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Exhibit 4.10
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NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.
and
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of August 13, 1997
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$115,000,000
5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Section 310 (a)(1) ................................. 609
(a)(2) ........................................ 609
(a)(3) ........................................ Not Applicable
(a)(4) ........................................ Not Applicable
(a)(5) ........................................ 609
(b) ........................................ 608
Section 311 (a)..................................... 613
(b) ........................................ 613
Section 312 (a)..................................... 701
........................................ 702(a)
(b) ........................................ 702(b)
(c) ........................................ 702(c)
Section 313 (a)..................................... 703(a)
(b) ........................................ 703(a)
(c) ........................................ 703(a)
(d) ........................................ 703(b)
Section 314 (a)..................................... 704
(a)(4) ........................................ 1005
(b) ........................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1) ........................................ 102
(c)(2) ........................................ 102
(c)(3) ........................................ Not Applicable
(d) ........................................ Not Applicable
(e) ........................................ 102
Section 315 (a)..................................... 601
(b) ........................................ 602
(c) ........................................ 601
(d) ........................................ 601
(e) ........................................ 514
Section 316 (a)(1).................................. 502
(a)(1)(A) ........................................ 512
(a)(1)(B) ........................................ 513
(a)(2) ........................................ Not Applicable
(b) ........................................ 508
(c) ........................................ 104(c)
Section 317 (a)(1)........................................ 503
(a)(2) ........................................ 504
(b) ........................................ 1004
Section 318 (a)..................................... 107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie 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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Parties................................................................... 1
Recitals of the Company................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application..................... 1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS............................. 1
"Act"................................................... 2
"Affiliate"............................................. 2
"Authenticating Agent".................................. 2
"Beneficial Owner"...................................... 2
"Board of Directors".................................... 2
"Board Resolution"...................................... 2
"Business Day".......................................... 2
"Cedel"................................................. 2
"Change in Control"..................................... 2
"Class A Common Stock".................................. 3
"Class B Common Stock".................................. 3
"Commission"............................................ 3
"Common Stock".......................................... 3
"Company"............................................... 3
"Company Request" or "Company Order".................... 3
"Corporate Trust Office"................................ 3
"Corporation"........................................... 4
"Current Market Price".................................. 4
"DTC"................................................... 4
"Defaulted Interest".................................... 4
"Definitive Security"................................... 4
"Depositary"............................................ 4
"Euroclear"............................................. 4
"Event of Default"...................................... 4
"Exchange Act".......................................... 4
"Global Security"....................................... 4
"Guarantee"............................................. 4
"Guarantee Agreement"................................... 4
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*Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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"Guarantor"............................................. 4
"Holder"................................................ 4
"Indenture"............................................. 4
"Initial Purchasers".................................... 5
"Interest Payment Date"................................. 5
"Maturity".............................................. 5
"Officers' Certificate"................................. 5
"144A Global Security".................................. 5
"Opinion of Counsel".................................... 5
"Outstanding"........................................... 5
"Paying Agent".......................................... 6
"Person"................................................ 6
"Predecessor Security".................................. 6
"Purchase Agreement".................................... 6
"Record Date"........................................... 6
"Redemption Date"....................................... 6
"Redemption Price"...................................... 6
"Registration Rights Agreement"......................... 7
"Regular Record Date"................................... 7
"Regulation S".......................................... 7
"Regulation S Global Security".......................... 7
"Repurchase Date"....................................... 7
"Repurchase Event"...................................... 7
"Repurchase Price"...................................... 7
"Resale Restriction Termination Date"................... 7
"Responsible Officer"................................... 7
"Securities Custodian".................................. 7
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar"............ 7
"Senior Indebtedness"................................... 7
"Shelf Registration Statement".......................... 8
"Special Record Date"................................... 8
"Stated Maturity"....................................... 8
"Subsidiary"............................................ 8
"Termination of Trading"................................ 9
"Transfer Restricted Securities"........................ 9
"Trust Indenture Act"................................... 9
"Trustee"............................................... 9
"Vice President"........................................ 9
"Wholly-owned Subsidiary"............................... 9
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS............ 9
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.......... 10
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES................... 10
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY........... 11
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER....................... 12
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT............... 13
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS........ 13
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SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS............................... 13
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.................................. 13
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE................................ 13
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW........................................ 13
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS....................................... 13
SECTION 114. NO SECURITY INTEREST CREATED......................... 14
SECTION 115. LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY................... 14
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms........................... 14
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY...................................... 15
SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY............................. 16
SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITIES AND DEFINITIVE
SECURITY............................................. 20
SECTION 204. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION...... 28
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities........................... 29
SECTION 301. TITLE AND TERMS...................................... 29
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS........................................ 30
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING....... 30
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES................................. 30
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE............................................. 31
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES..... 40
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED....... 41
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS................................ 43
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION......................................... 43
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.............................. 43
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge..................... 43
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.............. 43
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY........................... 45
SECTION 403. REINSTATEMENT........................................ 45
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies.............................. 45
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SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.................................... 45
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND
ANNULMENT............................................ 48
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE........................................... 49
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM..................... 50
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES........................................... 50
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED....................... 51
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.................................. 51
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST AND TO CONVERT.................. 52
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES................... 52
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE....................... 52
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER......................... 53
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS................................... 53
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.............................. 53
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS................................ 54
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee............................ 54
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.................. 54
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS................................... 55
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE............................ 55
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
SECURITIES........................................... 57
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.................................. 57
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.................................. 57
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT....................... 57
SECTION 608. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.............. 58
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.............. 59
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR............................................ 59
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR............... 60
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS............................................. 61
SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.... 61
SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.................. 61
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company.... 64
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SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES
OF HOLDERS........................................... 64
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION TO
HOLDERS.............................................. 64
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE................................... 64
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY................................... 65
SECTION 705. RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.................... 65
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease. 65
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS................................................ 65
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED................................ 66
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures...................... 67
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
HOLDERS.............................................. 67
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS...... 67
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES................. 68
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.................... 69
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.................. 69
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES... 69
SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE..................... 69
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants............................. 69
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST........... 69
SECTION 1002. GUARANTEES OF SUBSIDIARIES........................... 70
SECTION 1003. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY...................... 70
SECTION 1004. MONEY FOR SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST...... 70
SECTION 1005. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.................. 71
SECTION 1006. EXISTENCE............................................ 72
SECTION 1007. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.......................... 72
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities...................... 72
SECTION 1101. RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.................................. 72
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SECTION 1102. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE............................. 72
SECTION 1103. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE................ 72
SECTION 1104. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.... 73
SECTION 1105. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION................................. 73
SECTION 1106. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.......................... 74
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE................ 74
SECTION 1108. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.......................... 75
ARTICLE TWELVE
Subordination of Securities.................... 75
SECTION 1201. SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS....... 75
SECTION 1202. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS UPON DISSOLUTION, ETC....... 75
SECTION 1203. PRIOR PAYMENT TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON
ACCELERATION OF SECURITIES........................... 77
SECTION 1204. NO PAYMENT WHEN SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS IN DEFAULT....... 77
SECTION 1205. PAYMENT PERMITTED IF NO DEFAULT...................... 78
SECTION 1206. SUBROGATION TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS......................................... 78
SECTION 1207. PROVISIONS SOLELY TO DEFINE RELATIVE RIGHTS.......... 78
SECTION 1208. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.................. 79
SECTION 1209. NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS................ 79
SECTION 1210. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.................................... 79
SECTION 1211. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF
LIQUIDATING AGENT.................................... 80
SECTION 1212. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS......................................... 81
SECTION 1213. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS; PRESERVATION OF TRUSTEE'S RIGHTS....... 81
SECTION 1214. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.................. 81
SECTION 1215. CERTAIN CONVERSIONS DEEMED PAYMENT................... 81
SECTION 1216. NO SUSPENSION OF REMEDIES............................ 82
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Conversion of Securities...................... 82
SECTION 1301. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE AND CONVERSION PRICE............ 82
SECTION 1302. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE..................... 82
SECTION 1303. FRACTIONS OF SHARES.................................. 83
SECTION 1304. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE....................... 84
SECTION 1305. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION PRICE............ 90
SECTION 1306. NOTICE OF CERTAIN CORPORATE ACTION................... 90
SECTION 1307. COMPANY TO RESERVE CLASS A COMMON STOCK.............. 91
SECTION 1308. TAXES ON CONVERSIONS................................. 92
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SECTION 1309. COVENANT AS TO CLASS A COMMON STOCK.................. 92
SECTION 1310. CANCELLATION OF CONVERTED SECURITIES................. 92
SECTION 1311. PROVISIONS OF CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF
ASSETS............................................... 92
SECTION 1312. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER................................. 93
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Right to Require Repurchase.................... 93
SECTION 1401. RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE.......................... 93
SECTION 1402. NOTICE; METHOD OF EXERCISING REPURCHASE RIGHT........ 93
SECTION 1403. DEPOSIT OF REPURCHASE PRICE.......................... 95
SECTION 1404. SECURITIES NOT REPURCHASED ON REPURCHASE DATE........ 95
SECTION 1405. SECURITIES REPURCHASED IN PART....................... 95
SECTION 1406. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.................................. 95
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Guarantees............................. 97
SECTION 1501. UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEES............................. 97
SECTION 1502. ADDITION OF GUARANTORS............................... 97
SECTION 1503. SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES.......................... 97
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INDENTURE, dated as of August 13, 1997 between NCS HEALTHCARE,
INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal executive offices
at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, and National City
Bank, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of
its 5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004 (herein called the
"Securities") of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and
to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have
been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
SECTION 101. Definitions.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term
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"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any
computation required and permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles as are generally accepted and accepted and adopted by the
Company at the date of this Indenture; and
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms used in Articles Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen
are defined in such Articles.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"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 possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities.
The term "Beneficial Owner" is determined in accordance with
Rule 13d- 3, promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that Board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in Cleveland, Ohio
or New York, New York are authorized or obligated to close by law or executive
order.
"Cedel" means Cedel Bank societe anonyme.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1406.
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"Class A Common Stock" means that class of capital stock of
the Company designated as Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
"Class B Common Stock" means that class of capital stock of
the Company designated as Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
"Closing Date" means August 13, 1997.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company, including,
without limitation, the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the
Company. However, subject to the provisions of Section 1311, shares issuable on
conversion of Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as
Class A Common Stock of the Company at the date of this Indenture or shares of
any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications
thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the
Company; PROVIDED, that if at any time there shall be more than one such
resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be
substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class
resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of
all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President or a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Controller,
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in
Cleveland, Ohio, which initially shall be 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall principally be administered.
