ANDREW CORPORATION To BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of August 8, 2003
Exhibit
4.1
XXXXXX
CORPORATION
To
BNY
Midwest Trust Company,
as
Trustee
______________________________
Dated
as
of
August
8,
2003
_____________________________________
3
1/4%
CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
PAGE
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ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01. DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE
2
ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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Section
2.01. DESIGNATION AMOUNT AND ISSUE OF
SECURITIES
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10
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Section
2.02. FORM OF SECURITIES
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11
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Section
2.03. DATE AND DENOMINATION OF SECURITIES; PAYMENTS OF
INTEREST
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12
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Section
2.04. EXECUTION OF SECURITIES
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14
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Section
2.05. EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES;
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
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14
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Section
2.06. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN
SECURITIES
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19
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Section
2.07. TEMPORARY SECURITIES
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Section
2.08. CANCELLATION OF SECURITIES
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Section
2.09. CUSIP NUMBERS
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ARTICLE
3
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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Section
3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
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Section
3.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY
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Section
3.03. APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S
OFFICE
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Section
3.04. PROVISIONS AS TO PAYING AGENT
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Section
3.05. EXISTENCE
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Section
3.06. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES
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Section
3.07. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS
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Section
3.08. RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT
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Section
3.09. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS
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25
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Section
3.10. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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25
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Section
3.11. ADDITIONAL INTEREST NOTICE
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ARTICLE
4
SECURITYHOLDERS'
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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Section
4.01. SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS
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26
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Section
4.02. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS
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Section
4.03. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE
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Section
4.04. REPORTS BY COMPANY
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ARTICLE
5
REMEDIES
OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Section
5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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27
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Section
5.02. PAYMENTS OF SECURITIES ON DEFAULT; SUIT
THEREFOR
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30
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Section
5.03. APPLICATION OF MONIES COLLECTED BY
TRUSTEE
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31
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Section
5.04. PROCEEDINGS BY SECURITYHOLDER
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Section
5.05. PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE
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Section
5.06. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING
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Section
5.07. DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF DEFAULTS BY
MAJORITY OF SECURITYHOLDERS
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34
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Section
5.08. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
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34
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Section
5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS
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34
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ARTICLE
6
THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
6.01. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE
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Section
6.02. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC
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Section
6.03. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC
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Section
6.04. TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENTS, CONVERSION AGENTS OR REGISTRAR
MAY OWN SECURITIES
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Section
6.05. MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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Section
6.06. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE
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Section
6.07. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE
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Section
6.08. CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF TRUSTEE
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40
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Section
6.09. ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE
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Section
6.10. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
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Section
6.11. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
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Section
6.12. SUCCESSION BY MERGER
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Section
6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS
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Section
6.14. TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
COMPANY
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ARTICLE
7
THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
7.01. ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
7.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
7.03. WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS
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44
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Section
7.04. COMPANY-OWNED SECURITIES DISREGARDED
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Section
7.05. REVOCATION OF CONSENTS, FUTURE SECURITYHOLDERS
BOUND
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45
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ARTICLE
8
MEETINGS
OF SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
8.01. PURPOSE OF MEETINGS
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Section
8.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE
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46
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Section
8.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR
SECURITYHOLDERS
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46
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Section
8.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING
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47
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Section
8.05. REGULATIONS
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Section
8.06. VOTING
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48
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Section
8.07. NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING
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ARTICLE
9
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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Section
9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS
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50
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Section
9.03. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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51
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Section
9.04. NOTATION ON SECURITIES
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51
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Section
9.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE
FURNISHED TO TRUSTEE
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52
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ARTICLE
10
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
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Section
10.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE ON CERTAIN TERMS
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Section
10.02. SUCCESSOR TO BE SUBSTITUTED
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Section
10.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TO
TRUSTEE
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ARTICLE
11
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section
11.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section
11.02. DEPOSITED MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY
TRUSTEE
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54
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Section
11.03. PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONIES HELD
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Section
11.04. RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONIES
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Section
11.05. REINSTATEMENT
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ARTICLE
12
IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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Section
12.01. INDENTURE AND SECURITIES SOLELY CORPORATE
OBLIGATIONS
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ARTICLE
13
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Section
13.01. PROVISIONS BINDING ON COMPANY’S
SUCCESSORS
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Section
13.02. OFFICIAL ACTS BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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Section
13.03. ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES, ETC.
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Section
13.04. GOVERNING LAW
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Section
13.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT,
CERTIFICATES TO TRUSTEE
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Section
13.06. LEGAL HOLIDAYS
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Section
13.07. TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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Section
13.08. NO SECURITY INTEREST CREATED
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Section
13.09. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE
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Section
13.10. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS
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Section
13.11. AUTHENTICATING AGENT
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Section 13.12.
EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
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Section
13.13. SEVERABILITY
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ARTICLE
14
REDEMPTION
AND REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES
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Section
14.01. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section
14.02. NOTICE OF OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; SELECTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section
14.03. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION BY THE
COMPANY
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Section
14.04. CONVERSION ARRANGEMENT ON CALL FOR
REDEMPTION
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Section
14.05. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF SECURITYHOLDERS UPON A
DESIGNATED EVENT
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Section
14.06. REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES BY THE COMPANY AT OPTION OF THE
SECURITYHOLDER
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Section
14.07. COMPANY REPURCHASE NOTICE
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Section
14.08. EFFECT OF REPURCHASE NOTICE
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Section 14.09. DEPOSIT
OF REPURCHASE PRICE
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Section 14.10. SECURITIES
REPURCHASED IN PART
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Section 14.11. REPAYMENT
TO THE COMPANY
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71
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ARTICLE
15
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES
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Section
15.01. RIGHT TO CONVERT
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Section
15.02. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE; ISSUANCE OF COMMON
STOCK ON CONVERSION; NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INTEREST OR
DIVIDENDS
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74
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Section
15.03. CASH PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF FRACTIONAL
SHARES
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Section
15.04. CONVERSION RATE
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Section
15.05. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION RATE
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Section
15.06. EFFECT OF RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR
SALE
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Section
15.07. TAXES ON SHARES ISSUED
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Section
15.08. RESERVATION OF SHARES, SHARES TO BE FULLY PAID;
COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS; LISTING OF COMMON
STOCK
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Section
15.09. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE
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Section
15.10. NOTICE TO SECURITYHOLDERS PRIOR TO CERTAIN
ACTIONS
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Section
15.11. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLANS
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91
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Section
15.12. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
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ARTICLE
16
SUBORDINATION
OF SECURITIES
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Section
16.01. AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION
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Section
16.02. NO PAYMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS UPON DEFAULTS RELATING TO
DESIGNATED SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
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93
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Section
16.03. PAYMENTS OVER TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON
DISSOLUTION
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94
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Section
16.04. PRIOR PAYMENT OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON ACCELERATION
OF SECURITIES
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Section
16.05. PAYMENT OVER TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
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96
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Section
16.06. SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES
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96
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Section
16.07. PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL
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97
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Section
16.08. AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION
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Section
16.09. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
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97
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Section
16.10. TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS
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98
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Section
16.11. NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION
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99
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Section
16.12. CERTAIN CONVERSIONS NOT DEEMED PAYMENT
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99
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Section
16.13. SUBORDINATION APPLICABLE TO PAYING
AGENTS
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99
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Section
16.14. SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS ENTITLED TO RELY
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100
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Section
16.15. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING
AGENT
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100
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Exhibit
A Form of Security
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A-1
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE
dated as of August 8, 2003 between Xxxxxx Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called the "COMPANY"), having its principal office at 00000
Xxxx
000xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000 and BNY Midwest Trust Company,
an
Illinois trust company, as trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the
"TRUSTEE").
WHEREAS,
for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance
of its 3 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2013 (hereinafter called
the
"SECURITIES"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $240,000,000,
and
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized
authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and
legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute this Indenture a valid
agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Securities have
in
all respects been duly authorized,
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That
in
order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are,
and are
to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises
and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof,
the
Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate
benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities (except
as
otherwise provided below), as follows:
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 or which are by
reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall
have the 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 for "ADDITIONAL INTEREST AMOUNT" in Section
2(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"ADDITIONAL
INTEREST NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.11.
"ADJUSTMENT
EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(l).
"AGENT
MEMBERS" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
"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.
"APPLICABLE
STOCK PRICE" means, in respect of a conversion date, the average of the Closing
Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the five-Trading Day period starting
the third Trading Day following such conversion date.
"BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS" means the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee of
such
Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.
"BUSINESS
DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
"CLOSING
SALE PRICE" of the shares of Common Stock on any date 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 in composite transactions for the principal United States securities
exchange on which shares of Common Stock are traded or, if the shares of
Common
Stock are not listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq or by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated. In the absence of such quotations, the Company shall be entitled
to determine the Closing Sale Price on the basis it considers appropriate.
The
Closing
Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours
trading.
"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 any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference
in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary
or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which
is
not subject to redemption by the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section
15.06, however, shares issuable on conversion of Securities shall include
only
shares of the class designated as common stock of the Company at the date
of
this Indenture (namely, the Common Stock, par value $.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 Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; PROVIDED
that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the
shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion shall be substantially
in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting
from
all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such
classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
"COMPANY"
means the corporation named as the "COMPANY" in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10 and Section 15.06,
shall
include its successors and assigns.
"COMPANY
REPURCHASE NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 14.07(b).
"COMPANY
REPURCHASE NOTICE DATE" has the meaning specified in Section
14.07(b).
"CONVERSION
PRICE" as of any day will equal $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as
of such
date.
"CONVERSION
RATE" has the meaning specified in Section 15.04.
"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 0 X. XxXxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx
XX
00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Securityholders (or such
other
address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice
to
the Securityholders and the Company).
"CURRENT
MARKET PRICE" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(h).
"CUSTODIAN"
means BNY Midwest Trust Company, as custodian with respect to the Securities
in
global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"DEFAULT"
means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would
be,
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 Securities. The Depository Trust
Company
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" shall mean (a) any Fundamental Change or (b) the Common Stock is neither
listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved
for trading on the Nasdaq National Market.
"DESIGNATED
EVENT NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 14.05(b).
"DESIGNATED
EVENT EXPIRATION TIME" has the meaning specified in Section
14.05(b).
"DESIGNATED
EVENT REPURCHASE DATE" has the meaning specified in Section
14.05(a).
"DESIGNATED
SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means (i) all obligations under the Senior Credit Facility,
(ii) the Company's outstanding 9.52% Senior Notes due September 30, 2005;
6.60%
Senior Notes, Series 2003-A, due November 14, 2003; 6.65% Senior Notes, Series
2003-B, due November 14, 2007 and 6.74% Senior Notes, Series 2003-C,
due November 14, 2007 and (iii) any other Senior Indebtedness of the Company
which, at the date of determination, is specifically designated by the Company
in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of this Indenture.
"DETERMINATION
DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(l).
"DISTRIBUTED
SECURITIES" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(d).
"EVENT
OF
DEFAULT" means any event specified in Section 5.01 as an Event of
Default.
"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.
"EX-DIVIDEND
TIME" has the meaning specified in Section 15.01(e).
"EXPIRATION
TIME" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(f).
"FAIR
MARKET VALUE" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(h).
"FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGE" means the occurrence of any transaction or event (whether by means
of an
exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination,
reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which
all or
substantially all of the Common Stock shall be exchanged for, converted into,
acquired for or constitutes solely the right to receive consideration which
is
not all or substantially all common stock that is (or, upon consummation
of or
immediately following such transaction or event, which will be) listed on
a
United States national securities exchange or approved (or, upon consummation
of
or immediately following such transaction or event, which will be approved)
for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market or any similar United States system
of
automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices.
"GLOBAL
SECURITY" has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.
"INDEBTEDNESS"
means, with respect to any Person, and without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise)
of
such Person for borrowed money (including obligations of the Person in respect
of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, commodity contracts, currency
exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any loans or
advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments)
or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether
or not
the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or
to
only a portion thereof), the deferred purchase price of property, including
conditional sale obligations and title retention agreements, other than any
account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation incurred
in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials
or
services; (b) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent
or
otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees
or
bankers' acceptances; (c) all obligations and liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) in
respect of leases of such Person required, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles, to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations
on
the balance sheet of such Person and all obligations and other liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) under any lease or related document (including
a
purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real property which provides
that such Person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third
party
to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual
value
of the leased property to the lessor and the obligations of such Person under
such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase
such leased property; (d) all obligations of such Person (contingent or
otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar
agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge,
exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement; (e) all direct or
indirect guarantees or similar agreements by such Person in respect of, and
obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person to purchase
or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect
of,
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the kind described
in clauses (a) through (d); (f) any indebtedness or other obligations described
in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other
encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such Person,
regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby
shall
have been assumed by such Person; and (g) any and all deferrals, renewals,
extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements
to,
any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses
(a)
through (f).
"INDENTURE"
means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented
as
herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
"INTEREST"
means, when used with reference to the Securities, any interest payable under
the terms of the Securities, including Additional Interest, if any, payable
under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"NON-ELECTING
SHARE" has the meaning specified in Section 15.06.
"NOTICE
DATE" means the date of mailing of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section
14.02.
"OFFICERS'
CERTIFICATE", when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate
signed
by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after
the
title "VICE PRESIDENT") and the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or
the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"OPINION
OF COUNSEL" means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may
be an
employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable
to
the Trustee.
"OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION" has the meaning specified in Section 14.02.
"OUTSTANDING",
when used with reference to Securities and subject to the provisions of Section
7.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities,
or portions thereof, (i) for the redemption of which monies in the necessary
amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying
agent (other than the Company) or (ii) which shall have been otherwise
discharged in accordance with Article 11;
(c) Securities
in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Securities shall have
been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06;
and
(d) Securities
converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article 15 and Securities deemed
not
outstanding pursuant to Article 14.
"PERSON"
means a 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 National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or any successor thereto.
"PREDECESSOR
SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security,
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen
Security that it replaces.
"PRINCIPAL
VALUE CONVERSION" has the meaning set forth in Section 15.01.
"PURCHASED
SHARES" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(f).
"QIB"
means a "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" as defined in Rule 144A.
"RECORD
DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
"REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August
8,
2003 among the Company and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Banc of
America Securities LLC and Citicorp Global Markets Inc., as representatives
of
the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
"REPRESENTATIVE"
means (a) the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative
for
holders of Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in
the
case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing
for
voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness,
any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of
the
required persons necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior
Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness,
the
holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.
"REPURCHASE
DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 14.06.
"REPURCHASE
NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 14.06.
"RESPONSIBLE
OFFICER" shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within
the corporate trust department of the Trustee with direct responsibility
for the
administration of this Indenture including any vice president, assistant
vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any
other
officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person's knowledge
of
any familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED
SECURITIES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
"RESTRICTED
SECURITIES LEGEND" means the legend labeled as such set forth in Exhibit
A
hereto.
"RULE
144A" means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act.
"SECURITY"
or "SECURITIES" means any Security or Securities, as the case may be,
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including any Global
Security.
"SECURITIES
ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
"SECURITY
REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
"SECURITY
REGISTRAR" has the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
"SECURITYHOLDER"
as applied to any Security, or other similar terms, means any Person in whose
name at the time a particular Security is registered on the Security Registrar's
books.
"SENIOR
CREDIT FACILITY" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of
December 19, 2002, among Xxxxxx Corporation, as borrower, Bank of America,
N.A.,
as lender and administrative agent and the other financial institutions from
time to time party thereto, as amended by a First Amendment dated as of June
30,
2003, and the Second Amendment dated August 4, 2003, together with the documents
now or hereafter related thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee
agreements and any security documents), in each case as such agreements may
be
amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the
maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including
by way
of adding the Company or any Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers
or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such
agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same
or
any other agent, lender or group of lenders (or other
institutions).
"SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS" means the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including
all
interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or similar
proceeding, whether or not a claim for post petition interest is allowable
as a
claim in any such proceeding), and rent payable on or in connection with,
and
all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts accrued or due on or in connection
with, Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of this
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed by the
Company
(including all deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, the foregoing); PROVIDED that Senior
Indebtedness shall not include (1) the Securities, (2) any Indebtedness the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee
thereof expressly provides that such Indebtedness is "pari passu" with or
"
junior" to the Securities or (3) any obligation of the Company to any
Subsidiary.
"SIGNIFICANT
SUBSIDIARY" means, as of any date of determination, a Subsidiary of the Company
that would constitute a "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" as such term is defined
under
Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Commission as in effect on the date
of
this Indenture.
"SUBSIDIARY"
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50%
of the
total voting power
of
shares of capital stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard
to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner
or
managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person
or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"TRADING
DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(h).
"TRADING
PRICE" means, on any date, the average of the secondary market bid quotations
per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Trustee for
$10,000,000 principal amount of Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New
York
City time, on such date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers selected by the Company; PROVIDED that if at least three such bids
cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but two such bids are obtained,
then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid
can
reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, one bid shall be used; PROVIDED FURTHER
that if the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $10,000,000
principal amount of Securities from a nationally recognized securities dealer,
then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be
deemed
to be less than 98% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate and (b) the
Closing Sale Price on such date.
"TRIGGER
EVENT" has the meaning specified in Section 15.05(d).
