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EXHIBIT 2.6
FACE OF SECURITY
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO. THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF MAY BE TREATED BY THE
ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY
FOR ALL PURPOSES. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO A SUCCESSOR BOOK-ENTRY DEPOSITARY, AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.5 OF THE INDENTURE.
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY, THE ORDINARY SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY, AND THE ORDINARY SHARES WHICH WILL BE
REPRESENTED BY ADSS ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY,
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND ACCORDINGLY MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH
IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS
THAT (a) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (A "QIB") OR (b) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (a) TO DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED
OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON
(EXCEPT A SOUTH AFRICAN RESIDENT) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S, (c) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER AND ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVE IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (d)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (e) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), IN EACH OF THE
CASES (a) THROUGH (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON
TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM
BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION
REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER (AS APPLICABLE) ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED
6% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTE DUE 2006
No. R-2 U.S.$4,500,000
ISIN No. XS0157544866
Common Code No. 015754486
Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited, a corporation incorporated under the
laws of the Republic of South Africa (herein called the "COMPANY", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York
Depository (Nominees) Limited or registered assigns 102.5% of the principal sum
of FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United States Dollars (U.S.$ 4,500,000)
(which principal amount may from time to time be increased or decreased to such
other principal amounts (which, taken together with the principal amounts of all
other Outstanding Securities, shall not exceed U.S.$66 million in the aggregate
at any time) by adjustments endorsed by the Trustee as defined below) on or
before the fifth Business Day after November 12, 2006 and to pay interest on
such principal amount, from November 12, 2002, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on May 12 and November 12 in each year (each, an
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"), commencing May 12, 2003, at the rate of 6% per annum,
until the principal hereof is due, and at the rate of 6.557% on any unpaid
principal amount after November 12, 2006 until paid, and, to the extent
permitted by law, on any unpaid interest amount after November 12, 2006 until
paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the 1st day of May or the 1st day of November (whether
or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date and may either be paid 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 Company, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Definitive Securities not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid 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. Original Issue Discount
will accrue from the date of issuance of this Security through November 12,
2006, or such earlier date upon which this Security is redeemed, repurchased or
converted. Payments of principal and Original Issue Discount shall be made upon
the surrender of this Security at the option of the Holder at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other office or agency of the Company as
may be designated by it for such purpose in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, or at such other offices or agencies as the
Company may designate, by wire transfer of same-day funds to a Dollar account
maintained by the payee with a
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bank (except with respect to any portion of such principal and Original Issue
Discount which the Company elects to repay in Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as
provided herein and in the Indenture). Payment of interest on this Security will
be made by wire transfer of same-day funds to a Dollar account maintained by the
payee with a bank.
Except as specifically provided herein and in the Indenture, the
Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
All terms used in this Security which are not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or an Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of their respective authorized signatories, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly
executed.
DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED
By: /s/ Ian Murray
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Name: Ian Murray
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Attest:
/s/ Nicola Marguerite Malan
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Name: Nicola Marguerite Malan
Title: Notary Public
By: /s/ Mark Wellesley-Wood
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Name Mark Wellesley-Wood
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Attest:
/s/ Nicola Marguerite Malan
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Name: Nicola Marguerite Malan
Title: Notary Public
By: /s/ Maryna Eloff
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Name: Maryna Eloff
Title: Group Company Secretary
Attest:
/s/ Nicola Marguerite Malan
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Name: Nicola Marguerite Malan
Title: Notary Public
Dated: November 12, 2002
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture, and is entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ Alison Mitchell
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Authorized Signatory
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REVERSE OF SECURITY
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company designated as its "6% Senior Convertible Notes due 2006" (herein called
the "SECURITIES"), limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$66 million,
issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2002
(herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and The Bank of New York,
as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE", which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The Securities will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and
will rank PARI PASSU to all present and future indebtedness of the Company.
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.
In the event of a redemption of the Securities, the Company will not be
required (a) to register the transfer or exchange of Securities for a period of
15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial
numbers of the Securities called for such redemption; or (b) to register the
transfer or exchange of any Security, or portion thereof, called for redemption.
Notice to the Holders will be given not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the applicable Redemption Date as provided in the Indenture.
