FIRST INDUSTRIAL, L.P., as Issuer FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as Guarantor U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of September 25, 2006 4.625% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2011
Exhibit
4.1
____________________________________________
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P., as Issuer
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as Guarantor
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
___________________________________
INDENTURE
Dated
as of
September
25, 2006
____________________________________
4.625%
Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2011
______________________________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
1
Definitions
Section
1.01.
Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
2
Issue,
Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes
Section
2.01.
Designation Amount and Issue of Notes
|
11
|
Section
2.02.
Form of Notes
|
11
|
Section
2.03.
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest
|
12
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Section
2.04.
Execution of Notes
|
14
|
Section
2.05.
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer
|
14
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Section
2.06.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
|
19
|
Section
2.07.
Temporary Notes
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20
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Section
2.08.
Cancellation of Notes
|
21
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Section
2.09.
CUSIP Numbers
|
21
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ARTICLE
3
Redemption
and Repurchase of Notes
Section
3.01.
Redemption of Notes
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21
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Section
3.02.
Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes
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22
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Section
3.03.
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer
|
23
|
Section
3.04.
Sinking Fund
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24
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Section
3.05.
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Designated
Event
|
24
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Section
3.06. [Reserved]
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25
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Section
3.07.
Issuer Repurchase Notice
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26
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Section
3.08.
Effect of Designated Event Repurchase Notice;
Withdrawal
|
27
|
Section
3.09.
Deposit of Repurchase Price
|
28
|
Section
3.10.
Notes Repurchased in Part
|
28
|
Section
3.11.
Repayment to the Issuer
|
28
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ARTICLE
4
Particular
Covenants of the Issuer
Section
4.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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29
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Section
4.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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29
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Section
4.03.
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office
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29
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Section
4.04.
Provisions as to Paying Agent
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29
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Page
Section
4.05.
Existence
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31
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Section
4.06.
Rule 144A Information Requirement
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31
|
Section
4.07.
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
|
31
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Section
4.08.
Compliance Certificate
|
31
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Section
4.09.
Additional Interest Notice
|
31
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ARTICLE
5
Noteholders’
Lists and Reports by the Issuer and the Trustee
Section
5.01.
Noteholders’ Lists
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32
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Section
5.02.
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
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32
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Section
5.03.
Reports by Trustee
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32
|
Section
5.04.
Reports by Issuer
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32
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ARTICLE
6
Remedies
of the Trustee and Noteholders on an Event of Default
Section
6.01.
Events of Default
|
33
|
Section
6.02.
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor
|
36
|
Section
6.03.
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee
|
37
|
Section
6.04.
Proceedings by Noteholders
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37
|
Section
6.05.
Proceedings by Trustee
|
38
|
Section
6.06.
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
|
38
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Section
6.07.
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Noteholders
|
39
|
Section
6.08.
[Reserved]
|
39
|
Section
6.09.
Undertaking to Pay Costs
|
39
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ARTICLE
7
The
Trustee
Section
7.01.
Notice of Defaults
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40
|
Section
7.02. Certain
Rights of Trustee
|
40
|
Section
7.03.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
|
42
|
Section
7.04. May
Hold Notes and Common Stock
|
42
|
Section
7.05. Money
Held in Trust
|
42
|
Section
7.06. Compensation
and Reimbursement
|
42
|
Section
7.07.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting
Interests
|
43
|
Section
7.08.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
|
43
|
Section
7.09.
Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
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45
|
Section
7.10.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
|
46
|
Section
7.11. Appointment
of Authenticating Agent
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46
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Section
7.12. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee
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47
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ARTICLE
8
The
Noteholders
Section
8.01.
Action by Noteholders
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49
|
Section
8.02.
Proof of Execution by Noteholders
|
49
|
Section
8.03.
Absolute Owners
|
49
|
Section
8.04.
Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded
|
50
|
Section
8.05.
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
|
50
|
ARTICLE
9
Supplemental
Indentures
Section
9.01.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders
|
50
|
Section
9.02.
Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Noteholders
|
52
|
Section
9.03.
Effect of Supplemental Indenture
|
53
|
Section
9.04.
Notation on Notes
|
53
|
Section
9.05.
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished
to
Trustee
|
53
|
ARTICLE
10
Consolidation,
Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease
Section
10.01.
Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms
|
54
|
Section
10.02.
Issuer Successor to Be Substituted
|
54
|
Section
10.03.
Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms
|
55
|
Section
10.04.
Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted
|
55
|
Section
10.05.
Assumption by Guarantor
|
56
|
ARTICLE
11
Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
Section
11.01.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
|
56
|
Section
11.02.
Application of Trust Funds
|
57
|
Section
11.03.
Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held
|
57
|
Section
11.04.
Return of Unclaimed Monies
|
58
|
Section
11.05.
Reinstatement
|
58
|
ARTICLE
12
Immunity
of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
Section
12.01.
Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
|
58
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ARTICLE
13
Exchange
of Notes
Section
13.01.
Right to Exchange
|
59
|
Section
13.02.
Exercise of Exchange Right; No Adjustment for Interest or
Dividends
|
62
|
Section
13.03.
Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares
|
65
|
Section
13.04.
Exchange Rate
|
65
|
Section
13.05.
Adjustment of Exchange Rate
|
65
|
Section
13.06.
Taxes on Shares Issued
|
73
|
Section
13.07.
Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with
Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock
|
73
|
Section
13.08.
Responsibility of Trustee
|
73
|
Section
13.09.
Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions
|
74
|
Section
13.10.
Settlement upon Exchange
|
75
|
Section
13.11.
Exchange Rate Adjustment After Certain Designated
Events
|
76
|
Section
13.12.
Ownership Limit
|
77
|
Section
13.13.
Calculations in Respect of Notes
|
77
|
ARTICLE
14
Meetings
of Holders of Notes
Section
14.01.
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
|
78
|
Section
14.02.
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
|
78
|
Section
14.03.
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
|
78
|
Section
14.04.
Quorum; Action
|
78
|
Section
14.05.
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings
|
79
|
Section
14.06.
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
|
80
|
ARTICLE
15
Guarantee
Section
15.01.
Guarantee
|
81
|
Section
15.02.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
|
82
|
Section
15.03.
Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy
Events
|
83
|
Section
15.04.
Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the
Guarantor
|
83
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ARTICLE
16
Miscellaneous
Provisions
Section
16.01.
Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s
Successors
|
84
|
Section
16.02.
Official Acts by Successor Corporation
|
84
|
Section
16.03.
Addresses for Notices, etc
|
84
|
Section
16.04.
Governing Law
|
85
|
Section
16.05.
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to
Trustee
|
85
|
Section
16.06.
Legal Holidays
|
85
|
Section
16.07.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
|
86
|
Section
16.08.
No Security Interest Created
|
86
|
Section
16.09.
Benefits of Indenture
|
86
|
Section
16.10.
Table of Contents, Headings, etc
|
86
|
Section
16.11.
[Reserved]
|
86
|
Section
16.12.
Execution in Counterparts
|
86
|
Section
16.13.
Severability
|
86
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Exhibit
A Form of Note
|
A−1
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CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE*
|
|
Trust
Indenture Act Section
|
Indenture
Section
|
310(a)(1)
|
7.09
|
(a)(2)
|
7.07
|
(a)(3)
|
7.07
|
(a)(4)
|
N.A.
|
(a)(5)
|
7.07
|
(b)
|
7.08
|
(c)
|
N.A.
|
311(a)
|
N.A.
|
(b)
|
N.A.
|
(c)
|
N.A.
|
312(a)
|
5.01
|
(b)
|
5.02
|
(c)
|
5.02
|
313(a)
|
5.03
|
(b)
|
5.03
|
(c)
|
N.A.
|
(d)
|
5.03
|
314(a)
|
4.09,
5.04
|
(b)
|
N.A.
|
(c)(1)
|
N.A.
|
(c)(2)
|
N.A.
|
(c)(3)
|
N.A.
|
(d)
|
N.A.
|
(e)
|
N.A.
|
(f)
|
N.A.
|
315(a)
|
7.02
|
(b)
|
7.01
|
(c)
|
6.05
|
(d)
|
7.01
|
(e)
|
6.09
|
316(a)(1)(A)
|
6.07
|
(a)(1)(B)
|
6.07
|
(a)(2)
|
N.A.
|
(b)
|
N.A.
|
(c)
|
N.A.
|
317(a)(1)
|
6.02
|
(a)(2)
|
6.02
|
(b)
|
4.04
|
318(a)
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
means not applicable.
*This
Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE
dated as of September 25, 2006 among First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (hereinafter called the “Issuer”), First Industrial Realty Trust,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the “Guarantor” or, in its
capacity as general partner of the Issuer, the “General Partner”), each having
its principal office at 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter
called the “Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s 4.625% Exchangeable Senior
Notes due 2011 (hereinafter called the “Notes”) guaranteed by the
Guarantor.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. Definitions.
The
terms
defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided
or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of
any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified
in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined
in
the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below) or which are by reference therein
defined in the Securities Act (as defined below) (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in
the
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture.
The
words “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this
Article include the plural as well as the singular.
“Additional
Interest”
has
the
meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined
below).
“Additional
Interest Notice”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 4.09.
“Additional
Notes”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Additional
Designated Event Shares”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.11(a).
“Affiliate”
of
any
specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,”
when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause
the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise,
and the terms “controlling”
and
“controlled”
have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent
Members”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).
The
“Applicable
Exchange Rate”
as
of
any Trading Day, means the Exchange Rate in effect on such date, after giving
effect to any adjustment provided for in Section 13.05 or Section
13.11.
“Applicable
Observation Period”
with
respect to any Note means the 30 consecutive Exchange Settlement Trading Day
period beginning on and including the second Exchange Settlement Trading Day
after the Exchange Date relating to such Note, except that with respect to
any
Note surrendered for exchange during the period beginning on the 34th Scheduled
Trading Day prior to the respective Maturity Date of such Note and ending on
the
second Business Day prior to the Maturity Date, “Applicable Observation Period”
means the first 30 Exchange Settlement Trading Days beginning on and including
the 32nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date.
“Bankruptcy
Law”
means
Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“Benefited
Party”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 15.01.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the General Partner or a committee of that board
duly
authorized to act hereunder.
“Board
Resolution”
means
a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the
General Partner 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.
“Business
Day”
means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than a day on which
banking institutions in The City of Chicago or The City of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Charter”
means
the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Guarantor filed June 13, 1994,
as amended to date.
“close
of business”
means
5:00 p.m., New York City time.
“Closing
Sale Price”
of
Common Stock or other capital stock or similar equity interests or other
publicly traded securities on any Trading Day means the closing sale price
per
share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing
bid
and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average
closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on
the
principal United States securities exchange on which Common Stock or such other
capital stock or similar equity interests or other securities are traded or,
if
Common Stock or such other capital stock or similar equity interests or other
securities are not listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange, any United States system of automated dissemination of quotations
of
securities prices or an established over-the-counter trading market in the
United States. The closing sale price will be determined without regard to
after-hours trading or extended market making. In the absence of the foregoing,
the Board of Directors will determine the closing sale price on such basis as it
considers appropriate.
2
“Commission”
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, all shares of capital stock issued by such Person
other than Preferred Stock. Shares of Common Stock issuable on exchange of
Notes
shall include only shares of the class designated as common stock of the
Guarantor at the date of this Indenture (namely, the common stock, par value
$0.01) 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 Guarantor and which are not subject to
redemption by the Guarantor; provided
that if
at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of
each such class then so issuable on exchange 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.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
or
other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at
any
particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Indenture
shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture
is dated, located at U.S. Bank National Association, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Issuer.
“CUSIP”
means
the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.
“Custodian”
means
U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global
form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Daily
Exchange Value”
means,
for each of the 30 consecutive Exchange Settlement Trading Days during the
Applicable Observation Period, one-thirtieth of the product of (i) the
Applicable Exchange Rate and (ii) the Daily VWAP of shares of Common Stock
on
such day.
The
“Daily
Settlement Amount”
for
each of the 30 Exchange Settlement Trading Days during the Applicable
Observation Period, shall consist of: (i) cash equal to the lesser of (x)
one-thirtieth of $1,000 and (y) the Daily Exchange Value; and (ii) to the extent
the Daily Exchange Value exceeds one-thirtieth of $1,000, a number of shares
of
Common Stock equal to (x) the difference between the Daily Exchange Value and
one-thirtieth of $1,000, divided by (y) the Daily VWAP for such
day.
“Daily
VWAP”
means,
for each of the 30 consecutive Exchange Settlement Trading Days during the
Applicable Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price
as
displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “FR.N _equity_
AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of
the period from the scheduled open of the primary exchange or market
on
3
which
the
Common Stock is listed or traded to the scheduled close of such exchange or
market on such Exchange Settlement Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted
average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock
on
such Exchange Settlement Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average
method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained
for this purpose by the Issuer).
“default”
means
any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Depositary”
means
the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to
act
as the depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall be the initial Depositary,
until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary”
shall
mean or include such successor.
“Designated
Event”
means
the occurrence at any time of any of the following events: (1) consummation
of
any transaction or event (whether by means of a share exchange or tender offer
applicable to the Common Stock, a liquidation, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, combination or merger of the Guarantor or a sale, lease or
other transfer of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the
Guarantor) or a series of related transactions or events pursuant to which
all
of the outstanding Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into or constitutes
solely the right to receive cash, securities or other property, more than ten
percent (10%) of which consists of cash, securities or other property that
is
not, or will not be upon consummation of such transaction, listed on a national
securities exchange; (2) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for
purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not
applicable), other than the Guarantor, the Issuer, any majority-owned Subsidiary
of the Guarantor or the Issuer, or any employee benefit plan of the Guarantor,
the Issuer or any such Subsidiary, is or becomes the “beneficial owner,”
directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting
power in the aggregate of all classes of capital stock of the Guarantor then
outstanding and entitled to vote generally in elections of directors; (3) during
any period of twelve (12) consecutive months after the date of original issuance
of the Notes (for so long as the Guarantor is the general partner of the Issuer
immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions),
persons who at the beginning of such twelve (12) month period constituted the
Board of Directors, together with any new persons whose election was approved
by
a vote of a majority of the persons then still comprising the Board of Directors
who were either members of the Board of Directors at the beginning of such
period or whose election, designation or nomination for election was previously
so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors; (4) holders of Common Stock approve any plan or proposal for
liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or the Guarantor, (5) the Common Stock
has ceased to be listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange and is not quoted on the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink
Sheets LLC or any similar organization, in each case, for 30 consecutive Trading
Days or (6) the Guarantor
4
(or
any
successor thereto permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) ceases
to
be the general partner of the Issuer or ceases to control the Issuer;
provided,
however,
that the
pro rata distribution by the Guarantor to its stockholders of shares of the
Guarantor’s capital stock or shares of any of the Guarantor’s other Subsidiaries
will not, in and of itself, constitute a Designated Event for purposes of this
definition.
For
the
purposes of this definition, “person”
includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person”
under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“Designated
Event Repurchase Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 3.05(a).
“DTC”
means
The Depository Trust Company.
“Effective
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.11(b).
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“ex-dividend
date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.01(a)(iv).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“Exchange
Agent”
means
the exchange agent appointed by the Issuer to act as set forth in Article 13,
which, initially, shall be the Trustee.
“Exchange
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Exchange
Notice”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Exchange
Price”
means,
on any date of determination, $1,000, divided
by
the
Exchange Rate as of such date.