"TRUST
INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was
in
force at the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Sections 9.03
and
15.06; PROVIDED that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after
the
date hereof, the term "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" shall mean, to the extent required
by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"TRUSTEE"
means BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois trust company, 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.
ARTICLE
2
ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
Section
2.01. DESIGNATION AMOUNT AND ISSUE OF SECURITIES. The Securities shall be
designated as "3 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2013".
Securities not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of $240,000,000 (except
pursuant to Sections 2.05, 2.06, 14.03, 14.05 and 15.02 hereof) upon the
execution of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, may be executed
by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Securities to or upon the written
order of the Company, signed by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman
of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President (whether
or not
designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after
the
title "VICE PRESIDENT"), the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the Company
hereunder.
Section
2.02. FORM OF SECURITIES. The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially in the
form
set forth in Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of
Security attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company
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 Securities 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 Securities to be
tradable on The Portal Market or as may be required for the Securities 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 Securities
may be
listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or
restrictions to which any particular Securities are subject.
So
long
as the Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary,
or
unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.05(a),
all of the Securities will be represented by one or more Securities in global
form registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary
(a "GLOBAL SECURITY"). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests
in any
such Global Security shall be effected through the 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 Security 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 Security.
Any
Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall
be
specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
amount
of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from
time to
time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, conversions,
transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Security
to
reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding
Securities 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 Securities in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of
principal of and Interest on any Global Security shall be made to the holder
of
such Security.
Section
2.03. DATE AND DENOMINATION OF SECURITIES; PAYMENTS OF INTEREST. The Securities
shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of
$1,000
principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified
on the face of the form of Security attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest
on
the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised
of
twelve 30-day months.
The
Person in whose name any Security (or its Predecessor Security) is registered
on
the Security 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, except that the interest payable upon redemption
or repurchase will be payable to the Person to whom principal is payable
pursuant to such redemption or repurchase (unless the redemption date or
the
repurchase date, as the case may be, falls after a record date and on or
prior
to the corresponding interest payment date, in which case the semi-annual
payment of interest becoming due on such interest payment date shall be payable
to the Securityholders of such Securities registered as such on the applicable
record date).
Interest
shall be payable at the office of the Company maintained by the Company for
such
purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, which shall initially
be
an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company shall pay interest (i) on
any
Securities in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register (or upon written
notice,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds, if such Person is entitled
to
interest on aggregate principal in excess of $2 million) or (ii) on any Global
Security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
the
Depositary or its nominee. The term "rECORD DATE" with respect to any interest
payment date shall mean the February 1 or August 1 preceding the applicable
February 15 or August 15 interest payment date, respectively.
Any
interest
on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any February 15 or August 15 (herein called "DEFAULTED INTEREST")
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Securityholder on the relevant record
date
by virtue of his having been such Securityholder, and such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities)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 Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the
proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) 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 Company 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) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to
the
date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, 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 Securityholder at his address as it
appears
in the Security Register, not less than ten (10) days prior to such special
record 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 Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such special
record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause
(2)
of this Section 2.03.
(2) The
Company 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 Securities 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 Company 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 SECURITIES. The Securities shall be signed in the name and on
behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman
of
the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President
or any
Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word
or
words added before or after the title "VICE PRESIDENT") and attested by the
manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or any of its Assistant
Secretaries or its Treasurer or any of its Assistant Treasurers (which may
be
printed engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise)
.
Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form set forth on the form of Security attached as Exhibit
A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed
by the Trustee as provided by Section 13.11), 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 Security executed
by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has
been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Securityholder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In
case
any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall
cease to be such officer before the Securities so signed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company,
such
Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of
as
though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such officer
of the Company, and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by
such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be
the
proper officers of the Company, 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 SECURITIES; RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER. (a) The Company 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 Company designated pursuant to Section 3.02 being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to
such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Security Register
shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written
form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed
"SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers
of
Securities as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars
in accordance with Section 3.02.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security to the Security Registrar
or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer
set
forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one
or
more new Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required
by this
Indenture.
Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and
of a
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant
to
Section 3.02. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange is entitled to receive
bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt,
and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
All
Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange, redemption, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the
Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company, and the Security shall be duly executed by the holder thereof or
his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made to any Securityholder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment by
the
Securityholder 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 Securities.
Neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any Security Registrar shall be required
to
exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities for a period of
fifteen(15) days next preceding any selection of Securities to be redeemed,
(b)
any
Securities or portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to Section
14.02
(c) any Securities or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant
to
Article 15, (d) any Securities or portions thereof tendered for repurchase
(and
not withdrawn) pursuant to Section 14.05 or (e) any Securities or portions
thereof tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Section
14.06.
(b) The
following provisions shall apply only to Global Securities:
(i) Each
Global Security 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 Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes
of this
Indenture.
(ii) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged
in
whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security
in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than
the
Depositary or a nominee thereof, unless (A) the Depositary (i) has notified
the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global
Security and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Company
within
ninety days or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and no successor clearing agency has been appointed by the Company
within 90 days, (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
(C)
the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that
it no
longer wishes to have all the Securities represented by Global Securities.
Any
Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above shall be so
exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Security exchanged pursuant
to
clause (C) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as
directed by the Company. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; PROVIDED that any such
Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than
the
Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.
(iii) Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security 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 Security 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 Security
to
be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee,
as
Security Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in
part,
either such Global Security 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 Security, 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 Security 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
Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply as
the
Trustee shall require of certificated Securities 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 Security 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 Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the
Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company 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
Security.
(vi) At
such time as all interests in a
Global Security have been
redeemed, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in
certificated form, such Global Security 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 Security is redeemed, repurchased,
converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the
principal amount of such Global Security 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
Security, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
to
reflect such reduction.
(c) Any
certificate evidencing a Security (and all securities issued in exchange
therefore or substitution thereof) shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend,
unless (1) such Security 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 144 under the
Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, (2) such Security
is
eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or
any
successor provision) or (3) otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with
written notice thereof to the Trustee.
Every
Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the
Restricted Securities Legend (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 Restricted Securities Legend) unless such restrictions on
transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company, and the holder
of
each such Restricted Security, by such Security 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" encompasses any sale, pledge, loan, transfer
or
other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest
therein.
Any
Security (or Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to
which
the conditions for removal of the Restricted Securities Legend have been
satisfied may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Security
Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged
for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
which shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend. If the Restricted
Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a Global Security bearing
the Restricted Securities Legend, the principal amount of the Global Security
so
legended shall be reduced by the appropriate principal amount and the principal
amount of a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend shall
be
increased by an equal principal amount. If a Global Security without the
Restricted Securities Legend is not then outstanding, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a Global Security without
the
Restricted Securities Legend to the Depositary.
(d) Any
Security issued upon the conversion of a Security that, prior to the expiration
of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under
the
Securities Act (or any successor provision), is purchased or owned by the
Company or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the Company 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 Securities, as the case may be, no longer
being "rESTRICTED SECURITIES" (as defined under Rule 144).
(e) 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 Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member
thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities 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 Securities. All notices and
communications to be given to the Securityholders and all payments to be
made to
Securityholders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon
the
order of the registered Securityholders (which shall be the Depository or
its
nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners
in
any Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the customary
procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by the Depository 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
Security (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 SECURITIES. In case any Security
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company 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 Security, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or
in lieu
of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In
every
case, the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company,
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 Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Security 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 Security and make available for delivery such Security. Upon
the
issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment
by the
Securityholder 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 Security which has matured or is
about
to mature or has been called for redemption or has been tendered for repurchase
upon a Designated Event (and not withdrawn) or has been surrendered for
repurchase on a Repurchase Date (and not withdrawn) or is to be converted
into
Common Stock shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Company
may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment
of
or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof
except in the case of a mutilated Security), as the case may be, if the
applicant
for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, 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 Company,
the
Trustee and, if applicable, any paying agent or conversion agent evidence
to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and
of the
ownership thereof.
Every
substitute Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06
by
virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or
not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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
Securities duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Securities
shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions
are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion or
redemption or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities
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 conversion or redemption or repurchase of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section
2.07. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of Securities in
certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating
agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Company,
authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed).
Temporary Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the Securities in certificated form, but with
such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary
Security shall be executed by the Company 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 Securities in certificated form.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee
or such authenticating agent Securities in certificated form and thereupon
any
or all temporary Securities may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each
office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 and the
Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available
for
delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal
amount of Securities in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by
the
Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
and subject
to the same limitations under this Indenture as Securities in certificated
form
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section
2.08. CANCELLATION OF SECURITIES. All Securities surrendered for the purpose
of
payment, redemption, repurchase, conversion, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any
Security Registrar or any conversion agent, be surrendered to the Trustee
and
promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly
canceled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except
as
expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee
shall dispose of such canceled Securities in accordance with its customary
procedures. If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption, repurchase or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section
2.09. CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP"
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Company and the Trustee,
as
applicable, shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption or repurchases
as
a convenience to Securityholders; PROVIDED that any such notice may state
that
no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or
a
repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase
shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
will
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE
3
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section
3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The Company will duly and punctually
pay or cause to be paid the principal of and Interest, on each of the Securities
(including the redemption price upon redemption or the repurchase price upon
repurchase, in each case pursuant to Article 14), at the places, at the
respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the
Securities.
Section
3.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Company will maintain an office
or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where the Securities
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation
for payment or for conversion, redemption or repurchase and where notices
and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not
designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall
fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the corporate trust
office of the Trustee's New York agent in the Borough of Manhattan which
office
is located at BNY Midwest Trust Company, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust.
The
Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered
for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
The
Company will give prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
The
Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as paying agent, Security
Registrar, Custodian and conversion agent and each of the Corporate Trust
Office
and the office of agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, shall
be
considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid
purposes.
So
long
as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or
cause
to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 6.10(a) and the third paragraph
of Section 6.11. If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with
this
Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Company and the
holders
of Securities it can identify from its records.
Section
3.03. APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S OFFICE. The Company, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint,
in
the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all
times
be a Trustee hereunder.
Section
3.04. PROVISIONS AS TO PAYING AGENT. (a) If the Company shall appoint a paying
agent other than the Trustee, or if the Trustee shall appoint such a paying
agent, the Company will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to
the
Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section 3.04:
(1) that
it
will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal
of
or interest on the Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by
the
Company or by any other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit
of
the holders of the Securities;
(2) that
it
will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other
obligor on the Securities) to make any payment of the principal of or Interest
on the Securities when the same shall be due and payable; and
(3) 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
Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of or Interest
on the
Securities, 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
or
Interest and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company 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 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.
(b) If
the
Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due
date
of the principal of or Interest on the Securities, set aside, segregate and
hold
in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities a sum sufficient
to
pay such principal or Interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the
Trustee of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or
any other obligor under the Securities) to make any payment of the principal
of
or Interest on the Securities when the same shall become due and
payable.
(c) Anything
in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company 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 Company or any paying agent hereunder as required
by
this Section 3.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained and upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the
Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such sums.
(d)
Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject
to
Sections 11.03 and 11.04.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions of any other paying agents
(including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and shall have
no
control of any funds held by such other paying agents.
Section
3.05. EXISTENCE. Subject to Article 10, the Company will do or cause to be
done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence
and rights (charter and statutory); PROVIDED that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right if the Company shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business
of
the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Securityholders.
Section
3.06. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. The Company will cause all properties used
or
useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Significant
Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working
order
and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof,
all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted
at all times; PROVIDED that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company
from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties
if
such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the
conduct
of its business or the business of any subsidiary and not disadvantageous
in any
material respect to the Securityholders.
Section
3.07. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Company will pay or discharge,
or
cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may become delinquent, (i)
all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of
the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) all claims for labor, materials
and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon the
property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and (iii) all stamp
taxes
and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any
political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with the issuance,
transfer, exchange, conversion, redemption or repurchase of any Securities
or
with respect to this Indenture; PROVIDED that, in the case of clauses (i)
and
(ii), the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be
paid
or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) if the failure
to do
so will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on the Company
and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (B) if the amount, applicability or
validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section
3.08. RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT. Within the period prior to the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144
(k)
under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Company shall,
during
any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange
Act, make available to any holder or beneficial holder of Securities or any
Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof which continue to be Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser
of
Securities or such Common Stock designated by such holder or beneficial holder,
the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d) (4) under the Securities
Act
upon the request of any holder or beneficial holder of the Securities or
such
Common Stock and it will take such further action as any holder or beneficial
holder of such Securities or such Common Stock may reasonably request, all
to
the extent required from time to time to enable such holder or beneficial
holder
to sell its Securities or Common Stock without registration under the Securities
Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A,
as
such Rule may be amended from time to time. Upon the request of any holder
or
any beneficial holder of the Securities or such Common Stock, the Company
will
deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied
with
such requirements.
Section
3.09. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS. The Company (to the extent that it
may
lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or
usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the principal of or Interest on the Securities as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture and the
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by
resort
to any such law, 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
3.10. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within
one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
a certificate signed by either the principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating
whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is
in
default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions
and
conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and the status thereof
of
which the signer may have knowledge.
The
Company will promptly deliver to the Trustee, forthwith 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 Company has taken, is taking
or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
Any
notice required to be given under this Section 3.10 shall be delivered to
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
3.11. ADDITIONAL INTEREST NOTICE. In the event that the Company is required
to
pay Additional Interest to holders of Securities pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company will provide written notice ("ADDITIONAL INTEREST
NOTICE") to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional Interest no later
than fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed payment date for the Additional
Interest, and the Additional Interest Notice shall set forth the amount
of
Additional Interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date. The Trustee
shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of
Securities 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
4
SECURITYHOLDERS'
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
Section
4.01. SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Trustee, semiannually, not more than fifteen (15) calendar days after
each February 1 and August 1 in each year beginning with February 1, 2004,
and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty
(30)
days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser
time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely
provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as
the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders
of
Securities as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such
other
date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such
notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no
such
list need be furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee
is
acting as the sole Security Registrar.
Section
4.02. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS. The Trustee shall preserve, in
as
current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names
and
addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 or maintained by the Trustee
in its
capacity as Security Registrar or co-registrar in respect of the Securities,if
so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(a) The
rights of Securityholders to communicate with other holders of Securities
with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities,and
the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided
by the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) Every
Securityholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company
and
the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either
of
them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information
as to
names and addresses of Securityholders of Securities made pursuant to the
Trust
Indenture Act.
Section
4.03. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. (a) Within sixty (60) days after February 15 of
each
year commencing with the year 2004, the Trustee shall transmit
to Securityholders of Securities such reports dated as of February 15 of
the
year in which such reports are made concerning the Trustee and its actions
under
this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at
the
times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. In the event that no events
have occurred under the applicable sections of the Trust Indenture Act the
Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to provide such
reports.
(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time
of such transmission to holders
of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated
quotation system upon which the Securities are listed and with the Company.
The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are
listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted
therefrom.
Section
4.04. REPORTS BY COMPANY. The Company shall file with the Trustee (and the
Commission if at any time after the Indenture becomes qualified under the
Trust
Indenture Act), and transmit to holders of Securities, such information,
documents and other reports and such summaries thereof, as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant to such Act, whether or not the Securities are governed by such
Act;
PROVIDED that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall
be
filed with the Trustee within fifteen (15) days after the same is so required
to
be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and
documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's
receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which
the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers'
Certificates).
ARTICLE
5
REMEDIES
OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section
5.01. 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 the principal of any of the Securities as and
when
the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, in connection with
any
redemption or repurchase pursuant to Article 14, by acceleration or otherwise
whether or not such payment is permitted under Article 16 hereof;
or
(b) default
in the payment of any installment of Interest upon any of the Securities
as and
when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default
for
a period of thirty (30) days, whether or not such payment is permitted under
Article 16 hereof; or
(c) default
in the Company's obligation to provide a Designated Event Notice upon a
Designated Event as provided in Section 14.05; or
(d) failure
on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants
or agreements on the part of the Company in the Securities or in this Indenture
(other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.01 specifically dealt with)continued
for a
period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written
notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have
been given to the Company by the Trustee, or the Company and a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%)
in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined
in accordance with Section 7.04; or
(e) the
Company shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or its debts under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect
or
seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator,custodian or other
similar official of the Company or any substantial
part of the property of the Company, or shall consent to any such relief
or to
the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary
case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to generally to pay
its
debts as they become due; or
(f) an
involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the
Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect
to the
Company or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now
or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian
or other similar official of the Company or any substantial
part of the property of the Company, and such involuntary case or other
proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60)
consecutive days;
then,
and
in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section
5.01(e) or 5.01(f)), unless the principal of all of the Securities shall
have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not
less
than twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
then outstanding hereunder determined in accordance with Section 7.04, by
notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders),
may
declare the principal of all the Securities and the Interest accrued and
unpaid
thereon
to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same
shall
become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture
or
in the Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event
of
Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f) occurs, the principal of
all the
Securities and the Interest accrued and unpaid thereon shall be immediately
and
automatically due and payable without necessity of further action. This
provision, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after
the
principal of the Securities 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, the Company shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments
of
Interest upon all Securities and the principal of any and all Securities
which
shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue
installments of Interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal at the rate set forth
on
the Securities for overdue payments of principal and Interest, to the date
of
such payment or deposit) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section
6.06, and if any and all defaults under this Indenture, other than the
nonpayment of principal of and accrued and unpaid Interest on Securities
which
shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant
to Section 5.07, then and in every such case the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written
notice
to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults or Events of Default
and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such
waiver
or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
The
Company shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly
upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default.
