CAPLEASE, INC., as Issuer EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO 7.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027
EXECUTION
COPY
as
Issuer
EACH
OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
7.50%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2027
Dated
as of October 9, 2007
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas
as
Trustee
XXX
XXXXX-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA
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SECTIONS
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SECTIONS
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310
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(a) |
7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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311
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(a) |
7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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312
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(b) |
13.03
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(c)
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13.03
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313
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(a) |
7.06
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(b)
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06
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(d)
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7.06
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314
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(a) |
4.02;
4.03
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315
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(a) |
7.01
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(b) |
(b)
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7.05
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316
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(a)(1)(A) |
6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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9.04
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317
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(a)(1) |
6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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Note:
The
Cross-Reference Table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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4
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitions
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5
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Section
1.03
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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5
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Section
1.04
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Rules
of Construction
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5
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Section
1.05
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Acts
of Holders
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5
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ARTICLE
2 THE SECURITIES
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6
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Section
2.01
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Form
and Dating
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6
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Section
2.02
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Execution
and Authentication
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6
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Section
2.03
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Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent
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7
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Section
2.04
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Paying
Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust
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7
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Section
2.05
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Holder
Lists
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7
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Section
2.06
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Transfer
and Exchange
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8
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Section
2.07
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Replacement
Securities
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8
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Section
2.08
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Outstanding
Securities
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9
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Section
2.09
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Temporary
Securities
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9
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Section
2.10
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Cancellation
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9
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Section
2.11
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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9
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Section
2.12
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Global
Securities
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9
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Section
2.13
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CUSIP
and ISIN Numbers
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12
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Section
2.14
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Liquidated
Damages Under Registration Rights Agreement
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12
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Section
2.15
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Ranking
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12
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Section
2.16
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Company
Determination Final
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12
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ARTICLE
3 REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASES
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12
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Section
3.01
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Company’s
Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee
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12
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Section
3.02
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Selection
of Securities To Be Redeemed
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12
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Section
3.03
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Notice
of Redemption
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13
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Section
3.04
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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13
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Section
3.05
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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13
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Section
3.06
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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13
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Section
3.07
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Repurchase
of Securities by the Company at Option of the Holder
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14
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Section
3.08
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Repurchase
of Securities at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental
Change
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15
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Section
3.09
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Effect
of Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice
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17
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Section
3.10
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Deposit
of Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
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17
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Section
3.11
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Securities
Repurchased in Part
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17
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Section
3.12
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Covenant
to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of
Securities
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18
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Section
3.13
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Repayment
to the Company
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18
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ARTICLE
4 COVENANTS
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18
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Section
4.01
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Payments
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18
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Section
4.02
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SEC
and Other Reports
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18
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Section
4.03
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Compliance
Certificate
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18
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Section
4.04
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Further
Instruments and Acts
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18
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Section
4.05
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Maintenance
of Office or Agency
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18
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Section
4.06
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Delivery
of Certain Information
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19
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ARTICLE
5 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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19
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Section
5.01
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When
Company or Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets
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19
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ARTICLE
6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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19
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Section
6.01
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Events
of Default
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19
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Section
6.02
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Acceleration
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21
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Section
6.03
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Other
Remedies
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21
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Section
6.04
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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21
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Section
6.05
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Control
by Majority
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21
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Section
6.06
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Limitation
on Suits
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21
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Section
6.07
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Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment
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21
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Section
6.08
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
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21
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Section
6.09
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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22
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Section
6.10
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Priorities
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22
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Section
6.11
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Undertaking
for Costs
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22
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Section
6.12
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Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
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22
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ARTICLE
7 TRUSTEE
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22
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Section
7.01
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Duties
of Trustee
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22
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Section
7.02
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Rights
of Trustee
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23
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Section
7.03
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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24
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Section
7.04
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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24
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Section
7.05
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Notice
of Defaults
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24
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Section
7.06
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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24
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Section
7.07
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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24
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Section
7.08
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Replacement
of Trustee
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24
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Section
7.09
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Successor
Trustee by Merger
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25
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Section
7.10
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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25
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Section
7.11
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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25
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Section
7.12
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Trustee’s
Application for Instructions from the Company
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25
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ARTICLE
8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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25
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Section
8.01
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Discharge
of Liability on Securities
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25
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Section
8.02
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Repayment
to the Company
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26
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ARTICLE
9 AMENDMENTS
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26
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Section
9.01
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Without
Consent of Holders
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26
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Section
9.02
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With
Consent of Holders
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26
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Section
9.03
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Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act
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27
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Section
9.04
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Revocation
and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions
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27
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Section
9.05
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Notation
on or Exchange of Securities
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27
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Section
9.06
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Trustee
to Sign Supplemental Indentures
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28
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Section
9.07
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Effect
of Supplemental Indentures
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28
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ARTICLE
10 CONVERSIONS
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28
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Section
10.01
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Conversion
Rights
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28
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Section
10.02
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Conversion
Consideration
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29
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Section
10.03
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Conversion
Procedures
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31
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Section
10.04
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Taxes
on Conversions
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32
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Section
10.05
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Company
to Provide Stock
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32
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Section
10.06
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Adjustment
for Change in Capital Stock
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32
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Section
10.07
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Adjustment
for Rights Issue
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32
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Section
10.08
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Adjustment
for Other Distributions
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33
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Section
10.09
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Adjustment
for Cash Dividends
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34
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Section
10.10
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Adjustment
for Company Tender Offer
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34
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Section
10.11
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Additional
Adjustments
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35
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Section
10.12
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When
No Adjustment Required
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36
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Section
10.13
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De
minimis Impact on Conversion Rate
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36
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Section
10.14
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Notice
of Adjustment
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36
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Section
10.15
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Company
Determination Final
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36
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Section
10.16
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Trustee’s
Adjustment Disclaimer
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36
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Section
10.17
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Simultaneous
Adjustments
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36
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Section
10.18
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Successive
Adjustments
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36
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Section
10.19
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Limitation
on Adjustments
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36
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Section
10.20
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Adjustment
to Conversion Rate upon Qualifying Fundamental Change
Transactions
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36
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ARTICLE
11 PAYMENT OF INTEREST
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37
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Section
11.01
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Payment
of Interest
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37
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Section
11.02
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Additional
Interest
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38
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Section
11.03
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Defaulted
Interest
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38
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Section
11.04
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Interest
Rights Preserved
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39
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ARTICLE
12 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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39
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Section
12.01
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Guarantee
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39
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Section
12.02
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Limitation
on Guarantor Liability
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39
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Section
12.03
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Releases
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40
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ARTICLE
13 MISCELLANEOUS
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40
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Section
13.01
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Trust
Indenture Act Controls
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40
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Section
13.02
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Notices
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40
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Section
13.03
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Communication
by Holders with Other Holders
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41
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Section
13.04
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Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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41
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Section
13.05
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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41
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Section
13.06
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Separability
Clause
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42
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Section
13.07
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Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and Xxxxxxxxx
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Section
13.08
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Legal
Holidays
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41
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Section
13.09
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Governing
Law
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41
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Section
13.10
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No
Recourse Against Others
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41
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Section
13.11
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Successors
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41
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Section
13.12
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Multiple
Originals
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41
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Section
13.13
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Table
of Contents; Headings
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41
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Section
13.14
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Patriot
Act
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41
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EXHIBIT
A
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A-1
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vi
INDENTURE
dated as of October 9, 2007 among CapLease, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the “Company”),
Caplease, LP, Caplease Debt Funding, LP, Caplease Services Corp. and Caplease
Credit LLC (each a “Guarantor”),
and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation (the
“Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the
equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s 7.50% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2027:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“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.
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a day on which state or federally
chartered banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to
be
open.
“Capital
Stock”
for
any
entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants,
options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) stock issued by that entity.
“Certificated
Securities”
means
securities that are in registered definitive form.
“Change
in Control”
will
be
deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs:
(i)
any
“person” or “group” is or becomes the “beneficial owner,” directly or
indirectly, of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock representing more than 50%
of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of the Company’s Voting
Stock or has the power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the
members of the Company’s Board of Directors;
(ii)
the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or the
Company
sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or
substantially all of its assets, or any Person consolidates with, or merges
with
or into, the Company, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction
in
which the Persons that “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, the shares
of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction
“beneficially own,” directly or indirectly, shares of Voting Stock representing
at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes
of
Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person;
(iii) a
majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing
Directors; or
(iv)
the
holders of the Company’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in
compliance with this Indenture).
For
purposes of this Change in Control definition:
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a
“beneficial
owner”
will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act,
as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except that the number
of
shares of the Company’s Voting Stock will be deemed to include, in
addition to all outstanding shares of the Company’s Voting Stock and
Unissued Shares deemed to be held by the “person” or “group” or other
person with respect to which the Change in Control determination
is being
made, all Unissued Shares deemed to be held by all other
persons;
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“beneficially
own”
and “beneficially
owned”
have meanings correlative to that of “beneficial owner”;
and
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“person”
or “group”
have the meanings given to them for purposes of Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions, and the term
“group”
includes any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding
or
disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1)
under the
Exchange Act, or any successor
provision.
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“Closing
Sale Price”
of
the
Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no
closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and asked prices or,
if
more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
asked prices) at 4:00 pm (New York City time) on such date as reported by
The
New York Stock Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not reported
by
The New York Stock Exchange, in composite transactions for the principal
U.S.
national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded.
If
the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on the relevant date, the Closing Sale Price will be
the
last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market
on the
relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or
similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the Closing Sale
Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and asked prices
for
the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three independent
nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company for
this
purpose.
“Common
Stock”
shall
mean the shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company,
or
any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock
shall be reclassified or changed.
“Company”
means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof and, thereafter, means the
successor.
“Company
Order”
means
a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any
Officer.
“Continuing
Director”
means,
as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who
either
was a member of the Board of Directors on the date of the original issuance
of
the Securities or was nominated for election or elected to the Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who
were
members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or
election.
“Corporate
Trust Office”
means
the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any time the trust
created
by this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof
is
located at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Trust & Securities Services
- Global Debt Services, 60 Wall Street, NYC MS 60-2710, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000,
Attention: Corporates Team Deal Manager, or such other address as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company,
or the
corporate trust office of any successor Trustee at which such trust shall
be
administered (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate
from
time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Default”
means
any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be,
an
Event of Default.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Ex-Dividend
Date”
means
the first date upon which a sale of the Common Stock does not automatically
transfer the right to receive a distribution that is payable by the Company
to
holders of Common Stock from the seller of the Common Stock to its
buyer.
“Fundamental
Change”
means
the occurrence of a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
as in
effect and, to the extent optional, adopted by the Company, on the date of
this
Indenture, consistently applied.
“Global
Security”
means
a
permanent Global Security that is in the form of the Security attached hereto
as
Exhibit A, and that is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and
registered in the name of the Depositary.
“Guarantors”
means
each of Caplease, LP, Caplease Debt Funding, LP, Caplease Services Corp.
and
Caplease Credit LLC, until any such entity is released or succeeded in
accordance with the terms hereof, in which case, the term “Guarantor” shall
include such successor, if any.
“Holder”
or
“Holders”
means
a
Person or Persons in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s
books.
“Indenture”
means
this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with
the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to
be a
part hereof.
“Issue
Date”
of
any
Security means the date on which the Security was originally issued or deemed
issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
“Liquidated
Damages”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Market
Disruption Event”
means
the occurrence or existence for more than one half hour period in the aggregate
on any scheduled Trading Day for shares of Common Stock of any suspension
or
limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding
limits
permitted by The New York Stock Exchange or otherwise) in shares of Common
Stock
or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to shares of Common
Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before
1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.
“Officer”
means
the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer,
the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Investment Officer, any
Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President,
the
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary
of
the Company.
2
“Officers’
Certificate”
means
a
written certificate containing the information specified in Section 13.04
and
Section 13.05,
signed
in the name of the Company by any two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.
An
Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 4.03
shall be
signed by a financial or accounting Officer of the Company but need not contain
the information specified in Section 13.04
and
Section 13.05.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion containing the information specified in Section 13.04
and
Section 13.05
from
legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the
Company.
“Person”
means
any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Redemption
Date”
means
the date specified in a notice of redemption on which the Securities may
be
redeemed in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this
Indenture.
“Reference
Dividend”
means
aggregated quarterly cash dividends on the Common Stock in the amount of
$0.20
per share of Common Stock in respect of any fiscal quarter (without regard
to
the actual quarterly period in which paid), subject to adjustment in accordance
with Section 10.09.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Resale Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2007,
between the Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative
of the
initial purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 2,
2007.
“Restricted
Security”
means
a
Security required to bear the Restrictive Legend set forth in the Form of
Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Rule 144A”
means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may
be amended from time to time.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities”
means
any of the Company’s 7.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, issued under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within
the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the
SEC.
“Stated
Maturity,”
when
used with respect to any Security, means October 1, 2027.
“Subsidiary”
means
a
Person more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the
Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Subsidiary
Guarantee”
means
the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture and on the Securities, as set forth in Article 12.
“Termination
of Trading”
means
the Common Stock (or other securities into which the Securities are then
convertible) is not approved for listing on a U.S. national securities
exchange.
“TIA”
means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture,
provided,
however,
that in
the event the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required
by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.
“Trading
Day”
means
any day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and
(ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on The New York Stock
Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not listed on The New York Stock Exchange,
the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
the
Common Stock is then listed, admitted for trading or quoted, or, if the Common
Stock is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any Business Day;
provided,
however,
that a
“Trading Day” only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of
4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then-standard closing time for regular
trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.
“Trading
Price”
of
the
Securities, on any date of determination, means the average of the secondary
bid
quotations per Security obtained by the Conversion Agent for $5,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on such determination date from three independent nationally
recognized securities dealers selected by the Company, provided
that
(i) if at least three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained, but two such
bids can reasonably be obtained, then the average of these two bids shall
be
used, and (ii) if at least two such bids cannot reasonably be obtained but
one such bid can reasonably be obtained, such bid shall be used; provided
further that
if
no such bids can reasonably be obtained, then for purposes of determining
whether the condition set forth in Section 10.01(a)(ii)
is
satisfied, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities will
be
deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the
Common Stock and the Conversion Rate of the Securities on such
date.
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“Trustee”
means
the party named as the “Trustee”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant
to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent
such
successor or successors.
“Trust
Officer”
means
any Managing Director, Director, Vice President, Assistant Vice President,
Associate or officer within the Corporate Trust department of the Trustee
(or
any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Uniform
Commercial Code”
means
the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time.
“Unissued
Shares”
means
shares of Voting Stock not outstanding that are subject to options, warrants,
rights to purchase or conversion privileges exercisable within 60 days of
the
date of determination of a Change in Control.
“Voting
Stock”
of
a
Person means any class or classes of Capital Stock or other interests of
such
Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence
of any contingency) to vote in the election of the board of directors, managers
or trustees of such Person.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary”
means,
at any time, a Subsidiary all the Voting Stock of which (except directors’
qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable
law) is at such time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its
other
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Section 1.02 Other
Definitions.