“Exchange
Rate”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.04.
“Exchange
Settlement Trading Day” means
a
day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in
securities generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common
Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other
United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common
Stock
is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States
national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on
which
the Common Stock is then traded; provided,
however,
that if
the Common Stock (or other security for which a Daily VWAP must be determined)
in not so listed or quoted, “Exchange Settlement Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
“Expiration
Time”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.05(e).
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“General
Partner”
means
the corporation named as the “General
Partner”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article
10,
shall include its successors and assigns.
“Global
Note”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.02.
“Guarantee”
means
the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of
the
Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
Article 15 hereof.
“Guarantee
Obligations”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 15.01.
“Guarantor”
means
the corporation named as the “Guarantor”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article
10,
shall include its successors and assigns.
“Indenture”
means
this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein
provided, as so amended or supplemented.
“Initial
Notes”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Initial
Purchasers”
means
each of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
(each, an “Initial
Purchaser”).
“interest”
means,
when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms
of
the Notes, including Additional Interest, if any, payable under the terms of
the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Issuer”
means
the limited partnership named as the “Issuer”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article
10,
shall include its successors and assigns.
“Issuer
Request”
and
“Issuer
Order”
mean,
respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by
the
General Partner by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or
a
Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary
or
an Assistant Secretary, of the General Partner, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Issuer
Repurchase Notice”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 3.07(b).
“Issuer
Repurchase Notice Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 3.07(a).
“Make
Whole Cap”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.11(f)(ii).
“Make
Whole Floor”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.11(f)(iii).
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“Market
Disruption Event”
means
the occurrence or existence for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate
on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock of any suspension or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits
permitted by the New
York
Stock Exchange
or
otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts
relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists
at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.
“Maturity
Date”
means
September 15, 2011.
“Note”
or
“Notes”
means
any Note or Notes, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Global
Note.
“Note
Register”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).
“Note
Registrar”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).
“Noteholder”
or
“Holder”
as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term
“beneficial
holder”),
means
any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the
Note
Registrar’s books.
“Offering
Memorandum”
means
the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s offering memorandum dated September 19, 2006
relating to the Notes.
“Officer”
means
the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, one of the Vice
Presidents, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the General Partner.
“Officers’
Certificate,”
when
used with respect to the Issuer, means a certificate signed by the Chairman
of
the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General
Partner, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer or who may be
an
employee of or other counsel for the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to
the
Trustee and delivered to the Trustee.
“outstanding,”
when
used with respect to Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Notes,
or
portions thereof, for whose payment (including redemption or repurchase pursuant
to Article 3) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
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the
Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the
Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes;
provided
however,
that,
if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
has
been made;
(c) Notes,
which shall have been discharged in accordance with Article 11; and
(d) Notes
which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in exchange for or in lieu
of
which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the
Issuer;
provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders
for
quorum purposes, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes
or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded
and
deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Notes
which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes 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 Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other
obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall
be
full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance
with such advice.
“Paying
Agent”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.08.
“Person”
means
any corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company,
an
individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision
thereof.
“PORTAL
Market”
means
The PORTAL Market operated by the Nasdaq Stock Market or any successor
thereto.
“Predecessor
Note”
of
any
particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes
of
this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 lieu
of
a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as
the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.
“Preferred
Stock”
means,
with respect to any Person, all capital stock issued by such Person that are
entitled to a preference or priority over any other capital stock
issued
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by
such
Person with respect to any distribution of such Person’s assets, whether by
dividend or upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up.
“premium”
means
any premium payable under the terms of the Notes.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2006, among the Issuer, the
Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers.
“Record
Date”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.03.
“Redemption
Date”
means,
with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof, the date fixed for such redemption in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof.
“Redemption
Price”
has
the
meaning provided in Section 3.01 hereof.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2006, among the
Issuer, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time
in accordance with its terms.
“Responsible
Officer”
when
used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or vice-chairman of the
board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee
of
the board of directors, the president, any vice president (whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice
president”), the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer
or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted
Securities”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Rule
144A”
means
Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act as it may be amended from
time
to time hereafter.
“Scheduled
Trading Day”
means
a
day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Article I,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act) of the
Issuer.
“Stated
Maturity,”
when
used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the
fixed
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date
on
which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or interest
is
due and payable.
“Stock
Price”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.11(b).
“Subsidiary”
means
a
Person (other than an individual), a majority of the outstanding voting stock,
partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interest, as the
case may be, of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
Issuer or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Issuer. For the purposes
of
this definition, “voting stock” means stock having voting power for the election
of directors, trustees or managers, as the case may be, whether at all times
or
only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of
any
contingency.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which (i) trading in securities generally occurs on the New York Stock
Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, on the principal other United States national or regional securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is
not
then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on
the
principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded and (ii) a
last
reported sale price for the Common Stock is available on such securities
exchange or market; provided,
however,
that if
the Common Stock (or other security for which a Closing Sale Price must be
determined) in not so listed or quoted, “Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
“Trading
Price”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 13.01(a)(ii).
“transfer”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Trust
Indenture Act”
means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date
of
this Indenture; provided
that,
in
the case of a supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Indenture, “Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in
force at the date of such supplemental indenture.
“Trustee”
means
U.S. Bank National Association, and its successors and any corporation resulting
from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors
may
be a party and any successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee
hereunder.
“Units”
means
the limited partnership units of the Issuer.
ARTICLE
2
ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section
2.01.
Designation Amount and Issue of Notes. The
Notes
shall be designated as “4.625%
Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2011.”
Upon
the execution of this Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may
be
executed by the Issuer and
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delivered
to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate
and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer, such order signed by
one
Officer, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.
The
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited; provided
that
upon initial issuance (including any issuance upon exercise of the Initial
Purchasers’ option set forth in Section 1(b) of the Purchase Agreement), the
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $175,00,000
(or
$200,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their option to purchase
additional Notes in full as set forth in the Purchase Agreement), except as
provided in Section 2.06. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders
of
Notes, issue additional Notes (the “Additional
Notes”)
from
time to time in the future with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as
the
Notes originally issued under this Indenture (the “Initial
Notes”)
in an
unlimited principal amount, provided
that
such Additional Notes must be part of the same issue as and fungible with the
Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Notes
and any such Additional Notes will constitute a single series of debt
securities, and in circumstances in which this Indenture provides for the
Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes and
the Holders of any such Additional Notes will vote or take that action as a
single class.
Section
2.02.
Form of Notes. The
Notes, the Guarantee and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne
by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit
A
hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution
and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions
and
to be bound thereby.
Any
of
the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers executing
the
same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval)
and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may
be
required by the Custodian, the Depositary or by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for the Notes to be tradable on The PORTAL
Market or as may be required for the Notes to be tradable on any other market
developed for trading of securities pursuant to Rule 144A or as may be required
to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage,
or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes
are subject.
So
long
as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or
unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.05(b),
all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Notes in global form
registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (a
“Global
Note”).
The
transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall
be
effected through the
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Depositary
in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the
Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.05(b), beneficial owners of a Global
Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names,
will
not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in
definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global
Note.
Any
Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of
outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, exchanges, or
transfers permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the
amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the
Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal
of,
interest on and premium, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder
of such Note.
Section
2.03.
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The
Notes
shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations
of
$2,000 principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest
from the date specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit
A
hereto. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The
Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the
Note Register at the close of business on any Record Date with respect to any
interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on
such
interest payment date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Note or portion
thereof surrendered for exchange during the period from the close of business
on
the Record Date for any interest payment date to the close of business on the
applicable interest payment date must be accompanied by payment, in immediately
available funds or other funds acceptable to the Issuer, of an amount equal
to
the interest otherwise payable on such interest payment date on the principal
amount being exchanged; provided,
however, that
no
such payment need be made (1) if a Holder exchanges its Notes as permitted
by
Section 13.01(a)(iii) and the Issuer has specified a Redemption Date that is
after a Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately succeeding
such interest payment date, (2) if a Holder exchanges its Notes in connection
with a Designated Event and the Issuer has specified a Designated Event
Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date and on or prior to such interest
payment date, (3) with respect to any exchange on or following the Record Date
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, or (4) to the extent of any overdue
interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of exchange with respect
to
such Note. Interest on any Global Note shall be paid by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Payment of the principal and interest on the Notes not represented by a Global
Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office maintained for that purpose
in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
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is
legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Issuer, payments of interest on the Notes may be made (i)
by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall
appear in the Note Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained
by
the Person entitled thereto located within the United States.
If
a
payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue thereon. The term
“Record
Date”
with
respect to any interest payment date shall mean the March 1 or September 1
preceding the applicable March 15 or September 15 interest payment date,
respectively.
Any
interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any March 15 or September 15 (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”)
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the
relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer,
at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b)
below:
(a) The
Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered
at
the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less
than
twenty (20) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice,
unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time
the
Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar
days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed
payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless, the Trustee shall consent
to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such
special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten (10)
calendar days prior to such special record date (unless, the Trustee shall
consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or
their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business
on
such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (b) of this Section 2.03.
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(b) The
Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Section
2.04.
Execution of Notes. The
Notes
shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer by the manual or
facsimile signature of an Officer. Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form
of
Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually or by facsimile by the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided
by
Section
7.11),
shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any
purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent)
upon
any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note
so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that
the
Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In
case
any Officer who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such
Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Issuer, such Notes nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed
such
Notes had not ceased to be such Officer, and any Note may be signed on behalf
of
the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Note,
shall be the proper Officers, although at the date of the execution of this
Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.
Section
2.05.
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.
(a)
The
Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the
register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the
Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02 being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Note
Register”)
in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer
shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The
Note
Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being exchanged
into
written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby
appointed “Note
Registrar”
for
the
purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The
Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance with Section
4.02.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or
any
co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth
in this Section 2.05, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a
like
aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
Notes
may
be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
any
such office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02.
Whenever any
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Notes
are
so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange
is
entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
All
Notes
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the
valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
All
Notes
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange,
redemption, or repurchase shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Note
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer, and the Notes shall
be duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney duly authorized
in
writing.
No
service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of, transfer
or
exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment by the Holder of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may
be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Notes.
In
the
event of any redemption in part, the Issuer shall not be required to: (i) issue
or register the transfer or exchange of any Note during a period beginning
at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Notes for redemption
and
ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant
notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Notes to
be
so redeemed, or (ii) register the transfer or exchange of any Note so selected
for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part.
(b) The
following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes:
(i) Each
Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or
a
nominee thereof or Custodian therefor, and each such Global Note shall
constitute a single Note for all purposes of this Indenture.
(ii) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole
or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole
or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
or a
nominee thereof unless (1) the Depositary (x) has notified the Issuer that
it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a
successor depositary has not been appointed by the Issuer within ninety (90)
calendar days, (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (3)
the
Issuer, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no
longer wishes to have all the Notes represented by Global Notes. Any Global
Note
exchanged pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above shall be so exchanged in whole
and
not in part and any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (3)
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above
may
be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Issuer.
Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall
be a
Global Note; provided
that any
such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note.
(iii) Notes
issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause
(ii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without
interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of
such
Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such
names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate
and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Note to be exchanged
in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Note
Registrar. With regard to any Global Note to be exchanged in part, either such
Global Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting
as
Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note,
the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion
thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the
records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee
shall
authenticate and make available for delivery the Note issuable on such exchange
to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative
thereof.
(iv) In
the
event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above,
the
Issuer will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest
coupons.
(v) Neither
any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent
Members”)
nor
any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the name
of
the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee,
as
the case may be, may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of
the
Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note
for
all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair,
as
between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf
an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons
governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(vi) At
such
time as all interests in a Global Note have been redeemed, repurchased,
exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall,
upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing
procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian.
At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global
Note
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is
redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form,
the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing
procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian,
be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note,
by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect
such reduction.
(c) Every
Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof)
that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set
forth in this Section 2.05(c) (the “Restricted
Notes Legend”),
and
any Common Stock that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear
the Common Stock legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (the “Common
Stock Legend”)
(collectively, the “Restricted
Securities”)
shall
be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c)
(including those set forth in the legends below) unless such restrictions on
transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Issuer, and the Holder of
each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be
bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c),
the
term “transfer”
means
any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any
Restricted Security or any interest therein.
Until
the
Maturity Date for the Notes any certificate evidencing a Restricted Security
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or unless otherwise
agreed by the Issuer in writing, with written notice thereof to the
Trustee:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER, FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST,
INC.
OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER; OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A (IF AVAILABLE).
Until
the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate
evidencing any stock certificate representing shares of Common Stock issued
upon
exchange of any Note, shall bear a Common Stock Legend unless such Common Stock
has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at
the
time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule
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144
under
the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise
agreed by the Issuer in writing, with written notice thereof to the
Trustee:
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER; (B)
UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT; (C) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE
IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE);
OR
(D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF
THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (2) THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY, FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,
LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT.
Any
such
shares of Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have
expired in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for removal
of the Common Stock Legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon
surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for
exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common
Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number
of
shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the Common Stock Legend required
by
this Section 2.05(c).
(d) By
its
acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, each Holder of
such
Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this
Indenture and in the Restricted Notes Legend and agrees that it will transfer
such Note only as provided in this Indenture and as permitted by applicable
law.
(e) Any
Restricted Securities purchased or owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof
may not be resold by the Issuer or such Affiliate unless registered under the
Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results in such Notes
or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being “restricted securities” (as
defined under Rule 144).
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(f) The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or
any
other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts
or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member
thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect
to
the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary)
of
any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount,
under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given
to the Noteholders and all payments to be made to Noteholders under the Notes
shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Noteholders
(which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note).
The
rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through
the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depository. The
Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.
The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note
(including any transfers between or among Agent Members in any Global Indenture)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation
or
evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly
required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
Section
2.06.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In
case
any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer
in
its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu
of
and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case,
the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee
and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity
as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability,
cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every
case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the
Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of
the
ownership thereof.
Following
receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of
satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding
paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such
substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance
of
any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a
sum
sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may
be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In
case
any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for
redemption or has been properly tendered for repurchase on a Designated Event
Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn) or is to be exchanged pursuant to this
Indenture, shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen,
the
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Issuer
may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of
or
exchange or authorize the exchange of the same (without surrender thereof except
in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for
such
payment or exchange shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if
applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may
be
required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost
or
expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case
of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer,
the
Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Exchange Agent evidence to
their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership
thereof.
Every
substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue
of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all
the
benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued
hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption or repurchase
of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other
rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter
enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange
or redemption or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities
without their surrender.
Section
2.07.
Temporary Notes. Pending
the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the
Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the
written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed
or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form,
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary
Note shall be executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or such
authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without
unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such
authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all
temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or
agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or
such
authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in
exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes
in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own
expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Notes
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same
limitations under this Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated
and
delivered hereunder.
Section
2.08.
Cancellation of Notes. All
Notes
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase, exchange or
registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any paying
agent
to whom Notes may be presented for
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payment
(the “Paying
Agent”)
or
Exchange Agent, which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note 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 Notes shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with
its customary procedures. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption, repurchase or satisfaction of
the
indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section
2.09.
CUSIP Numbers. The
Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP”
numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”
numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided
that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness
of
such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify
the
Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP”
numbers.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION
AND REPURCHASE OF NOTES
Section
3.01.