The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof
or
unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received
by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice
references the Securities and this Indenture.
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 Company,
the holders of Securities, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively
to
their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and
powers of the Company, the Securityholders of Securities, and the Trustee
shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section
5.02. PAYMENTS OF SECURITIES ON DEFAULT; SUIT THEREFOR. In case default shall
be
made in the payment of (a) any installment of Interest upon any of the
Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default
shall have continued for a period of thirty (30) days, or (b) the principal
of
any of the Securities as and when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether at maturity of the Securities, in connection with any redemption
or
repurchase pursuant to Article 14, by declaration or otherwise, then, upon
demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit
of
the holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become
due
and payable on all such Securities for principal or Interest, as the case
may
be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment
of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments
of Interest at the rate set forth on the Securities for overdue payments
of
principal and Interest and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06. Until such demand by the Trustee,
the Company may pay the principal of and Interest on the Securities to the
registered Securityholders, whether or not the Securities are
overdue.
In
case
the Company 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 Company or any other obligor on the Securities and
collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company
or any
other obligor on the Securities wherever situated the monies adjudged or
decreed
to be payable.
In
case
there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization
of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities under Title 11 of the
United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee
or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company
or
such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or
in the
case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other
obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company
or
such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of
the
Securities 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
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and
prove a
claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and Interest owing and
unpaid
in respect of the Securities, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to
file
such proofs of claim and
other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims
of the Trustee and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Securities, its or their
creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies
or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute
the
same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06,
and
to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating
as
a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems
necessary or advisable, and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations,
any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the
Securityholders 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
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable
compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees
and
expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent
that
such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements
out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason,
payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out
of, any
and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which
the Securityholders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether
in
liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise.
All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of
the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of
the Securities, 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
Securities.
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
Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Securities
parties to any such proceedings.
Section
5.03. APPLICATION OF MONIES COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE. Any monies collected by
the
Trustee pursuant to this Article 5 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 Securities, and stamping thereon the payment,
if
only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
FIRST:
To
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06;
SECOND:
Subject to the provisions of Article 16, in case the principal of the
outstanding Securities shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment
of Interest on the Securities in default in the order of the maturity of
the
installments of such Interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest
has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of Interest
at
the rate set forth on the Securities for overdue payments of Interest, such
payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;
THIRD:
Subject to the provisions of Article 16, in case the principal of the
outstanding Securities shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise,
and
be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the
Securities for principal and Interest, with Interest on the overdue principal
and (to the extent that such Interest has been collected by the Trustee)
upon
overdue installments of Interest at the rate set forth on the Securities
for
overdue payments of principal and Interest, and in case such monies shall
be
insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the
Securities, then to the payment of such principal and Interest without
preference or priority of principal over Interest, or of Interest over principal
or of any installment of Interest over any other installment of Interest,
or of
any Security over any other Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal
and accrued and unpaid Interest; and
FOURTH:
Subject to the provisions of Article 16, to the payment of the remainder,
if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled
thereto.
Section
5.04. PROCEEDINGS BY SECURITYHOLDER. No holder of any Security 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 similar official, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%)
in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities 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 security or indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for sixty
(60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity,
shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding
and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given
to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.07; it being understood and intended, and
being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with
every
other taker and Securityholder and the Trustee, that no one or more
Securityholders 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 Securityholder, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other Securityholder, or to enforce any
right
under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Securityholders (except as otherwise provided
herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 5.04, each and
every
Securityholder 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 Security,
the
right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of
(including the redemption price upon redemption pursuant to Article 14),
and
accrued and unpaid Interest on such Security, on or after the respective
due
dates expressed in such Security or in the event of redemption, or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates
against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent
of
such Securityholder.
Anything
in this Indenture or the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding, the
holder
of any Security, without the consent of either the Trustee or the holder
of any
other Security, in its own behalf and for its own benefit, may enforce, and
may
institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to enforce, its rights of
conversion as provided herein.
Section
5.05. PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee
may,
in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it
by
this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary
to
protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action
at
law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in
aid
of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any
other
legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by
law.
Section
5.06. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING. Except as provided in Section 2.06,
all powers and remedies given by this Article 5 to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative
and
not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available
to
the Trustee or the Securityholders, 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 Securities 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 5.04, every
power and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall
be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
Section
5.07. DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF DEFAULTS BY MAJORITY OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the
Securities at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section
7.04
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 which is not inconsistent with such direction, (c) the Trustee
may decline to take any action that would benefit some Securityholders to
the
detriment of other Securityholders and (d) the Trustee may decline to take
any
action that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders
of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding
determined in accordance with Section 7.04 may, on behalf of the holders
of all
of the Securities, waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and
its
consequences except (i) a default in the payment of Interest or the principal
of
the Securities, (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Securities into
Common Stock, (iii) a default in the payment of the redemption price pursuant
to
Article 14, (iv) a default in the payment of the repurchase price pursuant
to
Article 14 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 each or all Securities then outstanding or affected thereby. Upon any
such
waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be restored
to
their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend
to
any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall
have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said default or Event
of
Default shall for all purposes of the Securities and this Indenture be deemed
to
have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend
to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section
5.08. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. The Trustee shall, within ninety (90) days after
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence
of a
default, mail to all Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such
Securityholders appear upon the Security Register, notice of all defaults
actually known to a Responsible Officer, unless such defaults shall have
been
cured or waived before the giving of such notice; PROVIDED that except in
the
case of default in the payment of the principal of or Interest on any of
the
Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if
and so
long as a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in
the
interests of the Securityholders.
Section
5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree, and
each
Securityholder by his 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, 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 5.09 (to the
extent
permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee,
to any
suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding
in
the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Securities
at the
time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 7.04, or to any suit
instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of or Interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed
in
such Security or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert
any
Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.
ARTICLE
6
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
6.01. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default
which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default
has
occurred (which has not been cured or waived), 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 person would exercise or
use
under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
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:
(a) prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or
waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:
(i) the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee
shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the
Trustee; and
(ii) in
the
absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of thestatements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any 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
provisions 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;
(b) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) 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 written direction of the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities at the
time
outstanding determined as provided in Section 7.04 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;
(d) whether
or not therein 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;
(e) the
Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness
of
amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment)
or
notice effected by the Company or any paying agent or any records maintained
by
any co-registrar with respect to the Securities;
(f) if
any
party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant
to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee
may
conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act
as if
no such event occurred; and
(g) the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder
unless it shall have been notified in writing of such Event of Default by
the
Company or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities.
None
of
the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in
the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights
or
powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of
such
funds or adequate indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk
or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section
6.02. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC. Except as otherwise provided
in
Section 6.01:
(a) the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or
document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it in good
faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or
parties;
(b) any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall
be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless other evidence
in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of
the
Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(c) the
Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and any advice or Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of
any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with
such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any
of the
Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) 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 or other paper
or
document, but the Trustee 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 Company, personally or by agent or
attorney;
(f) 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 by it with due care hereunder;
(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted
to be taken 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;
(h) the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended
to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder,
and
each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(i) the
Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers' Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such
time
to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers'
Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers'
Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such
certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(j) any
permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed
as a
mandatory duty;
(k) in
no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised
of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
and
(l) in no event shall the Trustee be
responsible or liable for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or
caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including,
without
limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism,
civil
or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God,
and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer
(software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall
use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking
industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the
circumstances.
Section
6.03. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC. The recitals contained herein
and in
the Securities (except in the Trustee's certificate of authentication) shall
be
taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of the same. The Trustee makes
no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of
the
Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application
by
the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Section
6.04. TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENTS, CONVERSION AGENTS OR REGISTRAR MAY OWN SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any paying agent, any conversion agent or Security Registrar,
in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying
agent, conversion agent or Security Registrar.
Section
6.05. MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04,
all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein
provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received.
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 may be agreed
in
writing from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.
Section
6.06. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE. The Company covenants and agrees
to
pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
such
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a
trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing
between the Company and the Trustee, and the Company will pay or reimburse
the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly
in
its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise
from
the Trustee's own negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith.
The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
(or
any officer, director or employee of the Trustee), in any capacity under
this
Indenture and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred
without negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the
part of
the Trustee or such officers, directors, employees and agent or authenticating
agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim
(whether asserted by the Company, any Securityholder or any other Person)
of
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its or
their
powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section
6.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee
for expenses, disbursements and advances, shall be secured by a lien prior
to
that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders
of
particular Securities. The obligation of the Company under this Section shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
When
the
Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render
services after an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or Section
5.01(f) with respect to the Company occurs, the expenses and the compensation
for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under
any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
Section
6.07. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided in
Section
6.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture
the
Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the
Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
Section
6.08. CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF TRUSTEE. If the Trustee has or shall acquire
a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
shall (i) eliminate such conflicting interest within 90 days, (ii) apply
to the
Commission for permission to continue as trustee hereunder or (iii) resign,
in
each case to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section
6.09. ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder
which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act to
act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000(or
if
such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank
holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000) . If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and
surplus of such Person 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 6.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section
6.10. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The
Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation
to the Company and to the Securityholders. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one
copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy
to
the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
and
have accepted appointment sixty (60) days after the mailing of such notice
of
resignation to the Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten (10)
Business Days' notice to the Company and the Securityholders, appoint a
successor identified in such notice or may petition, at the expense of the
Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee, or, if any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Securityholder
for
at least six (6) months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, on
behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment
of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any,
as
it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b)
In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written request therefor
by
the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Securityholder
for
at least six (6) months; or
(ii) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section
6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or
by any such Securityholder; 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, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board
of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee
so
removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions
of
Section 5.09, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Securityholder
for at
least six (6) 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; PROVIDED that if no
successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment
sixty
(60) days after either the Company or the Securityholders has removed the
Trustee, or the Trustee resigns, the Trustee so removed may petition, at
the
expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment
of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any,
as
it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee.
(c) The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a
successor trustee which shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless,
within ten (10) days after notice to the Company of such nomination, the
Company
objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Securityholder,
or
if such Trustee so removed or any Securityholder fails to act, the Company,
upon
the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 6.10(a) provided, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor
trustee.
(d) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
6.11.
(e) Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company's
obligations under Section 6.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring
Trustee.
Section
6.11. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee appointed as
provided in Section 6.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company
and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act,
deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the
Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon
payment of any amount then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee
all the
rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such
successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
trustee
all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless,
retain a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee
as
such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of holders of particular
Securities, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions
of
Section 6.06.
No
successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11
unless, at the time of such acceptance, such successor trustee shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and be eligible under the
provisions of Section 6.09.
Upon
acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section
6.11, the Company (or the former trustee, at the written direction of the
Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to the Securityholders at their addresses as they shall
appear
on the Security Register. If the Company fails to mail such notice within
ten
(10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of
the
Company.
Section
6.12. SUCCESSION BY MERGER. 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 (including any trust created by this
Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the
parties hereto, PROVIDED that in the case of any corporation succeeding to
all
or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 6.09.
In
case
at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created
by
this Indenture, any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not
delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed
by
such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and
in
case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated,
any
successor to the Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed by such successor
trustee may authenticate such Securities in the name of the successor trustee;
and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that is
provided in the Securities or in this Indenture; PROVIDED that the right
to
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only
to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
Section
6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS. If and when the Trustee shall be
or
become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities),
the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding
the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other
obligor).
Section
6.14. TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COMPANY. Any application
by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with
regard
to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee
that
affects the rights of the Securityholders or holders of Senior Indebtedness
under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing
any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture
and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission
shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken
by, or
omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such
application on or after the date specified in such application (which date
shall
not be less than three (3) Business Days after the date any officer of the
Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall
have
consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such
action
(or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have
received written instructions in response to such application specifying
the
action to be taken or omitted.
ARTICLE
7
THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
Section
7.01. ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided
that
the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities 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 Securityholders
in
person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of
the
Securityholders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Securityholders
duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, or (c) by
a
combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such
a
meeting of Securityholders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits
the
taking of any action by the Securityholders, the Company or the Trustee may
fix
in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining
Securityholders entitled to take such action. The record date shall be not
more
than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation
of such
action.
Section
7.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by
a
Securityholder 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
Securities shall be proved by the registry of such Securities or by a
certificate of the Security Registrar.
The
record of any Securityholders' meeting shall be proved in the manner provided
in
Section 8.06.
Section
7.03. WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS. The Company, the Trustee, any paying
agent, any conversion agent and any Security Registrar may deem the Person
in
whose name such Security shall be registered upon the Security Register to
be,
and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not
such
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other
writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Security
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of and Interest on such Security, for conversion of such Security
and
for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying
agent nor any conversion agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected
by
any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Securityholder
for
the time being, or upon his 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 Security.
Section
7.04. COMPANY-OWNED SECURITIES DISREGARDED. In determining whether the holders
of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred
in any
direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Securities
which are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or
any
Affiliate of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities 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 Securities which a Responsible Officer actually knows are so
owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 7.04
if
the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right to vote such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, any
other
obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company 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 Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly
an
Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known
by
the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above
described Persons, and, subject to Section 6.01, 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 Securities not listed therein are outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination.
Section
7.05. REVOCATION OF CONSENTS, FUTURE SECURITYHOLDERS BOUND. At any time prior
to
(but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01,
of
the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such
action, any holder of a Security which is shown by the evidence to be included
in the Securities 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 7.02, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the
holder
of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder
and
upon all future Securityholders and owners of such Security and of any
Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether
any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security
issued
in exchange or substitution therefor.
ARTICLE
8
MEETINGS
OF SECURITYHOLDERS
Section
8.01. PURPOSE OF MEETINGS. A meeting of Securityholders may be called at
any
time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 8 for
any
of the following purposes:
(1) to
give
any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to
the
Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any
default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other
action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the
provisions of Article 5;
(2) to
remove
the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Article 6;
(3) to
consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or
(4) to
take
any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of
any
specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities under any other provision
of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section
8.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting
of
Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 8.01, to be held
at such
time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting
of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting
and
in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the
establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 7.01, shall be mailed
to
Securityholders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security
Register. Such notice shall also be mailed to the Company. Such notices shall
be
mailed not less than twenty (20) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to
the
date fixed for the meeting.
Any
meeting of Securityholders shall be valid without notice if the holders of
all
Securities then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice
is
waived before or after the meeting by the holders of all Securities outstanding,
and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized
representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived
notice.
Section
8.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR SECURITYHOLDERS. In case at any time
the
Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors, or the holders
of
at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
then
outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders,
by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed
to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of
such
meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request, then the Company
or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting
and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.01,
by
mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 8.02.
Section
8.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of
Securityholders a person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities
on the
record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities on the
record date pertaining to such meeting. The only persons who shall be entitled
to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the
persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives
of
the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its
counsel.
Section
8.05. REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture,
the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for
any
meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities
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 think fit.
The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman
of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by
Securityholders as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the Company or
the
Securityholders 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 holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote
at the
meeting.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.04, at any meeting each Securityholder or
proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount
of
Securities held or represented by him; PROVIDED that no vote shall be cast
or
counted at any meeting in respect of any Security 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 other than by virtue of Securities
held
by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the
proxy
to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders
duly
called pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned
from
time to time by the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of
Securities represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting
a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.
Section
8.06. VOTING. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Securityholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Securityholders or of their representatives by proxy and
the
outstanding principal amount of the Securities 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 in duplicate
of
the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders 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 facts setting forth
a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed
as
provided in Section 8.02. The record shall show the principal amount of the
Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall
be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary
of
the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and
the
other 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.
Section
8.07. NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING. Nothing contained in this Article 8
shall
be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a
meeting of Securityholders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred
hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any
right
or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders
under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities.
ARTICLE
9
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The Company,
when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee
may, from time to time, and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) make
provision with respect to the conversion rights of the Securityholders
pursuant to the requirements of Section 15.06 and the repurchase obligations
of
the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 14.05(e);
(b) subject
to Article 16, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee
as
security for the Securities, any property or assets;
(c) to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive
successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants,
agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article 10;
(d) to
add to
the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions
as the Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the benefit
of the Securityholders, and to make the occurrence,or the occurrence and
continuance, of a default in any such additional
covenants, restrictions or conditions a default or an Event of Default
permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided
in
this Indenture as herein set forth; PROVIDED that in respect of any such
additional covenant, restriction or condition, such supplemental indenture
may
provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may
be
shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may
provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default;
(e) to
provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in coupon
form (including Securities registrable as to principal only) and to
provide
for exchangeability of such Securities with the Securities issued hereunder
in
fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such
purpose;
(f) to
cure
any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
or in
any supplemental indenture that may be defective or inconsistent with any
other
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such
other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture
that shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the
Securityholders;
(g) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities; or
(h) to
modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualifications of this Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, or under any similar federal statute hereafter
enacted.