In any case where the due date for the payment of the principal of,
accrued Original Issue Discount on or interest on any Security or the last day
on which a Holder of a Security has a right to convert his Security shall be, at
any Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, a day on which
banking institutions at such Place of Payment or Place of Conversion are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, then payment of
principal, accrued Original Issue Discount or interest, or delivery for
conversion of such Security need not be made on or by such date at such place
but may be made on or by the next succeeding day at such place which is not a
day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, with the same force and effect as if made on the date
for such payment or the date fixed for redemption or repurchase, or by such last
day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period from and after such due date.
The Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company
at any time on or after November 12, 2005, in whole or in part, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Holders prior to the Redemption
Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities redeemed, plus accrued Original Issue Discount, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. The Company may
only exercise this option during this period if (1) the closing price of the
Company's ADSs on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market (or, if not listed on The Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, such other national securities exchange upon which the ADSs may
then be listed or otherwise in the over-the-counter market, as applicable) has
exceeded 150% of the conversion price of the Securities then
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in effect for at least 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading
days ending on the trading day immediately before the date of mailing of the
notice of redemption and (2) the registration statement filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Securities is effective
and available for use, and the Company expects that such registration statement
shall remain effective and available for use for 30 days following the
Redemption Date, unless registration is no longer required.
In the event that the Company is required to make any withholding or
deduction for or on account of any taxes imposed by the Republic of South Africa
(or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from any
payment made under or with respect to the Securities, the Company shall pay such
additional amounts of interest as may be necessary so that the net amount
received by each Holder (including such additional amounts of interest) will not
be less than the amount the Holder would have received had such taxes not been
withheld or deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such additional amounts will be
payable with respect to a payment made to a non-resident Holder if any of the
conditions described in Section 13.1 of the Indenture are met.
The Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company,
in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to
the Holders prior to the Redemption Date, in cash in U.S. Dollars at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus
accrued Original Issue Discount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to,
but excluding, the Redemption Date, in the event that the Company has become or
would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be
payable to the Holders under the Indenture or with respect to the Securities,
any additional amounts of interest as a result of any change in, or amendment
to, the laws (or any regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Republic of
South Africa (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein), or any change in, or amendment to, any official position regarding the
application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or
amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after November 4, 2002;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company determines, in its business judgment, that
the obligation to pay such additional amounts of interest cannot be avoided by
the use of reasonable measures available to it (not including substitution of
the obligor under the Securities). Any such redemption shall be effected in
accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of Article 11 of the
Indenture, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of
the principal amount thereof (but not accrued Original Issue Discount thereon)
that is U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 may be converted into
fully paid and nonassessable Ordinary Shares, or, at the election of the Holder,
ADSs representing a like number of Ordinary Shares, at the initial conversion
rate of 266.6667 Ordinary Shares per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities
(subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11.4 of the Indenture), which is
equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $3.75 per Ordinary
Share. Such conversion right shall commence upon the original issuance of the
Securities and expire at the close of business on November 12, 2006, subject, in
the case of conversion of beneficial interests in any Global Security, to any
Applicable Procedures. In case a Security or portion thereof is called for
redemption at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof exercises its
right to require the Company to repurchase the Security, such conversion right
in respect of the Security, or portion thereof so
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called, shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be, unless the
Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption or repurchase, as the
case may be (in each case subject as aforesaid to any Applicable Procedures with
respect to any Global Security).