Redemption of Notes. (a)
The
Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes for cash, in whole or in part,
if the Issuer determines it is necessary to redeem the Notes in order to
preserve the Guarantor’s status as a real estate investment trust, upon the
notice set forth in Section 3.02 at a redemption price (“Redemption
Price”)
equal
to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus unpaid
interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date;
provided,
however that
if
the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the Holder
of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date
(instead
of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption)
and the
Redemption Price shall be equal to 100%
of
the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed. In connection with any
redemption by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.01(a), the Issuer shall
provide the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing that the Board of
Directors has, in good faith, made the determination that it is necessary to
redeem the Notes in order to preserve the Guarantor’s status as a real estate
investment trust.
(b) The
Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) on any date if
the
principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration
has
not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except
in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the
payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be
redeemed).
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Section
3.02.
Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. In
case
the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case
may
be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for
redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer
than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be
acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed,
the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail or
cause
to be mailed a notice of such redemption not fewer than thirty (30) calendar
days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to
each
Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as
the
same appears on the Note Register; provided
that if
the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such
request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee;
provided further
that the
text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer.
Each
such
notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes
to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes being redeemed,
(iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption
Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment
and
that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, (iv)
that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will
be
paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest
thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, (vii)
that the Holder has a right to exchange the Notes called for redemption, (viii)
the Exchange Rate on the date of such notice and (ix) the time and date on
which
the right to exchange such Notes or portions thereof pursuant to this Indenture
will expire. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of
redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers,
if
any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and
shall
state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note,
a new
Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will
be issued.
Whenever
any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice
of
the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than thirty (30) calendar
days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior
to the Redemption Date.
On
or
prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as
provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent
(or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate
and
hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04) an amount of money in immediately
available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or
portions thereof) so called for redemption (other than those theretofore
surrendered for exchange) at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided
that if
such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying
Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be
entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the
Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required
hereunder to pay the
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Redemption
Price. If any Note called for redemption is exchanged pursuant hereto prior
to
such Redemption Date, any money deposited with the Paying Agent or so segregated
and held in trust for the redemption of such Note shall be paid to the Issuer
or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such
trust.
If
less
than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select
the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated
form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof) on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems fair and
appropriate or is required by the Depositary. If any Note selected for
redemption is submitted for exchange in part after such selection, the portion
of such Note submitted for exchange shall be deemed (so far as may be possible)
to be the portion to be selected for redemption. The Notes (or portions thereof)
so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for
all
purposes hereof, notwithstanding that any such Note is submitted for exchange
in
part before the mailing of the notice of redemption.
Upon
any
redemption of less than all of the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee
may (but need not), solely for purposes of determining the pro rata allocation
among such Notes that are unexchanged and outstanding at the time of redemption,
treat as outstanding any Notes surrendered for exchange during the period of
fifteen (15) calendar days preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption
and
may (but need not) treat as outstanding any Note authenticated and delivered
during such period in exchange for the unexchanged portion of any Note exchanged
in part during such period.
Section
3.03.
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer. If
notice
of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the Notes or portion
of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall, unless
exchanged pursuant to the terms hereof, become due and payable on the Redemption
Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price,
and unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Notes at the
Redemption Price, (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding and (b) interest
on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue
on and after the Redemption Date and, after the close of business on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to be
exchangeable pursuant to this Indenture and, except as provided in Section
11.02, to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and
the
Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right
to
receive the Redemption Price thereof or, if the Notes have been tendered for
exchange, the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock due upon such
exchange. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment
in
said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall
be
paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with interest
accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
Upon
presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and
the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Note or Notes, of authorized
denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes
so presented.
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Section
3.04.
Sinking Fund. There
shall be no sinking fund provided for the Notes.
Section
3.05.
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event. (a)
If
there shall occur a Designated Event at any time prior to the Maturity Date,
then each Noteholder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require
the Issuer to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof that
is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, in cash, on a date (the “Designated
Event Repurchase Date”)
specified by the Issuer, which may be no earlier than fifteen (15) days and
no
later than thirty (30) days after the date of the Issuer Repurchase Notice
related to such Designated Event, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date; provided,
however,
that
if
the Designated Event Repurchase Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior
to the corresponding interest payment date, the Issuer shall pay the full amount
of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the
Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date,
and
the repurchase price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
repurchased.
(b) On
or
before the tenth calendar day after the occurrence of a Designated Event, the
Issuer shall give or cause to be given to all Holders of record on the date
of
the Designated Event (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law)
an
Issuer Repurchase Notice as set forth in Section 3.07 with respect to such
Designated Event. The Issuer shall also deliver a copy of the Issuer Repurchase
Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent at such time as it is given to
Noteholders. In addition to the giving of such Issuer Repurchase Notice, the
Issuer shall disseminate a press release through Dow Xxxxx & Company, Inc.
or Bloomberg Business News announcing the occurrence of such Designated Event
or
publish such information in The Wall Street Journal or another newspaper of
general circulation in The City of New York or on the Guarantor’s website, or
through such other public medium as the Issuer shall deem appropriate at such
time.
No
failure of the Issuer to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the Noteholders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the
proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section
3.05.
(c) For
a
Note to be repurchased at the option of the Holder pursuant to this Section
3.05(c), the Holder must deliver to the Paying Agent, prior to the close of
business on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Designated Event
Repurchase Date, (i) a written notice of repurchase (the “Designated
Event Repurchase Notice”)
in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Note duly completed (if the Note is
certificated) or stating the following (if the Note is represented by a Global
Note): (A) the certificate number of the Note that the Holder will deliver
to be
repurchased (if the Note is certificated) or that the relevant Designated Event
Repurchase Notice complies with the appropriate Depositary procedures (if the
Note is represented by a Global Note), (B) the portion of the principal amount
of the Note which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, which portion
must
be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
(provided
that the
remaining principal amount of Notes not subject to
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repurchase
must be in an authorized denomination) and
(C)
that such Note shall be repurchased as of the Designated Event Repurchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Note and in this
Indenture; together with (ii) such Notes duly endorsed for transfer (if the
Note
if certificated) or book-entry transfer of such Note (if such Note is
represented by a Global Note). The delivery of such Note to the Paying Agent
with, or at any time after delivery of, the Designated Event Repurchase Notice
(together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of the Paying Agent
shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the repurchase price
therefore; provided,
however,
that
such repurchase price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.05 only if
the
Notes so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the
description thereof in the Designated Event Repurchase Notice. All questions
as
to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of
any
Note for repurchase shall be determined by the Issuer, whose determination
shall
be final and binding absent manifest error.
(d) The
Issuer, if so requested, shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant
to
this Section 3.05, a portion of a Note, if the principal amount of such portion
is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply
to the repurchase of all of a Note also apply to the repurchase of such portion
of such Note.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to this
Section 3.05 if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and
such
acceleration has not been rescinded or cured, on or prior to the relevant
Repurchase Date (except
in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Issuer in the
payment of the repurchase price pursuant to this Section 3.05 with respect
to
the Notes to be repurchased).
(f) The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer of the receipt by it of any
Designated Event Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.
Any
repurchase by the Issuer contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section
3.05 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received
by
the Holder (i) on the Designated Event Repurchase Date if the book-entry
transfer or delivery of the Notes to the Paying Agent is effected prior to
the
close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Designated Event
Repurchase Date, and (ii) if delivered later, within two (2) Business Days
following the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery of the Note. Payment
of the repurchase price for a Note for which a Designated Event Repurchase
Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn is conditioned upon book-entry
transfer or delivery of the Notes, together with necessary endorsements, to
the
Paying Agent.
Section
3.06. [Reserved]
Section
3.07.
Issuer Repurchase Notice. (a)
The
Issuer Repurchase Notice, as provided in Section 3.07(b), shall be given to
Holders in the event of a Designated Event, on or before the tenth calendar
day
after the occurrence of such a Designated Event as provided in Section 3.05(b)
(the “Issuer
Repurchase Notice Date”).
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(b) In
connection with any repurchase of Notes, the Issuer shall, on the applicable
Issuer Repurchase Notice Date, give written notice to Holders (with a copy
to
the Trustee) setting forth information specified in this Section (in either
case, the “Issuer
Repurchase Notice”).
Each
Issuer Repurchase Notice shall:
(i) state
the
repurchase price, and the Designated Event Repurchase Date to which the relevant
Issuer Repurchase Notice relates;
(ii) state,
if
applicable, the circumstances constituting the Designated Event;
(iii) state
that Holders must exercise their right to elect to repurchase prior to the
close
of business on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Repurchase
Date
or the second Business Day immediately prior to the Designated Event Repurchase
Date, as the case may be;
(iv) include
a
form of Designated Event Repurchase Notice;
(v) state
the
name and address of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and, if applicable, the
Exchange Agent;
(vi) state
that Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the repurchase
price;
(vii) state
that a Holder may withdraw its Designated Event Repurchase Notice at any time
prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately prior
to
the Designated Event Repurchase Date, as the case may be, by delivering a valid
written notice of withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.08;
(viii) if
the
Notes are then exchangeable, state that Notes as to which the Designated Event
Repurchase Notice has been given may be exchanged only if the Designated Event
Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
(ix) state
the
amount of interest accrued and unpaid per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
to,
but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date;
(x) state
that, unless the Issuer defaults in making payment of the repurchase price,
interest on Notes covered by any Designated Event Repurchase Notice shall cease
to accrue on and after the Designated Event Repurchase Date;
(xi) state
the
CUSIP number of the Notes, if CUSIP numbers are then in use; and
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(xii) state
the
procedures for withdrawing a Designated Event Repurchase Notice, including
a
form of notice of withdrawal (as specified in Section 3.08).
An
Issuer
Repurchase Notice may be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, the
Trustee shall give such Issuer Repurchase Notice in the Issuer’s name and at the
Issuer’s expense; provided
that
the
text of the Issuer Repurchase Notice shall be prepared by the
Issuer.
If
any of
the Notes is represented by a Global Note, then the Issuer will modify such
Issuer Repurchase Notice to the extent necessary to accord with the applicable
procedures of the Depositary that apply to the repurchase of Global
Notes.
(c) The
Issuer will, to the extent applicable, comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4
and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act that may
be
applicable at the time of the repurchase of the Notes, file the related Schedule
TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act and comply
with all other applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with
the repurchase of the Notes.
Section
3.08.
Effect of Designated Event Repurchase Notice; Withdrawal. Upon
receipt by the Paying Agent of the Designated Event Repurchase Notice, the
Holder of the Note in respect of which such Designated Event Repurchase Notice
was given shall (unless such Repurchase Notice is validly withdrawn in
accordance with this Section 3.08) thereafter be entitled to receive solely
the
repurchase price with respect to such Note.
Such
repurchase price shall be paid to such Holder, within two (2) Business Days
following the later of (x) the Designated Event Repurchase Date with respect
to
such Note (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 3.05)
and
(y) the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Note to the Paying
Agent
by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.05.
Notes
in
respect of which a Designated Event Repurchase Notice has been given by the
Holder thereof may not be exchanged pursuant to Article 13 hereof on or after
the date of the delivery of such Repurchase Notice unless such Designated Event
Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn.
A
Designated Event Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice
of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent at any time prior
to
the close of business on the second Business Day immediately prior to the
Designated Event Repurchase Date specifying:
(a) the
name
of the Holder;
(b) the
certificate number(s) of all withdrawn Notes in certificated form or that the
notice of withdrawal complies with appropriate Depositary procedures with
respect to all withdrawn Notes represented by a Global Note;
(c) the
principal amount of Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is
being submitted, which must be an integral multiple of $1,000; and
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(d) the
principal amount of Notes, if any, that remains subject to the original
Designated Event Repurchase Notice and that has been or will be delivered for
repurchase by the Issuer.
If
a
Designated Event Repurchase Notice is properly withdrawn, the Issuer shall
not
be obligated to repurchase the Notes listed in such Repurchase
Notice.
Section
3.09.
Deposit of Repurchase Price. (a)
Prior
to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Designated Event Repurchase Date,
the
Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Issuer is acting as the
Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04
an
amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Designated
Event Repurchase Date), sufficient to pay the aggregate repurchase price of
all
the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased as of the Designated
Event Repurchase Date.
(b) If
on the
Designated Event Repurchase Date the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to
pay
the repurchase price of the Notes that Holders have elected to require the
Issuer to repurchase in accordance with Section 3.05, then, on the Designated
Event Repurchase Date such Notes will cease to be outstanding, interest will
cease to accrue and all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will
terminate, other than the right to receive the repurchase price upon delivery
or
book-entry transfer of the Note or, if such Notes have been tendered for
exchange, the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock due upon such
exchange. This will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer of the Note
has been made or the Note has been delivered to the Paying Agent.
Section
3.10.
Notes Repurchased in Part. Upon
presentation of any Note repurchased only in part, the Issuer shall execute
and
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Note or Notes in aggregate
principal amount equal to the unrepurchased portion of the Notes presented
(provided that the unrepurchased portion of the Notes must be in an integral
multiple of $1,000).
Section
3.11.
Repayment to the Issuer. Subject
to Section 11.04, the Paying Agent shall return to the Issuer any cash that
remains unclaimed, together with interest, if any, thereon, held by them for
the
payment of the repurchase price; provided
that to
the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Issuer pursuant
to
Section 3.09 exceeds the aggregate repurchase price of the Notes or portions
thereof which the Issuer is obligated to repurchase as of the Designated Event
Repurchase Date then, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Issuer,
promptly after the second Business Day following the Designated Event Repurchase
Date the Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Issuer, together
with
interest, if any, thereon.
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ARTICLE
4
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Section
4.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The
Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be
paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption
or the repurchase price upon repurchase, in each case pursuant to Article 3),
and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the
respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the
Notes.
Section
4.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency. The
Issuer will maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, where
the
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment or for exchange, redemption or repurchase and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. As of the date of this Indenture, such office shall
be
the Corporate Trust Office and, at any other time, at such other address as
the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Issuer. The
Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any
change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed
by
the Trustee. If at any time the Issuer 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
Corporate Trust Office.
The
Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any
or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The
Issuer will 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
Issuer hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Note Registrar,
Custodian and Exchange Agent and the Corporate Trust Office shall be considered
as one such office or agency of the Issuer for each of the aforesaid
purposes.
So
long
as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or cause
to be
mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.08(f). If co-registrars have been
appointed in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices
only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its
records.
Section
4.03.
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The
Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section
7.08, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder.
Section
4.04.
Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a)
If
the Issuer shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, or if the
Trustee shall appoint such a Paying Agent, the Issuer will cause such Paying
Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
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instrument
in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of
this Section 4.04:
(i) that
it
will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal
of
and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (whether such sums have been
paid
to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Notes) in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(ii) that
it
will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other
obligor on the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of and premium,
if
any, or interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and payable;
and
(iii) that
at
any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the
Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust.
The
Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which
are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay
such principal, premium, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent
is
the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to
take
such action; provided
that if
such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the
Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.
(b) If
the
Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date
of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum
sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming
due
and will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action and
of
any failure by the Issuer (or any other obligor under the Notes) to make any
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes when
the
same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything
in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee
all
sums held in trust by the Issuer or any Paying Agent hereunder as required
by
this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained and upon such payment by the Issuer or any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, the Issuer or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Anything
in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold
sums
in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Section 11.02 and
Section 11.03.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions of any other Paying Agents
(including the Issuer if acting as its own Paying Agent) and shall have no
control of any funds held by such other Paying Agents.