Upon
the
written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions
of the
Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing
the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized
to
join with the Company 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, PROVIDED that the Trustee shall not
be
obligated to, but may in its discretion, 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 Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders
of
any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 9.02.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Indenture or the Securities, the Registration
Rights
Agreement and the obligation to pay Additional Interest thereunder may only
be
amended, modified or waived in accordance with the provisions of the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Section
9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS. With the consent
(evidenced as provided in Article 7) of the holders of at least a majority
in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, the
Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, 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 of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Securityholders; PROVIDED that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend
the fixed maturity of any Security, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of Interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof or reduce
any amount payable on redemption or repurchase thereof, or change the obligation
of the Company to redeem any Security on a redemption date in a manner adverse
to the Securityholders, or change the obligation of the Company to repurchase
any Security at the option of a Securityholder on a Repurchase Date in a
manner
adverse to the Securityholders, or change the obligation of the Company to
repurchase any Security upon the happening of a Designated Event in a manner
adverse to the Securityholders, or impair the right of any Securityholder
to
institute suit for the payment thereof, or make the principal thereof or
Interest payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the
Securities, or impair the right to convert the Securities into Common Stock
or
reduce the number of shares of Common Stock or any other property receivable
by
a Securityholder upon conversion subject to the terms set forth herein,
including Section 15.06, or modify the provisions of this Indenture with
respect
to the subordination of Securities in a manner adverse to the Securityholders
in
any material respect, in each case, without the consent of the holder of
each
Security so affected, or modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.02
or
Section 5.07, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the holder of
each
Security so affected, or change any obligation of the Company to maintain
an
office or agency in the places and for the purposes set forth in Section
3.02,
or reduce the quorum or voting requirements set forth in Article 8 or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required
to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the
holders of all Securities then outstanding.
Upon
the
written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions
of the
Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with
the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee
shall join with the Company 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 Securityholders 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 9 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 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 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 Company and the Securityholders
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 SECURITIES. Securities 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 Company or the
Trustee shall so determine, new Securities 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 Company's
expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee
(or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
13.11) and delivered in exchange for the Securities then outstanding, upon
surrender of such Securities then outstanding.
Section
9.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE FURNISHED TO
TRUSTEE. Prior to entering into any supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall
be
provided with an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto 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. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE ON CERTAIN TERMS. Subject to the provisions
of
Section 10.02, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any
other
Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), nor shall
the
Company or its successor or successors be a party or parties to successive
consolidations or mergers, nor shall the Company sell, convey, transfer or
lease
the property and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, to any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company), unless: (i) the
Company is the surviving Person, or the resulting, surviving or transferee
Person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (ii) upon
any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the due
and
punctual payment of the principal of and Interest on all of the Securities,
according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance
of
all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by
the
Company, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory
in
form and substance to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee
by the
Person (if other than the Company and other than a Person who is a successor
to
the Company's obligations hereunder and under the Security by operation of
law)
formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged,
or by the Person that shall have acquired or leased such property, and such
supplemental indenture shall provide for the applicable conversion rights
set
forth in Section 15.06; (iii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction
described above, 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 (iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that the transaction complies with
the
requirements of this Section 10.01.
Section
10.02. SUCCESSOR TO BE SUBSTITUTED. In case of any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the successor
Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee
and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and Interest on all of the Securities and the due and punctual
performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein
as the Company. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and
may
issue either in its own name or in the name of Xxxxxx Corporation any or
all of
the Securities, issuable hereunder that theretofore shall not have been signed
by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such
successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions
and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate
and
shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities
that
previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company
to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such successor
Person
thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that
purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same
legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though
all
of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In
the
event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease,
the Person named as the "COMPANY" in the first paragraph of this Indenture
or
any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed
in
this Article 10 may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter
and such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker
of
the Securities and from its obligations 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
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section
10.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall receive
an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that
any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such
assumption complies with the provisions of this Article 10.
ARTICLE
11
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section
11.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. When (a) the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee
for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any
Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in
substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Securities not
theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have
become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within
one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, $US funds sufficient to
pay at
maturity or upon redemption of all of the Securities (other than any Securities
that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of
or in
substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal and Interest due or to become due to such
date
of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, accompanied by a
verification report, as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount, from
an
independent certified accountant or other financial professional satisfactory
to
the Trustee, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company, including without limitation sums
payable
to the Trustee for its costs and expenses, then this Indenture shall cease
to be
of further effect (except as to (i) remaining rights of registration of
transfer, substitution and exchange and conversion of Securities, (ii) rights
hereunder of Securityholders to receive payments of principal of and Interest
on, the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations of
Securityholders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if
any, so
deposited with the Trustee and (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities
of
the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required
by
Section 13.05 and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture;
the
Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee and to
compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly
rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities.
Section
11.02. DEPOSITED MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY TRUSTEE. Subject to Section
11.04
and the subordination provisions in Article 16, all monies deposited with
the
Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01, shall be held in trust for the sole benefit
of the Securityholders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to
the
payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company
if
acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular Securities
for
the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited
with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal
and
interest.
Section
11.03. PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONIES HELD. Upon the satisfaction and discharge
of
this Indenture, all monies then held by any paying agent of the Securities
(other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid
to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such monies.
Section
11.04. RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONIES. Subject to the requirements of applicable
law, any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the
principal of Interest on Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed
by
the holders of Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal
of Interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due
and
payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee on demand and all
liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease with respect to such monies;
and
the holder of any of the Securities shall thereafter look only to the Company
for any payment that such holder may be entitled to collect unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another Person.
Section
11.05. REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee or the paying agent is unable to apply
any
money in accordance with Section 11.02 by reason of any order or judgment
of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 11.01 until such time as the Trustee or the paying agent
is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 11.02; PROVIDED
that if the Company makes any payment of Interest on or principal of any
Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall
be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
ARTICLE
12
IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section
12.01. INDENTURE AND SECURITIES SOLELY CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS. No recourse
for
the payment of the principal of, or Interest on any Security, or for any
claim
based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon
any
obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in
any
supplemental indenture or in any Security, or because of the creation of
any
indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, 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 Securities.
ARTICLE
13
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
13.01. PROVISIONS BINDING ON COMPANY'S SUCCESSORS. All the covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements by the Company contained in this Indenture
shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section
13.02. 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 Company 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
Company.
Section
13.03. 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 Securityholders on the Company 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 telecopier transmission addressed as follows: to Xxxxxx
Corporation, 00000 X. 000xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 XXX, Telecopier
No.: (000)-000-0000, Attention: Treasurer. 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 telecopier transmission addressed as follows: BNY Midwest
Trust Company, 0 X. XxXxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx XX 00000 Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, with a copy to The Bank of New York, 000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
The
Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any
notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him
by
first class mail, postage prepaid, at his address as it appears on the Security
Register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it
shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice
or
communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not the addressee receives it.
Section
13.04. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to
be a
contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
Section
13.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT, CERTIFICATES TO
TRUSTEE. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take
any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company 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 an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in
the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
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, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him 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.
Section
13.06. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case in which the date of maturity of interest
on
or principal of the Securities, the redemption date or the repurchase date
of
any Security will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on
or
principal of the Securities need not be made on such date, but may be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on
the date of maturity, the redemption date or the repurchase date, and no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.
Section
13.07. TRUST INDENTURE ACT. This Indenture is hereby made subject to, and
shall
be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be
part of
and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED
that
unless otherwise required by law, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Indenture
and the Securities issued hereunder shall not be subject to the provisions
of
subsections (a) (1), (a) (2), and (a) (3) of Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended or modified; PROVIDED
FURTHER that this Section 13.07 shall not require this Indenture or the Trustee
to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act,
nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to the
Indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture
Act. If
any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section
13.08. NO SECURITY INTEREST CREATED. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, 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
Company or its subsidiaries is located.
Section
13.09. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto,
any
paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Security Registrar and their
successors hereunder and the Securityholders any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section
13.10. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS. 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
13.11. AUTHENTICATING AGENT. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
that shall be authorized to act on its behalf, and subject to its direction,
in
the authentication and delivery of Securities in connection with the original
issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Securities hereunder, including
under Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 14.03 and 14.05, as fully to all intents
and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized
by
this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Securities.
For
all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Securities
by
the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery
of
such Securities "by the Trustee" and a certificate of authentication executed
on
behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy
any
requirement hereunder or in the Securities for the Trustee's certificate
of
authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person
eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 6.09.
Any
corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted
or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any
merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall
be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any
authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent
hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this
Section 13.11, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act
on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor
corporation.
Any
authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice
of
termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
any
authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee
shall either promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent or itself
assume
the duties and obligations of the former authenticating agent under this
Indenture and, upon such appointment of a successor authenticating agent,
if
made, shall give written notice of such appointment of a successor
authenticating agent to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment
of
a successor authenticating agent to all Securityholders as the names and
addresses of such Securityholders appear on the Security Register.
The
Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time such
reasonable compensation for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing
between the Company and the authenticating agent.
The
provisions of Sections 6.02, 6.03, 6.04 and 7.03 and this Section 13.11 shall
be
applicable to any authenticating agent.
Section
13.12. 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
13.13. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent
permitted by law) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
ARTICLE
14
REDEMPTION
AND REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES
Section
14.01. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES. The Company may not redeem any Securities
prior
to August 20, 2008. At any time on or after August 20, 2008 and prior to
maturity, the Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in
whole
or in part, upon notice as set forth in Section 14.02, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed,
together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the
date
fixed for redemption; PROVIDED that if the redemption date falls after a
record
date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, then the
Interest payable on such interest payment date shall be paid to the holders
of
record of such Securities on the applicable record date instead of the holders
surrendering such Securities for redemption on such date.
Section
14.02. NOTICE OF OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; SELECTION OF SECURITIES. In case the
Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case
may be,
any part of the Securities pursuant to Section 14.01, it shall fix a date
for
redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not
fewer
than forty-five (45) days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be
acceptable to the Trustee) to the date fixed for redemption, the Trustee
in the
name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed
a
notice of such redemption not fewer than thirty (30) nor more than sixty
(60)
days prior to the redemption date to each Securityholder to be redeemed as
a
whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Security
Register; PROVIDED that if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also
give written notice of the redemption date to the Trustee. Such mailing shall
be
by first class mail. The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided,
shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Securityholder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice
by
mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Security designated
for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security. Concurrently with the
mailing of any such notice of redemption, the Company shall issue a press
release announcing such redemption, the form and content of which press release
shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure to
issue
any such press release or any defect therein shall not affect the validity
of
the redemption notice or any of the proceedings for the redemption of any
Security called for redemption.
Each
such
notice of redemption shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Securities
to be redeemed, the CUSIP number or numbers of the Securities being redeemed,
the date fixed for redemption (which shall be a Business Day), the redemption
price at which Securities are to be redeemed, the place or places of payment,
that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities,
that Interest accrued and unpaid to the date fixed for redemption 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. Such notice shall
also state the current Conversion Rate and the date on which the right to
convert such Securities or portions thereof into Common Stock will expire.
If
fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption
shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any)
. In
case any Security 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 Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal
to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
Prior
to
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption date specified in the notice
of redemption given as provided in this Section 14.02, the Company will deposit
with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Company is
acting
as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided
in
Section 3.04) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient
to
redeem all the Securities (or portions thereof) so called for redemption
(other
than those theretofore surrendered for conversion into Common Stock) at the
appropriate redemption price, together with accrued and unpaid Interest to,
but
excluding, the redemption date. The Company shall be entitled to retain any
interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Trustee or any paying
agent pursuant to this Section 14.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder
to
pay the redemption price and accrued and unpaid Interest to, but excluding,
the
redemption date. If any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant
hereto prior to such redemption date, any money deposited with the Trustee
or
any paying agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of
such
Security shall be paid to the Company upon its written request, or, if then
held
by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust. Whenever any Securities
are
to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee written notice in the form
of
an Officers' Certificate not fewer than forty-five (45) days (or such shorter
period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the redemption
date
as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.
If
less
than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select the Securities or portions of the Global Security or the Securities
in
certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples
thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems
fair
and appropriate. If any Security selected for partial redemption is submitted
for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of such Security
submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be
the
portion to be selected for redemption. The Securities (or portions thereof)
so
selected shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof,
notwithstanding that any such Security is submitted for conversion in part
before the mailing of the notice of redemption.
Upon
any
redemption of less than all of the outstanding Securities, the Company and
the
Trustee may (but need not), solely for purposes of determining the pro rata
allocation among such Securities as are unconverted and outstanding at the
time
of redemption, treat as outstanding any Securities surrendered for conversion
during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding the mailing of a
notice
of
redemption and may (but need not) treat as outstanding any Security
authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the unconverted
portion of any Security converted in part during such period.
Section
14.03. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION BY THE COMPANY. If notice
of
redemption has been given as provided in Section 14.02, the Securities or
portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall,
unless converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, become due
and
payable on the date fixed for redemption and at the place or places stated
in
such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with Interest accrued
and unpaid to (but excluding) the redemption date, and on and after said
date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the
redemption price, together with Interest accrued and unpaid to said date)
Interest on the Securities or portion of Securities so called for redemption
shall cease to accrue and, after the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the redemption date (unless the Company shall default
in
the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with Interest
accrued and unpaid to said date) such Securities shall cease to be convertible
into Common Stock and, except as provided in Section 6.05 and Section 11.04,
to
be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the
Securityholders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities
except
the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid Interest to
(but
excluding) the redemption date. On presentation and surrender of such Securities
at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Securities or the
specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the
applicable redemption price, together with Interest accrued and unpaid thereon
to, but excluding, the redemption date; PROVIDED that if the redemption date
falls after a record date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment
date, then the Interest payable on such interest payment date shall be paid
to
the holders of record of such Securities on the applicable record date instead
of the holders surrendering such Securities for redemption on such
date.
Upon
presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the
holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities, of
authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of
the Securities so presented.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trustee shall not redeem any Securities or mail any notice
of
redemption during the continuance of a default in payment of Interest on
the
Securities, of which the Trustee has knowledge or has received notice as
provided in this Indenture. If any Security called for redemption shall not
be
so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until
paid
or duly provided for, bear interest from the redemption date at a rate equal
to
rate set forth in the Security for overdue payments of principal and such
Security shall
remain convertible into Common Stock until the principal and Interest shall
have
been paid or duly provided for.
Section
14.04. CONVERSION ARRANGEMENT ON CALL FOR REDEMPTION. In connection with
any
redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase and
conversion of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
banks
or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Trustee
in
trust for the Securityholders, on or before the date fixed for redemption,
an
amount not less than the applicable redemption price, together with Interest
accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, of such Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 14, the
obligation of the Company to pay the redemption price of such Securities,
together with Interest accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption,
shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount
is so
paid by such purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into, a copy of
which
will be filed with the Trustee prior to the date fixed for redemption, any
Securities not duly surrendered for conversion by the holders thereof may,
at
the option of the Company, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by
law,
acquired by such purchasers from such Securityholders and (notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Article 15) surrendered by such purchasers
for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the
date
fixed for redemption (and the right to convert any such Securities shall
be
extended through such time), subject to payment of the above amount as
aforesaid. At the direction of the Company, the Trustee shall hold and dispose
of any such amount paid to it in the same manner as it would monies deposited
with it by the Company for the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee's
prior written consent, no arrangement between the Company and such purchasers
for the purchase and conversion of any Securities shall increase or otherwise
affect any of the powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the
Trustee
as set forth in this Indenture.
Section
14.05. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF SECURITYHOLDERS UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT. (a)
If
there shall occur a Designated Event at any time prior to maturity of the
Securities, then each Securityholder shall have the right, at such
Securityholder's option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such
Securityholder's Securities, or any portion thereof that is a multiple of
$1,000
principal amount, as of the date (the "DESIGNATED EVENT REPURCHASE DATE")
specified by the Company that is not less than twenty (20) Business Days
and not
more than thirty-five (35) Business Days after the date of the Designated
Event
Notice (as defined in Section 14.05(b)) with respect to such Designated Event
at
a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together
with
accrued and unpaid Interest to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase
Date; PROVIDED that if such Designated Event Repurchase Date falls after
a
record date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, then
the
interest payable on such interest payment date shall be paid to the holders
of
record of the Securities on the applicable record date instead of the holders
surrendering the Securities
for repurchase on such date. Repurchases of Securities under this Section
14.05
shall be made, at the option of the holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) by a
Securityholder of a duly completed notice (the "DESIGNATED EVENT REPURCHASE
NOTICE") in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security prior to the
close
of business on the Designated Event Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery
or book-entry transfer of the Securities to the Trustee (or other paying
agent
appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the Designated Event
Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company)
in
the Borough of Manhattan as provided in Section 3.02, such delivery being
a
condition to receipt by the Securityholder of the repurchase price therefor;
PROVIDED that such repurchase price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section
14.05 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company)shall conform in all respects to the description
thereof in the
related Designated Event Repurchase Notice.
The
Company shall purchase from the Securityholder, pursuant to this Section
14.05,
a portion of a Security, 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
purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion
of such
Security.
