LUMIRADX LIMITED and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of March 3, 2022 6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
LUMIRADX LIMITED
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Dated as of March 3, 2022
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. Definitions; Rules of Construction |
1 | |||||
Section 1.01. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Other Definitions | 17 | ||||
Section 1.03. |
Rules of Construction | 18 | ||||
Article 2. The Notes |
18 | |||||
Section 2.01. |
Form, Dating and Denominations | 18 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Execution, Authentication and Delivery | 19 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Initial Notes and Additional Notes | 20 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Method of Payment | 20 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day | 21 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent | 22 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust | 23 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Holder Lists | 23 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
Legends | 23 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions | 24 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption | 30 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
Removal of Transfer Restrictions | 31 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
Replacement Notes | 31 | ||||
Section 2.14. |
Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes | 31 | ||||
Section 2.15. |
Cancellation | 32 | ||||
Section 2.16. |
Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates | 32 | ||||
Section 2.17. |
Temporary Notes | 32 | ||||
Section 2.18. |
Outstanding Notes | 32 | ||||
Section 2.19. |
Repurchases by the Company | 33 | ||||
Section 2.20. |
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers | 33 | ||||
Article 3. Covenants |
33 | |||||
Section 3.01. |
Payment on Notes | 33 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Exchange Act Reports | 34 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Rule 144A Information | 34 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Registration Rights; Additional Interest | 35 | ||||
Section 3.05. |
Additional Amounts | 35 | ||||
Section 3.06. |
Compliance and Default Certificates | 38 | ||||
Section 3.07. |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 38 | ||||
Section 3.08. |
Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates | 39 | ||||
Section 3.09. |
Debt Incurrence | 39 | ||||
Section 3.10. |
Transactions with Affiliates | 39 |
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Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption |
41 | |||||
Section 4.01. |
No Sinking Fund | 41 | ||||
Section 4.02. |
Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change | 41 | ||||
Section 4.03. |
Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes | 46 | ||||
Article 5. Conversion |
51 | |||||
Section 5.01. |
Right to Convert | 51 | ||||
Section 5.02. |
Conversion Procedures | 51 | ||||
Section 5.03. |
Settlement Upon Conversion | 53 | ||||
Section 5.04. |
Reserve and Status of Common Shares Issued Upon Conversion | 58 | ||||
Section 5.05. |
Adjustments to the Conversion Rate | 58 | ||||
Section 5.06. |
Voluntary Adjustments | 69 | ||||
Section 5.07. |
Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change | 70 | ||||
Section 5.08. |
Exchange in Lieu of Conversion | 71 | ||||
Section 5.09. |
Effect of Common Shares Change Event | 72 | ||||
Section 5.10. |
Beneficial Ownership Limitations | 74 | ||||
Article 6. Successors |
76 | |||||
Section 6.01. |
When the Company May Merge, Etc. | 76 | ||||
Section 6.02. |
Successor Entity Substituted | 77 | ||||
Section 6.03. |
Exclusion for Asset Transfers with Wholly Owned Subsidiaries | 77 | ||||
Article 7. Defaults and Remedies |
77 | |||||
Section 7.01. |
Events of Default | 77 | ||||
Section 7.02. |
Acceleration | 79 | ||||
Section 7.03. |
Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report | 80 | ||||
Section 7.04. |
Other Remedies | 81 | ||||
Section 7.05. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 81 | ||||
Section 7.06. |
Control by Majority | 81 | ||||
Section 7.07. |
Limitation on Suits | 81 | ||||
Section 7.08. |
Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration | 82 | ||||
Section 7.09. |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 82 | ||||
Section 7.10. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 83 | ||||
Section 7.11. |
Priorities | 83 | ||||
Section 7.12. |
Undertaking for Costs | 84 | ||||
Article 8. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers |
84 | |||||
Section 8.01. |
Without the Consent of Holders | 84 | ||||
Section 8.02. |
With the Consent of Holders | 85 | ||||
Section 8.03. |
Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers | 86 | ||||
Section 8.04. |
Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc. | 86 | ||||
Section 8.05. |
Notations and Exchanges | 87 | ||||
Section 8.06. |
Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures | 87 |
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Article 9. Satisfaction and Discharge |
87 | |||||
Section 9.01. |
Termination of Company’s Obligations | 87 | ||||
Section 9.02. |
Repayment to Company | 88 | ||||
Section 9.03. |
Reinstatement | 88 | ||||
Article 10. Trustee |
88 | |||||
Section 10.01. |
Duties of the Trustee | 88 | ||||
Section 10.02. |
Rights of the Trustee | 90 | ||||
Section 10.03. |
Individual Rights of the Trustee | 91 | ||||
Section 10.04. |
Trustee’s Disclaimer | 91 | ||||
Section 10.05. |
Notice of Defaults | 92 | ||||
Section 10.06. |
Compensation and Indemnity | 92 | ||||
Section 10.07. |
Replacement of the Trustee | 93 | ||||
Section 10.08. |
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. | 94 | ||||
Section 10.09. |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 94 | ||||
Article 11. Subordination of the Notes |
94 | |||||
Section 11.01. |
Agreement of Subordination | 94 | ||||
Section 11.02. |
Payments to Holders | 95 | ||||
Section 11.03. |
Subrogation of Notes | 96 | ||||
Section 11.04. |
Authorization to Effect Subordination | 97 | ||||
Section 11.05. |
Notice to Trustee | 97 | ||||
Section 11.06. |
Trustee’s Relation to Designated Senior Debt | 98 | ||||
Section 11.07. |
No Impairment of Subordination | 98 | ||||
Section 11.08. |
Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment | 98 | ||||
Section 11.09. |
Article Applicable to Paying Agents | 98 | ||||
Article 12. Miscellaneous |
99 | |||||
Section 12.01. |
Notices | 99 | ||||
Section 12.02. |
Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent | 101 | ||||
Section 12.03. |
Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel | 101 | ||||
Section 12.04. |
Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent | 101 | ||||
Section 12.05. |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders | 102 | ||||
Section 12.06. |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial | 102 | ||||
Section 12.07. |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process | 102 | ||||
Section 12.08. |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 102 | ||||
Section 12.09. |
Successors | 103 | ||||
Section 12.10. |
Force Majeure | 103 | ||||
Section 12.11. |
U.S.A. PATRIOT Act | 103 | ||||
Section 12.12. |
Calculations | 103 | ||||
Section 12.13. |
Severability | 103 | ||||
Section 12.14. |
Counterparts | 104 | ||||
Section 12.15. |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. | 104 | ||||
Section 12.16. |
Withholding Taxes | 104 |
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Exhibits
Exhibit A: Form of Note |
A-1 | |||
Exhibit B-1A: Form of Restricted Note Legend (Non-Affiliate Note) |
B1A-1 | |||
Exhibit B-1B: Form of Restricted Note Legend (Non-Affiliate Note) |
B1B-1 | |||
Exhibit B-2: Form of Global Note Legend |
B2-1 | |||
Exhibit B-3: Form of Non-Affiliate Legend |
B3-1 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of March 3, 2022, between LumiraDx Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as issuer (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each party to this Indenture (as defined below) agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”).
Article 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
“Additional Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 3.04.
“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 as in effect on the Issue Date.
“Affiliated Holders” means, (a) with respect to any specified natural person, any company, partnership, trust, foundation or other entity or investment vehicle (i) all of the beneficial owners of which are such specified natural person (or such specified person’s estate, spouse, parents, siblings or lineal descendants (by blood, marriage or adoption)) and (ii) for which such specified natural person (or such specified person’s estate, spouse, parents, siblings or lineal descendants (by blood, marriage or adoption)) retains dispositive and voting power with respect to the Common Shares and/or the Ordinary Shares (or such other Common Equity into which the Ordinary Shares have been converted, or for which the Ordinary Shares have been exchanged, in an event analogous to a Common Shares Change Event), as the case may be, held by such company, partnership, trust, foundation or other entity or investment vehicle, and the trustees, legal representatives, beneficiaries and/or beneficial owners, but solely in such capacity, of such company, partnership, trust, foundation or other entity or investment vehicle and (b) the estates of such specified natural person or the estates of such specified natural person’s spouse, parents, siblings or lineal descendants (by blood, marriage or adoption) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that this clause (b) will not cover any person to whom securities are transferred from any such estate).
“Affiliate Note” means each Physical Note, if any, originally issued under this Indenture to, and initially registered in the name of, an Affiliate of the Company, and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof; provided, however, that a Note that is an Affiliate Note will cease to be an Affiliate Note at such time, if any, when such Note ceases to be a Transfer-Restricted Security. The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Note is an Affiliate Note and may conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.
“Applicable Accounting Standards” means with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, means IFRS and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto as in effect from time to time; provided that, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of “Capital Lease Obligations”, all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of Applicable Accounting Standards prior to the effectiveness of ASC 842 shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for all purposes hereunder or in the Notes (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with ASC 842 (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capital Leases.
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“Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to a Note, a principal amount thereof equal to a minimum of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property by that Person as lessee that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease, any lease entered into as part of any sale leaseback transaction of any Person or any synthetic lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be, if such synthetic lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards.
“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
“Change in Tax Law” means any change in or amendment to the laws, rules, regulations or treaties of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or any change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, rules, regulations or treaties by any legislative body, court, governmental taxing authority or regulatory or administrative authority of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory or administrative interpretation or determination) affecting taxation, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Issue Date (or, if the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction was not a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on such date, the date on which such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction became a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction).
“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
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“Common Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person (and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes, with respect to the Company as of the Issue Date, the Common Shares and the Ordinary Shares in issue from time to time).
“Common Shares” means the common shares, $0.0000028 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section 5.09.
“Common Shares Liquidity Date” means the first date on which the number of issued and outstanding Common Shares equals or exceeds 150,000,000 (without giving effect to any Common Share split or Common Share combination after the date of this Indenture).
“Company” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.
“Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
“Conversion Date” means, with respect to a Note, the first Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(A) to convert such Note are satisfied.
“Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.
“Conversion Rate” initially means 108.4346 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 5; provided, further, that whenever this Indenture refers to the Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Conversion Rate immediately after the Close of Business on such date.
“Conversion Share” means any Common Share issued or issuable upon conversion of any Note.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at West Side Flats, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-XX-XX0X, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services (LumiraDx), or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Daily Cash Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the lesser of (A) the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount; and (B) the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day.
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“Daily Conversion Value” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, one-twenty-fifth (1/25th) of the product of (A) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and (B) the Daily VWAP per Common Share on such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily Maximum Cash Amount” means, with respect to the conversion of any Note, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such conversion by (B) twenty-five (25).