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"Corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
"Current Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section
1304.
"DTC" has the meaning specified in Section 305.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Definitive Security" means a Security or Securities that are
in the form of the Security set forth in Sections 202 and 203 hereof, containing
the legend specified for a Definitive Security and not including the additional
language referred to in footnote 1 or the additional schedule referred to in
footnote 2.
"Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 305.
"Euroclear" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear System.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Global Security" means a Security or Securities in the form
of the Security set forth in Sections 202, 203 and 204 hereof containing the
legend specified for a Global Security, the additional language referred to in
footnote 1 and the additional schedule referred to in footnote 2.
"Guarantee" means each of the guarantees of the Securities by
the Guarantors made pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement.
"Guarantee Agreement" means that certain Guarantee Agreement
dated as of August 13, 1997 between the Trustee and the Guarantors.
"Guarantor" means each of the entities set forth on Schedule I
hereto and each other Person that hereafter becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
(and in each case any successor thereto) until it is no longer a member of an
affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 279(g) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended) which includes the Company, including, without
limitation, upon the sale or disposition (whether by merger, stock purchase,
asset sale or otherwise) of such Guarantor.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto
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entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all
purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
"Initial Purchasers" means Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Company, L.L.C., Xxxxxxxxxx Securities and XxXxxxxx & Company Securities, Inc..
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an
instalment of interest on the Securities.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof or by declaration of
acceleration, redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Chief
Financial Officer, Controller, Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1005 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"144A Global Security" has the meaning specified in Section
201.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, of counsel, who may be counsel for or an
employee of the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment
or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount have been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided, that if such Securities, or
portions thereof, 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; and
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(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities
are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are
valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Purchase Agreement" means that certain Purchase Agreement
dated August 7, 1997 between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
"Record Date" means either a Regular Record Date or a Special
Record Date, as applicable.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture on the applicable Redemption Date.
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"Registration Rights Agreement" means that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 13, 1997 between the Company
and the Initial Purchasers.
"Regular Record Date," for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date means the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
"Regulation S Global Security" has the meaning specified in
Section 201.
"Repurchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1401.
"Repurchase Event" has the meaning specified in Section 1406.
"Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1401.
"Resale Restriction Termination Date" means, with respect to
any Security, the date which is two years after the later of (i) the original
issue date of such Security and (ii) the last date on which the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Security (or any Predecessor
Security).
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the
Trustee, the chairman of the Board of Directors, any vice chairman of the Board
of Directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the executive
committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president, any vice
president (whether or not designated by numbers or words added before or after
the title "vice president"), the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any
trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant cashier, any assistant
secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities Custodian" means the Trustee, as custodian with
respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means (a) all secured indebtedness of
the Company for money borrowed under the Company's primary revolving credit
facility and any predecessor or successor credit facilities thereto, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of the Indenture (including, without
limitation, the Company's proposed $150 million credit facility currently being
negotiated, any increase in the maximum principal
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amount thereof and any predecessor or successor facilities thereto) or
thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (b) all other secured indebtedness of
the Company for money borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of the execution
of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, except any
indebtedness that by the terms of the instrument or instruments by which such
indebtedness was created or incurred expressly provides that it (i) is junior in
right of payment to the Debentures or (ii) ranks pari passu in right of payment
with the Debentures, and (c) any amendments, renewals, extensions,
modifications, refinancings and refundings of the foregoing. For the purposes of
this definition, "indebtedness for money borrowed" when used with respect to the
Company means (i) any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the
Company for the repayment of borrowed money (including, without limitation,
interest, fees, penalties or other obligations in respect thereof), whether or
not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments, (ii) any
deferred payment obligation of, or any such obligation guaranteed by, the
Company for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets evidenced by
a note or similar instrument, (iii) any obligation of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, the Company for the payment of rent or other amounts under a
lease of property or assets which obligation is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capitalized lease on the balance sheet of the Company under
generally accepted accounting principles, (iv) any obligation of, or any such
obligation which is guaranteed by, the Company for the reimbursement of any
obligor of any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit
transaction, (v) any obligation of, or any such obligation which is guaranteed
by, the Company under interest rate swaps, caps, collars, options and similar
arrangements and (vi) any obligation of the Company under any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, currency option contract or
other foreign currency hedge. For purposes of this definition, "secured
indebtedness" includes, without limitation, indebtedness of the Company for
money borrowed that is secured by a lien on the outstanding capital stock or
other equity interests in all or a substantial portion of the Company's
Wholly-owned Subsidiaries. For purposes of the Guarantees of the Securities
under the Guarantee Agreement, Senior Indebtedness shall have the meaning given
to such term in the Guarantee Agreement.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means the Registration
Statement with respect to the Debentures and the Common Stock the Issuer is
required to file pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or
any instalment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such instalment of
interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation 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 or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the
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election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class
of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Termination of Trading" has the meaning specified in Section
1406.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Securities that bear or
are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 305 hereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company means
any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words
added before or after the title "vice president".
"Wholly-owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary all the capital
stock of which (other than director's qualifying shares) is owned directly by
the Company.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under
the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the
form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company,
or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirement set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual or firm signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual
or such firm, he has or they have made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or them to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual or such firm, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any Person may certify to
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certification or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate of public
officials or upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer
or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
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(a) 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 agents 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, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the 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
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of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) 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 him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on
any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. If not set
by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in
respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such
vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if
later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided
pursuant to Section 701) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case
may be. With regard to any record date, only the Holders on such date (or their
duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the
relevant action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not set a
record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, any Act by the Holders pursuant to Section 501, 502 or 512.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(e) Any 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 therefor or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular
Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of
such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
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Any Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
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(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Holders and the Company by the
Trustee; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, registered or certified
with postage prepaid, to the Company, addressed to it at the address of
its principal executive offices specified in the first paragraph of
this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at
the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, registered or certified with postage prepaid, if
mailed; when answered back if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied;
and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by
nationally recognized overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to each Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date
(if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. All
such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the
time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, registered or certified with postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by nationally
recognized overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by
mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision that would be required
or deemed under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture if this
Indenture were subject thereto, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case
may be.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
and the Trustee shall bind each of their respective successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
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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 111. Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, the Holders of Securities and, with respect to Article
Twelve, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law.
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This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without
regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the
right to convert his Securities shall not be a Business Day, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this
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Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal and premium if
any, or conversion of the Securities need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity,
or on such last day for conversion; PROVIDED, that no interest shall accrue for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 114. No Security Interest Created.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall be construed as having granted to the Trustee or any Holder any
security interest in any property or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or
hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the
Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located.
SECTION 115. Limitation on Individual Liability.
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No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture or in any Security, or for any claim based
thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor Person, either directly or through the Company,
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 this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach
to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or
directors, as such, of the Company or of any successor Person, or any of them,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against,
every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any
Security or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Security.
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
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The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with any organizational document, any applicable law
or with the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities are listed
or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.
The Securities issued in definitive form shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Section 202 hereof.
Unless issued in definitive form, Securities issued and sold
in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more global
securities (the "144A Global Security"), the face of which shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Section 202 hereof and the reverse of
which shall be substantially in the form set forth in Section 203 hereof, which
144A Global Security shall be deposited on behalf of the holders of the
Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, and registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated as provided for herein.
Securities offered and sold outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of one or more global
securities (the "Regulation S Global Security"), the face of which shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Section 202 hereof and the reverse of
which shall be substantially in the form set forth in Section 203 hereof, which
Regulation S Global Security shall be deposited on behalf of the holders of the
Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, and registered in the name of a nominee of the Depositary, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated as provided herein, for credit to the
accounts of the respective depositaries for Euroclear and Cedel (or such other
accounts as they may direct). Prior to or on the 40th day after the later of the
commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date (the
"Restricted Period"), beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security
may only be held through Chase Manhattan Bank or Citibank, N.A., as operators of
Euroclear or Cedel, respectively, or an agent acting for and on behalf of them,
unless delivery is made though the 144A Global Security in accordance with the
certification requirements hereof. During the Restricted Period, interests in
the Regulation S Global Security may be exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A
Global Security or for Definitive Securities only in accordance with the
certification requirements described in Section 305 below.
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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 amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global
Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the
Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with
instructions given by the Holder thereof.
The Definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in
any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed or by the Depositary, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.
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LEGENDS FOR GLOBAL SECURITY:
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX
XXXX) ("XXX"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR 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.
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS
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SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH
LAWS.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES
NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATED PERSON OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) UNLESS SUCH OFFER, SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS (A)
TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A
PERSON THE HOLDER 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 WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE
MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND NATIONAL CITY BANK'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C), (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFICATE OF
TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY
THE TRANSFEROR TO NATIONAL CITY BANK AND SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE THEN HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
LEGENDS FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITY:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN 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, REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH LAWS.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES
NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
AFFILIATED PERSON OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY
PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) UNLESS SUCH OFFER, SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS (A)
TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A
PERSON THE HOLDER 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 WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE
MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND NATIONAL CITY BANK'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C), (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFICATE OF
TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY
THE TRANSFEROR TO NATIONAL CITY BANK AND SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE THEN HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.
5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004
No. ________ $___________
NCS HealthCare, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company,"
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
__________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
________________ Dollars [or such greater or lesser amount as indicated on the
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Schedule of Exchanges of Securities on the reverse hereof]1 on August 15, 2004,
and to pay interest thereon from the date of original issuance of Securities
pursuant to the Indenture or from and including the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing February 15, 1998 at the rate
of 5-3/4% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment and promises to pay any liquidated damages which may be payable pursuant
to Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement on the Interest Payment Dates.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Notice
of a Special Record Date shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Security will be made (i) in respect of
Securities held of record by the Depositary or its nominee in same day funds on
or prior to the respective payment dates and (ii) in respect of Securities held
of record by Holders other than the Depositary or its nominee at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 1003 of
the Indenture, in each case in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as of the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest in respect of Securities held of record by Holders other than the
Depositary or its nominee may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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(1) This phrase should be included only if the Security is issued in global
form.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: _________________ NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.
By _______________________
Attest:
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Global Securities and Definitive Security.