Term
Section
|
Defined
in:
|
|
“Act”
|
Section 1.05
|
|
“Additional
Interest”
|
Section
11.02
|
|
“Additional
Securities”
|
Section 2.02
|
|
“Additional
Shares”
|
Section 10.20
|
|
“Agent
Members”
|
Section 2.12(f)
|
|
“Bankruptcy
Law”
|
Section 6.01
|
|
“cash”
|
Section 3.07(a)
|
|
“Cash
Settlement Notice Period”
|
Section
10.02(b)(i)
|
|
“Common
Stock Registrar”
|
Section
2.04
|
|
“Company
Notice”
|
Section 3.07(b)
|
|
“Company
Notice Date”
|
Section 3.07(b)
|
|
“Conversion
Agent”
|
Section 2.03
|
|
“Conversion
Date”
|
Section 10.03(a)
|
|
“Conversion
Notice”
|
Section 10.03(a)
|
|
“Conversion
Price”
|
Section 10.02(a)
|
|
“Conversion
Rate”
|
Section 10.02(a)
|
|
“Conversion
Retraction Period”
|
Section
10.02(b)(i)
|
|
“Conversion
Settlement Averaging Period”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Conversion
Value”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Custodian”
|
Section 6.01
|
|
“Daily
Conversion Value”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Daily
Share Amount”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Daily
VWAP”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Defaulted
Interest”
|
Section 11.03
|
|
“Depositary”
|
Section 2.01(a)
|
|
“DTC”
|
Section 2.01(a)
|
|
“Event
of Default”
|
Section 6.01
|
|
“Final
Notice Date”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Effective Date”
|
Section 3.08(a)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Notice”
|
Section 3.08(b)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Notice Date”
|
Section 3.08(b)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date”
|
Section 3.08(b)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice”
|
Section 3.08(c)
|
|
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price”
|
Section 3.08(a)
|
|
“Initial
Securities”
|
Section 2.02
|
4
Term
Section
|
Defined
in:
|
|
“Interest
Payment Date”
|
Section 11.01(a)
|
|
“Legal
Holiday”
|
Section 13.08
|
|
“Ownership
Limit”
|
Section 10.01(i)
|
|
“Paying
Agent”
|
Section 2.03
|
|
“Qualifying
Fundamental Change”
|
Section 10.20
|
|
“QFC
Effective Date”
|
Section 10.20
|
|
“QIB”
|
Section 2.01(a)
|
|
“Record
Date”
|
Section 11.01(a)
|
|
“Redemption
Price”
|
Section
3.01
|
|
“Reference
Property”
|
Section 10.11(d)
|
|
“Registrar”
|
Section 2.03
|
|
“REIT”
|
Section
3.01
|
|
“Repurchase
Date”
|
Section 3.07(a)
|
|
“Repurchase
Notice”
|
Section 3.07(a)(i)
|
|
“Repurchase
Price”
|
Section 3.07(a)
|
|
“Restrictive
Legend”
|
Section 2.06(f)
|
|
“Rule 144A
Information”
|
Section 4.06
|
|
“Settlement
Amount”
|
Section 10.02(b)
|
|
“Special
Record Date”
|
Section 11.03
|
|
“Specified
Cash Amount”
|
Section
10.02(b)
|
|
“Spin-Off”
|
Section 10.08
|
|
“Stock
Price”
|
Section 10.20
|
Section 1.03 Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. All TIA terms
used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference
to
another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them
by
such definitions.
Section 1.04 Rules
of Construction.
(1) a
term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it and
shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or”
is
not
exclusive;
(4) “including”
means
including, without limitation;
(5) words
in
the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(6) all
references to $, dollars, cash payments or money refer to United States
currency; and
(7) all
references to payments of interest on the Securities shall include Liquidated
Damages, if any, payable in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights
Agreement, and Additional Interest, if any, payable in accordance with Section
11.02.
Section 1.05 Acts
of Holders.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and
to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act”
of
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any
purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(a) The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments
of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a
signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in
any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(b) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the register for the
Securities.
(c) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same
Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company
or the
Conversion Agent in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action
is
made upon such Security.
(d) If
the
Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its
option,
by or pursuant to a board resolution, fix in advance a record date for the
determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have
no
obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close
of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes
of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
provided
that no
such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
date.
ARTICLE 2
THE
SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Form
and Dating.
The
Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form set forth in the Form of Security attached hereto
as
Exhibit A, which is a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage
(provided
that any
such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable
to the Company). The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or
endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated the
date of
its authentication. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Indenture,
all Securities shall be identical in all respects. Notwithstanding any
differences among them, all Securities issued under this Indenture shall
vote
and consent together on all matters as one class.
(a) Global
Securities.
Securities offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers as defined
in
Rule 144A (“QIBs”)
in
reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
permanent Global Securities, which shall be deposited with or on behalf of
The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)
and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC (Cede & Co.,
DTC, or any successors thereto being hereinafter referred to as the
“Depositary”),
duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time
to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.
(b) Global
Securities in General.
Each
Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall
be
specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges, redemptions, repurchases and conversions.
Any
adjustment of the aggregate principal amount 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 in accordance with instructions
given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12
hereof
and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.
(c) Book-Entry
Provisions.
This
Section 2.01(c)
shall
apply only to Global Securities deposited with or on behalf of the
Depositary.
The
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this
Section 2.01(c),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that
(a) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary, (b) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s
instructions and (c) shall bear a legend substantially to the effect of the
global note legend set forth in the Form of Security attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
Section 2.02 Execution
and Authentication.The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The
signature of an Officer on the Securities may be manual or by
facsimile.
If
an
Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the
time
the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid
nevertheless.
At
any
time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver
Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities,
and
the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and
deliver
such Securities.
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A
Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been duly authenticated
under
this Indenture.
The
Securities shall originally be issued only in fully registered form without
interest coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount
and any
integral multiple thereof.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Company may, without the
consent of the holders of Securities, issue additional Securities (the
“Additional
Securities”)
from
time to time in the future with the same terms and the same CUSIP number
as the
Securities originally issued under this Indenture (the “Initial
Securities”)
in an
unlimited principal amount, provided
that
such Additional Securities must be part of the same issue as the Initial
Securities for United States federal income tax purposes. The Initial Securities
and any such Additional Securities will constitute a single series of debt
securities, and in circumstances in which this Indenture provides for the
Holders of Securities to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial
Securities and the Holders of any such Additional Securities will vote or
take
that action as a single class.
The
Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee
may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever
the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by
the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall
have the same rights as the Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent to
deal
with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.The
Company shall maintain an office or agency in New York City where Securities
may
be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”),
an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for repurchase, redemption
or
payment (“Paying
Agent”),
an
office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (“Conversion
Agent”)
and an
office or agency where notices to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Securities and of their transfer, exchange, repurchase, redemption
and
conversion. The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more
additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The
term
Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent, including any named pursuant
to Section 4.05.
The
term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including
any
named pursuant to Section 4.05.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar,
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture,
which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement
the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall
notify
the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails
to
maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall
act as
such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant
to
Section 7.07.
The
Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
may
act as Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Conversion Agent and
Paying
Agent in connection with the Securities, custodian for the Depositary with
respect to the Global Securities, and each office or agency of the Trustee
to be
such office or agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes.
Section 2.04 Paying
Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust.
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, on or prior to each due date of payment in respect
of
any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money
(in
immediately available funds if deposited on the due date) or Common Stock
or, as
permitted by this Indenture, a combination thereof, sufficient to make such
payments when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent
(other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall
hold in
trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and Common Stock
held
by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Securities
and
shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. At any time during the continuance of any such default, the Paying
Agent shall, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all money and Common Stock so held in trust. If the Company or a
Wholly
Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and Common
Stock held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and Common
Stock
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds and Common Stock
disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying
Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the
Trustee.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, if due to any law, rule, regulation
applicable to the Trustee or any internal policy of the Trustee, the Trustee
(in
its capacity as Trustee, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent) is not permitted
or
able to hold in trust for the benefit of Holders, or to deliver to Holders,
any
shares of Common Stock which are owed to any Holders upon conversion of any
Security, then the Trustee shall not be required to hold any such shares
of
Common Stock in trust or deliver such shares of Common Stock to the Holders
and
the Company shall not be required to deliver such shares of Common Stock
to the
Trustee, but rather instead, the Company shall appoint another Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent or Co-Trustee that has the ability to perform such functions
or
the Trustee and the Company shall coordinate with the registrar and stock
transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock (the “Common
Stock Registrar”)
to
ensure that any such shares of Common Stock are held in trust by the Common
Stock Registrar and delivered by the Common Stock Registrar to the Holders
when
due, and in such capacity and in performing such duties on behalf of the
Trustee, the Common Stock Registrar shall be entitled to all of the rights,
powers and indemnifies that the Trustee, Conversion Agent or Paying Agent
is
entitled to under this Indenture. Nothing in this paragraph shall relieve
the
Company of its duty to issue and deliver any shares of Common Stock to the
Holders of Securities upon conversion when due.
Section 2.05 Holder
Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable
the
most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If
the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in
writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and
at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form
and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses
of Holders.
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Section 2.06 Transfer
and Exchange.
(a)
Subject
to Sections 2.12 and 3.06 hereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer
of
any Security, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory
to the
Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized
in writing, at the office or agency of the Company designated as Registrar
or
co-registrar pursuant to Section 2.03,
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 denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At
the
option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of
any
authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged, together with a written
instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the
Holder
or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
The
Company shall not charge a service charge for any registration of transfer
or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay
all
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Holder
requesting such transfer or exchange.
The
Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register,
transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in
the
case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be
redeemed) or any Securities in respect of which a Repurchase Notice or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by
the
Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in
the
case of Securities to be repurchased in part, the portion thereof not to
be
repurchased).
(b) Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a
Global
Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with
Section 2.12
and this
Section 2.06(b).
Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global
Security to the Depositary, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor
of
the Depositary or such successor’s nominee.
(c) Successive
registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may
be
made from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted
on
the register for the Securities.
(d) Any
Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03
hereof
shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably
require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon
transfer or exchange of Securities.
(e) No
Registrar shall be required to make registrations of transfer or exchange
of
Securities during any periods designated in the text of the Securities or
in
this Indenture as periods during which such registration of transfers and
exchanges need not be made.
(f) Except
as
set forth in the following sentence, Securities that are issued upon the
transfer, exchange or replacement of Restricted Securities shall bear the
restrictive legend set forth in the Form of Security attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Restrictive
Legend”)
and be
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth therein. If any Restricted
Securities are tendered for transfer, exchange or replacement or a request
is
made to remove the Restrictive Legend on a Security, the Securities issued
upon
such transfer, exchange or replacement shall bear the Restrictive Legend,
or the
Restrictive Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless (i) there
is
delivered to the Company and the Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which
may
include an Opinion of Counsel, as may be reasonably required by the Company
and
the Registrar, that neither the Restrictive Legend nor the restrictions on
transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof
comply
with the provisions of Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act
or that such Securities are not “restricted securities” within the meaning of
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (ii) the Company notifies the
Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration
statement that is effective at the time of such sale. Upon (i) provision of
such satisfactory evidence, or (ii) notification by the Company to the
Trustee and Registrar of such sale pursuant to an effective registration
statement, the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate
and
deliver a Security that does not bear the Restrictive Legend. If the Restrictive
Legend is removed from the face of a Security and the Security is subsequently
held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, the Restrictive Legend
shall
be reinstated.
Section 2.07 Replacement
Securities.
If a
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a
Security claims that such Security has been lost, destroyed or stolen, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security
if
the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met
and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee.
If
required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity
bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect
the
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar
from
any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company
and
the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a
Security.
In
case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about
to
become due and payable, or is about to be repurchased by the Company pursuant
to
Article 3
hereof,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
or
repurchase such Security in cash in an amount equal to its principal amount
plus
any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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Upon
the
issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.07,
the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every
new
Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.07
in
exchange for any mutilated Security, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen
Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation
of the
Company and any other obligor upon the Securities, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding
Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the
Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation
and those described in this Section 2.08
as not
outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company
or
an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security; provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities
have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder, Securities owned by the
Company or any obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding,
except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other
action, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows
to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities
outstanding at the time of such determination shall be considered in any
such
determination (including, without limitation, determinations pursuant to
Article 6
and
Article 9).
If
a
Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07,
it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If
the
Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date,
on
the Business Day following a Repurchase Date or a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, or on Stated Maturity, money sufficient to pay Securities payable on
that
date, then on and after such Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, or on and
after
the Business Day following the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, as the case may be, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
on such Securities shall cease to accrue and such Securities shall cease
to be
convertible; provided,
that if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made.
If
a
Security is converted in accordance with Article 10,
then on
and after the Conversion Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding
and
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
shall cease to accrue on such Security.
Section 2.09 Temporary
Securities.
Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and
the
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall
be
substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations
that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive
Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.
Section 2.10 Cancellation.
The
Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.
The
Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, conversion
or redemption. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or
cancellation and shall dispose of such cancelled Securities in its customary
manner. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it
has
redeemed, repurchased, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
or that
any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 10.
Section 2.11 Persons
Deemed Owners.
Prior
to due presentment of an outstanding Security for registration of transfer,
the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of such Security or the
payment of any Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price in respect thereof, and interest thereon (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any), for the purpose of conversion thereof
and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the
Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.12 Global
Securities.
(a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities,
(A) transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only
in accordance with Section 2.06
and
Section 2.12(a)(i),
(B) transfers of a beneficial interest in a Global Security for a
Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.06
and
Section 2.12(a)(iii)
below,
and
(C) transfers of a Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.06
and
Section 2.12(a)(iv)
and
Section 2.12(a)(v)
below.
(i) Transfer
of Global Security.
A
Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person
other
than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof; provided
that
this clause (i) shall not prohibit any issuance of a Certificated Security
in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to clause (iii) below. No
transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture
or
the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the
name of
such Person. Nothing in this Section 2.12(a)(i)
shall
prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Global
Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.12(a).
(ii) Restrictions
on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security for a Certificated
Security.
Owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have
Securities represented by that Global Security registered in their names,
will
not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated
Securities, except as provided below, and will not be considered the owners
or
holders thereof under this Indenture or under the Securities for any purpose,
including with respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval
to the Trustee.
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(iii) A
beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Certificated
Security except that Certificated
Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global
Security in exchange for such interests if:
(A) DTC
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Security or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under
the Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is required to be so registered in order
to
act as Depositary, and in each case a successor Depositary is not appointed
by
the Company within 90 days of such notice;
(B) the
Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and Registrar an Officers’
Certificate stating that the book-entry system through DTC shall be
discontinued; or
(C) an
Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities
and the
Holder of such Securities so requests.
In
connection with the exchange of one or more entire Global Securities for
Certificated Securities pursuant to this subsection (iii),
such
Global Securities shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by DTC
in
exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Certificated Securities of authorized
denominations.
Upon
receipt by the Registrar of instructions from the Holder of a Global Security
directing the Registrar to (x) issue one or more Certificated Securities in
authorized denominations and the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial
interest in such Global Security and (y) debit or cause to be debited an
equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Security, subject
to the
rules and procedures of DTC:
(1) the
Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such instructions,
identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest in such Global
Security;
(2) the
Company shall promptly execute and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to such beneficial owner Certificated Security(ies)
in
authorized denominations and an equivalent amount to such beneficial interest
in
such Global Security; and
(3) the
Registrar shall decrease such Global Security by such amount in accordance
with
the foregoing.