“Daily Share Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the excess, if any, of the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day over the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount by (B) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day. For the avoidance of doubt, the Daily Share Amount will be zero for such VWAP Trading Day if such Daily Conversion Value does not exceed such Daily Maximum Cash Amount.
“Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Shares as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “LMDX <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day up to and including
the final closing print (which is indicated by “Condition Code 6” in Bloomberg) (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Common Share on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.
“Default” means any event that is (or, after notice, passage of time or both, would be) an Event of Default.
“Default Settlement Method” means Physical Settlement; provided, however, that (x) subject to Section 5.03(A)(iii), the Company may, from time to time, change the Default Settlement Method by sending notice of the new Default Settlement Method to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent; and (y) the Default Settlement Method will be subject to Section 5.03(A)(ii).
“Designated Senior Debt” means the indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under or in respect of (i) the Loan Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2021, by and among LumiraDx Investment Limited, as borrower, the Company, as a credit party and issuer of the warrants in connection therewith, LumiraDx Group Limited, as a credit party and parent, BPCR Limited Partnership and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP, as lenders and BioPharma Credit PLC, as collateral agent, (ii) any accounts receivable credit line of the Company or any guarantee by the Company of any accounts receivable credit line of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, entered into or to be entered into from time to time and (iii) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings, replacements and refundings (including, in each case, any and all upsizes and any and all increases in connection with any such deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings, replacements and refundings) of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clause (i) or (ii) above.
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“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.
“Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
“Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer, exchange or other transaction involving a Global Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction.
“Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Shares, the first date on which Common Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Shares under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exempted Fundamental Change” means any Fundamental Change with respect to which, in accordance with Section 4.02(I), the Company does not offer to repurchase any Notes.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of the indenture (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among governmental authorities and implementing such Sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Free Trade Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is one (1) year after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note.
“Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:
(A) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act other than the Company, the Company’s direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and their respective employee benefit plans (or any person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, but only to the extent such person is acting in such capacity), files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of (i) until the occurrence of the Common Shares Liquidity Date, the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity or (ii) upon the occurrence of and at all times after the Common Shares Liquidity Date, the Common Shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Shares; provided that no “person”
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or “group” shall be deemed to be the “beneficial owner” of any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange under such offer; provided further that in determining whether a Permitted Holder’s direct or indirect beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Equity or Common Shares, as applicable, has triggered the foregoing thresholds the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity or Common Shares, as applicable, directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) by a Permitted Holder will exclude (i) with respect to the Company’s Common Equity, any of the Company’s Common Equity, and with respect to the Common Shares, any Common Shares, in each case, directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” by any Permitted Holder on the date of this Indenture for so long as such Common Equity or Common Shares, as applicable, is or are directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” by any Permitted Holder and (ii) with respect to the Company’s Common Equity, any of the Company’s Common Equity, and with respect to the Common Shares, any Common Shares, in each case, directly or indirectly “beneficially” owned by any Permitted Holder and acquired after the date of this Indenture by any Permitted Holder pursuant to equity grants or warrants (or the exercise or conversion thereof by such Permitted Holder) outstanding on the date of this Indenture or subsequently granted under one or more of the Company’s equity incentive plans;
(B) the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than solely to one or more of the Company’s direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Shares are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of Common Equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B);
(C) the Company’s shareholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(D) the Common Shares cease to be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);
provided, however, that a transaction or event described in clause (A) or (B) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Shares (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such transaction or event, consists of common shares, shares of common stock or other corporate Common Equity listed (or depositary receipts
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representing common shares, shares of common stock or other corporate Common Equity, which depositary receipts are listed) on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event constitutes a Common Shares Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.
For the purposes of this definition, any transaction or event described in both clause (A) and in clause (B)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (B)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such proviso); and for purposes of this definition and the definition of “Permitted Holders,” whether a Person is a “beneficial owner,” whether shares are “beneficially owned,” and percentage beneficial ownership, will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.02(F)(i) and Section 4.02(F)(ii).
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 4.02(D).
“Global Note” means a Note that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary.
“Global Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2.
“Holder” means a person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) all indebtedness for advanced or borrowed money of, or credit extended to, such Person; (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed by such Person as the deferred purchase price of assets, properties, services or rights (other than (i) accrued expenses and trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business which are not more than one hundred and eighty (180) days past due or subject to a bona fide dispute, (ii) obligations to pay for services provided by employees and individual independent contractors in the ordinary course of business which are not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days past due or subject to a bona fide dispute, (iii) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits, and (iv) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business), including any obligation or liability to pay deferred purchase price or other similar deferred consideration for such assets, properties, services or rights where
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such deferred purchase price or consideration becomes due and payable solely upon the passage of time; (c) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder and all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds, performance bonds and other similar instruments issued by such Person; (d) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other debt securities or similar instruments (including debt securities convertible into Capital Stock), including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of properties, assets or businesses; (e) all indebtedness of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (g) the principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off balance sheet financing product by such Person; and (h) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above of other Persons secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in assets or properties (including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness of such other Persons.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, each March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2022 (or commencing on such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). For the avoidance of doubt, the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Issue Date” means March 3, 2022.
“Last Original Issue Date” means (A) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to one or more subscription agreements between the Company and certain investors, dated on or about March 1, 2022, and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the Issue Date; and (B) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.03(B), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, either (i) the later of (x) the date such Notes are originally issued and (y) the last date any Notes are originally issued as part of the same offering pursuant to the exercise of an option, if any, granted to the initial purchaser(s) of such Notes to purchase additional Notes; or (ii) such other date as is specified in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee before the original issuance of such Notes.
“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Shares for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per Common Share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per Common Share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per Common Share) on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed. If the Common Shares are not listed on a
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U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per Common Share on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Shares are not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per Common Share on such Trading Day from each of at least three (3) nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.
“Lien” means a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind or assignment for security purposes, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property or assets.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the proviso immediately after clause (D) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso to clause (B)(ii) of such definition).
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period” means the period from, and including, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted Fundamental Change), to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date).
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date” means the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective.
“Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Shares are listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Shares.
“Maturity Date” means March 1, 2027.
“Memorandum and Articles” means the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association adopted by special resolution on September 28, 2021, as the same may be amended or restated.
“Non-Affiliate Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-3.
“Nonpayment Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02(A)(ii).
“Note Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.
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“Notes” means the 6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.
“Notice and Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement
“Observation Period” means, with respect to any Note to be converted, (A) subject to clause (B) below, if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs on or before December 1, 2026, the twenty-five (25) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the second (2nd) VWAP Trading Day immediately after such Conversion Date; (B) if such Conversion Date occurs on or after the date the Company has sent a Redemption Notice calling such Note for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(G) and before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately prior to the related Redemption Date, the twenty-five (25) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the twenty-sixth (26th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Date; and (C) subject to clause (B) above, if such Conversion Date occurs after December 1, 2026, the twenty-five (25) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the twenty-sixth (26th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of the Company.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate that is signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and that meets the requirements of Section 12.03.
“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion, from legal counsel (including an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.03, subject to customary assumptions, qualifications and exclusions.
“Ordinary Shares” means the Company’s A Ordinary Shares of par value $0.0000028.
“Payment Blockage Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.02(A)(ii).
“Permitted Holders” means (A) the direct or indirect beneficial owners of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on the date of this Indenture, (B) any Person who beneficially owns the Company’s Ordinary Shares to the extent it beneficially owns such Ordinary Shares as the result of a Transfer (as defined in the Memorandum and Articles) from any of the Persons specified in clause (A) of this definition, (C) any Person who beneficially owns the Company’s Common Shares to the extent it converted the Ordinary Shares described in clause (A) or (B) of this definition into Common Shares, (D) any Affiliated Holders of the natural persons specified in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of this definition and (E) with respect to any Person specified in clauses (A), (B), (C) or (D) of this definition that is not a natural person, any of its Affiliates.
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“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(A) Indebtedness not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year, consisting of (i) Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase, construction, repair, or improvement of fixed assets or to enable the purchase of diagnostic instruments to be placed at customer locations in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Capital Lease Obligations; provided, however, that such Indebtedness does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(B) Secured Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $400,000,000;
(C) Indebtedness of the Company which ranks pari passu with the Notes in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $100,000,000, including the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which are outstanding at such time;
(D) Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that (x) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary and (y) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not the Company or a Subsidiary, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (D);
(E) unsecured Indebtedness in connection with trade credit, corporate credit cards, purchasing cards or bank card products;
(F) guarantees of Permitted Indebtedness;
(G) Indebtedness assumed in connection with any permitted acquisition or permitted investment, so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, such acquisition or investment, not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(H) Indebtedness of the Company with respect to letters of credit outstanding and secured solely by cash or Cash Equivalents, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(I) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary) of the Company after the date hereof, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed after the date hereof by any Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Indebtedness does not exceed, individually or in the aggregate, $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(J) (i) Indebtedness with respect to workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health, disability or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations or (ii) Indebtedness related to employee benefit plans, including annual employee bonuses, accrued wage increases and 401(k) plan matching obligations; in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(K) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of business;
(L) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protection and other cash management services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(M) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;
(N) Indebtedness consisting of guarantees resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(O) Indebtedness in respect of any firm purchase commitment for manufacturing equipment and raw materials entered into in the ordinary course of business and not evidenced by any promissory note or similar instrument; and
(P) subject to the proviso immediately below, extensions, refinancings, renewals, modifications, amendments, restatements and, in the case of any items of Permitted Indebtedness constituting notes governed by an indenture, exchanges, of any items of Permitted Indebtedness in clauses (A) through (O) above, provided, that in the case of Clause (B) above, the principal amount thereof is not increased.
“Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, exempted company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Indenture.
“Physical Note” means a Note (other than a Global Note) that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such Note and duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.
“Place of Payment” means the office or agency of the Paying Agent established pursuant to Section 2.06(A) where Notes may be presented for payment, which office or agency, for the avoidance of doubt, must be in the continental United States.
“Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03, including a Tax Redemption.
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“Redemption Date” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Redemption.
“Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a Redemption, the date on which the Company sends the related Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(G).
“Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(F).
“Registration Default” shall have the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2022, among the Company and certain of the initial investors in the Notes, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms. The Trustee shall be deemed to have no knowledge of the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and shall have no obligation to monitor the terms thereof.
“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Regular Record Date” has the following meaning with respect to an Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on March 1, the immediately preceding February 15; and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on September 1, the immediately preceding August 15.
“Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.
“Responsible Officer” means (A) any officer within the corporate trust group of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers; and (B) with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject and, in each case, who will have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Restricted Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1A (in the case of a Note that is not an Affiliate Note) or Exhibit B-1B (in the case of an Affiliate Note).