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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities
of the Company designated as its 5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
2004 (herein called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount to
$115,000,000 (including Securities issuable pursuant to the Initial Purchasers'
over-allotment option, as provided for in the Purchase Agreement dated August 7,
1997 between the Company and the Initial Purchasers), issued and to be issued
under an Indenture, dated as of August 13, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Company and National City Bank, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the
Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time
pursuant to the Indenture and on or before the close of business on August 15,
2004 or in case this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption, then
in respect of this Security or such portion hereof until and including, but
(unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption) not
after, the close of business on the second business day preceding the Redemption
Date, to convert this Security (or any portion of the principal amount hereof
which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), at the principal amount
hereof, or of such portion, into fully paid and non-assessable shares
(calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Class A
Common Stock at a conversion price equal to $32.70 principal amount for each
share of Class A Common Stock (or at
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the current adjusted conversion price if an adjustment has been made as provided
in the Indenture) by surrender of this Security, duly endorsed or assigned to
the Company or in blank, to the Company at its office or agency maintained for
that purpose pursuant to Section 1003 of the Indenture, accompanied by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee in the form provided in this Security (or
such other notice as is acceptable to the Company) that the Holder hereof elects
to convert this Security, or if less than the entire principal amount hereof is
to be converted, the portion hereof to be converted, and, in case such surrender
shall be made during the period from the opening of business on any Regular
Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the close of business on
such Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being
converted has been called for redemption), also accompanied by payment in New
York Clearing House funds, or other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount
equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal
amount of this Security then being converted. Subject to the aforesaid
requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the Regular
Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on or before such
Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of this Security (or any
Predecessor Security) of record at such Regular Record Date to receive an
instalment of interest (with certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no
payment or adjustment is to be made upon conversion on account of any interest
accrued hereon or on account of any dividends on the Class A Common Stock issued
upon conversion. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares
will be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional share the Company
shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The conversion price
is subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the
Indenture provides that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which
the Company is a party or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent
of any Holders of Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will
be convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible
as specified above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other
property receivable upon the consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder
of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which this Security might
have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer (assuming such holder of Class A Common Stock failed to exercise any
rights of election and received per share the kind and amount received per share
by a plurality of non-electing shares).
The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 30
and not more than 60 days' notice by mail, at any time on or after August 18,
2000, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption
Prices set forth below (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on
an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date).
If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning August 15, in
the year indicated (August 18, in the case of 2000), the redemption price shall
be:
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Redemption
Year Price
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2000............... 103.29%
2001............... 102.46%
2002............... 101.64%
2003............... 100.82%
In certain circumstances involving the occurrence of a
Repurchase Event (as defined in the Indenture), the Holder hereof shall have the
right to require the Company to repurchase this Security at 100% of the
principal amount hereof, together with accrued interest to the Repurchase Date,
but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Repurchase Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption or conversion of this Security in
part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed or unconverted
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, in all
respects, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided, and (c)
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under
the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, and, under certain limited circumstances, by
the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf
of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
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in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and
in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities,
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in fully registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange except as provided in the Indenture, and the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, except as provided in this Security, whether or not
this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Each of the Company's Wholly-owned Subsidiaries have
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, the Company's obligations
under the Debentures pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement. The indebtedness
represented by such guarantees is subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the
Guarantee Agreement) of such Subsidiaries.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The Company
will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement.
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[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]
TO NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby
irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof
(which is $1,000 or a multiple thereof) designated below, into shares of Class A
Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this
Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon the
conversion, together with any check in payment for a fractional share and any
Security representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and
delivered to the registered owner hereof unless a different name has been
provided below. If this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of
business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the close of business on the
related Interest Payment Date, this Notice is accompanied by payment in New York
Clearing House funds, or other funds acceptable to the Company, of an amount
equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal of
this Security to be converted (unless this Security has been called for
redemption). If shares or any portion of this Security not converted are to be
issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be
paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
Dated: -------------------------
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Signature(s)
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is a
bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the
requirements of the Trustee or agent responsible for conversion, which
requirements include the membership or participation in the Securities Transfer
Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such "signature guarantee program" as may
be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all
in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if shares of
Class A Common Stock are to be delivered, or Securities are to be issued, other
than to and in the name of the registered owner.
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Signature Guarantee
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Fill in for registration of shares of Class A Common Stock if they are to be
delivered, or Securities if they are to be issued, other than to and in the name
of the registered owner:
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(Name)
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(Street Address)
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(City, State and zip code)
(Please print name and address)
Register: _____ Class A Common Stock
_____ Securities
(Check appropriate line(s)).
Principal amount to be converted (if less
than all):
$__________,000
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Social Security or other Taxpayer
Identification Number of owner
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[ASSIGNMENT FORM]
If you the holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have
your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax ID number) ___________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint
________________________________________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Date:__________________ Your signature: ________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
face of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan
association or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Trustee, which requirements include the membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such "signature guarantee program" as
may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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[OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE]
If you wish to have this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 1401 of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]
If you wish to have a portion of this Security (which is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 1401 of the Indenture, state the amount you wish to have purchased:
$__________________
Date: ___________________ Your Signature(s):
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Tax Identification No.:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan
association or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Trustee, which requirements include the membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such "signature guarantee program" as
may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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[FORM OF SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF DEFINITIVE SECURITIES(2)]
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for
Definitive Securities have been made:
Amount of Amount of Principal Signature of
decrease in increase in Amount of this authorized
Principal Principal Global Security signatory of
Amount of this Amount of this following such Trustee or
Date of Global Global decrease (or Securities
Exchange Security Security increase) Custodian
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
SECTION 204. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
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(2) This Schedule should be included only if the Security is issued in global
form.
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
SECTION 301. Title and Terms.
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The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $115,000,000
(including $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be sold
to the Initial Purchasers by the Company upon exercise of the over-allotment
option granted pursuant to the Purchase Agreement), except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906,
1108, 1302 or 1405.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the "5-3/4%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004" of the Company. Their Stated
Maturity shall be August 15, 2004 and they shall bear interest at the rate of
5-3/4% per annum, from the date of original issuance of Securities pursuant to
this Indenture or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semi-annually on
February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 1998, until the principal
thereof is paid or made available for payment.
The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities shall be payable (i) in respect of Securities held of record by the
Depositary or its nominee in same day funds on or prior to the respective
payment dates and (ii) in respect of Securities held of record by Holders other
than the Depositary or its nominee at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1003; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
at the option of the Company, payment of interest to Holders of record other
than the Depositary may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
The Securities shall be subject to the transfer restrictions
set forth in Section 305.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article
Eleven.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Twelve.
The Securities shall be convertible as provided in Article
Thirteen.
The Securities shall be subject to repurchase at the option of
the Holder as provided in Article Fourteen.
The Securities shall be guaranteed by the Company's
Wholly-owned Subsidiaries as provided in Article Fifteen.
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SECTION 302. Denominations.
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The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form
without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief
Financial Officer or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal or a
facsimile thereof reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance
with such Company Order shall either at one time or from time to time pursuant
to such instructions as may be described therein authenticate and deliver such
Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise. Such Company Order
shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which
the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, and shall certify that
all conditions precedent to the issuance of such Securities contained in this
Indenture have been complied with. The aggregate principal amount of Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed the amount set forth above except as
provided in Section 306.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent
pursuant to the terms of Section 614.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
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Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise
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produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
Definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and
in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Definitive
Security or Securities in lieu of which it is issued.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause
Definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be
exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at any office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section
1003, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more Definitive Securities
of a like principal amount of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as Definitive Securities.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1003 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee
is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. At all reasonable
times the Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Company.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") to act as depositary (the "Depositary") with respect to the Global
Security(ies).
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as
Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Security(ies).
(b) With respect to the transfer and exchange of Definitive
Securities, when Definitive Securities are presented to the Security Registrar
with the request (x) to register the transfer of the Definitive Securities or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal amount of
Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations, the Security Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
requirements for such transactions are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Definitive Securities presented or surrendered for register of transfer or
exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Security Registrar duly
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executed by the Holder thereof or by its attorney, duly
authorized in writing; and
(ii) shall, in the case of Transfer Restricted
Securities that are Definitive Securities, be accompanied by
the following additional information and documents, as
applicable:
(A) if such Transfer Restricted Security is
being delivered to the Security Registrar by a
Holder for registration in the name of such Holder,
without transfer, a certification from such Holder
to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit
A hereto); or
(B) if such Transfer Restricted Security is
being transferred to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act) in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities
Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration in
accordance with Rule 144 or Regulation S under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect (in substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto) and, in the case of a
transfer in accordance with Rule 144A, Rule 144 or
Regulation S under the Securities Act, an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and to
the Security Registrar to the effect that such
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act;
or
(C) if such Transfer Restricted Security is
being transferred in reliance on another exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, a certification to that effect (in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto) and an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Company and to the Security Registrar to the effect
that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act.
(c) The following restrictions apply to any transfer of a
Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security. A
Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a 144A
Global Security except until and upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth
below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or
accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, together with:
(i) if such Definitive Security is a Transfer
Restricted Security, certification, substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto, that such Definitive Security is being
transferred to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule
144A and an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
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Company and to the Security Registrar to the effect that such
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; and
(ii) whether or not such Definitive Security is
a Transfer Restricted Security, written instructions directing
the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to
make, an endorsement on the 144A Global Security to reflect an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
represented by the 144A Global Security,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the
Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
procedures existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the 144A Global Security
to be increased accordingly. If no 144A Global Securities are then outstanding,
the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an authentication order in the
form of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303, the Trustee shall
authenticate a new 144A Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(d) The following restrictions apply to any transfer of a
Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security.
