be
converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with
Sections 4.3 or 5.3 hereof, as the case may be, prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Repurchase Date or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be.
(b) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert the
same into Common Stock, such Holder shall, in the case of Securities issued in
global form, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that
time, and in the case of certificated Securities, surrender such Securities,
duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, at the office of the Conversion Agent,
and shall give written notice to the Company at said office or place in the form
of the Conversion Notice attached to the Security (the "Conversion Notice") that
such Holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the
principal amount of Security to be converted and the name or names (with
addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for
Common Stock to be issued.
Before any such conversion, a Holder also shall pay all funds
required, if any, relating to interest on the Securities, as provided in Section
12.9, and all taxes or duties, if any, as provided in Section 12.8.
If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one
time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall
be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Security (or specified portions thereof to the extent
permitted thereby) so surrendered.
If shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted
Security are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the Holder of such
Restricted Security, such Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent a
certification in substantially the form set forth in a Transfer Certificate
dated the date of surrender of such Restricted Security and signed by such
Holder, as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such
Restricted Security. The Company shall not be required to issue Common Stock
upon conversion of any such
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Restricted Security to a Person other than the Holder if such Restricted
Security is not so accompanied by a properly completed certification, and the
Registrar shall not be required to register Common Stock upon conversion of any
such Restricted Security in the name of a Person other than the Holder if such
Restricted Security is not so accompanied by a properly completed certification.
(c) A Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close
of business on the date of the surrender of such Security for conversion as
provided above (such date, the "Conversion Date" for such Security), and the
person or persons entitled to receive any Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Holder or Holders of
such Common Stock as of the close of business on such date. Upon conversion, all
obligations under the Securities so converted will be deemed satisfied,
including with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any.
(d) In lieu of delivery of Common Stock to a Holder of a Security
upon conversion of such Security in accordance with Section 12.2(a), the
Company shall have the right to elect to deliver to a Holder of a Security
upon conversion of such Security Cash or a combination of Cash and Common
Stock in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in this
Section 12.2(d). Within two Business Days following the Conversion Date, the
Company shall deliver to the Holder, through the Conversion Agent, written
notice of whether such Securities shall be converted into Common Stock or paid
in Cash or a combination of Cash and Common Stock. If the Company shall have
notified the Holder that all of such Securities shall be converted into Common
Stock or a combination of Cash and Common Stock, the Company shall deliver to
the Holder (or to such Holder's nominee or nominees) through the Conversion
Agent, no later than the third Business Day following the date on which the
Applicable Stock Price is determined, certificates (other than in the case of
Holders of Securities in book-entry form with the Depositary, which shares
shall be delivered in accordance with the Depositary's customary practices)
for the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion
and, if applicable, Cash in lieu of such Common Stock and Cash in lieu of any
fractional shares. Except as otherwise provided in this Article XII, if the
Company shall have notified the Holder that all or a portion of such Security
shall be paid solely in Cash, the Company shall deliver to the Holder
surrendering such Security the amount of cash per Security (or a portion of a
Security) equal to the Applicable Stock Price multiplied by the Conversion Rate
in effect with respect to such Conversion Date no later than the tenth Business
Day following such Conversion Date. The Company shall not be required to
deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books
for such stock or the security register are duly closed for any purpose, but
certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon
as practicable after the opening of such books or security register. Except as
otherwise provided in this Article XII, the Company may not change its election
with respect to the consideration to be delivered upon conversion of a Security
once the Company has notified the Holder in accordance with this paragraph.
(e) In case any Certificated Security shall be surrendered for partial
conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Security so
surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section
12.8 hereof), a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered
Certificated Securities.
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Section 12.3. Adjustment of Conversion Rate for Common Stock.
The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Securities are outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution in
shares of Common Stock to all holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock,
then the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the date next
following the Record Date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased by multiplying
such Conversion Rate by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such Record
Date fixed for such determination and the total number of shares
constituting such dividend or other distribution; and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such Record Date fixed
for such determination.
Such increase shall become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the day following the Record Date fixed for such determination.
If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section
12.3(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be
adjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend
or distribution had not been declared.
(b) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Securities are outstanding, subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, then the
Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the
day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately
increased, and conversely, in case the Company shall, at any time or from time
to time while any of the Securities are outstanding, combine its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then the
Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the
day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately
decreased. In each such case, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Conversion Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to such subdivision or combination and the denominator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
subdivision or combination. Such increase or reduction, as the case may be,
shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day
following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(c) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of the Securities are outstanding, issue rights or warrants (other than
pursuant to a shareholders rights plan) for a period expiring within 60 days
after the date of announcement of such issuance (other than any rights or
warrants referred to in Section 12.3(d)), to all holders of its shares of
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Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock
(or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
Common Stock), at a price per share (or having a conversion, exchange or
exercise price per share) less than the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of such issuance
(treating the conversion, exchange or exercise price per share of the securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock as equal to the
quotient of (x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock and (ii) any additional
consideration initially payable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of
such security into Common Stock divided by (y) the number of shares of Common
Stock initially underlying such convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
security), then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect at the
opening of business on the date after such date of announcement by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date of
announcement, plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock so
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable securities so offered are convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable); and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the close of business on the date of
announcement, plus the number of shares (or convertible, exchangeable or
exercisable securities) which the aggregate offering price of the total
number of shares (or convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities)
so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion,
exchange or exercise price of the convertible securities so offered) would
purchase at the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day
immediately preceding the date of the announcement of such issuance
(determined by multiplying such total number of shares so offered by the
exercise price of such rights or warrants and dividing the product so
obtained by such Sale Price).
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the date of announcement of such issuance.
