E*TRADE Financial Corporation as Issuer And The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee Indenture Dated as of [ ], 2009 Class A Senior Convertible Debentures due 2019 Class B Senior Convertible Debentures due 2019
EXHIBIT T3C
E*TRADE Financial
Corporation
as Issuer
And
The Bank of New York Mellon
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of [ ],
2009
Class A Senior Convertible Debentures
due 2019
Class B Senior Convertible Debentures
due 2019
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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Section
1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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24
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Section
1.03.
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Rules
of Construction
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24
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
SECURITIES
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Section
2.01.
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Form,
Dating and Denominations
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25
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Section
2.02.
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Execution
and Authentication.
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25
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Section
2.03.
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Registrar,
Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust.
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26
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Section
2.04.
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Replacement
Securities
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26
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Section
2.05.
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Outstanding
Securities
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27
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Section
2.06.
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Temporary
Securities
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27
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Section
2.07.
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Cancellation
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27
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Section
2.08.
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CUSIP
and CINS Numbers
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28
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Section
2.09.
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Registration,
Transfer and Exchange.
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28
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Section
2.10.
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Restrictions
on Transfer and Exchange
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30
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Section
2.11.
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Transfer
Provisions
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30
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ARTICLE
III
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REPURCHASE
AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
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Section
3.01.
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Repurchase
at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change
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ARTICLE
IV
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COVENANTS
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Section
4.01.
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Payment
of Securities
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35
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Section
4.02.
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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36
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Section
4.03.
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Limitation
on Indebtedness and Issuances of Preferred Stock
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36
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Section
4.04.
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Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
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38
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Section
4.05.
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Limitation
on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries
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42
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Section
4.06.
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Limitation
on the Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries or
Regulated Subsidiaries
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43
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Section
4.07.
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Future
Subsidiary Guarantees
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43
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Section
4.08.
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Limitation
on Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates
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44
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Section
4.09.
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Limitation
on Liens
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46
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Section
4.10.
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Limitation
on Sale-leaseback Transactions
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47
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Section
4.11.
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Limitation
on Asset Sales
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47
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Section
4.12.
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[Intentionally
Omitted.]
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49
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Section
4.13.
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Limitation
on Lines of Business
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49
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Section
4.14.
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Effectiveness
of Covenants
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49
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Section
4.15.
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SEC
Reports and Reports to Holders
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49
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Section
4.16.
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims
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49
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Section
4.17.
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Compliance
Certificates
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49
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Section
4.18.
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Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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50
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Section
4.19.
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Maintenance
of Capitalization
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50
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ARTICLE
V
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CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
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Section
5.01.
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Consolidation,
Merger and Sale of Assets
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50
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Section
5.02.
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Successor
Substituted
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51
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ARTICLE
VI
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Section
6.01.
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Events
of Default
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52
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Section
6.02.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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54
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Section
6.03.
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Control
by Majority
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54
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Section
6.04.
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Limitation
on Suits
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54
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Section
6.05.
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Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
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55
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Section
6.06.
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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55
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Section
6.07.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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55
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Section
6.08.
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Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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55
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Section
6.09.
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Priorities
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56
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Section
6.10.
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Undertaking
for Costs
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56
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Section
6.11.
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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56
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Section
6.12.
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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56
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Section
6.13.
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Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
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ARTICLE
VII
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THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
7.01.
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General.
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57
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Section
7.02.
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Certain
Rights of Trustee
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57
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Section
7.03.
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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58
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Section
7.04.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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59
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Section
7.05.
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Notice
of Default
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59
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Section
7.06.
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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59
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Section
7.07.
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Compensation
and Indemnity.
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59
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Section
7.08.
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Replacement
of Trustee.
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60
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Section
7.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Xxxxxx
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60
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Section
7.10.
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Eligibility
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61
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Section
7.11.
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Money
Held in Trust
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ARTICLE
VIII
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DEFEASANCE
AND DISCHARGE
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Section
8.01.
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Discharge
of Company’s Obligations.
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61
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Section
8.02.
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Reserved
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62
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Section
8.03.
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Covenant
Defeasance
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62
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Section
8.04.
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Application
of Trust Money
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63
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Section
8.05.
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Repayment
to Company
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63
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Section
8.06.
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Reinstatement
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63
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ARTICLE
IX
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AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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Section
9.01.
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Amendments
Without Consent of Holders
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Section
9.02.
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Amendments
with Consent of Holders.
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Section
9.03.
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Effect
of Consent.
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66
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Section
9.04.
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Trustee’s
Rights and Obligations
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66
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Section
9.05.
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Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
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66
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Section
9.06.
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Payments
for Consents
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66
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ARTICLE
X
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GUARANTEES
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Section
10.01.
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Guarantees
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66
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Section
10.02.
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Limitation
on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability
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67
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Section
10.03.
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Execution
and Delivery of the Guarantee
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67
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Section
10.04.
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Guarantors
May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
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68
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Section
10.05.
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Releases
Following Certain Events
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68
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Section
10.06.
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Subsidiary
Guarantees
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69
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ARTICLE
XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
11.01.
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Trust
Indenture Act of 1939
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Section
11.02.
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Holder
Communications; Holder Actions.
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69
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Section
11.03.
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Notices.
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69
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Section
11.04.
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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70
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Section
11.05.
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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70
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Section
11.06.
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Payment
Date Other Than a Business Day
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71
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Section
11.07.
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Governing
Law
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71
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Section
11.08.
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No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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71
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Section
11.09.
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Successors
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71
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Section
11.10.
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Duplicate
Originals
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71
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Section
11.11.
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Separability
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71
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Section
11.12.
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Table
of Contents and Headings
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71
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Section
11.13.
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No
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and
Stockholders
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71
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Section
11.14.
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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Section
11.15.
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Force
Majeure
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72
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ARTICLE
XII
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CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES
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Section
12.01.
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Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Price.
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72
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Section
12.02.
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Exercise
of Conversion Privilege.
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Section
12.03.
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Fractions
of Shares.
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75
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Section
12.04.
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Adjustment
of Conversion Price.
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75
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Section
12.05.
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Notice
of Adjustments of Conversion Price.
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80
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Section
12.06.
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Company
to Reserve Common Stock.
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81
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Section
12.07.
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Taxes
on Conversions.
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81
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Section
12.08.
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Certain
Covenants.
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81
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Section
12.09.
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Cancellation
of Converted Securities.
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81
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Section
12.10.
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Provision
in Case of Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or
Sale
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81
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Section
12.11.
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Responsibility
of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.
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83
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Section
12.12.
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Right
to Set-off Withholding Taxes.
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iv
INDENTURE, dated as of [ ],
2009, between E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as the Company and The
Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation,
as Trustee.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Class A
Senior Convertible Debentures due 2019 (the “Class A Securities”) and Class B
Senior Convertible Debentures due 2019 (the “Class B Securities” and together
with the Class A Securities, the “Securities”).
All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have
been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to make the Securities,
when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter
provided.
This Indenture is subject to, and will
be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to
be a part of and govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act.
THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises
and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the parties hereto
covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01. Definitions.
“2011
Notes” means 8% Senior
Notes due 2011 issued by the Company pursuant to the 2011 Notes Indenture,
together with any exchange notes issued therefor.
“2011 Notes
Indenture” means the indenture dated as of June 8,
2004, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, including the supplemental indentures dated
September 19, 2005, November 1, 2006 [and [_____], 2009].
“2013
Notes” means 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2013 issued by the
Company pursuant to the 2013 Notes Indenture, together with any exchange notes
issued therefor.
“2013 Notes
Indenture” means the indenture dated as of
September 19,
2005, between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to
time, including the supplemental indentures dated November 10, 2005 and November 1,
2006.
“2015
Notes” means 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2015 issued by the
Company pursuant to the 2015 Notes Indenture, together with any exchange notes
issued therefor.
“2015 Notes
Indenture” means the indenture dated as of
November 22, 2005 between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, including the supplemental indenture
dated November 1, 2006.
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“2017
Notes” means 12.5%
Springing Notes due 2017 (plus any Capitalized Interest) issued by the Company
pursuant to the 2017 Notes Indenture.
“2017 Notes
Indenture” means the
indenture dated as of November 29, 2007 between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including
the supplemental indentures dated December 27, 2007, January 18, 2008
[and [_____],
2009].
“Acquired
Indebtedness” means
Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary assumed in connection with
an Asset Acquisition by such Restricted Subsidiary; provided such Indebtedness
was not Incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming
a Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition.
“Adjusted
Consolidated Net Income”
means, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and Regulated Subsidiaries for such period determined in
conformity with GAAP; provided that the following items shall be excluded in
computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (without
duplication):
(1) the
net income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary, except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any
such Person for such period (to the extent not otherwise excluded pursuant to
clauses (2) through (6) below) will be included up to the aggregate amount of
cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or to
its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries (less minority interest
therein) as a dividend or other distribution;
(2) the
net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated
with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries
or all or substantially all of the property and assets of such Person are
acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries;
(3) the
net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of
such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule
or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(4) the
net income of any Regulated Subsidiary (x) to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Regulated Subsidiary of
such net income is not at the time permitted by the operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement or instrument with a Person, other than such
Regulated Subsidiaries applicable regulatory authorities, or any judgment or
decree applicable to such Regulated Subsidiary (y) other than to the extent that
such Regulated Subsidiary reasonably believes, in good faith, that such net
income could be distributed, declared or paid as a dividend or similar
distribution without causing such Regulated Subsidiary to fail to be at least
“adequately capitalized” as defined in the regulations of applicable regulatory
authorities, or to meet minimum capital requirements imposed by applicable
regulatory authorities;
(5) any
gains or losses (on an after-tax basis) attributable to Asset Sales or Regulated
Sales;
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(6) solely
for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made
pursuant to clause (c) of Section 4.04, any amount paid or accrued as dividends
on Preferred Stock of the Company owned by Persons other than the Company and
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Regulated Subsidiaries;
(7) all
extraordinary gains and, solely for purposes of calculating the Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, extraordinary losses;
(8) the
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles; and
(9) the
net after-tax effect of impairment charges related to goodwill and other
intangible assets.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct
or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event will Citadel be deemed to be an Affiliate of the
Company.
“Agent
Member” means a member of,
or a participant in, the Depositary.
“Appropriate Federal
Banking Agency” shall mean
the Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor agency having jurisdiction
over the Company.
“Asset
Acquisition” means (1) an
investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Regulated Subsidiary or shall be merged into or
consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries; provided that such Person’s primary business is a Related Business
or (2) an acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Regulated Subsidiaries of the property and assets of any Person other than the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries that
constitute substantially all of a division or line of business of such Person
that is a Related Business.
“Asset Sale” means any sale, transfer or other
disposition (including by way of merger, consolidation or Sale-Leaseback
Transaction) in one transaction or a series of related transactions by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries
of:
(1) all
or any of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) all
or substantially all of the property and assets of an operating unit or business
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(3) any
other property and assets (other than the Capital Stock or other Investment in
an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary,
and, in
each case, that is not governed by the provisions of this Indenture applicable
to mergers, consolidations and sales of assets of the Company; provided that
“Asset Sale” shall not include:
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(A) sales
or other dispositions of Investment Securities, inventory, receivables and other
current assets;
(B) sales,
transfers or other dispositions of assets constituting a Permitted Investment or
Restricted Payment permitted to be made under Section 4.04;
(C) sales,
transfers or other dispositions of assets with a Fair Market Value not in excess
of $2.5 million in any transaction or series of related
transactions;
(D) any
sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any property equipment that
has become damaged, worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable for use in
connection with the business of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(E) an
issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary or the sale, transfer or
other disposition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Stock
of a Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, in each case to the Company,
a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a Wholly Owned Regulated Subsidiary;
or
(F) Permitted
Liens, or foreclosure on assets as a result of Liens permitted under Section
4.09.
“Authenticating
Agent” refers to a Person
engaged to authenticate the Securities in the stead of the
Trustee.
“Average
Life” means, at any date of
determination with respect to any debt security, the quotient obtained by
dividing (1) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years from such date
of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of
such debt security and (b) the amount of such principal payment by (2) the sum
of all such principal payments.
“Bank Regulated
Subsidiary” means (i) ETB
Holdings, Inc. (provided that such entity is a savings and loan holding company,
as defined under the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended, or a bank holding
company, as defined under the Bank Holding Company Act, as amended, but in no
event shall such entity mean, or include, the Company), (ii) any direct or
indirect insured depository institution subsidiary of the Company that is
regulated by foreign, federal or state banking regulators, including, without
limitation, the OTS and the FDIC or (iii) any Subsidiary of a Bank Regulated
Subsidiary all of the Common Stock of which is owned by such Bank Regulated
Subsidiary and the sole purpose of which is to issue trust preferred or similar
securities where the proceeds of the sale of such securities are invested in
such Bank Regulated Subsidiary and where such proceeds would be treated as Tier
I capital were such Bank Regulated Subsidiary a bank holding company regulated
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Board of
Directors” means, with
respect to any Person, the Board of Directors of such Person or any duly
authorized committee of such Board of Directors, or any other group performing
comparable functions.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
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“Broker Dealer
Regulated Subsidiary” means
any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company that is registered as a broker
dealer pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act or that is regulated as a
broker dealer or underwriter under any foreign securities
law.
“Business
Day” means any day except a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or in the city where the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee is located are authorized by law to
close.
“Capital
Stock” means, with respect
to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in equity of such
Person, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including,
without limitation, all Common Stock and Preferred Stock.
“Capitalized
Lease” means, as applied to
any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) of which
the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee,
in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of
such Person.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligations” means the
discounted present value of the rental obligations under a Capitalized
Lease.
“Certificated
Security” means a Security
in registered individual form without interest coupons.
“Citadel” means Citadel Limited Partnership
and/or any of its Affiliates.
“Closing
Date” means [ ],
2009, the date on which the Securities are originally
issued.
“Commission” or “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act,
or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common
Stock” means, with respect
to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s
equity, other than Preferred Stock of such Person, whether outstanding on the
Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without limitation, all series and
classes of such common stock. However, subject to the provisions of
Section 12.10, shares issuable on conversion of
Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of
the Company at the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes
resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have
no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company
and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided that if at any
time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such
class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears
to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
“Company” means the party named as such in the
first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor obligor under this Indenture
and the Securities pursuant to Article 5.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any
period, Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, to the extent
such amount was deducted in calculating such Adjusted Consolidated Net
Income:
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(1) Consolidated
Interest Expense;
(2) income
taxes;
(3) depreciation
expense;
(4) amortization
expense; and
(5) all
other non-cash items reducing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (other than items
that will require cash payments and for which an accrual or reserve is, or is
required by GAAP to be, made), less all non-cash items increasing Adjusted
Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis for the
Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Regulated Subsidiaries in
conformity with GAAP;
provided that, if any Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, or Wholly
Owned Regulated Subsidiary, as the case may be, Consolidated EBITDA shall be
reduced (to the extent not otherwise reduced in accordance with GAAP) by an
amount equal to (A) the amount of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income
attributable to such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary multiplied by
(B) the percentage of Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary not owned on the last day of such period by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Wholly Owned Regulated
Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such
Person during the most recent four full fiscal quarters (the “Four Quarter
Period”), for which financial statements are available, ending on or prior to
the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”), to
Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In
addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this
definition, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be
calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such
calculation to:
(6) the
incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries (and the application of the
proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any
incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds
thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary
course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital
facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent
to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction
Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the
application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four
Quarter Period; and
(7) any
Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset
Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries
(including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiaries as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or
otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any
Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of the
Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale during the Four Quarter Period) occurring during
the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four
Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or
Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any
such Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter
Period.
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If such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees
Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the
incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such
guaranteed Indebtedness. Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed
Charges”:
(8) interest
on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be
deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;
(9) if
interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the
interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in
effect during the Four Quarter Period; and
(10) notwithstanding
clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to
the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap
Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after
giving effect to the operation of such agreements.
“Consolidated Fixed
Charges” means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (1)
Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (2) the product of (A) the amount of all
dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person (other than
(x) dividends paid in Capital Stock and (y) dividends on the Preferred Stock,
the net proceeds of which will be used for the Distribution, to the extent they
are paid in kind or accrete, except to the extent they constitute Disqualified
Stock) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period times
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax
rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means,
for any period, the aggregate amount of interest in respect of Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount on any
Indebtedness and the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation of the
type described under clause (4) of the definition of “Indebtedness”, calculated
in accordance with the effective interest method of accounting; all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing; Indebtedness that is Guaranteed or secured by the
Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of its Regulated
Subsidiaries), and all but the principal component of rentals in respect of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or to be
accrued by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Regulated
Subsidiaries during such period; excluding, however, (1) any amount of such
interest of any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary if the net income
of such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary is excluded in the
calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (3) or (4) of
the definition thereof (but only in the same proportion as the net income of
such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary is excluded from the
calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (3) or (4) of
the definition thereof) and (2) any premiums, fees and expenses (and any
amortization thereof) payable in connection with the offering of the Securities,
the 2017 Notes, the 2015 Notes, the 2013 Notes and the 2011 Notes, all as
determined on a consolidated basis (without taking into account Unrestricted
Subsidiaries) in conformity with GAAP, and (3) interest payments on trust
preferred or similar securities issued by a Regulated Subsidiary to the extent
the proceeds of the sale of such securities are invested in a Regulated
Subsidiary.
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“Consolidated Net
Worth” means, at any date
of determination, stockholders’ equity as set forth on the most recently
available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and Regulated Subsidiaries (which shall be as of a date
not more than 90 days prior to the date of such computation, and which shall not
take into account Unrestricted Subsidiaries), plus, to the extent not included,
any Preferred Stock of the Company, less any amounts attributable to
Disqualified Stock or any equity security convertible into or exchangeable for
Indebtedness, the cost of treasury stock and the principal amount of any
promissory notes receivable from the sale of the Capital Stock of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries, each item to be
determined in conformity with GAAP (excluding the effects of foreign currency
exchange adjustments under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 52).
“Conversion
Agent” means the person
authorized by the Company to convert Securities in accordance with
Article
12.
“Conversion
Date” means the date on
which a holder complies with the conversion requirements in Section 12.01(a).
“Conversion
Price” has the meaning
specified in Section
12.01.
“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 hereof is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, 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 such successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company).
“Credit
Facility” means a credit
facility of, or Guaranteed by, the Company and used by the Company, its
Restricted Subsidiaries or its Regulated Subsidiaries for working capital and
other general corporate purposes together with the related documents (including,
without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), as such
agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement),
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Default” means any event that is, or after
notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“Depositary” means the depositary of each Global
Security, which will initially be DTC.