(iv) Transfer
and Exchange of Certificated Securities.
When
Certificated Securities are presented to the Registrar with a
request:
(x) to
register the transfer of such Certificated Securities; or
(y) to
exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal amount of
Certificated Securities of other authorized denominations,
the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its
reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided,
however,
that
the Certificated Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall
be
duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by
the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) so
long
as such Securities are Restricted Securities, such Securities are being
transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement
under
the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) below, and are
accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as
applicable:
(a) if
such
Certificated Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder
for
registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification
from
such Holder to that effect; or
(b) if
such
Certificated Securities are being transferred to the Company or its Subsidiary,
a certification to that effect; or
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(c) if
such
Certificated Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from
registration, (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth in
the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A, if applicable) and
(ii) if the Company so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to it or other evidence in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions
set
forth in the Restrictive Legend.
(v) Restrictions
on Transfer of a Certificated Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Global
Security.
A
Certificated Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Global
Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth
below.
Subject
to the occurrence of the circumstances specified in Section 2.12(a)(iii)
above,
upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Security, duly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(I) so
long
as the Securities are Restricted Securities, certification, in the form set
forth in the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A, that such
Certificated Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A; and
(II) written
instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Registrar to
make,
an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Security
to
reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information
regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,
the
Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Security and cause, or direct the
Registrar to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures
existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate principal
amount of Securities represented by the Global Security to be increased by
the
aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be exchanged,
and
shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified
in
such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security in authorized
denominations and equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Security
so
cancelled.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.06(f),
every
Restricted Security, including beneficial interests in a Global Security,
shall
be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Restrictive Legend,
including the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, if so required. Whenever
any
Certificated Security that is a Restricted Security is presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered in
a name
other than that of the Holder, such Restricted Security must be accompanied
by a
certificate in substantially the form set forth in the Form of Security attached
hereto as Exhibit A, dated the date of such surrender and signed by the
Holder of such Security, as to compliance with such restrictions on transfer.
The Registrar shall not accept for such registration of transfer or exchange
any
Security not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.
(c) The
restrictions imposed by the Restrictive Legend upon the transferability of
any
Security shall cease and terminate when such Security has been sold pursuant
to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or transferred
in
compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto) or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding period
applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or
any successor provision). The Holder of any Security as to which such
restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms
or
shall have terminated may request, upon a surrender of such Security for
exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
the removal of such Restrictive Legend in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 2.06(f).
The
Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration
statement registering the Securities under the Securities Act. The Trustee
shall
not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in
accordance with the aforementioned Opinion of Counsel or registration
statement.
(d) As
used
in Section 2.12(b)
and
Section 2.12(c),
the
term “transfer”
encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation, or other
disposition of any Security.
(e) The
provisions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below shall apply only to Global
Securities:
(i) Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof 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
the
applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged
in
whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as 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 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 deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of
the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(ii) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.12(f)
below,
the
registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent
Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Securities.
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(iii) In
the
event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.12(a)(iii)
above,
the
Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest
coupons.
(f) Neither
any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the
“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, or under any such Global Security,
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 under this Indenture
and under the Securities. 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. The Holder
of
a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent
Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Securities.
Section 2.13 CUSIP
and ISIN Numbers.
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP and ISIN numbers
in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided,
however,
that
neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any
defect
in the CUSIP or ISIN number that appears on any Security, check, advice of
payment or redemption notice, and 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 and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in
or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in
the
event of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
Section 2.14 Liquidated
Damages Under Registration Rights Agreement.
The
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement are hereby incorporated herein
by
reference and any Liquidated Damages payable pursuant to the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement are deemed to be interest for purposes of this
Indenture.
Section 2.15 Ranking.
The
Securities will be general unsecured obligations of the Company and will
rank
equal in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future
unsubordinated debt and senior to all of the Company’s future subordinated
indebtedness.
Section 2.16 Company
Determination Final.
The
Company will be responsible for making all calculations required under the
Securities, unless otherwise set forth in this Indenture. Such calculations
include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Closing Sale Price
of the
Common Stock in the absence of reported or quoted prices and adjustments
to the
Conversion Rate, the Trading Price of the Securities, the amount of accrued
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) payable
on the Securities and both the Conversion Rate and the Conversion Price of
the
Securities. The Company shall make all such calculations in good faith, and,
absent manifest error, such calculations will be final and binding on Holders
of
Securities. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the
Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of such
calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward such
calculations to any Holder upon the request of such Holder.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
AND REPURCHASES
Section 3.01 Company’s
Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee.
The
Securities will not be subject to redemption prior to October 5, 2012,
except to preserve the Company’s status as a REIT. On or after October 5,
2012, or if, at any time, the Company determines it is necessary to redeem
the
Securities in order to preserve the Company’s qualification as a real estate
investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“REIT”),
the
Company shall have the right to redeem the Securities in whole or in part,
at
any time or from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
prior written notice delivered to the Holders, for cash at a Redemption Price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus
any
accrued and unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional
Interest, if any) thereon up to, but not including, the Redemption Date (the
“Redemption
Price”);
provided,
however,
that if
the Redemption Date is on a date that is after a Record Date and on or prior
to
the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the related
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any)
due
on
such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business
on
the corresponding Record Date. In the case where the Company is redeeming
the
Securities to preserve its status as a REIT, the Company shall provide the
Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing that the Board of Directors
has, in good faith, made the determination that it is necessary to redeem
the
Securities in order to preserve the Company’s qualification as a REIT for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
The
Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 3.01
at least
60 days before the Redemption Date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter
period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will
comply with the conditions herein.
Section 3.02 Selection
of Securities To Be Redeemed .
If
fewer than all outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another
method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements
and the procedures of the Depositary, if any, and that the Trustee considers
appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities
not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions of the principal amount of Securities that have denominations larger
than $1,000. Securities and portions of Securities the Trustee selects shall
be
in principal amounts of $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions
of this
Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions
of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be
redeemed.
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If
the
Trustee selects a portion of a Holder’s Securities for partial redemption and
such Holder converts a portion of the same Securities, the converted portion
will be deemed first to be from the portion selected for
redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice
of Redemption.
At
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company
or
the Trustee shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
The
notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall
state:
(a) the
Redemption Date;
(b) the
Redemption Price;
(c) the
Conversion Rate;
(d) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(e) that
Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time before the
close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date;
(f) that
Holders who want to convert their Securities must satisfy all the requirements
set forth herein and in the Securities;
(g) that
Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
to
collect the Redemption Price;
(h) if
fewer
than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate
numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be
redeemed;
(i) that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price,
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
on Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date; and
(j) the
CUSIP
and ISIN number(s) of the Securities.
At
the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, provided
that the
Company makes such request at least five Business Days prior to the date
by
which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with
this
Section 3.03,
provided
further
that, in
all cases, the text of such notice of redemption shall be prepared by the
Company.
Section 3.04 Effect
of Notice of Redemption.
Once
notice of redemption is given, Securities called for redemption become due
and
payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the
notice
of redemption except for Securities which are converted in accordance with
the
terms of this Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities
shall be paid at the Redemption Price stated in the notice of
redemption.
Section 3.05 Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the Redemption Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
is
the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to
pay the
Redemption Price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than
Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or have been converted.
The Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Company any
money not required for that purpose because of conversion of Securities pursuant
to Article 10.
If such
money is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose
it shall be discharged from such trust.
Section 3.06 Securities
Redeemed in Part.
(a) In
the
event of any redemption in part, the Company will not be required to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning
at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which
the
relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders
of
Securities to be so redeemed or, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security, so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
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(b) Upon
surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute
and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security in
an
authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion
of
the Security surrendered, or in the case of a Global Security, the Company
shall
instruct the Registrar to decrease such Global Security by the principal
amount
of the redeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
Section 3.07 Repurchase
of Securities by the Company at Option of the Holder.
(a) General.
Securities, in whole or in part (equal to $1,000 or a integral multiple
thereof), shall be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holder
on
October 1, 2012, October 1, 2017 and October 1, 2022 or the next
Business Day following such date to the extent any such date is not a Business
Day (each, a “Repurchase
Date”),
in
U.S. legal tender (“cash”)
at
100% of the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued
and unpaid interest, (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if
any), thereon up to, but not including, such Repurchase Date (the “Repurchase
Price”).
If a
Repurchase Date is on a date that is after the Record Date and on or prior
to
the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the related
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) due
on
such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business
on
the corresponding Record Date.
No
Securities may be repurchased by the Company at the option of Holders if
there
has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities, other than a default in the payment of the Repurchase Price with
respect to the Securities. Repurchases of Securities hereunder shall be made,
at
the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Paying Agent and the Company by the Holder of a written notice (or
in the
case of Global Securities, a notice delivered electronically or by other
means
in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of repurchase (a
“Repurchase
Notice”)
during
the period beginning at any time from the opening of business on the date
that
is 20 Business Days prior to the relevant Repurchase Date until the close
of
business on the second Business Day prior to such Repurchase Date
stating:
(A) if
the
Securities are Certificated Securities, the certificate number of the Security
which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, if any; if the Securities
are
not Certificated Securities, all information required to comply with all
DTC
procedures,
(B) the
principal amount of the Security, or portion thereof, which the Holder will
deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be in principal amounts of
$1,000
or an integral multiple thereof, and
(C) that
such
Security or portion thereof shall be repurchased by the Company as of the
Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the applicable
provisions of such Security and this Indenture, and
(ii) delivery
of such Security to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the
Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements and compliance
by
the Holder with all DTC procedures) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such
delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Repurchase Price
therefor; provided,
however,
that
such Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.07
only if
the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects
to
the description thereof in the related Repurchase Notice, as determined by
the
Company.
The
Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.07,
a
portion of a Security, if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000
or an
integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the
repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the repurchase of such portion
of
such Security.
Any
repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 3.07
shall be
consummated by the delivery to the Paying Agent of the consideration to be
received by the Holder on the Business Day following the later of the Repurchase
Date or the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions to such repurchase to
be
fulfilled by the Holder hereunder. If the Paying Agent holds money sufficient
to
pay the Repurchase Price of the Security on such Business Day in accordance
with
the terms of this Indenture, then, from and including the Repurchase Date,
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on
such
Security will cease to accrue and all other rights of the Holder shall
terminate, other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price upon
satisfaction of the foregoing conditions.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent
the
Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.07(a)
shall
have the right to withdraw such Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the
close
of business on the second Business Day prior to the Repurchase Date by delivery
of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 3.09.
If the
Repurchase Notice is withdrawn during such period, the Company will not be
obligated to purchase the related Securities. The Paying Agent shall promptly
notify the Company of the receipt by it of any written notice of withdrawal
of a
Repurchase Notice.
(b) Company
Notice.
At
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Repurchase Date (the
“Company
Notice Date”),
the
Company or the Trustee shall mail a notice to Holders setting forth information
specified in this Section 3.07(b)
(the
“Company
Notice”).
Each
Company Notice shall include a form of Repurchase Notice to be completed
by a
Holder and shall state:
(i) the
Repurchase Price and the Conversion Rate;
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(ii) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(iii) that
Securities as to which a Repurchase Notice has been given may be converted
if
they are otherwise convertible only in accordance with Article 10
hereof
and the applicable provisions of the Securities if the applicable Repurchase
Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
(iv) that
Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
payment;
(v) that
the
Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Repurchase Notice has been
given
and not withdrawn will be paid on the Business Day following the later of
the
Repurchase Date and the Holder’s satisfaction of all applicable
conditions;
(vi) the
procedures the Holder must follow to exercise its repurchase rights under
this
Section 3.07
and a
brief description of such rights;
(vii) briefly,
the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities;
(viii) the
procedures for withdrawing a Repurchase Notice;
(ix) that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment on Securities for which a
Repurchase Notice has been submitted, interest, if any (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any), on such Securities will cease to
accrue on and after the Repurchase Date; and
(x) the
CUSIP
and ISIN number(s) of the Securities.
At
the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such Company Notice in the Company’s
name and at the Company’s expense, provided
that the
Company makes such request at least five Business Days prior to the date
by
which such Company Notice must be given to Holders in accordance with this
Section 3.07;
provided
further
that, in
all cases, the text of such Company Notice shall be prepared by the
Company.
(c) Procedure
upon Repurchase.
The
Company shall deposit cash in respect of cash repurchases under this
Section 3.07
at the
time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.10,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Repurchase Price of all Securities to be
repurchased pursuant to this Section 3.07.
Section 3.08 Repurchase
of Securities at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) Except
as
provided below, if the effective date of a Fundamental Change (the “Fundamental
Change Effective Date”)
occurs
prior to October 1, 2012, outstanding Securities shall be repurchased by
the Company in whole or in part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof), at the option of the Holder thereof, in cash, at a repurchase price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased plus
any
accrued and unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional
Interest, if any) thereon up to, but not including the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price”),
subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements
set
forth in Section 3.08(c);
provided,
however,
that if
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is on a date that is after a Record
Date
and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall
pay the related interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if any) due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the
close
of business on the corresponding Record Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3.08, a Holder shall not have the right to require
the Company to repurchase its Securities upon a Fundamental Change described
in
clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of Change of Control, and the Company
will
not be required to deliver the Fundamental Change Notice incidental thereto
as a
result of any merger, consolidation, assignment, conveyance, sale, transfer,
lease or other disposition otherwise constituting a Change in Control in
which
at least 90% of the consideration paid for the Company’s Common Stock, excluding
cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to
dissenters’ appraisal rights, consists of shares of common stock (or depositary
receipts or other certificates representing common equity interests) traded
on a
U.S. national securities exchange, or will be so traded immediately following
the merger or consolidation, and, as a result of the merger or consolidation,
the Securities become convertible into such shares of such common stock.
No
Securities may be repurchased by the Company at the option of Holders upon
a
Fundamental Change if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities, other than a default in payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to the Securities.
If
the
Company desires the Trustee to give the Fundamental Change Notice required
by
Section 3.08(b),
at
least five Business Days before the Fundamental Change Notice Date, the Company
shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee specifying the information
required by Section 3.08(b).
(b) Within
ten Business Days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company
(or
the Trustee, as applicable) shall mail a written notice of the Fundamental
Change (the “Fundamental
Change Notice,”
the
date of such mailing, the “Fundamental
Change Notice Date”)
by
first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder. As soon as practicable
after
the Company determines the anticipated effective date of the Fundamental
Change,
the Company will issue a press release and publish the information on its
website. The Fundamental Change Notice shall include a form of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and shall
state:
(i) briefly,
the nature of the Fundamental Change, the date of such Fundamental Change
and
information about the Holders’ right to require the Company to repurchase the
Securities;
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(ii) the
date
by which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(c)
must be
given;
(iii) the
date
the Company shall repurchase any Securities surrendered for repurchase in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.08, which date shall be
no
earlier than 20 Business Days and no later than 30 Business Days after the
Fundamental Change Notice Date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date”);
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vi) the
Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto and, if applicable, the number
of
Additional Shares to which a Holder would be entitled on
conversion;
(vii) that
the
Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given
may
be converted if they are otherwise convertible pursuant to Article 10
hereof
only if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(viii) that
the
Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
payment;
(ix) that
the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid
on
the Business Day following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date
and the Holder’s satisfaction of all applicable conditions;
(x) briefly,
the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.08;
(xi) briefly,
the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities;
(xii) the
procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(xiii) that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, interest, if any, on Securities surrendered for repurchase
by
the Company will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date; and
(xiv) the
CUSIP
and ISIN number(s) of the Securities.