To the extent that shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock) are not
delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants, upon the expiration or
termination of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect had the
adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on
the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
Common Stock) actually delivered. In the event that such rights or warrants
are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the
Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants
had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle
the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less
than such Sale Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of
such shares of Common Stock, there shall be
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taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants
and the value of such consideration if other than Cash, to be determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) (i) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the Securities are outstanding, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its shares of Common Stock (including any such
distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation and the Common Stock is not changed or
exchanged), shares of its Capital Stock (other than any dividends or
distributions to which Section 12.3(a) applies), evidences of its Indebtedness
or other non-Cash assets, including securities, but excluding (x) any rights or
warrants referred to in Section 12.3(c), (y) dividends or distributions of stock
referred to in Section 12.3(a) and (z) dividends and distributions paid
exclusively in Cash (such capital stock, evidence of its indebtedness, other
non-Cash assets or securities being distributed hereinafter in this Section
12.3(d) called the "distributed assets"), then, in each such case, subject to
the other provisions of this Section 12.3(d), the Conversion Rate shall be
increased so that the same shall be equal to the rate determined by multiplying
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the
Record Date with respect to such distribution by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price
of the Common Stock; and
(B) the denominator of which shall be such Current Market
Price, less the Fair Market Value on such date of the portion of the
distributed assets so distributed applicable to one share of Common
Stock (determined on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the Record Date) (determined as provided in Section
12.3(f)).
Such increase shall become effective immediately prior to the opening
of business on the day following the Record Date for such distribution. In the
event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion
Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(ii) If the Board of Directors determines the Fair Market Value
of any distribution for purposes of this Section 12.3(d) by reference to
the actual or when issued trading market for any distributed assets
comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider
the prices in such market over the same period (the "Reference Period")
used in computing the Current Market Price pursuant to Section 12.3(f) to
the extent possible, unless the Board of Directors determines in good faith
that determining the Fair Market Value during the Reference Period would
not be in the best interest of the Holders.
(iii) In the event any such distribution consists of shares of
capital stock of, or similar equity interests in, one or more of the
Company's Subsidiaries (a "Spin-Off"), the Fair Market Value of the
securities to be distributed shall equal the average of the closing sale
prices of such securities on the principal securities market on which such
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securities are traded for the five consecutive Trading Days commencing on
and including the sixth Trading Day of those securities after the
effectiveness of the Spin-Off, and the Current Market Price shall be
measured for the same period. In the event, however, that an underwritten
initial public offering of the securities in the Spin-Off occurs
simultaneously with the Spin-Off, Fair Market Value of the securities
distributed in the Spin-Off shall mean the initial public offering price of
such securities and the Current Market Price shall mean the Sale Price for
the Common Stock on the same Trading Day.
(iv) Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders
of its shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase
shares of the Company's Capital Stock (either initially or under certain
circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a
specified event or events ("Trigger Event"), (x) are deemed to be
transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (y) are not exercisable and
(z) are also issued in respect of future issuances of shares of Common
Stock shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this
Section 12.3(d) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this
Section 12.3(d) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest
Trigger Event. If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent events,
upon the occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become exercisable
to purchase different distributed assets, evidences of indebtedness or
other assets, or entitle the holder to purchase a different number or
amount of the foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a different
purchase price, then the occurrence of each such event shall be deemed to
be the date of issuance and record date with respect to a new right or
warrant (and a termination or expiration of the existing right or warrant
without exercise by the holder thereof). Pursuant to rights issued under
any Company shareholder's rights plan, if holders of the Securities
exercising the right of conversion after the date the rights separate from
the underlying Common Stock are not entitled to receive the rights that
would otherwise be attributable to the shares of Common Stock received upon
conversion, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted as though the rights were
being distributed to holders of Common Stock on the date of such
separation. If such an adjustment is made and the rights are later
redeemed, invalidated or terminated, then a corresponding reversing
adjustment will be made to the conversion rate on an equitable basis.
In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed
distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event
(of the type described in the preceding paragraph) with respect thereto,
that resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section
12.3(d):
(A) in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall
all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders
thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final
redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or
Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a Cash
distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price
received by a holder of shares of Common Stock with respect to such
rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights or
warrants), made to all holders of shares of Common Stock as of the
date of such redemption or repurchase; and
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(B) in the case of such rights or warrants which shall have
expired or been terminated without exercise, the Conversion Rate shall
be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had never been issued.
(v) For purposes of this Section 12.3(d) and Sections 12.3(a),
12.3(b) and 12.3(c), any dividend or distribution to which this Section
12.3(d) is applicable that also includes (x) shares of Common Stock, (y) a
subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock to which Section
12.3(b) applies or (z) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock to which Section 12.3(c) applies (or any
combination thereof), shall be deemed instead to be:
(A) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of
indebtedness, assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants,
other than such shares of Common Stock, such subdivision or
combination or such rights or warrants or securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock to which Sections
12.3(a), 12.3(b) and 12.3(c) apply, respectively (and any Conversion
Rate increase required by this Section 12.3(d) with respect to such
dividend or distribution shall then be made), immediately followed by
(B) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common
Stock, such subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants or
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock (and any further Conversion Rate increase required by Sections
12.3(a), 12.3(b) and 12.3(c) with respect to such dividend or
distribution shall then be made), except:
(1) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution
shall be substituted as (x) "the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution,"
"Record Date fixed for such determinations" and "Record Date" within
the meaning of Section 12.3(a), (y) "the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective" and "the day upon which such
combination becomes effective" within the meaning of Section 12.3(b),
and (z) as "the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants," "the Record Date fixed
for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such
rights or warrants" and such "Record Date" within the meaning of
Section 12.3(c); and
(2) any shares of Common Stock included in such
dividend or distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the close
of business on the date fixed for such determination" within the
meaning of Section 12.3(a) and any reduction or increase in the number
of shares of Common Stock resulting from such subdivision or
combination shall be disregarded in connection with such dividend or
distribution.