“Disqualified
Stock” means any class or
series of Capital Stock of any Person that by its terms or otherwise is (1)
required to be redeemed prior to a date that is 123 days following the Stated
Maturity of the Securities, (2) redeemable at the option of the holder of such
class or series of Capital Stock at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the
Securities or (3) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock referred to
in clause (1) or (2) above or Indebtedness having a scheduled maturity prior to
the Stated Maturity of the Securities; provided that any Capital Stock that
would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving
holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such
Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or Fundamental Change
occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the “asset sale” or Fundamental Change provisions
applicable to such Capital Stock are no more favorable to the holders of such
Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Article 3 and Section 4.11 and
such Capital Stock specifically provides that such Person will not repurchase or
redeem any such stock pursuant to such provision prior to the Company’s
repurchase of such Securities as are required to be repurchased pursuant to
Article 3 and Section 4.11.
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“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with total assets as determined under GAAP
of at least $100,000, as set forth on the most recently available quarterly or
annual consolidated balance sheet of such Restricted Subsidiary other than a
Restricted Subsidiary that is (1) a Foreign Subsidiary or (2) a Subsidiary of
any such Foreign Subsidiary.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a
New York corporation, and its
successors.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Securities” means up to an
aggregate of $435,515,000 principal amount of convertible
senior debentures of the Company issued in exchange for 2011 Notes and up to an
aggregate of $1,310,000,000 principal amount of convertible senior debentures of
the Company issued in exchange for 2017 Notes.
“Ex-Date” means, with respect to any issuance or
distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which the shares of the
Common Stock trade on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market, regular way, without the right
to receive the issuance or distribution in question.
“Fair Market
Value” means the price that
would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing
seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no
compulsion to buy which, if determined by the Board of Directors as evidenced by
a Board Resolution, shall be conclusively determined.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary of the Company that is an entity which is a controlled foreign
corporation under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code or any subsidiary
that is otherwise organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the
United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.
“Fundamental
Change” means such time
as:
(1) a
“person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis;
(2) individuals
who on the Issue Date of the Securities constitute the Company’s Board of
Directors (together with any new directors whose election by the Company’s Board
of Directors or whose nomination by such Board of Directors for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors then in office who either were
members of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors then in
office;
(3) the
adoption of a plan of liquidation of the Company;
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(4) a
voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of
the property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in one transaction or a series of related transactions;
(5) the
consummation of any merger or business combination if, after such transaction,
holders of the Company’s Voting Stock before the transaction do not hold a
majority of the voting power of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately after the
transaction; or
(6) the
Common Stock of the Company (or other Common Stock into which the Securities are
then convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on a national securities
exchange in the United States and is not so listed or quoted within 45 days of
the date thereof; provided, that no Fundamental Change shall be deemed to occur
if (i) prior to such 45th day, the Company has filed a preliminary proxy
statement with the SEC to hold a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders
to vote to approve a reverse split of its Common Stock (or other Common Stock
into which the debentures are then convertible) and is using reasonable best
efforts to hold such special meeting of the Company’s stockholders and to become
listed or quoted on a national securities exchange in the United States, and
(ii) the Company's Common Stock is so listed or quoted within 15 days of such
special meeting of the Company’s stockholders (or adjournment thereof) where
such vote is taken.
provided
however, that the
definition of Fundamental Change shall not include a merger or consolidation
under (1) and (5) if at least 90% of the consideration
paid for Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash
payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights and cash dividends) in
connection with such event consists of shares of Capital Stock traded on any of
the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Global
Select Market (or any of their respective successors) (or will be so traded or
quoted immediately following the completion of the merger or consolidation or
such other transaction) and, as a result of such transaction or transactions the
Securities become convertible into such shares of such Capital Stock pursuant to
the provisions of Section 12.10.
“Fundamental Change
Expiration Time” has the
meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice” has the
meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right Notice”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price” has the
meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date,
including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and
computations contained or referred to in this Indenture shall be computed in
conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except that calculations
made for purposes of determining compliance with the terms of the covenants and
with other provisions of this Indenture shall be made without giving effect to
(1) the amortization of any expenses incurred in connection with the offering of
the Securities, the 2017 Notes, the 2015 Notes, the 2013 Notes and the 2011
Notes and (2) except as otherwise provided, the amortization or writedown of any
amounts required or permitted by Accounting Principles Board Opinion Nos. 16 and
17 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142.
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“Global
Security” means a Security
in registered global form without interest coupons.
“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of
any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services (unless such purchase arrangements are on arm’s-length
terms and are entered into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay,
or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into
for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of
the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business,
letters of credit issued by a Bank Regulated Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of its business or STAMP or other signature guarantees made by a Regulated
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business. The term “Guarantee” used as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Hedging
Obligations” means, with
respect to any Person, the obligations of such person under (i) currency
exchange, interest rate, commodity, credit or equity swap, forward or futures
agreements, currency exchange, interest rate, commodity, credit or equity cap
agreements, currency exchange, interest rate, commodity, credit or equity collar
agreements, or currency exchange, interest rate, commodity, credit or equity
puts or calls, and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect
such Person, directly or indirectly, against fluctuations in currency exchange,
interest rate, commodity or equity prices.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a
Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to
incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with
respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or
otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided that (1) any Indebtedness of a Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed
to be incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary and (2) neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original
issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of
Indebtedness.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at
any date of determination (without duplication):
(1) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(2) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments;
(3) all
obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar
instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto, but
excluding letters of credit issued by such Person and excluding obligations with
respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit) securing
obligations (other than obligations described in (1) or (2) above or (5), (6) or
(7) below) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the
extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if drawn upon, to the
extent such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following
receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement);
(4) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of
property or services, which purchase price is recorded as a liability under GAAP
and
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due
more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or
taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services, except
Trade Payables;
(5) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(6) all
Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the
amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the Fair Market Value of
such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such
Indebtedness;
(7) all
Indebtedness of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such
Indebtedness is Guaranteed by such Person;
(8) Acquired
Indebtedness;
(9) to
the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations under
Hedging Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations not entered into for
speculative investment purposes and designed to protect the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
commodity prices, equity prices, foreign currency exchange rates or interest
rates and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at
any time other than as a result of fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign
currency exchange rates or interest rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and
compensation payable thereunder); and
(10) all
obligations to redeem or repurchase Preferred Stock issued by such Person, other
than PIK Preferred Stock,
provided that Indebtedness shall not
include:
(A) obligations
arising from products and services offered by Bank Regulated Subsidiaries or
Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiaries in the ordinary course including, but not
limited to, deposits, CDs, prepaid forward contracts, swaps, exchangeable debt
securities, foreign currency purchases or sales and letters of
credit;
(B) indebtedness
or other obligations incurred in the ordinary course arising from margin
lending, Stock Loan activities or foreign currency settlement obligations of a
Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary;
(C) indebtedness
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary represented by letters of credit for
the account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in
order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations
in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course
of business;
(D) Purchase
Money Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed at
any one time outstanding 5% of Consolidated Net Worth;
(E) indebtedness
arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business,
assets or a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any
Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for
the purpose of financing such acquisition;
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(F) indebtedness
Incurred by Professional Path, Inc. in the ordinary course of its proprietary
trading activities in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding of $5
million;
(G) advances
from the Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Reserve Bank (or similar institution),
repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements relating to Investment Securities,
medium term notes, treasury tax and loan balances, special direct investment
balances, bank notes, commercial paper, term investment option balances,
brokered certificates of deposit, dollar rolls, and fed funds purchased, in each
case incurred in the ordinary course of a Regulated Subsidiary’s
business;
(H) Indebtedness
Incurred by a Regulated Subsidiary and Guaranteed by the Company (i)(A) the
proceeds of which are used to satisfy applicable minimum capital requirements
imposed by applicable regulatory authorities of such Regulated Subsidiary and
(B) where the provision of such Guarantee by the Company is required by the
applicable regulatory authority or (ii) where the provision of such Guarantee by
the Company is required by a bank, clearing house or other market participant in
connection with the ordinary course of a Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary’s
business. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described
above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon
the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation,
provided
(a) that
the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount is the face amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such
time as determined in conformity with GAAP,
(b) that
money borrowed and set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness
in order to prefund the payment of the interest on such Indebtedness shall not
be deemed to be “Indebtedness” so long as such money is held to secure the
payment of such interest and
(c) that
Indebtedness shall not include:
(1) any
liability for federal, state, local or other taxes;
(2) performance,
surety or appeal bonds provided in the ordinary course of business;
or
(3) agreements
providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
obligations, or Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance
bonds securing any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred in connection
with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other
than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition), so long as the principal amount does not to exceed
the gross proceeds actually received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in connection with such disposition.
“Indenture” means this indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“Indentures” means this Indenture, the 2017 Notes
Indenture, the 2015 Notes Indenture, the 2013 Notes Indenture and the 2011 Notes
Indenture.
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“Insurance Regulated
Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary which conducts an insurance business such that it is regulated by any
supervisory agency, state insurance department other state, federal or foreign
insurance regulatory body or the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners.
“Interest Swap
Obligations” means the
obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person,
whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to
time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate
of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made
by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of
interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation,
interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements.
“Investment” in any Person means any direct or
indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including, without
limitation, by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement; but excluding Investment
Securities, advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of
business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable,
prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in
the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution to (by means of any
transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or
services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of
Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments issued by,
such Person and shall include (1) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Regulated Subsidiary and (2) the retention of
the Capital Stock (or any other Investment) by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, of (or in) any Person that has ceased to be a
Restricted Subsidiary, including without limitation, by reason of any
transaction permitted by clause (3) or (4) of Section 4.06. For purposes of the
definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04, (a) the amount of or a
reduction in an Investment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value thereof at
the time such Investment is made or reduced and (b) in the event the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary makes an Investment by transferring assets to any Person
and as part of such transaction receives Net Cash Proceeds, the amount of such
Investment shall be the Fair Market Value of the assets less the amount of Net
Cash Proceeds so received, provided the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in
accordance with clause (A) or (B) of Section 4.11.
“Investment Grade
Status” shall occur when
the Securities receive a rating of “BBB-” or higher from S&P or a rating of
“Baa3” or higher from Moody’s.
“Investment
Securities” means
marketable securities of a Person (other than an Affiliate or joint venture of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Regulated Subsidiary),
mortgages, credit card and other loan receivables, futures contracts on
marketable securities, interest rates and foreign currencies used for the
hedging of marketable securities, mortgages or credit card and other loan
receivables purchased, borrowed, sold, loaned or pledged by such Person in the
ordinary course of its business.
“Issue
Date” means [ ],
2009.
“Last Reported Sale
Price” means, with respect
to the Common Stock or any other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price
must be determined, on any date, the closing sale price per share of the Common
Stock or unit of such other security (or, if no closing sale price is reported,
the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either
case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) on
such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal United States
national or regional securities exchange on which it is then traded, if any. If
the Common Stock or such other security is not listed for trading on a United
States national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the Last
Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the last quoted bid and ask prices
per share of Common Stock or such other security in the over-the-counter market
on the relevant date, as
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reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar
organization. In the absence of such quotation, the Last Reported Sale Price
shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the
Common Stock or such other security on the relevant date from each of at least
three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected from
time to time by the Company for that purpose. The Last Reported Sale Price shall
be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading. Any such
determination shall be made by the Company and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in
the nature thereof or any agreement to give any security
interest).
“Maturity
Date” means
[ ], 2019.
“Market Disruption
Event” means the occurrence
or existence on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Company’s Common Stock of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits
permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Company’s Common Stock or in any options contracts
or futures contracts relating to the Company’s Common Stock, and such suspension or
limitation occurs or exists at any time within the 30 minutes prior to the
closing time of the relevant exchange on such day.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
and its successors.
“Net Cash
Proceeds”
means:
(1) with
respect to any Asset Sale or Regulated Sale, the proceeds of such Asset Sale or
Regulated Sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in
respect of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the
principal, but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of
cash or cash equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property
received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of
(A) brokerage
commissions and other fees and expenses (including attorney’s fees, accountants’
fees, underwriters’, placement agents’ and other investment bankers’ fees,
commissions and consultant fees) related to such Asset Sale or Regulated
Sale;
(B) provisions
for all taxes (whether or not such taxes will actually be paid or are payable)
as a result of such Asset Sale or Regulated Sale without regard to the
consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, together with any actual distributions to
shareholders of the type contemplated under clause (b)(9) under Section 4.04
with respect to the taxable income relating to such Asset Sale or Regulated
Sale;
(C) payments
made to repay Indebtedness or any other obligation outstanding at the time of
such Asset Sale or Regulated Sale that either (x) is secured by a Lien on the
property or assets sold or (y) is required to be paid as a result of such sale
and
(D) appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any
Regulated Subsidiary as a reserve against any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale or Regulated Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental
matters and liabilities under any indemnification
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obligations
associated with such Asset Sale or Regulated Sale, all as determined in
conformity with GAAP; and
(2) with
respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the proceeds of such issuance
or sale in the form of cash or cash equivalents, including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal,
but not interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or cash
equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property received when
converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of attorney’s fees, accountants’
fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and
brokerage, consultant and other fees incurred in connection with such issuance
or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Notice of
Conversion” has the meaning
specified in Section
12.01(a).
“Obligations” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Offer to
Purchase” means an offer to
purchase Securities by the Company from the Holders commenced by mailing a
notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:
(1) the
covenant pursuant to which the offer is being made and that all Securities
validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(2) the
purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no
earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed)
(the “Payment Date”);
(3) that
Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to the Offer to Purchase
will be required to surrender the Security, together with the form entitled
“Form of Repurchase Notice” on the reverse side of the Security completed, to
the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Payment
Date;
(4) that
Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or
letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Securities
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his
election to have such Securities purchased; and
(5) that
Holders whose Securities are being purchased only in part will be issued new
Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Securities surrendered; provided that each Security purchased and each new
Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or multiples of
$1,000.
On the Payment Date, the Company shall
(a) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Securities or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase; (b) deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities or portions thereof
so accepted; and (c) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all
Securities or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officers’
Certificate specifying the Securities or portions thereof accepted for payment
by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of
Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new Security
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security
surrendered; provided that
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each Security purchased and each new
Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or multiples of $1,000.
The Company will publicly announce the results of an Offer to Purchase as soon
as practicable after the Payment Date. The Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent
for an Offer to Purchase. The Company will comply with Rule 14e-l under the
Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the
extent such laws and regulations are applicable, if the Company is required to
repurchase Securities pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.
“Officer” means the chairman of the Board of
Directors, the president or chief executive officer, any vice president, the
chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the
secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Company.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a
certificate signed in the name of the Company (i) by the chairman of the Board
of Directors, the president or chief executive officer or a vice president and
(ii) by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or
the secretary or any assistant secretary.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means an opinion
from legal counsel that meets the requirements of this
Indenture.
“OTS” means the Office of Thrift
Supervision.
“OTS Conversion
Blocker” has the
meaning specified in Section 12.01.
“Paying
Agent” refers to a Person
engaged to perform the obligations of the Trustee in respect of payments made or
funds held hereunder in respect of the Securities.
“Permitted
Investment”
means:
(1) an
Investment in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or a Regulated Subsidiary
or a Person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary or be merged or consolidated with or into or
transfer or convey all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary; provided that such person’s
primary business is a Related Business on the date of such
Investment;
(2) Temporary
Cash Investments and Investment Securities;
(3) payroll,
travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of
such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses in accordance with
GAAP;
(4) stock,
obligations or securities received in satisfaction of judgments;
(5) an
Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary consisting solely of an Investment in
another Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(6) Hedging
Obligations not entered into for speculative investment purposes and designed to
protect the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries
against fluctuations in commodity prices, securities prices, foreign currency
exchange rates or interest rates; and
(7) any
Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section
4.11.
“Permitted
Liens”
means:
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(1) Liens
for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or claims that are not yet due or
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings promptly
instituted and diligently conducted and for which a reserve or other appropriate
provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been
made;
(2) statutory
and common law Liens of landlords and carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
suppliers, materialmen, repairmen or other similar Liens (including a lender’s
unexercised rights of set-off) arising in the ordinary course of business and
with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate legal proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and
for which a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required
in conformity with GAAP shall have been made;
(3) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security;
(4) Liens
incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases,
statutory or regulatory obligations, bankers’ acceptances, surety and appeal
bonds, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other
obligations of a similar nature incurred in the ordinary course of business
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(5) easements,
rights-of-way, municipal and zoning ordinances and similar charges,
encumbrances, title defects or other irregularities that do not materially
interfere with the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(6) leases
or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
(7) Liens
encumbering property or assets under construction arising from progress or
partial payments by a customer of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
relating to such property or assets;
(8) any
interest or title of a lessor in the property subject to any Capitalized Lease
or operating lease;
(9) Liens
arising from filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding
leases;
(10) Liens
on property of, or on shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, any Person
existing at the time such Person becomes, or becomes a part of, any Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property or
assets acquired;
(11) Liens
in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(12) Liens
arising from the rendering of a final judgment or order against the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary that does not give rise to an Event of
Default;
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(13) Liens
securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit that
encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and the
products and proceeds thereof;
(14) Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of
goods;
(15) Liens
encumbering customary initial deposits and margin deposits, and other Liens that
are within the general parameters customary in the industry and incurred in the
ordinary course of business, in each case, securing Indebtedness under Hedging
Obligations not entered into for speculative investment purposes and designed to
protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in
interest rates, currencies or the price of commodities or
securities;
(16) Liens
arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in accordance with
the past practices of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the
Closing Date;
(17) Liens
on shares of Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness
of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(18) Liens
on or sales of receivables or mortgages in the ordinary course of business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other
entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“PIK Preferred
Stock” means Preferred
Stock the terms of which do not permit the declaration or payment of any
dividend or other distribution thereon or with respect thereto, or the
redemption or conversion thereof, in each such case prior to the payment in full
of the Company’s obligations under the Securities.
“Preferred
Stock” of any Person means
any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other
Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon
liquidation.
“Program” means the TARP Capital Purchase
Program of Treasury, the terms and conditions of which shall be set forth in a
letter agreement between Treasury and the Company and documentation related
thereto, including, but not limited to, a securities purchase agreement,
certificate of designations for the TARP Preferred Stock and warrant (such
letter agreement and related documentation collectively, the “Program
Documentation”).