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Section
4.05.
Existence. Subject
to Article 10, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor will do or cause to be
done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence
all material rights and material franchises; provided,
however,
that
neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Issuer or the Guarantor,
as
applicable, shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as
applicable.
Section
4.06.
Rule 144A Information Requirement. If
so
required by Rule 144A the Guarantor and the Issuer will promptly furnish to
the
Holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of the Notes and of any
shares of Common Stock delivered upon exchange of the Notes, upon their request,
the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) to
facilitate the
resale of the Notes and such shares pursuant to Rule 144A.
Section
4.07.
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The
Issuer and the Guarantor each 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 usury, stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which
may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and
the Guarantor each (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will
not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.
Section
4.08.
Compliance Certificate. The
Issuer and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the
end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the
General Partner as to his or her knowledge of the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the
event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and
status thereof. For purposes of this Section 4.08, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under
this Indenture.
The
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware of (i) any
default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition
contained in this Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’
Certificate specifying with particularity such default or Event of Default
and
further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to
take
with respect thereto.
Any
notice required to be given under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
4.09.
Additional Interest Notice. In
the
event that the Issuer is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders of
Notes
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer will provide written
notice (“Additional
Interest Notice”)
to the
Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional Interest no later than fifteen
(15)
calendar days
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prior
to
the proposed interest payment date for Additional Interest, and the Additional
Interest Notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest to be paid
by
the Issuer on such interest payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time
be
under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine the
Additional Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of
the
amount of Additional Interest when made, or with respect to the method employed
in such calculation of the Additional Interest.
ARTICLE
5
NOTEHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
Section
5.01.
Noteholders’ Lists. The
Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually,
not later than 15 days after the Record Date for interest for the Notes, a
list,
in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, and
(b) at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as
of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished,
provided,
however,
that,
so long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required
to
be furnished.
Section
5.02.
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. Every
Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer
and
the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent
nor any Paying Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source
from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be
held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
TIA Section 312(b).
Section
5.03.
Reports by Trustee. The
Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Notes such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by TIA Section
313 at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA, which shall initially
be
not less than every twelve months commencing on May 15, 2007 and may be dated
as
of a date up to 75 days prior to such transmission. A copy of each such report
shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which any Notes are listed,
with
the Commission and with the Issuer. The Issuer will notify the Trustee when
any
Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section
5.04.
Reports by Issuer. The
Issuer will:
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(a) file
with
the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the same with
the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which
the
Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Issuer is
not
required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such
Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such
of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which
may
be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange
as
may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) file
with
the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information,
documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the
conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to
time
by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit
by mail to the Holders of Notes, within 30 days after the filing thereof with
the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c),
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed
by
the Issuer pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required
by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE
6
Remedies
of the Trustee and Noteholders on an Event of Default
Section
6.01.
Events of Default. In
case
one or more of the following (“Events
of Default”)
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be
continuing:
(a) default
in the payment of any interest on the Notes when such interest becomes due
and
payable, that continues for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default
in the payment of the principal of the Notes or any repurchase price or
Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when due and payable;
or
(c) failure
to deliver cash and, if applicable, Common Stock within five (5) days after
the
due date upon an exchange of Notes pursuant to Article 13, together with any
cash due in lieu of fractional shares; or
(d) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty in this Indenture
with respect to the Notes, and continuance of such default or breach for
a
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period
of
60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(e) default
under any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any
indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or the Guarantor or by any
Subsidiary of the Issuer or of the Guarantor, the repayment of which the Issuer
or the Guarantor has guaranteed or for which the Issuer or the Guarantor is
directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor, having an aggregate
principal amount outstanding of at least $10,000,000, whether such indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted
in
such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date
on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such
indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded
or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given,
by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer
and
the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes then outstanding a written notice specifying such default and requiring
the Issuer to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such
acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a
“Notice of Default” hereunder;
or
(f) the
Issuer fails to provide on a timely basis an Issuer Repurchase Notice after
the
occurrence of a Designated Event as provided in Section 3.05(b) and Section
3.07(b); or
(g) the
Guarantor, the Issuer, or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or
under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences
a voluntary case; or
(ii) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
or
(iii) consents
to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law of it or for all or substantially
of
its property; or
(iv) makes
a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(h) a
court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(i) is
for
relief against the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries
in an involuntary case; or
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(ii) appoints
a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the
Guarantor, the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or
substantially all of its property; or
(iii) orders
the liquidation of the Guarantor, the Issuer or a Significant Subsidiary;
and,
in
each case in this clause (h), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for ninety (90) calendar days;
then,
and
in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(g) and Section 6.01(h) with respect to the Issuer), unless the principal
of
all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee
or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer (and
to
the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare the principal amount of and
premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall be
immediately due and payable.
If
an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or Section 6.01(h) occurs and
is
continuing with respect to the Issuer, then the principal amount of and premium,
if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall
be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other action on the
part
of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes.
If,
at
any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on
the
Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment
or
decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered
as
hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then
outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive
all
defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07, if: (a) all Events of
Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued
and
unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have
been cured or waived; (b) interest on overdue installments of interest (to
the
extent that payment of such interest is lawful) and on overdue principal, which
has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been
paid; and (c) the Issuer has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and
reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances pursuant
to
Section 7.06. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect
any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent
thereon.
In
case
the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture
and
such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such
waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer,
the
Holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their
several positions and rights hereunder,
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and
all
rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Holders of Notes, and the Trustee
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section
6.02.
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The
Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section
6.01(a) or 6.01(b), upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount
that
then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal and premium,
if
any, or interest, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal
and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued
and
unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes from the required payment date
and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06.
Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether
or
not the Notes are overdue.
In
case
the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled
and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for
the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action
or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment
or
final decree against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes and collect
in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or any other
obligor on the Notes wherever situated the monies adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
In
case
of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Guarantor, the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the
Notes or the property of the Guarantor, the Issuer or of such other obligor
or
their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Notes
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
on
the Issuer for the payment of overdue principal (including the Redemption Price
or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3)) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i)
to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (including the
Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant
to
Article 3) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have
the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel)
and
of the Holders of Notes allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (ii) to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Notes 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 of Notes, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and
counsel, and any other
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amounts
due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.06. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent
to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Note any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of
any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
of
any Holder of Notes in any such proceeding; provided,
however,
that
the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of Notes, vote for the election of
a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of the creditors’
committee.
All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of
the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the
Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative
thereto, and any such suit or 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 Notes.
In
any
proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall
be
a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes,
and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any
such proceedings.
Section
6.03.
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any
monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6, shall be applied,
in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the
distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and
stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
thereof, if fully paid:
FIRST:
To
the payment of costs and expenses of collection, including all sums paid or
advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses
and
disbursements of the Trustee, its agents and counsel all other amounts due
the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.06;
SECOND:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal
(including the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption or
repurchase pursuant to Article 3) and interest, 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on
the
Notes for principal (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon
redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3) and interest, respectively;
and
THIRD:
To
the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer.
Section
6.04.
Proceedings by Noteholders. No
Holder
of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision
of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or
at
law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment
of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other
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similar
official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default
in
the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, unless
(a)
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an
Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided,
(b)
the Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee
to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as
it
may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein
or
thereby, (c) the Trustee for sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of
such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any
such
action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written
request shall have been given to the Trustee by Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding; it being understood and
intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note
with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders
of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by
reference to any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the
rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority
over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under
this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable
and
common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided
herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and
every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right
of any Holder of any Note to receive payment of the principal of (including
the
Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant
to
Article 3) and premium, if any, and accrued interest on such Note, on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Note or in the event of redemption
or
repurchase, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or
after such respective dates against the Issuer shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
Anything
contained in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Holder of any Note, without the consent of either the Trustee or the Holder
of
any other Note, in its own behalf and for its own benefit, may enforce, and
may
institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to enforce, its rights of
exchange as provided herein.
Section
6.05.
Proceedings by Trustee. 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 of
Notes
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
6.06.
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All
powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Noteholders
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive
of
any thereof or of any other powers
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and
remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial
proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission
of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or
power accruing upon any default or Event of Default occurring and continuing
as
aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be
a
waiver of any such default or any acquiescence therein, and, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article 6
or by
law to the Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time,
and
as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Noteholders.
Section
6.07.
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
at the time outstanding shall have the right to 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 (a)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and (c) the Trustee
need
not take any action which might involve it in personal liability or be unduly
prejudicial to the Holders of Notes not joining therein, it being understood
that (subject to Section 7.02) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain
whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such
Holders.
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past
default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except
(i) a
default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price
or
repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3), premium,
if any, or interest on the Notes, (ii) a failure by the Issuer to exchange
any
Notes as required by this Indenture, (iii) a default in the payment of the
Redemption Price on the Redemption Date pursuant to Article 3, (iv) a default
in
the payment of the repurchase price on the Designated Event Repurchase Date
pursuant to Article 3 or (v) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions
hereof which under Article 9 cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected
thereby.
Upon
any
such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
6.08.
[Reserved]
Section
6.09.
Undertaking to Pay Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance
thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion,
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by
it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking
to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs,
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including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; provided
that the
provisions of this Section 6.09 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not
apply
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder,
or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance
with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price
or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3), or
interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note or to
any
suit for the enforcement of the right to exchange any Note in accordance with
the provisions of Article 13.
ARTICLE
7
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
7.01.
Notice of Defaults. Within
90
days after the occurrence of any default hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit
in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such
default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been
cured or waived; provided,
however,
that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (including
the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant
to Article 3) or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee
in
good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of
the Holders of the Notes; and provided
further
that in
the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 6.01(d),
no such notice to Holders of Notes shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof.
Section
7.02. Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(a) the
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon
any resolution, Officers’ Certificate, certificate, statement, instrument,
Opinion of Counsel, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it to
be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any
request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order (other than delivery of any
Note
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.04 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(c) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’
Certificate;
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(d) before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, the Trustee may consult with counsel
and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall 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;
(e) the
Trustee shall 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
of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to
the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(f) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or
other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders
of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;
provided
that, if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses
or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation
is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to
proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid
by
the Holders or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Holders upon
demand. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, relevant
to
the facts or matters that are the subject of its inquiry, personally or by
agent
or attorney;
(g) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
in
good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith
and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(j) the
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
(k) the
permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture
shall
not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other
than its negligence or willful misconduct; and
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(l) except
for (i) a default under Sections 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, or (ii) any other
event of which the Trustee has “actual knowledge” and which event, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event
of
Default under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice
of
any default or Event of Default unless specifically notified in writing of
such
event by the Issuer or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding; as used herein, the term “actual
knowledge”
means
the actual fact or statement of knowing, without any duty to make any
investigation with regard thereto.
The
Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Except during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform only
such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee.
Section
7.03.
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and neither
the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes except that the Trustee represents
that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate
the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Issuer of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
Section
7.04. May
Hold Notes and Common Stock.
The
Trustee, any Paying Agent, Exchange Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating
Agent or any other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity,
may become the owner or pledgee of Notes or Common Stock and, subject to TIA
Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and the Guarantor
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent,
Exchange Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other
agent.
Section
7.05. Money
Held in Trust.
Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability
for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with the Issuer.
Section
7.06. Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Issuer agrees:
(a) to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation
shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
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(b) except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful
misconduct; and
(c) to
indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold
it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence
or
willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or
duties hereunder.
When
the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of
Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 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.
As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuer under this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes upon all property
and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust
for
the payment of principal of (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price
upon redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3) or interest on any Notes.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section
7.07.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as
Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of Federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article. Neither the Issuer nor any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer shall serve
as Trustee.
Section
7.08.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 7.09.
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(b) The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer.
If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The
Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Trustee and to the
Issuer.
(d) If
at any
time:
(i) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Note who has been
a
bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
(ii) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.07 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Note who
has
been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
(iii) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed
or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then,
in
any such case, (A) the Issuer by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee, or (B) subject to TIA Section
315(e), any Holder of a Note who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for
at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Issuer, by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall
be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor Trustee shall
have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders of Notes and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Note who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The
Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and
each appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing or causing to be
mailed
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such
notice to the Holders of Notes as they appear on the Note Register. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
Section
7.09.
Acceptance of Appointment By Successor. (a)
In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor
Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and
to
the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of
the
retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject
nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 7.06.
(b) In
case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, the Issuer, the retiring
Trustee and each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto, pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and
to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of
the
retiring Trustee to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring all Notes, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as to which the
retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of
a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery
of
such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trust sand duties of the retiring Trustee to which
the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer
or
any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
(c) Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 7.09, as the case may be.
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(d) No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
Section
7.10.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case any
Notes shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such
successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Notes, in either its own
name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which
this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the
Trustee.
Section
7.11. Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
At any
time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the
Trustee to authenticate Notes issued upon exchange, registration of transfer
or
partial redemption or repayment thereof, and Notes so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory
for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Issuer. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all
times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business
and
in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any state
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If
such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus asset forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in
this Section.
Any
corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger,
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conversion
or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business
of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such
corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee
or
the Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any
time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give notice of such
appointment to all Holders of Notes by mailing or causing to be mailed such
notice to the Holders of Notes as they appear on the Note Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section.
The
Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services
under this Section.
If
an
appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in
the
following form:
This
is
one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee
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Dated:______________________
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By:__________________________________________
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as
Authenticating Agent
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Dated:______________________
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By:__________________________________________
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Authorized
Signatory
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Section
7.12. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.
(a) With
respect to the Notes, except during the continuance of an Event of Default
with
respect to the Notes:
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(i) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture,
but
shall not be under any duty to verify the contents or accuracy thereof.
(b) In
case
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise
or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(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, except that:
(i) this
Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of
this
Section;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent
in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes 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; and
(iv) no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to
it.
(d) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12.
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ARTICLE
8
THE
NOTEHOLDERS
Section
8.01.
Action by Noteholders. Whenever
in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage
in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the
making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver
or
the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such
action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be
evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor
executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing,
or
(b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting
of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and
any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Issuer or the
Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the
Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the
record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. Notwithstanding
Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not
earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Noteholders
generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation
is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Noteholders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Noteholders for
the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, and
for
that purpose the outstanding notes shall be computed as of such record date;
provided
that no
such authorization, agreement or consent by the Noteholders on such record
date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record
date.
Section
8.02.
Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject
to the provisions of Sections 7.02 and 7.12, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made
in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed
by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The
holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a
certificate of the Note Registrar.
Section
8.03.
Absolute Owners. The
Issuer, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any exchange agent and any Note Registrar
may deem the Person in whose name such Note shall be registered upon the Note
Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether
or
not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership
or
other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Issuer or any Note
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption
or repurchase pursuant to Article 3), premium, if any, and interest on such
Note, for exchange of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the
Issuer nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any exchange agent nor any
Note
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to
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the
contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon
its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any
such Note.
Section
8.04.
Issuer-owned Notes Disregarded. In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of
Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver under this Indenture or whether a quorum is present a meeting of
Noteholders, Notes which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the
Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes shall
be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination; provided
that for
the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on
any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which a
Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the
purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is
not the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer
or
any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision
by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to
the
Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee
promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any,
known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the
above described Persons, and, subject to Section 7.12, the Trustee shall be
entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the
facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are
outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
Section
8.05.
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At
any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in
Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage
in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in
connection with such action, any Holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence
to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action
may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office
and
upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far
as
concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder
of
any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or
substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto
is
made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution
therefor.