A Holder of Securities shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder
of Ordinary Shares or ADSs until such holder has converted such Security into
Ordinary Shares or ADSs, and only to the extent that such Securities are deemed
to have been converted into Ordinary Shares or ADSs under Article 11 of the
Indenture.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security to be converted shall deliver to the
Company, at any office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Indenture, a duly signed and completed conversion
notice substantially in the form set forth in EXHIBIT D of the Indenture stating
that the Holder elects to convert such beneficial interest in the Global
Security or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be
converted, the portion thereof to be converted, whereupon the Company shall, as
promptly as practicable but in any event within 14 days of its receipt of such
duly signed and completed conversion notice, cause such conversion to occur in
accordance with the customary procedures of the Book-Entry Depositary. Each
beneficial interest in a Global Security so surrendered for conversion (in whole
or in part) during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such
Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of any Security or portion
thereof that has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date, or is to be
repurchased on a Repurchase Date, with the consequence that the conversion right
of such Security would terminate between such Regular Record Date and the close
of business on such Interest Payment Date) be accompanied by payment in New York
Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal
to the interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, payable on such Interest Payment
Date on the principal amount of such Security (or part thereof, as the case may
be) being surrendered for conversion. The interest and Liquidated Damages, if
any, so payable on such Interest Payment Date, with respect to any Security (or
portion thereof, if applicable) that is surrendered for conversion during the
period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any Interest
Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date, shall be
paid to the Holder of such Security as of such Regular Record Date. Interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, payable in respect of any Security surrendered for
conversion on or after an Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of
such Security as of the next preceding Regular Record Date, notwithstanding the
exercise of the right of conversion. Except as provided in this paragraph and
subject to the last paragraph of Section 3.7 of the Indenture, no cash payment
or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any interest
accrued from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the conversion date, in
respect of any Security (or part thereof, as the case may be) surrendered for
conversion, or on account of any dividends on the Ordinary Shares issued upon
conversion. The Company's delivery to the Holder of the number of Ordinary
Shares (and cash in lieu of fractions thereof, as provided in the Indenture)
into which a Security is convertible and any rights and warrants pursuant to
Section 11.4(13) of the Indenture will be deemed to satisfy the Company's
obligation to pay the principal amount of the Security.
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Securities shall be deemed to have been converted on the day of
surrender of such Securities for conversion in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Securities as
Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary
Shares issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder or holders of such Ordinary Shares at such time.
In the case of any Security that is converted in part only, upon such
conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a
new registered Security or Securities of authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal
amount of such Security. A Security may be converted in part, but only if the
principal amount of such Security to be converted is any integral multiple of
U.S.$1,000 and the principal amount of such security to remain Outstanding after
such conversion is equal to U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in
excess thereof.
In the event that a Change in Control shall occur, then each Holder
shall have the right, at the Holder's option, but subject to the provisions of
Section 12.2 of the Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase, and upon
the exercise of such right the Company shall repurchase, all of such Holder's
Securities not theretofore called for redemption, or any portion of the
principal amount thereof that is equal to U.S.$1,000 or any greater integral
multiple of U.S.$1,000, on the Repurchase Date at the Repurchase Price (which,
as provided in the Indenture, shall equal to 101% of the principal amount of the
Securities called for redemption, plus accrued Original Issue Discount, plus
accrued interest through the Repurchase Date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the Repurchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one
or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record Date
according to the terms hereof and the provisions of Section 3.7 of the
Indenture. Such right to require the repurchase of the Securities shall not
continue after a discharge of the Company from its obligations with respect to
the Securities in accordance with Article 4 of the Indenture, unless a Change in
Control shall have occurred prior to such discharge. At the option of the
Company, the Repurchase Price may be paid in cash or, subject to the fulfillment
by the Company of the conditions set forth in Section 12.2 of the Indenture, by
delivery of Ordinary Shares or ADSs or in a combination of cash and Ordinary
Shares or ADSs having a fair market value equal to the Repurchase Price.
At the option of the Company and upon notice to the Holders given not
less than 40 trading days nor more than 60 trading days prior to the Maturity
Date as provided in the Indenture, on or before the fifth Business Day
immediately following the Maturity Date, the amount of 102.5% of the principal
of the Securities (but not any interest accrued to the Maturity Date) due on the
Maturity Date may, subject to the fulfillment by the Company of the conditions
set forth in Section 3.12 of the Indenture, be paid, in whole or in part, by
delivery of Ordinary Shares or ADSs or in a combination of cash and Ordinary
Shares or ADSs having a fair market value equal to such amount due on the
Maturity Date. The delivery of such Ordinary Shares or ADSs shall occur on or
before the fifth Business Day following the Maturity Date.
For purposes of the preceding two paragraphs, the fair market value of
Ordinary Shares or ADSs shall be determined by the Company and shall be equal to
90% of the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Ordinary Shares or ADSs on The
Nasdaq SmallCap Market (or,
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if not listed on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market, such other national securities
exchange upon which the Ordinary Shares or ADSs may then be listed or otherwise
in the over-the-counter market, as applicable) for each of the 30 consecutive
trading days immediately preceding and including the third trading day prior to
the Repurchase Date or date of repayment of 102.5% of the principal of the
Securities.
In the event of a redemption, repurchase, cancellation or conversion of
this Security in part only, the principal amount of Securities evidenced by this
Security shall be reduced by the principal amount so redeemed, repurchased,
cancelled or converted. Thereafter, the Securities represented by this Security
shall be the principal amount of Securities most recently entered by or on
behalf of the Company in the relevant column in SCHEDULE A attached hereto.