“Purchase Money
Indebtedness” means
indebtedness (1) incurred to finance the cost (including the cost of improvement
or construction and fees and expenses related to the acquisition) of real or
personal property acquired after the Closing Date, provided that (a) the amount
of such indebtedness does not exceed 100% of such cost, and (b) such
indebtedness is incurred prior to, at the time of, or within twelve months after
the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction or the commencement
of full operation of such property; or (2) issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund, then outstanding Purchase
Money Indebtedness and any refinancings or refundings
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thereof in accordance with Section
4.03(a)(3). The term “Indebtedness” for purposes of Section
4.03(a)(3) and clauses (4) and (6) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09,
shall be deemed to include “Purchase Money Indebtedness.”
“Qualified Equity
Offering” means the
issuance or sale after the issue date of the TARP Preferred Stock of Tier 1
qualifying perpetual Preferred Stock or Common Stock of the Company for cash or
any other offering defined as a Qualified Equity Offering in the Program
Documentation.
“Rating
Agency” means any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
“Record
Date” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 12.04.
“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.09.
“Registrar” means a Person engaged to maintain the
Register.
“Registration Rights
Agreement” means the
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2009,
between the Company and Citadel, which may be amended or modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Regulated
Sale” means any sale,
transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger, consolidation or
Sale-Leaseback Transaction) in one transaction or a series of related
transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries of:
(1) all
or any of the Common Stock of any Regulated Subsidiary that constitutes a
Significant Subsidiary, or
(2) all
or substantially all of the property and assets of an operating unit or business
of any Regulated Subsidiary that constitutes a Significant
Subsidiary,
in each
case, that is not governed by the provisions of this Indenture applicable to
mergers, consolidations and sales of assets of the Company; provided that
“Regulated Sale” shall not include an issuance, sale, transfer or other
disposition of Capital Stock by a Regulated Subsidiary to the Company, a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a Wholly Owned Regulated Subsidiary.
“Regulated
Subsidiary” means a Broker
Dealer Regulated Subsidiary, a Bank Regulated Subsidiary or an Insurance
Regulated Subsidiary or any other Subsidiary subject to minimum capital
requirements or other similar material regulatory requirements imposed by
applicable regulatory authorities.
“Related
Business” means any
financial services business which is the same as or ancillary or complementary
to any business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Regulated
Subsidiaries that is being conducted on the Closing Date, including, but not
limited to, activities under Section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act, as
amended, or Section 10 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act, as amended, broker-dealer
services, insurance, investment advisory services, specialist and other market
making activities, trust services, underwriting and the creation of and offers
and sales of interests in mutual funds.
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“Replacement
Assets” means, on any date,
property or assets (other than current assets) of a nature or type or that are
used in a business (or an Investment in a company having property or assets of a
nature or type, or engaged in a business) similar or related to the nature or
type of the property and assets of, or the business of, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries existing on such date.
“Resale Registration
Statement” means a
registration statement under the Securities Act registering the Securities for
resale pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Responsible
Officer” shall mean, when
used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer 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
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Restricted
Security” or “Restricted
Securities” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.11.
“Restricted
Securities Legend” means
the legend set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or a Regulated
Subsidiary.
“Sale-Leaseback
Transaction” means, with
respect to any Person, an arrangement whereby such Person sells or transfers
property and then or thereafter leases such property or any substantial part
thereof which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the property sold or transferred, provided that for purposes of this
definition, “property” shall not include Investment
Securities.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, and its
successors.
“Scheduled Trading
Day” means a day that is
scheduled to be a trading day on the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange or market on which our common stock is listed or admitted
for trading or, if the
Company’s Common Stock is not listed or admitted for
trading on any exchange or market, a Business Day.
“Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term
in the Recitals.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities
Conversion Blocker” has the
meaning specified in Section 12.01.
“Security
Guarantee” means any
Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under the indenture and the
Securities by any Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means, at any
date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that, together with its
Subsidiaries, (1) for the most recent fiscal year of the Company, accounted for
more than 10% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (2) as of the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more
than 10% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the most recently available consolidated
financial statements of the Company for such fiscal year.
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“Stated
Maturity” means, (1) with
respect to any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the
fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such debt security is
due and payable and (2) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal
of or interest on any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as
the fixed date on which such installment is due and payable.
“Stock
Loan” means a “Loan” as used in the Master Securities Loan
Agreement published from time to time by the Bond Market
Association.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly,
by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor” means any
Domestic Subsidiary which provides a Security Guarantee of the Company’s
obligations under this
Indenture and the
Securities pursuant to Section 10.01.
“Substitution
Permanent Equity” means an
economic interest of the Company classified as permanent equity under U.S. GAAP
exchangeable for TARP Warrants at Treasury’s option if either (1) stockholder
approval is required for the issuance of TARP Warrants but not obtained within
18 months of Treasury’s investment in the Company or (2) in the future the
Company’s Common Stock is no longer listed or traded on a national securities
exchange or securities association, equal to the fair market value of the TARP
Warrants so exchanged or any other instrument or security required to be issued
in the Program Documentation.
“TARP Preferred
Stock” means senior
perpetual Preferred Stock initially issued to Treasury qualifying as Tier 1
capital pursuant to the Program Documentation.
“TARP
Warrants” means warrants on
the Common Stock of the Company initially issued to Treasury pursuant to the
Program Documentation.
“Temporary Cash
Investment” means any of
the following:
(1) direct
obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any
agency thereof, in each case maturing within one year unless such obligations
are deposited by the Company (x) to defease any Indebtedness or (y) in a
collateral or escrow account or similar arrangement to prefund the payment of
interest on any indebtedness;
(2) demand
deposits, time deposit accounts, bankers acceptances, certificates of deposit
and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition
thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America, and which bank or trust company (i)
has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $100 million
(or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is
rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one
nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436
under the Securities Act) or (ii) is a money market fund sponsored by a
registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor;
(3) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank or trust
company meeting the qualifications described in clause (2) above;
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(4) commercial
paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by
a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in
existence under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at
the time as of which any investment therein is made of “P- 1” (or higher)
according to Xxxxx’x or “A l” (or higher) according to S&P;
(5) securities
with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of
the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or Xxxxx’x;
and
(6) any
mutual fund that has at least 95% of its assets continuously invested in
investments of the types described in clauses (1) through (5)
above.
“Trade
Payables” means, with
respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any other indebtedness or
monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
“Trading
Day” means a day during
which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs and (ii) there is no
Market Disruption Event.
“Transaction
Date” means, with respect
to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness, the date such Indebtedness is to be
Incurred and, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the date such Restricted
Payment is to be made.
“Treasury” means the United States Department of
Treasury.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in the
first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor trustee under this Indenture
pursuant to Article 7.
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means (1) any
Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated
an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided
below; and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of
Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary
(including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be
an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Stock of, or
owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that (A) any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated shall be
deemed an “Incurrence” of such Indebtedness and an “Investment” by the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at
the time of such designation; (B) either (I) the Subsidiary to be so designated
has total assets of $1,000 or less or (II) if such Subsidiary has assets greater
than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04 and (C) if
applicable, the Incurrence of Indebtedness and the Investment referred to in
clause (A) of this proviso would be permitted under the Section 4.03 and Section
4.04. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (a) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to
such designation and (b) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary outstanding immediately after such designation would, if Incurred at
such time, have been permitted to be Incurred (and shall be deemed to have been
Incurred) for all purposes of this Indenture. Any such designation by the Board
of Directors
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shall be evidenced to the Trustee by
promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to
such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Government
Obligations” means
securities that are (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for
the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities,
and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the
U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
“Voting
Stock” means with respect
to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to
vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the
governing body of such Person.
“Well
Capitalized” means “well
capitalized” within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. §1831o, as determined by a
particular Bank Regulated Subsidiary’s appropriate federal banking agency, but
in no event less than the amount required in a capital directive or other
capital requirement by a federal banking agency.
“Wholly
Owned” means, with respect
to any Subsidiary of any Person, the ownership all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of such Subsidiary by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
of such Person.
Section
1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (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:
“indenture securities” means the
Securities;
“indenture security holder” means a
Holder;
“indenture to be qualified” means this
Indenture;
“indenture trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee; and
“obligor” on the indenture securities
means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another
statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them therein.
Section
1.03. Rules of
Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
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(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 GAAP;
(c) “or”
is not exclusive;
(d) words
in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(e) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions;
(f) “herein,”
“hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(g) all
ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be
computed in accordance with the definition of GAAP set forth in Section 1.01;
and
(h) all
references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this
Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
ARTICLE
II
THE
SECURITIES
Section
2.01. Form, Dating and
Denominations. The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication will be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Securities
annexed as Exhibit A constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, rules of or agreements with national securities exchanges to
which the Company is subject, or usage. Each Note will be dated the
date of its authentication. The Securities will be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 in principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
Section
2.02. Execution and
Authentication.
(a) An
Officer shall execute the Securities for the Company by facsimile or manual
signature in the name and on behalf of the Company. If an Officer
whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security will still be valid.
(b) A
Security will not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of
authentication on the Security by facsimile or manual signature, with the
signature conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under
this Indenture.
(c) 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. The Trustee will authenticate and deliver
such Securities upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate
specifying:
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the
amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the
Securities are to be authenticated;
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(ii)
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whether
the Securities are to be issued as one or more Global Securities or
Certificated Securities; and
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(iii)
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other
information the Company may determine to include or the Trustee may
reasonably request.
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The Securities shall be issuable only in
registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 in principal
amount and any integral multiple thereof.
Section
2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and
Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
(a) Registrar. The
Company may appoint one or more Registrars and one or more Paying Agents, and
the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent, in which case each reference in
this Indenture to the Trustee in respect of the obligations of the Trustee to be
performed by that Agent will be deemed to be references to the
Agent. The Company may act as Registrar or (except for purposes of
Article 8) Paying Agent. In each case the Company and the Trustee
will enter into an appropriate agreement with the Agent implementing the
provisions of this Indenture relating to the obligations of the Trustee to be
performed by the Agent and the related rights. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.
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(b) Money Held in
Trust. The Company will require each Paying Agent other than
the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of the Securities and will promptly notify the Trustee of
any default by the Company in
making any such payment. If the Company or any Subsidiary acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money 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 money held by it to the Trustee and account for any
funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any
payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require the Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds
disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for
the money so paid over to the Trustee.
Section
2.04. Replacement
Securities. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee
or if a Holder claims that its Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken, the Company will issue and the
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Trustee
will authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company and entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture; provided that (i) the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform
Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Company that
such requirements have been met within a reasonable time after such Holder has
notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not
register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request
to the Company prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as
defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected
purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee,
and (ii) the requirements of this Section 2.04 are met. An affidavit
of lost certificate and an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient
in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the
Trustee or any Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for the expenses of the
Company and the Trustee in replacing a Note. In case the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may pay the Note instead of issuing a
replacement Note.
Section
2.05. Outstanding Securities.
(a) Securities
outstanding at any time are all Securities that have been authenticated by the
Trustee except for:
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Securities
cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to it for
cancellation;
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(ii)
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any
Note which has been replaced pursuant to Section 2.04 unless and until the
Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser;
and
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on
or after the maturity date or any redemption date or date for purchase of
the Securities pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, those Securities payable or to be redeemed or
purchased on that date for which the Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds money sufficient to pay
all amounts then due.
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(b) A
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its
Affiliates holds the Note, provided that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding
Securities have given or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
instruction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company will be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding, (it being understood that in determining whether the
Trustee is protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned will be so disregarded). Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
Section
2.06. Temporary
Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee will authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities will be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and
other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the
temporary Securities, as evidenced by the execution of the temporary
Securities. If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of
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definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities will be exchangeable for definitive
Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of
the Company designated for the purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any temporary
Securities the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities will be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities.
Section
2.07. Cancellation. The
Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold. Any Registrar or the Paying Agent will
forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to it for transfer, exchange
or payment. The Trustee will cancel all Securities surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of them in accordance
with its normal procedures or the written instructions of the
Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section
2.08. CUSIP and CINS
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”
and “CINS” numbers, and the Trustee will use CUSIP numbers or CINS numbers in
notices of redemption or exchange or in Offers to Purchase as a convenience to
Holders, the notice to 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 redemption or exchange or Offer to Purchase. The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP
or CINS numbers.
Section
2.09. Registration, Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) The
Securities will be issued in registered form only, without coupons, and the
Company shall cause the Trustee to maintain a register (the “Register”) of the
Securities, for registering the record ownership of the Securities by the
Holders and transfers and exchanges of the Securities.
(b) (1) The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as Custodian with respect to any Global
Securities.
(2) Each
Global Security will be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee
and, so long as DTC is serving as the Depositary thereof, will bear the DTC
Legend.
(3) Each
Global Security will be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the
Depositary. Transfers of a Global Security (but not a beneficial interest
therein) will be limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees, except (1) as set forth
in Section 2.09(b)(4) and (2) transfers of portions thereof in the form of
Certificated Securities may be made upon request of an Agent Member (for itself
or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Trustee by or
on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of the
Depositary and in compliance with this Section 2.09 and Section
2.10.
(4) Agent
Members will have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, and the Depositary 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, the Depositary or its nominee may
grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person (including any Agent Member and
any Person that holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through an
Agent Member) to take any action
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which
a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities, and nothing
herein will impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
holder of any security.
(5) If
(x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for a Global Security and a successor depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of the notice or (y) an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee has received a request from the
Depositary, the Trustee will promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the
Global Security for one or more Certificated Securities in authorized
denominations having an equal aggregate principal amount registered in the name
of the owner of such beneficial interest, as identified to the Trustee by the
Depositary, and thereupon the Global Security will be deemed
canceled.
(c) Each
Certificated Security will be registered in the name of the holder thereof or
its nominee.
(d) A
Holder may transfer a Security (or a beneficial interest therein) to another
Person or exchange a Security (or a beneficial interest therein) for another
Security of any authorized denomination by presenting to the Trustee a written
request therefor stating the name of the proposed transferee or requesting such
an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion or other document
required by Section 2.10. The Trustee will promptly register any transfer or
exchange that meets the requirements of this Section 2.09 by noting the same in
the register maintained by the Trustee for the purpose; provided
that
(x) such denomination is a minimum of
$1,000 or a multiple thereof, and of a like aggregate principal amount, each
such Security bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture;
(y) no transfer or exchange will be
effective until it is registered in such register; and
(z) the Trustee will not be required (i)
to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Securities to be redeemed or purchased pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption or purchase
in whole or in part, except, in the case of a partial redemption or purchase,
that portion of any Security not being redeemed or purchased, or
(iii) if a redemption or a purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase is to occur
after a Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment
Date, to register the transfer of or exchange any Security on or after the Regular Record Date and
before the date of redemption or purchase. Prior to the registration of any
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and their agents will treat the Person in
whose name the Security is registered as the owner and Holder
thereof for all purposes (whether or not the Security is overdue), and will not be affected
by notice to the contrary.
From time to time the Company will
execute and the Trustee will authenticate additional Securities as necessary in
order to permit the registration of a transfer or exchange in accordance with
this Section 2.09.
No
service charge will be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
any Security, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(other than a transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange pursuant to subsection (b)(4)).
(e) (1) Global Security to Global
Security. If a beneficial interest in a Global Security is
transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Security,
the Trustee will (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the Global
Security being transferred or exchanged equal to the principal amount of such
transfer or exchange and (y) record a like increase in the principal amount of
the other Global Security. Any beneficial interest in one Global Security that
is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in
another Global Security, or exchanged for an interest in another Global
Security, will, upon transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such
Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security and,
accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer and exchange
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restrictions,
if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other
Global Security for as long as it remains such an interest.
(2) Global Security to Certificated
Security. If a beneficial interest in a Global Security is
transferred or exchanged for a Certificated Security, the Trustee will (x)
record a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Security equal to the
principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) deliver one or more new
Certificated Securities in authorized denominations having an equal aggregate
principal amount to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the owner of
such beneficial interest (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name of
such transferee or owner, as applicable.
(3) Certificated Security to Global
Security. If a Certificated Security is transferred or
exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security, the Trustee will (x)
cancel such Certificated Security, (y) record an increase in the principal
amount of such Global Security equal to the principal amount of such transfer or
exchange and (z) in the event that such transfer or exchange involves less than
the entire principal amount of the canceled Certificated Security, deliver to
the Holder thereof one or more new Certificated Securities in authorized
denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or
unexchanged portion of the canceled Certificated Security, registered in the
name of the Holder thereof.
(4) Certificated Security to
Certificated Security. If a Certificated Security is
transferred or exchanged for another Certificated Security, the Trustee will (x)
cancel the Certificated Security being transferred or exchanged, (y) deliver one
or more new Certificated Securities in authorized denominations having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such transfer or
exchange to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the Holder of the
canceled Certificated Security (in the case of an exchange), registered in the
name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such transfer or
exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled
Certificated Security, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more Certificated Securities in
authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
untransferred or unexchanged portion of the canceled Certificated Security,
registered in the name of the Holder thereof.
Section
2.10. Restrictions on Transfer and
Exchange. The transfer or exchange of any Security (or a
beneficial interest therein) may only be made in accordance with Section 2.09
and Section 2.11 and, in the case of a Global Security (or a beneficial interest
therein), the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The
Trustee shall refuse to register any requested transfer or exchange that does
not comply with the preceding sentence.
Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the
registration of transfer of any Restricted Securities, the Company or the
Trustee may require evidence satisfactory to them as to the compliance with the
restrictions set forth in the legend of such Securities.
Section
2.11. Transfer
Provisions. The Securities issued hereunder and all Securities
issued upon registration of transfer or exchange or replacement thereof may be
either Restricted Securities, in which case such Securities shall bear the
Restricted Securities Legend, unless the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee (and the Security Registrar, if other than the Trustee) a Company Order
stating that the Security is not a Restricted Security and may be issued without
such legend thereon, or Unrestricted Securities. Securities that are
issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, Unrestricted
Securities shall be Unrestricted Securities and shall not bear such legend. All
Securities issued by the Company on the Issue Date are Unrestricted
Securities.
Upon a transfer of a
Security not registered under the Securities Act or in compliance with Rule 144
under the Securities Act (each, a “Restricted Security”), such
Security will be required to bear the applicable legends set forth on the
face of the form of Security in Exhibit A and beneficial ownership of every
Restricted Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in
the Restricted Securities Legend required to be set forth on the face of each
Restricted Security, unless such restrictions on transfer shall be terminated in
accordance with this Section 2.11 or Section 2.09. The Holder of
each Restricted Security, by such Xxxxxx’s
acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by such restrictions on
transfer.