Any
purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section
14.05 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received
by the holder promptly following the later of the Designated Event Repurchase
Date and the time of the book entry transfer or delivery of the
Security.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Securityholder delivering to the Trustee
(or other paying agent appointed by the Company) the Designated Event Repurchase
Notice contemplated by this Section 14.05 shall have the right to withdraw
such
Designated Event Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business
on
the Designated Event Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of
withdrawal to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company)
in
accordance with Section 14.05(c) below.
The
Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify
the Company of the receipt by it of any Designated Event Repurchase Notice
or
written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b) On
or
before the fifteenth day after the occurrence of a Designated Event, the
Company
or at its written request (which must be received by the Trustee at least
five
(5) Business Days prior to the date the Trustee is requested to give notice
as
described below, unless the Trustee shall agree in writing to a shorter period),
the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail
or
cause to be mailed to all holders of record on the date of the Designated
Event
a notice (the "DESIGNATED EVENT NOTICE") of the occurrence of such Designated
Event and of the repurchase right at the option of the Securityholders arising
as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be by first class mail.
If
the
Company shall give such notice, the Company shall also deliver
a
copy of the Designated Event Company Notice to the Trustee at such time as
it is
mailed to Securityholders. Concurrently with the mailing of any Designated
Event
Notice, the Company shall issue a press release announcing such Designated
Event
referred to in the Designated Event Notice, the form and content of which
press
release shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure
to issue any such press release or any defect therein shall not affect the
validity of the Designated Event Notice or any proceedings for the repurchase
of
any Security which any Securityholder may elect to have the Company repurchase
as provided in this Section 14.05.
Each
Designated Event Notice shall specify the circumstances constituting the
Designated Event, the Designated Event Repurchase Date, the price at which
the
Company shall be obligated to repurchase Securities, that the Securityholder
must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to the close of business on
the
Designated Event Repurchase Date (the "DESIGNATED EVENT EXPIRATION TIME"),
that
the Securityholder shall have the right to withdraw any Securities surrendered
prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time, a description of the procedure
which a Securityholder must follow to exercise such repurchase right and
to
withdraw any surrendered Securities, the place or places where the
Securityholder is to surrender such Securityholder's Securities, the amount
of
Interest accrued and unpaid on each Security to the Designated Event Repurchase
Date and the CUSIP number or numbers of the Securities (if then generally
in
use) and include a form of Designated Event Repurchase Notice.
No
failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein
shall
limit the Securityholders' repurchase rights or affect the validity of the
proceedings for the repurchase of the Securities pursuant to this Section
14.05.
(c) A
Designated Event Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written
notice
of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) in accordance with the Designated Event Repurchase
Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Designated Event
Repurchase Date, specifying:
(i) the
certificate number, if any, of the Security in respect of which such notice
of
withdrawal is being submitted, or the appropriate Depositary information
if the
Security in respect of which
such notice of withdrawal is being submitted is represented by a Global
Security,
(ii) the
principal amount of the Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted, and
(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such
Security which remains
subject to the original Designated Event Repurchase Notice and which has
been or
will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
(d) Prior
to
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Designated Event Repurchase Date,
the
Company will deposit with the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by
the
Company or if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.04) an amount of money
sufficient to repurchase on the Designated Event Repurchase Date all the
Securities to be repurchased on such date at the appropriate repurchase price,
together with accrued and unpaid Interest to, but excluding, the Designated
Event Repurchase Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company), payment for Securities surrendered
for
repurchase (and not withdrawn) prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time
will be made promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days)
following the later of (x) the Designated Event Repurchase Date with respect
to
such Security (PROVIDED the Securityholder has satisfied the conditions in
this
Section 14.05) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee
(or
other paying agent appointed by the Company) by the Securityholder thereof
in
the manner required by this Section 14.05) by mailing checks for the amount
payable to the Securityholders entitled thereto as they shall appear in the
Security Register.
If the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) holds
money sufficient
to repurchase on the Designated Event Repurchase Date all the Securities
or
portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Designated Event Repurchase
Date, then as of the Designated Event Repurchase Date: (i) the Securities
will
cease to be outstanding, (ii) Interest on the Securities will cease
to
accrue, and (iii) all other rights of the holders of such Securities
will
terminate, whether or not book-entry transfer of the Securities has been
made or
the Securities have been delivered to the Trustee or paying agent, other
than
the right to receive the repurchase price upon delivery of the
Securities.
(e) In
the
case of a reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale
or
conveyance to which Section 15.06 applies, in which the Common Stock of the
Company is changed or exchanged as a result into the right to receive stock,
securities or other property or assets (including cash), which includes
shares of Common Stock of the Company or shares of common stock of another
Person that are, or upon issuance will be, traded on a United States national
securities exchange or approved for trading on an established automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States and such shares constitute
at the time such change or exchange becomes effective in excess of 50% of
the
aggregate fair market value of such stock, securities or other property or
assets (including cash) (as determined by the Company, which determination
shall
be conclusive and binding), then the Person formed by such consolidation
or
resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may
be,
shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture (accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture complies with the
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution
of
such supplemental indenture) modifying the provisions of this Indenture relating
to the right of Securityholders to cause the Company to repurchase the
Securities following a Designated Event, including without limitation the
applicable provisions of this Section 14.05 and the definitions of Common
Stock
and Designated Event, as appropriate, as determined in good faith by the
Company
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding), to make such provisions
apply to such other Person if different from the Company and the common stock
issued by such Person (in lieu of the Company and the Common Stock of the
Company).
(f) The
Company will comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other
tender offer rules under the Exchange Act to the extent then applicable in
connection with the repurchase rights of the Securityholders in the event
of a
Designated Event.
Section
14.06. REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES BY THE COMPANY AT OPTION OF THE SECURITYHOLDER.
Securities shall be purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the
Securities at the option of the Securityholder on August 15, 2008 (the
"REPURCHASE DATE"), at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount,
plus
any accrued and unpaid Interest to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date, subject
to the provisions of Section 14.07; PROVIDED that no Securities may be
repurchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 14.06 if the principal
amount of the Securities has been accelerated and such acceleration has not
been
rescinded on or prior to the Repurchase Date. Repurchases of Securities under
this Section 14.06 shall be made, at the option of the Securityholder thereof,
upon:
(a) delivery
to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company)
by a Securityholder of a duly completed notice (the "REPURCHASE NOTICE")
in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Security during the period beginning
at any
time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior
to
the Repurchase Date until the close of business on the Repurchase Date;
and
(b) delivery
or book-entry transfer of the Securities to the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company) at any time after delivery of the
Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company)
in
the Borough of Manhattan as provided in Section 3.02, such delivery being
a
condition to receipt by the Securityholder of the repurchase price therefor;
PROVIDED that such repurchase price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section
14.06 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) shall conform in all respects to the description
thereof in the related Repurchase Notice.
The
Company shall purchase from the Securityholder thereof, pursuant to this
Section
14.06, a portion of a Security, 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 purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion
of such Security.
Any
purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section
14.06 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received
by the Securityholder promptly following the later of the Repurchase Date
and
the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Securityholder delivering to the Trustee
(or other paying agent appointed by the Company) the Repurchase Notice
contemplated by this Section 14.06 shall have the right to withdraw such
Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Repurchase
Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company) in accordance with Section
14.08.
The
Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify
the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice
of
withdrawal thereof.
Section
14.07. COMPANY REPURCHASE NOTICE.
(a) The
Securities to be repurchased on the Repurchase Date pursuant to Section
14.06 will be paid for in cash.
At
least
three Business Days before the Company Repurchase Notice Date, the Company
shall
deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee specifying:
(i) the
information required by Section 14.07(b) in the Company Repurchase
Notice, and
(ii) whether
the Company desires the Trustee to give the Company Repurchase
Notice required by Section 14.07(b).
(b) Unless
the Company has elected to redeem all of the Securities on or before
the Repurchase Date in accordance with Section 14.01, the Company shall,
no less
than 20 Business Days prior to the Repurchase Date (the "COMPANY REPURCHASE
NOTICE DATE"), give notice to Securityholders at their addresses shown in
the
Security Register setting forth information specified in this Section 14.07(b)
(the "COMPANY REPURCHASE NOTICE"). The Company will also give notice to
beneficial owners as required by applicable law.
The
Company Repurchase Notice shall:
(1) state
the
repurchase price and the Repurchase Date to which the Company Repurchase
Notice
relates;
(2) include
a
form of Repurchase Notice;
(3) state
the
name and address of the Trustee (or other paying agent or conversion agent
appointed by the Company);
(4) state
that Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee (or other paying agent
appointed by the Company) to collect the repurchase price;
(5) if
the
Securities are then convertible, state that Securities as to which a Repurchase
Notice has been given may be converted only if the Repurchase Notice is
withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(6) state
the
CUSIP number of the Securities.
The
Company Repurchase Notice may be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, the Trustee shall give such Company Repurchase Notice in the Company's
name and at the Company's expense.
(c) The
Company will comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other
tender offer rules under the Exchange Act (including, without limitation,
filing
a Schedule TO or other schedule) to the extent then applicable in connection
with the repurchase rights of the Securityholders.
Section
14.08. EFFECT OF REPURCHASE NOTICE. Upon receipt by the Trustee (or other
paying
agent appointed by the Company) of the Repurchase Notice specified in Section
14.06, the holder of the Security in respect of which such Repurchase Notice
was
given shall (unless such Repurchase Notice is validly withdrawn) thereafter
be entitled to receive solely the repurchase price with respect
to such Security. Such repurchase price shall be paid to such Securityholder,
subject to receipt of funds and/or Securities by the Trustee (or other paying
agent appointed by the Company), promptly following the later of (x) the
Repurchase Date (PROVIDED the Securityholder has satisfied the conditions
in
Section 14.06) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee(or
other paying agent appointed by the Company) by the Securityholder
thereof in the manner required by Section 14.06. Securities in respect of
which
a Repurchase Notice has been given by the Securityholder thereof may not
be
converted pursuant to Article 15 hereof on or after the date of the delivery
of
such Repurchase Notice unless such Repurchase Notice has first been validly
withdrawn.
A
Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal
delivered to the office of the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by
the
Company) in accordance with the Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the
close
of business on the Repurchase Date, specifying:
(a) the
certificate number, if any, of the Security in respect of which such notice
of
withdrawal is being submitted, or the appropriate Depositary information
if the
Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted
is
represented by a Global Security,
(b) the
principal amount of the Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted, and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of
such Security which remains subject to
the
original Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for purchase
by the Company.
Section
14.09. DEPOSIT OF REPURCHASE PRICE. (a) Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City
Time)
on the Business Day immediately following the Repurchase Date, the Company
shall
deposit with the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company,
or, if
the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as
the
paying agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.04)
an
amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business
Day), sufficient to pay the aggregate repurchase price of all the Securities
or
portions thereof that are to be repurchased as of the Repurchase
Date.
(b) If
the Trustee or other paying agent appointed by the Company, or the
Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of either of them, if such entity is
acting
as the paying agent, holds cash sufficient to pay the aggregate repurchase
price
of all the Securities, or portions thereof that are to be repurchased as
of the
Repurchase Date, on or after the Repurchase Date: (i) the Securities will
cease
to be outstanding, (ii) interest on the Securities will cease to accrue,
and
(iii) all other
rights of the holders of such Securities will terminate, whether or not
book-entry transfer of the Securities has been made or the Securities have
been
delivered to the Trustee or paying agent, other than the right to receive
the
repurchase price upon delivery of the Securities.
Section
14.10. SECURITIES REPURCHASED IN PART. Upon presentation of any Security
repurchased pursuant to Section 14.05 or 14.06, as the case may be, only
in
part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery to the Securityholder thereof, at the expense of the
Company, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination, in
aggregate principal amount equal to the unrepurchased portion of the Securities
presented.
Section
14.11. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY. To the extent that the aggregate amount
of cash
or money deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 14.05(d) or Section
14.09,
as the case may be, exceeds the aggregate repurchase price of the Securities
or
portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Designated
Event Repurchase Date or the Repurchase Date, as the case may be, then, unless
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business
Day
following the Designated Event Repurchase Date or the Repurchase Date, as
the
case may be, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together
with interest, if any, thereon.
ARTICLE
15
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES
Section
15.01. RIGHT TO CONVERT. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions
of this Indenture, prior to August 15, 2013, the holder of any Security shall
have the right, at such Securityholder's option, to convert the principal
amount
of the Security, or any portion of such principal amount which is a multiple
of
$1,000, into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as such
shares shall then be constituted) at the Conversion Rate in effect at such
time,
solely upon the occurrence of one or more events described in Sections 15.01(b),
15.01(c), 15.01(d), 15.01(e) or 15.01(f) below, by surrender of the Security
to
be so converted in whole or in part, together with any required funds, in
the
manner provided in Section 15.02.
Whenever
the Securities shall become convertible pursuant to this Section 15.01, the
Company or, at the Company's request, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense
of the Company, shall notify the Securityholders of the event triggering
such
convertibility and the Company shall also publicly announce such information.
Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Securityholder receives such notice.
A
Security in respect of which a Securityholder is electing to exercise its
option
to require the Company to repurchase such Securityholder's Securities upon
a
Designated Event pursuant to Section 14.05, or at the option of the
Securityholder on the Repurchase Date pursuant to Section 14.06, may be
converted only if such Securityholder withdraws its election in accordance
with
Section 14.05 or Section 14.06, respectively. A Securityholder is not entitled
to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until such Securityholder has
converted its Securities into Common Stock, and only to the extent such
Securities are deemed to have been converted into Common Stock under this
Article 15.
(b) Commencing
after September 30, 2003, Securities may be converted during any fiscal quarter
of the Company (and only during such fiscal quarter), if the Closing Sale
Price
exceeds 120% of the Conversion Price in effect for at least 20 Trading Days
in
the 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the last Trading Day of the
immediately preceding fiscal quarter.
The
Company (or the conversion agent appointed by the Company) shall determine
on
each Trading Day during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period specified in
this
Section 15.01(b) whether the Closing Sale Price exceeds 120% of the Conversion
Price and whether the Securities shall be convertible as a result of the
occurrence of the event specified in this Section 15.01(b) and, if the
Securities shall be so convertible, the Company shall promptly deliver to
the
Trustee (or the conversion agent if the Trustee is not the conversion agent)
written
notice thereof.
(c) Securities
may be converted during the five Business Day period after any five consecutive
Trading Day period (the "MEASUREMENT PERIOD") in which the Trading Price
per
$1,000 principal amount of the Securities for each day of such Measurement
Period was less than 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price and the
then
current Conversion Rate; PROVIDED that if on the date of any conversion pursuant
to this Section 15.01(c) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock is greater
than the Conversion Price, a holder shall receive, in lieu of Common Stock
based
on the Conversion Price, cash or Common Stock or a combination of cash and
Common Stock, at the Company's option, with a value equal to the principal
amount of Securities to be converted plus accrued Interest as of the conversion
date (a "PRINCIPAL VALUE CONVERSION").
If
a
holder surrenders its Notes for conversion pursuant to this Section 15.01(c)
and
it is a Principal Value Conversion, the Company will notify the holder by
the
second Trading Day following the Conversion Date whether it will pay the
principal amount plus accrued Interest in cash, Common Stock or a combination
of
cash and Common Stock, and in what percentage. Any Common Stock delivered
upon a
Principal Value Conversion will be valued at the greater of (x) the Conversion
Price on the conversion date and (y) the Applicable Stock Price as of the
conversion date. The Company will pay any portion of the principal amount
plus
accrued interest to be paid in cash and deliver Common Stock
with respect to any portion of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest to be paid in Common Stock no later than the Business Day following
the
Determination of the Applicable Stock Price.
The
Company shall determine whether the Securities may be converted pursuant
to this
Section 15.01(c) based on Trading Prices provided by the Trustee. The Company
shall provide the Trustee with the names of three independent nationally
known
securities dealers to be used for determining the Trading Price. The Trustee
(or
other conversion agent appointed by the Company) shall have no obligation
to
determine the Trading Price under this Section 15.01(c) unless the Company
has
requested such a determination; and the Company shall have no obligation
to make
such request unless a Securityholder provides it with reasonable evidence
that
the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities would be less
than
98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price and the then current Conversion
Rate. If such evidence is provided, the Company shall instruct the Trustee
(or
other conversion agent) to determine the Trading Price of the Securities
beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until
the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is greater than or
equal
to 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price and the then current Conversion
Rate; PROVIDED that, except for the determination of the Trading Prices,
the
Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to make the calculations described
in this Section 15.01(c) or to determine whether the Securities are convertible
pursuant to such section.
The
Trustee shall be entitled at its sole discretion to consult with the Company
and
to request the assistance of the Company in connection with the Trustee's
duties
and obligations pursuant to this Section 15.01(c) (including without limitation
the calculation or determination of the Conversion Rate, the Closing Sale
Price
and the Trading Price), and the Company agrees, if requested by the Trustee,
to
cooperate with, and provide assistance to, the Trustee in carrying out its
duties under this Section 15.01(c); PROVIDED that nothing herein shall be
construed to relieve the Trustee of its duties pursuant to this Section
15.01(c).
(d) If
any
Securities have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 14.02, such
Securities may be converted, at any time on or after the date the notice
of
redemption has been given under Section 14.02 until the close of business
on the
Business Day immediately preceding the redemption date.