At
the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such Fundamental Change Notice in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, provided
that the
Company makes such request at least five Business Days prior to the date
by
which such Fundamental Change Notice must be given to Holders in accordance
with
this Section 3.08;
provided
further
that, in
all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Notice shall be prepared by
the
Company.
(c) A
Holder
may exercise its rights specified in Section 3.08(a)
upon
delivery of a written notice of repurchase (a “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice”)
to the
Paying Agent at any time after the Fundamental Change Notice and on or prior
to
the close of business on the second scheduled Trading Day prior to Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, stating:
(i) If
the
Securities are Certificated Securities, the certificate number of the Security
which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased; if the Securities are not
Certificated Securities, all information required to comply with all DTC
procedures;
(ii) the
principal amount of the Security, or portion thereof, which the Holder will
deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof; and
(iii) that
such
Security shall be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified
in
the applicable provisions of such Security and this Indenture.
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The
delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent with the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements and compliance
by
the Holder with all DTC procedures) at the offices of the Paying Agent shall
be
a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price therefor; provided,
however,
that
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 3.08
only if
the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all material
respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Fundamental
Change
Repurchase Notice.
The
Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.08,
a
portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or
an
integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the
repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the repurchase of such portion
of
such Security.
Any
repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 3.08
shall be
consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder
on
the Business Day following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date
or the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions to such repurchase to be
fulfilled by the Holder hereunder. If the Paying Agent holds money sufficient
to
pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities which Holders
have
elected to require the Company to repurchase on such Business Day in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture, then, from and including the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, those Securities will cease to be outstanding and
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on
the
Securities will cease to accrue and all other rights of the Holders shall
terminate, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions.
(d) The
Company shall deposit cash, at the time and in the manner as provided in
Section 3.10,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all
Securities to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 3.08.
Section 3.09 Effect
of Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
.
Upon
receipt by the Paying Agent of the Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice specified in Section 3.07(a) or Section 3.08(c),
as
applicable, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Repurchase
Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, was given
shall (unless such Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice,
as
the case may be, is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph)
thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Repurchase Price or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Security.
Such
Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid to
such
Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, promptly following
the
later of (i) the Business Day following the Repurchase Date or the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such
Security (provided the conditions Section 3.07(a) or Section 3.08(c),
as
applicable, have been satisfied) and (ii) the time of delivery of such
Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required
by
Section 3.07(a) or Section 3.08(c),
as
applicable. Securities in respect of which a Repurchase Notice or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be
converted pursuant to Article 10
hereof
on or after the date of the delivery of such Repurchase Notice or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice unless such Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following
paragraph.
A
Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn
by
means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying
Agent in accordance with the Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice, as the case may be, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time)
on the second Business Day prior to the Repurchase Date or the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, specifying:
(a) If
the
Securities are Certificated Securities, the certificate number of the Security
in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; if the
Securities are not Certificated Securities, all information required to comply
with all DTC procedures;
(b) the
principal amount of the Security, or portion thereof, 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 or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may
be,
and which has been or will be delivered for repurchase by the
Company.
Section 3.10 Deposit
of Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Prior
to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day following the later
of
the Repurchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case
may
be, and the Holder’s satisfaction of all applicable conditions specified in
Section 3.07
or
Section 3.08,
as
applicable, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying
Agent
(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 2.04)
an
amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business
Day), sufficient to pay the aggregate Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, as the case may be, of all the Securities or portions thereof
which are to be repurchased in respect of such Repurchase Date or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be.
Section 3.11 Securities
Repurchased in Part.
Any
Certificated Security which is to be repurchased only in part shall be
surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of
such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount
of the
Security so surrendered which is not repurchased, or in the case of a Global
Security, the Company shall instruct the Registrar to decrease such Global
Security by the principal amount of the repurchased portion of the Security
surrendered.
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Section 3.12 Covenant
to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of Securities.
When
complying with the provisions of Section 3.07
or
Section 3.08
hereof
(provided
that
such offer or repurchase constitutes an “issuer tender offer” for purposes of
Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision
thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or repurchase),
the
Company shall, to the extent applicable, (a) comply with Rule 13e-4
and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and
comply with any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may
then be
applicable, (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule,
form or report) under the Exchange Act, and (c) otherwise comply with any
applicable Federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and
obligations under Section 3.07
and
Section 3.08
to be
exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 3.07
and
Section 3.08.
Section 3.13 Repayment
to the Company.
Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall
return to the Company any cash held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as
applicable, for the payment of the Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, as the case may be, that remains unclaimed by the Holders
for
a period of two years; provided,
however,
that to
the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant
to Section 3.10
exceeds
the aggregate Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as
the
case may be, of the Securities or portions thereof which the Company is
obligated to repurchase as of the Business Day following the Repurchase Date
or
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, then, unless otherwise
agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business Day following
the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may
be,
the Trustee at the written request of the Company shall return any such excess
to the Company.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payments.
The
Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on
the
dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant to this
Indenture. Any amounts of cash or shares of Common Stock to be given to the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent
by
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) by the Company on the required date. The
Company
shall make payments in respect of Certificated Securities by check mailed
to a
Holder’s registered address (unless otherwise agreed with the Holder thereof)
and shall make payments in respect of Global Securities by wire transfer.
Subject to the applicable provisions of Section 3.01,
Section 3.07
and
Section 3.08,
the
Company shall make any required interest payments (including payments of
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) to the Person in whose
name
each Security is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for
such
interest payment (including payments of Liquidated Damages and Additional
Interest, if any). Principal amount, accrued interest, if any (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any), Redemption Price,
Repurchase Price and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, shall be considered
paid on the applicable date due if on such date (in the case of a Repurchase
Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, on the Business Day following
the
later of the applicable Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date,
as the case may be, and the Holders’ satisfaction of all applicable conditions
under Section 3.07
or
Section 3.08,
as
applicable) the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this
Indenture, cash sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.
Section 4.02 SEC
and Other Reports.
The
Company shall file with the Trustee, within 30 days after it is required
to file
annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with
the
SEC, copies of its annual and quarterly reports and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing
as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
The
Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
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 conclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
Section 4.03 Compliance
Certificate.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to
the best knowledge of the signers 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). If the Company shall be in default, the Company shall
specify all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such
signers may have knowledge.
Section 4.04 Further
Instruments and Acts.
Upon
request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper
to
carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
Section 4.05 Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Company will maintain in the United States of America, an office or agency
of
the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Securities
may
be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered
for
registration of transfer, exchange, repurchase, redemption or conversion
and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
and this Indenture may be served. The office of Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, Trust & Securities Services - Global Debt Services, 60 Wall
Street, NYC MS 60-2710, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Corporates Team
Deal
Manager, Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000, shall initially be such office or
agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location,
of any
such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the Corporate
Trust Office of 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
any
such address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be
made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.02.
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The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or
all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however,
that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of
its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States of America,
for
such purposes.
Section 4.06 Delivery
of Certain Information.
If
required under Rule 144A, upon the request of a Holder or any beneficial
owner
of Securities or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued
upon conversion thereof, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be
furnished Rule 144A Information to such Holder or any beneficial owner of
Securities or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock delivered
upon exchange of any Securities, or to a prospective purchaser of any such
security designated by any such Holder or holder, as the case may be, to
the
extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or holder with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of any
such Security, until such time as the same are no longer “restricted securities”
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. “Rule 144A
Information”
shall
be such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
Securities Act. Whether a Person is a beneficial owner shall be determined
by
the Company to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
Section 5.01 When
Company or Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets.
Neither
the Company nor any Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge with or into
any
other Person in a transaction in which the Company is not or such Guarantor
is
not, as the case may be, the surviving Person, or convey, transfer, sell
or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person
(other than (i) sales or transfers to the Company or a Guarantor, (ii) sales
or
transfers of properties or assets by a Guarantor to another Affiliate of
the
Company in connection with an on-balance sheet securitization or other secured
financing transaction or (iii) sales or transfers of properties or assets
in
connection with gain-on-sale transactions by Caplease Services Corp.),
unless:
(a) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person, if any, will be a corporation,
or in
the case of a Guarantor, a corporation or other legal entity, organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or
the District of Columbia and such entity has expressly assumed, by a
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s
respective obligations under the Securities and this Indenture;
(b) if
as a
result of such transaction the Securities become exchangeable into common
stock
or other equity securities issued by a third party, such third party assumes
or
fully and unconditionally guarantees all obligations under the Securities
and
this Indenture;
(c) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(d) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, sale or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with
this
Article 5
and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have
been satisfied.
The
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or
such
Guarantor is merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance, transfer,
sale or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
or such Guarantor herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease of
the
Company’s or such Guarantor’s properties and assets substantially as an
entirety, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be discharged
from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
Subject to Section 9.06,
the
Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the successor Person shall enter
into a
supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such
successor Person and such discharge and release of the Company or such
Guarantor.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events
of Default.
Each of
the following events shall be an “Event
of Default”:
(i) the
Company defaults in any payment of interest due and payable on the Securities
(including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any), and such
Default
continues for a period of 30 days past the applicable due date;
(ii) the
Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal amount,
Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
when
the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, xxxx xxxxxxxxxx,
xxxx
xxxxxxxxxx at the option of a Holder, upon a Fundamental Change or any other
Repurchase Date, or otherwise;
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(iii) the
Company fails to provide a Fundamental Change Notice as required in Section 3.08(b);
(iv) the
Company defaults in its obligation to deliver when due the Settlement Amount
upon conversion of the Securities, together with cash in lieu thereof in
respect
of any fractional shares, required to be delivered upon conversion of the
Securities;
(v) the
Company fails to perform or observe any covenant in the Securities or in
this
Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of the foregoing
clauses (i) through (iv) above) for 60 days after receipt by the Company of
a notice of default from the Trustee or after receipt by the Company and
the
Trustee of a notice of default from the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities;
(vi) any
indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
in
an outstanding principal amount in excess of $15.0 million is not paid at
final
maturity or is accelerated and such indebtedness is not discharged, or such
default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days
after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and
the
Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities has been received by the Company;
(vii) the
failure by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries to pay one
or more
final and non-appealable judgments entered by a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction, the aggregate uninsured or unbonded portion of which is in
excess
of $15.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for
a
period of 60 days from the dates such judgments are entered;
(viii) the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the
meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences
a voluntary case;
(B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case;
(C) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its
property; or
(D) makes
a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable
action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(ix) a
court
of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law
that:
(A) is
for
relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an
involuntary case;
(B) appoints
a Custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for any substantial
part of its property;
(C) orders
the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries; or
(D) grants
any similar relief under any foreign laws and in each such case the order
or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; and
(x) except
as
permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Guarantor is held
in
any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for
any
reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm
its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
The
foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such
Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.
The
term
“Bankruptcy
Law”
means
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any similar Federal, state or non-U.S. law
for
the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian”
means
any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official
under
any Bankruptcy Law.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as promptly as reasonably practicable
and
in any event within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice
in the
form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default and any Default, its
status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
Except
as provided in Section 11.02, if an Event of Default (other than an Event
of
Default specified in Section 6.01(viii)
or
Section 6.01(ix)
with
respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to
the
Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the
Securities then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the principal amount of Securities outstanding plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
on all the outstanding Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon
such a
declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately.
If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(viii)
or
Section 6.01(ix)
with
respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of
Securities outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any), on all the Securities
shall, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder,
become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on
the
part of the Trustee or any Holders. After any such acceleration, but before
a
judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the
Trustee and the Company and without notice to any other Holder may rescind
and
annul any declaration of acceleration if the rescission would not conflict
with
any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured
or
waived except nonpayment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
that have become due solely as a result of acceleration. No such rescission
shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
Section 6.03 Other
Remedies.
If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Securities or this Indenture.
The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the proceeding. A
delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy
is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are
cumulative.
Section 6.04 Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the Trustee and without notice
to any other Holder may waive any past Default and its consequences except
an
Event of Default described in Section 6.01(i)
and
Section 6.01(ii)
or any
Default that would require the consent of the Holder of each outstanding
Security affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent
right.
Section 6.05 Control
by Majority.
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the
time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust
or
power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow
any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01,
that
the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders
or
would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking
any
action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory
to the Trustee in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused
by
taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06 Limitation
on Suits.
A
Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Securities or the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, except in the case
of
a suit instituted by a Holder for the enforcement of payment of principal
or
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on
or
after the applicable due date or the right to convert Securities in accordance
with this Indenture, unless:
(a) such
Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default;
(b) the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the
time outstanding make a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall
have
offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;
(c) the
Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent
with
such request within 60 days after such notice, request and offer;
and
(d) the
Trustee fails to comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of
the
request and offer of indemnity.
A
Holder
may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or
to
obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder.
Section 6.07 Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder
to receive payment of the principal amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase
Price,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or interest, if any (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any), in respect of the Securities held
by
such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Holder’s
Securities or any Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, and to convert the Securities in accordance with Article 10,
or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates or the right to convert, shall not be impaired or affected without
the
consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection
Suit by Trustee.
If an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i)
or
Section 6.01(ii)
occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then
due
and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest, including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided
for in Section 7.07.
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Section 6.09 Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
The
Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may
be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the
Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its
creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable
regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee
in
bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian
in
any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts
due
the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the
Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6,
it
shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST:
to
the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND:
to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the principal
amount, Redemption Price, Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price
or interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if
any), as the case may be, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind,
according to such amounts due and payable on the Securities; and
THIRD:
the balance, if any, to the Company.
The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders
pursuant to this Section 6.10.
At
least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder
and
the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the
amount to be paid.
Section 6.11 Undertaking
for Costs.
In any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in
any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,
a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the
suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion
may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and
good
faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11
does not
apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07
or a
suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding.
Section 6.12 Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws.
The
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist
upon,
or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and
the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or
impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer
and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties
of Trustee.
(a)
If an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree
of care
and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under
the
circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action,
its own
negligent failure to act or its own bad faith or willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) this
paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a
Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
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(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits
to take
in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to
Section 6.05.
(d) Every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject
to
Section 7.01(a),
Section 7.01(b)
and
Section 7.01(c).
(e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it.
(f) Cash
or
Common Stock held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of
its
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(h) 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 and to the provisions of the TIA and the provisions of this
Article 7
shall
apply to the Trustee in its role as Registrar and Paying Agent.
(i) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default
unless (i) a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice
thereof from the Company or any Holder referencing this Indenture and the
Securities and stating that such notice is a notice of default or (ii) a
Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof.
