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Exhibit 99(C)
(FORM OF NOTE)
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
TO XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX HOLDINGS INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), 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.
No. [R-1] INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP 79549B 72 7 REPRESENTED $[ ]
representing [ ] Units
($10 per Unit)
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX HOLDINGS INC.
Callable Equity Linked Notes based upon the
XxxXxxxxx.xxx Internet Sector Index due ______, 2006
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation
under the Indenture herein referred to), for value received and on condition
that this Note is not redeemed by the Company prior to ______, 2006 (the "Stated
Maturity Date"), hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered
assigns, the initial principal sum of [ ] Million Dollars ($[ ]) (the "Initial
Principal Amount") plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount (as defined below),
which may be positive, negative or zero but will not be less than -$[ ], on the
Stated Maturity Date. This Note may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at
the option of the Company during certain specified periods prior to the Stated
Maturity Date, as described more fully below under "Redemption of the Notes at
the Option of the Company". If the Company elects to redeem the Notes prior to
the Stated Maturity Date, the Holder of this Note will receive only the relevant
Call Price (as defined below) and will not receive the Initial Principal Amount
plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount (which may be positive, negative or
zero, but will not be less than -$[ ]). This Note will not bear periodic
payments of interest, is not subject to any sinking fund, is not subject to
redemption at the option of the Holder thereof prior to the Stated Maturity
Date, and is not subject to the defeasance provisions of the Indenture.
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If this Note is not redeemed by the Company prior to the Stated Maturity
Date, payment of the Initial Principal Amount plus the Supplemental Redemption
Amount (which may be positive, negative or zero, but will not be less than -$[
]) with respect to this Note shall be made upon presentation and surrender of
this Note at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City and State of New York, in such coin or currency of the
United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts.
This Note is one of the series of Callable Equity Linked Notes based upon
the XxxXxxxxx.xxx Internet Sector Index due ______, 2006 (the "Notes").
SUPPLEMENTAL REDEMPTION AMOUNT
The "Supplemental Redemption Amount" with respect to this Note equals:
Ending Value-Starting Value
Initial Principal Amount x ---------------------------
Starting Value
provided, however, that in no event will the Supplemental Redemption Amount with
respect to this Note be less than -$[ ].
The "Ending Value" will be determined by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. (the
"Calculation Agent", which term includes any successor thereto) and will equal
the average (arithmetic mean) of the closing values of the XxxXxxxxx.xxx
Internet Sector Index (the "Index") on each of the first five Calculation Days
during the Calculation Period. If there are fewer than five Calculation Days,
then the Ending Value will equal the average (arithmetic mean) of the closing
values of the Index on such Calculation Days, and if there is only one
Calculation Day, then the Ending Value will equal the closing value of the Index
on such Calculation Day. If no Calculation Days occur during the Calculation
Period, then the Ending Value will equal the closing value of the Index on the
last scheduled Index Business Day in the Calculation Period, regardless of the
occurrence of a Market Disruption Event on such day.
The "Starting Value" equals [ ], which was the closing value of the Index
on ________, 1999.
The "Calculation Period" means the period from and including the seventh
scheduled Index Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date to and including
the second scheduled Index Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date. A
"Calculation Day" means any Index Business Day during the Calculation Period on
which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred.
An "Index Business Day" is a day on which each of the American Stock
Exchange, Inc., the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "PHLX"), the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE") and the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq") is
open for trading and the Index or any Successor Index (as defined below) is
calculated and published. The Calculation Agent may, in its discretion, add to
(or delete from) the definition of "Index Business Day" any other major U.S.
exchange which commences to serve (or ceases to serve) as the primary exchange
upon
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which a stock underlying the Index trades or as an exchange upon which a
futures contract, an option on a futures contract or an option contract relating
to the Index trades. All determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be
at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and shall be conclusive for all
purposes and binding on the Company and Holders of the Notes, absent manifest
error.
REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
The Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to redeem the Notes, in
whole but not in part, on any Index Business Day during the 30-day period
beginning on ______ in each of 2002, 2003, 2004 or 2005 (each such 30-day
period, a "Call Period"), at the applicable call price per Unit as set forth
below (each such price, a "Call Price"):
CALL PERIOD CALL PRICE
30-day Period Beginning on $[17.50] per Unit
______, 2002 ([175]% of the initial principal amount)
30-day Period Beginning on $[20.00] per Unit
______, 2003 ([200]% of the initial principal amount)
30-day Period Beginning on $[22.50] per Unit
______, 2004 ([225]% of the initial principal amount)
30-day Period Beginning on $[25.00] per Unit
______, 2005 ([250]% of the initial principal amount)
The Company must give at least 15 days' advance notice to the Trustee,
specifying the date on which the Company will pay the Call Price (such date, the
"Call Date"), which Call Date shall be no later than the 20th day after such
call notice is given. The Trustee will provide notice of such call election to
the registered holders of the Notes, specifying the Call Date, no later than 15
days prior to the Call Date. If the Company elects to redeem the Notes prior to
the Stated Maturity Date, the Holder of this Note will receive only the relevant
Call Price and will not receive the Initial Principal Amount plus the
Supplemental Redemption Amount (which may be positive, negative or zero, but
will not be less than -$[ ]).
MARKET DISRUPTION EVENTS
"Market Disruption Event" means any of the following events, as determined
by the Calculation Agent:
(a) The suspension or material limitation of trading in 20% or more of
the underlying stocks which then comprise the Index or any Successor Index,
in each case, for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half
hour period preceding the close of trading on the NYSE, Nasdaq or any other
applicable organized U.S. exchange. For purposes of this definition,
limitations on trading during significant market fluctuations imposed
pursuant to NYSE Rule 80B (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or
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promulgated by the NYSE, Nasdaq, any other self regulatory organization or
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") of similar scope or as a
replacement for Rule 80B, as determined by the Calculation Agent) shall be
considered "material".
(b) The suspension or material limitation, in each case, for more than
two hours of trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close
of trading (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels
permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in (A) futures contracts
related to the Index or any Successor Index or options on such futures
contracts which are traded on any major U.S. exchange or (B) options
contracts related to the Index or any Successor Index which are traded on
the PHLX or any other major U.S. exchange.
(c) The unavailability, through a recognized system of public
dissemination of transaction information, for more than two hours of
trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading,
of accurate price, volume or related information in respect of 20% or more
of the underlying stocks which then comprise the Index or any Successor
Index or in respect of futures contracts related to the Index or any
Successor Index, options on such futures contracts or options contracts
related to the Index or any Successor Index, in each case traded on any
major U.S. exchange.
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:
(1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a
Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular
business hours of the relevant exchange or market, (2) a decision to discontinue
permanently trading in the relevant futures or options contract will not
constitute a Market Disruption Event, (3) any suspension or material limitation
in trading in a futures or options contract on the Index or any Successor Index
by a major securities market by reason of (x) a price change violating limits
set by such securities market, (y) an imbalance of orders relating to such
contracts or (z) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts
will constitute a Market Disruption Event, notwithstanding that such suspension
or material limitation is less than two hours, and (4) a "suspension or material
limitation" on an exchange or in a market will include a suspension or material
limitation of trading by one class of investors provided that such suspension or
material limitation continues for more than two hours of trading or during the
last one-half hour period preceding the close of trading on the relevant
exchange or market (but will not include limitations imposed on certain types of
trading under NYSE Rule 80A or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or
promulgated by the NYSE, Nasdaq, any other self-regulatory organization or the
SEC of a similar scope or as a replacement for Rule 80A, as determined by the
Calculation Agent) and will not include any time when such exchange or market is
closed for trading as part of such exchange's or market's regularly scheduled
business hours.