A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Security except until and upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive
Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(i) if such Definitive Security is a Transfer
Restricted Security, certification, substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto, that such Definitive Security is being
transferred in accordance with Regulation S and an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and to the
Security Registrar to the effect that such transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act; and
(ii) whether or not such Definitive Security is
a Transfer Restricted Security, written instructions directing
the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to
make, an endorsement on the Regulation S Global Security to
reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities represented by the Regulation S Global Security,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the
Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and
procedures existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Regulation S Global
Security to be increased accordingly. If no Regulation S Global Securities are
then outstanding, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an
authentication order in the form of a Company Order in
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accordance with Section 303, the Trustee shall authenticate a new Regulation S
Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(e) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or
beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
(f) With respect to the transfer of a beneficial interest in a
144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security for a Definitive
Security:
(i) Any person having a beneficial interest in
a 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security may
upon request exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Security. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written
instructions or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any
person having a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security
or a Regulation S Global Security constituting a Transfer
Restricted Security only, and receipt by the Trustee of the
following additional information and documents (all of which
may be submitted by facsimile):
(A) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to the person designated by the
Depositary as being the beneficial owner, a
certification from such person to that effect (in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto); or
(B) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
or pursuant to an exemption from registration in
accordance with Rule 144 or Regulation S under the
Securities Act or pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a
certification to that effect from the transferor (in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto) and, in
the case of a transfer in accordance with Rule 144A,
Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act,
an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Company and to the Security Registrar to the effect
that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act; or
(C) if such beneficial interest is being
transferred in reliance on another exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
a certification to that effect from the transferee
or transferor (in substantially the form of Exhibit
A hereto) and an Opinion of Counsel from the
transferee or transferor reasonably acceptable to
the Company and to the
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Security Registrar to the effect that such transfer
is in compliance with the Securities Act,
then the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee,
will cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing
between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Security to be reduced and, following such reduction, the
Company will execute and, upon receipt of an authentication order in the form of
a Company Order in accordance with Section 303, the Trustee will authenticate
and deliver to the transferee a Definitive Security.
(ii) Definitive Securities issued in exchange
for a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security or a
Regulation S Global Security pursuant to this Section 305
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Securities to the persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered.
(g) With respect to the transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Security for a beneficial interest in a 144A Global
Security, any person having a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global
Security may upon request exchange such beneficial interest for an interest in a
144A Global Security. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions or
such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary or its
nominee on behalf of any person having a beneficial interest in a Regulation S
Global Security constituting a Transfer Restricted Security only, and receipt by
the Trustee of the following additional information and documents (all of which
may be submitted by facsimile):
(i) instructions given in accordance with the
procedures of Euroclear or Cedel, the Depositary and the
Securities Custodian, as the case may be, from or on behalf of
a beneficial owner of an interest in the Regulations S Global
Security directing the Trustee, as transfer agent, to credit
or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the 144A
Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Security to be exchanged or
transferred,
(ii) a written order given in accordance with the
procedures of Euroclear or Cedel, the Depositary and the
Securities Custodian, as the case may be, containing
information regarding the account with the Depositary to be
credited with such increase and the name of such account, and
(iii) a certification from the transferor (in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto) to the effect that
such beneficial interest is being transferred to a "qualified
institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A
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under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act and an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company and to the Security Registrar to the
effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act,
then the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly deliver appropriate
instructions to the Depositary, its nominee, or the custodian for the
Depositary, as the case may be, to reduce or reflect on its records a reduction
of the Regulation S Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the
beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security to be exchanged or
transferred, and the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly deliver
appropriate instructions to the Depositary, its nominee, or the custodian for
the Depositary, as the case may be, concurrently with such reduction, increase
or reflect on its records an increase of the principal amount of the 144A Global
Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Security to be so exchanged or transferred, and to credit or
cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such instructions
a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security equal to the reduction in the
principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security.
(h) With respect to the transfer of a beneficial interest in a
144A Global Security for a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global
Security, any person having a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security may
upon request exchange such beneficial interest for an interest in a Regulation S
Global Security. Upon receipt by the Trustee of written instructions or such
other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary or its nominee on
behalf of any person having a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Security
constituting a Transfer Restricted Security only, and receipt by the Trustee of
the following additional information and documents (all of which may be
submitted by facsimile):
(i) instructions given in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, as
the case may be, from or on behalf of a holder of a beneficial
interest in the 144A Global Security, directing the Trustee,
as transfer agent, to credit or cause to be credited a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest in the 144A Global
Security to be exchanged or transferred,
(ii) a written order given in accordance with the
procedures of the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, as
the case may be, containing information regarding the
Euroclear or Cedel account to be credited with such increase
and the name of such account, and
(iii) a certification from the transferor (in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto) to the effect that
such beneficial interest is being transferred in accordance
with Regulation S and an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Company and to the Security Registrar to the
effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act,
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then the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly deliver appropriate
instructions to the Depositary, its nominee, or the custodian for the
Depositary, as the case may be, to reduce or reflect on its records a reduction
of the 144A Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial
interest in such 144A Global Security to be so exchanged or transferred from the
relevant participant, and the Trustee, as transfer agent, shall promptly deliver
appropriate instructions to the Depositary, its nominee, or the custodian for
the Depositary, as the case may be, concurrently with such reduction, to
increase or reflect on its records an increase of the principal amount of such
Regulation S Global Security by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial
interest in such 144A Global Security to be so exchanged or transferred, and to
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such
instructions (who shall be Euroclear or Cedel or an agent acting for and on
behalf of them) a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security equal
to the reduction in the principal amount of such 144A Global Security.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture
(other than the provisions set forth in subsection (j) of this Section 305), a
Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(j) The following relates to the authentication of Definitive
Securities in absence of the Depositary. If at any time: (i) the Depositary for
the Securities notifies the Company that the Depositary is unwilling or unable
to continue as Depositary for the Global Securities and a successor Depositary
for the Global Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after
delivery of such notice; or (ii) the Company, at its sole discretion, notifies
the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive
Securities under this Indenture, then the Company will execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 requesting the
authentication and delivery of Definitive Securities, will authenticate and
deliver Definitive Securities, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Securities, in exchange for such Global
Securities.
(k) (i) Except as permitted by the following paragraph (ii),
each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the Definitive
Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE
REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
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REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT
TO, REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH LAWS.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATED PERSON OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS
SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) UNLESS SUCH OFFER, SALE
OR OTHER TRANSFER IS (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON THE HOLDER
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 WHOM NOTICE IS
GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D)
PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT SUBJECT TO THE
COMPANY'S AND NATIONAL CITY BANK'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE
OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C), (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY
OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES
PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS
SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO NATIONAL CITY
BANK AND SUBJECT TO ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE THEN HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer
Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted
Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act (including the Shelf
Registration Statement):
(A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted
Security that is a Definitive Security, the Security
Registrar shall permit the
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Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted
Security for a Definitive Security that does not
bear the legend set forth above and rescind any
restriction on the transfer of such Transfer
Restricted Security; provided, however, that with
respect to a transfer made in reliance upon Rule 144
or an effective registration statement, the Holders
thereof shall certify in writing to the Security
Registrar that such request is being made pursuant
to Rule 144 or an effective registration statement
(such Certification to be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A hereto) and, in the case of a transfer
made in reliance upon Rule 144, shall be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Company and to the Security Registrar to the
effect that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act; and
(B) any such Transfer Restricted Security
represented by a Global Security shall not be
subject to the provisions set forth in (i) above
(such sales or transfers being subject only to the
provisions of Section 305(e) hereof); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that with respect to any request for an
exchange of a Transfer Restricted Security that is
represented by a Global Security for a Definitive
Security that does not bear a legend, which request
is made in reliance upon Rule 144 or an effective
registration statement, the Holder thereof shall
certify in writing to the Security Registrar that
such request is being made pursuant to Rule 144 or
an effective registration statement (such
certification to be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto) and, in the case of a transfer
made in reliance upon Rule 144, shall be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Company and to the Security Registrar to the
effect that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act.
(l) At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global
Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed,
repurchased or cancelled, such Global Security shall be returned to or retained
and cancelled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities,
redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the principal amount of Securities
represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an endorsement shall be
made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.
(m) All Definitive Securities and Global Securities issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities or Global
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Definitive
Securities or Global Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
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To permit registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and
Global Securities at the Security Registrar's request.
No service charge to a Holder shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities except as provided in Section
306. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1108 or 1302 not involving any transfer.
The Company or the Security Registrar shall not be required
(i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities selected for redemption under Section 1104
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Definitive Security or beneficial interest in
any Global Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Definitive Security being redeemed in part or (iii) to
register the transfer or exchange of any Definitive Security or beneficial
interest in any Global Security surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article
Thirteen or repurchase pursuant to Article Fourteen.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding. The Trustee may charge the Company for the Trustee's expenses in
replacing such Security.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental
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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 in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. Payment of interest will be made (i) in respect of Securities held by
the Depositary or its nominee, in same day funds on or prior to the respective
Interest Payment Dates and (ii) in respect of Securities held of record by
Holders other than the Depositary or its nominee, at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee or at such other office or agency of the Company as it shall
maintain for that purpose pursuant to Section 1003; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, at
the option of the Company, interest on any Security held of record by Holders
other than the Depositary or its nominee may be paid by mailing checks to the
addresses of the Holders thereof as such addresses appear in the Securities
Register.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed
payment, 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 Persons entitled
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to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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.
In the case of any Security which is converted after any
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date),
interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable
on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Securities so surrendered for conversion shall (except in the case
of Securities or portions thereof called for redemption) be accompanied by
payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the
Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date
on the principal amount being surrendered for conversion. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any
Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of
conversion of such Security shall not be payable.
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SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to due presentment of a 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 and premium,
if any, and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security 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 309. Cancellation.
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All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer, exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities
so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
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Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect (except as expressly provided for in this Article Four), and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
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segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1004) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and at the expense, of the Company, or
(iv) are delivered to the Trustee for
Conversion in accordance with Article Thirteen,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)
above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an
amount in cash sufficient (without consideration of any
investment of such cash) to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation for principal and premium, if
any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; PROVIDED that
the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply
such amount to said payments with respect to the Securities;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the following rights or obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a)
Article Thirteen, Article Fourteen and the Company's obligations under Sections
304, 305, 306, 1002, 1003 and 1004, in each case with respect to any Securities
described in subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, (b) this Article Four,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder,
including the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
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Section 607, and the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent
under Section 614 and (d) if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the rights of Holders
of any Securities described in subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in such subclause (B), payments in
respect of the principal of, and premium (if any) and interest on, such
Securities when such payment are due.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
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Subject to the provisions of Section 506 and the last
paragraph of Section 1004, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal and premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has
been deposited with the Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 401 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of
Securities subsequently converted shall be returned to the Company upon Company
Request.
SECTION 403. Reinstatement.