Section 7.02 Rights
of Trustee.
(a)
The
Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine
and
to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee may, however,
in its discretion 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 at
the
expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason
of
such inquiry or investigation.
(b) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The
Trustee may act through agents, attorneys or custodians and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent, attorney or custodian
appointed with due care.
(d) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers unless
the Trustee’s conduct constitutes bad faith, willful misconduct or
negligence.
(e) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection, and the advice or
Opinion
of Counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the
Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder
in
good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
(f) The
permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture
shall
not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
(g) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with
such request or direction.
(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.
(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.
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(j) In
no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised
of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action.
Section 7.03 Individual
Rights of Trustee.
The
Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent,
Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Section 7.10
and
Section 7.11.
Section 7.04 Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the
validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall
not
be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it
shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture
or
in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in
the
Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice
of Defaults.
If a
Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to
a
Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice
of
the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in
the
case of a Default described in Section 6.01(i)
or
Section 6.01(ii),
the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust
Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the
interests of Holders. The second sentence of this Section 7.05
shall be
in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default
unless (i) a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice thereof
from the Company or any Holder referencing this Indenture and the Securities
and
stating that such notice is a notice of default or (ii) a Trust Officer shall
have actual knowledge thereof.
Section 7.06 Reports
by Trustee to Holders.
As
promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with
December 31, 2007, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year
thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as
of
December 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to
the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with
TIA
Section 313(b).
The
Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee if and when the Securities
become
listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07 Compensation
and Indemnity.
The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as agreed
in the fee proposal dated September 27, 2007 as may be amended from time
to time
in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse
the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or
made
by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for
its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and
experts. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall fully
indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
or
expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in
connection with the acceptance and administration of this trust and the
performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the
Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person). The Trustee shall notify the
Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by
the
Trustee to so notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity
of
which a Trust Officer has actually received written notice shall not relieve
the
Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder except to
the
extent such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Company or any
Guarantor. The Company or such Guarantor shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel in writing
that it may have available to it defenses which are in conflict with the
defenses available to the Company or any Guarantor, then the Trustee may
have
separate counsel and the Company or such Guarantor shall pay the reasonable
fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company or such Guarantor need not reimburse
any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own bad faith, willful misconduct
or negligence. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement
made by the Trustee without the Company’s or such Guarantor’s consent. All
indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee
shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
custodians, successors and assigns.
To
secure
the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property
held
or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to
pay
principal of and interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if any) on particular Securities.
The
obligations of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this Section shall
survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this
Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default
specified in Section 6.01(viii)
or
Section 6.01(ix)
with
respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses
of
administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.08 Replacement
of Trustee.
The
Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company at least 30 days
prior to the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee
by so
notifying the Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
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(b) the
Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a
receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
(d) the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If
the
Trustee resigns, or is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority
in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, or if a vacancy
exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event
being
referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee.
A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to
the
retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal
of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall
have
all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The
successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of all of its costs and the costs of its agents
and
counsel, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If
a
successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% or more
in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may petition
at
the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If
the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10,
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07
shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor
Trustee by Merger.
If the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation
or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation
or
banking association without any further act shall be the successor
Trustee.
In
case
at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation
to the Trustee shall succeed to the trust 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, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that
time
any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any such successor
to
the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and
in all
such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere
in
the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee
shall have.
Section 7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification.
The
Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a).
The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank
holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its (or its related
bank holding company’s) most recent published annual report of condition. The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate
paragraph thereof; provided,
however,
that
there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any
indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest
or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the
requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are
met.
Section 7.11 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
Section 7.12 Trustee’s
Application for Instructions from the Company.
Any
application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company 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 to the Company 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
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 any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions
in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or
omitted.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE
Section 8.01 Discharge
of Liability on Securities.
When
(a) the Company delivers to the Registrar all outstanding Securities (other
than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07)
for
cancellation or (b) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable
or have been converted, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee
cash sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Securities
(other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07)
or
delivers all amounts owing on conversion, as the case may be, and if in either
case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then
this
Indenture shall, subject to Section 2.07,
cease
to be of further effect; provided,
however,
that
the foregoing shall not discharge the Company’s obligation to effect conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities in accordance with the
terms
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge
of
this Indenture with respect to the Securities on demand of the Company
accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the
cost and expense of the Company.
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Section 8.02 Repayment
to the Company.
The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon
written request any excess money or securities held by them at any
time.
Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall
pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment
of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter,
Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general
creditors.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.01 Without
Consent of Holders.
The
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture
or the Securities without the consent of any Holder to:
(a) add
guarantees with respect to the Securities or secure the Securities or remove
any
such guarantees;
(b) evidence
the assumption of the Company’s obligations by a successor Person under
Article 5;
(c) surrender
any of the Company’s rights or powers under this Indenture;
(d) add
covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities;
(e) cure
any
omission or correct any inconsistency in this Indenture, so long as such
action
will not materially adversely affect the interests of Holders;
(f) cure
any
ambiguity, manifest error or defect;
(g) modify
or
amend this Indenture to permit the qualification of this Indenture or any
supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as then in
effect;
(h) establish
the forms or terms of the Securities;
(i) evidence
the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee;
(j) provide
for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of Certificated
Securities; provided,
however,
that
the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes
of
Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(k) conform,
as necessary, this Indenture and the form or terms of the Securities to the
“Description of the Notes” as set forth in the final offering memorandum dated
October 2, 2007 relating to the initial placement of the Securities, as amended
and supplemented by the supplement dated October 8, 2007 to such offering
memorandum; or
(l) make
any
other change to this Indenture or forms or terms of the Securities so long
as
such change will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities.
After
an
amendment under this Section 9.01
becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing
such
amendment. The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect
therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this
Section.
Section 9.02 With
Consent of Holders.
With
the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the
Securities at the time outstanding (voting as a single class), the Company
and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities. However,
without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or supplement to,
or
modification of, this Indenture or the Securities may not:
(a) reduce
the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security;
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(b) reduce
the rate or extend the time for payment of interest (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on any Security;
(c) reduce
the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the
Securities;
(d) change
the currency of payment of principal of or interest amounts on the
Securities;
(e) impair
the right to receive payment with respect to the Securities or the right
to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to,
the
Securities;
(f) modify
the provisions with respect to the purchase rights of the Holders as set
forth
in Sections 3.07(a) and 3.08(a) in a manner adverse to Holders;
(g) adversely
change the terms upon which the Securities may be redeemed by the
Company;
(h) adversely
affect the right of Holders to convert Securities in accordance with their
terms
or reduce the number of shares of Common Stock or amount of any other property
receivable upon conversion;
(i) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Securities required for
modification or amendment of this Indenture;
(j) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Securities necessary for
waiver of compliance with provisions of this Indenture or for waiver of defaults
that, in each case, may not be waived without the consent of each Holder
affected; or
(k) modify
provisions with respect to modification and waiver (including waiver of Events
of Default), except to increase the percentage in principal amount of
outstanding Securities required for modification or waiver or to provide
for
consent of each affected Holder.
It
shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02
to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After
an
amendment under this Section 9.02
becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing
the
amendment.
Section 9.03 Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall comply with
the
TIA.
Section 9.04 Revocation
and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.
A
consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind
the
Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security
that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if
notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any
such
Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s
Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of
revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After
an
amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment
or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver
by
the Trustee.
The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose
of
determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other
action
described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture.
If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding
paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly
designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such
consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action,
whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.
No
such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such
record date.
Section 9.05 Notation
on or Exchange of Securities.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee,
bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided
for in
such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any
such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding
Securities.
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Section 9.06 Trustee
to Sign Supplemental Indentures.
The
Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article 9
if the
amendment contained therein does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or
immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign
such
supplemental indenture. In signing such supplemental indenture the Trustee
shall
be provided with, and (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01)
shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.
Section 9.07 Effect
of Supplemental Indentures
.
Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture
shall
form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be
bound
thereby.
ARTICLE 10
CONVERSIONS
Section 10.01 Conversion
Rights.
(a)
A Holder
of Securities may convert such Securities, in whole or in part, (x) after
April
1, 2027, at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Stated Maturity and (y) on or prior to the close
of
business on April 1, 2027 only in the circumstances and to the extent
specified in clauses (i) through (vi) below:
(i) during
any calendar quarter after the original issuance of the Securities, if the
Closing Sale Price per share of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading
Days
during the 30-consecutive-Trading Day period ending on the last Trading Day
of
the preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the Conversion Price of the
Securities on such last Trading Day;
(ii) during
the ten-consecutive-Trading-Day period immediately following any
five-consecutive- Trading-Day period in which the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities (as determined following a request by
a
Holder of the Securities in accordance with the procedures described in
Section 10.01(c))
for
each day of such period was less than 98% of the product of (x) the Closing
Sale Price and (y) the Conversion Rate of the Securities on each such
Trading Day;
(iii) with
respect to any Securities to be redeemed, after the Company or the Trustee
has
issued a notice of redemption of the Securities pursuant to Section 3.01
hereof,
at any time prior to the close of business one Business Day prior to the
Redemption Date for such Securities, even if such Securities are not otherwise
convertible at such time;
(iv) at
any
time after the Company gives notice to Holders of Securities (with a copy
to the
Trustee and the Conversion Agent) of any election by it to distribute to
all, or
substantially all, holders of Common Stock:
(A) any
rights or warrants entitling such holders of the Common Stock to subscribe
for
or purchase, for a period expiring within 60 days after the date for such
distribution, shares of Common Stock at an exercise price less than the Closing
Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
date
such distribution is announced, or
(B) assets
(including cash), debt securities or rights or warrants to purchase the
Company’s securities (except for any distribution solely in the form of cash
required to preserve the Company’s status as a REIT), which distribution has a
value per share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors
exceeding 10% of the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock
for
the five consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date such distribution is announced,
in
each
case, until the earlier of the close of business on the Business Day immediately
prior to the Ex-Dividend Date or the Company’s announcement that such
distribution will not take place, provided
that no
Holder may exercise this right to convert if such Holder may participate
in the
distribution without conversion;
(v) if
a
Fundamental Change occurs, regardless of whether a Holder has the right to
require the Company to repurchase the Securities as described in Section 3.08,
at any
time from or after the date that is 50 Trading Days prior to the anticipated
effective date of the transaction until the close of trading on the second
scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date; or
(vi) if
the
Company is a party to a combination, merger, binding share exchange or sale
or
conveyance of all or substantially all of its property and assets that does
not
also constitute a Fundamental Change, in each case pursuant to which the
Common
Stock is converted into cash, securities or other property, at any time during
the period from the date that is 50 Business Days prior to the anticipated
effective date of such transaction and ending on the 15th Business Day following
the effective date of such transaction, provided that, if the transaction
also
constitutes a Fundamental Change, in lieu of the conversion right described
in
this clause (vi), Holders will have the conversion right described in clause
the
preceding clause (v).
(b) The
Company will determine on a daily basis whether the Securities are convertible
as a result of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock pursuant to
Section 10.01(a)(i)
and will
notify the Trustee if the Securities are so convertible.
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(c) The
Conversion Agent shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price
of the
Securities as described in Section 10.01(a)(ii)
unless
the Company has requested such determination in writing; and the Company
shall
have no obligation to make such request unless the Trustee or a Holder provides
the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities on any Trading Day would be less than 98% of the product
of
(x) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and (y) the Conversion
Rate of the Securities on such day. At such time, the Company will instruct
the
Conversion Agent to determine the Trading Price of the Securities beginning
on
such 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 of the Common Stock and the applicable
Conversion Rate of the Securities. The Conversion Agent’s sole duty in respect
of such determination shall consist of requesting and receiving, and, if
applicable, averaging the quotations provided by the independent nationally
recognized securities dealers referred to in the definition of “Trading Price.”
The Conversion Agent shall be entitled at its sole discretion to consult
with
the Company and to request the assistance of the Company in connection with
the
Conversion Agent’s duties and obligations pursuant to this Section 10.01(c)
and the
Company agrees, if requested by the Conversion Agent, to cooperate with,
and
provide assistance to, the Conversion Agent in carrying out its duties under
this Section 10.01(c).
(d) If
the
Company elects to make a distribution described in Section 10.01(a)(iv),
the
Company shall notify Holders at least 50 Business Days prior to the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution.
(e) To
the
extent practicable, the Company will notify Holders of the Securities of
the
anticipated effective date of the Fundamental Change not more than 70 Trading
Days and not less than 50 Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective
date.
In the case of a transaction described in clause 10.01(a)(vi), the Company
will
notify Holders of Securities and the Trustee at least 50 Business Days prior
to
the anticipated effective date of such transaction.
(f) The
Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Conversion Agent. The Trustee
may
resign from its appointment as Conversion Agent at any time and the Company
shall then appoint a new Conversion Agent.
(g) Securities
with respect to which a Repurchase Notice or a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice has been given by the Holder may be converted pursuant to this
Section 10.01
only if
the Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.09.
(h) Whenever
any event described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 10.01(a)
shall
occur such that the Securities become convertible as provided in this
Section 10.01,
the
Company shall promptly inform the Conversion Agent and the Trustee, issue
a
press release and use its reasonable efforts to post such information on
its
website or otherwise publicly disclose the information, or provide notice
to the
Holders of the Securities in a manner contemplated by this Indenture, including
through the facilities of DTC, which press release, website posting, notice
or
other public disclosure, as the case may be, shall include:
(i) a
description of such event;
(ii) a
description of the periods during which the Securities shall be convertible
as
provided in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 10.01(a);
(iii) a
statement of whether an adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall take effect
in
respect of such event pursuant to Section 10.06
through
Section 10.11
below;
and
(iv) the
procedures Holders of the Securities must follow to convert their Securities
in
accordance with Section 10.03
below,
including the name and address of the Conversion Agent.
(i) Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Securities or this Indenture, no Holders of
Securities shall be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon conversion
of the Securities to the extent that receipt of such shares of Common Stock
would cause any holder of beneficial interests (together with such holder’s
Affiliates) to exceed the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, the Common Stock
Ownership Limit or the Excepted Holder Limit (as each such term is defined
in
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation in effect as of the date hereof,
collectively the “Ownership
Limit”).
Section 10.02 Conversion
Consideration.
(a) Subject
to the qualifications and the satisfaction of the conditions and during the
periods described in Sections 10.01(a) and 10.01(i), Holders shall be entitled
to convert their Securities in denominations of $1,000 principal amount or
integral multiples thereof initially at a conversion rate of 88.3704 shares
of
Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, which will be subject
to
adjustments as described in Section 10.06
through
Section 10.11,
but
will not be adjusted for accrued interest (the “Conversion
Rate”).
The
“Conversion
Price”
at
any
given time is equal to the principal amount of a Security divided by the
Conversion Rate and initially shall be $11.32 per share.