The restrictions imposed by this
Section 2.11 and by Section 2.10 upon the transferability of any particular
Restricted Security shall cease and terminate upon such Restricted Security
having been sold pursuant to an effective Resale Registration Statement under
the Securities Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto). Any Restricted
Security as to which the restrictions on transfer shall have expired in
accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon surrender of such
Restricted Security
for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.11, be exchanged for a new Security, of like tenor and aggregate
Principal Amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities
Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee in writing of the
effective date of any Resale Registration Statement registering the Securities
under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
aforementioned resale registration statement.
As used in the preceding three
paragraphs of this Section 2.11, the term “transfer” encompasses any sale,
pledge, transfer or other disposition of any Restricted
Security.
Each
Restricted Security will be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend
until such Restricted Security is transferred or exchanged pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in compliance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision
thereto). The following provisions shall apply to the transfer of a
Restricted Security:
(a) Private Placement
Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or
replacement of Securities not bearing the Restricted Securities Legend, the
Security Registrar shall deliver Securities that do not bear such
legend. Except in the case of a registration of transfer, exchange or
replacement pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or of a registration of
transfer, exchange or replacement in compliance with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto), Securities shall bear a
Restricted Securities Legend in accordance with Section 2.03(b).
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(b) General. By
its acceptance of any Security bearing the Restricted Securities Legend, each
Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such
Security set forth in this Indenture and in the Restricted Securities Legend and
agrees that it shall transfer such Security only as provided in this
Indenture. A transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security
that does not involve an exchange of such interest for a Certificated Security
or a beneficial interest in another Global Security shall be subject to
compliance with applicable law and the applicable procedures of the Depositary,
but is not subject any procedure required by this Indenture.
The
Security Registrar shall retain, in accordance with its customary procedures,
copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received
pursuant to this Section 2.11. The Company shall have the right to
inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written
notice to the Security Registrar.
Neither
the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall have any 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 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.
ARTICLE
III
REPURCHASE
AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
Section
3.01. Repurchase at the Option of the
Holder Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) The
Company must commence, within 30 days of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change,
an Offer to Purchase by mailing a notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase
Right Notice”) to Holders of Securities, and consummate an Offer to Purchase for
all Securities then Outstanding at a purchase price (the “Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price”) equal to 101% of their principal amount on the date of
purchase (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”).
The
Company will not be required to make an Offer to Purchase upon the occurrence of
a Fundamental Change if a third party makes an offer to purchase the Securities
in a manner, at the times and price and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements of this Indenture and purchases all Securities validly tendered and
not withdrawn in such offer to purchase.
Repurchases
of Securities under this Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder
thereof, prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon:
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if
the Securities are held in certificated form, delivery to the Trustee (or
other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by a Holder of a duly
completed notice (the “Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth on the
reverse of the Security or, if the Securities are held in global form, a
notice that complies with the Applicable Procedures;
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delivery
or book-entry transfer of the Securities to the Trustee (or other Paying
Agent appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary
endorsements) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or other
Paying Agent appointed by the Company), such delivery being a condition to
receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor;
provided that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid
pursuant to this Section 3.01 only if the Security so delivered to the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall conform in
all respects to the description thereof in the related Repurchase
Notice.
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The Repurchase Notice shall
state:
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(1)
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if
certificated, the certificate numbers of Securities to be delivered for
repurchase;
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(2)
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the
portion of the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased, which
must be $1,000 or a multiple
thereof;
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(3)
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that
the Securities are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Securities and this Indenture;
and
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the
CUSIP numbers, if any.
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Any
purchase of Securities or portions thereof by the Company contemplated pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 3.01 shall be consummated by the delivery to
the Holder of the payment in cash of the amount equal to the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery of the
Security; provided that
each Security purchased shall be in the principal amount of $1,000 or multiples
of $1,000.
The
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify
the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this
Section 3.01.
Any
Security that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the
Trustee (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 his attorney duly authorized in
writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities, containing identical terms and conditions,
each in an authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered; provided
that each new Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or
multiples of $1,000.
(b) Within
30 days of an occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to
all Holders of record of the Securities and the Trustee and Paying Agent a
notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice”) of the occurrence of
such Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right, if any, at the option of
the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such
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mailing
shall be by first class mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Right Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing
the information included therein in a newspaper of general circulation in The
City of New York or on the Company’s website or through such other public medium
as the Company may use at such time.
Each
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice shall specify (if
applicable):
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that
the Offer to Purchase is being made with respect to this Section
3.01;
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(ii)
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the
events causing the Fundamental
Change;
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(iii)
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the
date of the Fundamental Change;
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(iv)
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the
Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price;
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(v)
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the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (which shall be a Business Day no
earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Right Notice is
mailed);
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(vi)
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the
name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion
Agent;
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(vii)
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the
applicable Conversion Price and any adjustments to the applicable
Conversion Price;
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that
the Securities with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder
withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture;
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that
Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to the Offer to
Purchase will be required to surrender the Security, together with the
form entitled “Form of Repurchase Notice” on the reverse side of the
Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date;
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that
Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a telegram,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder,
the principal amount of Securities delivered for purchase and a statement
that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Securities
purchased;
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that
Holders whose Securities are being purchased only in part will be issued
new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the
Securities surrendered; provided that each Security purchased and each new
Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or multiples of
$1,000;
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the
procedures the Holder must follow to require the Company to purchase its
Securities under Section 3.01; and
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the
CUSIP numbers, if any.
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No
failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings
for the repurchase of the Securities pursuant to this Section 3.01.
(c) A
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written
notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice at any time prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date (the “Fundamental Change Expiration Time”), specifying:
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if
certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate numbers of the
withdrawn Securities, or if not certificated notice that complies with
applicable DTC procedures;
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the
principal amount of the Security with respect to which such notice of
withdrawal is being submitted; and
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the
principal amount, if any, of such Security that remains subject to the
original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in
principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple of
$1,000.
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(d) On
or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, the Company shall (a) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and not validly withdrawn; (b) deposit
with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company or if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 7.06) money sufficient to pay the purchase price of
all Securities or portions thereof so accepted; and (c) deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Trustee all Securities or portions thereof so accepted
together with an Officers’ Certificate specifying the Securities or portions
thereof accepted for payment by the Company. Subject to receipt of
funds and/or Securities by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the
Company), payment for Securities surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn)
prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time shall be made promptly after the
later of (x) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to such
Security (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions to the payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in this Section 3.01), and (y) the time of
book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Security to the Trustee (or other
Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner
required by this Section 3.01 by mailing checks for the amount payable to the
Holders of such Securities entitled thereto as they shall appear in the
Register; provided, however, that all payments shall be subject to Section
3.01(a) and payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its
nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon
written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(e) If
the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money or
Securities sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the
Business Day following the Fundamental
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Change
Repurchase Date, then on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (1)
such Securities shall cease to be outstanding, whether or not book-entry
transfer of the Securities has been made or the Securities have been delivered
to the Trustee or Paying Agent, and (2) all other rights of the Holders of such
Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the
Securities.
(f) No
Securities may be repurchased at the option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated, and such
acceleration has not been rescinded on or prior to such date.
(g) The
Company will publicly announce the results of an Offer to Purchase on or as soon
as possible after the date of purchase.
(h) The
Company will comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-l and any other
tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may be applicable; and
otherwise comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws.
ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
Section
4.01. Payment of
Securities. The Company will duly and punctually pay the
principal of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and
this Indenture. An installment of principal shall be considered paid
on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company, a
Subsidiary of the Company, or any Affiliate of any of them) holds as of 10:00
a.m. (New York City time) on that date money designated for and sufficient to
pay the installment. If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
or any Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, an installment of
principal shall be considered paid on the due date if the entity acting as
Paying Agent complies with the second sentence of Section 2.03(b). As
provided in Section 7.07, upon any bankruptcy or reorganization procedure
relative to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent, if any,
for the Securities.
Section
4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where
Securities may be surrendered for conversion and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of such office or
agency. 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 11.03.
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 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. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office of the Company in
accordance with Section 2.03.
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Section
4.03. Limitation on Indebtedness and
Issuances of Preferred Stock.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
Incur any Indebtedness, including Disqualified Stock (other than Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date), and the Company will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to issue Preferred Stock; provided that the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur
Acquired Indebtedness if, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.50 to
1.0.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company and any Restricted Subsidiary (except as specified below) may Incur each
and all of the following:
(1) Indebtedness
of the Company under any Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal
amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $300 million;
(2) Indebtedness
owed (A) to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor evidenced by an
unsubordinated promissory note or (B) to any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary; provided that (x) any event which results in any such Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than
to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary) shall
be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not
permitted by this clause (2) and (y) if the Company (or any Subsidiary that is a
Subsidiary Guarantor at the time such Indebtedness is Incurred) is the obligor
on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly contractually
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, in the case of the Company,
or the Security Guarantee, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(3) Indebtedness
issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance or
refund, then outstanding Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness outstanding under
clause (1), (2) or (4)) and any refinancings thereof in an amount not to exceed
the amount so refinanced or refunded (plus premiums, accrued interest, fees and
expenses); provided that (a) Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to
refinance or refund the Securities or Indebtedness that is pari passu with, or
subordinated in right of payment to, the Securities or a Security Guarantee
shall only be permitted under this clause (3) if (x) in case the Securities are
refinanced in part or the Indebtedness to be refinanced is pari passu with the Securities or a Security Guarantee,
such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or
instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is outstanding, is expressly
made pari passu with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the remaining
Securities or the Security Guarantee, or (y) in case the Indebtedness to be
refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or a Security
Guarantee, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement
or instrument pursuant to which such new Indebtedness is issued or remains
outstanding, is expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the Securities
or the Security Guarantee at least to the extent that the Indebtedness to be
refinanced is subordinated to the Securities or the Security Guarantee, (b) such
new Indebtedness, determined as of the date of Incurrence of such new
Indebtedness, does not mature prior to the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness
to be refinanced or refunded, and the Average Life of such new Indebtedness is
at least equal to the remaining Average Life of the Indebtedness to be
refinanced or refunded and (c) such new Indebtedness is Incurred by the Company
or a Subsidiary Guarantor or by the Restricted Subsidiary that is the obligor on
the Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded;
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(4) Indebtedness
of the Company, to the extent the net proceeds thereof are promptly (A) used to
purchase the Securities, 2017 Notes, 2015 Notes, 2013 Notes or 2011 Notes
tendered in an Offer to Purchase made as a result of a Fundamental Change or (B)
deposited to defease the Securities, 2017 Notes, 2015 Notes, 2013 Notes or 2011
Notes as set forth in Article 8; and
(5) Guarantees
of Indebtedness of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary by any Restricted
Subsidiary provided the Guarantee of such Indebtedness is permitted by and made
in accordance with Section 4.07.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness
that may be Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.03 will not be deemed to be
exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the result
of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies or due to fluctuations in
the value of commodities or securities which underlie such Indebtedness. For the
purposes of determining compliance with any restriction on the Incurrence of
Indebtedness (x), the U.S dollar equivalent principal amount of any Indebtedness
denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant
currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was Incurred, in
the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt
and (y) the principal amount of any Indebtedness which is calculated by
reference to any underlying security or commodity shall be calculated based on
the relevant closing price of such commodity or security on the date such
Indebtedness was incurred.
(c) For
purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness under this Section
4.03, (x) Indebtedness outstanding under any Credit Facility on the Closing Date
shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph of
clause (a) of this Section 4.03, (y) Guarantees, Liens or obligations with
respect to letters of credit supporting Indebtedness otherwise included in the
determination of such particular amount shall not be included and (z) any Liens
granted pursuant to the equal and ratable provisions referred to in Section 4.09
shall not be treated as Indebtedness. For purposes of determining compliance
with this Section 4.03, if an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more
than one of the types of Indebtedness described above (other than Indebtedness
referred to in clause (x) of the preceding sentence), including under the first
paragraph of part (a), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify, and
from time to time may reclassify, such item of Indebtedness.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor will Incur any Indebtedness if such
Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness unless
such Indebtedness is also subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or
the applicable Security Guarantee to the same extent.
(e) The
Company will not permit any Regulated Subsidiary (x) to Incur any Indebtedness
the proceeds of which are not invested in the business of such Bank Regulated
Subsidiary (or any Subsidiary of such Bank Regulated Subsidiary) or such Broker
Dealer Regulated Subsidiary (or any Subsidiary of such Broker Dealer Regulated
Subsidiary which is also a Regulated Subsidiary) and (y) to Incur any
Indebtedness for the purpose, directly or indirectly, of dividending or
distributing the proceeds of such Indebtedness to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; except that the Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Regulated Subsidiary
that does not comply with (x) or (y) above shall be permitted provided that such
Incurrence complies with paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03 as if such paragraph
applied to such Regulated Subsidiary.
Section
4.04. Limitation on Restricted
Payments.
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(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
(i) declare
or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or with respect to its Capital
Stock held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries (other than (w) dividends or
distributions payable solely in shares of its Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of
such Capital Stock, (x) pro rata dividends or distributions on Common Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries held by minority stockholders,
(y) dividends or distributions on non-voting Preferred Stock the proceeds from
the sale of which were invested in the business of such Regulated Subsidiary (or
any Subsidiary of such Regulated Subsidiary which is also a Regulated
Subsidiary), and (z) pro rata dividends on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries that
are real estate investment trusts, including Highland REIT, Inc., held by
minority stockholders;
(ii) purchase,
call for redemption or redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares
of Capital Stock of (A) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including
options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares of Capital Stock) held
by any Person (other than the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any
Regulated Subsidiary) or (B) a Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary Guarantor
(including options, warrants or other rights to acquire such shares of Capital
Stock) held by any Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company or a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary or Wholly Owned Regulated Subsidiary);
(iii) make
any voluntary or optional principal payment, or voluntary or optional
redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement for
value, of Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinated in right of payment
to the Securities or any Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is
subordinated in right of payment to a Security Guarantee; or
(iv) with
respect to the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary, make any Investment, other
than a Permitted Investment, in any Person, and (b) with respect to any
Regulated Subsidiary, make any Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary (such
payments or any other actions described in clauses (i) through (iv) above being
collectively “Restricted Payments”);
if, at the time of, and after giving
effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment:
(A) a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(B) the
Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under the first paragraph
of part (a) of Section 4.03;
(C) the
subsidiary subject to the Restricted Payment is both a Regulated Subsidiary and
a Significant Subsidiary that is not in compliance with applicable regulatory
capital or other material requirements of its regulators, such as the OTS or
FDIC, or any applicable state, federal or self regulatory organization, or would
fail to be in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements as a
consequence of the payment; or
(D) the
aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made after the Closing Date shall
exceed the sum of:
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(1) 50%
of the aggregate amount of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (or, if the
Adjusted Consolidated Net Income is a loss, minus 100% of the amount of such loss) accrued
on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period)
beginning on April 1, 2004 and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter
preceding the Transaction
Date for which reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee,
provided that such Adjusted Consolidated Net Income may only be recognized
during those quarters for which the Company has filed reports with the SEC to
the extent provided in Section 4.15 or has furnished comparable financial
information to the Trustee; plus
(2) the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company after April 1, 2004 as a
capital contribution or from the issuance and sale of its Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock) to a Person who is not a Subsidiary
of the Company, including an issuance or sale permitted by this Indenture of
Indebtedness of the Company for cash subsequent to April 1, 2004 upon the
conversion of such Indebtedness into Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company, or from the issuance to a Person who is not a Subsidiary
of the Company of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire Capital Stock
of the Company (in each case, exclusive of any Disqualified Stock or any
options, warrants or other rights that are redeemable at the option of the
holder, or are required to be redeemed, prior to the Stated Maturity of the
Securities); plus
(3) an
amount equal to the net reduction in Investments (other than reductions in
Permitted Investments) in any Person resulting from payments of interest on
Indebtedness, dividends, repayments of loans or advances, or other transfers of
assets, in each case to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary or from the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of any such Investment
(except, in each case, to the extent any such payment or proceeds are included
in the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income), from the release of any
Guarantee or from redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted
Subsidiaries (valued in each case as provided in the definition of
“Investments”), not to exceed, in each case, the amount of Investments
previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary; plus
(4) $100
million.
(b) The
foregoing provision shall not be violated by reason of:
(1) the
payment of any dividend or redemption of any Capital Stock within 60 days after
the related date of declaration or call for redemption if, at said date of
declaration or call for redemption, such payment or redemption would comply with
the preceding paragraph;
(2) the
redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value
of Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or any
Security Guarantee including premium, if any, with the proceeds of, or in
exchange for, Indebtedness Incurred under clause (3) of the second paragraph of
part (a) of Section 4.03;
(3) the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of Capital Stock of the Company, a
Subsidiary Guarantor, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Regulated Subsidiary (or
options, warrants or other rights to acquire such Capital Stock) or a dividend
on such Capital Stock in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a capital
contribution or a substantially concurrent offering of, shares of Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (or options, warrants or other
rights to acquire such Capital Stock); provided that such options,
warrants or other rights are not redeemable at the option of the holder, or
required to be redeemed, in each case other than in connection with a
Fundamental Change of the Company (provided that prior to any such repurchase,
redemption or other
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acquisition
in connection with a change of control, the Company has made an Offer to
Purchase and purchased all Securities, 2017 Notes, 2015 Notes, 2013 Notes and
2011 Notes validly tendered for payment in accordance with Section 4.12), prior
to the respective Stated Maturity of the Securities, 2017 Notes, 2015 Notes,
2013 Notes and 2011 Notes;
(4) the
making of any principal payment or the repurchase, redemption, retirement,
defeasance or other acquisition for value of Indebtedness which is subordinated
in right of payment to the Securities or any Security Guarantee in exchange for,
or out of the proceeds of a capital contribution or a substantially concurrent
offering of, shares of the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire such Capital Stock);
provided that such
options, warrants or other rights are not redeemable at the option of the
holder, or required to be redeemed, in each case other than in connection with a
Fundamental Change of the Company (provided that prior to any such repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition in connection with a change of control, the
Company has made an Offer to Purchase and purchased all Securities, 2017 Notes,
2015 Notes, 2013 Notes and 2011 Notes validly tendered for payment in accordance
with Section 3.01), prior to the respective Stated Maturity of the Securities,
2017 Notes, 2015 Notes, 2013 Notes and 2011 Notes;
(5) payments
or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant
to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets of the
Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Regulated Subsidiary and that, in the
case of the Company, comply with the provisions of this Indenture applicable to
mergers, consolidations and transfers of all or substantially all of the
property and assets of the Company;
(6) Investments
acquired as a capital contribution to, or in exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of, Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(7) the
repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon the exercise of options or
warrants if such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price
thereof;
(8) the
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Company’s Capital Stock (or
options, warrants or other rights to acquire such Capital Stock) from Persons
who are, or were formerly, employees of the Company and their Affiliates, heirs
and executors; provided
that the aggregate amount of all such repurchases pursuant to this clause (8)
shall not exceed $50 million;
(9) the
repurchase of Common Stock of the Company, or the declaration or payment of
dividends on Common Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that the aggregate
amount of all such declarations, payments or repurchases pursuant to this clause
(9) shall not exceed $100 million in any fiscal year; provided further that at the
time of declaration of such dividend or at the time of such repurchase (x) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (y) the Company
is able to Incur at least an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to the
first paragraph of Section 4.03; or
(10) any
payment of dividends with respect to the TARP Preferred Stock, any Substitution
Permanent Equity or any Capital Stock issued by the Company in any Qualified
Equity Offering; provided that the aggregate face amount of any Preferred Stock
issued by the Company in all Qualified Equity Offerings shall not exceed
$500,000,000 and the dividend rate on any Preferred Stock issued in a Qualified
Equity Offering shall not exceed 9.9% per annum; or
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(11) any
redemption or repurchase of any shares of TARP Preferred Stock, any TARP
Warrants, any Substitution Permanent Equity or any Capital Stock issued by the
Company in any Qualified Equity Offering, in each case using the Net Cash
Proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings; provided that the aggregate
face amount of any Preferred Stock issued by the Company in all Qualified Equity
Offerings shall not exceed $500,000,000 and the dividend rate on any Preferred
Stock issued in a Qualified Equity Offering shall not exceed 9.9% per
annum;
provided that, except in the case of clause (1), no Default or Event of
Default (excluding, in each case, clause (i) of Section 6.01) shall
have occurred and be
continuing or occur as a consequence of the actions or payments set forth
therein.