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If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with this Article Four by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Four until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust with
respect to the Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Security following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of the Securities to receive such payment from the money so held
in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
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"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article Twelve or be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body);
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(1) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security at its Maturity, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the provisions of Article Twelve; or
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
when it becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the provisions of Article Twelve, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(3) default in the payment of the Redemption Price in respect
of any Security on the Redemption Date therefor in accordance with the
provisions of Article Eleven, whether or not such payment is prohibited
by the provisions of Article Twelve; or
(4) failure to provide timely notice of a Repurchase Event as
required in accordance with the provisions of Article Fourteen; or
(5) default in the payment of the Repurchase Price in respect
of any Security on the Repurchase Date therefor in accordance with the
provisions of Article Fourteen, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the provisions of Article Twelve; or
(6) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(7) default under one or more bonds, debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or
any Subsidiary or under one or more mortgages, indentures or
instruments under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
or any Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
hereafter be created, which default individually or in the aggregate
shall constitute a failure to pay the principal of indebtedness in
excess of $10,000,000 when due and payable after the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect thereto or shall have resulted in
indebtedness in excess of $10,000,000 becoming or being declared due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become
due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or
such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of
30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company
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and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default and
requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or
cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(8) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any
Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
of or in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property,
or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
days; or
(9) the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by
it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary
or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it
in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary
in furtherance of any such action.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant
to this Section 501, a record date shall automatically and without any other
action by any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities entitled to join in such Notice of Default, which record
date shall be the close of business on the Business Day the Trustee receives
such Notice of Default. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record
date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled
to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; PROVIDED, that unless such Notice of Default shall have
become effective by virtue of the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
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Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents)
having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such
Notice of Default shall automatically and without any action by any Person be
canceled and of no further force or effect.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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If an Event of Default (other than as specified in subparagraph (8) or
(9) of Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may declare the principal of all the Securities to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal plus
any interest accrued on the securities to the date of declaration shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in subparagraph
(8) or (9) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing, then the principal of,
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the
Securities shall IPSO FACTO become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of
Securities.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities,
(B) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities,
and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, their respective agents and counsel hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities that has become due
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such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 513.
No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any declaration of acceleration, or any
rescission and annulment of any such declaration, pursuant to this Section 502,
a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be
set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities
entitled to join in such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case
may be, which record date shall be the close of business on the Business Day the
Trustee receives such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may
be. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly
appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such
declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED, that unless such
declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined
therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such declaration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
any action by any Person be canceled and of no further force or effect.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue interest, at the rate
borne by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
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proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid and may prosecute
any such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, in
its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have the claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and
each predecessor Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and their
respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of the
Creditors' Committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee and each predecessor
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Trustee and their respective agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
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Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or premium, if
any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon
of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: Subject to Article Twelve, to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness;
SECOND: To payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in respect of which
or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest,
respectively; and
FOURTH: The balance, if any, to the Company for the benefit of the
Company or any other Person or Persons determined to be entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
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No Holder of any Security shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name
as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to
be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest and to Convert.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section
307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the
case of a repurchase pursuant to Article Fourteen, on the Repurchase Date) and
to convert such Security in accordance with Article Thirteen and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert, and such
rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 306, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; PROVIDED, that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture; and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall determine that the action so directed would involve the Trustee
in personal liability or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining
in such direction.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction, a record date shall
automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for the purpose
of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in such
direction, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the
Trustee receives such direction. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; PROVIDED, that unless such direction shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined
therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and of no further
force or effect.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive
any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
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(1) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on any Security, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
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In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; PROVIDED, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company, in any suit instituted
by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 508, or a suit by a
Holder or Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
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The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for securities issued pursuant to
indentures qualified thereunder. Except as otherwise provided herein,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability or risk in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not
therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. The Trustee shall not be
liable (x) for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer
or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts or (y) with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
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faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under this Indenture. Prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have
occurred: (i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and in the Trust Indenture
Act, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and in
the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
in to this Indenture against the Trustee; and (ii) in the absence of bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions therein, upon any
statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture and believed by the Trustee to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; but in the case
of any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on
their face to the requirements of this Indenture. If a default or 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 thereof as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
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The Trustee shall give the Holders notice of any default hereunder
known to it as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(6), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, except in the case of a
default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Securities, the Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its
Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in
the interests of the Holders of Securities. For the purpose of this Section, the
term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
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(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting with respect to
any matter contemplated by this Indenture, it may require an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to the provisions
of Section 102, and the Trustee shall be protected and shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and without gross
negligence in reliance on such certificate or opinion;
(g) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the performance of its power and duties hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(i) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
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SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The statements and recitals contained herein and in the Securities and
in any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee and any Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee and any
Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
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The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent,
Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
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Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
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The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (including its services as
Security Registrar or Paying Agent, if so appointed by the Company) as may
be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Trustee (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee promptly upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on
behalf of it in connection with the performance of its duties under any
provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and all other persons
not regularly in its employ) except to the extent any such expense,
disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
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(3) to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee (each an
"indemnitee") for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture
or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder (including its services as
Security Registrar or Paying Agent, if so appointed by the Company),
including enforcement of this Indenture (including Section 607) and
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or
investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Company shall
defend any claim or threatened claim asserted against an indemnitee for
which it may seek indemnity, and the indemnitee shall cooperate in the
defense unless, in the reasonable opinion of the indemnitee's counsel, the
indemnitee has an interest adverse to the Issuer or a potential conflict of
interest exists between the indemnitee and the Company, in which case the
indemnitee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel; PROVIDED that the Company
shall only be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of one law
firm (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate
substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the
same general allegations or circumstances, such law firm to be designated
by the indemnitee.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section 607, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and
the Securities are hereby subordinated to such prior lien. The obligations of
the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances, and any other amounts due the
Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, shall constitute an
additional obligation hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture.
When the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder
(including its services as Security Registrar or Paying Agent, if so appointed
by the Company) after an Event of Default specified in Section 501(8) or (9)
occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under ny applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar federal or state law to the extent provided in Section
503(b)(5) of Title 11 of the United States Code, as now or hereafter in effect.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
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If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to
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the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
Person that (i) is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such
and (ii) has (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding
company system, whose related bank holding company has) a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of conditions
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or state
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by an Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for the last six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its
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property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee and
such successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611 become the successor Trustee and
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor
Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the
manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the
successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts.
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No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
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If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable
to and at the expense of the Company which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities issued upon original issue and upon
exchange, registration of transfer, partial conversion or partial redemption or
pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
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any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be
a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating
Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail notice of such
appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment under this Section shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like
effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible to act as such under the
provisions of this Section.
Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its appointment shall be
deemed to have represented to the Trustee that it is eligible for appointment as
Authenticating Agent under this Section and to have agreed with the Trustee
that: it will perform and carry out the duties of an Authenticating Agent as
herein set forth, including among other things the duties to authenticate
Securities when presented to it in connection with the original issuance and
with exchanges, registrations of transfer or redemptions or conversions thereof
or pursuant to Section 306; it will keep and maintain, and furnish to the
Trustee from time to time as requested by the Trustee, appropriate records of
all transactions carried out by it as Authenticating Agent and will furnish the
Trustee such other information and reports as the Trustee may reasonably
require; and it will notify the Trustee promptly if it shall cease to be
eligible to act as Authenticating Agent in accordance with the provisions of
this Section. Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its appointment
shall be deemed to have agreed with the Trustee to indemnify the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee and to defend any claim
asserted against the Trustee by reason of any acts or failures to act of such
Authenticating Agent, but such Authenticating Agent shall have no liability for
any action taken by it in accordance with the specific written direction of the
Trustee.
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The Trustee shall not be liable for any act or any failure of the
Authenticating Agent to perform any duty either required herein or authorized
herein to be performed by such person in accordance with this Indenture.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following
form:
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
NATIONAL CITY BANK
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As Trustee
By ________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By _____________________________
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record
Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar,
no such list shall be required to be furnished.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.
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(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and
the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act or otherwise in accordance with this
Indenture.
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SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
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(a) Not later than 60 days following each May 15, the Trustee shall
transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
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The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; PROVIDED, that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
SECTION 705. Rule 144A Information Requirement.
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If at any time prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date the
Company is no longer subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Company will furnish to the Holders or beneficial holders of the Securities and
prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by the Holders of the
Securities, upon their request, information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) the date on
which the Securities and the underlying Common Stock are registered under the
Securities Act or (ii) the Resale Restriction Termination Date.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:
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(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or trust, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities
and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed and shall have provided
for conversion rights in accordance with Section 1311;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Securities; and
(4) the Company or the successor Person has delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with.
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a transfer by lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cause this Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act; or
(2) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities; or
(3) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders or an additional Event of Default, or to surrender any right or
power conferred herein or in the Securities upon the Company; or
(4) to secure the Securities; or
(5) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders
pursuant to the requirements of Section 1311; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities; or
(7) to reflect the release of any Guarantor from its Guarantee, or the
addition of any Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company as a Guarantor, in
the manner provided by this Indenture and the Guarantee Agreement;
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein or in the Securities which may be defective or inconsistent with any
other provision herein or in the Securities, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture; PROVIDED, that such action pursuant to this Clause (8) shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect and
the Trustee may rely upon an Opinion of Counsel to that effect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
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With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company
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and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Holders under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date), or adversely affect the right to convert any
Security as provided in Article Thirteen (except as permitted by Section
901(5)), or modify the provisions of Article Fourteen, or the provisions of
this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities, in a
manner adverse to the Holders, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture,
or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1007, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this Clause shall not be deemed to require
the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1007, or the
deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section
901(6).
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
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to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
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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.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference In Securities To Supplemental Indentures.
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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 Trustee and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and (at the specific direction of the Company) authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 902, the Company shall transmit to
the Holders a notice setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
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The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture.
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SECTION 1002. Guarantees of Subsidiaries.
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The Company will cause each Wholly-owned Subsidiary to enter into the
Guarantee Agreement, in accordance with Article Fifteen of this Indenture.
SECTION 1003. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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The Company will maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities may be surrendered for exchange or
conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities and this Indenture may be served, which office shall initially be
the office of the Trustee located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000-0000. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If
at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
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. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
SECTION 1004. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
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If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will,
on or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest
on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium, if
any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, on
or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the principal of
and premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent
a sum in same day funds sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee or the
Company to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
that such Paying
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Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture applicable to it as a Paying Agent and hold all sums held by it for
the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (ii) give the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities; and (iii)
at any time during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of
the Securities, and account for any funds disbursed.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall
be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company)
shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1005. Statement by Officers as to Default.
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The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, 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) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
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SECTION 1006. Existence.
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Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises and the existence, rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises of each Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
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The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition set forth in Section 1006, if before the time for such
compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption.
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The Securities may be redeemed at the election of the Company, in
whole or from time to time in part, at any time on or after August 18, 2000, at
the Redemption Prices specified in the form of Security hereinbefore set forth,
together with accrued interest, to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article.