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“Restricted Shares Legend” means, with respect to any Conversion Share, a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of such Conversion Share have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such Conversion Share cannot be sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a transaction that is registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Shares are then traded. If the Common Shares are not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries secured by a Lien on any assets or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security” means any Note or Conversion Share.
“Settlement Method” means Cash Settlement, Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement.
“Share Price” has the following meaning for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (A) if the holders of Common Shares receive only cash in consideration for their Common Shares in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (B) of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” then the Share Price is the amount of cash paid per Common Share in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (B) in all other cases, the Share Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
“Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of such Person.
“Special Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 7.03.
“Specified Dollar Amount” means, with respect to the conversion of a Note to which Combination Settlement applies, the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of such Note deliverable upon such conversion (excluding cash in lieu of any fractional Common Share).
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and from time to time, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or shareholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.
“Tax Redemption” means the redemption of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03(C).
“Taxes” means, with respect to the Additional Amounts, any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other similar governmental charge imposed or levied (including penalties and interest and other similar liabilities related thereto).
“Trading Day” means any day on which (A) trading in the Common Shares generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Shares are then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Shares are not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided, however, that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:
(A) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or a Person that was an Affiliate of the Company in the three months immediately preceding) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;
(B) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or a Person that was an Affiliate of the Company in the three months immediately preceding) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and
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(C) such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice (and, if such Security is an Affiliate Note or a Conversion Share issued upon conversion of an Affiliate Note, the Company has received such certificates or other documentation or evidence, if any, as the Company, may reasonably require to determine that the Holder or beneficial owner of such Affiliate Note or Conversion Share, as applicable, is not, and has not been during the immediately preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of the Company).
The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Security is a Transfer-Restricted Security and may conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.
“U.S. Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code.
“VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed, or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Shares are then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate during the regular trading session, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Shares, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.
“VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Shares generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed or, if the Common Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Shares are then traded. If the Common Shares are not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person from time to time all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Term |
Defined in Section | |||
“Additional Amounts” | 3.05(A) | |||
“Additional Shares” | 5.07(A) | |||
“Affiliate Transaction” | 3.10(A) | |||
“Beneficial Ownership Limitations” | 5.10(D) | |||
“Business Combination Event” | 6.01(A) | |||
“Cash Settlement” | 5.03(A) | |||
“Ceiling Conversion Rate” | 5.05(A)(vi)(1) | |||
“Combination Settlement” | 5.03(A) | |||
“Common Shares Change Event” | 5.09(A) | |||
“Conversion Agent” | 2.06(A) | |||
“Conversion Consideration” | 5.03(B) | |||
“Default Interest” | 2.05(B) | |||
“Defaulted Amount” | 2.05(B) | |||
“Earliest Redemption Date” | 4.03 | |||
“Event of Default” | 7.01(A) | |||
“Expiration Date” | 5.05(A)(v) | |||
“Expiration Time” | 5.05(A)(v) | |||
“First Reset Date” | 5.05(A)(vi)(1) | |||
“Former SPAC Issuer” | 2.10(D) | |||
“Fundamental Change Notice” | 4.02(E) | |||
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right” | 4.02(A) | |||
“General Beneficial Ownership Limitation” | 5.10(D) | |||
“Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation” | 5.10(D) | |||
“Initial Notes” | 2.03(A) | |||
“Interest Make-Whole Payment” | 5.03(B) | |||
“Paying Agent” | 2.06(A) | |||
“Physical Settlement” | 5.03(A) | |||
“Redemption Notice” | 4.03(G) | |||
“Reference Property” | 5.09(A) | |||
“Reference Property Unit” | 5.09(A) | |||
“Register” | 2.06(B) | |||
“Registrar” | 2.06(A) | |||
“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” | 3.05(A) | |||
“Reporting Event of Default” | 7.03(A) | |||
“Second Reset Date” | 5.05(A)(vi)(2) | |||
“Specified Courts” | 11.07 | |||
“Spin-Off” | 5.05(A)(iii)(2) | |||
“Spin-Off Valuation Period” | 5.05(A)(iii)(2) | |||
“Stated Interest” | 2.05(A) | |||
“Successor Entity” | 6.01(A) | |||
“Successor Person” | 5.09(A) |
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“Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election” | 4.03(C)(ii) | |||
“Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice” | 4.03(C)(ii)(1) | |||
“Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period” | 5.05(A)(v) | |||
“Transfer Taxes” | 3.05(B) |
Section 1.03. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
For purposes of this Indenture:
(A) “or” is not exclusive;
(B) “including” means “including without limitation”;
(C) “will” expresses a command;
(D) the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;
(E) a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;
(F) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;
(G) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture, unless the context requires otherwise;
(H) references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise;
(I) the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Indenture are deemed to form part of this Indenture; and
(J) unless the context requires otherwise, the term “interest,” when used with respect to a Note, includes any Default Interest, Additional Interest and Special Interest, and any express mention of Default Interest, Additional Interest or Special Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Default Interest, Additional Interest or Special Interest, as applicable, in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Article 2. THE NOTES
Section 2.01. FORM, DATING AND DENOMINATIONS.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The Notes will bear the legends required by Section 2.09 and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. Each Note will be dated as of the date of its authentication.
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Except to the extent otherwise provided in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance and authentication thereof, the Notes will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes; provided, however, that each Affiliate Note will be issued initially in the form of one or more Physical Notes. Global Notes may be exchanged for Physical Notes, and Physical Notes may be exchanged for Global Notes, only as provided in Section 2.10.
The Notes will be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in Authorized Denominations.
Each certificate representing a Note will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another outstanding Note.
The terms contained in the Notes constitute part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, agree to such terms and to be bound thereby; provided, however, that, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will control for purposes of this Indenture and such Note.
Section 2.02. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY.
(A) Due Execution by the Company. At least one (1) duly authorized Officer will sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature. A Note’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Note to hold, at the time such Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at the Company.
(B) Authentication by the Trustee and Delivery.
(i) No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) signs the certificate of authentication of such Note by manual signature.
(ii) The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.02(A); and (3) the Company delivers a Company Order to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; and (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be authenticated. If such Company Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.
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(iii) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. A duly appointed authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so under this Indenture, and a Note authenticated as provided in this Indenture by such an agent will be deemed, for purposes of this Indenture, to be authenticated by the Trustee. Each duly appointed authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authentication agent was validly appointed to undertake.
Section 2.03. INITIAL NOTES AND ADDITIONAL NOTES.
(A) Initial Notes. On the Issue Date, there will be originally issued fifty-six million, five hundred thousand dollars ($56,500,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02). Notes issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(A), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, are referred to in this Indenture as the “Initial Notes.”
(B) Additional Notes. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company may, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Sections 2.02 and 3.09) and at any time on or prior to the earlier of (i) the Company’s public announcement of its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 and (ii) March 20, 2022, originally issue additional Notes (including Affiliate Notes) with the same terms as the Initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of which interest begins to accrue on such additional Notes and the first Interest Payment Date and the Last Original Issue Date of such additional Notes), which additional Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that if any such additional Notes (other than Affiliate Notes) (and any Notes that are resold after such Notes have been purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries) are not fungible with other Notes (other than Affiliate Notes) issued under this Indenture for purposes of U.S. federal income tax laws or U.S. federal securities laws or, if applicable, the Depositary Procedures, then such additional or resold Notes will be identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number. If the Company resells any Notes that it or any of its Subsidiaries has purchased or otherwise acquired, such Notes may be identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number if such resold Notes are not fungible with other Notes issued under this Indenture for purposes of U.S. federal income tax laws.
Section 2.04. METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(A) Global Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture.
(B) Physical Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Physical Note no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture as follows: (i) if the principal amount of such Physical Note is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute
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discretion) and the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment has delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, no later than the time set forth in the immediately following sentence, a written request that the Company make such payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and (ii) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the Register. To be timely, such written request must be so delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the payment of any interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; (y) with respect to any cash Conversion Consideration, the relevant Conversion Date; and (z) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.
Section 2.05. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED AMOUNTS; WHEN PAYMENT DATE IS NOT A BUSINESS DAY.
(A) Accrual of Interest. Each Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 6.00% (the “Stated Interest”), plus any Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 7.03, respectively. Stated Interest on each Note will (i) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the date set forth in the certificate representing such Note as the date from, and including, which Stated Interest will begin to accrue in such circumstance) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; and (ii) be, subject to Sections 4.02(D), 4.03(F) and 5.02(D) (but without duplication of any payment of interest), payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on the first Interest Payment Date set forth in the certificate representing such Note, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date. Stated Interest, and, if applicable, Additional Interest and Special Interest, on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture or the provisions of the Notes, if the Company has not received notification from The International Stock Exchange (TISE) or another “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 Income Tax Act 2007 (of the United Kingdom) that the Notes have been listed (within the meaning of that term as used at s.987 Income Tax Act 2007) thereon prior to the first Interest Payment Date, interest due and payable on that Interest Payment Date shall be deferred until the next following Interest Payment Date to Holders of record as of the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date on which the interest and deferred interest is payable; provided, that interest shall accrue on such deferred interest from the first Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next following Interest Payment Date at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful.
(B) Defaulted Amounts. If the Company fails to pay any amount (a “Defaulted Amount”) payable on a Note on or before the due date therefor as provided in this Indenture, then, regardless of whether such failure constitutes an Event of Default, (i) such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder of such Note otherwise entitled to such payment; (ii) to the extent lawful, interest (“Default Interest”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which Stated Interest accrues, from, and including, such due date to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest; (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid on a payment date selected by the
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Company to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on a special record date selected by the Company, provided that such special record date must be no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and (iv) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such special record date, the Company will send notice to the Trustee and the Holders that states such special record date, such payment date and the amount of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest to be paid on such payment date.
(C) Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on a Note as provided in this Indenture is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which (i) the applicable Place of Payment or (ii) banking institutions in the Cayman Islands are authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”
Section 2.06. REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT.
(A) Generally. The Company will maintain (i) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (ii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”); and (iii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then the Trustee will act as such and will be entitled to receive compensation therefor in accordance with this Indenture and any other agreement between the Trustee and the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.06(A), each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent with respect to any Global Note must at all times be a Person that is eligible to act in that capacity under the Depositary Procedures.
(B) Duties of the Registrar. The Registrar will keep a record (the “Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and conversion of Notes. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Trustee shall treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.