(e) (i) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the Securities are outstanding prior to July 1, 2008, by dividend
or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its shares of Common Stock, Cash
(excluding any Cash that is distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to
which Section 12.4 applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section
12.3(d)), to the extent the aggregate amount of such Cash distributed per share
of Common Stock, together with the aggregate amount of any Cash and the Fair
Market Value, as of the expiration of any tender offer or exchange offer, of any
other consideration paid in respect of any tender offer or exchange offer by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any portion of the shares of
Common Stock concluded within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of
such distribution (determined on a per share basis as if such Cash and other
consideration distributed in such tender offer or exchange offer were paid
ratably to all holders of Common Stock), and in respect of which no adjustment
pursuant to this Section 12.3(e) has been made, exceeds:
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(A) in any 12-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on an annual basis), the greater of (1) 10% of the Company's
Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share at such time and (2) 100% of
the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share paid by
the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such 12-month
period for which financial statements are available; or
(B) in any 6-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on a semi-annual basis), the greater of (1) 5% of the
Company's Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share at such time and (2)
100% of the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share
paid by the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such
6-month period for which financial statements are available; or
(C) in any 3-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on an quarterly basis), the greater of (1) 2.5% of the
Company's Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share at such time and (2)
100% of the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share
paid by the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such
3-month period for which financial statements are available;
then such excess during such applicable period shall be the "Excess
Amount Per Share" for such period, and the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted in accordance with Section 12.3(e)(iii) below; and
(ii) In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, at any
time or from time to time while any of the Securities are outstanding
prior to July 1, 2008, make any tender offer or exchange offer for all
or any portion of the shares of Common Stock for Cash or other
consideration, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash and the
Fair Market Value, as of the expiration of such tender offer or
exchange offer, of any other consideration paid in respect of such
tender offer or exchange offer (determined on a per share basis as if
such Cash and other consideration distributed in such tender offer or
exchange offer were paid ratably to all holders of Common Stock),
together with the aggregate amount of Cash (excluding any Cash that is
distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to which
Section 12.4 applies or as part of a distribution referred to in
Section 12.3(d)) per share distributed to all holders of shares of
Common Stock within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of
such distribution and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to
this Section 12.3(e) has been made, exceeds:
(A) in any 12-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on an annual basis), the greater of (1) 10% of the Company's
Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share at such time and (2) 100% of
the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share paid by
the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such 12-month
period for which financial statements are available; or
(B) in any 6-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on a semi-annual basis), the greater of (1) 5% of the
Company's Basic 12-Month Earnings Per Share at such time and (2)
100% of the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share
paid by the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such
6-month period for which financial statements are available; or
(C) in any 3-month period (if Ordinary Cash Dividends are
paid on an quarterly basis), the greater of (1) 2.5% of the
Company's Basic 12-Month Earnings at such time and (2) 100% of
the aggregate amount of Ordinary Cash Dividends per share paid by
the Company to all holders of Common Stock during such 3-month
period for which financial statements are available;
then such excess during such applicable period shall be the "Excess
Amount Per Share" for such period, and the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted in accordance with Section 12.3(e)(iii) below.
(iii) Immediately after the close of business on the date an
Excess Amount Per Share referred to in Section 12.3(e)(i) and (ii)
above is paid or distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be increased
so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business
of such Record Date by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current
Market Price on the Record Date; and
(B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
Market Price on such date minus such Excess Amount Per Share.
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(iv) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the Securities are outstanding on or after July 1, 2008,
by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its shares of
Common Stock, Cash (excluding any Cash that is distributed upon a
reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, combination, sale or conveyance to which Section 12.4
applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section 12.3(d)),
in an aggregate amount that, combined together with:
(A) the aggregate amount of any other such distributions to
all holders of shares of Common Stock made exclusively in Cash
within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to
this Section 12.3(e) has been made; and
(B) the aggregate amount of any Cash, plus the Fair Market
Value, as of the expiration of any tender offer or exchange
offer, of any other consideration paid in respect of any tender
offer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any
portion of the shares of Common Stock concluded within the 12
months preceding the date of such distribution, and in respect of
which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.3(e) has been
made;
exceeds 10% of the product of (x) the Sale Price of the Common Stock
on the Record Date with respect to such distribution, multiplied by
(y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date,
then such excess shall be an "Excess Amount", and the Conversion Rate
shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 12.3(e)(vi) below; and
(v) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time
while any of the Securities are outstanding on or after July 1, 2008,
make any tender offer or exchange offer for all or any portion of the
shares of Common Stock for Cash or other consideration, to the extent
that the aggregate amount of Cash and the Fair Market Value, as of the
expiration of such tender offer or exchange offer, combined together
with:
(A) the aggregate amount of any other such distributions to
all holders of shares of Common Stock made exclusively in Cash
within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to
Section 12.3(e)(iv) has been made; and
(B) the aggregate amount of any Cash, plus the Fair Market
Value, as of the expiration of any tender offer, of any other
consideration paid in respect of any tender offer or exchange
offer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any
portion of the shares of Common Stock concluded within the 12
months preceding the date of such distribution, and in respect of
which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.3(e) has been
made;
exceeds 10% of the product of (x) the Sale Price of the Common Stock
on the Record Date with respect to such distribution, multiplied by
(y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date,
then such excess shall be an "Excess Amount", and the Conversion Rate
shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 12.3(e)(vi) below.