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Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company as permitted
by any provision of this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such
provision and this Article.
SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to
Section 1101 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption
at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities, the Company
shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the
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principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company of all of the Securities, the Company shall, at least 45
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter period
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption
Date.
SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
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If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously
called for redemption, by lot or pro rata or by such other method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part
before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the
Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so
far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have
been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated
by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection. In any case
where more than one Security is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its
discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were
represented by one Security.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security
Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case
of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to the Trustee and to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his
address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price,
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(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed,
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that (unless the
Company shall default in payment of the Redemption Price) interest thereon
will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(e) the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the
Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such
Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and
(f) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request received
by the Trustee at least 40 days prior to the Redemption Date, by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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At or prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Redemption Date,
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1004) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which
are to be redeemed on that date other than any Securities called for redemption
on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the
Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as
provided in the last paragraph of Section 307) be paid to the Company upon
Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust.
SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
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Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with
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said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
installments of interest whose Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the
Security.
SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part.
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Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at an office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to
Section 1003 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and 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
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Subordination of Securities
SECTION 1201. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
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The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by
his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, at all times and in
all respects, the indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each and all of the
Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment
to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1202. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding,
or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding, relative to the Company or to its creditors, as such, or to a
substantial part of its assets, or (b) any proceeding for the liquidation,
dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary
and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any general
assignment for the benefits of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event the holders of Senior
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Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or
to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness; or provision shall be
made for such payment in money or money's worth, before the Holders of the
Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, on account of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, and to that end the holders
of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive, for application to the
payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether
in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other
indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Securities,
which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such
case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up or event.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, including any such payment or
distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any
other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities, before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof
provided for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or
distribution, have been made known to the Trustee or such Holder, as the case
may be, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over
or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating
trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or
distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include securities of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, which are subordinated
in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be
outstanding to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than,
the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance
or transfer of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another
Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be
deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshalling of assets and liabilities
of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or which acquires by
conveyance or transfer such properties and assets substantially as an entirety,
as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance
or transfer, comply with the conditions set forth in Article Eight.
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SECTION 1203. Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness upon Acceleration of
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Securities.
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In the event that any Securities are declared due and payable before
their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness
outstanding at the time such Securities so become due and payable shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on or in respect of such
Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or
money's worth, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any
payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the payment of
any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities) by the Company on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of
Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or such Holder, as the
case may be, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over the
delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with
respect to which Section 1202 would be applicable.
SECTION 1204. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.
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(a) In the event and during the continuation of any default in the
payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Senior
Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or in the
event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall
have occurred and be continuing and shall have resulted in such Senior
Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such
event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist
and such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or (b) in the event
any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in
payment or event of default, then no payment (including any payment which may be
payable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being
subordinated to the payment of the Securities) shall be made by the Company on
account of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or
on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the
time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or such Holder, as the
case may be, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and
delivered forthwith to the Company.
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The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with
respect to which Section 1202 would be applicable.
SECTION 1205. Payment Permitted If No Default.
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Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during
the pendency of any case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding
up, general assignment for the benefit of creditors or other marshalling of
assets and liabilities of the Company referred to in Section 1202 or under the
conditions described in Section 1203 or 1204, from making payments at any time
of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or (b) the
application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the
payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders, if, at the time
of such application by the Trustee, it did not have knowledge that such payment
would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 1206. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due on or in respect of
Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the
extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably
with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms
is subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same
extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the
Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and premium, if any, and Interest on
the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash,
property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would otherwise be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no
payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among
the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1207. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the
one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of
the Securities the principal of and premium, if
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any, and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights
against the Company or the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the
Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the
Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to
receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the
Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION 1208. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
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Each holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 1209. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior
Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which
Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise
deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior
Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection
of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights
against the Company and any other Person.
SECTION 1210. Notice to Trustee.
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The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the
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existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by
the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be
entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section at least four Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on
any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within four
Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee
therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor). In the event that the Trustee determines
in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount
of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 1211. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order
or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution,
winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the
purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
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SECTION 1212. Trustee Not Fiduciary For Holders Of Senior Indebtedness.
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The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities
or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which
holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or
otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Article against the Trustee.
SECTION 1213. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation
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of Trustee's Rights.
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The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which
may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
SECTION 1214. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within
its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were
named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Section 1213 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
SECTION 1215. Certain Conversions Deemed Payment.
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For the purposes of this Article only, (1) the issuance and delivery
of junior securities upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Article
Thirteen shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account
of the principal of or premium or interest on Securities or on account of the
purchase or other acquisition of Securities, and (2) the payment, issuance or
delivery of cash, property or securities (other than junior securities) upon
conversion of a Security shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the
principal of such Security. For the purposes of this Section, the term "junior
securities" means (a) shares of any class of capital stock of the Company and
(b) securities of the Company which are subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Indebtedness which may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery
of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent
than, the Securities
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are so subordinated as provided in this Article. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the Holder of any Security to convert such Security in
accordance with Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1216. No Suspension of Remedies.
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Nothing contained in this Article shall limit the right of the Trustee
or the Holders of the Securities to take any action to accelerate the maturity
of the Securities pursuant to the provisions described under Article Five and as
set forth in this Indenture or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder or
under applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the
holders, from time to time, of Senior Indebtedness to receive the cash, property
or securities receivable upon the exercise of such rights or remedies.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Conversion of Securities
SECTION 1301. Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price.
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Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at
the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the principal
amount thereof which equals $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof may be
converted at any time at the principal amount thereof, or of such portion
thereof, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each
conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Class A Common Stock, at the
conversion price, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of
conversion. Such conversion right shall expire at the close of business on
August 15, 2004. In case a Security or portion thereof is called for redemption,
such conversion right in respect of the Security or portion so called shall
expire at the close of business on the second business day preceding the
applicable Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment
due upon redemption.
The price at which shares of Class A Common Stock shall be delivered
upon conversion (herein called the "conversion price") shall be initially $32.70
per share of Class A Common Stock. The conversion price shall be adjusted in
certain instances as provided in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (i)
of Section 1304.
SECTION 1302. Exercise of Conversion Privilege.
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In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any
Security shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company
or in blank, at any office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 1003, accompanied by written notice to the Company in the form provided
in the Security (or such other
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notice as is acceptable to the Company) at such office or agency that the Holder
elects to convert such Security or, if less than the entire principal amount
thereof is to be converted, the portion thereof to be converted. Securities
surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any
Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the close of
business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Securities
or portions thereof which have been called for redemption) be accompanied by
payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the
Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date
on the principal amount being surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in
the immediately preceding sentence and subject to the fourth paragraph of
Section 307, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on
account of any interest accrued on the Securities surrendered for conversion or
on account of any dividends on the Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to
the close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion
in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at such time the rights of the
Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons
entitled to receive the Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be
treated for all purposes of the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as
and after such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date,
the Company shall issue and shall deliver at such office or agency a certificate
or certificates for the number of full shares of Class A Common Stock issuable
upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as
provided in Section 1303.
In the case of any Security which is converted in part only, upon such
conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to
the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Security.
SECTION 1303. Fractions of Shares.
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No fractional share of Class A Common Stock shall be issued upon
conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall
be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of such Common Stock which would
otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or
specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price
(as hereinafter defined) at the close of business on the day of conversion (or,
if such day is not a Trading Day (as hereafter defined), on the Trading Day
immediately preceding such day).
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SECTION 1304. Adjustment of Conversion Price.
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(a) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other
distribution on Common Stock exclusively in Common Stock or shall pay or make a
dividend or other distribution on any other class of capital stock of the
Company which dividend or distribution includes Common Stock, the conversion
price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other
distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such conversion price by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of
shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to
become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following
the date fixed for such determination. For the purpose of this paragraph (a),
the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include
shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall not pay any
dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury
of the Company.
(b) Subject to paragraph (g) of this Section, in case the Company
shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on Common Stock consisting
exclusively of, or shall otherwise issue to all holders of any class of Common
Stock, rights or warrants entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current
Market Price (determined as provided in paragraph (h) of this Section) on the
date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights
or warrants, the conversion price in effect at the opening of business on the
day following the date fixed for such determination shall be reduced by
multiplying such conversion price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the
date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock
which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of shares of
Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such
Current Market Price and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for
subscription or purchase, such reduction to become effective immediately after
the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such
determination. For the purposes of this paragraph (b), the number of shares of
Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the
treasury of the Company. The Company shall not issue any rights or warrants in
respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(c) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided
into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the conversion price in effect
at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely,
in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock, the conversion price in effect at the opening
of business on the day following the day
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upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately
increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon
which subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(d) Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph (d) and to
paragraph (g) of this Section, in case the Company shall, by dividend or
otherwise, distribute to all holders of any class of Common Stock evidences of
its indebtedness, shares of any class of its capital stock, cash or other assets
(including securities, but excluding any rights or warrants referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Section, excluding any dividend or distribution paid
exclusively in cash and excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in
paragraph (a) of this Section), the conversion price shall be reduced by
multiplying the conversion price in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to
such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current
Market Price (determined as provided in paragraph (h) of this Section) on such
date less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) on such
date of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock,
cash and other assets to be distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock
and the denominator shall be such Current Market Price, such reduction to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following such
date. If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any
distribution for purposes of this paragraph (d) by reference to the actual or
when-issued trading market for any securities comprising part or all of such
distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the
same period used in computing the Current Market Price pursuant to paragraph (h)
of this Section, to the extent possible. For purposes of this paragraph (d), any
dividend or distribution that includes shares of Common Stock, rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to
be (x) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, cash, assets
or shares of capital stock other than such shares of Common Stock, such rights
or warrants or such convertible or exchangeable securities (making any
conversion price reduction required by this paragraph (d)) immediately followed
by (y) in the case of such shares of Common Stock or such rights or warrants, a
dividend or distribution thereof (making any further conversion price reduction
required by paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, except any shares of Common
Stock included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination" within the
meaning of paragraph (a) of this Section), or (z) in the case of such
convertible or exchangeable securities, a dividend or distribution of the number
of shares of Common Stock as would then be issuable upon the conversion or
exchange thereof, whether or not the conversion or exchange of such securities
is subject to any conditions (making any further conversion price reduction
required by paragraph (a) of this Section, except the shares deemed to
constitute such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the
close of business on the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning
of paragraph (a) of this Section).