(c) Each
Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph (other than the
Restricted Payment referred to in clauses (10) or (11) thereof, clause (2)
thereof, an exchange of Capital Stock for Capital Stock or Indebtedness referred
to in clause (3) or (4) thereof, an Investment acquired as a capital
contribution or in exchange for Capital Stock referred to in clause (6) thereof,
the repurchase of Capital Stock referred to in clause (7) thereof, the
repurchase of Common Stock referred to in clause (9) thereof), and the Net Cash
Proceeds from any issuance of Capital Stock referred to in clause (3), (4) or
(6), shall be included in calculating whether the conditions of clause (D) of
the first paragraph of this Section 4.04 have been met with respect to any
subsequent Restricted Payments. If the proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock
of the Company are used for the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of
the Securities, or Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Securities or any
Security Guarantee, then the Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance shall be
included in clause (D) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.04 only to the
extent such proceeds are not used for such redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of Indebtedness.
(d) For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.04, (x) the amount, if
other than in cash, of any Restricted Payment shall be determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced
by a Board Resolution and (y) if a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more
than one of the types of Restricted Payments described in the above clauses,
including the first paragraph of this Section 4.04, the Company, in its sole
discretion, may order and classify, and from time to time may reclassify, such
Restricted Payment if it would have been permitted at the time such Restricted
Payment was made and at the time of such reclassification.
Section
4.05. Limitation on Dividends and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of
any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary
(other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) to:
(1) pay
dividends or make any other distributions permitted by applicable law on any
Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary owned by the
Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary;
(2) pay
any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary;
(3) make
loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary; or
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(4) transfer
any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary
or Regulated Subsidiary.
The foregoing provisions shall not
restrict any encumbrances or restrictions:
(1) existing
on the Closing Date in any Credit Facility, this Indentures or any other
agreements in effect on the Closing Date, and any extensions, refinancings,
renewals or replacements of such agreements; provided that the encumbrances and
restrictions in any such extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements
taken as a whole are no less favorable in any material respect to the Holders
than those encumbrances or restrictions that are then in effect and that are
being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced;
(2) existing
under or by reason of applicable law including rules and regulations of and
agreements with any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company,
any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Regulated Subsidiary, including, but not
limited to the OTS, the FDIC, the SEC or any self regulatory organization of
which such Regulated Subsidiary is a member, or the imposition of conditions or
requirements pursuant to the enforcement authority of any such regulatory
authority;
(3) existing
with respect to any Person or the property or assets of such Person acquired by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, existing at
the time of such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof, which
encumbrances or restrictions are not applicable to any Person or the property or
assets of any Person other than such Person or the property or assets of such
Person so acquired and any extensions, refinancings, renewals or replacements
thereof; provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such extensions,
refinancings, renewals or replacements taken as a whole are no less favorable in
any material respect to the Holders than those encumbrances or restrictions that
are then in effect and that are being extended, refinanced, renewed or
replaced;
(4) in
the case of clause (4) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.05:
(A) that
restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any
property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar
property or asset;
(B) existing
by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with
respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary or any Regulated Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this
Indenture; or
(C) arising
or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any
Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, detract from
the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary taken as a whole; or
(5) with
respect to a Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary and imposed pursuant
to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all of the Capital Stock of, or property and assets of, such
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary.
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Nothing contained in this Section 4.05
shall prevent the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Regulated Subsidiary
from (1) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise
permitted in Section 4.09 or (2) restricting the sale or other disposition of
property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Regulated Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated Subsidiaries.
Section
4.06. Limitation on the Issuance and Sale
of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries. The Company will not sell, and will not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to
issue or sell, any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary or
Regulated Subsidiary (including options, warrants or other rights to purchase
shares of such Capital Stock) except:
(1) (i)
with respect to the capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, to the Company or
a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or, (ii) in the case of Regulated
Subsidiary, to the Company, a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a Wholly
Owned Regulated Subsidiary;
(2) issuances
of director’s qualifying shares or sales to foreign nationals of shares of
Capital Stock of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent required by
applicable law;
(3) if,
immediately after giving effect to such issuance or sale, such Restricted
Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment
in such Person remaining after giving effect to such issuance or sale would have
been permitted to be made under Section 4.04 if made on the date of such
issuance or sale;
(4) (i)
sales of Common Stock (including options, warrants or other rights to purchase
shares of such Common Stock but excluding Disqualified Stock) of a Restricted
Subsidiary or a Regulated Subsidiary by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or
a Regulated Subsidiary, provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
or Regulated Subsidiary applies the Net Cash Proceeds of any such sale in
accordance with clause (A) or (B) of Section 4.11 and (ii) issuances of
Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary would
be entitled to Incur such Indebtedness under Section 4.03; or
(5) sales
of Capital Stock, other than Common Stock, by a Regulated Subsidiary or a
Subsidiary of such Regulated Subsidiary, the proceeds of which are invested in
the business of such Regulated Subsidiary.
Section
4.07. Future Subsidiary
Guarantees. The Company will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to Guarantee any
Indebtedness (“Guaranteed Indebtedness”) of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary), unless (a) such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary, to the extent permitted by law, simultaneously executes and delivers
a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee (a
“Subsidiary Guarantee”) of
payment of the Securities by such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary and (b) such
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of
reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company
or any other Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary as a result of any
payment by such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary under its
Subsidiary Guarantee until the Securities have been paid in full. The
obligations of any such future Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited so as not to
constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable federal or state
laws. In addition, on the Trigger Date, the Company shall cause each
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guarantee of
payment of the Securities by each such Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent
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permitted by law.
If the Guaranteed Indebtedness is (A)
pari passu in right of payment with the Securities or any Security Guarantee,
then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be pari passu in right
of payment with, or subordinated to, the Subsidiary Guarantee or (B)
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or any Security Guarantee,
then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be subordinated in
right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the extent that the
Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or the Security
Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Subsidiary Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary may
provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released
and discharged upon any:
(1) sale,
exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of
the Company’s and each Restricted Subsidiary’s and Regulated Subsidiary’s
Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary (which sale, exchange or transfer is not
prohibited by this Indenture) or upon the designation of such Restricted
Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture; or
(2) the
release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in the creation of such
Subsidiary Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment
under such Guarantee.
Section
4.08. Limitation on Transactions with
Shareholders and Affiliates. The Company will not, and will
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, enter into, renew or extend any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or assets, or the
rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company or any Affiliates of
any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, except upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
or Regulated Subsidiary than could be obtained, at the time of such transaction
or, if such transaction is pursuant to a written agreement, at the time of the
execution of the agreement providing therefor, in a comparable arm’s-length
transaction with a Person that is not such a holder or an
Affiliate.
The foregoing limitation does not limit,
and shall not apply to:
(1) transactions
(A) approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors or (B) for which the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Regulated
Subsidiary delivers to the Trustee a written opinion of a nationally recognized
investment banking, accounting, valuation or appraisal firm stating that the
transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary from a financial point of view;
(2) any
transaction solely among the Company, its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries
or its Wholly Owned Regulated Subsidiaries or any combination
thereof;
(3) the
payment of reasonable and customary regular fees to directors of the Company who
are not employees of the Company and customary indemnification arrangements
entered into by the Company;
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(4) any
payments or other transactions pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement between the
Company and any other Person with which the Company files a consolidated tax
return or with which the Company is part of a consolidated group for tax
purposes;
(5) any
sale of shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company;
(6) the
granting or performance of registration rights under a written agreement and
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, containing customary terms,
taken as a whole;
(7) loans
to an Affiliate who is an officer, director or employee of the Company, a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Regulated Subsidiary by a Regulated Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business in accordance with Sections 7 and 13(k) of the
Exchange Act;
(8) deposit,
checking, banking and brokerage products and services typically offered to our
customers on substantially the same terms and conditions as those offered to our
customers, or in the case of a Bank Regulated Subsidiary, as otherwise permitted
under Regulation O promulgated by the Board of Governors of under the Federal
Reserve System; or
(9) any
Permitted Investments or any Restricted Payments not prohibited by Section
4.04.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
transaction or series of related transactions covered by the first paragraph of
this Section 4.08 and not covered by clauses (2) through (6) of this paragraph,
(a) the aggregate amount of which exceeds $15 million in value, must be approved
or determined to be fair in the manner provided for in clause (l)(A) or (B)
above and (b) the aggregate amount of which exceeds $25 million in value, must
be determined to be fair in the manner provided for in clause (l)(B)
above.
Section
4.09. Limitation on
Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on
any of its assets or properties of any character, or any shares of Capital Stock
or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, without making effective provision
for all of the Securities and all other amounts due under this Indenture to be
directly secured equally and ratably with (or, if the obligation or liability to
be secured by such Lien is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities,
prior to) the obligation or liability secured by such Lien.
The foregoing limitation does not apply
to:
(1) Liens
existing on the Closing Date (other than the Liens securing Indebtedness
(including Hedging Obligations with respect thereto) under any Credit
Facility);
(2) Liens
granted after the Closing Date on any assets or Capital Stock of the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries created in favor of the Holders;
(3) Liens
with respect to the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary granted by such Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or Wholly
Owned Regulated Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness owing to the Company or such
other Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary;
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(4) Liens
securing Indebtedness which is Incurred to refinance secured Indebtedness which
is permitted to be Incurred under clause (3) of the second paragraph of Section
4.03; provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary other than
the property or assets securing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(5) Liens
securing Indebtedness (including Hedging Obligations with respect thereto) under
any Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300
million;
(6) Liens
(including extensions and renewals thereof) upon real or personal property
acquired after the Closing Date; provided that (a) any such Lien is created
solely for the purpose of securing Indebtedness Incurred, in accordance with
Section 4.03, to finance the cost (including the cost of improvement or
construction and fees and expenses related to the acquisition) of the item of property
or assets subject thereto and such Lien is created prior to, at the time of or
within twelve months after the later of the acquisition, the completion of
construction or the commencement of full operation of such property, (b) the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed 100%
of such cost and (c) any such Lien shall not extend to or cover any property or
assets other than such item of property or assets and any improvements on such
item;
(7) Liens
on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness, or
government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent
that such cash or government securities pre-fund the payment of interest on such
Indebtedness and are held in a collateral or escrow account or similar
arrangement to be applied for such purpose;
(8) Liens
incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of a
Regulated Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business including Liens incurred
in the Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary’s securities business with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $200 million at any one time outstanding and that
are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of
advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business);
or
(9) Permitted
Liens.
Section
4.10. Limitation on Sale-leaseback
Transactions. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback
Transaction involving any of its assets or properties whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
The foregoing restriction does not apply
to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction if:
(1) the
lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three
years;
(2) the
lease secures or relates to industrial revenue or pollution control
bonds;
(3) the
transaction is solely among the Company, its Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries or its Wholly Owned Regulated Subsidiaries or any combination
thereof; or
(4) the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, within 12 months
after the sale or transfer of any assets or properties is completed, applies
an
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amount
not less than the net proceeds received from such sale in accordance with clause
(A) or (B) of the third paragraph of Section 4.11.
Section
4.11. Limitation on Asset
Sales. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate any Asset Sale, unless (1) the
consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is at least
equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or disposed of and (2) at
least 75% of the consideration received consists of (a) cash or Temporary Cash
Investments, (b) the assumption of unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary Guarantor or Indebtedness of any other Restricted Subsidiary (in
each case, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company), provided that the
Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor, such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be is irrevocably and unconditionally released from all liability under such
Indebtedness or (c) Replacement Assets.
The Company will not, and will not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary to consummate any
Regulated Sale unless (1) the consideration received by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary is at least equal to the Fair
Market Value of the assets sold or disposed of and (2) at least 75% of the
consideration received consists of (a) cash or Temporary Cash Investments, (b)
the assumption of unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or Indebtedness of any other Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary (in each case, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company),
provided that the Company, such Subsidiary
Guarantor, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Regulated Subsidiary, as the case
may be is irrevocably and unconditionally released from all liability under such
Indebtedness or (c) Replacement Assets.
If and to the extent that the Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Regulated Subsidiaries (excluding the first $300 million of Net Cash Proceeds
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Regulated
Subsidiaries from Asset Sales and Regulated Sales after the Closing Date) from
one or more Asset Sales or Regulated Sales in any period of 12 consecutive
months exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth (determined as of the date closest
to the commencement of such 12 month period for which a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been filed with the SEC or
provided to the Trustee), then the Company shall
or shall cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary
to:
(1) within
twelve months after the date Net Cash Proceeds so received exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Worth,
(A) apply
an amount equal to such excess Net Cash Proceeds to permanently repay
unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or Indebtedness or to redeem or
repurchase Capital Stock, otherwise permitted by this Indenture, of any
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary, in each case owing to or owned by
a Person other than the Company or any Affiliate of the Company; or
(B) invest
an equal amount, or the amount not so applied pursuant to clause (A) (or enter
into a definitive agreement committing to so invest within 12 months after the
date of such agreement), in Replacement Assets; and
(2) apply
(no later than the end of the 12-month period referred to in clause (1)) such
excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (1)) as
provided in the following paragraphs of this Section 4.11.
If and to the extent that the Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
Regulated Subsidiaries from one or more Regulated Sales in any period of 12
consecutive
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months exceed 10% of Consolidated Net
Worth (determined as of the date closest to the commencement of such 12 month
period for which a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has been filed with the SEC or provided to the Trustee), then the
Company shall or shall cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated
Subsidiary to apply (no later than the end of the 12-month period referred to in
clause (1)) such excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to
clause (1)) as provided in the following paragraphs of this Section
4.11.
The amount of such excess Net Cash
Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied) during such
12-month period as set forth in clause (1) of the preceding sentence and not
applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute “Excess
Proceeds.”
If, as of the first day of any calendar
month, the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an
Offer to Purchase pursuant to this Section 4.11 totals at least $50 million, the
Company must commence, not later than the fifteenth Business Day of such month,
and consummate an Offer to Purchase from the Holders (and if required by the
terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Securities (“Pari Passu
Indebtedness”), from the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a pro rata
basis an aggregate principal amount of Securities (and Pari Passu Indebtedness)
equal to the Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of
their principal amount, plus, in each case, accrued interest (if any) to the
Payment Date.
To the extent that the aggregate amount
of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness so validly tendered and not properly
withdrawn pursuant to an Offer to Purchase is less than the Excess Proceeds, the
Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any other purpose which is
permitted by this Indenture.
If the aggregate principal amount of
Securities surrendered by holders thereof and other Pari Passu Indebtedness
surrendered by holders or lenders, collectively, exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness to
be purchased on a pro rata basis on the basis of the aggregate principal amount
of tendered Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness. Upon completion of such
Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset to
zero.
Section
4.12. [Intentionally
Omitted.]
Section
4.13. Limitation on Lines of
Business. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary or Regulated Subsidiary to, engage in any business other
than a Related Business.
Section
4.14. Effectiveness of
Covenants. The covenants set forth in Sections 4.03, 4.04,
4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.15 and 4.19 will no longer be in
effect upon the Company attaining Investment Grade Status (the “Terminated
Covenants”). The Terminated Covenants will not be reinstated regardless of
whether the Company’s credit rating is subsequently downgraded from Investment
Grade Status.
Section
4.15. SEC Reports and Reports to
Holders. The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 30
days after the filing of the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports, if any, which the Company is required to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent permitted, and
provide the Trustee and Holders with such annual reports and such information,
documents and other reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, provided that the Company need not file such reports or other information
if, and so long
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as, it
would not be required to do so pursuant to Rule 12h-5 under the Exchange Act.
The Company will also comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the
TIA. 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
4.16. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any
Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary, and (b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which,
if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings.
Section
4.17. Compliance
Certificates.
(a) Officers
of the Company must certify, on or before a date not more than 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year, that a review has been conducted of the activities
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Regulated Subsidiaries and
the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ and its Regulated Subsidiaries’
performance under this Indenture and that, to their knowledge, the Company has
fulfilled all obligations hereunder, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default and the nature
and status thereof. The Company will also be obligated to deliver to the
Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any
events that would constitute a default, the status of those events and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. Such
certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company as to
his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 4.17, such
compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If any of the officers of
the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of
Default, the certificate shall describe any such Default or Event of Default and
its status. The first certificate to be delivered pursuant to this Section
4.17(a) shall be for the first fiscal year beginning after the execution of this
Indenture.