(vi) Immediately after the close of business on the date an
Excess Amount referred to in Section 12.3(e)(iv) and (v) above is paid
or distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the
same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion
Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business of such
Record Date by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current
Market Price on the Record Date; and
(B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current
Market Price on such date minus an amount equal to the quotient
of (y) such Excess Amount and (z) the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on the Record Date.
(vii) With respect to any determination of Basic 12-Month
Earnings Per Share and Ordinary Cash Dividends per share for purposes
of Section 12.3(e)(i) and (ii) above, appropriate adjustments shall be
made by the Company to historical basic earnings per share information
and/or historical dividend information of the Company to account for
increases or decreases in the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock resulting from the occurrence of any of the events contemplated
by Section 12.3(a), Section 12.3(b), Section 12.3(c) and Section
12.3(d) during any applicable measurement period.
(f) For purposes of this Article XII, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
(i) "Current Market Price" on any date means the average of the daily
Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading Days
immediately prior to such date; provided, however, that if the "ex" date (as
hereinafter defined) for any event (other than the issuance or distribution
requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 12.3(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) occurs during such ten
consecutive Trading Days, "Current Market Price" shall be calculated for such
period in a manner determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to reflect
the impact of such event on the Closing Price of the Common Stock during such
period.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term "ex" date, when used:
(x) with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the
first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade regular way on
the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the Sale
Price was obtained without the right to receive such issuance or
distribution;
(y) with respect to any subdivision or combination of shares
of Common Stock, means the first date on which the shares of Common
Stock trade regular way on such exchange or in such market after the
time at which such subdivision or combination becomes effective; and
(z) with respect to any tender or exchange offer, means the
first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade regular way on
such exchange or in such market after the expiration of such offer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the
Conversion Rate are called for pursuant to this Section
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12.3, such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market Price as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 12.3 and
to avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors.
(ii) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the amount which a willing buyer
would pay a willing seller in an arm's length transaction (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors, whose good faith determination shall be
conclusive).
(iii) "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any dividend,
distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of shares of
Common Stock have the right to receive any Cash, securities or other property or
in which the shares of Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged
for or converted into any combination of Cash, securities or other property, the
date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such Cash,
securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of
Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
(g) The Company shall be entitled at its election to make such
additional increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by
Sections 12.3(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), as shall be necessary in order that any
dividend or distribution of Common Stock, any subdivision, reclassification or
combination of shares of Common Stock or any issuance of rights or warrants
referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock for United
States federal income tax purposes.
(h) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may, from
time to time, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time,
if such period is at least 20 days, the Board of Directors determines that the
increase in the Conversion Rate is in the best interest of the Company, and the
increase is irrevocable during the period. Whenever the Conversion Rate is
increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to the
Trustee and each Holder at the address of such Holder as it appears in the
register of the Securities maintained by the Registrar, at least 15 days prior
to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, a notice of the increase
stating the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in
effect.
(i) In any case in which this Section 12.3 shall require that any
adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a
Record Date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five Trading Days
following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 12.5) issuing to
the Holder of any Securities converted after such Record Date the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the Conversion Rate prior to
adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a
due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder's right to
receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such
adjustment.
(j) All calculations under this Section 12.3 shall be made to the
nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share, with one-half cent and 0.005 of a
share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 12.3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment
of the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would require an increase or
decrease of at least 1% of such rate. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried
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forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried
forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such rate.
Any adjustments under this Section 12.3 shall be made successively whenever an
event requiring such an adjustment occurs.
(k) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 12.3, the Holder of any Securities thereafter
surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock
of the Company other than shares of Common Stock into which the Securities
originally were convertible, the Conversion Rate of such other shares so
receivable upon conversion of any such Security shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable
to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained in subparagraphs (a)
through (j) of this Section 12.3, and the provision of Sections 12.1, 12.2 and
12.4 through 12.9 with respect to the Common Stock shall apply on like or
similar terms to any such other shares and the good faith determination of the
Board of Directors as to any such adjustment shall be conclusive.
(l) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 12.3 if the
Holders of the Securities may participate in the transaction that would
otherwise give rise to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.3.
Section 12.4. Consolidation or Merger of the Company.
If any of the following events occurs, namely:
(a) any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock
(other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination);
(b) any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or combination
of the Company with another corporation as a result of which all of the holders
of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property
or assets (including Cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in
exchange for all of their Common Stock; or
(c) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of the Company
as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person as a result of which
all of the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,
securities or other property or assets (including Cash or any combination
thereof) with respect to or in exchange for all of their Common Stock;
the Company or the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, shall
execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the
Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental
indenture, if such supplemental indenture is then required to so comply)
providing that the Holder's right to convert a Security into Common Stock shall
be changed to a right to convert a Security into the kind and amount of shares
of stock and other securities or property or assets (including Cash) which such
Holder would have been entitled to receive upon such reclassification, change,
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance
had such Securities been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder of Common Stock did not
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exercise its rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities,
Cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange, sale or conveyance (provided, that if the kind or amount of
securities, Cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of
Common Stock in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been
exercised ("Non-Electing Share"), then for the purposes of this Section 12.4,
the kind and amount of securities, Cash or other property receivable upon such
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance for each
Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of the Non-Electing Shares). Such supplemental indenture
shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XII. If, in the case
of any such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and
assets receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock
or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such reclassification, change,
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or
conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall
reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental
indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it
appears on the register of the Securities maintained by the Registrar, within 20
days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section 12.4 shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, changes, mergers, consolidations, statutory share
exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.
If this Section 12.4 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 12.3
shall not apply.
Section 12.5. Notice of Adjustment.
Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Rate with respect to the
Securities is required:
(a) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and any
Conversion Agent for such securities a certificate of the Treasurer of the
Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Rate determined as provided herein and
setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the
reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment; and
(b) a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and
setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall forthwith be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company, to each
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Holder in the manner provided in Section 14.2 hereof. Any notice so given shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives such notice.
Section 12.6. Notice in Certain Events.
In case:
(a) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and
for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the
sale or conveyance to another Person or entity or group of Persons or entities
acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other
group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company; or
(b) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; or
(c) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Rate
referred to in clauses (y) or (z) below;
then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent, and shall cause to be given, to the Holders of the Securities
in the manner provided in Section 14.2 hereof, at least 15 days prior to the
applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating:
(y) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any
distribution or grant of rights or warrants or other securities triggering an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Article XII, or, if a record
is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record of Common Stock
entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants or other securities are to be
determined, or
(z) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up described under clauses
(a), (b) and (c) of Section 12.4 that changes a Holder's right to convert its
Common Stock to a right to convert into another kind and amount of securities or
other property or assets is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon
such reclassification, consolidation, merger sale, conveyance, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up.
Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of
this Section 12.6.
Section 12.7. Company To Reserve Stock: Registration; Listing.
(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free
from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities, such number
of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all Securities then outstanding into such
Common Stock at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation
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of such number of shares or securities, all such Securities would be held by a
single Holder). The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may
be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in
Section 12.8, taxes with respect to the issue thereof.
(b) If any shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon
conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority before such shares or securities may be issued upon such
conversion, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
such shares or securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be.
The Company further covenants that so long as the Common Stock shall be quoted
on the NYSE, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, if
permitted by the rules of the NYSE, to quote and keep quoted all Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities, and the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to list the shares of Common Stock required to
be delivered upon conversion of the Securities prior to such delivery upon any
other national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Common Stock is
listed at the time of such delivery.
Section 12.8. Taxes on Conversion.
The issue of stock certificates on conversion of Securities shall be
made without charge to the converting Holder for any documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer taxes in respect of the issue thereof, and the Company
shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that
may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on
conversion of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be
required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or the portion, if
any, of the Securities which are not so converted in a name other than that in
which the Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery
shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the
Company the amount of such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the
Company that such tax has been paid.
Section 12.9. Conversion After Record Date.
Except as provided in this Section 12.9, a converting Holder of
Securities shall not be entitled to receive any accrued and unpaid interest (and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any) on any such Securities being converted. By
delivery to the Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock or other
consideration issuable or payable upon conversion in accordance with this
Article XII, any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if
any, on such Securities will be deemed to have been paid in full. If any
Securities are surrendered for conversion subsequent to the Record Date
preceding an Interest Payment Date but prior to such Interest Payment Date, the
Holder of such Securities at the close of business on such Record Date shall
receive the interest payable on such Security on such Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Securities surrendered for conversion
during the period from the close of business on any Record Date preceding any
Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date
shall be accompanied by payment from converting Holders, for the account of the
Company, in New York Clearing House funds, or other funds of an amount equal to
the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
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Securities being surrendered for conversion; provided that no such payment is
required if (a) the Company has specified a Redemption Date during such period,
(b) the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date during such
period or (c) any overdue interest (including any overdue Additional Interest
Amounts) exists at the time of the conversion with respect to the Securities
converted, but only to the extent of the amount of such overdue interest or
Additional Interest Amounts.
Except as provided in this Section 12.9, no adjustments in respect of
payments of interest, including Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on
Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or distributions or
interest on the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall be made upon the
conversion of any Securities.
Section 12.10. Company Determination Final.
Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make
pursuant to this Article XII shall be conclusive if made in good faith and in
accordance with the provisions of this Article, absent manifest error, and set
forth in a Board Resolution.
Section 12.11. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.
The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this
Article XII should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or
assets issued upon conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with this Article XII. Each
Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under
this Section 12.11 as the Trustee.
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to
the Trustee under this Indenture including, without limitation, its rights to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent acting
hereunder.
Section 12.12. Unconditional Right of Holders to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
convert its Security in accordance with this Article XII and to bring an action
for the enforcement of any such right to convert, and such rights shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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ARTICLE XIII
[Reserved]
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA Section
318(c), such section of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture expressly modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so
modified or excluded, the Indenture provision so modifying or excluding such
provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply.
Section 14.2. Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, notice,
waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person,
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 Company:
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
6140 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 590
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Attn: Secretary
Facsimile No.: (925) 460-3662
if to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Facsimile No.: (213) 614-3355
The Company 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 Securityholder shall be mailed
to the Securityholder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the
Securityholder's address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or
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communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not received by the addressee.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Securityholders,
it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent or co-registrar.
Section 14.3. 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 Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the
Conversion Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section
312(c).
Section 14.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, if
the Trustee so requests:
(a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 14.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to
compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall
include:
(a) a statement that each person making such Officers' Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he or she
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
(d) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such covenant or
condition has been complied with.
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Section 14.6. 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 14.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and
Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of
Securityholders. The Registrar, the Conversion Agent, the Bid Solicitation Agent
and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 14.8. Legal Holidays.
If any specified date (including a date for giving notice) is a Legal
Holiday, the action shall be taken on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a payment in
respect of the Securities, no interest, if any, shall accrue for the intervening
period.
Section 14.9. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of
Process.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New York and the courts of the United States of America, in each
case located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and State of New
York over any suit, action or proceeding arising under or in connection with
this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby or the Securities. The
Company waives any objection that it may have to the venue of any suit, action
or proceeding arising under or in connection with this Indenture or the
transactions contemplated hereby or the Securities in the courts of the State of
New York or the courts of the United States of America, in each case located in
the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York and State of New York, or that such
suit, action or proceeding brought in the courts of the State of New York or the
courts of the United States of America, in each case located in the Borough of
Manhattan, City of New York and State of New York, was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same.