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(e) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, at any time
distribute to all holders of any class of Common Stock cash (excluding any cash
that is distributed as part of a distribution referred to in paragraph (d) of
this Section or in connection with a transaction to which Section 1311 applies)
in an aggregate amount that, together with (A) the aggregate amount of any other
distributions to all holders of any class of Common Stock made exclusively in
cash within the 12 months preceding the date fixed for the determination of
shareholders entitled to such distribution and in respect of which no conversion
price adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (e) has been made previously and (B)
the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board
of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board
Resolution) as of such date of determination of consideration payable in respect
of any tender offer by the Company or a Subsidiary for all or any portion of
Common Stock consummated within the 12 months preceding such date of
determination and in respect of which no conversion price adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (f) of this Section has been made previously, exceeds the greater of
(I) 12.5% of the product of the Current Market Price (determined as provided in
paragraph (h) of this Section) on such date of determination times the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date or (II) the Company's retained
earnings on the date fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to such
distribution, the conversion price shall be reduced by multiplying the
conversion price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such
date of determination by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current
Market Price (determined as provided in paragraph (h) of this Section) on such
date less the amount of cash to be distributed at such time applicable to one
share of Common Stock and the denominator shall be such Current Market Price,
such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on the day after such date.
(f) In case a tender offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary for
all or any portion of Common Stock shall be consummated and such tender offer
shall involve an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as
determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive
and described in a Board Resolution) as of the last time (the "Expiration Time")
that tenders may be made pursuant to such tender offer (as it shall have been
amended) that, together with (A) the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) as of the Expiration Time of the
other consideration paid in respect of any other tender offer by the Company or
a Subsidiary for all or any portion of Common Stock consummated within the 12
months preceding the Expiration Time and in respect of which no conversion price
adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (f) has been made previously and (B) the
aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of any class of Common
Stock made exclusively in cash within the 12 months preceding the Expiration
Time and in respect of which no conversion price adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section has been made previously, exceeds the greater of
(I) 12.5% of the product of the Current Market Price (determined as provided in
paragraph (h) of this Section) immediately prior to the Expiration Time times
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares)
at the Expiration Time or (II) the Company's retained earnings as of the
Expiration Time, the conversion price shall
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be reduced by multiplying the conversion price in effect immediately prior to
the Expiration Time by a fraction of which the numerator shall be (x) the
product of the Current Market Price (determined as provided in paragraph (h) of
this Section) immediately prior to the Expiration Time times the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares at the
Expiration Time minus (y) the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the
aggregate consideration payable to shareholders upon consummation of such tender
offer and the denominator shall be the product of (A) such Current Market Price
times (B) such number of outstanding shares at the Expiration Time minus the
number of shares accepted for payment in such tender offer (the "Purchased
Shares"), such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the Expiration Time; PROVIDED, that if the number
of Purchased Shares or the aggregate consideration payable therefor have not
been finally determined by such opening of business, the adjustment required by
this paragraph (f) shall, pending such final determination, be made based upon
the preliminarily announced results of such tender offer, and, after such final
determination shall have been made, the adjustment required by this paragraph
(f) shall be made based upon the number of Purchased Shares and the aggregate
consideration payable therefor as so finally determined.
(g) The reclassification of any class of Common Stock into securities
which include securities other than Common Stock (other than any
reclassification upon a consolidation or merger to which Section 1311 applies)
shall be deemed to involve (i) a distribution of such securities other than
Common Stock to all holders of such class of Common Stock (and the effective
date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the date fixed for the
determination of shareholders entitled to such distribution" within the meaning
of paragraph (d) of this Section), and (ii) a subdivision or combination, as the
case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day upon which such subdivision
becomes effective" or "the day upon which such combination becomes effective,"
as the case may be, and "the day upon which such subdivision or combination
becomes effective" within the meaning of paragraph (c) of this Section).
Rights or warrants issued by the Company to all holders of any class
of Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which
rights or warrants (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common
Stock, (ii) are not exercisable and (iii) are also issued in respect of future
issuances of Common Stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) until the
occurrence of a specified event or events ("Trigger Event"), shall for purposes
of this Section 1304 not be deemed issued until the occurrence of the earliest
Trigger Event. If any such rights or warrants, including any such existing
rights or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture are subject
to subsequent events, upon the occurrence of each of which such rights or
warrants shall become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets, then the occurrence of each such event shall be
deemed to be such date of
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issuance and record date with respect to new rights or warrants (and a
termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants without exercise by
the holder thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed
distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event with respect thereto,
that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an
adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Section 1304 was made, (1) in the
case of any such rights or warrant which shall all have been redeemed or
repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall
be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such
distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash
distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by
a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights or warrants
(assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants), made to all holders
of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (2) in the
case of such rights or warrants which shall have expired or been terminated
without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall be
readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been issued.
(h) For the purpose of any computation under this paragraph and
paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) of this Section, the current market price per share
of Common Stock (the "Current Market Price") on any date shall be deemed to be
the average of the daily Closing Prices for the 5 consecutive Trading Days
selected by the Company commencing not more than 20 Trading Days before, and
ending not later than, the date in question; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if the
"ex" date for any event (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such
computation) that requires an adjustment to the conversion price pursuant to
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above occurs on or after the 20th
Trading Day prior to the date in question and prior to the "ex" date for the
issuance or distribution requiring such computation, the Closing Price for each
Trading Day prior to the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Closing Price by the same fraction by which the conversion
price is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other event, (ii) if the
"ex" date for any event (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such
computation) that requires an adjustment to the conversion price pursuant to
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above occurs on or after the "ex" date
for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and on or prior to
the date in question, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the
"ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing
Price by the reciprocal of the fraction by which the conversion price is so
required to be adjusted as a result of such other event, and (iii) if the "ex"
date for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation is on or prior
to the date in question, after taking into account any adjustment required
pursuant to clause (ii) of this proviso, the Closing Price for each Trading Day
on or after such "ex" date shall be adjusted by adding thereto the amount of any
cash and the fair market value on the date in question (as determined by the
Board of Directors in a manner consistent with any determination of such value
for purposes of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section, whose determination shall
be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the evidences of
indebtedness, shares of capital stock or assets being distributed applicable to
one share of Common Stock as of the close of business on the day before such
"ex" date. For the purpose of any computation under paragraph (f) of this
Section, the Current Market Price on any date shall be deemed to
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be the average of the daily Closing Prices for the 5 consecutive Trading Days
selected by the Company commencing on or after the latest (the "Commencement
Date") of (i) the date 20 Trading Days before the date in question, (ii) the
date of commencement of the tender offer requiring such computation and (iii)
the date of the last amendment, if any, of such tender offer involving a change
in the maximum number of shares for which tenders are sought or a change in the
consideration offered, and ending not later than the Expiration Time of such
tender offer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the "ex" date for any event (other than
the tender offer requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the
conversion price pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above
occurs on or after the Commencement Date and prior to the Expiration Time for
the tender offer requiring such computation, the Closing Price for each Trading
Day prior to the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by multiplying
such Closing Price by the same fraction by which the conversion price is so
required to be adjusted as a result of such other event. The closing price for
any Trading Day (the "Closing Price") shall be the last reported sales price
regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the
average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way, in either case
on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted
to trading on such exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the Nasdaq Stock
Market's National Market or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on such National Market,
the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market
as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to
time by the Company for that purpose. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
"Trading Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other
than any day on which securities are generally not traded on the applicable
securities exchange or in the applicable securities market and the term "'ex'
date," (i) when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the
first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the relevant exchange
or in the relevant market from which the Closing Prices were obtained without
the right to receive such issuance or distribution, (ii) when used with respect
to any subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock, means the first
date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such
market after the time at which such subdivision or combination becomes
effective, and (iii) when used with respect to any tender offer means the first
date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such
market after the last time that tenders may be made pursuant to such tender
offer (as it shall have been amended).
(i) The Company may make such reductions in the conversion price, in
addition to those required by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this
Section, (i) to the extent permitted by law, by any amount for any period of at
least 20 days or (ii) as it considers to be advisable (as evidenced by a Board
Resolution) in order that any event treated for federal income tax purposes as a
dividend of stock or stock rights shall not be taxable to the recipients or, if
that is not possible, to diminish any income taxes that are otherwise payable
because of such event.
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(j) No adjustment in the conversion price shall be required unless
such adjustment (plus any other adjustments not previously made by reason of
this paragraph (j)) would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the
conversion price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments which by reason of
this paragraph (j) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1304, no
adjustment to the conversion price shall reduce the conversion price below the
then par value per share of the Class A Common Stock, and any such purported
adjustment shall instead reduce the conversion price to such par value. The
Company hereby covenants not to take any action to increase the par value per
share of the Class A Common Stock.
SECTION 1305. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price.
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Whenever the conversion price is adjusted as herein provided:
(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion price in
accordance with Section 1304 and shall prepare an Officers' Certificate
signed by the Treasurer of the Company setting forth the adjusted
conversion price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed (with a
copy to the Trustee) at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 1003; and
(b) a notice stating that the conversion price has been adjusted and
setting forth the adjusted conversion price shall forthwith be prepared,
and as soon as practicable after it is prepared, such notice shall be
mailed by the Company to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall
appear in the Security Register. In the case of any adjustment pursuant to
Section 1304(i)(i), such notice shall be mailed at least 15 days before the
date the reduced conversion price shall take effect and shall state the
reduced conversion price and the period it will be in effect.
SECTION 1306. Notice of Certain Corporate Action.
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In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
on Common Stock payable (i) otherwise than exclusively in cash or (ii)
exclusively in cash in an amount that would require a conversion price
adjustment pursuant to paragraph (e) of Section 1304; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of any
class of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of capital stock of any class or of any other rights (excluding
shares of capital
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stock or option for capital stock issued pursuant to a benefit plan for
employees, officers or directors of the Company); or
(c) of any reclassification of Common Stock (other than a subdivision
or combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or of any
consolidation, merger or share exchange to which the Company is a party and
for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of
the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company; or
(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; or
(e) the Company or any Subsidiary shall commence a tender offer for
all or a portion of outstanding shares of Common Stock (or shall amend any
such tender offer to change the maximum number of shares being sought or
the amount or type of consideration being offered therefor);
then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained
pursuant to Section 1003, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their
last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 21 days
(or 11 days in any case specified in clause (a), (b) or (e) above) prior to the
applicable record, effective or expiration date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or granting of rights or warrants, or, if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record who will
be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants are to be
determined, (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
share exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is
expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that
holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of
Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or (z) the date on which such tender
offer commenced, the date on which such tender offer is scheduled to expire
unless extended, the consideration offered and the other material terms thereof
(or the material terms of any amendment thereto). Neither the failure to give
any such notice nor any defect therein shall affect the legality or validity of
any action described in clauses (a) through (e) of this Section 1306.