(e) If
(1)
the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock rights or warrants
entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days of the record date for
the
determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such distribution)
to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, at a price per share less
than
the average of the Closing Sale Prices for the ten Trading Days immediately
preceding, but not including, the date such distribution is first publicly
announced by the Company, or (2) the Company distributes to all holders of
its
Common Stock, assets, debt securities or rights to purchase its securities,
where the Fair Market Value of such distribution per share of Common Stock
exceeds 5% of the Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the date such distribution is first publicly announced by the Company, then,
in
either case, the Securities may be converted at any time on and after the
date
that the Company gives notice to the Securityholders of such distribution,
which
shall be not less than 20 days prior to the Ex-Dividend Time for such
distribution, until the earlier of the close of business on the Business
Day
immediately preceding, the Ex-Dividend Time or the date the Company publicly
announces that such distribution will not take place; PROVIDED that Securities
may not be converted pursuant to this Section 15.01(e) nor will any adjustment
to the Conversion Rate be made pursuant to the transactions described in
this
Section 15.01(e) if the Securityholder, without conversion of the Security,
would participate, on the same basis as a holder of Common Stock, in the
distribution as if such Securityholder had converted its Securities into
Common
Stock prior to the record date for such distribution.
"EX-DIVIDEND
TIME" means, with respect to any distribution on shares of Common Stock,
the
first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade regular way on the
principal securities market on which the shares of Common Stock are then
traded
without the right to receive such distribution.
(f) If
the Company consolidates with or merges with or into another Person
or
is a party to a binding share exchange or conveys, transfers, sells, leases
or
otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its properties and assets
in
each case pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into cash, securities
or other property, then the Securities may be converted at any time from
and
after the date fifteen (15) days prior to the anticipated effective date
of the
transaction and ending on and including the date fifteen (15) days after
the
consummation of the transaction (or, if such merger, consolidation or share
exchange also constitutes a Designated Event, until the corresponding Designated
Event Purchase Date). The Board of Directors shall determine the anticipated
effective date of the transaction, and such determination shall be conclusive
and binding on the Securityholders and shall be publicly announced by the
Company not later than two Business Days prior to such 15th day.
Section
15.02. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE; ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK ON CONVERSION;
NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS. In order to exercise the conversion
privilege with respect to any Security in certificated form, the Company
must
receive at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
or,
at the option of a holder of such Security, the Corporate Trust Office,
such Security with the original or facsimile of the form entitled "CONVERSION
NOTICE" on the reverse thereof, duly completed and manually signed, together
with such Securities duly endorsed for transfer, accompanied by the
funds, if any, required by this Section 15.02. Such notice shall also state
the
name or names (with address or addresses) in which the certificate or
certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable on such
conversion shall be issued, and shall be accompanied by transfer or similar
taxes, if required pursuant to Section 15.07.
In
order
to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest in a Global
Security, the beneficial holder must complete, or cause to be completed,
the
appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositary's
book-entry conversion program, deliver, or cause to be delivered, by book-entry
delivery an interest in such Global Security, furnish appropriate endorsements
and transfer documents if required by the Company or the Trustee or conversion
agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by this Section 15.02 and any
transfer taxes if required pursuant to Section 15.07.
As
promptly as practicable after satisfaction of the requirements for conversion
set forth above, subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer
if
shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in a name other than that
of the
Securityholder (as if such transfer were a transfer of the Security or
Securities (or portion thereof) so converted), the Company shall issue and
shall
deliver to such Securityholder at the office or agency maintained by the
Company
for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02, a certificate or certificates
for the
number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such
Security or portion thereof as determined by the Company in accordance with
the
provisions of this Article 15 and a check or cash in respect of any fractional
interest in respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such conversion,
calculated by the Company as provided in Section 15.03. In case any Security
of
a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial conversion,
and subject to Section 2.03, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Securityholder of the Security so surrendered,
without charge to him, a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the
surrendered Security.
Each
conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Security
(or
portion thereof) on the date on which the requirements set forth above in
this
Section 15.02 have been satisfied as to such Security (or portion thereof),
and
the Person in whose name any certificate or certificates for shares of Common
Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion 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 Company
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 conversion
shall be at the Conversion Rate in effect on the date upon which such Security
shall be surrendered.
If
any
Security (or portion thereof) is converted into Common Stock during the period
after a record date for the payment of interest to, but excluding, the next
succeeding interest payment date and such Security (or portion thereof) has
been
called for redemption on a redemption date or tendered for repurchase on
a
repurchase date which occurs during such period, the Company shall pay interest
on such interest payment date in respect of any such Security (or portion
thereof) to the holder of such Securities registered as such on the applicable
record date. Any Security or portion thereof surrendered for conversion during
the period from the close of business on the record date for any interest
payment date to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the
immediately following interest payment date shall be accompanied by payment,
in
immediately available funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, of
an
amount equal to the Interest otherwise payable on such interest payment date
on
the principal amount being converted; PROVIDED that no such payment need
be made
(1) if the Company has specified a redemption date that is after a record
date
and on or prior to the next interest payment date, (2) if the Company has
specified a repurchase date following a Designated Event that is after a
record
date and on or prior to the next interest payment date or (3) to the extent
of
any overdue Interest, if any overdue Interest exists at the time of conversion
with respect to such Security. Except as provided above in this Section 15.02,
no payment or other adjustment shall be made for Interest accrued and unpaid
on
any Security converted or for dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion
of such Security as provided in this Article 15.
Upon
the
conversion of an interest in a Global Security, the Trustee (or other conversion
agent appointed by the Company), or the Custodian at the direction of the
Trustee (or other conversion agent appointed by the Company), shall make
a
notation on such Global Security as to the reduction in the principal amount
represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any
conversions of Securities effected through any conversion agent other than
the
Trustee.
Upon
the
conversion of a Security, that portion of the accrued but unpaid Interest,
with
respect to the converted Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the holder thereof
through delivery of the Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if
any in
lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Security being converted pursuant
to the provisions hereof; and the fair market value of such shares of Common
Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares)
shall
be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for and in
satisfaction of the Company's obligation to pay the principal amount of the
converted Security, the accrued but unpaid Interest, and the balance, if
any, of
such fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall
be
treated as issued in exchange for and in satisfaction of the right to convert
the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Section
15.03. CASH PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of
Common Stock or scrip certificates representing fractional shares shall be
issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be
surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Securityholder, the number
of
full shares that shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions
thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional
share
of stock would be issuable upon the conversion of any Security or Securities,
the Company shall make an adjustment and payment therefor in cash at the
current
market price thereof to the Securityholder. The current market price of a
share
of Common Stock shall be the Closing Sale Price on the last Trading Day
immediately preceding the day on which the Securities (or specified portions
thereof) are deemed to have been converted.
Section
15.04. CONVERSION RATE. Each $1,000 principal amount of the
Securities
shall be convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock specified
in the
form of Security (herein called the "CONVERSION RATE") attached as
Exhibit A hereto,subject to adjustment as provided in this Article
15.
Section
15.05. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION RATE. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted
from
time to time by the Company as follows:
(a) In
case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make a distribution
to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common Stock,
the
Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate
determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of
business on the date following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution by a
fraction:
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for the determination
of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution plus
the
total number of shares of Common Stock constituting such dividend or other
distribution; and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination,
such
increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on
the
day following the date fixed for such determination. For the purpose of this
paragraph (a), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding
shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company
will
not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held
in
the treasury of the Company. If any dividend or distribution of the type
described
in this Section 15.05(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion
Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in
effect
if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) In
case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring
within
forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants) to subscribe for or purchase
shares
of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Closing
Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 Trading Days immediately preceding
the
date such distribution is first publicly announced by the Company, the
Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate
determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior
to the
date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights
or
warrants by a fraction:
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
on
the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights
or warrants plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock offered
for subscription or purchase, and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for determination
of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants plus the number
of
shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so
offered would purchase at a price equal to the average of the Closing Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 Trading Days immediately preceding
the
date such distribution is first publicly announced by the Company.
Such
adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights or warrants
are
issued, and shall become effective immediately after the opening of business
on
the day following the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled
to
receive such rights or warrants. To the extent that shares of Common Stock
are
not delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, the Conversion
Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect
had
the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made
on
the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually
delivered.If such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion
Rate
shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect
if such date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such rights or warrants had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights
or
warrants entitle the stockholders to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common
Stock at a price less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the
Common
Stock
for
the 10 Trading Days immediately preceding the date such distribution is first
publicly announced by the Company, and in determining the aggregate offering
price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any
amount
payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration,
if
other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
(c) In
case
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number
of
shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business
on the day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective
shall
be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case outstanding shares
of
Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common
Stock,
the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following
the day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately
reduced, such increase or reduction, as the case may be, to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon
which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(d) In
case
the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of
its
Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or evidences
of
its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any rights
or
warrants referred to in Section 15.05(b), and excluding any dividend or
distribution (x) paid in cash or (y) referred to in Section 15.05(a) (any
of the
foregoing hereinafter in this Section 15.05(d)) called the "DISTRIBUTED
SECURITIES")), then, in each such case (unless the Company elects to reserve
such Distributed Securities for distribution to the Securityholders upon
the
conversion of the Securities so that any such Securityholder converting
Securities will receive upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of
Common Stock to which such Securityholder is entitled, the amount and kind
of
such Distributed Securities which such Securityholder would have received
if
such Securityholder had converted its Securities into Common Stock immediately
prior to the Record Date for such distribution of the Securities) the Conversion
Rate shall be increased so that the same shall be equal to the rate determined
by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date with respect
to
such distribution by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price on such Record Date;
and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price on such Record Date
less
the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive, and described in a resolution of the Board
of
Directors) on the Record Date of the portion of the Distributed Securities
so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following such Record Date; PROVIDED that if the then fair market
value
(as so determined) of the portion of the Distributed Securities so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current
Market Price on the Record Date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate
provision shall be made so that each Securityholder shall have the right
to
receive upon conversion the amount of Distributed Securities such Securityholder
would have received had such Securityholder converted each Security on the
Record Date. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the
Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
If the
Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution for
purposes of this Section 15.05(d) by reference to the actual or when issued
trading market for any securities, it must in doing so consider the prices
in
such market over the same period used in computing the Current Market Price
on
the applicable Record Date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Distributed Securities distributed by the Company to
all
holders of its Common Stock consist of capital stock of, or similar equity
interests in, a Subsidiary or other business unit, the Conversion Rate shall
be
increased so that the same shall be equal to the rate determined by multiplying
the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date with respect to such
distribution by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the average of the Closing Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and
including the fifth Trading Day after the date on which "ex-dividend trading"
commences for such dividend or distribution on the Nasdaq National Market
or
such other national or regional exchange or market on which such securities
are
then listed or quoted (the "EX-DIVIDEND DATE") plus (B) the fair market value
of
the Distributed Securities distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
for which this Section 15.05(d) applies and shall equal the number of
Distributed Securities distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
multiplied by the average of the closing sale prices of those Distributed
Securities distributed for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and including
the fifth Trading Day after the Ex-Dividend Date; and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the
Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and including the
fifth
Trading Day after the Ex-Dividend Date,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following such Record Date; PROVIDED that the Company may in lieu
of
the
foregoing adjustment make adequate provision so that each Securityholder
shall
have the right to receive upon conversion the amount of Distributed Securities
such Securityholder would have received had such Securityholder converted
each
Security on the Record Date with respect to such distribution.
Rights
or
warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Stock entitling
the
holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company's capital
stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights or
warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events ("TRIGGER EVENT"):
(i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (ii) are
not
exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of
Common
Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this
Section
15.05 (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 15.05
will be
required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such
rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate
adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under
this
Section 15.05(d). If any such right or warrant, including any such existing
rights or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject
to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights or warrants become
exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or
other
assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall
be
deemed to be the date of distribution and record date with respect to new
rights
or warrants with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing
rights or warrants without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition,
in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants,
or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding
sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating
a
distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under
this
Section 15.05 was made, (1) in the case of any such rights or warrants that
shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders
thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption
or
repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case
may
be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption
or
repurchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect
to
such rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights or
warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption
or repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights or warrants that shall
have
expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the
Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not
been
issued.
No
adjustment of the Conversion Rate shall be made pursuant to this Section
15.05(d) in respect of rights or warrants distributed or deemed distributed
on
any Trigger Event to the extent that such rights or warrants are actually
distributed, or reserved by the Company for distribution to Securityholders
upon
conversion by such Securityholders of Securities to Common
Stock.
For
purposes of this Section 15.05(d) and Section 15.05(a) and (b), any dividend
or
distribution to which this Section 15.05(d) is applicable that also includes
shares of Common Stock, or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock (or both), shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend
or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, assets or shares of capital
stock other than such shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants (and any
Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 15.05(d) with respect
to
such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately followed by
(2) a
dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock or such rights or
warrants (and any further Conversion Rate adjustment required by Sections
15.05(a) and 15.05(b) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall
then
be made), except (A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall
be
substituted as "the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to
receive such dividend or other distribution", "the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants"
and
"the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of Section 15.05
(a)
and 15.05(b) and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in such dividend
or
distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the close of business on
the
date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of Section
15.05(a).
(e) In
case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all
holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash distribution to the
extent
the aggregate cash distributed per share of Common Stock in any twelve month
period does not exceed $0.01), then, in such case, the Conversion Rate shall
be
increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such
record date by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price on such record date;
and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price on such record date
less
the amount of cash so distributed (including only the amount of cash distributed
in excess of the threshold set forth above) applicable to one share of Common
Stock,
such
adjustment to be effective immediately prior to the opening of business on
the
day following the record date; PROVIDED that if the portion of the cash so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater
than
the Current Market Price on the record date, in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Securityholder
shall
have the right to receive upon conversion the amount of cash such Securityholder
would have received had such Securityholder converted each Security on the
record date. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the
Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would
then be in effect if such dividend
or distribution had not been declared. If any adjustment is required to be
made
as set forth in this Section 15.05(e), such adjustment shall be based upon
the
amount by which such distribution exceeds the amount permitted to be excluded
pursuant hereto.
(f) In
case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary
for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender or
exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require the
payment to stockholders of consideration per share of Common Stock having
a Fair
Market Value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall
be conclusive and described in a resolution of the Board of Directors) that
as
of the last time (the "EXPIRATION TIME") tenders or exchanges may be made
pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) exceeds
the
Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding
the Expiration Time, the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same
shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the Expiration Time by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the Fair Market Value (determined
as
aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on
the
acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange
offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of
the
Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted up to any such maximum, being
referred to as the "PURCHASED SHARES") and (y) the product of the number
of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) at the Expiration
Time and the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading
Day
next succeeding the Expiration Time, and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied
by the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next
succeeding the Expiration Time
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following the Expiration Time. If the Company is obligated to purchase
shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company is
permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases
or all
such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted
to be
the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange
offer had not been made.
(g) In
case of a tender or exchange offer made by a Person other than the
Company or any Subsidiary for an amount that increases the offeror's ownership
of Common Stock to more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Common
Stock outstanding and shall involve the payment by such Person of consideration
per share of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value (as determined by the
Board
of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, and described in a
resolution of the Board of Directors) that as of the last time (the "OFFER
EXPIRATION TIME") tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender
or
exchange offer (as it shall have been amended) that exceeds the Closing Sale
Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer
Expiration Time, and in which, as of the Offer Expiration Time the Board
of
Directors is not recommending rejection of the offer, the Conversion Rate
shall
be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Offer Expiration Time
by a
fraction
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the Fair Market Value (determined
as
aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on
the
acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange
offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of
the
Offer Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum,
being referred to as the "ACCEPTED PURCHASED SHARES") and (y) the product
of the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Accepted Purchased
Shares) at the Offer Expiration Time and the Closing Sale Price of a share
of
Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time,
and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Offer Expiration Time
multiplied by the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading
Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following the Offer Expiration Time. If such Person is obligated
to
purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but such Person
is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases
or
all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted
to
be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange
offer had not been made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the adjustment described
in this Section 15.05(g) shall not be made if, as of the Offer Expiration
Time,
the offering documents with respect to such offer disclose a plan or intention
to cause the Company to engage in any consolidation or merger with or into
any
other Person or Persons, or sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of the property
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any other Person
or
Persons.
(h) For
purposes of this Section 15.05, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
(i) "CURRENT
MARKET PRICE" shall mean the average of the daily Closing Sale Prices per
share
of Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company
commencing no more than 30 Trading Days before and ending not later than
the
earlier of such date of determination and the day before the "EX" date with
respect to the issuance, distribution, subdivision or combination requiring
such
computation immediately prior to the date in question. For purpose of this
paragraph, the term "EX" date, (1) when used with respect to any issuance
or
distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular
way, on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the Closing
Sale Price was obtained without the right to receive such issuance or
distribution, and (2) when used with respect to any subdivision or combination
of shares of Common Stock, means the first date on which the Common Stock
trades, regular way, on such exchange or in such market after the time at
which
such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
If
another issuance, distribution, subdivision or combination to which Section
15.05 applies occurs during the period applicable for calculating "CURRENT
MARKET PRICE" pursuant to the definition in the preceding paragraph, "CURRENT
MARKET PRICE" shall be calculated for such period in a manner determined
by the
Board of Directors to reflect the impact of such issuance, distribution,
subdivision or combination on the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
during
such period.