Section 14.10. No Recourse Against Others.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against
any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the
Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.
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Section 14.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities
shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall
bind its successor.
Section 14.12. Multiple Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
Section 14.13. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the
Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture or the Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have
executed this Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the
date first above written.
THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ Carol R. Kaufman
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Name: Carol R. Kaufman
Title: Vice President of Legal Affairs,
Secretary & Chief Administrative Officer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As Trustee
By: /s/ Joseph P. O'Donnell
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Name: Joseph P. O'Donnell
Title: Trust Officer
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.](1)
[THIS DEBENTURE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS DEBENTURE AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION HEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS DEBENTURE MAY
BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES
ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS DEBENTURE AGREES FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., THAT (A) THIS DEBENTURE AND THE
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (II) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE (OR A SUCCESSOR
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(1) This legend should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.
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TRUSTEE, AS APPLICABLE), A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE DEBENTURES (THE FORM
OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH TRUSTEE OR SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AS
APPLICABLE), (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE (OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER
WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
DEBENTURE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. IN ANY
CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING
TRANSACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT(2)]
[THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF A REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF) AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND TO
COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.](2)
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(2) This legend should be included only if the Security is a Transfer
Restricted Security.
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THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
No. CUSIP: 216648 AF 2
THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which
term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on
the reverse hereof), promises to pay to _________________, or registered
assigns, the principal amount of _________________ Dollars ($____________) [, or
such greater or lesser amount as is indicated in the records of the Trustee and
the Depositary,](3) on July 1, 2023, and to pay interest thereon from June 25,
2003 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, on July 1 and January 1 in each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing on January 1, 2004, at the rate of 2.625%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment at
July 1, 2023 or upon acceleration, or until such date on which the Securities
are converted, redeemed or repurchased as provided herein, and at the rate of
2.625% per annum on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of
interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which
will be the June 15 or December 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding the corresponding Interest Payment Date (a "Regular
Record Date"). Any such interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid (a) to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be fixed by the Trustee (a "Special Record Date"), notice whereof
will be given to Holders not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or (b) at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security
set forth on the reverse side of this Security, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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(3) This phrase should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
Dated: June 25, 2003 THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
By:
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Title:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: June 25, 2003 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 2.625% Convertible
Senior Debentures due 2023 (the "Securities") of THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (including any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, the "Company"), issued under an Indenture, dated as of
June 25, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The terms of the Security
include those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended ("TIA"), and those set
forth in this Security. This Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders
are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency
between the terms of this Security and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of
the Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless
otherwise indicated.
1. Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
If this Security is redeemed pursuant to Section 5 of this Security or
the Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase this Security pursuant to
Section 6 of this Security, on a date that is after the Regular Record Date and
prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, accrued and unpaid hereon to, but not including, the
applicable Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date will be paid to the same Holder to whom the Company pays the principal of
such Security regardless of whether such Holder was the registered Holder on the
Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, on Securities
converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date but prior to the
opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date will be paid to
the Holder of the Securities on the Regular Record Date but, upon conversion,
the Holder must pay the Company the interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if
any, which have accrued and will be paid on such Interest Payment Date. No such
payment need be made with respect to Securities which will be converted after a
Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date if (i)
the Company has specified a Redemption Date during such period, (ii) the Company
has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date during such period or (iii)
any overdue interest (including any overdue Additional Interest Amounts) exists
at the time of the conversion with respect to the Securities converted, but only
to the extent of the amount of such overdue interest or Additional Interest
Amounts.
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Any reference herein to interest accrued or payable as of any date
shall include any Additional Interest Amounts accrued or payable on such date as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
2. Method of Payment.
Payment of the principal of and interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on the Securities shall be in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts or in Applicable Stock, as the case may be, as
permitted in the Indenture. The Holder must surrender the Securities to the
Paying Agent to collect payment of principal. Payment of interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, on Certificated Securities will be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in
the Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Securities are
registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments with respect
to the Securities shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
3. Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent.
Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as Paying
Agent, Conversion Agent and Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint and
change any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or Bid Solicitation Agent
without notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided that the Company will
maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, The City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be an office or agency of the
Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent. None of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Bid Solicitation Agent.
4. Indenture.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company
limited to up to $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount. The Indenture does not
limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured.
5. Redemption at the Option of the Company.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities for Cash at any
time as a whole, or from time to time in part, on or after July 1, 2008, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest Amounts,
if any, on those Securities to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section of this Security will be
mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at the Holder's registered address. If
Cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities (or portions
thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying
Agent prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, then on
such Redemption Date interest and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, cease to
accrue on such
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Securities or portions thereof. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000
of principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in multiples of $1,000 of
principal amount.
6. Repurchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder or Upon a Fundamental
Change.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company
shall become obligated to repurchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any
portion of the Securities held by such Holder on July 1, 2008, July 1, 2013 and
July 1, 2018 in multiples of $1,000 at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of those Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Interest Amounts, if any, to, but not including, such Repurchase
Date. To exercise such right, a Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a
Repurchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at any
time from 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date that is 20 Business Days
immediately preceding such Repurchase Date until 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the Business Day immediately preceding such Repurchase Date, and shall
deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent as set forth in the Indenture.