This Security may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities unless:
(i) either Clearstream or Euroclear is closed for business for a continuous
period of 14 days (other than by reason of holidays, statutory or otherwise) or
announces an intention permanently to cease business and does in fact do so and
no alternative clearing system satisfactory to the Company is available; (ii) an
Event of Default under the Securities occurs, upon the request of the holder of
a beneficial interest in the relevant Securities; or (iii) at any time the
Company at its option and in its sole discretion determines that this Security
should be exchanged (in whole but not in part) for Definitive Securities.
Transfers of this Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but
not in part.
If a holder of an interest in this Security wishes, at any time prior
to and including the fortieth day after the Closing Date, to transfer such
interest to another person, such holder may transfer such interest in accordance
with the rules and operating procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream. Upon
(a) notification to the Trustee by the custodian of this Security for DTC and
the common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream and (b) the delivery of a
certificate from the holder of such interest to the Company and the Trustee that
the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a
transferee who has advised the Company and the Trustee in writing that it is
purchasing the Security for its own account or an account with respect to which
it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a
qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A and is aware that
the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it
has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant
to Rule 144A, or has determined not to request such information, and that it is
aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order
to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A, the transfer of
interest from this Security to the Rule 144A Global Security shall be effected
by a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by
this Security and the corresponding reduction or increase in the aggregate
principal amount of Securities represented by the Rule 144A Global Security.
After the fortieth day after the Closing Date, such certification is not
required in order to transfer an interest in this Security.
If an Event of Default (other than that specified in Section 5.1(6) or
5.1(7) of the Indenture) shall occur and be continuing, then in every such case
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may declare the principal of all the Securities to be due
and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided
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in the Indenture, and upon any such declaration such principal and all accrued
interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(6) or 5.1(7) of the Indenture occurs, the
principal of, and accrued interest on, all of the Securities shall ipso facto
become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other Act of the
Holder or any act on the part of the Trustee.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at
any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security or such other Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event
of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and shall
have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof, accrued Original Issue Discount or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein or for the enforcement of
the right to convert this Security as provided in the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Original Issue Discount
on and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
The Holder of this Security (including any person that has a beneficial
interest in this Global Security) and the Ordinary Shares and ADSs issuable upon
conversion hereof is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2002, executed by the Company. Pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement, Liquidated Damages may be payable to the
Holders under the circumstances set forth therein. Whenever in this Security
there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of,
Original Issue Discount on or interest (including Additional Amounts, if any)
on, or in respect of, this Security, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages payable as described in the
Registration Rights Agreement to the extent that, in such context, Liquidated
Damages are,
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were or would be payable in respect of this Security pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, and an express mention of the payment of
Liquidated Damages (if applicable) in any provisions of this Security shall not
be construed as excluding Liquidated Damages in those provisions of this
Security where such express mention is not made. Liquidated Damages, if any,
shall be paid on a Damages Payment Date, as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement. If the Holder of this Security (including any person that has a
beneficial interest in this Global Security) elects to sell this Security
pursuant to the Registration Statement then, by its acceptance hereof, such
Holder agrees to be bound by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement
relating to the Registrable Securities, as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement, which are the subject of such election. Upon the effectiveness of a
registration statement or the Registration Statement and the sale or other
transfer of a beneficial interest in this Security in connection therewith, the
Company shall issue and upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance
with the Indenture, the Trustee or its agent shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Securities in an initial aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interest so transferred.
Any beneficial interest in this Security that is transferred to a
person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Security
will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in this Security and become an
interest in such other Global Security and, accordingly, will thereafter be
subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures or conditions
applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Security for as long as
it remains such an interest.
Interest payable in respect of any period which is not a full interest
period will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and, in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed.
An incorporator or any past, present or future director, officer,
employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting this Security, each Holder shall waive and release all
such liability. Such waiver and release is part of the consideration for the
issue of this Security.
The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America,
without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
The initial principal amount of this Security shall be U.S.$4,500,000.
The following decreases/increases in the principal amount of this Security have
been made:
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Date of Decrease/ Decrease in Increase in Total Principal Amount Notation made by or
Increase Principal Amount Principal Amount Following such on Behalf of Trustee
Decrease/Increase
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