(ii) "FAIR
MARKET VALUE" shall mean the amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing
seller in an arm's-length transaction.
(iii) "RECORD
DATE" shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other
transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right
to
receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock
(or
other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination
of
cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property
(whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract
or
otherwise).
(iv) "TRADING
DAY" shall mean (x) if the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market, a day on which trades may be made thereon or (y)if the applicable
security is listed or admitted for trading on
the
American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange or another national securities
exchange, a day on which the American Stock Exchange,
New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange is open for
business or (z) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for
trading or quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated
by law
or executive order to close.
(i) The
Company may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those
required by Section 15.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) as the Board
of
Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to
Securityholders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock resulting
from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or
from
any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to time may increase
the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is
at
least twenty (20) days, the increase is irrevocable during the period and
the
Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would
be
in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive.
Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence,
the Company shall mail to holders of record of the Securities a notice of
the
increase at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the increased Conversion
Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate
and
the period during which it will be in effect.
(j) No
adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment
would
require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in such rate;
PROVIDED that any adjustments that by reason of this Section 15.05(j) are
not
required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any
subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article 15 shall be made
by
the Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten
thousandth(1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment need be
made
for
rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment
of
dividends or interest or for any issuance of Common Stock or convertible
or
exchangeable securities or rights to purchase Common Stock or convertible
or
exchangeable securities. To the extent the Securities become convertible
into
cash, assets, property or securities (other than capital stock of the Company),
no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash, assets, property or
such
securities.Interest will not accrue on any cash into which the Securities
are
convertible.
(k) Whenever
the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly file with the Trustee and any conversion agent other than
the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after
such
adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
received
such Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of
any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume that the last Conversion
Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery
of
such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of
the
Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on
which
each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment
of the Conversion Rate to the holder of each Security at his last address
appearing on the Security Register provided for in Section 2.05 of this
Indenture, within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver
such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such
adjustment.
(l) In
any case in which this Section 15.05 provides that an adjustment shall
become effective immediately after (1) a record date or Record Date for an
event, (2) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to
receive a dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 15.05(a), (3) a date
fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights or
warrants pursuant to Section 15.05(b), (4) the Expiration Time for any tender
or
exchange offer pursuant to Section 15.05(f) or (5) the Offer Expiration Time
for
any tender or exchange pursuant to Section 15.05(g), (each a "DETERMINATION
DATE"), the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of the applicable
Adjustment Event (as hereinafter defined) (x) issuing to the holder of any
Security converted after such Determination Date and before the occurrence
of
such Adjustment Event, the additional shares of Common Stock or other securities
issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such
Adjustment Event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such Securityholder
any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 15.03. For
purposes of this Section 15.05(l), the term "ADJUSTMENT EVENT" shall
mean:
(i) in
any
case referred to in clause (1) hereof, the occurrence of such
event,
(ii) in
any
case referred to in clause (2) hereof, the date any such dividend or
distribution is paid or made,
(iii) in
any
case referred to in clause (3) hereof, the date of expiration of such rights
or
warrants, an
(iv) in
any
case referred to in clause (4) hereof, the date a sale or exchange of Common
Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer is consummated and becomes
irrevocable.
(v) in
the case referred to in clause (5) hereof, the date a sale
or
exchange of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer is
consummated and becomes irrevocable.
(m) For
purposes of this Section 15.05, the number of shares of Common
Stock
at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the
Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company will not
pay
any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company.
Section
15.06. EFFECT OF RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE. If any
of the
following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination
to
which Section 15.05(c) applies), (ii) any consolidation, merger or combination
of the Company with another 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 Common Stock, or
(iii)
any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets
of the Company 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 Common Stock, then
the
Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall
execute
with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the Trust
Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental
indenture) providing that each Security shall be convertible into the kind
and
amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets
(including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares
of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Securities (assuming, for such
purposes, a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock are available
to convert all such Securities) immediately prior to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such
holder of Common Stock did not exercise his rights of election, if any, as
to
the kind or amount of stock, other securities or other property or assets
(including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance (PROVIDED that, if the kind or amount
of
stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash) receivable
upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale
or
conveyance is not the same for each share of Common Stock in respect of which
such rights of election shall not have been exercised ("non-electing share"),
then for the purposes of this Section 15.06 the kind and amount of stock,
other
securities or other property or assets (including cash) receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance
for each non-electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so
receivable per share by a plurality of the non-electing shares). Such
supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Article
15.
The
Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture
to be
mailed to each Securityholder, at its address appearing on the Security Register
provided for in Section 2.05 of this Indenture, within twenty (20) days after
execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality
or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The
above
provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, combinations, sales
and
conveyances.
If
this
Section 15.06 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 15.05 shall not
apply.
Section
15.07. TAXES ON SHARES ISSUED. The issue of stock certificates on conversions
of
Securities shall be made without charge to the converting Securityholder
for any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax in respect of the issue
thereof. The Company 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 Security converted,
and
the Company 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 Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
Section
15.08. RESERVATION OF SHARES, SHARES TO BE FULLY PAID; COMPLIANCE WITH
GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS; LISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The Company 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
conversion of the Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented
for conversion.
Before
taking any action which would cause an adjustment increasing the Conversion
Rate
to an amount that would cause the Conversion Price to be reduced below the
then
par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of the
Securities, the Company will take all corporate action which may, in the
opinion
of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Rate.
The
Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon
conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable
by the
Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue
thereof.
The
Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for
the
purpose of conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or
approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before
such shares may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will in good
faith and as expeditiously as possible, to the extent then permitted by the
rules and interpretations of the Commission (or any successor thereto), endeavor
to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
The
Company further covenants that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be
listed
on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange
or
automated quotation system, the Company 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 Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Security; PROVIDED that
if the
rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Company to
defer
the listing of such Common Stock until the first conversion of the Securities
into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated
quotation system at such time.
Section
15.09. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee and any other conversion agent
shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Securityholder
to determine the Conversion Rate or whether any facts exist which may require
any adjustment of the Conversion 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 conversion 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 securities or property, which may at any
time
be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and the Trustee
and
any other conversion agent make no representations with respect thereto.
Neither
the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be responsible for any failure
of the
Company 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
Security for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties,
responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 15.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor
any
conversion agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness
of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant
to Section 15.06 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock
or
securities or property (including cash) receivable by Securityholders upon
the
conversion of their Securities after any event referred to in such Section
15.06
or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.01, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness
of any such provisions, and
shall be protected in relying upon, any Officers' Certificate (which
the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution
of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
Section
15.10. NOTICE TO SECURITYHOLDERS PRIOR TO
CERTAIN ACTIONS. In case:
(a) the
Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common
Stock
that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section
15.05; or
(b) the
Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially
all
of its 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 of the Company (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 or merger to which the Company is a party
and
for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of
the
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
or
(d) of
the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;
the
Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each
Securityholder at his address appearing on the Security Register provided
for in
Section 2.05 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event
at
least ten (10) 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
15.11. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLANS. Each share of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of Securities pursuant to this Article 15 shall be entitled to
receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates
representing the
Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any,
in
each case as may be provided by the terms of any shareholder rights plan
adopted
by the Company, as the same may be amended from time to time. If at the time
of
conversion, however, the rights have separated from the shares of Common
Stock
in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights agreement
so that the Securityholders would not be entitled to receive any rights in
respect of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities, the
conversion rate will be adjusted as if the Company distributed to all holders
of
Common Stock shares of the Company's capital stock, evidences of indebtedness
or
assets (including securities but excluding rights or warrants to purchase
Common
Stock issued to all holders of Common Stock, Common Stock issued as a dividend
or distribution on Common Stock and cash distributions), subject to readjustment
in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of the
rights.
Section
15.12. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. (a) Shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion
of Restricted Securities (all shares of Common Stock issued in exchange therefor
or substitution thereof) shall be represented by certificates bearing the
Restricted Securities Legend and shall be subject to the restrictions or
transfer set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend.
(b) Any
Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer as to which
the
conditions for removal of the Restricted Securities Legend 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 Restricted Securities
Legend.
ARTICLE
16
SUBORDINATION
OF SECURITIES
Section
16.01. AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION. The Company covenants and agrees, and
each
holder of Securities issued hereunder by its acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article 16, and each Person holding any Securities, whether
upon original issue or upon registration of transfer, assignment or exchange
thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The
payment of the principal of, and Interest on all Securities (including, but
not
limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for
redemption in accordance with Section 14.02 or submitted for repurchase in
accordance
with Section 14.05 or Section 14.06, as the case may be, as provided in this
Indenture or any other payment payable in respect of Securities pursuant
to the
provisions of this Indenture) issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in
the
manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment
to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding
at the
date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No
provision of this Article 16 shall prevent the occurrence of any default
or
Event of Default hereunder or have any effect on the rights of the holders
of
the Securities or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the
Securities.
Section
16.02. NO PAYMENTS TO SECURITYHOLDERS UPON DEFAULTS RELATING TO DESIGNATED
SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. (a) No payment shall be made with respect to the principal
of, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption
price with respect to the Securities to be called for redemption in accordance
with Section 14.02 or submitted for repurchase in accordance with Section
14.05
or 14.06, as the case may be, as provided in this Indenture or any other
payment
payable in respect of Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture),
except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the
first
or second paragraph of Section 16.09, if:
(i) a
default
in the payment of principal (including any letter of credit reimbursement
obligations), premium, if any, interest, rent or other obligations in respect
of
Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing(or, in the case of
Designated Senior Indebtedness for which there
is
a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the
period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing
such
Designated Senior Indebtedness) (a "PAYMENT DEFAULT"); or
(ii) a
default, other than a Payment Default, on any Designated Senior Indebtedness
occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity without further notice (except such
notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) (or in the case of
any
lease that is Designated Senior Indebtedness, a default occurs and is continuing
that permits the lessor to either terminate the lease or require the Company
to
make an irrevocable offer to terminate the lease following an event of default
thereunder) and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a "PAYMENT
BLOCKAGE NOTICE") from a holder of Designated Senior Indebtedness or a
Representative of Designated Senior Indebtedness (a "NON-PAYMENT
DEFAULT").
If
the
Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (ii) above,
no
subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this
Section 16.02 unless and until at least 365 days shall have elapsed
since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage
Notice. No Non-Payment Default that existed or was continuing on the date
of
delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made,
the
basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
(b) The
Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect
of the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with
respect to the Securities to be redeemed):
(1) in
the
case of a Payment Default, the date upon which any such Payment Default is
cured
or waived or ceases to exist, or
(2) in
the
case of a Non-Payment Default, the earlier of (a) the date upon which such
default is cured or waived or ceases to exist or (b) 179 days after the
applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee if the maturity
of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated and there is
no
Payment Default(or in the case of any lease, 179 days after notice is
received
if the Company and the Trustee have not received notice that the lessor under
such lease has exercised its right to terminate the lease or require the
Company
to make an irrevocable offer to terminate the lease following an event of
default thereunder and there is no Payment Default), unless this Article
16
otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such payment
or
distribution.
Section
16.03. PAYMENTS OVER TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON DISSOLUTION.
Upon any
payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind
or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any
dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or
other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness
shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders
of such Senior Indebtedness before any payment is made on account of the
principal of or Interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant
to
Article 11 from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior
to
commencement of proceedings for such dissolution, winding up, liquidation
or
reorganization), and upon any such dissolution or winding up or liquidation
or
reorganization of the Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other
similar proceeding, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets
of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
to
which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled, except
for
the provisions of this Article 16, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by
the
Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent
or
other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the holders of the
Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or
it,
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
(pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior
Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a court
order) or their Representative or Representatives, as their respective interests
may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full,
in
cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made
to
the holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.
For
purposes of this Article 16, the words, "CASH, PROPERTY OR SECURITIES" shall
not
be deemed to include shares of Common Stock of the Company as reorganized
or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided
for
by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article 16 with respect
to
the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the
time
be outstanding; PROVIDED that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the
new
corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and
(ii)
the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (other than leases which
are
not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as the case may be) are
not,
without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or
readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the
Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety,
or
substantially as an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions
provided for in Article 10 shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 16.02 if such
other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article 10.
Section
16.04. PRIOR PAYMENT OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON ACCELERATION OF SECURITIES.
If
the maturity of the Securities has been accelerated because of an Event of
Default, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any holder
of Securities in respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities
(including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the
Securities called for redemption in accordance with Section 14.02 or the
repurchase price with respect to the Securities submitted for repurchase
in
accordance with Section 14.05 or Section 14.06 as the case may be, as provided
in this Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee
as
permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 16.09, until all Senior
Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory
to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness or such acceleration is rescinded in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture. If payment of the Securities is accelerated
because of an Event of Default, the Company or, at the Company's request
and
expense, the Trustee shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness
of the
acceleration.
Section
16.05. PAYMENT OVER TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. If, notwithstanding Sections
16.02,
16.03 or 16.04, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any
kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including, without
limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by Section 16.02,
16.03
or 16.04 shall be received by the Trustee or the holders of the Securities
before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is
made
for such payment thereof in accordance with its terms in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, to the extent that
the
Trustee or any holder of the Securities has acquired notice, by whatever
means,
that all Senior Indebtedness has not been paid in full, such payment or
distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid
over or
delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their Representative or
Representatives, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated
by the
Company, for application to the payment of any Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in
cash or
other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders
of
such Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing
in Section 16.02, 16.03, 16.04 or this Section shall apply to claims of,
or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06.
Section
16.06. SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated
to
the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article 16 (equally and ratably
with the holders of all Indebtedness of the Company which by its express
terms
is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company to substantially the
same
extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights
of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal and interest on
the
Securities shall be paid in full, and, for the purposes of such subrogation,
no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any
cash,
property or securities to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 16 and no payment
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 16, to or for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by holders of the Securities or the Trustee,
shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment
by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, and no payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the
holders of the Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this
Article
16, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness,
shall, as among the Company and its creditors
other than the holders of Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company
to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions
of
this Article 16 are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative
rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders
of the
Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section
16.07. PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. Nothing contained in this Article
16
or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall
impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Securities
the
principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become
due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall
affect the relative rights of the holders of the Securities and creditors
of the
Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Trustee or, subject to Section 5.04, the holder
of
any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable
law
upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article 16 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property
or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy.
Section
16.08. AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION. Each holder of a Security by
the
holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the holder's
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the
subordination as provided in this Article 16 and appoints the Trustee to
act as
the holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee
does
not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in
any
proceeding referred to in the third paragraph of Section 5.02 hereof at least
thirty (30) days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the
holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their Representatives are hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the holders
of the
Securities.
Section
16.09. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The Company shall give prompt written notice in
the
form of an Officers' Certificate to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
and to
any paying agent of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the
making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any paying agent in respect
of
the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 16. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article 16 or any other provision of this Indenture,
the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts
that
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 16,
unless
and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the form
of an
Officers' Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject
to the provisions of Section 6.01, shall be entitled in all respects to assume
that no such facts exist; PROVIDED that if on a date not less than one Business
Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may
become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security) the Trustee
shall
not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in
this
Section 16.09, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to apply monies received
to the
purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice
to
the contrary that may be received by it on or after such prior
date.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Article 16 to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment
by the Trustee to the Securityholders of monies deposited with it pursuant
to
Section 11.01, if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall not have received
written notice at the Corporate Trust Office on or before one Business Day
prior
to the date such payment is due that such payment is not permitted under
Section
16.01 or 16.02.
The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, shall be entitled to
rely on
the delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative or a person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee
on
behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a
Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf
of any
such holder or holders. The Trustee shall not be required to make any payment
or
distribution to or on behalf of a holder of Senior Indebtedness pursuant
to this
Article 16 unless it has received satisfactory evidence as to the amount
of
Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person
is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 16.
Section
16.10. TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. The Trustee, in its individual
capacity, shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 16
in
respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent
as
any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Article 16 or elsewhere
in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
With
respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to
perform
or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically
set
forth in this Article 16, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section
6.01,
the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (i)
for any
failure to make any payments or distributions to such holder or (ii) if it
shall
pay over
or
deliver money to holders of Securities, the Company or any other Person in
compliance with this Article 16.
Section
16.11. NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION. No right of any present or future
holder
of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall
at
any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act
on
the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by
any
such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions
and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which
any
such holder may have or otherwise be charged with. Senior Indebtedness may
be
created, renewed or extended and holders of Senior Indebtedness may exercise
any
rights under any instrument creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, any waiver of default thereunder, without
any
notice to or consent from the holders of the Securities or the Trustee. No
compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other
change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability
or
obligation under or in respect of the Senior Indebtedness or any terms or
conditions of any instrument creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article 16
or the
subordination of the Securities provided thereby.
Section
16.12. CERTAIN CONVERSIONS NOT DEEMED PAYMENT. For the purposes of this Article
16 only, (1) the issuance and delivery of Junior Securities upon conversion
of
Securities in accordance with Article 15 and (2) the payment, issuance or
delivery of cash, property or securities upon conversion of a Security as
a
result of any transaction specified in Section 15.06 shall not be deemed
to
constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of or interest
on Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities.