ARTICLE
9
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders. The
Issuer, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, the
Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into
an
indenture or indentures
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supplemental
without the consent of any Holder of the Notes hereto for any of the following
purposes:
(a) to
evidence a successor to the Issuer as obligor or to the Guarantor as guarantor
under this Indenture;
(b) to
add to
the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders
of
the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or the
Guarantor in this Indenture or in the Notes;
(c) to
add
Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(d) to
amend
or supplement any provisions of this Indenture; provided
that no
amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of
the
Holders of any Notes then outstanding;
(e) to
secure
the Notes;
(f) to
provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee or facilitate
the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one
Trustee;
(g) to
cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; provided
that
this action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Notes
in any material respect;
(h) to
supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary
to
permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of any of the Notes; provided
that the
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes
in
any material respect;
(i) to
modify
this Indenture and the Notes to increase the Exchange Rate or reduce the
Exchange Price; provided
that
the
increase or reduction, as the case may be, is in accordance with the terms
of
the Notes or will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Notes; or
(j) to
conform the text of this Indenture, any Guarantee or the Notes to any provision
of the description thereof set forth in the Offering Memorandum to the extent
that such provision in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision in this Indenture, such Guarantee or the
Notes.
Upon
the
written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of
the
Board of Directors certified by the General Partner’s Secretary or Assistant
Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee
is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance,
transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not
be
obligated to, but may in its discretion,
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enter
into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may
be
executed by the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee without the consent of
the
Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of
the
provisions of Section 9.02.
Section
9.02.
Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Noteholders. With
the
consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of not less than
a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding,
the
Issuer, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, the
Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into
an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Note so affected:
(a) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of interest on the
Notes, reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on,
or
any premium payable on redemption of, the Notes, or adversely affect any right
of repayment of the Holder of the Notes, change the place of payment, or the
coin or currency, for payment of principal of or interest on any Note or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to the Notes;
(b) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes necessary to modify
or amend this Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults and their consequences provided in this Indenture,
or to reduce the quorum or change voting requirements set forth in this
Indenture;
(c) modify
or
affect in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes the terms and
conditions of the obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the payments of
principal and interest;
(d) modify
any of this Section 9.02 or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of
certain past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required
percentage to effect the action or to provide that certain other provisions
may
not be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders of the
Notes;
(e) modify
the provisions of Section 3.05 in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes,
including the Issuer’s obligation to repurchase the Notes following a Designated
Event; or
(f) adversely
affect the rights of Holders of the Notes contained in Section 13.01 of this
Indenture.
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Upon
the
written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of
the
Board of Directors certified by the General Partner’s Secretary or Assistant
Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, and upon
the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as aforesaid,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution of
such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in
which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into such supplemental indenture.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under this Section 9.02
to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Section
9.03.
Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article
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shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect, provided
that
this Section 9.03 shall not require such supplemental indenture or the Trustee
to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time, if ever, such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act
or
the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it
constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to such supplemental
indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time, if ever,
such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act or the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article 9, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended
in
accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the
Issuer and the Holders of Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be
and
be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any
and
all purposes.
Section
9.04.
Notation on Notes. Notes
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 may bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of
Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may, at the Issuer’s expense, be prepared and executed by
the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly
appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.11) and delivered in exchange
for
the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then
outstanding.
Section
9.05.
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee.
Prior
to
entering into any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 9, the Trustee
shall be provided with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant
hereto
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complies
with the requirements of this Article 9 and is otherwise authorized or permitted
by this Indenture.
ARTICLE
10
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
Section
10.01.
Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing
contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation
or
merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not
affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers in which
either the Issuer will be the continuing entity or the Issuer or its successor
or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of
the
Issuer, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer);
provided,
however,
that
the following conditions are met:
(a) the
Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than
the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which
shall have received the transfer of assets shall expressly assume payment of
the
principal of and interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this
Indenture;
(b) if
as a
result of such transaction the Notes become exchangeable into common stock
or
other securities issued by a third party, such third party fully and
unconditionally guarantees all obligations under such Notes and this
Indenture;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(d) either
the Issuer or the successor Person, as the case may be, shall have delivered
to
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if
a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10 and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
No
such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted
by
this Section 10.01 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered
to
the Trustee a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force
and effect thereafter.
Section
10.02.
Issuer Successor to Be Substituted. Upon
any
consolidation by the Issuer with or merger of the Issuer into any other Person
or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Issuer to any Person in accordance with Section
10.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Issuer is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease
is
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made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.
In
case
of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes
thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section
10.03.
Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms. Nothing
contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation
or
merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or
not
affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in
which
either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its
successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of
the
Guarantor, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor);
provided,
however,
that:
(a) the
Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other
than
the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which
shall have received the transfer of assets shall expressly assume the
obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this
Indenture;
(b) if
as a
result of such transaction the Notes become exchangeable into common stock
or
other securities issued by a third party, such third party fully and
unconditionally guarantees all obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which,
after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(d) either
the Guarantor or the successor Person, as the case may be, shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, as the case may be, and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, sale, merger, conveyance,
transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article
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and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
Section
10.04.
Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted. Upon
any
consolidation by the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor into any other
Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all
of
the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any Person in accordance with
Section 10.03, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease
is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and
power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein, and
thereafter,
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except
in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture.
In
case
of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Guarantee thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section
10.05.
Assumption by Guarantor. The
Guarantor, or a Subsidiary thereof, may directly assume, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on all the Notes and
the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to
be
performed or observed. Upon any assumption, the Guarantor or the Subsidiary
shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power
of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor
or
the Subsidiary had been the issuer of the Notes and the Issuer shall be released
from all obligations and covenants with respect to the Notes. No such assumption
shall be permitted unless the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee (i) an
Officers’ Certificate of the Guarantor and an Opinion of Counsel, stating among
other things, that the Guarantee and all other covenants of the Guarantor herein
remain in full force and effect and (ii) an opinion of independent counsel
that
the Holders of Notes shall have no adverse United States federal tax
consequences as a result of such assumption, and that, if any Notes are then
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that such Notes shall not be delisted
as
a result of such assumption.
ARTICLE
11
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section
11.01.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights
of exchange or registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes herein
expressly provided for and except as provided below), and the Trustee, upon
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute instruments in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuer acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when:
(a) either
(i) all
Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Notes which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
in
Section 11.04, and (B) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter
repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section
11.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all
such
Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become
due
and payable,
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and
the
Issuer has irrevocably (except as provided in the second proviso to Section
11.05) deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, a Paying Agent
or
the Exchange Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as
applicable, as trust funds in trust cash and/or shares of Common Stock (as
applicable under the terms of this Indenture) in an amount sufficient to pay
and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to
the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest
to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or Designated Redemption
Date, as the case may be;
(b) the
Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Issuer; and
(c) the
Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer
to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.06 and, if money
shall have been deposited with and held by the Trustee pursuant to subclause
(ii) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 2.05,
2.06,
2.07 and 3.07 and Article 13 and this Article 11 shall survive until the Notes
have been paid in full.
Notwithstanding
the reference to premium under subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section
11.01, the Issuer shall not be required to deposit pursuant thereto any premium
that would be payable on the Notes only upon acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
Section
11.02.
Application of Trust Funds.
All
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and
this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium,
if
any), and any interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with
or
received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. All moneys deposited with the Trustee
(and
held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Notes subsequently exchanged
shall be returned to the Issuer upon request.
Section
11.03.
Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 11.04 the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold
in
trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all money deposited with it pursuant
to Section 11.01 and shall apply the deposited money in accordance with this
Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the
Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption or repurchase pursuant
to
Article 3) and interest on the Notes.
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Section
11.04.
Return of Unclaimed Monies.
The
Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any money
held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed
for
two years after a right to such money has matured; provided,
however,
that
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of
general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed to each
Holder entitled to such money, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that
after a date specified therein, which shall be at least thirty (30) calendar
days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of
such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer,
Holders entitled to money must look to the Issuer for payment as general
creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person,
and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with
respect to such money.
Section
11.05.
Reinstatement.
If the
Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with
this
Article 11 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
the
Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 11 until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held
in
trust with respect to the Notes; provided,
however,
that if
the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on
any
Notes following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Notes to receive such payment
from the money so held by the Trustee or Paying Agent in trust; provided,
further, that, if the Issuer’s obligations are revived and reinstated as herein
provided, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall discharge from trust and pay to
the
Issuer all funds (together with the earnings thereon, if any) previously
deposited therewith pursuant to Section 11.02 and thereupon the Issuer, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent and the holders of the Notes shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder as if no
satisfaction and discharge had been effected.
ARTICLE
12
IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section
12.01.
Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in Article 15, no recourse for the payment of
the
principal of (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon redemption
or repurchase pursuant to Article 3) or, premium, if any, or interest on any
Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer
in
this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because
of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against
any
incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer,
director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor,
the
Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries or of any successor thereto,
either directly or through the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s
subsidiaries or of any
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successor
thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released
as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issue of the Notes.
ARTICLE
13
EXCHANGE
OF NOTES
Section
13.01.
Right to Exchange. (a)
Subject to the restrictions on ownership of shares of Common Stock as set forth
in Section 13.12 and upon compliance with the provisions of this Indenture,
on
or prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Maturity Date, the Holder of any Notes not previously redeemed
or
repurchased shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to exchange its
Notes, or any portion thereof which is a multiple of $1,000, into cash and,
if
applicable, Common Stock, as provided in the Section 13.10, by surrender of
such
Notes so to be exchanged in whole or in part, together with any required funds,
under the circumstances and in the manner described in this Article
13.
Holders
may exchange their Notes at any time on or after July 15, 2011 until the close
of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.
In addition, Holders may exchange their Notes at any time prior to July 15,
2011
only upon occurrence of one of the following events:
(i) Exchange
Upon Satisfaction of Market Price Condition.
A Holder
may surrender any of its Notes for exchange during any calendar quarter
beginning after December 31, 2006 if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
for at least twenty (20) Trading Days in the period of thirty (30) consecutive
Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the preceding calendar quarter
is
more than 130% of the Exchange Price per share of Common Stock in effect on
the
applicable Trading Day. The Board of Directors will make appropriate
adjustments, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment
to
the Exchange Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment
to the Exchange Rate where the ex-dividend date of the event occurs, during
that
thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period.
The
Trustee (or other Exchange Agent appointed by the Issuer) shall, on behalf
of
the Issuer, determine on a daily basis during the time period specified in
this
Section 13.01(a)(i) whether the Notes shall be exchangeable as a result of
the
occurrence of an event specified in this clause (i) and, if the Notes shall
be
so exchangeable, the Trustee (or other Exchange Agent appointed by the Issuer)
shall promptly deliver to the Issuer and the Trustee (if the Trustee is not
the
Exchange Agent) written notice thereof.
(ii) Exchange
Upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition.
A Holder
may surrender any of its Notes for exchange during the five (5) consecutive
Trading Day period following any five (5) consecutive Trading Days in which
the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (as determined following
a
reasonable request by a Holder of the Notes) was less than 98% of the product
of
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the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, multiplied
by
the
Applicable Exchange Rate.
“Trading
Price”
per
$1,000 principal amount of
Notes
on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid
quotations per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes obtained by the Trustee
for
a $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York
City
time, on such determination date from two independent nationally recognized
securities dealers the Issuer selects, which may include the Initial Purchasers;
provided
that if
at least two such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but one
such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, then one bid shall be used.
If the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for a $5,000,000
principal amount of such Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer
or, in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative
of the secondary market value of such Notes, then the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of such Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product
of the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock and the Exchange Rate on such
determination date.
The
Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes
unless the Issuer shall have requested such determination, and the Issuer shall
have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder provides the Issuer
with
reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
would be less than 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price per share of
Common Stock and the Exchange Rate, whereupon the Issuer shall instruct the
Trustee to determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next
Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price is
greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price per share
of Common Stock and the Applicable Exchange Rate. If the Issuer does not
instruct the trustee when required, the Trading Price of the notes will be
deemed to be less than 98% if the Closing Sale Price mulitplied by the Exchange
Rate on the day the Issuer fails to do so.
(iii) Exchange
Upon Notice of Redemption.
A Holder
may surrender for exchange any of the Notes called for redemption at any time
prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to Redemption
Date, even if the Notes are not otherwise exchangeable at such time. The right
to exchange Notes pursuant to this clause (iii) shall expire after the close
of
business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date,
unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the Redemption Price.
(iv) Exchange
Upon Specified Transactions.
If the
Guarantor elects to: (1) distribute to all holders of the Common Stock any
rights, warrants or options entitling them for a period of forty five (45)
days
after the issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at an
exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the Closing Sale Price of
Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the declaration date
of
such distribution; or
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(2)
distribute to all holders of Common Stock assets, debt securities or certain
rights to purchase securities of the Issuer or the Guarantor, which distribution
(excluding
for this purpose a distribution solely in the form of cash required to preserve
the status of the Guarantor as a real
estate investment trust)
has
a per
share value exceeding 10% of the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the
Common
Stock
for the
five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding
the
declaration date of such distribution,
the
Issuer must notify the Holders of Notes at least thirty-five (35) Scheduled
Trading Days prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution.
Following
the issuance of such notice, Holders may surrender their Notes for exchange
at
any time until the earlier of the close of business on the Business Day prior
to
the ex-dividend date or an announcement that such distribution will not take
place; provided,
however,
that a
Holder may not exercise this right to exchange its Notes pursuant to this
Section 13.01(a)(iv) if such Holder may participate in the distribution (based
on the Applicable Exchange Rate), without exchange of the Notes. The
“ex-dividend
date”
means,
with respect to any distribution on shares of Common Stock, the first date
upon
which a sale of the Common Stock does not automatically transfer the right
to
receive the relevant distribution from the seller of the Common Stock to its
buyer.
In
addition, (1) if the Guarantor is a party to a share exchange or tender offer,
liquidation, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, combination
or
merger, or a sale or lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of
its
respective properties and assets, or a series of related transactions or events,
in each case pursuant to which all of the outstanding Common Stock would be
exchanged for, converted into or constitute solely the right to receive cash,
securities or other property, or (2) a Designated Event occurs, a Holder may
surrender its Notes for exchange at any time from and including the date that
is
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the anticipated effective time of the
transaction or event up to and including five (5) Business Days after the actual
date of such transaction or event, unless such transaction also constitutes
a
Designated Event, in which case the Notes may be surrendered for exchange until
the related Designated Event Repurchase Date. The Issuer will notify Holders
of
Notes as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date such transaction
or event is publicly announced (but in no event less than fifteen (15) Business
Days prior to the effective time of such transaction or event).
If
the
Guarantor is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange,
reclassification or sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets, in each case pursuant to which all of the Common Stock
is
exchanged for cash, securities or other property, then at the effective time
of
the transaction any exchange of Notes and the Daily Settlements Amounts will
be
based on the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property that a Holder
of Notes would have received if such Holder had, immediately prior to the
effective time of such transaction, exchanged its Notes for a
number
of shares of Common
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Stock
equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the product of the Exchange Rate
in effect immediately prior to the effective time of such transaction,
and
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and the denominator
of
which is one thousand ($1,000); provided
that, in
the event holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of
consideration to be received in any such transaction or event, then from and
after the effective date of such transaction or event, the
amount of cash, securities or other property that a Holder of Notes would have
received if such Holder had, immediately prior to the effective time of such
transaction, exchanged its Notes for Common Stock will be deemed to be such
number of shares of Common Stock, calculated as provided in the preceding
clause, multiplied by the weighted average of the amount of cash, if any, and
the types and amounts of securities or other property received for each share
of
Common Stock by holders of Common Stock that affirmatively made such
election.
