Extension of Interest Payment Period. The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 4.1, shall bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall calculate (and deliver such calculation to the Trustee) and pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Debenture Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period.
Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding twenty (20) consecutive quarters (the "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 4.1, shall bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Extension Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extension Period, the Company shall calculate (and deliver such calculation to the Trustee) and pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures, including any Additional Payments and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Payments") that shall be payable to the holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Debenture Register on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period. Before the termination of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such period so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed twenty (20) consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of all Deferred Payments then due, the Company may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an Extension Period.
Extension of Interest Payment Period. 24 4.1 Extension of Interest Payment Period.......................................................24 4.2
Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such extended interest payment period, an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable. No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided further, however, that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall not and shall not permit any Affiliate to (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's or such Affiliate's capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the issuance of capital stock of the Company (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock) as consideration in an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Extension Period, (b) as a result of any exchange or conversion of any class or series of the Company's capital stock (or any capital stock of a subsidiary of the Company) for any class or series of the Company's capital stock or of any class or series of the Company's indebtedness for any class or series of the Company's capital sto...
Extension of Interest Payment Period. Section 4.2.
Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no --------------------------------------- Acceleration Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, from time to time, and without causing an Event of Default, to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Debentures at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such extended interest payment period, an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period ----------------- no interest (including Additional Interest) shall be due and payable (except any Additional Sums that may be due and payable). No Extension Period may end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date. During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue on the Debentures, and interest on such accrued interest will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate in effect for such Extension Period, compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable were it not for the Extension Period, to the extent permitted by law (such interest referred to herein as "Additional Interest"). At the end of -------------------- any such Extension Period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Debentures (together with Additional Interest thereon); provided, -------- however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date; provided ------- -------- further, however, that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall not ------- ------- and shall not permit any Affiliate to (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's or such Affiliate's capital stock (other than payments of dividends or distributions to the Company) or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company or any Affiliate that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above, (a) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Company in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend...
Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. Interest, which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section, shall bear interest (to the extent permitted under applicable law) thereon at the rate of ___% per annum, compounded quarterly during the Extended Interest Payment Period (the "Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall calculate (and deliver such calculation to the Trustee) and pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Debentures, including any Additional Interest and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Debenture Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Extension of Interest Payment Period. 81 SECTION 16.02.
Extension of Interest Payment Period. The Company shall have the right, at any time during the term of the Series A Debentures, from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such Series A Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid thereon (together with interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate specified for the Series A Debentures to the extent permitted by applicable law); provided that, during such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, or purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing. Prior to the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such period together with all such previous and further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the maturity of the Series A Debentures. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest then due, the Company may select a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except at the end thereof.
Extension of Interest Payment Period. (a) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time during the term of the Debentures, from time to time to extend the interest payment period for the Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarterly interest periods with respect to each deferral period (each, an "Extended Interest Payment Period"), and at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid thereon (together with interest on such deferred interest at the rate of 9.25% per annum to the extent permitted by applicable law, compounded quarterly ("Compounded Interest")); provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date of the Debentures.
(b) During any Extended Interest Payment Period the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, other than the Trust, not to (i) declare or pay any dividends on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or liquidation payment with respect to, any of its Common Stock or preferred stock or any other securities of the Company similar to the Preferred Securities or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company ranking equally with or junior to the Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to such securities.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 4.02(b) above, the Company may take any of the following actions during an Extended Interest Payment Period:
(i) make any dividend, redemption, liquidation, interest, principal or guarantee payment by way of securities, including Capital Stock, that rank equally with or junior to the securities on which such dividend, redemption, interest, principal or guarantee payment is being made;
(ii) pay dividends on its 8.00% redeemable convertible preferred stock, but only by delivering shares of Common Stock to the transfer agent to be sold on behalf of the holders of such preferred stock;
(iii) make any payments of interest on its convertible subordinated debentures issued in exchange for its 8.00% redeemable convertible preferred stock;
(iv) make payments under the Guarantee Agreement;
(v) purchase Common Stock issued under any of its benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees;
(vi) distribute to holders of Common Stock the Company's shares of common stock of Agere Systems Inc.;
(vii) make payments or distributions in connection with a reclassification of the Company'...