For the purposes of this Section 16.12, the term "JUNIOR SECURITIES" means
(a)
Common Stock of the Company or (b) securities of the Company that are
subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness that may be
outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities
are so subordinated as provided in this Article 16. Nothing contained in
this
Article 16 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended
to or
shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors (other than holders of
Senior
Indebtedness) and the Securityholders, the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the Holder of any Security to convert such Security in
accordance with Article 15.
Section
16.13. SUBORDINATION APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS. If at any time any paying
agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and
be
then acting hereunder, the term "TRUSTEE" as used in this Article 16 shall
(unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and
including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and
purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article 16 in addition
to or
in place
of
the Trustee; PROVIDED that the first paragraph of Section 16.09 shall not
apply
to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts
as
paying agent.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions or inactions of any other
paying agents (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and
shall have no control of any funds held by such other paying
agents.
Section
16.14. SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS ENTITLED TO RELY. The holders of Senior Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, Designated Senior Indebtedness) shall have
the
right to rely upon the provisions of this Article 16, and no amendment or
modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights
of
such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing
thereto.
Section
16.15. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT. Upon
any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article
16,
the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be entitled to rely upon any order
or
decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency,
bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding
up
or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee
in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit
of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or
distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
16.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed.
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CORPORATION
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BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
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Trustee
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EXHIBIT
A
[Include
the following legend only for Global Securities]
[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) TO THE COMPANY 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
the following legend only for Securities that are Restricted
Securities]
[THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET
FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, PRIOR TO EXPIRATION
OF
THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER
RULE 144 (k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), RESELL
OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OF THIS SECURITY,
OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE),
OR
(D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH
TRANSFER); (3) PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE
2(D) ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO THE ISSUER OF, AND THE TRANSFER AGENT
FOR,
THIS
SECURITY, SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE
ISSUER
MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE 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, AND (4) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO
EACH
PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
EFFECT
OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER
OF
THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(C) OR 2(D) ABOVE OR UPON EXPIRATION OF
THE
HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION). THE ISSUER AND THE TRANSFER
AGENT
FOR THIS SECURITY SHALL NOT REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION
OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION.]
XXXXXX
CORPORATION
3
1/4% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE
2013
CUSIP:
034425 AA 6
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Corporation, a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called the "COMPANY", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to or its registered
assigns, [ the principal sum of DOLLARS] (1) [ the principal sum
set
forth on Schedule I hereto] (2) on August 15, 2013 at the office or agency
of
the Company 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, semiannually on February 15 and August 15 of
each
year, commencing February 15, 2004, on said principal sum at said office
or
agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3 1/4%, from the
February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of
this
Security to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless the
date
hereof is a date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, in
which
case from the date of this Security, or unless no interest has been paid
or duly
provided for on the Securities, in which case from August 8, 2003, until
payment
of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, if the date hereof is after any February 1 or August 1, as the
case
may be, and before the following February 15 or August 15, this Security
shall
bear interest from such February 15 or August 15; PROVIDED that if the Company
shall default in the payment of interest due on such February 15 or August
15,
then this Security shall bear interest from the next preceding February 15
or
August 15 to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for on such Security, from August
8,
2003. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Interest payable
on the
Security pursuant to the Indenture on any February 15 or August 15 will be
paid
to the Person entitled thereto as it appears in the Security Register at
the
close of business on the record date, which shall be the February 1 or August
1
(whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such February 15 or August
15, as
provided in the Indenture; PROVIDED that any such interest not punctually
paid
or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in the Indenture. The Company
shall pay interest (i) on any
__________________________
(1) Include
for definitive Securities.
(2) Include
for Global Security.
Securities
in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as it appears in the Security Register (PROVIDED that the
Securityholders with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,000,000
shall, at the written election of such Securityholders, be paid by wire transfer
of immediately available funds) or (ii) on any Global Security by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its
nominee.
The
Company promises to pay interest on overdue principal, and (to the extent
that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) Interest at
the
rate of 4 1/4% per annum.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, including, without limitation, provisions subordinating the payment
of
principal of and Interest on the Securities to the prior payment in full
of all
Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the Indenture, and provisions giving the
Securityholder the right to convert this Security into Common Stock of the
Company 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
Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State
of
New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts
of
laws principles thereof.
This
Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the
Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the
Indenture.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly
executed.
XXXXXX
CORPORATION
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Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Securities described in the within-named Indenture.
BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
_______________________________
Authorized
Signatory
Dated:
REVERSE
OF SECURITY
XXXXXX
CORPORATION
3
1/4%
CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2013
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company,
designated as its 3 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2013 (herein
called
the "SECURITIES"), limited in aggregate principal amount to $240,000,000,
issued
and to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 8,
2003
(herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and BNY Midwest Trust
Company, 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 Company and the Securityholders of the
Securities.
In
case
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal
of and
accrued and unpaid Interest on all Securities may be declared by either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the
Securities then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due
and
payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided
in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
of
the Securities 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 Securityholders; PROVIDED that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Security, or reduce
the
rate or extend the time of payment of Interest thereon, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or reduce any amount payable upon redemption or repurchase
thereof, or change the obligation of the Company to redeem any Security on
a
redemption date in a manner adverse to the Securityholders, or change the
obligation of the Company to repurchase any Security at the option of a
Securityholder on a Repurchase Date in a manner adverse to the Securityholders,
or change the obligation of the Company to repurchase any Security upon the
happening of a Designated Event in a manner adverse to the Securityholders,
or
impair the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for the payment
thereof, or make the principal thereof or Interest payable in any coin or
currency other than that provided in the Securities, or impair the right
to
convert the Securities into Common Stock or reduce the number of shares of
Common Stock or any other property receivable by a Securityholder upon
conversion subject to the terms set forth in the Indenture, including Section
15.06 thereof, or modify the provisions of the Indenture with respect
to the subordination of Securities in a manner adverse to the Securityholders
in
any material respect, in each case, without the consent of the holder of
each
Security so affected, or modify any of the provisions of Section 9.02 or
Section
5.07 thereof, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the holder of each Security so affected, or change any obligation
of
the Company to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes
set forth in Section 3.01 thereof, or reduce the quorum or voting requirements
set forth in Article 8 or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities,
the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
without the consent of the holders of all Securities then outstanding. Subject
to the provisions of the Indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf
of the
holders of all of the Securities waive any past default or Event of Default
under the Indenture and its consequences except (A) a default in the payment
of
Interest, or the principal of, any of the Securities, (B) a failure by the
Company to convert any Securities into Common Stock of the Company, (C) a
default in the payment of the redemption price pursuant to Article 14 of
the
Indenture, (D) a default in the payment of the repurchase price pursuant
to
Article 14 of the Indenture, or (E) a default in respect of a covenant or
provisions of the Indenture which under Article 9 of the Indenture cannot
be
modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each or all Securities
then outstanding or affected thereby. Any such consent or waiver by the
Securityholder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture)
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future
Securityholders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may
be
issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not
any
notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other
Securities.
The
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is, to the extent and in the manner
provided in the Indenture, expressly subordinated and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred,
and
this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect
to such subordination. Each holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and authorizes the Trustee
on
its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact
for
such purpose.
Subject
to the subordination provisions of the Indenture, no reference herein to
the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of and Interest on this Security at the place, at the
respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein
prescribed.
Interest
on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.
The
Securities are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the
office or agency of the Company 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 Securities, Securities may be exchanged for
a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of any other authorized
denominations.
At
any
time on or after August 20, 2008 and prior to maturity, the Securities may
be
redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, in multiples
of
$1,000 principal amount, upon mailing a notice of such redemption not less
than
30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to the
Securityholders at their last registered addresses, all as provided in the
Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of
Securities being redeemed and accrued and unpaid Interest, to, but excluding,
the redemption date; PROVIDED that if the redemption date falls after a record
date and on or prior the corresponding interest payment date, then the Interest
payable on such interest payment date shall be paid to the holders of record
of
such Securities on the applicable record date instead of the holders
surrendering such Securities for redemption on such date.
The
Company may not give notice of any redemption of the Securities if a default
in
the payment of Interest on the Securities has occurred and is
continuing.
The
Securities are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking
fund.
If
a
Designated Event occurs at any time prior to maturity of the Securities,
the
Company shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Securityholder,
all or any portion of the Securities held by such Securityholder, on a date
specified by the Company not less than twenty (20) and not more than thirty-five
(35) business days after notice thereof at a repurchase price of 100% of
the
principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid Interest, on such Security
up to,
but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date; PROVIDED that if the
repurchase date falls after a record date and on or prior the corresponding
interest payment date, then the Interest payable on such interest payment
date
shall be paid to the holders of record of such Securities on the applicable
record date instead of the holders surrendering such Securities for repurchase
on such date. The Securities will be subject to repurchase in multiples of
$1,000 principal amount. The Company shall mail to all holders of record
of the
Securities a notice of the occurrence of a Designated Event and of the
repurchase right arising as
a
result thereof on or before the 15th day after the occurrence of such Designated
Event. To exercise such right, a Securityholder shall deliver to the Company
such Security with the form entitled "DESIGNATED EVENT REPURCHASE NOTICE"
on the
reverse thereof duly completed, together with the Security, duly endorsed
for
transfer, at any time prior to the close of business on the Designated Event
Repurchase Date, and shall deliver the Securities to the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company) as set forth in the
Indenture.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated
to purchase, at the option of the Securityholder, all or any portion of the
Securities held by such Securityholder on August 15, 2008 in multiples of
$1,000
principal amount at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount, plus
any
accrued and unpaid Interest, on such Security up to August 15, 2008. To exercise
such right, a Securityholder shall deliver to the Company such Security with
the
form entitled "REPURCHASE NOTICE" on the reverse thereof duly completed,
together with the Security, duly endorsed for transfer, at any time from
the
opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to August
15,
2008 until the close of business on August 15, 2008, and shall deliver the
Securities to the Trustee (or other paying agent appointed by the Company)
as
set forth in the Indenture.
Securityholders
have the right to withdraw any Designated Event Repurchase Notice or the
Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, by delivering to the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company) a written notice of withdrawal up
to the
close of business on the Designated Event Repurchase Date or the Repurchase
Date, as the case may be, all as provided in the Indenture.
If
money
or cash, sufficient to pay the repurchase price of all Securities or portions
thereof to be purchased as of the Designated Event Repurchase Date or the
Repurchase Date, as the case may be, is deposited with the Trustee (or other
paying agent appointed by the Company), on the Business Day following the
Designated Event Repurchase Date or the Repurchase Date, as the case may
be,
interest will cease to accrue on such Securities (or portions thereof)
immediately after such Repurchase Date, and the holder thereof shall have
no
other rights as such other than the right to receive the repurchase price
upon
surrender of such Security.
Subject
to the occurrence of certain events and in compliance with the provisions
of the
Indenture, prior to the final maturity date of the Securities, the
Securityholder hereof has the right, at its option, to convert each $1,000
principal amount of the Securities into 73.0482 shares of the Company's Common
Stock (a conversion price of approximately $13.69 per share), as such shares
shall be constituted at the date of conversion and subject to adjustment
from
time to time as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of this Security
with
the form entitled "CONVERSION NOTICE" on the reverse thereof duly completed,
to
the Company
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, or at the option of such Securityholder,
the
Corporate Trust Office, and, unless the shares issuable on conversion are
to be
issued in the same name as this Security, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed
by,
the Securityholder or by his duly authorized attorney. The Company will notify
the Securityholder thereof of any event triggering the right to convert the
Securities as specified above in accordance with the Indenture.
No
adjustment in respect of Interest on any Security converted or dividends
on any
shares issued upon conversion of such Security will be made upon any conversion
except as set forth in the next sentence. If this Security (or portion hereof)
is surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business
on
any record date for the payment of interest to the close of business on the
Business Day preceding the immediately following interest payment date, this
Security (or portion hereof being converted) must be accompanied by payment,
in
immediately available funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, of
an
amount equal to the Interest otherwise payable on such interest payment date
on
the principal amount being converted; PROVIDED that no such payment shall
be
required (1) if the Company has specified a redemption date that is after
a
record date and prior to the next interest payment date, (2) if the Company
has
specified a repurchase date following a Designated Event that is during such
period or (3) to the extent of any overdue Interest, if any overdue Interest
exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Security.
No
fractional shares will be issued upon any conversion, but an adjustment and
payment in cash will be made, as provided in the Indenture, in respect of
any
fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable upon the surrender
of any
Security for conversion.
A
Security in respect of which a Securityholder is exercising its right to
require
repurchase upon a Designated Event or repurchase on a Repurchase Date may
be
converted only if such Securityholder withdraws its election to exercise
either
such right in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Any
Securities called for redemption, unless surrendered for conversion by the
Securityholders thereof on or before the close of business on the Business
Day
preceding the redemption date, may be deemed to be redeemed from the holders
of
such Securities for an amount equal to the applicable redemption price, together
with accrued but unpaid Interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption, by one or more investment banks or other purchasers who may agree
with the Company (i) to purchase such Securities from the holders thereof
and
convert them into shares of the Company's Common Stock and (ii) to make payment
for such Securities as aforesaid to the Trustee in trust for the
Securityholders.
Upon
due
presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the
terms
of the Indenture, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations
for
an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
thereof, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge
except for any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed in
connection therewith.
The
Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any paying agent, any conversion
agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder
hereof
as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall
be
overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Company or any Security Registrar) for the
purpose
of receiving payment hereof, or on account hereof, for the conversion hereof
and
for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any other
authenticating agent nor any paying agent nor other conversion agent nor
any
Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments
made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent
of the
sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for monies payable on this
Security.
No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or Interest on this Security,
or
for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse
under
or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture
or
any supplemental indenture or in any Security, or because of the creation
of any
indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, employee, agent, officer or director or subsidiary, as such,
past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by
virtue
of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived
and released.
Terms
used in this Security and defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein
defined.
ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this
Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN
COM –
TEN
ENT -
JT
TEN -
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as
tenants in common
as
tenant by the entireties
as
joint tenants with right of
survivorship
and not
as
tenants in common
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UNIF
GIFT MIN ACT - ___ Custodian ___
(Cust) (Minor)
under
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
___________________________
(State)
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Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
CONVERSION
NOTICE
TO:
XXXXXX CORPORATION
BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
The
undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises
the
option to convert this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000
or a
multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock of Xxxxxx
Corporation in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in
this
Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon such
conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and
any
Securities representing any unconverted 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 Security not converted 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
Security.
Dated:
______________________
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Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an "ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION" meeting
the
requirements of the Security 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 Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution
for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as
amended.
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Signature
Guarantee
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Fill
in
the registration of shares of Common Stock if to be issued, and Securities
if to
be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered
holder:
_____________________________
(Name)
_____________________________
(Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx)
_____________________________
(City,
State and Zip Code)
_____________________________
Please
print name and address
_____________________________
Principal
amount to be converted
(if
less
than all):
$________________________________
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Social
Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification
Number:
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_____________________________
DESIGNATED
EVENT REPURCHASE NOTICE
TO:
XXXXXX CORPORATION
BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
The
undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges
receipt of a notice from Xxxxxx Corporation (the "COMPANY") regarding the
right
of Securityholders to elect to require the Company to repurchase the Securities
upon the occurrence of a Designated Event with respect to the Company and
requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this Security, or the portion
thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated,
in
accordance with the terms and conditions 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,
to the
registered Securityholder hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
Dated:
Signature(s):
NOTICE:
The above signatures of the holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name
as
written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration
or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Security
Certificate Number (if applicable):
Principal
amount to be repurchased (if less than all):
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
REPURCHASE
NOTICE
TO: XXXXXX
CORPORATION
BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
The
undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges
receipt of a notice from Xxxxxx Corporation (the "COMPANY") regarding the
right
of Securityholders to elect to require the Company to repurchase the Securities
and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this Security, or the
portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below
designated, in accordance with the terms and conditions 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 Repurchase Date, to the
registered holder hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
Dated:
Signature(s):
NOTICE:
The above signatures of the Securityholder(s) hereof must correspond with
the
name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Security
Certificate Number (if applicable):
Principal
amount to be repurchased (if less than all):
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
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 Security,
and
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ___________________ attorney
to transfer said Security on the
books
of
the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
In
connection
with any transfer of the Security 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 Security is being transferred:
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To Xxxxxx Corporation or a subsidiary thereof;
or
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To a "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" in compliance with Rule 144A
under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
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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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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and
unless the Security has been transferred to Xxxxxx Corporation or a subsidiary
thereof, the undersigned confirms that such Security is not being transferred
to
an "AFFILIATE" of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of
1933, as amended.
UNLESS
ONE OF
THE BOXES IS CHECKED, THE TRUSTEE WILL REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY OF THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
REGISTERED HOLDER THEREOF.
Dated:
____________________________
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Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an "ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION" meeting
the
requirements of the Security 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 Security Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution
for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Signature
Guarantee
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NOTICE:
The signature on the Conversion Notice, the Designated Event Repurchase Notice,
the Repurchase Notice or the Assignment must correspond with the name as
written
upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Schedule
I(3)
XXXXXX
CORPORATION
3
1/4% Convertible Subordinated Security Due
2013
No.
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Notation Explaining Principal | Authorized Signature | ||
Date | Principal Amount | Amount Recorded | of Trustee or |
Custodian |
_____________________
(3)
Include for Global Securities only.