(C) Co-Agents; Company’s Right to Appoint Successor Registrars, Paying Agents and Conversion Agents. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Paying Agents and co-Conversion Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, under this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.06(A), the Company may change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act in such capacity) without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee (and, upon request, any Holder) of the name and address of each Note Agent, if any, not a party to this Indenture and will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with each such Note Agent, which agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Note Agent.
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(D) Initial Appointments. The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.
Section 2.07. PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT TO HOLD PROPERTY IN TRUST.
The Company will require each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent that is not the Trustee to agree in writing that such Note Agent will (A) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by such Note Agent for payment or delivery due on the Notes; and (B) notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment or delivery. The Company, at any time, may, and the Trustee, while any Default continues, may, require a Paying Agent or Conversion Agent to pay or deliver, as applicable, all money and other property held by it to the Trustee, after which payment or delivery, as applicable, such Note Agent (if not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for such money or property. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then (A) it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; and (B) references in this Indenture or the Notes to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, in each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or the Trustee or with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to refer to cash or other property so segregated and held separately, or to the segregation and separate holding of such cash or other property, respectively. Upon the occurrence of any event pursuant to clause (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) with respect to the Company (or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company acting as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent), the Trustee will serve as the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, for the Notes.
Section 2.08. HOLDER LISTS.
If the Trustee is not the Registrar, then the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later than seven (7) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request, a list, in such form and as of such date or time as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders.
Section 2.09. LEGENDS.
(A) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear the Global Note Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Indenture, required by the Depositary for such Global Note).
(B) Non-Affiliate Legend. Each Note that is not an Affiliate Note will bear the Non-Affiliate Legend unless otherwise agreed to by the Company with notice to the Trustee.
(C) Restricted Note Legend. Subject to other provisions of this Indenture, including Section 2.12,
(i) each Note that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted Note Legend; and
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(ii) if a Note is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, another Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.09(C)(ii)), including pursuant to Section 2.10(B), 2.10(C), 2.11 or 2.13, then such Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if such old Note bore the Restricted Note Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such conversion, as applicable; provided, however, that such Note need not bear the Restricted Note Legend if such Note does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable.
(D) Other Legends. A Note may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Indenture, as may be required by applicable law or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Note is traded or quoted.
(E) Acknowledgment and Agreement by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Note bearing any legend required by this Section 2.09 will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.
(F) Restricted Shares Legend.
(i) Each Conversion Share will bear the Restricted Shares Legend if the Note upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Conversion Share was issued; provided, however, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Shares Legend if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Shares Legend.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(F), a Conversion Share need not bear a Restricted Shares Legend if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided the Company takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in the Restricted Shares Legend.
Section 2.10. TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES; CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.
(A) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) Generally. Subject to this Section 2.10, Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Registrar will record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.
(ii) Transferred and Exchanged Notes Remain Valid Obligations of the Company. Each Note issued upon transfer or exchange of any other Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(A)(ii)) or portion thereof in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as such old Note or portion thereof, as applicable.
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(iii) No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, but the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.17 or 8.05 not involving any transfer.
(iv) Transfers and Exchanges Must Be in Authorized Denominations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, a Note may not be transferred or exchanged in part unless the portion to be so transferred or exchanged is in an Authorized Denomination.
(v) Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee will have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any transfer restrictions imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any Security, other than to require the delivery of such certificates or other documentation or evidence as expressly required by this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements of this Indenture.
(vi) Legends. Each Note issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(vii) Settlement of Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Note, the Company will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.
(viii) Interpretation. For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Indenture, as used in this Section 2.10, an “exchange” of a Global Note or a Physical Note includes (x) an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any Restricted Note Legend affixed to such Global Note or Physical Note; and (y) if such Global Note or Physical Note is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number, an exchange effected for the sole purpose of causing such Global Note or Physical Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number.
(B) Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.
(i) Certain Restrictions. Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Global Note may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (z) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. No Global Note (or any portion thereof) may be transferred to, or exchanged for, a Physical Note; provided, however, that a Global Note will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical Notes if:
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(1) (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation;
(2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange such Global Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, for one or more Physical Notes; or
(3) the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Note for one or more Physical Notes at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.
(ii) Effecting Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Global Note (or any portion thereof):
(1) the Trustee will reflect any resulting decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if such notation results in such Global Note having a principal amount of zero, then the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15);
(2) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Trustee will reflect any resulting increase of the principal amount of any other Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such other Global Note;
(3) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Global Note bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(4) if such Global Note (or such portion thereof), or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for one or more Physical Notes, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures); and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(iii) Compliance with Depositary Procedures. Each transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in any Global Note will be made in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.
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(C) Transfers and Exchanges of Physical Notes.
(i) Requirements for Transfers and Exchanges. Subject to this Section 2.10, a Holder of a Physical Note may (x) transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) to one or more other Person(s); (y) exchange such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for one or more other Physical Notes in Authorized Denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Note (or portion thereof) to be so exchanged; and (z) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures and provided such Physical Note is not an Affiliate Note, transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must:
(1) surrender such Physical Note to be transferred or exchanged to the office of the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; and
(2) deliver such certificates, documentation or evidence as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10(D).
(ii) Effecting Transfers and Exchanges. Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Physical Note (such Physical Note being referred to as the “old Physical Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(C)(ii)) of a Holder (or any portion of such old Physical Note in an Authorized Denomination):
(1) such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15;
(2) if such old Physical Note is to be so transferred or exchanged only in part, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such old Physical Note not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09;
(3) in the case of a transfer:
(a) to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Trustee will reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Notes by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note(s), which increase(s) are in Authorized Denominations and aggregate to the principal amount to be so transferred, and which Global Note(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; provided, however, that if such transfer cannot be so effected by
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notation on one or more existing Global Notes (whether because no Global Notes bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09 then exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Note having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the maximum aggregate principal amount permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Global Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount that is to be so transferred but that is not effected by notation as provided above; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(b) to a transferee that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Notes, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(4) in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Physical Note was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(D) Requirement to Deliver Documentation and Other Evidence. If a Holder of any Note that is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number or that bears a Restricted Note Legend or is a Transfer-Restricted Security requests to:
(i) cause such Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number;
(ii) remove such Restricted Note Legend; or
(iii) register the transfer of such Note to the name of another Person,
then the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require in order for the Company to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws; provided, however, that no such certificates, documentation or need be so delivered (x) in connection with any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to Rule 144A; (y) in connection with any transfer of such Note to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; or (z) in connection with any transfer of such Note pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
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Securities Act; provided further, however, that, if the Company determines that it is not a Former SPAC Issuer (which, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company does not believe itself to be as at the date of this Indenture) at the time of such request, no such certificates, documentation or evidence need be so delivered on and after the Free Trade Date with respect to such Note unless the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Note is not eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act; provided further, however, that, without limiting the immediately succeeding sentence, if the Company has determined that it is an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) (a “Former SPAC Issuer”) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company does not believe itself to be as at the date of this Indenture) at the time of such request, no such certificates, documentation or evidence (other than, in the case of the following clause (w), a written request in the form contemplated by the immediately succeeding sentence)) need be so delivered (w) on and after the date that is the later of (A) September 29, 2022 and (B) the date that is six (six) months after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note if the requirements of Rule 144(c) and (i) are then satisfied with respect to the Company; (x) in connection with any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to Rule 144A; (y) in connection with any transfer of such Note to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; or (z) in connection with any transfer of such Note pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. If a Holder of any Note or Common Shares issued upon conversion of any Note, or an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note or in a global certificate representing any Common Shares issued upon conversion of any Note, that, in any case, includes a Restricted Note Legend or Restricted Shares Legend, as the case may be, transfers such Note (or beneficial interest in any Global Note) or Common Shares (or beneficial interest in a global certificate representing any Common Shares) in compliance with Rule 144 and delivers to the Company (at a time the Company has determined that it is a Former SPAC Issuer (which, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company does not believe itself to be as at the date of this Indenture)) a written request, certifying that it is not, and has not been at any time during the preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of the Company), to reissue such Note (or beneficial interest) or Common Share (or beneficial interest) without a Restricted Note Legend or Restricted Shares Legend, as applicable, then the Company will cause the same to occur (and, if applicable, cause such Note (or beneficial interest) or Common Share (or beneficial interest) to thereafter be represented by an “unrestricted” CUSIP or ISIN number in the facilities of the related depositary), and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such occurrence within three (3) Trading Days of such request. Any such reissuance shall be in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary in the case of Global Notes or global certificates representing Common Shares.
(E) Transfers of Notes Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that (i) has been surrendered for conversion, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to conversion; (ii) is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F), except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price when due; or (iii) has been selected for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption Notice, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to Redemption or the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.
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Section 2.11. EXCHANGE AND CANCELLATION OF NOTES TO BE CONVERTED OR TO BE REPURCHASED PURSUANT TO A REPURCHASE UPON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE OR REDEMPTION.
(A) Partial Conversions of Physical Notes and Partial Repurchases of Physical Notes Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption. If only a portion of a Physical Note of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will cause such Physical Note to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 2.10(C), for (i) one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Physical Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Physical Note having a principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, which Physical Note will be converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Physical Note referred to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18.
(B) Cancellation of Notes that Are Converted and Notes that Are Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption.
(i) Physical Notes. If a Physical Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.11(A)) of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Physical Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18 and the time such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such Physical Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15; and (2) in the case of a partial conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(ii) Global Notes. If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18, the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15).
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Section 2.12. REMOVAL OF TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.
The Restricted Note Legend affixed to any Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12 and the footnote to such Restricted Note Legend, to be removed therefrom upon the Company’s delivery to the Trustee of notice, signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers, to such effect (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such notice need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in order to be effective to cause such Restricted Note Legend to be deemed to be removed from such Note). If such Note bears a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number at the time of such delivery, then, upon such delivery, such Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12 and the footnotes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth on the face of the certificate representing such Note, to thereafter bear the “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers identified in such footnotes; provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note and the Depositary thereof requires a mandatory exchange or other procedure to cause such Global Note to be identified by “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers in the facilities of such Depositary, then the Company will effect such exchange or procedure as soon as reasonably practicable.
Section 2.13. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If a Holder of any Note claims that such Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a replacement Note upon surrender to the Trustee of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company and the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company and the Trustee from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.13 will be an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Notes issued under this Indenture.
Section 2.14. REGISTERED HOLDERS; CERTAIN RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO GLOBAL NOTES.
Only the Holder of a Note will have rights under this Indenture as the owner of such Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Trustee as its custodian, and the Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents, and their respective agents, shall treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that (A) the Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Notes through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to such Global Note under this Indenture or the Notes; and (B) the Company and the Trustee, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.
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Section 2.15. CANCELLATION.