If the Securities are to be repurchased on July 1, 2008, the
Repurchase Price must be paid in Cash. If the Securities are to be repurchased
on the July 1, 2013 or July 1, 2018 Repurchase Date, the Repurchase Price may be
paid, at the option of the Company, in Cash or by the issuance and delivery of
shares of Common Stock, or in any combination thereof, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Indenture.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company
shall become obligated to repurchase, at the option of the Holder, all or any
portion of the Securities held by such Holder upon a Fundamental Change of the
Company that occurs prior to July 1, 2013 in multiples of $1,000 at the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. To exercise such right, a Holder shall
deliver to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice containing
the information set forth in the Indenture, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, and shall deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent as set
forth in the Indenture.
The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price may be paid, at the option of
the Company, in Cash or by the issuance and delivery of shares of Applicable
Stock, or in any combination thereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Indenture.
Holders have the right to withdraw any Repurchase Notice or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written
notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
If Cash and/or Applicable Stock, if permitted under the Indenture,
sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
as the case may be, of all Securities or portions thereof to be repurchased with
respect to a Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case
may be, has been deposited with the Paying Agent, at 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the Business Day immediately following the Repurchase Date or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, then, immediately after
the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as applicable,
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such Securities will cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional
Interest Amounts, if any, on such Securities will cease to accrue and the Holder
thereof shall have no other rights as such other than the right to receive the
Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon surrender of such
Security.
7. Conversion.
Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture
(including, without limitation, the conditions to conversion of this Security
set forth in Section 12.1 thereof and the right of the Company to elect to
deliver Cash or a combination of Cash and Common Stock set forth in Section
12.2(d) thereof), a Holder is entitled, at such Holder's option, to convert the
Holder's Security (or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is $1,000
or a multiple of $1,000), into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of conversion.
In lieu of delivery to Holders of Common Stock upon conversion, the
Company has the right to elect to deliver Cash or a combination of Cash and
Common Stock to such Holder in accordance with the requirements set forth in
Section 12.2(d) of the Indenture.
The Company will notify Holders of any event triggering the right to
convert the Securities as specified above in accordance with the Indenture.
A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase
Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, exercising
the right of such Holder to require the Company to repurchase such Security may
be converted only if such Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The initial Conversion Rate is 22.5201 shares per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the
Indenture.
To surrender a Security for conversion, a Holder must, in the case of
Global Securities, comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in
effect at that time, and in the case of Certificated Securities, (1) surrender
the Security to the Conversion Agent, (2) complete and manually sign the
conversion notice below (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such
notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and (4) pay all funds required, if any,
relating to interest or Additional Interest Amounts, if any, and any transfer or
similar tax, if required.
No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of
any Security. Instead, the Company shall pay a Cash adjustment as provided in
the Indenture.
No payment or adjustment will be made for accrued and unpaid interest
and Additional Interest Amounts, if any, or dividends on the shares of Common
Stock, except as provided in the Indenture.
If the Company (i) is a party to a consolidation, merger, statutory
share exchange or combination of the Company with another corporation as a
result of which all the holders of
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Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or
assets (including Cash or a combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange
for all of their Common Stock, (ii) reclassifies or changes the shares of Common
Stock or (iii) conveys, transfers or leases its properties and assets as, or
substantially as, an entirety to any person, the right to convert a Security
into shares of Common Stock may be changed to a right to convert a Security into
the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property or
assets (including Cash) which such Holder would have been entitled to receive
upon such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, combination, sale or conveyance had such Holder converted its Security
into Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction, in each case, in
accordance with the Indenture.
8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and multiples of $1,000. A Holder
may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange
any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any
Securities in respect of which a Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a
Security to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be
repurchased) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.
9. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
this Security for all purposes.
10. Unclaimed Money or Securities.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any Cash or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person.
11. Amendment; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent or
affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) certain Defaults may be
waived with the written consent or affirmative vote of the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
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Without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee
may amend the Indenture or the Securities to (i) add to the covenants of the
Company for the benefit of the Holders of Securities, (ii) surrender any right
or power conferred upon the Company in the Indenture, (iii) provide for the
assumption of the Company's obligations to the Holders of Securities in the case
of a merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other
disposition pursuant to Article VII of the Indenture, (iv) increase the
Conversion Rate or reduce the Conversion Price; provided, however, that such
increase in the Conversion Rate or reduction in the Conversion Price is in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture or shall not adversely affect the
interest of the Holders of Securities, (v) provide for a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities, (vi) add any additional Events of Default with
respect to all or any of the Securities, (vii) secure the Securities, (viii)
supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the discharge of the Securities, provided that
such change or modification does not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities, (ix) make any changes or modifications necessary in
connection with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act as
contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement; provided, however, that such
action pursuant to this clause does not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities in any material respect, (x) cure any ambiguity, correct
or supplement any provision in the Indenture which may be inconsistent with any
other provision therein or which is otherwise defective, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture
which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture; provided, however, that such
action pursuant to this clause does not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities, (xi) add or modify any other provisions in the Indenture
with respect to matters or questions arising thereunder which the Company and
the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which would not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of Securities, and (xii) comply with the
requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this
Indenture under the TIA.
12. Defaults and Remedies.
If any Event of Default other than as a result of certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or its Significant
Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the Securities may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs as a result of certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or its Significant
Subsidiaries, the principal of all the Securities shall become due and payable
immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
any Holder, all as and to the extent provided in the Indenture.
13. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
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14. Calculations in Respect of Securities.
The Company or its agents will be responsible for making all
calculations called for under the Securities including, but not limited to,
determination of the Market Price, Applicable Stock Price, Current Market Value
and Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Stock, the number of
shares of Common Stock, Applicable Stock and/or the amount of Cash issuable or
payable upon conversion and the amounts of interest and Additional Interest
Amounts, if any, on the Securities. Any calculations made in good faith and
without manifest error will be final and binding on Holders of the Securities.