SECTION 1307. Company to Reserve Class A Common Stock.
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The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from
preemptive rights, out of the authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock or
out of the Class A Common Stock held in treasury, for the purpose of effecting
the conversion of Securities, the full number of shares of Class A Common Stock
then issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding Securities. Shares of Class
A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding Securities shall be
issued out of the Class A Common Stock held in Treasury to the extent available.
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SECTION 1308. Taxes on Conversions.
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The Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect
of the issue or delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock on conversion of
Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
and delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock in a name other than that of the
Holder of the Security or Securities to be converted, and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has
paid to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 1309. Covenant as to Class A Common Stock.
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The Company covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock which
may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
nonassessable and, except as provided in Section 1308, the Company will pay all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
SECTION 1310. Cancellation of Converted Securities.
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All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the
Trustee to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall
dispose of the same as provided in Section 309.
SECTION 1311. Provisions of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
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In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the
Company into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into the Company
(other than a merger which does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Person
formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires
such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Security then
Outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such Security
shall be convertible as specified in Section 1301, to convert such Security only
into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property, if any,
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such Security might have
been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer, assuming such holder of Class A Common Stock (i) is not a Person with
which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged
into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be
(a "Constituent Person"), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person and (ii)
failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and
other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer is
not the same for
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each share of Class A Common Stock held immediately prior to such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer by other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate
thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been
exercised ("nonelecting share"), then for the purpose of this Section the kind
and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by each nonelecting share shall be
deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the
nonelecting shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments
which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental
indenture, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Article. The above provisions of this Section
shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers.
SECTION 1312. Trustee's Disclaimer.
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The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this
Article Thirteen should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment
should be, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such
adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate
with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 1305. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity
or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities, and
the Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company's failure to comply with
any provisions of this Article Thirteen.
The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the
correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to Section 1311, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers'
Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 1311.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Right to Require Repurchase
SECTION 1401. Right to Require Repurchase.
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In the event that there shall occur a Repurchase Event (as defined in
Section 1406), then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder's option,
to require the Company to purchase, and upon the exercise of such right, the
Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1203, purchase, all or any
part of such Holder's Securities on the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is 30
days after the date the Company gives notice of the Repurchase Event as
contemplated in Section 1402(a) at a price (the "Repurchase Price") equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest
to the Repurchase Date.
SECTION 1402. Notice; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right.
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(a) On or before the 15th day after the occurrence of a Repurchase
Event, the Company, or at the request of the Company received by the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the Repurchase Date, the Trustee (in the name and at the
expense of the Company), shall give notice of the occurrence of the Repurchase
Event and of the repurchase right set forth herein arising as a result thereof
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder of the
Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. The
Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice of a repurchase right to the
Trustee.
Each notice of a repurchase right shall state:
(1) the event constituting the Repurchase Event and the date thereof,
(2) the Repurchase Date,
(3) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised,
(4) the Repurchase Price, and
(5) the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise a repurchase
right.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notice shall limit any
Holder's right to exercise a repurchase right. The Trustee shall have no
affirmative obligation to determine if there shall have occurred a Repurchase
Event.
(b) To exercise a repurchase right, a Holder shall deliver to the
Company (or an agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the notice
referred to in (a) above) and to the Trustee on or before the close of business
on the Repurchase Date (i) written notice of the Holder's exercise of such
right, which notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount
of the Security or Securities (or portion of a Security) to be repurchased, and
a statement that an election to exercise the repurchased right is being made
thereby, and (ii) the Security or Securities with respect to which the
repurchase right is being exercised, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company.
Such written notice shall be irrevocable. If the Repurchase Date falls between
any Regular Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
Securities to be repurchased must be accompanied by payment from the Holder of
an amount equal to the interest thereon which the registered Holder thereof is
to receive on such Interest Payment Date.
In the event a repurchase right shall be exercised in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Company shall on the Repurchase Date pay or cause to be
paid in cash to the Holder thereof the Repurchase Price of the Security or
Securities as to which the repurchase right had been exercised. In the event
that a repurchase right is exercised with respect to less than the entire
principal amount of a surrendered Security, the Company shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall
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authenticate for issuance in the name of the Holder a new Security or Securities
in the aggregate principal amount of the unrepurchased portion of such
surrendered security.
SECTION 1403. Deposit of Repurchase Price.
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On or prior to the Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1004) an amount of
money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of the Securities
which are to be repaid on the Repurchase Date.
SECTION 1404. Securities not Repurchased on Repurchase Date.
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If any Security surrendered for repurchase shall not be so paid on the
Repurchase Date, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest to the extent
permitted by applicable law from the Repurchase Date at the rate per annum borne
by such Security.
SECTION 1405. Securities Repurchased in Part.
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Any Security which is to be repurchased only in part shall be
surrendered at any office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose
pursuant to Section 1003 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and 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
unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
SECTION 1406. Certain Definitions.
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For purposes of this Article:
(a) A "Repurchase Event" shall have occurred upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control or Termination of Trading after the date of this Indenture and
on or prior to August 15, 2004.
(b) A "Change in Control" shall occur when:
(i) all or substantially all of the Company's assets are
sold as an entirety to any person or related group of persons;
(ii) there shall be consummated any consolidation or merger
of the Company (A) in which the Company is not the continuing or
surviving corporation (other than a consolidation or merger with a
Wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in which all shares of Class A
Common Stock
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outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness thereof are changed
into or exchanged for the same consideration) or (B) pursuant to which
Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, in each case, other than a consolidation or merger of the
Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the
consolidation or merger have, directly or indirectly, at least a
majority of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
continuing or surviving corporation immediately after such
consolidation or merger in substantially the same proportion as their
ownership of Common Stock immediately before such transaction;
(iii) any person, or any persons acting together which would
constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
(a "Group") (in each case other than members of the Current Control
Group), together with any Affiliates thereof, shall beneficially own
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) at least 50% of the
total voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
Company;
(iv) at any time during any consecutive two-year period,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board
of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election
by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of 66 2/3% of
the directors then still in office who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election
was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company then in office; or
(v) the Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan
of liquidation or dissolution.
(c) "Current Control Group" means the members of the Board of Directors and
the executive officers of the Company as of the date of the Purchase Agreement,
their spouses, children, parents and siblings, the trustee of any trust created
for the benefit of any such member of the Board of Directors, officer or family
member, the executor or administrator (in his or her capacity as such) of the
estate of any such member of the Board of Directors, officer or family member,
and any Permitted Transferee, as defined in the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation as in effect as of the date of the Purchase
Agreement, who receives Class B Common Stock under the last will and testament
of, or under the laws of descent and distribution from, any such member of the
Board of Directors, officer or family member.
(d) A "Termination of Trading" shall occur if the Class A Common Stock (or
other common stock into which the Securities are then convertible) is neither
listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange nor approved for
trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the
United States.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Guarantees
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SECTION 1501. UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEES. The Company shall cause each
Wholly-owned Subsidiary to enter the Guarantee Agreement (which Guarantee
Agreement shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B).
SECTION 1502. ADDITION OF GUARANTORS. (a) For as long as any
Guarantees are required to remain in effect pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, promptly but in no event later than 30 days following the acquisition
or creation of any Wholly-owned Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, the
Company shall cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver a Guarantee
evidencing its provision of a guarantee in accordance with clause (b) below.
(b) Any Person that was not a Guarantor on the date of the execution
of the Indenture may become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the
Trustee a Guarantee (such Guarantee to be effected by means of an amendment to
the Guarantee Agreement).
SECTION 1503. SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES. Each Holder of a Security,
by his acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the Guarantee Agreement, the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as guaranteed by each
Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee is hereby expressly made subordinate and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) of such Guarantor.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
NCS HEALTHCARE, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
______________________
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
as Trustee
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxx Retina
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)
) ss.
)
On the day of , 1997, before me
personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is of NCS HealthCare, Inc., one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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)
) ss.
)
On the day of , 1997, before me
personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is of National City Bank, a_______________
________, described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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EXHIBIT A
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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF SECURITIES]
CERTIFICATE FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER
Re: 5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2004
This Certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Securities
held in *____________ book-entry or *____________ definitive form by _________
(the "Transferor").
The Transferor*:
- has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange
for its beneficial interest in a Global Security held by the Depositary a
Security or Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized
denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest
in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or
- has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange
for its Security or Securities a beneficial interest in a Global Security held
by the Depositary in a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of such Security or Securities; or
- has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register
the transfer of a Security or Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of each such security,
the Transferor does hereby certify to the Company and the Trustee that
Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above captioned
Debentures and, as provided in Section 305 of such Indenture, the transfer of
this Security does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined
below) because*:
- Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor's own account,
without transfer (in satisfaction of Section 305(b)(ii)(A) or Section
305(f)(i)(A) of the Indenture).
- Such Security is being transferred to a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act")) in reliance on Rule 144A or pursuant to an exemption
from registration in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (in
satisfaction of Section 305(b)(ii)(B), Section 305(c)(i), Section 305(d)(i),
Section 305(f)(i)(B), Section 305(g)(iii) or Section 305(h)(iii) of the
Indenture). An opinion of counsel to the effect that such transfer does not
require registration under the Securities Act accompanies this Certificate (in
satisfaction of Section 305(b)(ii)(B), Section 305(c)(i), Section 305(d)(i),
Section 305(f)(i)(B), Section 305(g)(iii) or Section 305(h)(iii) of the
Indenture).
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- Such Security is being transferred in accordance with Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act (in satisfaction of Section 305(b)(ii)(B), Section 305(f)(i)(B)
or Section 305(k)(ii) of the Indenture). If such Security is being transferred
in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, an opinion of counsel to
the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities
Act accompanies this Certificate (in satisfaction of Section 305(b)(ii)(B),
Section 305(f)(i)(B) or Section 305(k)(ii) of the Indenture).
- Such Security is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance
with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
other than Rule 144A, 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act. An opinion
of counsel to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under
the Securities Act accompanies this Certificate (in satisfaction of Section
305(b)(ii)(C) or Section 305(f)(i)(C) of the Indenture).
You are entitled to rely upon this certificate and you are irrevocably
authorized to produce this certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party
in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to
the matters covered hereby.
_________________________________
[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By: _____________________________
Date: ________________