The Company may at any time deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Trustee each Note duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.03(B), the Company may not originally issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been cancelled upon transfer, exchange, payment or conversion.
Section 2.16. NOTES HELD BY THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Affiliate Notes owned by any of the Company’s Affiliates) will be deemed not to be outstanding; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.17. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. The Company will promptly prepare, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, each temporary Note will in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
Section 2.18. OUTSTANDING NOTES.
(A) Generally. Except where Section 2.16 applies, the Notes that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those Notes that, at such time, have been duly executed and authenticated, excluding those Notes (or portions thereof) that have theretofore been (i) cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.15; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any a Global Note representing such Note; (iii) paid in full (including upon conversion) in accordance with this Indenture; or (iv) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (B), (C) or (D) of this Section 2.18.
(B) Replaced Notes. If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.13, then such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.
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(C) Maturing Notes and Notes Called for Redemption or Subject to Repurchase. If, on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, respectively, together, in each case, with the aggregate interest, in each case due on such date, then (unless there occurs a Default in the payment of any such amount) (i) the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or repurchased, or that mature, on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(F) or 5.02(D); and (ii) the rights of the Holders of such Notes (or such portions thereof), as such, will terminate with respect to such Notes (or such portions thereof), other than the right to receive the Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, as applicable, of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes (or such portions thereof), in each case as provided in this Indenture.
(D) Notes to Be Converted. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for any Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or Section 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.08.
(E) Cessation of Accrual of Interest. Except as provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(F) or 5.02(D), interest will cease to accrue on each Note from, and including, the date that such Note is deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.18, to cease to be outstanding, unless there occurs a default in the payment or delivery of any cash or other property due on such Note.
Section 2.19. REPURCHASES BY THE COMPANY.
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.15, the Company may, from time to time, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders.
Section 2.20. CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS.
Subject to Section 2.12, the Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Notes, and, if so, the Company and the Trustee will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number; and (ii) the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number(s) identifying any Notes.
Article 3. COVENANTS
Section 3.01. PAYMENT ON NOTES.
(A) Generally. Subject to Article 11, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and Redemption Price for, interest on, and other amounts due with respect to, the Notes on the dates and in the manner set forth in this Indenture.
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(B) Deposit of Funds. Subject to Article 11, before 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Interest Payment Date, and on the Maturity Date or any other date on which any cash amount is due on the Notes, the Company will deposit, or will cause there to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to pay the cash amount due on the applicable Notes on such date. The Paying Agent will return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money not required for such purpose.
Section 3.02. EXCHANGE ACT REPORTS.
(A) Generally. The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which the Company has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any report that the Company files with the SEC through the XXXXX system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be sent to the Trustee at the time such report is so filed via the XXXXX system (or such successor), it being agreed that the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether such filing has been made or for the timeliness of their content. Upon the request of any Holder, the Trustee will provide to such Holder a copy of any report that the Company has sent the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.02(A), other than a report that is deemed to be sent to the Trustee pursuant to the preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this Section 3.02(A), reports that the Company is required to “file” with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act does not include reports that the Company is required to furnish to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the Company will also comply with its other obligations under Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(B) Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee need not determine whether the Company has filed any material via the XXXXX system (or such successor). The sending or filing of reports pursuant to Section 3.02(A) will not be deemed to constitute actual or constructive notice to the Trustee of any information contained, or determinable from information contained, therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee will have no obligation whatsoever to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with its covenants under this Indenture or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC via the XXXXX system (or any successor thereto) or any other website, or to participate in any conference calls.
Section 3.03. RULE 144A INFORMATION.
If the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act at any time when any Notes or Conversion Shares are outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), then the Company (or its successor) will promptly provide, to the Trustee and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or Conversion Shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144A.
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Section 3.04. REGISTRATION RIGHTS; ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
(A) Registration Rights. The Company agrees that the Holders from time to time of Registrable Securities are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. By its acceptance thereof, the Holder of Registrable Securities will have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Registrable Securities.
(B) Accrual of Additional Interest. If a Registration Default occurs under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Notes in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
(C) Amount and Payment of Additional Interest. Any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 3.04(B) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note; provided, however, that in no event will Additional Interest that may accrue pursuant to this Section 3.04, together with any Special Interest that is payable at the Company’s election pursuant to Section 7.03 as the sole remedy for any Reporting Event of Default, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Special Interest that accrues on such Note.
(D) Notice of Accrual of Additional Interest; Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Company will send notice to the Holder of each Note, and to the Trustee, of the commencement and termination of any period in which Additional Interest accrues on such Note. In addition, if Additional Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Additional Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Additional Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Additional Interest is payable or the amount thereof.
(E) Additional Interest Provisions Do Not Apply to Affiliate Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.04 or the Registration Rights Agreement, Section 3.04 will not apply to any Affiliate Note (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Additional Interest will accrue on any Affiliate Note).
(F) Exclusive Remedy. The accrual of Additional Interest will be the exclusive remedy under this Indenture available to Holders for a Registration Default.
Section 3.05. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
(A) Requirements to Pay Additional Amounts. All payments and deliveries made by, or on behalf of, the Company or any Successor Entity under or with respect to the Notes (including payment of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any premium or interest (including Additional Interest and Special Interest) on, or the delivery of any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion (together with payments of cash
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for any fractional share) of, any Note) will be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or regulation or by governmental policy having the force of law. If any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company or any Successor Entity is, for tax purposes, organized or resident or doing business or through which payment is made or deemed to be made (each such jurisdiction, subdivision or authority, as applicable, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”) are required to be withheld or deducted from any payments or deliveries made under or with respect to the Notes, then, the Company or such Successor Entity, as applicable, will pay or deliver to the Holder of each Note such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the beneficial owner of such Note after such withholding or deduction (and after withholding or deducting any Taxes on the Additional Amounts) will equal the amounts that would have been received by such beneficial owner had no such withholding or deduction been required; provided, however, that such obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to:
(i) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for:
(1) the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity) of such Note and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than merely holding or being a beneficial owner of such Note or the receipt or enforcement of payments thereunder), including such Holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or other equity owner or person having such a power) being or having been a national, domiciliary or resident, or treated as a resident, of, or being or having been physically present or engaged in a trade or business, or having had a permanent establishment, in, such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction;
(2) in cases where presentation of such Note is required to receive such payment or delivery, the presentation of such Note after a period of thirty (30) days after the later of (x) the date on which such payment or delivery became due and payable or deliverable, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and (y) the date such payment or delivery was made or duly provided for, except, in each case, to the extent that such Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts if it presented such Note for payment or delivery, as applicable, at the end of such thirty (30) day period; or
(3) the failure of such Holder or beneficial owner to comply with a timely written request from the Company or the Successor Entity, addressed to such Holder or beneficial owner, to (x) provide certification, information, documentation or other evidence concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction; or (y) make any declaration or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, in each case if and to the extent that such Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to comply with such request and due and timely compliance with such request is required by statute, regulation or administrative practice of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in order to reduce or eliminate such withholding or deduction;
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(ii) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, excise, transfer, capital gains, personal property, wealth or similar Tax;
(iii) any tax that is payable other than by withholding or deduction from payments or deliveries under or with respect to the Notes;
(iv) any withholding or deduction required by (x) sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any amended or successor provisions) and any current or future U.S. Treasury Regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder or official interpretation thereof; (y) any inter-governmental agreement between the United States and any other non-U.S. jurisdiction to implement FATCA or any law enacted by such other jurisdiction to give effect to such agreement; or (z) any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(v) any taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Company to such Holder if such Holder is a fiduciary, partnership or person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a partner or member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, partner, member or beneficial owner been the Holder thereof; or
(vi) any combination of items referred to in the preceding clauses (i) through (v), inclusive, above.
(B) Indemnification for Transfer Taxes. Notwithstanding Section 3.05(A)(ii), the Company will pay and indemnify each Holder and beneficial owner of the Notes for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including penalties, interest and any other reasonable expenses related thereto) (“Transfer Taxes”) which are levied by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (and in the case of enforcement, any jurisdiction) on or in connection with the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of any of the Notes, this Indenture or any other document or instrument referred to herein or the receipt of payments with respect thereto (including the receipt of shares (together with payment of cash for any fractional shares) or other consideration due upon conversion) (except any tax or duty that is due because of any transfer of any interest by any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, or, upon a conversion, because the converting Holder requests the shares to be registered in a name other than the Holder’s name).
(C) For the avoidance of doubt, if any Note is called for a Tax Redemption and the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then the Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts will apply to the interest payment due on such Note on such Interest Payment Date unless such Note is subject to a Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice.
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(D) Tax Receipts. If the Company or any Successor Entity is required to make any deduction or withholding from any payments or deliveries with respect to the Notes, then (i) the Company or such Successor Entity will deliver to the Trustee official tax receipts (or, if, after expending reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain such receipts, an Officer’s Certificate evidencing the payment of any applicable taxes so deducted or withheld) evidencing the remittance to the relevant tax authorities of the amounts so withheld or deducted; and (ii) the Company will make copies of these receipts or evidence, as applicable, available to any Holder or beneficial owner of any Notes in respect of whom the relevant deduction or withholding was made upon request.
(E) Interpretation of Indenture and Notes. All references in this Indenture or the Notes to any payment on, or delivery with respect to, the Notes (including payment of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest or Special Interest) on, or the delivery of any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion (together with payments of cash for any fractional share) of, any Note) will, to the extent that Additional Amounts are payable in respect thereof, be deemed to include the payment of such Additional Amounts. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have any obligation to determine whether any Additional Amounts are payable or the amount of such Additional Amounts.
(F) Survival of Obligations. The obligations set forth in this Section 3.05 will survive any transfer of Notes by a Holder (or, in the case of a Global Note, a holder of a beneficial interest therein).
Section 3.06. COMPLIANCE AND DEFAULT CERTIFICATES.
(A) Annual Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after December 31, 2022 and each fiscal year of the Company ending thereafter, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating (i) that the signatory thereto has supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year with a view towards determining whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred; and (ii) whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default or Event of Default has occurred during the previous fiscal year or is continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(B) Default Certificate. If a Default or Event of Default occurs, then the Company will, within thirty (30) days after its first occurrence, deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee describing the same and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 3.07. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
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Section 3.08. ACQUISITION OF NOTES BY THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES.
The Company will promptly deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired.
Section 3.09. DEBT INCURRENCE.
Until such time that less than $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding under this Indenture, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Secured Indebtedness (including any Secured Indebtedness consisting of obligations evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or other similar instrument) or any Indebtedness that ranks senior to or pari passu with the Notes, in each case, that is not Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that the accrual of interest shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 3.09.