(v) Exchange
Upon Delisting of the Common Stock.
A Holder
may surrender for exchange any of its Notes at any time beginning on the first
Business Day after the Common Stock has ceased to be listed on a U.S. national
or regional securities exchange and is not quoted on the over-the-counter market
as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or any similar organization, and in each case,
for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days.
(b) Whenever
the Notes shall become exchangeable pursuant to this Section 13.01, the Issuer
or, at the Issuer’s request, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Issuer, shall notify the Holders of the event triggering such exchangeability
in
the manner provided in Section 16.03, and the Issuer shall also publicly
announce such information and publish it on the Issuer’s website. Any notice so
given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the
Holder receives such notice.
(c) A
Note in
respect of which a Holder has delivered a Designated Event Repurchase Notice
or
Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, exercising such Holder’s right to require
the Issuer to repurchase such Note pursuant to Section 3.05 may be exchanged
only if such Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.07
prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately prior
to
the Designated Event Repurchase Date, as applicable.
(d) A
Holder
of Notes is not entitled to any rights of a Holder of Common Stock until such
Holder has exchanged its Notes and received upon exchange thereof shares of
Common Stock.
Section
13.02.
Exercise of Exchange Right; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends.
In
order
to exercise the exchange right with respect to any Note in certificated form,
the Issuer must receive at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan or, at the option of such Holder,
the
Corporate Trust Office, such Note with the original or facsimile of the form
entitled “Exchange
Notice”
on
the
reverse thereof, duly completed and signed manually or by
facsimile,
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together
with such Notes duly endorsed for transfer, accompanied by the funds, if any,
required by this Section 13.02. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address or addresses) in which the certificate or certificates for shares
of Common Stock that shall be issuable on such exchange shall be issued, and
shall be accompanied by transfer or similar taxes, if required pursuant to
Section 13.06.
To
exchange the Notes, a Holder must (a) complete and manually sign the Exchange
Notice on the reverse of the Note (or complete and manually sign a facsimile
of
such notice) and deliver such notice to the Exchange Agent at the office
maintained by the Exchange Agent for such purpose, (b) with respect to Notes
that are in certificated form, surrender the Notes to the Exchange Agent, (c)
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the
Exchange Agent and (d) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required. The date
on
which the Holder satisfies all such requirements shall be deemed to be the
date
on which the applicable Notes shall have been tendered for
exchange.
Whether
the Notes to be exchanged are held in book-entry or certificated form, the
Exchange Notice will require the Holder to certify that it is a qualified
institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Notes
in
respect of which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase Notice or a Designated
Event Repurchase Notice may be exchanged only if such notice is withdrawn in
accordance with the terms of Section 3.05.
Upon
surrender of a Note for exchange by a Holder, such Holder shall deliver to
the
Issuer cash equal to the amount that the Issuer is required to deduct and
withhold under applicable law in connection with such exchange; provided,
however,
if the
Holder does not deliver such cash, the Issuer may deduct and withhold from
the
consideration otherwise deliverable to such Holder the amount required to be
deducted and withheld under applicable law.
If
the
Issuer is required to deliver shares of Common Stock (upon settlement in
accordance with Sections 13.10 and 13.11, if applicable, on the third Business
Day immediately following the last day of the Applicable Observation Period),
after satisfaction of the requirements for exchange set forth above, subject
to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer if shares issuable on exchange
are
to be issued in a name other than that of the Noteholder (as if such transfer
were a transfer of the Note or Notes (or portion thereof) so exchanged), and
in
accordance with the time periods set forth in this Article 13, the Issuer shall
issue and shall deliver to such Noteholder at the office or agency maintained
by
the Issuer for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, (i) a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock (if any) issuable
upon the exchange of such Note or portion thereof as determined by the Issuer
in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 13.10 and 13.11 and (ii) a check
or
cash in respect of any fractional interest in respect of a share of Common
Stock
arising upon such exchange, calculated by the Issuer as provided in Section
13.03. The cash, and, if applicable, a certificate or certificates for the
number of full shares of Common Stock into which the Notes are exchanged (and
cash in lieu of fractional shares) will be
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delivered
to an exchanging holder after satisfaction of the requirements for exchange
set
forth above, in accordance with this Section 13.02 and Sections 13.10 and,
if
applicable, 13.11.
Each
exchange shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Note (or portion
thereof) on the date on which the requirements set forth above in this Section
13.02 have been satisfied as to such Note (or portion thereof) (the
“Exchange
Date”),
and
the Person in whose name any certificate or certificates for shares of Common
Stock shall be issuable upon such exchange shall be deemed to have become on
said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby; provided
that any
such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of the Guarantor shall
be closed shall constitute the Person in whose name the certificates are to
be
issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes on the next succeeding
day
on which such stock transfer books are open, but such exchange shall be at
the
Exchange Rate in effect on the Exchange Date.
Any
Note
or portion thereof surrendered for exchange during the period from the close
of
business on the Record Date for any interest payment date to the close of
business on the applicable interest payment date shall be accompanied by
payment, in immediately available funds or other funds acceptable to the Issuer,
of an amount equal to the interest otherwise payable on such interest payment
date on the principal amount being exchanged; provided
that no
such payment need be made (1) if a Holder exchanges its Notes in connection
with
a redemption and the Issuer has specified a Redemption Date that is after a
Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately succeeding the
next
interest payment date, (2) if a Holder exchanges its Notes in connection with
a
Designated Event and the Issuer has specified a Designated Event Repurchase
Date
that is after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest
payment date, (3) with respect to any exchange on or following the Record Date
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, or (4) to the extent of any overdue
interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of exchange with respect
to
such Note. Except as otherwise provided above in this Article 13, no payment
or
other adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any Note exchanged or
for
dividends on any shares issued upon the exchange of such Note as provided in
this Article 13. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Notes submitted
for exchange in connection with a Designated Event, such Notes shall continue
to
represent the right to receive the Additional Designated Event Shares, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 13.11, until such Additional Designated Event Shares
are so paid.
Upon
the
exchange of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee (or other Exchange Agent
appointed by the Issuer), or the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee
(or
other Exchange Agent appointed by the Issuer), shall make a notation on such
Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby.
The
Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of any exchanges of Notes effected
through any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee.
Upon
the
exchange of a Note, the accrued but unpaid interest attributable to the period
from the issue date of the Note to the Exchange Date, with respect to the
exchanged Note, shall not be deemed canceled, extinguished or forfeited, but
rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery
of cash and, if
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applicable,
shares of Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any in lieu of
fractional shares) in exchange for the Note being exchanged pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
In
case
any Note of a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial
exchange, and subject to Section 2.04, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Note so surrendered, without
charge to the Holder, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unexchanged portion of the surrendered
Note.
Section
13.03.
Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares. No
fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip certificates representing fractional
shares shall be issued upon exchange of Notes. If more than one Note shall
be
surrendered for exchange at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares that shall be issuable upon exchange shall be computed on the basis
of
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof
to
the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional share of Common
Stock would be issuable upon the exchange of any Note or Notes, the Issuer
shall
make an adjustment and payment therefor in cash to the Holder of Notes at a
price equal to the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the last day of the
Applicable Observation Period.
Section
13.04.
Exchange Rate. The
initial Exchange Rate for the Notes is 19.6356 shares of Common Stock per each
$1,000 principal amount of the Notes, subject to adjustment as provided in
Sections 13.05 and 13.11 (herein called the “Exchange
Rate”).
Section
13.05.
Adjustment of Exchange Rate. The
Exchange Rate shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) If
the
Guarantor issues the Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the Common
Stock to all holders of Common Stock, or if the Guarantor effects a share split
or share combination, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following
formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
OS1/OS0
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such
dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share
combination;
ER1
= the
new Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the ex-dividend date for such
dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share
combination;
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OS0
= the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of
such share split or share combination; and
OS1
= the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend
or
distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share
combination.
Any
adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective on the
date that is immediately after (x) the ex-dividend 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 described in this
paragraph (a) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Exchange Rate shall
be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend
or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If
the
Guarantor distributes to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants or
options entitling them for a period of not more than 45 days after the date
of
issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock for a period of
not
more than 45 days after the date of issuance thereof, in either case at an
exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the Closing Sale Price of
the
Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the time of announcement
of such issuance, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following
formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
(OS0 +
X)/(OS0 +
Y)
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
ER1
= the
new Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
OS0
= the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
ex-dividend date for such distribution;
X
= the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants
or
options; and
Y
= the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate
price payable to exercise such rights, warrants or options and (B) the average
of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading
Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of announcement
for the issuance of such rights, warrants or options.
For
purposes of this paragraph (b), in determining whether any rights, warrants
or
options entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at less
than the applicable Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, and in determining
the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there
shall be taken into
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account
any consideration received by the Guarantor for such rights, warrants or options
and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of
such
consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
If any right, warrant or option described in this paragraph (b) is not exercised
or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility
thereof, the new Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that
would then be in effect if such right, warrant or option had not been so
issued.
(c) If
the
Guarantor distributes shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or
other assets or property of the Guarantor to all holders of Common Stock,
excluding:
(A)
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dividends,
distributions, rights, warrants or options referred to in paragraph
(a) or
(b) above;
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(B)
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dividends
or distributions paid exclusively in cash;
and
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(C)
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Spin-Offs
described below in this paragraph (c),
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then
the
Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
SP0/(SP0
−
FMV)
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
ER1
= the
new Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
SP0
= the
Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the
earlier of the record date or the ex-dividend date for such distribution;
and
FMV
= the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of
the
shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property
distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the
earlier of the record date or the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
provided
that if
“FMV” with respect to any distribution of shares of capital stock, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets or property of the Guarantor is equal to or greater
than “SP0”
with
respect to such distribution, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate
provision shall be made so that each holder of Notes shall have the right to
receive on the date such shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness
or
other assets or property of the Guarantor are distributed to holders of Common
Stock, for each Note, the amount of shares of capital stock, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets or property of the Guarantor such holder of Notes
would have received had such holder of Notes owned a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to a fraction the
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numerator
of which is the product of the Exchange Rate in effect on the ex-dividend date
for such distribution, and
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and the denominator
of
which is one thousand ($1,000).
An
adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph shall become effective on the ex-dividend date for such
distribution.
If
the
Guarantor distributes to all holders of Common Stock capital stock of any class
or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other
business unit of the Guarantor (a “Spin-Off”),
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the 10th Trading Day from and
including the effective date of the Spin-Off will be adjusted based on the
following formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
(FMV0
+
MP0)/MP0
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the 10th Trading Day immediately
following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off;
ER1
= the
new Exchange Rate immediately after the 10th Trading Day immediately following,
and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off;
FMV0
= the
average of the Closing 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 Days after the effective
date
of the Spin-Off; and
MP0
= the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10
consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the Spin-Off.
An
adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph will occur on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective
date of the Spin-Off; provided
that
in
respect of any exchange within the 10 Trading Days following the effective
date
of any Spin-Off, references within this paragraph (c) 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 Exchange Date in determining
the Applicable Exchange Rate.
If
any
such dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (c) is declared but
not paid or made, the new Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to be the Exchange
Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not
been
declared.
(d) If
the
Guarantor makes any cash dividend or distribution to all holders of outstanding
Common Stock (excluding
any dividend or distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution
or
winding up)
during
any of its quarterly fiscal periods in an aggregate amount that, together with
other cash dividends or distributions made during such quarterly fiscal period,
exceeds the product of $0.7000 (the “Reference
Dividend”)
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multiplied
by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date for
such
distribution, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following
formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
XX0
/(XX0
−
C)
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
ER1
= the
new Exchange Rate immediately after the ex-dividend date for such
distribution;
SP0
= the
Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Days immediately preceding
the
earlier of the record date or the day prior to the ex-dividend date for such
distribution; and
C
= the
amount in cash per share that the Guarantor distributes to holders of Common
Stock that exceeds the Reference Dividend;
provided
that if
“C” with respect to any such cash dividend or distribution is equal to or
greater than “SP0”
with
respect to any such cash dividend or distribution, then in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of Notes shall
have the right to receive on the date such cash is distributed to holders of
Common Stock, for each Note, the amount of cash such holder of Notes would
have
received had such holder of Notes owned a number of shares of Common Stock
equal
to a fraction the numerator of which is the product of the Exchange Rate in
effect on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, and
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and the denominator
of
which is one thousand ($1,000).
An
adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall become
effective on the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution. If any
dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (d) is declared but not
so
paid or made, the new Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to the Exchange Rate
that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been
declared.
The
Reference Dividend amount is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely
proportional to adjustments to the Exchange Rate; provided
that no
adjustment will be made to the Reference Dividend amount for any adjustment
made
to the Exchange Rate under this paragraph (d).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an adjustment is required to be made under this paragraph
as a
result of a distribution that is not a quarterly dividend, the Reference
Dividend will be deemed to be zero.
(e) If
the
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries makes 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
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Closing
Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the
last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender
offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration
Time”),
the
Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
ER1
=
ER0×
(AC
+
(SPI×
OS1))/(SP1×
OS0)
where
ER0
= the
Exchange Rate in effect on the day immediately following the date such tender
offer or exchange offer expires;
ER1
= the
Exchange Rate in effect on the second day immediately following the date such
tender offer or exchange offer expires;
AC
= the
aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the
Board of Directors) paid or payable for the Common Stock purchased in such
tender or exchange offer;
OS0
= the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date
such
tender offer or exchange offer expires;
OS1
= the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such
tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or
exchange of shares pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer);
and
SP1
= the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for the Trading Day next succeeding
the
date such tender offer or exchange offer expires.
If
the
application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Exchange
Rate, no adjustment to the Exchange Rate will be made.
Any
adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall become
effective on the second day immediately following the Expiration Time. If the
Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock
pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer but is permanently prevented
by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are
rescinded, the new Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to be the Exchange Rate
that would be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been
made.
(f) [Reserved]
(g) If
the
Guarantor has in effect a rights plan while any Notes remain outstanding,
Holders of Notes will receive, upon an exchange of Notes, in addition to Common
Stock, if any, rights under the Guarantor’s stockholder rights agreement unless,
prior to exchange, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or
unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock. If the rights provided
for in the rights plan adopted by the Guarantor have separated from the Common
Stock in accordance with the
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provisions
of the applicable stockholder rights agreement so that Holders of Notes would
not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of any shares of Common Stock
delivered upon an exchange of Notes, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted at
the
time of separation as if the Guarantor had distributed, to all holders of Common
Stock, capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property
pursuant to paragraph (c) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent
expiration, termination or redemption of the rights.
In
addition to the adjustments pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (e) above, the
Issuer may increase the Exchange Rate in order to avoid or diminish any income
tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution
of
capital stock (or rights to acquire Common
Stock)
or from
any event treated as such for income tax purposes. The Issuer may also, from
time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law, increase the Exchange
Rate by any amount for any period if the Issuer has determined that such
increase would be in the best interests of the Issuer or the Guarantor. If
the
Issuer makes such determination, it will be conclusive and the Issuer will
mail
to Holders of the Notes a notice of the increased Exchange Rate and the period
during which it will be in effect at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date
the increased Exchange Rate takes effect in accordance with applicable
law.