(b) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year in which this Indenture was
executed, a certificate signed by the Company’s independent certified public
accountants stating (i) that their audit examination has included a review of
the terms of this Indenture and the Securities as they relate to accounting
matters, (ii) that they have read the most recent Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 4.17 and
(iii) whether, in connection with their audit examination, anything came to
their attention that caused them to believe that the Company was not in
compliance with any of the terms, covenants, provisions or conditions of Article
4 and Section 5.01 of this Indenture as they pertain to accounting matters and,
if any
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Default
or Event of Default has come to their attention, specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof; provided that such independent certified public
accountants shall not be liable in respect of such statement by reason of any
failure to obtain knowledge of any such Default or Event of Default that would
not be disclosed in the course of an audit examination conducted in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards in effect at the date of such
examination. The Company shall not be required to comply with the foregoing clause (b) with respect to
any fiscal year if such compliance would be contrary to the recommendations of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants so long as the Company
delivers to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of such fiscal year an
Officer’s Certificate stating that such compliance would be so contrary and any
facts particular to the Company that may have caused such compliance to be so
contrary.
Section
4.18. 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 law or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company 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
4.19. Maintenance of
Capitalization. The Company shall not permit any Bank
Regulated Subsidiary that constitutes a federally insured depositary institution
to fail to be at least Well Capitalized for a period of more than 30 consecutive
days in any fiscal quarter of the Company.
ARTICLE
V
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
Section
5.01. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets. The Company will not consolidate with, merge with or
into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an
entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person
or permit any Person to merge with or into it unless:
(a) it
shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than it) formed by such
consolidation or into which it is merged or that acquired or leased such
property and assets of (the “Surviving Person”) shall be an entity organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the Company’s obligations under
this Indenture and the Securities; provided, that if such continuing Person or
Person shall not be a corporation, such entity shall organize or have a
wholly-owned Subsidiary in the form of a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof, and
shall cause such corporation to expressly assume, as a party to the supplemental
indenture referenced above, as a co-obligor, each of such continuing Person or
Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities;
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company or the
Surviving Person, as the case may be, shall have a Consolidated Net Worth equal
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to or
greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction;
(d) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis the Company or the
Surviving Person, as the case may be, could Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness
under the first paragraph of Section 4.03;
(e) it
delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (attaching the arithmetic
computations to demonstrate compliance with clauses (c) and (d)) and Opinion of
Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and
such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied
with; and
(f) each
Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is the Person with which
the Company has entered into a transaction under this Section 5.01, shall have
by amendment to its Security Guarantee confirmed that its Security Guarantee
shall apply to the obligations of the Company or the Surviving Person in
accordance with the Securities and this Indenture;
provided, however, that clauses (c) and (d) above do not
apply if, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, the
principal purpose of such transaction is to change the state of organization or
convert the form of organization of the Company to another form, and any such
transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing
limitations.
Section
5.02. Successor
Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 of this
Indenture, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition 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 Person had been named as the Company herein; provided that
the Company shall not be released from its obligation to pay the principal of
the Securities in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its
property and assets.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section
6.01. Events of
Default. Any of the following events shall constitute an
“Event of Default” hereunder:
(a) default
in the payment of principal of any Security when the same becomes due and
payable at maturity, upon required repurchase, upon acceleration or
otherwise;
(b) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Securities into
shares of Common Stock or Reference Property (as defined in Section 12.10(b) of
this Indenture) as applicable upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion
right;
(c) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 5;
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(d) failure
by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice in
accordance with Section 3.01 or to comply with its notice requirements under
Section 4.11;
(e) the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or breaches
any other covenant or agreement in this Indenture or under the Securities (other
than a default specified in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.01)
and such default or breach continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after
written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities;
(f) there
occurs with respect to any issue or issues of Indebtedness of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary having an outstanding principal amount of $20 million or
more in the aggregate for all such issues of all such Persons, whether such
Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, (I) an event of default
that has caused the holder thereof to declare such Indebtedness to be due and
payable prior to its Stated Maturity and such Indebtedness has not been
discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled
within 30 days of such acceleration or (II) the failure to make a principal
payment at the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such defaulted
payment shall not have been made, waived or extended;
(g) any
final judgment or order (not covered by insurance), that is non-appealable, for
the payment of money in excess of $20 million in the aggregate for all such
final judgments or orders against all such Persons (treating any deductibles,
self-insurance or retention as not so covered) shall be rendered against the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary and shall not be paid or discharged, and
there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days following entry of the final
judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments
or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to
exceed $20 million during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or
order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in
effect;
(h) a
court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (A)
relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, (B) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or (C) the winding up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and, in
each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days;
(i) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (A) commences a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, (B) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or (C) effects any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors;
(j) failure
by any Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary to
meet the minimum capital requirements imposed by applicable regulatory
authorities, and such condition continues for a period of 30 days after the
Company or such Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary first becomes aware of such
failure;
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(k) failure
by any Bank Regulated Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary to be at least
“adequately capitalized,” as defined in regulations of applicable regulatory
authorities; provided that an Event of Default under this clause (k) shall not
have occurred until (x) 45 days from the time that such Bank Regulated
Subsidiary has notice or is deemed to have notice of such failure unless a
capital restoration plan has been filed the with OTS within that time (y) the
expiration of a 90-day period commencing on the earlier of the date of initial
submission of a capital restoration plan to the OTS (unless such capital plan is
approved by the OTS before the expiration of such 90-day period or, if the OTS
has notified us that it needs additional time to determine whether to approve
such capital plan, in which case such 90-day period shall be extended until the
OTS determines whether to approve such capital plan, such capital plan is
approved by the OTS upon the expiration of such extended period);
(l) if
the Company or any Subsidiary that holds Capital Stock of a Broker Dealer
Regulated Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary shall become ineligible to
hold such Capital Stock by reason of a statutory disqualification or
otherwise;
(m) the
Commission shall revoke the registration of any Broker Dealer Regulated
Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary as a broker-dealer under the
Exchange Act or any such Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary shall fail to
maintain such registration;
(n) the
Examining Authority (as defined in Rule 15c3-l of the Exchange Act) for any
Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary shall
suspend (and shall not reinstate within 10 days) or shall revoke such Broker
Dealer Regulated Subsidiary’s status as a member organization
thereof;
(o) the
occurrence of any event of acceleration in a subordination agreement, as defined
in Appendix D to Rule 15c3-l of the Exchange Act, to which the Company or any
Broker Dealer Regulated Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary is a
party;
(p) any
Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary repudiates its obligations
under its Security Guarantee or, except as permitted by this Indenture, any
Security Guarantee is determined to be unenforceable or invalid or shall for any
reason cease to be in full force and effect; or
(q) failure
of the Company to comply with Section 4.19.
Section
6.02. Acceleration. If
an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or
(i) of Section 6.01 that occurs with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, then
outstanding, by written notice to the Company (and to the Trustee if such notice
is given by the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders
shall, declare the principal of the Securities to be immediately due and
payable. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal shall be immediately
due and payable. In the event of a declaration of acceleration because an Event
of Default set forth in clause (f) of Section 6.01 has occurred and is
continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically rescinded
and annulled if the event of default triggering such Event of Default pursuant
to clause (f) of Section 6.01 shall be remedied or cured by the Company or the
relevant Significant Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant
Indebtedness within 60 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect
thereto. If an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of
Section 6.01 occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of the Securities
then outstanding shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder. The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
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outstanding
Securities by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
past defaults and rescind and annul a declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if (x) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of
the principal of the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration
of acceleration, have been cured or waived and (y) the rescission would not
conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Section
6.03. Control by
Majority. With respect to the Securities, the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided
that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or
this Indenture, that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the
Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of
Holders of Securities not joining in the giving of such direction and may take
any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such
direction received from Holders of Securities of that
series.
Section
6.04. Limitation on
Suits. A Holder of any Security of any series may not
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture
or that series of Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) the
Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default;
(b) the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities
make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such
Holder or Holders offer the Trustee 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 the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(e) the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities do not give the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, is inconsistent with the request within such 60-day
period.
For purposes of Section 6.03 of this
Indenture and this Section 6.04, the Trustee shall comply with TIA Section
316(a) in making any determination of whether the Holders of the required
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities of a particular series have
concurred in any request or direction of the Trustee to pursue any remedy
available to the Trustee or the Holders with respect to this Indenture or the
Securities of that series or otherwise under the law.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to
prejudice the rights of another Holder of Securities of the same series or to
obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder (it being understood that
the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such
actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such
Holders).
Section
6.05. Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of the
principal of such Security or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, on or after the due date expressed in the Securities, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
Section
6.06. Collection Suit by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if default is made in the
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payment
of the principal of any Security at the maturity thereof, the Company will, upon
demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for
principal at the rate borne by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its
rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
Section
6.07. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and 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, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and the Holders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor of the
Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered
to collect and receive any monies, securities or other property payable or
deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Securities or upon any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other 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 to the Trustee any amount due to it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower 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
6.08. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims
under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted
by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section
6.09. Priorities. If the
Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the
money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for all amounts
due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Holders for amounts then due
and unpaid for principal of the Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities; and
Third: to the Company or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice
to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders pursuant to this Section 6.09.
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Section
6.10. 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in
such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that neither this
Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to
require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted
by the Company or in any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any
Security in accordance with Article 12.
Section
6.11. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding 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 such
case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders 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.
Section
6.12. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken
Securities in Section 2.04, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
Section
6.13. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee (subject to the limitations
contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
7.01. General.
(a) The
duties and responsibilities of the Trustee are as provided by the TIA and as set
forth herein. Whether or not expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee is subject to this Article.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee need perform only
those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others,
and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise those rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s
own affairs.
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(c) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its
own willful misconduct.
Section
7.02. Certain Rights of
Trustee. Subject to TIA Sections 315(a) through
(d):
(a) In
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, and
will 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 Person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document, but, in the case of any document which is
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to any provision
hereof, the Trustee shall examine the document to determine whether it conforms
to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). The
Trustee, in its discretion, may make further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it sees fit.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel conforming to Section 11.05 and the Trustee
will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on the certificate or opinion.
(c) The
Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for
the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it
against the loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
(e) The
Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers or for
any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction of the
Holders in accordance with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture.
(f) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, unless it receives
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(h) 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
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Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture.
(i) 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
each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(j) 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; and
(k)
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action.
Section
7.03. 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 the
Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is
subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311. For purposes of TIA Section 311(b)(4)
and (6):
(a) “cash transaction” means any
transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within
seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or
other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
and
(b) “self-liquidating paper” means
any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn,
negotiated or incurred for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and
which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien
upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising
from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the
security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with
the creation of the creditor relationship arising from the making, drawing,
negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation.
Section
7.04. Trustee’s
Disclaimer. The Trustee (i) makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, (ii) is not
accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the
Securities and (iii) is not responsible for any statement in the Securities
other than its certificate of authentication.
Section
7.05. Notice of
Default. If any Default occurs and is continuing and is known
to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail notice of the Default to each Holder
within 90 days after it occurs, unless the Default has been cured; provided
that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of any
Security or a conversion default, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so
long as a committee of trust officers of the Trustee in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders. Notice to Holders
under this Section will be given in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA
Section 313(c).
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Section
7.06. Reports by Trustee to
Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May
15, 2010, the Trustee will mail to each Holder, as provided in TIA Section
313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15, if required by TIA Section
313(a), and file such reports with each stock exchange upon which its Securities
are listed and with the Commission as required by TIA Section
313(d).
Section
7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity.
(a) The
Company will pay the Trustee compensation as agreed upon in writing for its
services. The compensation of the Trustee is not limited by any law on
compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, including the reasonable
compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b) The
Company will indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and
all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes
based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by
it without negligence or willful misconduct on its part arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and its
duties under this Indenture and the Securities, including the costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any
Holder or any other Person) or liability and of complying with any process
served upon it or any of its officers in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture and the
Securities.
(c) To
secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee will have
a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to
pay principal of particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or
renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(g) or Section 6.01(h), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
This section shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee or the termination of this
Indenture.
Section
7.08. Replacement of
Trustee.
(a)
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The
Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to the
Company.
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(2)
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may
remove the Trustee by written notice to the Trustee.
(3) If
the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 or in the circumstances
described in TIA Section 310(b), any Holder that satisfies the requirements of
TIA Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(4) The
Company may remove the Trustee if: (i) the Trustee is no longer eligible under
Section 7.10; (ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; (iii) a
receiver
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or other
public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the Trustee
becomes incapable of acting.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee
and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the
successor Xxxxxxx’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this
Section.
(b) If
the Trustee has been removed by the Holders, Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the
Company. Otherwise, if the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists
in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written
acceptance within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
at the expense of the Company in the case of the Trustee, for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
(c) Upon
delivery by the successor Trustee of a written acceptance of its appointment to
the retiring Trustee and to the Company, (i) the retiring Trustee will transfer
all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.07, (ii) the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee will become effective, and (iii) the successor Trustee will have all the
rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. Upon request of
any successor Trustee, the Company will execute any and all instruments for
fully and vesting in and confirming to the successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts. The Company will give notice of any resignation and any
removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Holders, and include in the notice the name of the successor Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office.
(d) Notwithstanding
replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations
under Section 7.07 will continue for the benefit of the retiring
Trustee.
(e) The
Trustee agrees to give the notices provided for in, and otherwise comply with,
TIA Section 310(b).
Section
7.09. Successor Trustee by
Xxxxxx. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts
into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to,
another corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act
will be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee
had been named as the Trustee in this Indenture.
Section
7.10. Eligibility. This
Indenture must always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a) and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as
set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Section
7.11. Money Held in
Trust. The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any
money received by it except as it may agree with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article
8.
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ARTICLE
VIII
DEFEASANCE
AND DISCHARGE
Section
8.01. Discharge of Company’s
Obligations.
(a) Subject
to paragraph (b), the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture, and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under its Securities
Guarantee, will terminate if:
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(1) all
Securities that have been authenticated and delivered (other than (A) destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced, Securities that are paid
pursuant to Section 4.01 and (B) Securities for whose payment money or
securities have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the
Company pursuant to Section 8.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable under such Indenture;
or
(2) all
Securities have become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, or on any
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or upon conversion or otherwise, and the
Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust
solely for the benefit of the Holders, or delivered to the Holders, as
applicable, money or U.S. Government Obligations, or shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon conversion, as applicable, sufficient, to pay principal,
premium, if any, and shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion, if
applicable, on the Securities to the date of maturity or repurchase and all
other sums payable under such Indenture;
(ii) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under such Indenture or any other instrument to which the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor is bound;
(iii) the
Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the
deposited money toward the payment of the Securities at maturity or the
repurchase date, as applicable; and
(iv) the
Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
(b) After
satisfying the conditions in clause (a)(i)(1), only the Company’s obligations
under Section 7.07 will survive. After satisfying the conditions in clause
(a)(i)(2), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii), only the Company’s obligations in Article 2,
Article 12 and Sections 4.01, 4.02, 7.07, 7.08, 8.05 and 8.06 will survive. In
either case, the Trustee upon request will acknowledge in writing the discharge
of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture other than
the surviving obligations.
Section
8.02. Reserved.
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Section
8.03. Covenant
Defeasance. The Company may, subject as provided herein, be
released from their respective obligations to comply with, and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation, set forth in Sections
4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, and 4.19,
clauses (c) and (d) of Section 5.01, clauses (c) and (d) of Section 6.01
with respect to such clauses (c) and (d) of Section 5.01 and Section 4.11,
clause (e) of Section 6.01 with respect to the covenants contained in
Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10,
4.11 and 4.13, and clauses (f) and (g) of Section 6.01 shall not
constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01 (“Covenant Defeasance”)
if:
(a) the
Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee, as trust funds
solely for the benefit of the Holders, money and/or U.S. Government Obligations
or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certificate
thereof delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment, to
pay principal of, premium, if any, on the Securities to maturity or repurchase,
as the case may be, provided that any repurchase before maturity has been
irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee;
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default,
or event that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become
an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such
deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound;
(c) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the defeasance trust is not required to register as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 and, after the passage of 123 days following
the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and
Creditor Law;
(d) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein
relating to the defeasance have been complied with; and
(e) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times as would otherwise have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had
not occurred.
Except as
specifically stated above, none of the Company’s obligations under the
Indenture, including without limitation, the Company’s obligation to convert the
Securities pursuant to Article 12, will be discharged.
Section
8.04. Application of Trust
Money. Subject to Section 8.05, the Trustee will hold in trust
the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section
8.01 or 8.03, and apply the deposited money and the proceeds from deposited U.S.
Government Obligations to the payment of principal on the Securities in
accordance with the Securities and this Indenture. Such money and U.S.
Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the
Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the
U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.01 or 8.03 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding
Securities.
Section
8.05. Repayment to
Company. Subject to Sections 7.07, 8.01 and 8.03, the Trustee
will promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money held by the
Trustee at any time and thereupon be relieved from all liability with respect to
such money. The Trustee will pay to the Company upon request any money held for
payment with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
provided that before making such payment the Trustee may at the expense of the
Company publish once in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City, or
send to each Holder entitled to such money, notice that the money remains
unclaimed and that after a date specified in the notice (at least 30 days after
the date of the publication or notice) any remaining unclaimed balance of money
will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to
such money must look solely to the Company for payment, unless applicable law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such
money will cease.
Section
8.06. Reinstatement. If
and for so long as the Trustee is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations held in trust pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.03 by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
will be reinstated as though no such deposit in trust had been made. If the
Company makes any payment of principal of any Securities because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, it will be subrogated to the rights of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S.
Government Obligations held in trust.
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ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section
9.01. Amendments Without Consent of
Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement
this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the consent of any
Holder:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; provided that
such amendments or supplements shall not, in the good faith opinion of the Board
of Directors of the Company as evidenced by a Board Resolution, adversely affect
the interest of the Holders in any material respect;
(b) to
comply with Section 4.07 or Article 5;
(c) to
comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(d) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment hereunder by a
successor Xxxxxxx, registrar, paying agent or conversion agent;
(e) make
any change that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors as
evidenced by a Board Resolution, does not materially and adversely affect the
rights of any Holder; provided that any amendment to conform the terms of this
Indenture or the Securities to the “Description of the Debentures” section of
the Company’s offering memorandum dated June [●], 2009 relating to the offering
of the Securities will not be deemed to be adverse to any Holder;
(f) to
provide for certificated Securities in addition to or in place of global
Securities issued thereunder;
(g) to
add Guarantees with respect to the Securities in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture;
(h) to
provide for the conversion rights of Holders and the Company’s repurchase
obligations in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to the requirements
of Section 12.01;
(i)
to secure the Securities; or
(j)
to decrease the Conversion Price.