Section 3.10. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
(A) Until such time that less than $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding under this Indenture, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $2,500,000, unless:
(i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than those that could have been obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction by the Company or such Subsidiary with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5,000,000, a resolution of the Board of Directors accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 3.10 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors.
(B) The following items will be deemed not to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 3.10:
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(i) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, employee stock ownership plan, program or arrangement, indemnification or reimbursement agreement or arrangement for any director, officer, employee, agent, consultant and/or contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary, stock option, stock repurchase agreement, service agreement, incentive agreement, consulting agreement, severance agreement, insurance plan or any similar agreement, plan or arrangement (including director compensation), in each case entered into by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and/or consistent with past practice and any and all payments pursuant to any of the foregoing;
(ii) transactions of any nature between or among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (or any of them);
(iii) payment of fees and/or salary and reimbursement of expenses of, or entry into any customary indemnity in favor of, any director, officer, employee, consultant and/or contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) any contribution of capital to the Company or issuance of Capital Stock of the Company or the use of proceeds from any such capital contribution or issuance of Capital Stock;
(v) transactions pursuant to agreements or arrangements as in effect on the Issue Date, or any amendment, modification, or supplement thereto or replacement thereof (so long as such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified or supplemented or replaced, is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes, taken as a whole, than such agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Company);
(vi) transactions with Affiliates that are customers, clients, lessors, lessees, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners, joint ventures or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case which are in the ordinary course of business and/or consistent with past practice and are otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture, and which are fair to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, in the good faith judgment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or are on terms that, taken as a whole, are materially not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be obtained, at the time of such transaction or, if such transaction is pursuant to a written agreement, at the time of the execution of the agreement providing therefor, in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;
(vii) if such Affiliate Transaction is with an Affiliate in its capacity as a holder of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a transaction in which such Affiliate is treated no more favorably than the other holders of such series of Indebtedness or such class of such Capital Stock of the Company or such Subsidiary;
(viii) transactions between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries solely because a director of such Person is also a director of the Company; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director on any matter involving such other Person;
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(ix) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business or transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company or any Subsidiary and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Indenture;
(x) to the extent permitted under this Indenture, including in compliance with Article 6, any merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company with an Affiliate of the Company primarily for the purpose of (a) forming or collapsing a holding company structure or (b) reincorporating the Company in a new jurisdiction;
(xi) entering into one or more agreements that provide registration rights to any security holders of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or amending any such agreement with security holders of the Company or any direct or any indirect parent of the Company and the performance of such agreements; and
(xii) transactions in which the Company delivers to the Trustee a letter from an independent financial advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of the preceding paragraph.
Article 4. REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. NO SINKING FUND.
No sinking fund is required to be provided for the Notes.
Section 4.02. RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO REPURCHASE NOTES UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
(A) Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the other terms of this Section 4.02 and Article 11, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(B) Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including a rescission as a result of the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D), on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
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(C) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Company sends the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E).
(D) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change; provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(C) and such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.
(E) Fundamental Change Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will send to each Holder, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent a notice of such Fundamental Change (a “Fundamental Change Notice”).
Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:
(i) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;
(ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;
(iii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;
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(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change (and, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D));
(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vii) the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Fundamental Change (including pursuant to Section 5.07);
(viii) that Notes for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(ix) that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and
(x) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.
Neither the failure to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor any defect in a Fundamental Change Notice will limit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.
(F) Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.
(i) Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right for a Note following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:
(1) before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note; and
(2) such Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note) or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).
The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that it receives.
(ii) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices. Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:
(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;
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(2) the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and
(3) that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such principal amount of such Note;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).
(iii) Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:
(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;
(2) the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and
(3) the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be an Authorized Denomination;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).
Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.11, treating such Note as having been then surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
(G) Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to Article 11, without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable
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Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.02(G).
(H) Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 if one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section 4.02 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 4.02 if conducted directly by the Company.
(I) No Requirement to Conduct an Offer to Repurchase Notes if the Fundamental Change Results in the Notes Becoming Convertible into an Amount of Cash Exceeding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will not be required to send a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E), or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii) (or pursuant to clause (A) that also constitutes a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii)) of the definition thereof, if (i) such Fundamental Change constitutes a Common Shares Change Event whose Reference Property consists entirely of cash in U.S. dollars; (ii) immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible, pursuant to Section 5.09(A) and, if applicable, Section 5.07, into consideration that consists solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that (x) the same includes accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the latest Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change permitted by this Indenture, (y) the Company would not default on the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and (z) solely for purposes of this calculation, without giving effect to any increase in the Conversion Rate applicable to Additional Shares pursuant to Section 5.07(A)); and (iii) the Company timely sends the notice relating to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change that is related to such Fundamental Change required pursuant to Section 5.07(c) and includes, in such notice, a statement that the Company is relying on this Section 4.02(I).
(J) Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the extent applicable, the Company will comply, in all material respects, with all federal and state securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.02 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company and enacted after the Issue Date, the Company’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such obligations.
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(K) Repurchase in Part. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.02, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section 4.02 applying to the repurchase of a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.
Section 4.03. RIGHT OF THE COMPANY TO REDEEM THE NOTES.
(A) No Right to Redeem Before the Earliest Redemption Date. Except pursuant to a Tax Redemption, the Company may not redeem the Notes at its option at any time before the later of (1) September 3, 2022 and (2) the date that is 30 days after the initial effectiveness of a Registration Statement (as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement) (the “Earliest Redemption Date”).
(B) Right to Redeem the Notes on or After the Earliest Redemption Date. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.03, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, or any portion in an Authorized Denomination, of the Notes, at any time, and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after the Earliest Redemption Date and on or before the 25th Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if (1) the Last Reported Sale Price per Common Share exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Conversion Price on (x) each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; and (y) the Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date and (2) unless the Company elects (x) Cash Settlement and (y) to pay any owed Interest Make-Whole Payment in cash, in each case, with respect to conversions of Notes called for Redemption (at a time when Holders are not permitted to elect Physical Settlement pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(i)(3)), a Registration Statement registering the resale of all Conversion Shares (including any shares issuable as part of the Interest Make-Whole Payment) (i) issuable upon conversion of all Notes called for such Redemption, (ii) that constitute Registrable Securities and (iii) are held by Holders that have furnished a completed Notice and Questionnaire and such other information as the Company reasonably requests, in each case, as contemplated by Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement, within ten (10) Business Days of the Redemption Notice Date, remains effective and usable for the offer and sale of any such Conversion Shares by such Holders continuously during the period from, and including, the date that is at least ten (10) Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date through, and including, the Redemption Date.
(C) Right to Redeem the Notes after a Change in Tax Law.
(i) Generally. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.03, and without limiting the Company’s right to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section 4.03(B), the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes, at any time, on a Redemption Date before the Maturity Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if (i) the Company has (or, on the next Interest Payment Date, would) become obligated to pay any Additional Amounts to Holders as a result of any Change in Tax Law; (ii) the Company cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to the Company as determined by the Company in its sole discretion; and (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee (1) an Opinion of Counsel from outside legal counsel of recognized standing in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction attesting to clause (i) above; and (2) an Officer’s Certificate attesting to clauses (i) and (ii) above.
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(ii) Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election. If the Company calls the Notes for a Tax Redemption, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.03 or in Section 3.05, each Holder will have the right to elect (a “Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election”) not to have such Holder’s Notes redeemed (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) pursuant to such Tax Redemption, in which case, from and after the Redemption Date for such Tax Redemption (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, from and after such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full), the Company will no longer have any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts with respect to such Notes (whether such Notes are held by the electing Holder or a transferee) solely as a result of such Change in Tax Law, and all future payments with respect to such Notes (whether such Notes are held by the electing Holder or a transferee) will be subject to the deduction or withholding of such Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction’s taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld as a result of such Change in Tax Law.
(1) Tax Redemption Opt-Out Notice. Subject to the Depositary Procedures, to make a Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination), the Holder of such Note must deliver a notice (a “Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice”) to the Company with a copy to the Paying Agent before the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date, which notice must state: (x) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note; (y) the principal amount of such Note as to which the Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election will apply, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and (z) that such Holder is making a Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election with respect to such Note (or such portion thereof); provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03(C)(ii)(1)).
(2) Withdrawal of Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) may withdraw such Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election Notice by delivering a withdrawal notice to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date, which withdrawal notice must state: (x) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note; (y) the principal amount of such Note as to which the Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election is being withdrawn, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and (z) that such Holder is withdrawing the Tax Redemption Opt-Out Election with respect to such Note (or such portion thereof); provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03(C)(ii)(2)).
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(iii) Right to Convert Not Affected. For the avoidance of doubt, a Tax Redemption will not affect any Holder’s right to convert any Notes and the Company’s obligation to pay any Additional Amounts with respect to such conversion.
(D) Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Redemption Date (including a recission as a result of the payment of the related Redemption Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(F), on such Redemption Date), then (i) the Company may not call for Redemption or otherwise redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Redemption to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interests in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
(E) Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than sixty-five (65), nor less than thirty (30), Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if, in accordance with Section 5.03(A)(i)(3), the Company has elected to settle all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after such Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date by Physical Settlement, then the Company may instead elect to choose a Redemption Date that is a Business Day no more than sixty-five (65) Scheduled Trading Days, nor less than fifteen (15) calendar days, after such Redemption Notice Date.
(F) Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption, together with any Additional Amounts with respect to such Redemption Price; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(C) and such Redemption Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Redemption Price will include interest on Notes to be redeemed from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.
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(G) Redemption Notice. To call any Notes for Redemption, the Company must send to each Holder of such Notes, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent a written notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”).
Such Redemption Notice must state:
(i) that such Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s Redemption right under this Indenture;
(ii) the Redemption Date for such Redemption;
(iii) the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Redemption (and, if the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(F));
(iv) the calculation of the Interest Make-Whole Payment to the extent applicable;
(v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vi) that Notes called for Redemption may be converted at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full);
(vii) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Redemption (including pursuant to Section 5.07);
(viii) the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after such Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date;
(ix) that Notes called for Redemption must be delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of Physical Notes) or the Depositary Procedures must be complied with (in the case of Global Notes) for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Redemption Price; and
(x) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.
On or before the Redemption Notice Date, the Company will send a copy of such Redemption Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the Redemption Notice to each Holder in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided that the Company delivers to the Trustee, at least five (5) calendar days prior to the Redemption Notice Date (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice in the form of such notice as provided in this Section 4.03(G).
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Without prejudice to the requirements set forth in Section 4.03(B)(2), a Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable and a Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B) may not be conditional.