DISCONTINUANCE OF THE INDEX
If the PHLX discontinues publication of the Index and the PHLX or another
entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (any such
index being referred to herein as a "Successor Index"), then the Ending Value
shall be determined by reference to the value of such
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Successor Index using the methodology described above under "Supplemental
Redemption Amount".
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the
Calculation Agent will cause notice thereof to be furnished to the Company and
the Trustee, who shall provide notice thereof to the Holders of the Notes.
If the PHLX discontinues publication of the Index and a Successor Index is
not selected by the Calculation Agent or is no longer published on any
Calculation Day, the value to be substituted for the Index for any such
Calculation Day used to calculate the Supplemental Redemption Amount at maturity
will be a value computed by the Calculation Agent for such Calculation Day in
accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Index prior to any
such discontinuance.
If the PHLX discontinues publication of the Index prior to the period
during which the Supplemental Redemption Amount is to be determined and the
Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at such time,
then on each Index Business Day until the earlier to occur of (a) the
determination of the Ending Value and (b) a determination by the Calculation
Agent that a Successor Index is available, the Calculation Agent shall determine
the value that would be used in computing the Supplemental Redemption Amount as
described in the preceding paragraph as if such day were a Calculation Day. The
Calculation Agent will cause notice of each such value to be published not less
often than once each month in The Wall Street Journal (or another newspaper of
general circulation), and arrange for information with respect to such values to
be made available by telephone.
If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a
value as a substitute for the Index as described above, such Successor Index or
value shall be substituted for the Index for all purposes, including for
purposes of determining whether an Index Business Day occurs or a Market
Disruption Event exists.
ALTERATION OF METHOD OF CALCULATION
If at any time the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index is
changed in any material respect, or if the Index or a Successor Index is in any
other way modified so that the value of the Index or such Successor Index does
not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the value thereof
had such changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after such time,
the Calculation Agent shall, at the close of business in New York, New York, on
each date when the closing value with respect to the Ending Value is to be
calculated, make such adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the
Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a
value of a stock index comparable to the Index or such Successor Index as if
such changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate such closing
value with reference to the Index or such Successor Index, as adjusted.
Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or such Successor Index is
modified so that the value thereof is a fraction or a multiple of what it would
have been if it had not been modified (e.g., due to a split in such Index), then
the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Index or
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such Successor Index in order to arrive at a value thereof as if it had not been
modified (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).
The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to
any Holder of this Note to determine whether any facts exist which may require
any adjustment to the Ending Value or with respect to the nature or extent of
any such adjustment when made or with respect to the method employed in making
the same.
GENERAL
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt
Indenture, dated as of October 27, 1993, as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of November 28, 1997, and as further supplemented from time
to time (the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee (the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms upon which
the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. In such case, the amount
declared due and payable upon any acceleration permitted by the Indenture will
be determined by the Calculation Agent and will be equal to, with respect to
this Note: (i) the Initial Principal Amount plus (ii) the Supplemental
Redemption Amount (which may be positive, negative or zero, but will not be less
than -$[ ]) calculated as though the Stated Maturity Date of this Note were the
date of early repayment. In case of default in payment on the maturity date of
this Note (whether on the Stated Maturity Date or upon acceleration), from and
after the maturity date this Note shall bear interest, payable upon demand of
the Holders thereof, at the rate of [ ]% per annum on the unpaid amount due and
payable on such date in accordance with the terms of this Note through the date
when payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities of each series to
be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding of
each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of
all Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
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The Holder of this Note may not enforce such Xxxxxx's rights pursuant to
the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company to pay the Initial Principal
Amount plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount (which may be positive, negative
or zero, but will not be less than -$[ ]) with respect to this Note, unless the
Company redeems the Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date, and to pay any
interest on any overdue amount thereof at the time, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture but not in
this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX HOLDINGS INC.
By: _____________________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Corporate Seal
Attest:
By: ____________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: __________, 1999
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By: ______________________
Authorized Signatory
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