The
Issuer shall not make any adjustment to the Exchange Rate if Holders of the
Notes participate in the dividend, distribution or transaction that would
otherwise result in an adjustment to the Exchange Rate at the same time as
holders of the Common Stock and as if such Holders of Notes owned a number
of
shares of Common Stock equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the product
of the Exchange Rate in effect on the ex-dividend date or effective date for
the
relevant dividend, distribution or transaction, and
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and the denominator
of
which is one thousand ($1,000).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in addition to the other events
set
forth herein on account of which no adjustment to the Exchange Rate shall be
made, the Applicable Exchange Rate shall not be adjusted for:
(i) the
issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing
for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the
Issuer or those of the Guarantor and the investment of additional optional
amounts in the Common Stock under any plan;
(ii) the
issuance of any the Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares
pursuant to any present or future employee, director, trustee or consultant
benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Issuer or
the
Guarantor;
(iii) the
issuance of any the Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or
exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date
the
Notes were first issued;
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(iv) a
change
in the par value of the Common Stock;
(v) accumulated
and unpaid dividends or distributions; and
(vi) the
issuance of Units by the Issuer and the issuance of the Common Stock or the
payment of cash upon redemption thereof.
No
adjustment in the Exchange Rate will be required unless the adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Exchange Rate. If the
adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Exchange
Rate
by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward
and
taken into account in any future adjustment. All required calculations will
be
made to the nearest cent or 1/1000th of a share, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Notes are called for redemption, all
adjustments not previously made will be made on the applicable Redemption Date.
Whenever
the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Guarantor or the Issuer
shall as promptly as reasonably practicable file with the Trustee and any
Exchange Agent other than the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the
Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of
the
facts requiring such adjustment. Promptly after delivery of such certificate,
the Guarantor or the Issuer shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the
Exchange Rate setting forth the adjusted Exchange Rate and the date on which
each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment
of the Exchange Rate to the Holders of the Notes within 20 Business Days of
the
Effective Date of such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not
affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
For
purposes of this Section 13.05, the number of shares of Common Stock at any
time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Guarantor
but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of
fractions of shares of Common Stock.
If
any of
the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change of the
outstanding Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination to which
Section 13.05(a) applies), (ii) any consolidation, merger or combination of
the
Guarantor with another Person, or a binding share exchange in respect of all
of
the outstanding Common Stock as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall
be entitled to receive stock, other securities or other property or assets
(including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such the Common Stock or
(iii) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties
and
assets of the Guarantor to any other Person as a result of which holders of
Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other securities or other
property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such
the
Common Stock, then the Guarantor 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). Such supplemental indenture shall provide
for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for
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in
this
Section 13.05. The Guarantor shall cause notice of the execution of such
supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder of Notes within 20 Business
Days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture. The provisions of
this
paragraph shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes,
consolidations, mergers, combinations, sales and conveyances. If the provisions
of this paragraph applies to any event or occurrence, then the provisions of
Sections Section 13.05(a) through (g) shall not apply.
Section
13.06.
Taxes on Shares Issued. The
issue
of stock certificates, if any, on exchange of Notes shall be made without charge
to the exchanging Noteholder for any documentary, stamp or similar issue or
transfer tax in respect of the issue thereof. The Issuer shall not, however,
be
required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue and delivery of stock in any name other than that of
the
holder of any Note exchanged, and the Issuer shall not be required to issue
or
deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the Person or Persons
requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Issuer the amount of such
tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Issuer that such tax
has been paid.
Section
13.07.
Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental
Requirements; Listing of Common Stock. The
Guarantor shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized
but
unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock
to
provide for the exchange of the Notes as required by this Indenture from time
to
time as such Notes are presented for exchange.
The
Guarantor covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon
exchange of Notes will upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable by the
Guarantor and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof.
The
Guarantor covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for
the
purpose of exchange of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval
of
any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares
may
be validly issued upon exchange, the Guarantor shall, as expeditiously as
possible secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
The
Guarantor further covenants that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be
listed on The New York Stock Exchange or any other national or regional
securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Guarantor will, if
permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list
and
keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange
or
automated quotation system, all the Common Stock issuable upon exchange of
the
Notes; provided
that if
the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Guarantor
to
defer the listing of such the Common Stock until the first exchange of the
Notes
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantor covenants
to
list such the Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes in accordance
with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such
time.
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Section
13.08.
Responsibility of Trustee. The
Trustee and any other Exchange Agent shall not at any time be under any duty
or
responsibility to any holder of Notes to determine the Exchange Rate or whether
any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Exchange Rate, or with
respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when
made,
or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any
other
Exchange Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value
(or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any capital stock,
other securities or other assets or property, which may at any time be issued
or
delivered upon the exchange of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Exchange
Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor
any
Exchange Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to issue,
transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other
securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose
of
exchange or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants
of
the Issuer contained in this Article 13. Without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in
any
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 13.05 relating either
to
the kind or amount of shares of capital stock or other securities or other
assets or property (including cash) receivable by Noteholders upon the exchange
of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 13.05 or to any
adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions
of
Section 7.12, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such
provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate
(which the Issuer shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the
execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. The Trustee
shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of
Notes
to determine the accuracy of the method employed in calculating the Trading
Price or whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Trading
Price.
Section
13.09.
Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. In
case:
(a) the
Guarantor shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section
13.05; or
(b) the
Guarantor shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially
all of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
any
share of any class or any other rights or warrants; or
(c) of
any
reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision
or combination of its outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any
consolidation, combination, merger or share exchange to which the Issuer or
the
Guarantor is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Guarantor
is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Guarantor; or
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(d) of
the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Guarantor;
the
Issuer shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each holder
of Notes at its address appearing on the Note Register provided for in Section
2.05 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten
(10) calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled
to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date
on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur,
and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record
shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such
dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
Section
13.10.
Settlement upon Exchange. (a)
Upon
exchange of any Notes, subject to Sections 13.01, 13.02 and this Section 13.10,
the Issuer shall satisfy its obligation upon exchange (the “Exchange
Obligation”)
by
payment and delivery of cash and, if applicable as provided herein, shares
of
Common Stock for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered
for exchange in accordance with their terms.
(b) Upon
exchange of Notes, the Issuer will deliver, in respect of each $1,000 principal
amount of Notes tendered for exchange in accordance with their
terms:
(i) cash
and
Common Stock, if any, equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for
each
of the 30 Exchange Settlement Trading Days during the Applicable Observation
Period; and
(ii) an
amount
in cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock as provided in Section
13.03.
(c) The
Daily
Settlement Amounts for each of the 30 Exchange Settlement Trading Days during
the Applicable Observation Period and any amount in cash to be delivered in
lieu
of any fractional shares of Common Stock will be determined by the Issuer
promptly after the end of the Applicable Observation Period.
(d) Payment
of the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
3.10(b) shall be made by the Issuer on the third Business Day immediately
following the last day of the Applicable Observation Period to the holder of
a
Note surrendered for exchange, or such holder’s nominee or nominees, and the
Issuer shall deliver to the Exchange Agent or 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
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of
Common
Stock, if any, to which such holder shall be entitled as part of such Exchange
Obligation.
Section
13.11.
Exchange Rate Adjustment After Certain Designated Events. (a)
Subject to the provisions hereof, if a Noteholder elects to exchange its Notes
following the occurrence of a transaction described in clause (1) of the
definition of Designated Event, the Issuer will increase the Applicable Exchange
Rate for the Notes so surrendered for exchange (the “Additional
Designated Event Shares”)
as
specified below; provided
that
the
Additional Designated Event Shares will only be payable as set forth below.
An
exchange of Notes will be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with”
such a Designated Event if the Exchange Notice is received by the Exchange
Agent
from and after the Effective Date of the Designated Event until the
corresponding Designated Event Repurchase Date.
(b) The
number of Additional Designated Event Shares will be determined by reference
to
the table in paragraph (e) below and is based on the date on which the
Designated Event transaction becomes effective (the “Effective
Date”)
and
the price (the “Stock
Price”)
paid
per share of Common Stock in such transaction. If the holders of Common Stock
receive only cash in the relevant Designated Event transaction, the Stock Price
will equal the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. In all other cases,
the Stock Price will equal the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common
Stock on the ten consecutive Trading Days up to but excluding the Effective
Date.
(c) The
Stock
Prices set forth in the first row of the table below shall be adjusted as of
any
date on which the Exchange Rate of the Notes is adjusted. The adjusted Stock
Prices will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such
adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the Exchange
Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price
adjustment and (ii) the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate as so
adjusted.
(d) The
number of Additional Designated Event Shares will be adjusted in the same manner
and for the same events as the Exchange Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section
13.05.
(e) The
following table sets forth the Stock Price and number of Additional Designated
Event Shares to be added to the Applicable Exchange Rate per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes:
Effective
Date
|
$42.44
|
$47.50
|
$50.00
|
$52.50
|
$55.00
|
$57.50
|
$60.00
|
$62.50
|
$65.00
|
$67.50
|
$70.00
|
$72.50
|
$75.00
|
September
25 2006
|
3.9271
|
2.7533
|
2.1500
|
1.6576
|
1.2580
|
0.9357
|
0.6778
|
0.4735
|
0.3132
|
0.1892
|
0.0964
|
0.0264
|
0.0000
|
September
15, 2007
|
3.9271
|
2.6710
|
2.0613
|
1.5696
|
1.1706
|
0.8557
|
0.6052
|
0.4093
|
0.2586
|
0.1438
|
0.0582
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
September
15, 2008
|
3.9271
|
2.5528
|
1.9354
|
1.4414
|
1.0504
|
0.7441
|
0.5071
|
0.3264
|
0.1909
|
0.0912
|
0.0207
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
September
15, 2009
|
3.9271
|
2.3329
|
1.7067
|
1.2174
|
0.8412
|
0.5574
|
0.3474
|
0.1953
|
0.0882
|
0.0163
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
September
15, 2010
|
3.9271
|
1.9816
|
1.3266
|
0.8421
|
0.4982
|
0.2641
|
0.1119
|
0.0218
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
September
15, 2011
|
3.9271
|
1.4132
|
0.3608
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
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(f) If
the
exact Stock Price and Effective Date are not set forth on the table above,
then:
(i) if
the
Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Effective Date
is
between two dates in the table, the Additional Designated Event Shares will
be
determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional
Designated Event Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and
the
two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if
the
Stock Price is equal to or in excess of $75.00 per share of Common Stock (the
“Make
Whole Cap”)
(subject to adjustment) no additional Designated Event Shares will be added
to
the Applicable Exchange Rate; and
(iii) if
the
Stock Price is less than $42.44 per share of Common Stock (the “Make
Whole Floor”)
(subject to adjustment) no additional Designated Event Shares will be added
to
the Applicable Exchange Rate.
The
Make
Whole Cap and Make Whole Floor shall be adjusted as of any date on which the
Exchange Rate of the Notes is adjusted pursuant to Section 13.05. The adjusted
Make
Whole Cap or Make Whole Floor, as the case may be,
shall
equal the Make Whole Cap or Make Whole Floor, as the case may be, applicable
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, (i) the
numerator of which is the Exchange Rate immediately prior to the adjustment
giving rise to the adjustment and (ii) the denominator of which is the Exchange
Rate as so adjusted.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 13.11 to the contrary, in no event will the total
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes exceed
23.5627 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the
same
manner as the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 13.05.
Section
13.12.
Ownership Limit. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes, no Holder
of
Notes shall be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon an exchange
of
Notes to the extent that receipt of such shares would cause such Holder
(together with such Holder’s Affiliates) to exceed the ownership limit contained
in Article IX of the Charter.
(b) At
the
Maturity Date or upon earlier redemption or repurchase of the Notes or
otherwise, and as otherwise required by law, the Issuer may deduct and withhold
from the amount of consideration otherwise deliverable to the Holder the amount
required to be deducted and withheld under applicable law.
Section
13.13.
Calculations in Respect of Notes. Except
as
otherwise specifically stated herein or in the Notes, all calculations to be
made in respect of the Notes shall be the obligation of the Issuer. All
calculations made by the Issuer or its agent as contemplated pursuant to the
terms hereof and of the Notes shall be made in good faith and be final and
binding on the Notes and the Holders of the Notes absent manifest error. The
Issuer shall provide a schedule of calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the calculations by the Issuer
without independent
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verification.
The Trustee shall forward calculations made by the Issuer to any Holder of
Notes
upon request.
ARTICLE
14
MEETINGS
OF HOLDERS OF NOTES
Section
14.01.
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A
meeting of Holders of Notes may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to this Article 14 to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided
by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Notes.
Section
14.02.
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose
specified in Section 14.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting
forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action
proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided
in
Section 16.03, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.
(b) In
case
at any time the Issuer, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Guarantor, or the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall
have
requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose
specified in Section 14.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall
not
have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 days
after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the
meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor or the
Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting
for
such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this
Section 14.02.
Section
14.03.
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Notes, a Person shall be (a)
a
Holder of one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a Person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more
outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be
entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Notes shall
be
the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Issuer and the Guarantor and their respective counsel.
Section
14.04.
Quorum; Action.
The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes
shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Notes; provided,
however,
that if
any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver
which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not
less
than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the
Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal
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amount
of
the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum
within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting
shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any
other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such adjourned
meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not
less than 10 days; at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned or further
adjourned for lack of a quorum, the persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for
the
taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting. Notice
of
the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section
14.02(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five
days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened.
Except
as
limited by the proviso to Section 9.02, any resolution presented to a meeting
or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid
may
be adopted by the affirmative vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority
in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at such meeting;
provided,
however,
that,
except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.02, any resolution with respect
to
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken
by
the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid
by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes.
Any
resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Notes duly
held
in accordance with this Section 14.04 shall be binding on all the Holders of
Notes, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.04, if any action is to be taken
at
a meeting of Holders of Notes with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of
a
specified percentage in principal amount of all outstanding Notes affected
thereby:
(i) there
shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the
principal amount of the outstanding Notes that vote in favor of such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall
be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been
made,
given or taken under this Indenture.
Section
14.05.
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a)
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make
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such
reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders
of
Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of
proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes,
the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the
right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting
as
it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any
such
regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in
Section 8.01 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 8.01 or by having the signature of the Person executing
the
proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized
by
Section 8.01 to certify to the holding of the Notes. Such regulations may
provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face,
may
be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 8.01 or
other proof.
(b) The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of
the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer, the Guarantor
or by Holders of Notes as provided in Section 14.02(b), in which case the
Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of Notes calling the meeting, as the case
may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman
and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes
represented at the meeting.
(c) At
any
meeting each Holder of such Notes or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for
each $1,000 principal amount of the outstanding Notes held or represented by
him; provided,
however,
that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged
as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except
as
a Holder of Notes or proxy.
(d) Any
meeting of Holders of Notes duly called pursuant to Section 14.02 at which
a
quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to
vote
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the
meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.
Section
14.06.
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders
of
Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate,
of
the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth
a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 14.02 and, if applicable, Section 14.04. Each copy shall
be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent
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chairman
and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer
and the Guarantor and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee,
the
latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record
so
signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
ARTICLE
15
GUARANTEE
Section
15.01.