(H) Special Requirement for Notice of Tax Redemption. A Redemption Notice relating to a Tax Redemption must be sent pursuant to Section 4.03(G) no earlier than one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days before the earliest date on which the Company would have been required to make the related payment or withholding (assuming a payment in respect of the Notes were then due), and the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must (on the assumption that no Redemption has occurred before the time of the next payment or delivery) be expected to remain in effect at the time of the next payment or delivery in respect of the Notes.
(I) Selection and Conversion of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part.
(i) If less than all Notes then outstanding are called for Redemption, then the Notes to be redeemed will be selected as follows: (1) in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary Procedures; and (2) in the case of Physical Notes, pro rata, by lot or by such other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate.
(ii) If only a portion of a Note is subject to Redemption and such Note is converted in part, then the converted portion of such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to Redemption.
(J) Payment of the Redemption Price. Subject to Article 11, without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Redemption Price for a Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(F) on any Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso.
(K) Special Provisions for Partial Calls. If the Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03, and the Holder of any Note, or any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, is reasonably not able to determine, before the Close of Business on the twenty-seventh (27th) Scheduled Trading Day (or, if, in accordance with Section 5.03(A)(i)(3), the Company has elected to settle all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date by Physical Settlement, the tenth (10th) calendar day) immediately before the Redemption Date for such Redemption, whether such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, is to be redeemed pursuant to such Redemption, then such Holder or owner, as applicable, will be entitled to convert such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before such Redemption Date, and each such conversion will be deemed to be of a Note called for Redemption for purposes of this Section 4.03 and Section 5.03(B).
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Article 5. CONVERSION
Section 5.01. RIGHT TO CONVERT.
(A) Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Article 5, each Holder may, at its option, convert such Holder’s Notes into Conversion Consideration.
(B) Conversions in Part. Subject to the terms of this Indenture, Notes may be converted in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Article 5 applying to the conversion of a Note in whole will equally apply to conversions of a permitted portion of a Note.
(C) When Notes May Be Converted.
(i) Generally. A Holder may convert its Notes at any time until the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.
(ii) Limitations and Closed Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes:
(1) Notes may be surrendered for conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day;
(2) in no event may any Note be converted after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date;
(3) if the Company calls any Note for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03, then the Holder of such Note may not convert such Note after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date, except to the extent the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture; and
(4) if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) with respect to any Note, then such Note may not be converted, except to the extent (a) such Note is not subject to such notice; (b) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02(F); or (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture (and a third party fails to make such payment in lieu of the Company in accordance with Section 4.02(H)).
Section 5.02. CONVERSION PROCEDURES.
(A) Generally.
(i) Global Notes. To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the owner of such beneficial interest must (1) comply with the Depositary Procedures for converting such beneficial interest (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable, subject to Section 5.10(E)(i)); and (2) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).
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(ii) Physical Notes. To convert all or a portion of a Physical Note, the Holder of such Note must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Conversion Agent the conversion notice attached to such Physical Note or a facsimile of such conversion notice; (2) deliver such Physical Note to the Conversion Agent (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable, subject to Section 5.10(E)(i)); (3) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company or the Conversion Agent may require; and (4) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).
(B) Effect of Converting a Note. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for a Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person will be deemed to be a Holder of such Note (or such portion thereof) as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date), except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D).
(C) Holder of Record of Conversion Shares. The Person in whose name any Common Shares are issuable upon conversion of any Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such Common Shares as of the Close of Business on (i) the Conversion Date for such conversion, in the case of Physical Settlement; or (ii) the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement.
(D) Interest Payable Upon Conversion in Certain Circumstances. If the Conversion Date of a Note is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) subject to the applicable Depositary Procedures in the case of Global Notes, the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything set forth in the proviso to this sentence), to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion must deliver to the Conversion Agent, at the time of such surrender, an amount of cash equal to the amount of such interest referred to in clause (i) above; provided, however, that the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion need not deliver such cash (w) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; (x) if such Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date; (y) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (z) to the extent of any overdue interest or interest that has accrued on any overdue interest.
(E) Taxes and Duties. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue or delivery of any Common Shares upon such conversion; provided, however, that if any tax or duty is due because such Holder requested such Common Shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver any such Common Shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.
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(F) Conversion Agent to Notify Company of Conversions. If any Note is submitted for conversion to the Conversion Agent or the Conversion Agent receives any notice of conversion with respect to a Note, then the Conversion Agent will promptly (and, in any event, (x) if received on or before the Close of Business on a date, no later than the date the Conversion Agent receives such Note or notice and (y) if received after the Close of Business on such date, no later than the Close of Business of the Business Day immediately succeeding such date) notify the Company and the Trustee of such occurrence, together with any other information reasonably requested by the Company, and will cooperate with the Company to determine the Conversion Date for such Note.
Section 5.03. SETTLEMENT UPON CONVERSION.
(A) Settlement Method. Upon the conversion of any Note, the Company will settle such conversion by paying or delivering, as applicable and as provided in this Article 5, either (x) Common Shares, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(1) (a “Physical Settlement”); (y) solely cash as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(2) (a “Cash Settlement”); or (z) a combination of cash and Common Shares, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(3) (a “Combination Settlement”).
(i) The Company’s Right to Elect Settlement Method. The Company will have the right to elect the Settlement Method applicable to any conversion of a Note; provided, however, that:
(1) subject to clause (3) below, all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after December 1, 2026 will be settled using the same Settlement Method, and the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to Holders and the Conversion Agent no later than the Open of Business on December 1, 2026;
(2) subject to clause (3) below, if the Company elects a Settlement Method with respect to the conversion of any Note whose Conversion Date occurs before December 1, 2026, then the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to the Holder of such Note, with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately after such Conversion Date;
(3) if any Notes are called for Redemption, then (a) the Company will specify, in the related Redemption Notice sent pursuant to Section 4.03(G), the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately prior to the related Redemption Date; provided that, notwithstanding the then-existing Default
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Settlement Method or any irrevocable election pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(ii) below, for any Redemption Date that is scheduled to occur prior to March 3, 2023, Cash Settlement will apply to all conversions of Notes that are called for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B) with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately prior to the related Redemption Date, except to the extent that concurrently with establishing a Conversion Date on or before the Close of Business on the third (3rd) Business Day after the related Redemption Notice Date, a Holder provides written notice to the Company that it elects Physical Settlement in respect of the conversion of its Notes, in which case Physical Settlement will apply to the conversion of such Holder’s Notes that are called for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B) (subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary in the case of Global Notes) and (b) if such Redemption Date occurs on or after December 1, 2026, then such Settlement Method must be the same Settlement Method that, pursuant to clause (1) above, applies to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after December 1, 2026;
(4) subject to clause (3)(a) above, the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all conversions of Notes with the same Conversion Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company will not be obligated to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions of Notes with different Conversion Dates, except as provided in clause (1) or (3) above);
(5) if the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method with respect to the conversion of a Note, then the Company will be deemed, subject to clause (3)(a) above and clause (8) below, to have elected the Default Settlement Method (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely make such election will not constitute a Default or Event of Default);
(6) if the Company timely elects Combination Settlement with respect to the conversion of a Note but does not timely notify the Holder of such Note of the applicable Specified Dollar Amount, with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, then the Specified Dollar Amount for such conversion will be deemed to be $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely send such notification will not constitute a Default or Event of Default);
(7) the Settlement Method will be subject to 5.09(A)(2); and
(8) notwithstanding the then-existing Default Settlement Method or any irrevocable election pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(ii) below, Physical Settlement will apply to all conversions of Notes for which a Conversion Date occurs prior to March 3, 2024; provided that, subject to clause (3)(a) above, the Company may elect any Settlement Method for any conversion of Notes that occurs on or after Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately prior to the related Redemption Date.
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(ii) The Company’s Right to Irrevocably Fix or Eliminate Settlement Methods. The Company will have the right, exercisable at its election by sending notice of such exercise to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent), to (1) irrevocably fix the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders; or (2) irrevocably eliminate any one or more (but not all) Settlement Methods (including eliminating Combination Settlement with a particular Specified Dollar Amount or range of Specified Dollar Amounts) with respect to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders, provided, in each case, that (w) the Settlement Method so elected pursuant to clause (1) above, or the Settlement Method(s) remaining after any elimination pursuant to clause (2) above, as applicable, must be a Settlement Method or Settlement Method(s), as applicable, that the Company is then permitted to elect (for the avoidance of doubt, including pursuant to, and subject to, the other provisions of this Section 5.03(A)); (x) no such irrevocable election or Default Settlement Method change will affect any Settlement Method theretofore elected (or deemed or required to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to this Indenture (including pursuant to Section 8.01(G) or this Section 5.03(A)) (y) upon any such irrevocable election pursuant to clause (1) above, the Default Settlement Method will automatically be deemed to be set to the Settlement Method so fixed; and (z) upon any such irrevocable election pursuant to clause (2) above, the Company will, if needed, simultaneously change the Default Settlement Method to a Settlement Method that is consistent with such irrevocable election. Such notice, if sent, must set forth the applicable Settlement Method(s) so elected or eliminated, as applicable, and the Default Settlement Method applicable immediately after such election and expressly state that the election is irrevocable and applicable to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, such an irrevocable election, if made, will be effective without the need to amend this Indenture or the Notes, including pursuant to Section 8.01(G) (it being understood, however, that the Company may nonetheless choose to execute such an amendment at its option).
(iii) Requirement to Publicly Disclose the Fixed or Default Settlement Method. If the Company changes the Default Settlement Method pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to the definition of such term or irrevocably fixes or eliminates the Settlement Method(s) pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(ii), then the Company will either post the Default Settlement Method or fixed or eliminated Settlement Method(s), as applicable, on its website or disclose the same in a Report on Form 6-K (or any successor form) or 8-K (or any successor form) that is filed with the SEC.
(B) Conversion Consideration.
(i) Generally. Subject to Sections 5.03(B)(ii), 5.03(B)(iii) and 5.09(A)(2), the type and amount of consideration (together with any Interest Make-Whole Payment that may be due pursuant to the immediately succeeding paragraph, the “Conversion Consideration”) due in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of a Note to be converted will be as follows:
(1) if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion;
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(2) if Cash Settlement applies to such conversion, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; or
(3) if Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, consideration consisting of (a) a number of Common Shares equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; and (b) an amount of cash equal to the sum of the Daily Cash Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in such Observation Period.