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(b) Except
as
described in clause (b)(iv) of this Section 10.02, if the Company receives
any
Conversion Notice on or prior to the date that is 42 scheduled Trading Days
immediately preceding the Stated Maturity (the “Final
Notice Date”),
the
following procedures shall apply:
(i) If
the
Company elects to satisfy all or any portion of its conversion obligation
in
cash, the Company shall notify Holders through the Trustee of the dollar
amount
to be satisfied in cash (which must be expressed either as 100% of the
Conversion Value or as a fixed dollar amount) at any time on or before the
date
that is two Business Days following the Conversion Date (the “Cash
Settlement Notice Period”).
If
the Company timely elects to pay cash for any portion of its conversion
obligation, Holders may retract their Conversion Notice at any time during
the
two Business Days following the final day of the Cash Settlement Notice Period
(the “Conversion
Retraction Period”).
No
such retraction can be made (and a Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable)
if
the Company does not elect to deliver cash in lieu of shares (other than
cash in
lieu of fractional shares). Upon the expiration of a Conversion Retraction
Period, a Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. If the Company elects to
satisfy all or any portion of its conversion obligation in cash, and the
Conversion Notice has not been retracted, then settlement (in cash or in
cash
and shares) will occur on the third Business Day following the Conversion
Settlement Averaging Period.
(ii) If
the
Company does not elect to satisfy any part of its conversion obligation in
cash
(other than cash in lieu of any fractional shares), delivery of the shares
of
Common Stock into which the Securities are converted (and cash in lieu of
any
fractional shares) will occur as soon as practicable on or after the Conversion
Date.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), if a Holder surrenders a Security for
conversion in connection with a Qualifying Fundamental Change transaction,
the
Company shall deliver any Additional Shares after the corresponding QFC
Effective Date even if the settlement date in respect of the other conversion
consideration occurs earlier and, as a result, the conversion consideration
may
be delivered in two payments rather than one.
(iv) With
respect to Conversion Notices that the Company receives after the Final Notice
Date or after the Company has issued a notice of redemption and prior to
the
Redemption Date:
(A) if
the
Company elects to satisfy all or any portion of its conversion obligation
in
cash with respect to such conversions, the Company shall not send individual
notices informing Holders of such election as described in clause (b)(i)
of this
Section 10.02, but rather the Company shall send a single notice to Holders
(which may be included in the notice of redemption, if applicable) indicating
the dollar amount to be satisfied in cash (which must be expressed either
as
100% of the conversion obligation or as a fixed dollar amount);
(B) the
Settlement Amounts shall be computed and settlement dates will be determined
in
the same manner as set forth in this Section 10.02; and
(C) such
holders will not be allowed to retract the conversion notice.
(v) Upon
conversion of any Securities, the Settlement Amounts to be delivered to the
surrendering Holders will be computed as follows:
(A) If
the
Company elects to satisfy its entire conversion obligation in shares of Common
Stock (except for cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock),
for
each $1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion the
Company shall deliver to Holders a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the
applicable Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date (plus cash in lieu of any
fractional shares of Common Stock).
(B) If
the
Company elects to satisfy its entire conversion obligation in cash, for each
$1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion, the Company
shall deliver cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Value.
(C) If
the
Company elects to satisfy a fixed portion (other than 100%) of its conversion
obligation in cash, the Company shall deliver to Holders, for each $1,000
principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion: (1) cash in any
amount the Company shall specify (the “Specified
Cash Amount”),
provided
that if
the Specified Cash Amount exceeds the Conversion Value then the Company shall
satisfy its conversion obligation entirely in cash as set forth in clause
(B)
above; and (2) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the greater of
(i)
zero and (ii) the sum of the excess, if any, for each of the 40 Trading Days
in
the Conversion Settlement Averaging Period of (a) the Daily Share Amount,
over
(b) the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x)
one-fortieth (1/40th) of the Specified Cash Amount divided by (y) the Daily
VWAP
on such Trading Day.
The
“Settlement
Amount”
is,
upon the surrender of any Securities for conversion in accordance with the
terms
hereof, the amount of cash and/or shares of Common Stock the Company is required
to deliver to the surrendering Holder, through the Conversion Agent, pursuant
to
subclause (A), (B) or (C) of this Section 10.02(b)(v), as
applicable.
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The
“Conversion
Value”
means,
for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion,
the
sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 40 Trading Days of the
Conversion Settlement Averaging Period.
The
“Conversion
Settlement Averaging Period”
means,
with respect to any Securities surrendered for conversion, the
40-consecutive-Trading-Day period beginning (x) on the Redemption Date, if
prior
to the relevant Conversion Date the Company has called for redemption the
Securities that are being converted, (y) on the 40th Trading Day immediately
preceding the Stated Maturity, if the relevant Conversion Date is on or after
the 40th Trading Day immediately preceding the Stated Maturity, and (z) in
all
other instances, on the Trading Day immediately following the final day of
the
Conversion Retraction Period.
The
“Daily
Conversion Value”
means,
for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the Conversion Settlement
Averaging Period, for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities
surrendered for conversion, one-fortieth (1/40th) of the product of (x) the
applicable Conversion Rate and (y) the Daily VWAP on such Trading
Day.
The
“Daily
VWAP”
per
share of Common Stock (or any security that is part of the reference property
into which the Common Stock has been converted, if applicable) on any Trading
Day means the volume weighted average price on the principal exchange or
over-the-counter market on which the Common Stock (or other security) is
then
listed or traded, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on that
Trading Day as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg Page
LSE <equity> (or the applicable page of any successor service or the
Bloomberg Page for any security that is part of the reference property into
which the Common Stock has been converted, if applicable) or if such volume
weighted average price is not available (or the reference property in question
is not a security), the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common
Stock, or other reference property, shall be the market value per share of
the
Common Stock on such day as determined by a nationally recognized independent
investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, using a
volume-weighted method. The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard
to
after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session
hours.
The
“Daily
Share Amount”
means,
for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the Conversion Settlement
Averaging Period, for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities
surrendered for conversion, one-fortieth (1/40th) of the applicable Conversion
Rate on such Trading Day.
(c) Any
payments of cash and, if Common Stock is to be delivered, a stock certificate
or
certificates for the related number of shares of Common Stock, will be delivered
to the Holders, or a book-entry transfer therefor through DTC will be
made.
(d) To
the
extent any portion of the Company’s conversion obligation is settled in shares
of Common Stock, no fractional shares will be issued upon conversion; in
lieu
thereof, a Holder that would otherwise be entitled to fractional shares of
Common Stock will receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
aggregate of the fractional shares otherwise deliverable (rounding down to
the
nearest whole number) and cash equal to the remainder multiplied by the Daily
VWAP of the Common Stock on the Conversion Date. Any cash and/or shares of
Common Stock (including cash in lieu of fractional shares) deliverable upon
conversion of the Securities will be delivered through the Conversion Agent,
or,
with respect to the shares of Common Stock, through the Company Stock Registrar
at the direction of the Conversion Agent or the Company.
Section 10.03 Conversion
Procedures.
(g)
To
convert a Security, a Holder shall (i) complete and manually sign a
conversion notice or a facsimile of the conversion notice, a form of which
is on
the back of the Security or may be obtained from the Conversion Agent (the
“Conversion
Notice”),
and
deliver such Conversion Notice to the Conversion Agent, (ii) surrender the
Security to the Conversion Agent, (iii) if required by the Conversion
Agent, furnish appropriate endorsement and transfer documents, (iv) pay all
transfer or similar taxes required to be paid by such Holder pursuant to
Section 10.04
and
(v) if required pursuant to Section 11.01(d),
pay
funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date. If a Person’s
interest is a beneficial interest in a Global Security, to convert, such
Person
shall comply with requirements (iii), (iv) and (v) above and comply
with the Depositary’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest into a
Global Security. The date a Holder complies with all of the applicable
requirements is the “Conversion
Date,”
provided
that if
such Holder complies with such requirements after 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such date then the Conversion Date shall be the next succeeding
Business Day.
(b) Securities
will be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business
on the Conversion Date and the converting Holder will be treated as a
stockholder of record of the Company as of such time.
(c) No
payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on, or other distributions
with
respect to, any Common Stock except as provided in Section 10.06
to
Section 10.09
below.
Upon conversion of a Security, a Holder will not receive any cash payment
of
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) unless
such conversion occurs between a Record Date and the Interest Payment Date
to
which that Record Date relates. The Company will not adjust the Conversion
Rate
to account for accrued and unpaid interest.
(d) If
the
last day on which a Security may be converted is not a Business Day, the
Security may be surrendered on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day.
(e) Provisions
of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply
to
conversion of a portion of a Security. Upon surrender of a Security that
is
converted in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder, a new Security or Securities in an authorized
denomination equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the
Security surrendered.
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Section 10.04 Taxes
on Conversions.
If a
Holder converts a Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock
upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due
because the Holder requests the shares to be issued or delivered in a name
other
than the Holder’s name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the
certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than
the
Holder’s name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any
tax which will be due because the Common Stock is to be delivered in a name
other than the Holder’s name. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding
required by law or regulations.
Section 10.05 Company
to Provide Stock.
The
Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities under this Article 10,
and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock
to
permit the conversion of the Securities.
Any
shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be
newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued and
fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive or similar
rights and shall be free of any lien or adverse claim. The Company will endeavor
promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the
offer and delivery of Common Stock, if any, upon conversion of Securities,
if
any, and will list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each
national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market or such other
market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or
quoted.
Section 10.06 Adjustment
for Change in Capital Stock.
If,
after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company:
(a) pays
a
dividend or makes another distribution payable exclusively in shares of Common
Stock on the Common Stock;
(b) subdivides
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares;
or
(c) combines
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares;
then
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted
based on the following formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
OS1
|
OS0
|
where
CR0 = |
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date
for
such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share
split
or share combination;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date
for
such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share
split
or share combination;
|
OS0 = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such
Ex-Dividend Date, or effective date;
and
|
OS1 = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
such Ex-
Dividend Date, or effective date, but after giving effect to such
dividend, distribution, share split or share
combination.
|
If
any
dividend or distribution described in this Section 10.06 is declared but
not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the
Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution
had not been declared.
Section 10.07 Adjustment
for Rights Issue.
If,
after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company distributes to all, or
substantially all, holders of the Common Stock any rights, warrants or options
entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance
thereof, to subscribe for or to purchase shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices
of the Common Stock for each Trading Day in the ten-consecutive-Trading-Day
period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the time of announcement
of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with
the
following formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
(OS0
+
X)
|
(OS0
+
Y)
|
where
CR0 = |
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
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OS0 = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution;
|
X = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant
to such rights,
warrants or options; and
|
Y = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient
of (A) the
aggregate price payable to exercise such rights,
warrants or options and
(B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common
Stock for
each Trading Day in the ten-consecutive-Trading
Day period ending on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement
for the
issuance of such rights, warrants or
options.
|
For
purposes of this Section 10.07, in determining whether any rights, warrants
or options entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase the
Company’s Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices for
each Trading Day in the applicable ten-consecutive-Trading Day period, there
shall be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such
rights, warrants or options and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with
the
value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors.
If
any
right, warrant or option described in this Section 10.07 is not exercised
prior to the expiration of the exercisability thereof, the new Conversion Rate
shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if
such
right, warrant or option had not been so issued.
Section 10.08 Adjustment
for Other Distributions.
If,
after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company distributes to all, or
substantially all, holders of the Common Stock shares of our Capital Stock,
evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property, excluding:
(A) dividends,
distributions, rights, warrants or options referred to in Section 10.06 or
Section 10.07 above;
(B) dividends
or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and
(C) Spin-Offs
described below in this Section 10.08,
then
the
Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
XX0
|
(XX0
-
FMV)
|
where
CR0
=
|
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
SP0 = |
the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock
for each Trading
Day in the ten-consecutive-Trading-Day period ending
on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution;
and
|
FMV = |
the
fair market value (as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors)
of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of
indebtedness, assets or
property distributed with respect to each outstanding
share of Common
Stock on the earlier of the Record Date or the
Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution.
|
With
respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.08, where there has
been a payment of a dividend or other distribution to
all, or substantially all,
holders of Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of
any class or series, or
similar equity interest, of or relating to any Subsidiary
or other business unit
(a “Spin-Off”),
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the close
of business on the
effective date of the Spin-Off will be adjusted based
on the following
formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
(FMV0+MP0)
|
MP0
|
where
CR0
=
|
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the effective date
of the
Spin-Off;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate after the
Spin-Off;
|
FMV0 = |
the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock
or similar equity
interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable
to one share of
Common Stock over the first ten consecutive Trading
Days after, and
including, the effective date of the Spin-Off;
and
|
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MP0 = |
the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common
Stock over the ten
consecutive Trading Days after, and including,
the effective date of the
Spin-Off.
|
An
adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph will occur on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective
date of the Spin-Off; provided
that in
respect of any conversion within the ten Trading Days following, and including,
the effective date of any Spin-Off, references within this Section 10.08 to
ten Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading
Days as have elapsed between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the
Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate.
If
any
such dividend or distribution described in this Section 10.08 is declared
but not paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the
Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution
had not been declared.
Section 10.09 Adjustment
for Cash Dividends.
If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company makes any cash dividend
or distribution to all, or substantially all, holders of the outstanding Common
Stock, other than regular quarterly cash dividends (without regard to the actual
quarterly period in which paid) that do not exceed the Reference Dividend,
the
Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
XX0
|
(XX0
-
C)
|
where
CR0 = |
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend
Date for
such distribution;
|
SP0 = |
the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock
for each Trading
Day in the ten-consecutive-Trading-Day period ending
on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution;
and
|
C = |
the
amount in cash per share that the Company distributes
to holders of its
Common Stock in respect of the applicable quarterly
period that exceeds
the Reference Dividend.
|
If
any
dividend or distribution described in this Section 10.09 is declared but
not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the
Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution
had not been declared.
The
Reference Dividend amount is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely
proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided
that no
adjustment will be made to the Reference Dividend amount for any adjustment
made
to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.09.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an adjustment is required to be made under this
Section 10.09 as a result of a distribution that is not a regular quarterly
dividend, the Reference Dividend amount will be deemed to be zero.
Section 10.10 Adjustment
for Company Tender Offer.
If,
after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company or any of its subsidiaries
makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common
Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included
in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of
a
share of Common Stock on the Trading Day following the last date on which
tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer,
the
Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1
=
CR0
|
x
|
(AC
+ (SP1
x
OS1))
|
(SP1
x
OS0)
|
where
CR0 = |
the
Conversion Rate in effect on the day immediately following the
date such
tender or exchange offer expires;
|
CR1 = |
the
new Conversion Rate in effect after such tender or exchange
offer
expires;
|
AC = |
the
aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration
(as determined by
the Board of Directors) paid or payable for the
Common Stock purchased in
such tender or exchange offer;
|
OS0 = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the date
such tender or exchange offer
expires;
|
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OS1 = |
the
number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after the
date
such tender or exchange offer expires
(after giving effect to the purchase
or exchange of shares pursuant
to such tender or exchange offer);
and
|
SP1 = |
the
average of the Closing
Sale Prices of the Common
Stock for each Trading
Day in the ten-consecutive-Trading-Day
period commencing on the
Trading
Day following the date
such tender or exchange
offer
expires.
|
The
adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.10 will occur on
the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the Trading Day following the date
such tender or exchange offer expires; provided
that in
respect of any conversion within ten Trading Days immediately following, and
including, the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references
with
respect to ten Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number
of
Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or
exchange offer and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion
Rate.