Section
9.02. Amendments with Consent of
Holders.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 6.05, Section 9.01 or paragraph (b) of this
Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the
Securities with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding (Class A Securities and Class B
Securities voting as a single class), including without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Securities, and, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.05, Section 9.01
or paragraph (b), any past default or compliance with any provisions may be
waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (Class A Securities and
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Class B
Securities voting as a single class), including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph (a), without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment or waiver may not:
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the Stated Maturity of the principal of any
Security;
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reduce
the principal amount of, or premium, if any, on any
Security;
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change
the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on
any Security;
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impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after
the Stated Maturity of any
Security;
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waive
a default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on the
Securities or modify any provision of this Indenture relating to
modification or amendment thereof;
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reduce
the above-stated percentage of Securities then outstanding of such series,
the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend the
applicable Indenture;
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release
any Subsidiary Guarantor from its Security Guarantee, except as provided
in this Indenture;
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reduce
the percentage or aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding the consent of whose Holders is necessary for waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or for waiver of
certain defaults;
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make
any change that adversely affects the right of any Holder to convert the
Securities into shares of Common Stock or reduce the number of shares of
Common Stock receivable upon conversion pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture as in effect on the Closing
Date;
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reduce
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security or modify in any
manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities the Company’s obligation
to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of
provisions in the covenants, definitions or
otherwise;
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adversely
affect the ranking of the Securities as the Company’s senior unsecured
indebtedness; or
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modify
any of the provisions of this Section or reduce the percentage or
aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding the consent of
whose Holders is necessary for waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or for waiver of certain
defaults.
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(c) It
is not necessary for Holders to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, supplement or waiver, but is sufficient if their consent approves the
substance thereof.
(d) An
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section will become effective on
receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the Holders of the requisite
percentage in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. After an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the
Company will send to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing
the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company will send supplemental
indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure of the Company to send such
notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section
9.03. Effect of
Consent.
(a) After
an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it will bind every Holder
unless it is of the type requiring the consent of each Holder affected. If the
amendment, supplement or waiver is of the type requiring the consent of each
Holder affected, the amendment, supplement or waiver will bind each Holder that
has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security that evidences the
same debt as the Security of the consenting Holder.
(b) If
an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee
may require the Holder to deliver it to the Trustee so that the Trustee may
place an appropriate notation of the changed terms on the Security and return it
to the Holder, or exchange it for a new Security that reflects the changed
terms. The Trustee may also place an appropriate notation on any Security
thereafter authenticated. However, the effectiveness of the amendment,
supplement or waiver is not affected by any failure to annotate or exchange
Securities in this fashion.
Section
9.04. Trustee’s Rights and Obligations.
The Trustee shall be provided with, and will be fully protected in
conclusively relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. If the
Trustee has received such an Opinion of Counsel, it shall sign the amendment,
supplement or waiver so long as the same does not adversely affect the rights of
the Trustee. The Trustee may, but is not obligated to, execute any amendment,
supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture.
Section
9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall conform to the requirements of the TIA.
Section
9.06. Payments for
Consents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates may, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any
consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for
or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or
provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is
offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders of the Securities that
consent, waive or agree to amend such term or provision within the time period
set forth in the solicitation documents relating to the consent, waiver or
amendment.
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ARTICLE
X
GUARANTEES
Section
10.01. Guarantees. Subject
to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security and to the Trustee and
its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of
this Indenture, the Securities or the obligations of the Company hereunder or
thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, on the Securities will
be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise, and premium, if any, on the Securities, if any, if
lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in the case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other
obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount
so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the
Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a
guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their
obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the
Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any
judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant
that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of
the obligations contained in the Securities and this Indenture or pursuant to
Section 10.04.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required
by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any
custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to
either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either the Trustee or
such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be
reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it
shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in
respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as
between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the
other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be
accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in
Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith
become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The
Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying
Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
Section
10.02. Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor
Liability. Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of
Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any
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similar federal or state law to the
extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the
Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Article 10
shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on
behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such
other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of
such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee to not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance.
Section
10.03. Execution and Delivery of the
Guarantee. In the event that the Company is required to cause
a Regulated Subsidiary or Restricted Subsidiary to guarantee the Securities
pursuant to Section 4.07, the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute
supplemental indentures to this Indenture and Guarantees in accordance with
Section 4.07 and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.
Section
10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on
Certain Terms. No Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with or
merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
Person) another Person whether or not affiliated with such Subsidiary Guarantor
unless:
(a) subject
to the other provisions of this Section, the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than a Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Company) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and
unconditionally assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, under the Securities, this Indenture, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Guarantee on the terms set forth herein or
therein;
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
and
(c) the
Company would be permitted, immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 4.03.
In case of any such consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory
in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee endorsed upon the Securities and the
due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be performed by the Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor Person
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Subsidiary Guarantor with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Such successor
Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be
endorsed upon all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall
not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the
Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had
been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5,
and notwithstanding clause (c) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor with or into the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, or shall
prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Subsidiary
Guarantor.
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Section
10.05. Releases Following Certain
Events. In the event of a (i) sale or other disposition of all
of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or
otherwise, or a sale, exchange or transfer to any Person (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) of all of the capital stock of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, (ii) the designation of any Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary or (iii) the defeasance of the Securities in accordance with Section
8.01, in each case in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, then such
Subsidiary Guarantor (in the event of a sale, exchange, transfer or other
disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the capital
stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property
(in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any
obligations under its Guarantee and Registration Rights Agreement; provided
that, in the case of (i) above, the Net Cash Proceeds of such sale or other
disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.11. Upon delivery
by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the
Company in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
including, in the case of a release pursuant to (i) above and Section 4.11, the
Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the
release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its
Guarantee.
Section
10.06. Any Subsidiary Guarantor not
released from its obligations under its Guarantee shall remain liable for the
full amount of principal of the Securities and for the other obligations of any
Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article
10.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
11.01. Trust Indenture Act of
1939. This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the
provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures
qualified under the TIA.
Section
11.02. Holder Communications; Holder
Actions.
(a) The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities are as provided by the TIA, and the Company and the
Trustee shall comply with the requirements of TIA Sections 312(a) and
312(b). Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be held accountable
by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders
made pursuant to the TIA.
(b) (1) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent to amendment,
supplement or waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or
taken by a Holder (an “act”) may be evidenced by an instrument signed by the
Holder delivered to the Trustee. The fact and date of the execution
of the instrument, or the authority of the person executing it, may be proved in
any manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(2) The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders,
which will be binding on all the Holders.
(c) Any
act by the Holder of any Security binds that Xxxxxx and every subsequent Holder
of a Security that evidences the same debt as the Security of the acting Holder,
even if no notation thereof appears on the Security. Subject to paragraph (d), a
Holder may revoke an act as to its
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Securities,
but only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the
amendment or waiver or other consequence of the act becomes
effective.
(d) The
Company may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date (which need not be
within the time limits otherwise prescribed by TIA Section 316(c)) for the
purpose of determining the Holders entitled to act with respect to any amendment
or waiver or in any other regard, except that during the continuance of an Event
of Default, only the Trustee may set a record date as to notices of default, any
declaration or acceleration or any other remedies or other consequences of the
Event of Default. If a record date is fixed, those Persons that were
Holders at such record date and only those Persons will be entitled to act, or
to revoke any previous act, whether or not those Persons continue to be Holders
after the record date. No act will be valid or effective for more
than 90 days after the record date.
Section
11.03. Notices.
(a) Any
notice or communication to the Company will be deemed given if in writing (i)
when delivered in person or (ii) five days after mailing when mailed by first
class mail, or (iii) when sent by facsimile transmission, with transmission
confirmed. Notices or communications to a Subsidiary Guarantor will be deemed
given if given to the Company. Any notice to the Trustee will be
effective only upon receipt. In each case the notice or communication should be
addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
E*TRADE Financial
Corporation
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
New York, New York 10022
if to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0X
New York, New York 10286
Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration
Fax: 000-000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to
the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or communications.
(b) Except
as otherwise expressly provided with respect to published notices, any notice or
communication to a Holder will be deemed given when mailed to the Holder at its
address as it appears on the Register by first class mail or, as to any Global
Security registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, as agreed by the Company,
the Trustee and DTC. Copies of any notice or communication to a
Holder, if given by the Company, will be mailed to the Trustee at the same
time. Defect in mailing a notice or communication to any particular
Holder will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Holders.
(c) Where
this Indenture provides for notice, the notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
the waiver will be the equivalent of the notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders must be filed with the Trustee, but such filing is not a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waivers.
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Section
11.04. 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 will
furnish to the Trustee:
(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 all such conditions precedent have been complied
with, except that such Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection
with the issuance of the Securities.
Section
11.05. Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must
include:
(a) a
statement that each person signing the certificate or opinion has read the
covenant or condition and the related definitions;
(b) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statement or opinion contained in the certificate or opinion is
based;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such person, that person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the person to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(d) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with, provided that an Opinion of
Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials
with respect to matters of fact.
Section
11.06. Payment Date Other Than a Business
Day. If any payment with respect to a payment of any principal
of, premium, if any, on any Security (including any payment to be made on any
date fixed for purchase of any Security) is due on a day which is not a Business
Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such
date.
Section
11.07. Governing
Law. This Indenture, including any Security Guaranties, and
the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of New York.
Section
11.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret
another indenture or loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company, and no such indenture or loan or debt agreement may be used to
interpret this Indenture.
Section
11.09. Successors. All
agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture and the
Securities will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in
this Indenture will bind its successor.
Section
11.10. Duplicate
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.
Section
11.11. Separability. In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions will
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not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
11.12. Table of Contents and
Headings. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and
headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture
and in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions of this
Indenture.
Section
11.13. No Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees, Incorporators, Members and Stockholders. No
director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities,
any Security Guarantee or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations. Each Holder of Securities by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the
Securities.
Section
11.14. Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND
ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Section
11.15. Force
Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder
arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war
or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or
acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood
that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted
practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
ARTICLE
XII
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES
Section
12.01. Conversion Privilege and Conversion
Price.
(a) General. Upon
compliance with the provisions of this Article, a Holder shall have the right,
at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be
converted is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) of such Security at
any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, at a price (the “Conversion Price”) of
$1.0340 (subject to adjustment by the Company as provided in Section 12.04) per
$1,000 principal amount of Class A Securities and of $1.5510 (subject to
adjustment by the Company as provided in Section 12.04 per $1,000 principal
amount of Class B Securities (the “Conversion Obligation”).
(b) Limitation on
Conversion. Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, the Company
shall not effect any conversion of the Securities or otherwise issue shares of
Common Stock pursuant to subsection (a) above, and no Holder of the Securities
will be permitted to convert any Securities into Common Stock to the extent that
such conversion would cause such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates)
to:
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beneficially
own, as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, in excess of 9.9% of
the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
conversion (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities Conversion
Blocker”); or
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hold
in excess of 24.9% of the Common Stock outstanding (hereinafter referred
to as the “OTS Conversion
Blocker”).
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For purposes of the above subsection
(i), the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned or held by a Holder
and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Securities (and any other securities that are exercisable
for, exchangeable for or convertible into Common Stock and held by such Holder
and its Affiliates) with respect to which a conversion notice has been given,
but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable
upon (I) conversion of the remaining, unconverted portion of the Securities
beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates, and (II) exercise,
exchange or conversion of the unexercised, unexchanged or unconverted portion of
any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such Holder or any of
its Affiliates that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in
the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 12.01, beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of
1934.
For purposes of the above subsections
(i) and (ii), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock,
the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as
reflected in the most recent of (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form
10-Q or Form 8-K, as the case may be, (y) a public announcement by the Company
or (z) notice by the Company or the transfer agent for the Common Stock setting
forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the
written request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day
confirm in writing to any Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding.
Notwithstanding the limitations in (i)
and (ii) of this subsection (b), by written notice to the Company, a Holder may
increase or decrease the Securities Conversion Blocker to any other percentage
specified in such notice and/or waive the OTS Blocker, in each case, provided
that (1) any such change will not be effective until the later to occur of: (A)
the one-year anniversary of such notice having been given by such Holder to the
Company and (B) receipt of all approvals, if any, of the Appropriate Federal
Banking Agency, and other regulatory authorities required in connection with any
such waiver by such Holder; and (2) any such change will apply only to the
Holder that gave notice (and its Affiliates) and not to any other Holder of the
Securities.
(c) Limitation on Transfer by
Citadel. Citadel will not transfer Securities to the extent
all Securities held by Citadel, on an as converted basis as a percentage of the
Common Stock, combined with the Common Stock held by Citadel would, in the
aggregate, exceed 24.9% of the Company’s “voting stock” (as such percentage is
calculated under the OTS’ Acquisition of Control Regulations (12 C.F.R. Part
574). Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b) above or any other
provision of this Indenture, there will be no transfer limitations applicable to
Citadel with respect to its Securities that are transferred in:
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dispersed public offerings;
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private
sales in which no transferee (or group of transferees acting in concert)
would acquire more than 2%of the Company’s Common Stock on a fully diluted
basis; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, Securities may not be sold in
a private sale to the extent such sale would cause the transferee to
purchase from Citadel, in aggregate, in excess of 24.9% of Common Stock
and Securities (on an as-converted basis as a percentage of Common Stock
assuming conversion of Securities only by the
transferee);
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transfers
or sales to the Company or Affiliates of the
Company;
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transfers
or sales to an unaffiliated third party acquiring a majority of the
Company’s Common Stock or merging with the Company;
or
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transfers
to Affiliates of Citadel (which Affiliates will continue to be bound by
the restrictions set forth in this Section
12.01).
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In the event that Citadel sells Common
Stock and thereafter converts Securities, then such converted shares of Common
Stock shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section
12.01 as if such shares were Securities for a period of six months.
Upon the effectiveness of any waiver of
the OTS Conversion Blocker, the transfer restrictions in this Section 12.01(c)
shall terminate.
For
purposes of this section, “acting in concert" and “voting stock” have the
meanings set forth in 12 C.F.R. §574.2.
Section
12.02. Exercise of Conversion
Privilege.
(a) Subject
to subsection (b) below, the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation
with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Securities tendered for
conversion in shares of fully paid Common Stock by delivering (i) for any
conversion prior to [●], 2019, on the third Business Day following the relevant
Conversion Date or (ii) for any conversion on or after [●], 2019, on the
Maturity Date, in each case, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1) the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be converted divided by 2) the
Conversion Price in effect on the relevant Conversion Date; provided further
that the Company will deliver cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock
as provided in Section 12.03.
(b) Before
any Holder of a Securities shall be entitled to convert the same as set forth
above, such Holder shall 1) in the case of a Global Securities, comply with the
procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and, if required, pay all
taxes or duties, if any, and 2) in the case of a Security issued in certificated
form, (a) complete and manually sign and deliver an irrevocable written notice
to the Conversion Agent in the form set forth in Exhibit A (or a facsimile
thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) at the office of the Conversion Agent and
shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Securities to be
converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the
certificate or certificates for any shares of Common Stock, if any, to be
delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (b)
surrender such Securities, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and
accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of
the Conversion Agent, (c) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or
duties and (d) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
document. A Security shall be deemed to have been converted
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immediately
prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”) that the
Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in this subsection
(b).
No Notice
of Conversion with respect to any Securities may be tendered by a Holder thereof
if such Holder has also tendered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and not
validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with
the applicable provisions of Section 11.01.
If more
than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same
Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Securities, if any, that
shall be payable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent
permitted thereby) so surrendered.
(c) Delivery
of the amounts owing in satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation shall be made
by the Company in no event later than the date specified in subsections (a) or
(b), as applicable, of this Section 12.02. The Company shall make such delivery
by paying the cash amount owed, if any, to the Holder of the Security
surrendered for conversion, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, and/or by
issuing, or causing to be issued, and delivering to such Holder, or such
Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the
Depositary for the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, to which such
Holder shall be entitled as part of such Conversion Obligation (together with
any cash in lieu of fractional shares).
(d) In
case any Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, as provided in a Company Order, authenticate and
deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Security so
surrendered, without charge to such Holder, a new Security or Securities in
authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the surrendered Securities.
(e) If
a Holder submits a Security for conversion, the Company shall pay all stamp and
other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, if any, upon the conversion. However, the
Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests any
shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The
Company 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 Company
receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares
are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. Nothing herein shall
preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations.
(f) Except
as provided in Section 12.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any
shares issued upon the conversion of any Security as provided in this
Article.
(g) Upon
the conversion of an interest in a Global Security, the Trustee, or the
custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global
Security as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Securities
effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
Section
12.03. Fractions of
Shares.
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No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any
Security or Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall
be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock that would
otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or
specified portions thereof), the Company shall calculate and pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a
share) based on the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the
Conversion Date or if the Conversion Date is not on a Trading Day, the next
following Trading Day.
Section
12.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Price.
The
Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows;
provided that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Price
if Holders (as a result of holding the Securities, and at the same time as
common stockholders participate) in any of the transactions described below as
if such Holders held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the, the
principal amount of Securities held by such Holders divided by the
then-applicable Conversion Price, without having to convert their
Securities:
(a) In
case the Company shall issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or
distribution on shares of the Common Stock, or the Company shall effect a share
split or share combination, the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by the
following fraction:
OS0/OS′
where,
OS0 = the
number of shares of Common Stock that will be outstanding immediately prior to
the close of business on the record date for such dividend or distribution as of
the effective date of such share split or combination, as the case may be;
and
OS′ = the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding as of the record date for such dividend or distribution and
immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution or immediately
after the effective date of such share split or combination, as the case may
be.
Any
adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall become effective on the
date that is immediately after (x) the record date for such dividend or other
distribution, or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes
effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described
in this Section 12.04(a) is declared but not paid or made, the Conversion Price
shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines
not to pay such dividend or distribution, or split or combine the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Price that would
then be in effect if such dividend, distribution had not been
declared.
(b) In
case the Company shall distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common
Stock any rights or warrants (other than, as described below, rights distributed
pursuant to a shareholder rights plan) entitling them for a period of not more
than 45 days after the date of such distribution to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of Last
Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock on the ten Trading Days
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immediately
preceding the time of announcement of such distribution, the Conversion Price
shall be multiplied by the following fraction:
(OS0 + Y)
/ (OS0 + X)
where,
OS0 = the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of
business on the record date for such distribution;
X = the
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or
warrants; and
Y = the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to
exercise such rights or warrants divided by the average of the Last Reported
Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period
ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of public announcement
for the issuance of such rights or warrants.