The Company or its agents will be required to deliver to the Trustee a schedule
of its calculations and the Trustee will be entitled to conclusively rely upon
the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification.
15. No Recourse Against Others.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture, or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against
any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the
Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.
16. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee manually signs the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication on the other
side of this Security.
17. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants
in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
18. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW.
IN THE CASE OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY
AND THE INDENTURE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE SHALL CONTROL. THE INDENTURE
AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request
and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
6140 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 590
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Pleasanton, CA 94588
Attn: Secretary
Facsimile No. (925) 460-3662
19. Registration Rights.(4)
The Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, between the Company
and the Initial Purchasers named therein, including the receipt of Additional
Interest Amounts upon a registration default (as defined in such agreement).
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(4) This section shall be deleted from any Securities that are not Transfer
Restricted Securities.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax ID no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Your Signature:
Date:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Security)
Signature Guaranteed
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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Security into shares of Common Stock (or Cash or a combination
of shares of Common Stock and Cash, if the Company so elects) of the Company,
check the box [_]
To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be
converted (which must be $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000):
If you want the stock certificate made out in another person's name fill in the
form below:
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(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax ID no.)
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(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
Your Signature:
Date:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Security)
Signature Guaranteed
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Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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TRANSFER CERTIFICATE(5)
Re: 2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
(the "Securities") of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (the "Company")
This certificate relates to $ _______ principal amount of Securities
owned in (check applicable box)
[_] book-entry or [_] definitive form by __________(the "Transferor").
The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or
register the transfer of such Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security,
the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer
restrictions relating to the Securities as provided in Sections 2.6 and 2.12 of
the Indenture dated June 25, 2003 between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the "Indenture"), and the transfer of such
Security is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the transfer or
exchange, as the case may be, of such Security does not require registration
under the Securities Act because (check applicable box):
[_] Such Security is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act; or
[_] Such Security is being transferred to the Company or a
Subsidiary; or
[_] Such Security is being transferred inside the United States to a
"qualified institutional buyer" in compliance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act; or
[_] Such Security is being transferred inside the United Stated to an
"institutional accredited investor" that prior to such transfer
has furnished to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as
Trustee (or a successor trustee, as applicable) a signed letter
containing certain representations and agreements relating to the
restrictions on transfer of the Securities (in the form obtained
from such Trustee or successor trustee, as applicable); or
[_] Such Security is being transferred outside the United States in
compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or
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(5) This certificate should only be included if this Security is a Transfer
Restricted Security.
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[_] Such Security is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance
with an exemption from the registration requirements under the
Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 (or any successor
thereto) ("Rule 144") under the Securities Act; or
[_] Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor's own account,
without transfer;
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and unless the Such Security is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary
box is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Security is not being
transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act.
DATE:
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Signature(s) of Transferor
(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title
of the person signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.)
Signature Guaranteed
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Participant in a Recognized Signature
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF RESTRICTIVE LEGEND FOR
COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON CONVERSION]
[THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
THEREFROM. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COOPER
COMPANIES, INC., THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (II) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO AMERICAN STOCK AND TRANSFER COMPANY,
AS TRANSFER AGENT (OR A SUCCESSOR SECURITIES, AS APPLICABLE), A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM
SUCH TRANSFER AGENT OR A SUCCESSOR TRANSFER AGENT, AS APPLICABLE), (III) OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (V) PURSUANT TO
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES
(I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE
SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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EXHIBIT C
[Form of Repurchase Notice]
__________________, _______
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Fax: (213) 614-3355
Re: The Cooper Companies, Inc. (the "Company")
2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
This is a Repurchase Notice as defined in Section 4.1 of the Indenture
dated as of June 25, 2003 (the "Indenture") between the Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee. Terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Certificate No(s). of Securities: ______________________________________
I intend to deliver the following aggregate Principal Amount of Securities for
purchase by the Company pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Indenture (in multiples
of $1,000):
$ ____________________________
I hereby agree that the Securities will be purchased on the Repurchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and the
Indenture.
In the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Indenture,
to pay the Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but
such portion of the Repurchase Price shall ultimately be paid to such Holder
entirely in Cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Repurchase
Price in shares of Common Stock is not satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date, as set
forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Indenture, I hereby elect to:
[_] withdraw this Repurchase Notice as to $____________ in principal amount
of Securities with the following certificate numbers:__________________________
to which this Repurchase Notice relates;
[_] receive Cash in respect of the entire Repurchase Price for all
Securities (or portions thereof) to which this Repurchase Notice relates.
Signed:
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EXHIBIT D
[Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice]
__________________, _______
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attn: Corporate Trust Department
Fax: (213) 614-3355
Re: The Cooper Companies, Inc. (the "Company")
2.625% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023
This is a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as defined in Section
5.1 of the Indenture dated as of June 25, 2003 (the "Indenture") between the
Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee. Terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Certificate No(s). of Securities: ____________________________________
I intend to deliver the following aggregate Principal Amount of Securities
for purchase by the Company pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Indenture (in
multiples of $1,000):
$ _____________________________
I hereby agree that the Securities will be purchased on the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the
Securities and the Indenture.
In the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture,
to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares
of Applicable Stock but such portion of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
shall ultimately be paid to such Holder entirely in Cash because any of the
conditions to payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in shares of
Applicable Stock is not satisfied prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as
set forth in Section 5.2(b) of the Indenture, I hereby elect to:
[_] withdraw this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as to $____________
in principal amount of Securities with the following certificate
numbers: ________________________________ to which this Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice relates;
[_] receive Cash in respect of the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which this Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice relates.
Signed:
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