Section 10.11 Additional
Adjustments.
(a) The
Company may, in its sole discretion, increase the Conversion Rate as the Board
of Directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to Holders
of
the Securities resulting from any dividend or distribution of Capital Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities (or rights to acquire Capital Stock)
or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
(b) The
Company may, from time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of at least 20
Business Days if the Board of Directors has determined that such increase would
be in the Company’s best interests. If the Board of Directors makes such
determination, it will be conclusive. The Company will give Holders of the
Securities and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent at least 15 days’ prior
notice of such an increase in the Conversion Rate.
(c) To
the
extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect upon any conversion of
the
Securities into Common Stock, a Holder will receive, in addition to the Common
Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to any conversion, the
rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Rate
will be adjusted at the time of separation as described in Section 10.08. A
further adjustment will occur as described in Section 10.08 above, if such
rights become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
indebtedness or assets, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration,
termination or redemption of such rights.
(d) Following:
(i) any
reclassification of the Common Stock;
(ii) a
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or combination involving the
Company; or
(iii) a
conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition to another Person or
entity of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;
the
Settlement Amount in respect of the Company’s conversion obligation will be
computed as set forth in Section 10.02 above, based on the kind and amount
of shares of stock, securities, other property or assets (including cash or
any
combination thereof) that holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive
in
respect of each share of Common Stock in such transaction (the “Reference
Property”)
and
Reference Property will be delivered in lieu of the shares of Common Stock
that
would have otherwise been deliverable upon conversion. If holders of the Common
Stock would be entitled to elect the kind of consideration for their Common
Stock received in any transaction described in the previous sentence, the
Company shall make adequate provision (which shall be similar to the provisions
of the election to be made holders of the Common Stock) whereby the Holders,
treated as a single class, shall have the opportunity, on a timely basis, to
determine the composition of the Reference Property that will replace the shares
of Common Stock that would otherwise be delivered upon conversion. Such
determination shall be based on the weighted average of elections made by
Holders of the Securities who participate in such determination and shall be
subject to any limitations to which all of the holders of the Common Stock
are
subject, such as pro rata reductions applicable to any portion of the
consideration payable. If no Holders participate in such election, then the
kind
of consideration for their Securities shall be based on the weighted average
of
the kind and amount of consideration received by the holders of the Common
Stock
that affirmatively make such an election. The determination of the Reference
Property will apply to all of the Securities and the Company will notify the
Trustee of the composition of the Reference Property promptly after it is
determined.
All
calculations under this Article 10 shall be made to the nearest 1/10,000th
of a share, as the case may be.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, if on any Conversion Date there exists
a
Registration Default (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), the Holder of any Securities surrendered for conversion shall not
be
entitled to any Liquidated Damages under the Registration Rights Agreement;
provided,
however,
that
the Conversion Rate for the Securities surrendered for conversion on such date
only shall be increased such that the Conversion Rate on such Conversion Date
or
on any Trading Day in determining the Settlement Amount pursuant to Section
10.02 shall be an amount equal to 103% of the then applicable Conversion Rate
on
such date.
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The
Company will not take any action that would result in an adjustment pursuant
to
this Section 10 without complying with the shareholder approval rules of
The New York Stock Exchange or any stock exchange on which the Common Stock
is
listed at the relevant time.
Section 10.12 When
No Adjustment Required.
No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made:
(a) upon
the
issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend
reinvestment and stock purchase plan or any present or future plan providing
for
the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company
and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock
under any plan;
(b) upon
the
issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those
shares pursuant to the Company’s 2004 stock incentive plan or any future
employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) upon
the
issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right
or
exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security and outstanding as of the
date
the Securities were first issued (unless explicitly otherwise provided in this
Article 10);
(d) for
a
change in the par value of the shares of Common Stock; or
(e) for
accrued and unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional
Interest, if any).
Section 10.13 De
minimis Impact on Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 to
the contrary, the Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate
unless the adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% of the Conversion
Rate. However, the Company will carry forward any adjustments that are less
than
1% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless
of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1%, upon any conversion of
the
Securities.
Section 10.14 Notice
of Adjustment.
Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly mail to
Holders a notice of the adjustment. The Company shall file with the Trustee
and
the Conversion Agent such notice briefly stating the facts requiring the
adjustment and the manner of computing it. The notice of adjustment shall be
conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor
any
Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to
any
such notice of adjustment except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring
inspection thereof.
Section 10.15 Company
Determination Final.
Any
determination that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant
to
Section 10.06, Section 10.07, Section 10.08, Section 10.09,
Section 10.10, Section 10.11, Section 10.12 or Section 10.13 is
conclusive, absent manifest error.
Section 10.16 Trustee’s
Adjustment Disclaimer.
The
Trustee has no duty to determine when the Securities are convertible or when
an
adjustment under this Article 10 should be made, how it should be made or
what it should be. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no
representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued
upon conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the
Company’s failure to comply with this Article 10. Each Conversion Agent
shall have the same protection under this Section 10.16 as the
Trustee.
Section 10.17 Simultaneous
Adjustments.
In the
event that this Article 10 requires adjustments to the Conversion Rate
under more than one of Section 10.06, Section 10.07,
Section 10.08 or Section 10.09, only one such adjustment shall made by
applying, first, the provisions of Section 10.06, second, the provisions of
Section 10.08, third, the provisions of Section 10.09 and, fourth, the
provisions of Section 10.07.
Section 10.18 Successive
Adjustments.
After
an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Article 10, any subsequent
event requiring an adjustment under this Article 10 shall cause an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.
Section 10.19 Limitation
on Adjustments.
The
Company shall not take any action that would result in an adjustment pursuant
to
the foregoing provisions in this Article 10 if that adjustment would reduce
the Conversion Price below the then par value of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
Section 10.20 Adjustment
to Conversion Rate upon Qualifying Fundamental Change
Transactions.
If,
after the Issue Date of the Securities, the QFC Effective Date of a Qualifying
Fundamental Change occurs prior to October 1, 2012 and any Securities are
surrendered for conversion in connection with such transaction, the Company
will
increase the Conversion Rate by a number of additional shares of Common Stock
(the “Additional
Shares”)
determined pursuant to this Section 10.20. A “Qualifying
Fundamental Change”
means
either (i) the occurrence of any event or transaction described in clauses
(i)
or (ii) of the definition of Change in Control or (ii) any Termination of
Trading; provided, however, that a merger, consolidation, assignment,
conveyance, sale, transfer, lease or other disposition otherwise constituting
a
Change in Control shall not constitute a Qualifying Fundamental Change if at
least 90% of the consideration paid for the Common Stock in that transaction,
excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant
to
dissenters’ appraisal rights, consists of shares of common stock traded on a
U.S. national securities exchange, or will be so traded immediately following
the merger or consolidation, and, as a result of the merger or consolidation,
the Securities become convertible into shares of such common stock.
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A
conversion of the Securities will be deemed for these purposes to be “in
connection with” a Qualifying Fundamental Change transaction if the related
Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent during the period
described in Section 10.01(a)(v).
The
Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the
anticipated QFC Effective Date of such Qualifying Fundamental Change and issue
a
press release as soon as practicable after it first determines the anticipated
QFC Effective Date of such Qualifying Fundamental Change.
The
number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased
for
conversions in connection with a Qualifying Fundamental Change transaction
shall
be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the
Qualifying Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “QFC
Effective Date”),
and
(1) the price paid per share of the Common Stock in the Change in Control in
the
case of a Qualifying Fundamental Change described in the clause (ii) of the
definition of Change in Control, or (2) in the case of any other Qualifying
Fundamental Change, the average of the last reported sale prices of the Common
Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding
the
QFC Effective Date of such other Qualifying Fundamental Change (in the case
of
either clause (1) or (2), the “Stock
Price”).
If
holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in the case of a Qualifying
Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition of Change in
Control, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share.
As
of any
date upon which the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Sections 10.06
through 10.11, the Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table below
shall be adjusted such that the adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock
Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such
adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted
pursuant to Sections 10.06 through Section 10.11. The number of Additional
Shares in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion
Rate is adjusted pursuant to Sections 10.06 through 10.11. If the Stock Price
is
between two Stock Prices in the table or the QFC Effective Date is between
two
QFC Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares will be
determined by straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional
Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the two QFC Effective
Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. If the Stock Price is in excess
of $30.00 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth herein), or if the
Stock
Price is less than $9.84 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth herein),
no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.
The
following table sets forth the increase in the Conversion Rate, expressed as
a
number of Additional Shares to be added per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities.
Stock
Price
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
QFC
Effective Date
|
$9.84
|
|
$10.00
|
|
$11.32
|
|
$12.00
|
|
$14.00
|
|
$16.00
|
|
$18.00
|
|
$20.00
|
|
$25.00
|
|
$30.00
|
||||||||||||
October
2, 2007
|
13.2556
|
12.5356
|
7.9454
|
6.3024
|
3.2304
|
1.6784
|
0.8702
|
0.4379
|
0.0449
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
October
1, 2008
|
13.2556
|
13.1986
|
8.2134
|
6.4397
|
3.1635
|
1.5560
|
0.7534
|
0.3476
|
0.0227
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
October
1, 2009
|
13.2556
|
13.2556
|
8.2261
|
6.3255
|
2.8960
|
1.3000
|
0.5579
|
0.2170
|
0.0020
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
October
1, 2010
|
13.2556
|
13.2556
|
7.7712
|
5.7569
|
2.2932
|
0.8479
|
0.2784
|
0.0752
|
0.0079
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
October
1, 2011
|
13.2556
|
12.7384
|
6.2297
|
4.1664
|
1.0907
|
0.1988
|
0.0197
|
0.0068
|
0.0027
|
0.0000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
October
1, 2012
|
13.2418
|
11.6160
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate as adjusted pursuant to
this
Section 10.20 exceed 101.626 shares per $1,000 principal amount of
Securities, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.06 through Section 10.11.
Because
the Company cannot calculate and deliver the additional conversion consideration
due as a result of an increase in the Conversion Rate resulting from a
Qualifying Fundamental Change until after the QFC Effective Date has occurred,
the Company will not deliver such additional conversion consideration until
after the QFC Effective Date even if the settlement date in respect of other
conversion consideration occurs earlier. As a result, Holders may receive their
Settlement Amount in two payments rather than one. The Company shall deliver
the
portion of the Settlement Amount that is payable on account of the increase
in
the Conversion Rate as soon as practicable, but in no event after the third
Business Day after the later of: (i) the Conversion Date; (ii) the last Trading
Day in the applicable Conversion Settlement Averaging Period; and (iii) the
QFC
Effective Date.
If
any
Holder surrenders a Security for conversion in connection with a Qualifying
Fundamental Change that the Company has announced, but the Qualifying
Fundamental Change is not consummated, then such Holder shall not be entitled
to
the increased Conversion Rate as described in this section 10.20 in connection
with such conversion.
ARTICLE 11
PAYMENT
OF INTEREST
Section 11.01 Payment
of Interest.
(a) The
Company shall pay interest on the Securities at a rate of 7.50% per annum,
payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year
(each, an “Interest
Payment Date”),
commencing on April 1, 2008, and shall be paid to the Holder of such
Security at the close of business on the preceding March 15 and
September 15, respectively (each, a “Record
Date”).
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months and will accrue from October 9, 2007 or from the most recent
date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. In the event of the
maturity, conversion, redemption or repurchase of a Security by the Company
at
the option of the Holder, interest shall cease to accrue on such
Security.
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(b) If
any
Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date
(including upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change) falls on a day that
is
not a Business Day, then the required payment will be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date
that the payment was due, and no additional interest will accrue on that payment
for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity,
Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding
Business Day.
(c) Upon
conversion of a Security, (i) a Holder shall not receive any cash payment
of interest and (ii) except as set forth in clause (d) below, the
Company’s delivery to a Holder of the full amount of cash, shares of Common
Stock or a combination thereof comprising the Settlement Amount as described
in
Section 10.02(b), together with any cash payment of fractional shares, shall
be
deemed to satisfy its obligation with respect to the principal amount of such
Security, and any accrued but unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages
and
Additional Interest, if any). As a result, accrued but unpaid interest
(including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) up to but
excluding the Conversion Date will be deemed to be paid in full rather than
cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.
(d) If
Securities are surrendered for conversion by a Holder after the close of
business on any Record Date but prior to the opening of business on the Interest
Payment Date to which such Record Date relates, Holders of such Securities
at
the close of business on the Record Date will receive an amount equal to the
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) payable
on the Securities on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding
the
conversion. Such Securities, upon surrender for conversion, must be accompanied
by funds equal to the amount of interest (including Liquidated Damages and
Additional Interest, if any) payable on the Securities so converted on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date. However, no such payment shall be
made:
(i) in
connection with any conversion following the regular Record Date immediately
preceding the Stated Maturity;
(ii) if
the
Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Record Date and on
or
prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date;
(iii) if
a
scheduled Redemption Date occurs after a Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date; or
(iv) to
the
extent of any overdue interest (including overdue Liquidated Damages and
Additional Interest, if any), if overdue interest, Liquidated Damages or
Additional Interest exist at the time of conversion with respect to such
Security.
Section 11.02 Additional
Interest.
Notwithstanding the provisions described in Section 6.02, the sole remedy
under this Indenture and any Security for an Event of Default relating to the
failure to comply with the Company’s reporting obligations to the Trustee and
the SEC, as set forth in Section 4.02 of this Indenture, and for any failure
to
comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture
Act, shall, for the 180 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default,
consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the
Securities at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount
of
the Securities (the “Additional
Interest”).
Any
such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same
dates as the stated interest payable on the Securities. The Additional Interest
shall accrue on all outstanding Securities from and including the date on which
such an Event of Default first occurs to, but not including, the 181st day
thereafter (or, if applicable, the earlier date on which such Event of Default
is cured or waived). If such Event of Default is continuing on the 181st day
after such Event of Default first occurs, the Securities shall be subject to
acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this Section
11.02 shall not affect the rights of Holders of Securities in the event of
the
occurrence of any other Events of Default.
Section 11.03 Defaulted
Interest.
Any
installment of interest that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted
Interest”)
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities
were
registered on the Record Date applicable to such installment of interest. The
Company shall make payment of any Defaulted Interest (including any interest
on
such Defaulted Interest) to the Holders in whose names the Securities are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment
of
such Defaulted Interest (a “Special
Record Date”),
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 and the date
of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Section 11.03. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than ten
calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten
calendar 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 sent, first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the registration books of the Registrar, not
less than ten calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business
on
such Special Record Date.
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Section 11.04 Interest
Rights Preserved.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Article 11 and Section 2.06, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
ARTICLE 12
SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTEES
Section 12.01 Guarantee.