For
purposes of this subsection (b), in determining whether any rights or warrants
entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less
than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, and in
determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price of such shares of Common
Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the
Company for such rights or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or
conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
determined by the Board of Directors. If any right or warrant
described in this paragraph (b) is not exercised or converted prior to the
expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the new Conversion
Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price that would have been in effect
if our right or warrant had not been issued.
(c) In
case the Company shall distribute shares of any class of Capital Stock of the
Company, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the
Company to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (but excluding
dividends or distributions referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section
12.04, dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash referred to in
subsection (d) of this Section 12.04, and distributions described below in this
subsection (c) with respect to Spin-Offs) (any of such shares of Capital Stock,
indebtedness, or other asset or property hereinafter in this subsection (c)
called the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case the Conversion Price
shall be multiplied by the following fraction:
(SP0 – FMV) /
SP0
where,
SP0 = the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive
Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date
for such distribution; and
FMV = the
fair market value of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness,
assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common
Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, as determined by the Board
of Directors.
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With
respect to an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (c) where there has been a
payment of a dividend or other distribution to the holders of the Common Stock
in shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest,
of or relating to a Subsidiary or other Company business unit (a “Spin-Off”),
the Conversion Price in effect immediately before 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the effective date
of the Spin-Off shall be multiplied by the following fraction:
MP0 /
(FMV0
+ MP0)
where,
FMV0 = the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity
interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of
Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period immediately
following the effective date of the Spin-Off; and
MP0 = the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10
consecutive Trading Day period immediately following the effective date of the
Spin-Off.
Such
adjustment shall occur on the 10th Trading Day from the effective date of the
Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days
immediately following, and including, the effective date of any Spin-Off,
references in this subsection (c) with respect to the Spin-Off to 10 Trading
Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have
elapsed between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in
determining the applicable Conversion Price.
If any
such dividend or distribution described in this subsection (c) is declared but
not paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be the Conversion
Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been
declared.
(d) In
case the Company shall pay any cash dividends or distributions to all or
substantially all holders of its Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be
multiplied by the following fraction:
(SP0 – C) /
SP0
where,
SP0 = the Last
Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the Ex-Date for such distribution;
C = the
amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock in
such distribution.
Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on
the record date for such dividend or distribution. If any such dividend or
distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be
adjusted to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such
dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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(e) In
case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a
tender offer or exchange offer for Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and
value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common
Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading
Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made
pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), the Conversion
Price shall be multiplied by the following fraction:
(OS0 x
SP′) / (AC + (SP′ x OS′))
where,
AC = the
aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration as determined by the
Board of Directors paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or
exchange offer;
OS0 = the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such
tender or exchange offer expires;
OS′ = the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such
tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to such tender offer or
exchange offer); and
SP′ = the
Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the
date such tender or exchange offer expires.
Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after close of business on the
Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires.
(f) No
adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if the application of any of
the formulas set forth in this Section 12.04 (other than in connection with a
share combination) would result in an increase in the Conversion
Price.
For
purposes of this Section 12.04 the term “Record Date” shall mean, with respect
to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders
of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property
or in which the 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 shareholders 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).
In
addition to any increases to the Conversion Price required by subsections (a),
(b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Section 12.04, and to the extent permitted by
applicable law and the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Stock Market or any
other securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, the Company
from time to time may decrease the Conversion Price by any amount for a period
of at least 20 calendar days if the Board of Directors determines that such
increase would be in the Company’s best interest. Whenever the
Conversion Price is decreased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company
shall mail to the Holder of each Security at his last address appearing on the
register and the Trustee a notice of the increase at least 15 calendar days
prior to the date the decreased Conversion Price takes effect, and such notice
shall state the decreased Conversion Price and the period during which it will
be in effect. In addition, the Company may also (but is not required to)
decrease the Conversion Price to avoid or diminish
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any
income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in
connection with any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire
shares) or similar event.
(g) Without
limiting the foregoing, no adjustment to the Conversion Price will be
made:
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upon
the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any plan providing
for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the
Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of
Common Stock under any plan;
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upon
the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to
purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or
future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or
assumed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
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upon
the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option,
warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not
described in clause (ii) above and outstanding prior to the date of this
Indenture; or
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for
a change in the par value of the Common
Stock.
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(h) All
calculations and other determinations under this Article shall be made by the
Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten
thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be.
(i) For
purposes of this Section 12.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of
fractions of shares of Common Stock.
(j) With
respect to a conversion of Securities pursuant to this Article, at and after the
close of business on the Conversion Date (each such day the “Relevant Date”),
the Person in whose name any certificate representing any shares of Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of
record of the Company on such Relevant Date. On and after the
Conversion Date with respect to a conversion of Securities pursuant hereto, all
rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right
to receive the consideration deliverable upon conversion of such Securities as
provided herein. A Holder of a Security is not entitled, as such, to any rights
of a holder of Common Stock until, if such Holder converts such Security and is
entitled pursuant hereto to receive shares of Common Stock in respect of such
conversion, the close of business on the Relevant Date or respective Relevant
Dates, as the case may be, with respect to such conversion.
(k) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment to the Conversion Price will be required unless the
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the
Conversion Price. However, the Company will carry forward any adjustments that
are less than 1% of the Conversion Price that the Company elects not to make and
take them into account upon the earlier of (i) any conversion of Securities,
regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% upon any
Conversion Date and (ii) such time as all adjustments that have not been made
prior thereto would have the effect of adjusting the Conversion Price by at
least 1%.
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Section
12.05. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion
Price.
Whenever
the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:
(a) the
Company shall compute the adjusted Conversion Price in accordance with Section
12.04 and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of
the Company setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and showing in
reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such
certificate shall promptly be filed with the Trustee and with each Conversion
Agent (if other than the Trustee); and
(b) upon
each such adjustment, a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been
adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall be required, such
notice shall be provided by the Company to all Holders in accordance with
Section 11.03.
Neither
the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility
with respect to any such certificate or the information and calculations
contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any Holder of Securities
desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business
hours.
Section
12.06. Company to Reserve Common
Stock.
The
Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive
rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of
effecting the conversion of Securities, the full number of shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding
Securities.
Section
12.07. Taxes on
Conversions.
Except as
provided in the next sentence, the Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer tax due 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 tax or duty that may be
payable in respect of (i) income of the Holder, or (ii) any transfer involved in
the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of
the Holder of the Security or Securities to be converted, 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 any such tax or duty, or has established to
the satisfaction of the Company that such tax or duty has been
paid.
Section
12.08. Certain
Covenants.
Before
taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Conversion Price
below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities, the Company shall take all corporate action which
it reasonably determines may be necessary in order that the Company may validly
and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion
Price.
The
Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of
Securities shall be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from
all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
The
Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed
for trading on any other national securities exchange the Company shall, if
permitted and required by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed, so
long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange, all Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
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Section
12.09. Cancellation of Converted
Securities.
All
Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, conversion or
registration of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or any Paying
Agent or any Security Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly
canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by
it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose
of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures and shall
upon request promptly provide copies of all cancelled certificates to the
Company. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition
shall not operate as satisfaction of the debt represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section
12.10. Provision in Case of Effect of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
In the
event of (i) any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of 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 split, subdivision or
combination), (ii) any consolidation, binding share exchange, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, acquisition, combination or other similar event of the
Company with another Person or (iii) any sale, transfer or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to any other Person,
in each case as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to
receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in
exchange for such Common Stock (any such event described in clauses (i) through
(iii) a “Merger Event”), then:
(a) 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)
permitted under Section 9.01 providing for the conversion and settlement of the
Securities as set forth in this Indenture. 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 and the Trustee may
conclusively rely on the determination by the Company of the equivalency of such
adjustments. If, in the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property
includes shares of stock or other securities and assets of a company other than
the successor or purchasing company, as the case may be, in such change of
control, consolidation, binding share exchange, recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, acquisition, combination, sale, transfer or
conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other company 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.
In the
event a supplemental indenture is executed pursuant to this Section 12.10, the
Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly
stating the reasons therefore, the kind or amount of cash, securities or
property or assets that will constitute the Reference Property after any such
Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all
conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly mail notice
thereof to all Holders.
If any
securities to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Securities hereunder
require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any
federal or state law before such securities may be validly issued upon
conversion, each supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Section shall
provide that the Company or the successor or the purchasing Person, as the case
may be, or if the Reference Property includes shares of stock or
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other
securities and assets of a company other than the successor or purchasing
company, as the case may be, then such company, shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts, to the extent then permitted by the rules and
interpretations of the SEC (or any successor thereto), to secure such
registration or approval in connection with the conversion of
Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 12.02(a) to (b), and subject to the provisions of
Section 12.01 at the effective time of such Merger Event, a Holder will be
entitled thereafter to elect to convert each $1,000 principal amount of
Securities into the same type of consideration that a holder of a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of $1,000 and the applicable
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such transaction (the “Reference
Property”). For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of consideration
that a Holder would have been entitled to receive if the Holder had held Common
Stock in the case of any such transaction that causes the Company’s Common Stock
to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of
consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election)
will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of
consideration received by the Holders of the Company’s Common Stock that
affirmatively make such an election.
(c) The
Company shall cause notice of the execution of a supplemental indenture required
by this Section 12.10 to be mailed to each Holder, at his address appearing on
the register, or by such other means reasonably acceptable to such Holder,
within 20 calendar days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice
shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental
indenture.
(d) The
above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Merger
Events.
Section
12.11. Responsibility of Trustee for
Conversion Provisions.
The
Trustee and any Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the
nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method
employed, herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in
making the same, or whether a supplemental indenture need be entered into.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect
to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any
other securities or property or cash, which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the conversion of any Securities; and it or they do not make any
representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion
Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make or calculate
any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or
share certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of
any Security for the purpose of conversion; and the Trustee and any Conversion
Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any
of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article.
Section
12.12. Right to Set-off Withholding
Taxes.
The
Company may, at its option, set-off withholding taxes due with respect to
Securities against delivery of Common Stock on the Securities. In the case of
any such set-off against Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the
Securities, such Common Stock shall be valued based on the arithmetic average of
the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock in the 5 Trading Days
immediately preceding the conversion.
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Section
12.13. Treatment of
Rights. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in
effect, each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a
security pursuant to this Article 12 shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to any of the Company’s Common
Stock and in lieu of any adjustment to the conversion price, the
appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the
Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in
each case as may be provided by the terms of any shareholder rights plan adopted
by the Company, as the same may be amended from time to
time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to the conversion, the
rights have separated from the Company’s Common Stock,
the applicable conversion price will be adjusted at the time of separation as if
the Company distributed to all holders of the Company’s Common Stock,
shares of the Company’s capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or assets as
described in Section 12.04 above, subject to readjustment in the event of the
expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written
above.
E*TRADE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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EXHIBIT A
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED
SECURITY - THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR
OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY BENEFICIAL
INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]
[FACE OF NOTE]
E*TRADE FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
Class [●]
Senior Convertible Debenture due 2019
CUSIP No.
[_____________]
$[_______________]
E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay
to , or its registered assigns,
the principal sum [of [___________________] DOLLARS ($[_________])] [IF THIS
DEBENTURE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, THEN INSERT—set forth on the Principal Schedule
attached to this Security hereto] on [·], 2019.
Payment of the principal of this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose, which shall initially be the principal corporate trust office of The
Bank of New York Mellon in New York, New York, 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.
Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which will for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile
by its duly authorized officers.
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FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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(Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication)
This is one of the Class [●] Senior Convertible Debenture
due 2019 described in the
Indenture referred to in this Security.
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as
Trustee
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[REVERSE SIDE OF
NOTE]
E*TRADE FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
Class [●] Senior Convertible Debenture
due 2019
1. Principal. The
Company promises to pay the principal of this Security on [·], 2019. In any case where
the due date for the payment of the principal of 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 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, regulation 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.
2. Indenture. (a) This Security is one of a
duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its Class
[·] Senior Convertible
Debentures due 2019 (herein called the “Securities”) issued under an Indenture
dated as of [·], 2009
(as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein are used as
defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Securities
include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Securities are subject to
all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust
Indenture Act 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 will
control.
(b) The
Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The
Indenture provides for the issuance of an
unlimited aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
3. Redemption, Repurchase; Discharge
Prior to Redemption or Maturity. This Security is not subject
to redemption at the option of the Company and may be the subject of an Offer to
Purchase following an Asset Sale, as further described in the
Indenture. There is no sinking fund applicable to this
Note.
If the Company deposits with the
Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then
outstanding principal of, premium, if any, on the Securities to maturity, the
Company may in certain circumstances be discharged from certain of its
obligations under certain provisions of the Indenture, not including the
obligation to issue Common Stock upon conversion, which will remain in
effect.
4. Fundamental
Changes. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s
option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Securities or
any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple thereof) on
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to 101% of the principal
amount of the Securities such Holder elects to require the Company to
repurchase. Within 30 days of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the
Company or, at the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall mail to all
Holders of record of the Securities a notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change and of the repurchase right arising as a result thereof after the
occurrence of any Fundamental Change.
5. Registered Form; Denominations;
Transfer; Exchange. The Securities are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or
exchange of Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee
may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents
and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods
during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of
or exchange any Security or certain portions of a Security.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
of the Company in any place where the principal of this Security is payable,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
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thereupon
one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
Prior to
due presentment of this 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 this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
6. Conversion. Subject
to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security is entitled, at his option, at any time prior to the close of business
on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to
convert this Security (or any portion of the principal amount hereof which is
$1,000 or a multiple thereof), at the principal amount hereof, or of such
portion, into a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to
each conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Company
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the principal amount to be
converted by (ii) the Conversion Price specified in the Indenture, by surrender
of this Security together with a Notice of Conversion, a form of which is set
forth in Section 2.05, as provided in the Indenture and this debenture, duly
endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, to the Company at its office or
agency, which shall be initially the principal corporate trust office of The
Bank of New York Mellon in New York, New York, and, unless the shares of Common
Stock issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as this
debenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company or its agent duly executed by, the Holder or by his
duly authorized attorney, or if less than the entire principal amount hereof is
to be converted, the portion hereof to be converted. Subject to the aforesaid
requirement for payment, no payment or adjustment is to be made on conversion
for dividends on the Common Stock issued on conversion. No fractions of shares
or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but
instead of any fractional interest the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as
provided in the Indenture. The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment as
provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides that in case of
certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a party or the
transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Indenture shall
be amended, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, so that this
Security, if then outstanding, will be convertible thereafter, during the period
this Security shall be convertible as specified above, into the same type of
consideration that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing the aggregate principal
amount of this Security by the Conversion Price immediately prior to such
transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive. In the
event of conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
7. Defaults and
Remedies. If an
Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities may
declare all the Securities to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or
insolvency default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the
Securities automatically become due and payable. Holders may not
enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The
Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
8. Amendment and
Waiver. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be
waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal
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amount of
the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the
Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to,
among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any
change that in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors does not
materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
9. Authentication. This Note is not
valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent) signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Note.
10. Governing
Law. This
Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York.
11. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may
be used in the name of a Holder 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 Gifts to Minors Act).
The Company will furnish a copy of
the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and without charge.
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[INCLUDE
IN GLOBAL SECURITIES ONLY]
PRINCIPAL
SCHEDULE
E*TRADE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Class [●] Senior Convertible Debenture due
2019
No. _____
The
initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[●]. The following
decreases or increases in this Global Security have been made:
Date
of decrease or increase
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of decrease in principal amount of this Global Security
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of increase in principal amount of this Global
Security
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amount of this Global Security following such increase or
decrease
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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 MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY
REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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NOTICE OF
CONVERSION
The
undersigned Holder of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to
convert this Security, or any portion of the principal amount hereof (which is
U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, provided
that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $1,000 or any
integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into
shares of Common Stock or Reference Property, as applicable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that such
shares, if any, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and
any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be
delivered to and be registered in the name of the undersigned unless a different
name has been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock, Reference Property or
Securities are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the
undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto.
Dated:
Signature(s):
If shares
or Securities are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the
Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:
(Name)
(Address)
Social
Security or other
Identification
Number, if any
If only a
portion of the Securities are to be converted, please indicate:
1.
Principal amount to be converted: U.S. $
2.
Principal amount and denomination of Securities representing unconverted
principal amount to be issued:
Amount:
U.S. $
Denominations: U.S. $
(U.S.
$1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that
the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $1,000 or any integral
multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof)
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ASSIGNMENT
For value
received,
hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee) the
within Security, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
as attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature(s):
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an
approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Signature
Guaranteed
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REPURCHASE
EXERCISE NOTICE
To:
E*TRADE Financial Corporation
The
undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a
notice from E*TRADE Financial Corporation (the “Company”) as to the Offer of
Purchase by the Company and hereby directs the Company to pay, or cause the
Trustee to pay,
an amount in cash equal to [100/101]% of the entire principal amount, or the
portion thereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) below
designated, to be repurchased.
Dated:
Signature
Principal
amount to be repurchased (at least $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof):
Remaining
principal amount following such repurchase:
By:
Authorized
signatory
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EXHIBIT
B
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
dated as of
______________,
among
E*TRADE Financial
Corporation
[the Subsidiary
Guarantor]
and
[Any existing Subsidiary
Guarantors]
And
The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee
Class [·] Senior Convertible Debentures due
2019
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this
“Supplemental Indenture”), entered into as of __________,____, among E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (the
“Subsidiary Guarantor”), any existing Subsidiary Guarantors and The Bank of New
York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, and the Trustee
entered into the Indenture, dated as of [·], 2009 (the “Indenture”), relating to
the Company’s Class [·] Senior Convertible Debentures due 2019
(the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Trustee
entering into the Indenture and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders,
the Company agreed pursuant to the Indenture to cause Restricted Subsidiaries
and Regulated Subsidiaries to provide Guarantees in certain
circumstances.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally
bound, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as
follows:
1. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the
Indenture.
2. Each Subsidiary Guarantor,
by its execution of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to be a Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture
applicable to Subsidiary Guarantors, including, but not limited to, Article 10
thereof.
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3. This Supplemental
Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New
York.
4. This Supplemental
Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute
one and the same instrument.
5. This Supplemental
Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and
this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read
together.
6. The Recitals herein are
statements of the Company and/or the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility as to the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity of this Supplemental
Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first
above written.
E*TRADE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Issuer
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[Subsidiary
Guarantor], as Subsidiary Guarantor
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[Any
existing Subsidiary Guarantor]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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