Guarantee. By
its
execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives
substantial benefits from the Issuer and that the Guarantor is providing its
Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation,
such substantial benefits. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this
Article 15, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder
of a
Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns
that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price
upon redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3), premium, if any, and
interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be duly and
punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon
acceleration, upon redemption, upon a repurchase, upon repurchase due to a
Designated Event or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, premium,
if
any, Additional Interest, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest
on any interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer
to
the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees,
expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in
accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time
of
payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same
shall
be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms
of
the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call
for redemption, xxxx xxxxxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxxxxxxx due to a Designated Event
or
otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to
the
limitations set forth in Section 15.03 hereof (collectively, the “Guarantee
Obligations”).
Subject
to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its
Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of
any
action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes
with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer,
any
action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The
Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee,
the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “Benefited
Party”)
to
proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust
any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy
in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any
defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death
or
disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party
to
file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or
any
other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice
of any kind (except as expressly required by this Indenture), including but
not
limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or
additional
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indebtedness
or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor,
the
Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or
on
the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations
the
performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an
election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an
election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense
based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of
a
surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome
than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited
Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the
application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense
based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of
the
Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenant that, except as otherwise
provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in
full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any,
and
interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Indenture
or
as provided in Article 7.
If
any
Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either
the Issuer or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in
relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Issuer
or
the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent
theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The
Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation
in
relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until
payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees
that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee,
on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may
be
accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes hereof,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event
of
any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such
Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.
Section
15.02.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. To
evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 hereof, the Guarantor agrees
that a notation of the Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit
A
hereto shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an
officer of the Guarantor.
The
Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee set forth in this Article 15 shall remain
in
full force and effect and apply to all the Notes notwithstanding any failure
to
endorse on each Note a notation of the Guarantee.
If
an
officer whose facsimile signature is on a Note or a notation of Guarantee no
longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on
which
the Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid
nevertheless.
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The
delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder,
shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture
on
behalf of the Guarantor.
Section
15.03.
Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.
(a)
The
Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it
is
the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the
Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state
law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under
this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving
effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result
in
the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting
a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(b) The
Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do
so
under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer, the Guarantor shall
not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the
filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even
temporarily) execution on the Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to
take
the benefit of any such stay of execution, whether under Section 362 or 105
of
the Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.
Section
15.04.
Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor.
(a)
For
purposes of any provision of this Indenture which provides for the delivery
by
the Guarantor of an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the
definitions of such terms in Section 1.01 hereof shall apply to the Guarantor
as
if references therein to the Issuer or the General Partner, as applicable,
were
references to the Guarantor.
(b) Any
request, direction, order or demand which by any provision of this Indenture
is
to be made by the Guarantor shall be sufficient if evidenced as described in
Section 16.03 hereof as if references therein to the Issuer were references
to
the Guarantor.
(c) Any
notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or
permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to
or
on the Guarantor may be given or served as described in Section 16.03 hereof
as
if references therein to the Issuer were references to the
Guarantor.
(d) Upon
any
demand, request or application by the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as are required in Section 16.05 hereof as if all
references therein to the Issuer were references to the Guarantor.
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ARTICLE
16
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
16.01.
Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors.
All
the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements by the Issuer or Guarantor
contained in this Indenture shall bind their respective successors and assigns
whether so expressed or not.
Section
16.02.
Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any
act
or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to
be
done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Issuer shall and
may
be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee
or
officer of any Person that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of
the
Issuer or Guarantor.
Section
16.03.
Addresses for Notices, etc. Any
notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or
permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes on
the
Issuer or Guarantor shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box, or sent by overnight courier, or sent by telecopier transmission
addressed as follows:
To
Issuer:
First
Industrial, L.P.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
General Counsel
To
Guarantor:
First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier
No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention:
General Counsel
Any
notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall
be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given
or
served by being deposited, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail
in a
post office letter box, or sent by overnight courier, or sent by facsimile
transmission addressed as follows:
U.S.
Bank
National Association
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX-XX-XX0X
Xx.
Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
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The
Trustee, by notice to the Issuer, may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any
notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note
Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within
the time prescribed; provided
that
notices given or communications made to a Noteholder holding Notes in book
entry
form may be given through the facilities of the Depositary.
Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall
not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice or
communication is mailed or given in the manner provided above, it is duly given,
whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section
16.04.
Governing Law. This
Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
Section
16.05.
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee.
Upon
any
application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under
any
of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee
an
Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with,
and, if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each
certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the
Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in
this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is
based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such person has
made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such person to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has
been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion
of
such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided,
however,
that
with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’
Certificate or certificates of public officials.
Section
16.06.
Legal Holidays.
In any
case where any interest payment date, Redemption Date, Designated Event
Repurchase Date, Stated Maturity or maturity date of any Note, or the last
date
on which a Holder has the right to exchange a Note, shall not be a Business
Day
at any place of payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or any Note other than a provision in such Note which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of interest
or
principal (and
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premium,
if any) or exchange of such security need not be made at such place of payment
on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such place
of payment with the same force and effect as if made on the interest payment
date, Redemption Date, Designated Event Repurchase Date, Stated Maturity or
maturity date, or on such last day for exchange, provided
that no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such interest payment date, Redemption Date, Designated Event Repurchase Date,
Stated Maturity or maturity date, as the case may be.
Section
16.07.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If
any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
If
any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the
case
may be.
Section
16.08.
No
Security Interest Created. Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed
to
constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar
legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction
in
which property of the Issuer or its subsidiaries is located.
Section
16.09.
Benefits of Indenture. Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent,
any
Note Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Notes any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
Section
16.10.
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The
table
of contents and the titles 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.
Section
16.11.
[Reserved]
Section
16.12.
Execution in Counterparts. This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section
16.13.
Severability. In
case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
U.S.
Bank
National Association, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared
and
provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed.
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
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By First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., as
its sole general partner
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By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President - Corporate Legal
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FIRST
INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as
Guarantor
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By:
/s/
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President - Corporate Legal
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U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
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By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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EXHIBIT
A
[Include
only for Global Notes]
[UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) (THE “DEPOSITARY,” WHICH
TERM INCLUDES ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY FOR THE CERTIFICATES) TO THE ISSUER
OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREIN IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER
USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
[Include
only for Notes that are Restricted Securities]
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER, FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST,
INC.
OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER; OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A (IF AVAILABLE).
[Include
only for shares of Common Stock that are Restricted Securities]
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER; (B)
UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT; (C) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE
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SECURITIES
ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER
IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF
AVAILABLE); OR (D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (2) THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER
OF THIS SECURITY, FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND THE ISSUER SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO
CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR
IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT.
THIS
NOTE
IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ.
OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
THEREUNDER. FOR EACH $1,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE, (1) THE ISSUE
PRICE IS $990; (2) THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT IS $10;
(3) THE ISSUE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 25, 2006; AND (4) THE YIELD TO
MATURITY IS 4.854% (COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY).
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FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
4.625%
EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011
CUSIP:
$
First
Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (herein called the
“Issuer,”
which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on
the
reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
its registered assigns, the principal sum of
DOLLARS ($ ), or such lesser amount as is set forth in
the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note on the other side of this Note,
on September 15, 2011 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for
that
purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually
on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2007, on said
principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate
per annum of 4.625%, from the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be,
next
preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, in
which case from ______________ until payment of said principal sum has been
made
or duly provided for. Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes
not
represented by a Global Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of 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;
provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Issuer, payments of interest on the Notes may be made (i)
by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall
appear in the Note Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained
by
the Person entitled thereto located within the United States.
The
Issuer promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and
(to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
interest at the rate borne by the Notes.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the
right to exchange this Note into cash and, if applicable, shares of Common
Stock, on the terms and subject to the limitations referred to on the reverse
hereof and as more fully specified in the Indenture. Such further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.
This
Note
shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of
authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or by facsimile by the
Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the
Indenture.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated:
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
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By First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., as
its sole general partner
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By:
Name:
Title:
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TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
Dated:
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
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By:
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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[FORM
OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
4.625%
EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its
4.625% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2011 (herein called the “Notes”),
issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of September 25, 2006 (herein
called the “Indenture”),
among
the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”),
to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made
for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties
and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes.
Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the
respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
If
an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g)
or
6.01(h) with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the principal
of,
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared
to
be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said
declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) of the Indenture occurs and
is
continuing with respect to the Issuer, then the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall
be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other action on the
part
of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section
9.02 of the Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the
time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any
past default or Event of Default.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall impair, as among the Issuer and the Holder of the Notes, the
obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on this Note at the place, at
the
respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein and in the
Indenture prescribed.
Interest
on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
The
Notes
are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations
of $2,000 principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess
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thereof.
At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in
the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment
of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized
denominations.
The
Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances
as
set forth in Section 3.01, Section 3.02 and Section 3.03 of the
Indenture.
The
Notes
are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking
fund.
Upon
the
occurrence of a Designated Event, Holders of shall have the right to require
the
Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of their Notes pursuant to Section 3.05
of
the Indenture.
Subject
to and in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof
shall have the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of this Note
into
cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 13.10
of
the Indenture.
In
the
event the Holder surrenders this Note for exchange in connection with certain
Designated Events, the Issuer will increase the Applicable Exchange Rate by
the
Additional Designated Event Shares as and when provided in the
Indenture.
Except
as
expressly provided in Article 15 of the Indenture, no recourse for the payment
of the principal of (including the Redemption Price or repurchase price upon
redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 3 of the Indenture) or any premium,
if any, or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise
in
respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in
this Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby,
shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager,
employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or
future, of the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or
of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Guarantor, the Issuer
or any of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all
such
liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as
consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issue of this
Note.
In
addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders
shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated
as of September 25, 2006, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Initial
Purchasers named therein (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”).
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ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations.
TEN−COM
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as
tenants in common
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UNIF
GIFT MIN ACT −___
Custodian ___ |
TEN−ENT
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as
tenant by the entireties
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(Cust)
(Minor)
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JT−TEN
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as
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not under Uniform Gifts
to
Minors Act
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as
tenants in common
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(State)
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Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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GUARANTEE
The
Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the “Guarantor,”
which
term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated the date
hereof, among the Guarantor, the Issuer (defined below) and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”),
has
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee
Obligations (as defined in Section 15.01 of the Indenture), which include (i)
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
and Additional Interest, if any, on the 4.625% Exchangeable Senior Notes due
2011 (the “Notes”)
of
First Industrial, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”),
whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, upon a repurchase
or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal
and
premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest
on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations
of
the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with
the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Indenture, and (ii) in case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other
obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, call for redemption, upon a repurchase or
otherwise.
The
obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee
pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article
15 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the
precise terms of this Guarantee.
The
Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of
claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any
right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, the benefit of
discussion, protest or notice with respect to the Notes and all demands
whatsoever.
This
is a
continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final
payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or
until legally discharged in accordance with the Indenture and shall inure to
the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the
Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder
of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon
that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or
assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee
of
payment and performance and not of collectibility.
This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have
been
executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual or facsimile signature
of one of its authorized officers.
The
obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent
necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under
applicable law.
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THE
TERMS
OF ARTICLE 15 OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
REFERENCE.
Capitalized
terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
Dated:
FIRST
INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as
Guarantor
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By:
Name:
Title:
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EXCHANGE
NOTICE
TO:
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FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the
option to exchange this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or a
multiple thereof) below designated, into cash and, if applicable, shares of
Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in
this
Note, and directs that the shares of Common Stock, if any, issuable and
deliverable upon such exchange, together with any check in payment for cash,
if
any, payable upon exchange or for fractional shares and any Notes representing
any unexchanged principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the
registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Indenture. If shares or any portion of this Note not
exchanged are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will provide the appropriate information below and pay all
transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid
by
the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.
The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby certifies that it or the Person
on whose behalf the Notes are being exchanged is a qualified institutional
buyer
within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Dated:
______________________
______________________________
______________________________
Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution”
meeting
the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership
or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature
guarantee program”
as
may
be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
______________________________
Signature
Guarantee
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Fill
in
the registration of shares of Common Stock, if any, if to be issued, and Notes
if to be delivered, and the person to whom cash and payment for fractional
shares is to be made, if to be made, other than to and in the name of the
registered holder:
Please
print name and address
______________________________
(Name)
______________________________
(Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx)
______________________________
(City,
State and Zip Code)
Principal
amount to be exchanged
(if
less
than all):
$_____________________________
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification
Number:
______________________________
NOTICE:
The signature on this Exchange Notice must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
X-00
XXXXXXXXXX
NOTICE
TO:
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FIRST
INDUSTRIAL, L.P.
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably acknowledges
receipt of a notice from First Industrial, L.P. (the “Issuer”)
regarding the right of Holders to elect to require the Issuer to repurchase
the
Notes and requests and instructs the Issuer to repay the entire principal amount
of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof) below designated, in cash, in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture at the price of 100% of such entire principal amount or portion
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the
Designated Event Repurchase Date, as the case may be, to the registered holder
hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. The Notes shall be repurchased by
the
Issuer as of the Designated Event Repurchase Date, as the case may be, pursuant
to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
NOTICE:
The above signatures of the holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name
as
written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever. Note Certificate Number (if applicable):
____________________________
Principal
amount to be repurchased (if less than all, must be $1,000 or whole multiples
thereof): ______________________
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number: ________________
Dated:
________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution”
meeting
the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership
or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature
guarantee program”
as
may
be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
_________________________________________
Signature
Guarantee
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ASSIGNMENT
For
value
received ________________________________________ hereby sell(s) assign(s)
and
transfer(s) unto ___________________________________ (Please insert social
security or other Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ____________________________
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Issuer, with full power
of
substitution in the premises.
In
connection with any transfer of the Note, the undersigned confirms that such
Note is being transferred:
To
First
Industrial, L.P., First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. or a subsidiary
of
First
Industrial, L.P.; or
To
a
“qualified
institutional buyer”
in
compliance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered holder thereof.
Dated:
______________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible
guarantor institution”
meeting
the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership
or
participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”)
or
such other “signature
guarantee program”
as
may
be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
___________________________________________
Signature
Guarantee
NOTICE:
The signature on this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement
or
any change whatever.
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ASSIGNMENT
For
value
received ________________________________________ hereby sell(s) assign(s)
and
transfer(s) unto ___________________________________ (Please insert social
security or other Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) ___________ shares
of Common Stock, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
______________________________________ attorney to transfer said shares of
Common Stock on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in
the
premises.
In
connection with any transfer of the shares of Common Stock prior to the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) (other than any transfer
pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under
the
Securities Act), the undersigned confirms that such shares of Common Stock
are
being transferred:
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To
First Industrial, L.P., First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. or a
subsidiary of First Industrial, L.P.;
or
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Pursuant
to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended; or
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To
a person the undersigned reasonably believes is a qualified institutional
buyer that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of
another
qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, all in compliance
with
Rule 144A (if available); or
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Pursuant
to a Registration Statement which has been declared effective under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and which continues to be effective
at
the time of transfer.
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Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Transfer Agent will refuse to register any
of
the shares of Common Stock evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
person other than the registered holder thereof.
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[Include
Schedule I only for a Global Note]
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE
The
initial principal amount of this Global Note is Dollars
($ ). The following increases or decreases in part of
this Note have been made:
Date
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Amount
of Increase in Principal Amount of this Note
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Amount
of Decrease in Principal Amount of this Note
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Principal
Amount of this Note following such Increase or Decrease
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Signature
of Authorized Officer or Trustee
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