(a)
Subject to this Article 12, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the
Securities or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder,
that:
(i) the
principal of and interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if any) on the Securities will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if any) on the Securities, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of
the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly
paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;
and
(ii) in
case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of
such
other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing
payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed
for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated
to
pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of
payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The
Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities
or
this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or
consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof
or
thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce
the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal
or
equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except
in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
(c) If
any
Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar
official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount
paid by either the Company or the Guarantors to the Trustee or such Holder,
this
Subsidiary Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated
in full force and effect.
(d) Each
Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in
relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until
payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further
agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and
the
Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed
hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes
of
this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration
of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations
(whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Guarantors will
have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as
the
exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the
Subsidiary Guarantee.
Section 12.02 Limitation
on Guarantor Liability.
Each
Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms
that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee
of
such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes
of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to
any
Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the
Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of
each
such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving
effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities
of
such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to
any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or
on
behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other
Guarantor under this Article 12, result in the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or voidable preference.
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Section 12.03 Releases.
A
Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released from its
obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee:
(i) in
connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the
Capital Stock of that Guarantor (or the shares of any holding company of such
Guarantor (other than the Company)) to a Person that is not (either before
or
after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or any of the Company’s
other Subsidiaries, provided that after giving effect to such transaction,
such
Guarantor is released from any liability relating to, or is no longer a
guarantor of, any indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s other
Subsidiaries; provided,
further,
that
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the foregoing conditions precedent to
the
release of the Subsidiary Guarantee have been satisfied;
(ii) upon
satisfaction and discharge of the Securities as provided in Section 8.01 of
this
Indenture;
(iii) upon
the
full and final payment and performance of all of the Company’s obligations under
the Securities; or
(iv) in
accordance with Article 5.
Upon
the
Company’s written request, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably
required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations
under its Subsidiary Guarantee.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust
Indenture Act Controls.
If any
provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another
provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the
required provision shall control.
Section 13.02 Notices.
Any
request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication shall
be in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission
(confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile
numbers:
if
to the
Company and/or any Guarantor:
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
General Counsel
if
to the
Trustee:
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust
& Securities Services —
Global
Debt Services
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
NYC
MS
60-2710
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Corporates Team Deal Manager
with
a
copy to:
Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company
c/o
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust
& Securities Services
00
XxXxxxxx Xxx., 0xx Xx.
MS:
SUM01-0105
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Attention:
Corporates Team Deal Manager
The
Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice given to the other in the manner
provided above may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent
notices or communications.
Any
notice or communication given to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder, by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holder’s address as it appears on the
registration books of the Registrar and shall be deemed sufficiently given
if so
mailed within the time prescribed. Notices will be deemed to have been given
on
the date of mailing.
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Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not
affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or
communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether
or not received by the addressee.
If
the
Company mails a notice or communication to the Holders, it shall mail a copy
to
the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or
co-registrar.
Section 13.03 Communication
by Holders with Other Holders.
Holders
may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 13.04 Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an
Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) if
required by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion
of
such counsel, all such conditions precedent (to the extent of legal conclusions)
have been complied with.
Section 13.05 Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a
covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a
statement that each Person making such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers’ Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel are based;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, he has made such examination
or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(d) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant or condition has
been complied with.
Section 13.06 Separability
Clause.
In case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.07 Rules
by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and Registrar.
The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The
Registrar, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules
for their functions.
Section 13.08 Legal
Holidays.
A
“Legal
Holiday”
is
a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required
to be
open in the State of New York. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment
shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest) shall accrue
for
the intervening period. If a Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date
shall not be affected.
Section 13.09 Governing
Law.
THIS
INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS
OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.10 No
Recourse Against Others.
A
director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any
Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or
the
Guarantors under the Securities, this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees
or
for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all
such
liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issue of the Securities.
Section 13.11 Successors.
All
agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its
successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successor. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its
successor, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.05.
Section 13.12 Multiple
Originals.
The
parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall
be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One
signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
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Section 13.13 Table
of Contents; Headings.
The
table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture
have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be
considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms
or
provisions hereof.
Section 13.14 Patriot
Act.
The
parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA
Patriot Act, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, like all financial
institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money
laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens
an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas with such information as it may request in order
for
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to satisfy the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as a deed the day and year first before written.
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Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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LP
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Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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DEBT FUNDING, LP
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X. XxXxxxxx
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Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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SERVICES CORP.
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Xxxx
X. XxXxxxxx
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Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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CREDIT LLC
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X. XxXxxxxx
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Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, has executed this
Indenture as of the date first above written.
DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as
Trustee
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DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
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Vice
President
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Xxxxxxx
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Assistant
Vice President
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EXHIBIT
A
[FACE
OF
NOTE]
THIS
SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK (“COMMON
STOCK”)
OF
CAPLEASE, INC. (THE “COMPANY”)
ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”),
OR
ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NONE OF THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH
REGISTRATION.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”)
THAT
IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY
OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER,” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY AND
THE
WITHIN MENTIONED TRUSTEE PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT
TO
CLAUSE (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS
AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.
[UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), 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 IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1
1
For
Global Security Only
A-1
CUSIP:
000000XX0
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7.50%
Convertible Senior Note due 2027
CapLease,
Inc., a Maryland corporation, promises to pay to ________________, or its
registered assigns, the principal sum of __________ (________Dollars), or such
lesser amount as is indicated in the records of the Trustee and the Depositary,
on October 1, 2027 and to pay interest thereon from October 9, 2007, or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or
duly provided for, semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each
year, commencing April 1, 2008, at the rate of 7.50% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable
on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the
person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered
at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Record Date with respect to such
Interest Payment Date, which shall be the March 15 and September 15,
respectively, preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Interest
on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment will
be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if
made on the date the payment was due, and no additional interest will accrue
in
respect of such payment by virtue of the payment being made on such later
date.
Reference
is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the attached
“Additional Terms of the Notes”, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This
Note
shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of
authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under
the
Indenture.
A-2
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, CapLease, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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A-3
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS | ||||
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Notes referred to in the Indenture.
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Authorized Signatory |
A-4
Additional
Terms of the Notes
7.50%
Convertible Senior Note due 2027
CAPLEASE,
INC., a Maryland corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the
“Company”),
issued this Note under an Indenture, dated as of October 9, 2007 (as it may
be
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof,
the “Indenture”),
among
the Company, Caplease, LP, Caplease Debt Funding, LP, Caplease Services Corp.
and Caplease Credit LLC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee,
to
which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company,
the
Guarantors and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are
to
be, authorized and delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb, the “TIA”).
Terms
defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders
are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. This
Note is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture initially issued
in
an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000.
1. Further
Provisions Relating to Interest
(a) Liquidated
Damages.
The
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive Liquidated Damages as and
to
the extent provided in the Indenture and that certain Registration Rights
Agreement.
(b) Additional
Interest.
The
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive Additional Interest as and
to
the extent provided in the Indenture.
2. Method
of Payment
The
Company will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders
of Notes at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Record Date with respect
to
the applicable Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record
Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date, except as otherwise provided
in
the Indenture. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect
principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) in money of the United
States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
The
Company shall make payments in respect of the Notes by check mailed to a
Holder’s registered address or, with respect to Global Notes, by wire
transfer.
3. Paying
Agent and Registrar
Initially,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Trustee”)
will
act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may appoint
and
change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar or Conversion Agent without
notice. The Company or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Ranking
The
Notes
are general obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment to
all
of the Company’s existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness.
5. Redemption
The
Notes
will not be subject to redemption prior to October 5, 2012 except to
preserve the Company’s status as a REIT as set forth in Section 3.01 of the
Indenture. On or after October 5, 2012, or if, at any time, the Company
determines it is necessary to redeem the Notes in order to preserve the
Company’s qualification as a REIT, the Company shall have the right to redeem
the Notes in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Holders,
for cash at a Redemption Price, as described in the Indenture, plus any accrued
and unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest,
if
any) thereon up to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided,
however,
that if
the Redemption Date is on a date that is after a Record Date and on or prior
to
the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the related
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) due
on
such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business
on
the corresponding Record Date.
6. Repurchase
at the Option of the Holder
Pursuant
to Section 3.07 of the Indenture, the Notes, in whole or in part, shall be
repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holder on October 1, 2012,
October 1, 2017 and October 1, 2022 or the next Business Day following
such dates to the extent any such date is not a Business Day in cash at 100%
of
the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if
any),
thereon to, but excluding the Repurchase Date; provided
that if
such Repurchase Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior the corresponding
Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the related interest (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) due on such Interest Payment
Date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding
Record Date. No Notes may be repurchased by the Company at the option of Holders
if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to
the
Notes, other than a default in the payment of the Repurchase Price with respect
to the Notes.
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Any
Holder delivering to the Paying Agent a Repurchase Notice shall have the right
to withdraw such Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business
on
the second Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date by delivery
of
a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance the provisions
of the Indenture. If the Repurchase Notice is withdrawn during such period,
the
Company will not be obligated to repurchase the related Notes.
7. Repurchase
at the Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change
Pursuant
to Section 3.08 of the Indenture, if a Fundamental Change occurs prior to
October 1, 2012, the Notes shall be repurchased by the Company, in whole or
in part, at the option of the Holder thereof, in cash, on a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, specified by the Company, that is not less than 20 Business
Days nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change
Notice delivered by the Company, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount plus, accrued and unpaid interest, if any (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date; provided
that if
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Record Date and on or
prior the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the related
interest (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) due
on
such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record at the close of business
on
the corresponding Record Date. No Notes may be repurchased by the Company at
the
option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change if there has occurred and is
continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, other than a default
in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to the
Notes.
If
the
Repurchase Notice is withdrawn during such period, the Company will not be
obligated to repurchase the related Notes.
8. Conversion
Subject
to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, this Note or any
part hereof in integral multiples of $1,000 may be converted by a Holder into
cash, shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof at the election of
the
Company (x) after April 1, 2027, at any time prior to the close of business
on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Stated Maturity and (y) on or prior
to April 1, 2027, only during the periods and under the conditions specified
in
clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 10.01(a) of the Indenture. The
Settlement Amount deliverable upon any such conversion shall be as described
in
Section 10.02 of the Indenture.
9. Denominations,
Transfer, Exchange
The
Notes
are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and
any integral multiple thereof. A Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange
Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder of this Note, among other things,
to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes
required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
10. Persons
Deemed Owners
The
registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
11. Unclaimed
Money
Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent
shall
pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of
principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter,
Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general
creditors.
12. Amendment,
Waiver
Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the
Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder but with the written
consent or affirmative vote of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (ii) any Default or Event of
Default may be waived by Notice to the Trustee by the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes. In certain
circumstances set forth in the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend
or supplement the Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any
Holder.
13. Defaults
and Remedies
Subject
to Section 11.02 of the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(viii) or 6.01(ix) with respect
to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare
the
principal of and accrued but unpaid interest, if any (including Liquidated
Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on all the Notes to be due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(viii) or 6.01(ix) of the
Indenture occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of and interest,
if
any (including Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) on, all
the
Notes then outstanding will, automatically and without any action by the Trustee
or any Holder, become and be immediately due and payable. Under certain
circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may rescind any such declaration with respect to the Notes
and
its consequences. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of
this
Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Company and the Holder
of
the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay the principal of and interest (including Liquidated Damages and
Additional Interest, if any) on this Note at the place, at the respective times,
at the rate and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed
or to convert the Note as provided in the Indenture.
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14. Trustee
Dealings with the Company
Subject
to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture,
in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee.
15. Indenture,
Subsidiary Guarantees and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Notes or for
any
claim based upon any Notes or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse
under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company or the
Guarantors in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Notes
or
because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby or in any
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, member,
manager, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company, the Guarantors or any of the Company’s other
subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the
Company, the Guarantors or any of the Company’s other subsidiaries or any
successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of the
Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees and the issue of the Notes.
16. Authentication
This
Note
shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs
the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
17. Abbreviations
Customary
abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN
COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint
tenants with rights of Minors Act).
18. GOVERNING
LAW
THIS
NOTE
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD
BE
REQUIRED THEREBY.
19. CUSIP
and ISIN Numbers
Pursuant
to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security
Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to
be
printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers
in all notices issued to Holders of this Note as a convenience to such Holders.
No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed
on the Notes or as contained in any such notice and reliance may be placed
only
on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The
Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without
charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture.
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CONVERSION
NOTICE
TO:
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CAPLEASE,
INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Conversion
Agent
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The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the
option to convert this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or a
multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that payment in cash, shares
of
Common Stock or any combination thereof at the election of the Company as
provided in Section 10.02 of the Indenture, as the case may be, issuable and
deliverable upon such conversion, and any cash deliverable upon conversion
in
lieu of fractional shares and any Notes 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 Note 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 taxes or duties payable with respect
thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of
interest accompanies this Note.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the 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
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 any, if to be issued, and Notes
if to be delivered, and the person to whom cash, if any, and payment in cash
for
fractional shares is to be made, if to be made, other than to and in the name
of
the registered Holder:
Please
print name and address
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(Name)
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(Street
Address)
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(City,
State and Zip Code)
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Principal
amount to be converted (if less than all):
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$
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Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
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NOTICE:
Other than with respect to Global Notes, the signature on this Conversion Notice
must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Notes in every
particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.
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REPURCHASE
NOTICE
TO:
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CAPLEASE,
INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Conversion
Agent
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The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably acknowledges
receipt of a notice from CapLease, Inc. (the “Company”)
regarding the right of Holders to elect to require the Company to repurchase
the
Notes and requests and instructs the Company to repay the entire principal
amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture at the price of 100% of such entire principal amount or portion
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) 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.
The Notes shall be repurchased by the Company as of the Repurchase Date pursuant
to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the 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
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 above signatures of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name
as
written upon the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Notes
Certificate Number (if applicable): ______
Principal
amount to be repurchased
(if
less
than all, must be $1,000 or whole multiples thereof):
______
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number: ______
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FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE
TO:
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CAPLEASE,
INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Conversion
Agent
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The
undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably acknowledges
receipt of a notice from CapLease, Inc. (the “Company”)
regarding the right of Holders to elect to require the Company to repurchase
the
Notes and requests and instructs the Company to repay the entire principal
amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture at the price of 100% of such entire principal amount or portion
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, (including
Liquidated Damages and Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the
Fundamental Change 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. The Notes shall be repurchased by the Company as of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in the Indenture.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the 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
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 above signatures of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name
as
written upon the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Notes
Certificate Number (if applicable): _____
Principal
amount to be repurchased
(if
less
than all, must be $1,000 or whole multiples thereof): _____
Social
Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number: _____
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ASSIGNMENT
For
value
received _________________ hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
_____________ (Please insert social security or other Taxpayer Identification
Number of assignee) the within Notes, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints _________________ attorney to transfer said Notes on the books of
the
Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
In
connection with any transfer of the Notes 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 become effective under the Securities Act),
the
undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred:
o
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To
CapLease, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or
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o
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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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o
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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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o
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Pursuant
to a Registration Statement which has become effective under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and which continues to be effective
at
the time of transfer.
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Unless
one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered Holder thereof.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the 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
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 this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or enlargement
or
any change whatever.
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