In addition, to the extent a Conversion Date, with respect to Notes that have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B), occurs on or after a Redemption Notice Date and prior to the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, the Company shall make an interest make-whole payment (an “Interest Make-Whole Payment”) to the converting Holder equal to the remaining scheduled payments of interest that would have been made on the Notes to be converted had such Notes remained outstanding from the Conversion Date through March 1, 2026; provided that if any such Conversion Date occurs after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, the Company will not pay interest to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date to any such converting Holder and will instead pay the full amount of the interest to, but not including such Interest Payment Date, on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Section 4.03(K), an Interest Make-Whole Payment shall only be payable as described in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to conversions of Notes that have been called (or deemed called) for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B), and not with respect to any other Notes.
The Company will satisfy its obligation to pay any Interest Make-Whole Payment, at its election, in cash or Common Shares (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)). The Company initially elects to settle any Interest Make-Whole Payment in Common Shares (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)). In order to make an election to pay any Interest Make-Whole Payment in cash or in Common Shares (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)), the Company will be permitted to make an election in the Redemption Notice related to the Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(B), which election will be effective for all conversions of Notes so called for Redemption with Conversion Dates that occur on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and on or before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date. If the Company does not make such election, subject to Section 5.09(A)(2), the payment of any Interest Make-Whole Payment shall be in Common Shares (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)).
If the Company pays an Interest Make-Whole Payment in Common Shares, then the number of Common Shares (together with cash in lieu of any fractional share as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)) a Holder will receive will be equal to the quotient of (x) the dollar amount of the Interest Make-Whole Payment owed to such Holder and (y) the simple average of the Daily VWAP for the five (5) VWAP Trading Days ending on the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date.
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Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any obligation to calculate the Make- Whole Payment (whether in cash or Common Shares), or to verify the Company’s calculation thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any obligation to determine whether any Notes delivered for conversion are subject to a Redemption.
(ii) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. Subject to Article 11, if Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note and the number of Common Shares deliverable pursuant to Section 5.03(B)(i) upon such conversion is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such conversion, cash in lieu of the related fractional Common Shares in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) (x) the Daily VWAP on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day), in the case of Physical Settlement; or (y) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement; and if the number of Common Shares deliverable in respect of an Interest Make-Whole Payment, if any, upon such conversion is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such conversion, cash in lieu of the related fractional Common Share in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) the simple average of the Daily VWAP for the five VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.
(iii) Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder converts more than one (1) Note on a single Conversion Date, then the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by such Holder.
(iv) Notice of Calculation of Conversion Consideration. If Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note, then the Company will determine the Conversion Consideration due thereupon promptly following the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period and will promptly thereafter send notice to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the same and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent nor the Paying Agent will have any duty to make any such determination.
(C) Delivery of the Conversion Consideration. Subject to Article 11, except as set forth in Sections 5.05(D) and 5.09, the Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration (including any Interest Make-Whole Payment) due upon the conversion of any Note to the Holder as follows: (i) if Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion; and (ii) if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion.
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(D) Deemed Payment of Principal and Interest; Settlement of Accrued Interest Notwithstanding Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note, then the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), the Company’s delivery of the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will be deemed to fully satisfy and discharge the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but excluding, the Conversion Date. As a result, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), any accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, subject to Section 5.02(D), if the Conversion Consideration for a Note consists of both cash and Common Shares, then accrued and unpaid interest that is deemed to be paid therewith will be deemed to be paid first out of such cash.
Section 5.04. RESERVE AND STATUS OF COMMON SHARES ISSUED UPON CONVERSION.
(A) Common Share Reserve. At all times when any Notes are outstanding, the Company will reserve (out of its authorized and not outstanding but unissued Common Shares that are not reserved for other purposes) a number of Common Shares sufficient to permit the conversion of all then-outstanding Notes, assuming (x) Physical Settlement will apply to such conversion; and (y) the Conversion Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Conversion Rate may be increased pursuant to Section 5.07. To the extent the Company delivers Common Shares held in its treasury in settlement of the conversion of any Notes, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the issuance of Common Shares in connection therewith will be deemed to include such delivery, mutatis mutandis.
(B) Status of Conversion Shares; Listing. Each Conversion Share, if any, delivered upon conversion of any Note will be a newly issued or treasury share (except that any Conversion Share delivered by a designated financial institution pursuant to Section 5.08 need not be a newly issued or treasury share) and will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder of such Note or the Person to whom such Conversion Share will be delivered). If the Common Shares are then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Conversion Share, when delivered upon conversion of any Note, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.
Section 5.05. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONVERSION RATE.
(A) Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i) Common Share Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If the Company issues solely Common Shares as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all of the Common Shares, or if the Company effects a share split or a share combination of the Common Shares (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Shares Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable; | ||
OS0 | = | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination; and | ||
OS1 | = | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
If any dividend, distribution, share split or share combination of the type described in this Section 5.05(A)(i) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such share split or share combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination not been declared or announced.
(ii) Rights, Options and Warrants. If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a shareholder rights plan, as to which Sections 5.05(A)(iii)(1) and 5.05(F) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at a price per Common Share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
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where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
OS | = | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
X | = | the total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and | ||
Y | = | a number of Common Shares obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced. |
To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of only the rights, options or warrants, if any, actually distributed. In addition, to the extent that Common Shares are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of Common Shares actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants.
For purposes of this Section 5.05(A)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Shares to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at a price per Common Share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
(iii) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.
(1) Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Shares, excluding:
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(u) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) or 5.05(A)(ii);
(v) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iv);
(w) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a shareholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 5.05(F);
(x) Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2);
(y) a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for Common Shares, as to which Section 5.05(A)(v) will apply; and
(z) a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Shares Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply,
then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
SP | = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and | ||
FMV | = | the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per Common Share pursuant to such distribution; |
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provided, however, that if FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Shares (and without having to convert its Notes), the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.
To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
(2) Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Shares (other than solely pursuant to (x) a Common Shares Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply; or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer for Common Shares, as to which Section 5.05(A)(v) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interests are listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period; | ||
FMV | = | the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off (such average to be determined as if references to Common Shares in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price, Trading Day and Market Disruption Event were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per Common Share in such Spin-Off; and | ||
SP | = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2), (i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) if the Conversion Date for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date.
To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
(iv) Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
SP | = | the Last Reported Sale Price per Common Share on the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and | ||
D | = | the cash amount distributed per Common Share in such dividend or distribution; |
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provided, however, that if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Shares, and without having to convert its Notes, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.
To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
(v) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for Common Shares (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) of the cash and other consideration paid per Common Share in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per Common Share on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer; | ||
CR1 | = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period; | ||
AC | = | the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) of all cash and other consideration paid for Common Shares purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer; | ||
OS0 | = | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all Common Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); |
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OS1 | = | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all Common Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and | ||
SP | = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per Common Share over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date; |
provided, however, that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(v), (i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) if the Conversion Date for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date.
To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of Common Shares in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of Common Shares, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.
(vi) Conversion Rate Reset.
(1) If the average of the Daily VWAPs during the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding March 3, 2023 (the “First Reset Date”) is less than $7.3777, the Conversion Rate shall be replaced, with effect from the First Reset Date, by the lower of (a) the quotient of (i) $1,000 and (ii) 125% of the average of the Daily VWAPs during the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding the First Reset Date (which quotient will be rounded to the nearest 1/10,000) and (b) 137.9310 (the “Ceiling Conversion Rate,” which rate is subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time that the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Article 5 (exclusive of this clause (vi)).
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(2) If the average of the Daily VWAPs during the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding March 3, 2024 (the “Second Reset Date”) is less than the quotient of (a) the average of Conversion Prices in effect during the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding the Second Reset Date and (b) 125%, the Conversion Rate shall be replaced, with effect from the Second Reset Date, by the lower of (i) the quotient of (I) $1,000 and (II) 125% of the average of the Daily VWAPs during the 20 consecutive VWAP Trading Days immediately preceding the Second Reset Date (which quotient will be rounded to the nearest 1/10,000) and (b) the Ceiling Conversion Rate.
(3) The Company shall notify the Trustee, the Holders and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing if the events in this Section 5.05(A)(vi) occur and the new resulting Conversion Rate.
(B) No Adjustments in Certain Cases.
(i) Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.05(A), the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (other than a share split or combination of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(i) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(v)) if each Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Shares, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of Notes, in such transaction or event without having to convert such Holder’s Notes and as if such Holder held a number of Common Shares equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the related record date; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.
(ii) Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate except as provided in Section 5.05 or Section 5.07. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:
(1) except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05, the sale of Common Shares for a purchase price per Common Share that is less than the market price per Common Share or less than the Conversion Price;
(2) the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Shares under any such plan;
(3) the issuance of any Common Shares or options or rights to purchase Common Shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(4) the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date;
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(5) solely a change in the par value of the Common Shares; or
(6) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
(C) Adjustment Deferral. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Article 5 would result in a change of less than one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, the Company may, at its election, defer such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in a change of at least one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate; (ii) the Conversion Date of, or any VWAP Trading Day of an Observation Period for, any Note; (iii) the date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; (iv) the date the Company calls any Notes for Redemption; and (v) December 1, 2026.
(D) Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:
(i) a Note is to be converted and Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to such conversion;
(ii) the record date, effective date or Expiration Time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on or before any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement), but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as applicable;
(iii) the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole Common Shares (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional Common Shares (in the case of Combination Settlement); and
(iv) such Common Shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related record date or otherwise),
then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement). In such case, if the date on which the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after such first date.
(E) Conversion Rate Adjustments where Converting Holders Participate in the Relevant Transaction or Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:
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(i) a Conversion Rate adjustment for any dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 5.05(A);
(ii) a Note is to be converted pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;
(iii) the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement) occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related record date;
(iv) the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole Common Shares (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional Common Shares (in the case of Combination Settlement), in each case based on a Conversion Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and
(v) such Common Shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to Section 5.02(C)),
then (x) in the case of Physical Settlement, such Conversion Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such conversion and the Common Shares issuable upon such conversion based on such unadjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution, but there will be added, to the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the same kind and amount of consideration that would have been delivered in such dividend or distribution with respect to such Common Shares had such Common Shares been entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution; and (y) in the case of Combination Settlement, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will be made for such conversion in respect of such VWAP Trading Day, but the Common Shares issuable with respect to such VWAP Trading Day based on such adjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.
(F) Shareholder Rights Plans. If any Common Shares are to be issued upon conversion of any Note and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any shareholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Conversion Consideration otherwise payable under this Indenture upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such shareholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Shares at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Shares, subject to potential readjustment in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1).
(G) Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments. The Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) or Section 5.07 to an amount that would result in the Conversion Price per Common Share being less than the par value per Common Share.
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(H) Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices, Daily VWAPs, Conversion Prices or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including to calculate the Share Price or an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), or to calculate Daily VWAPs, Daily Conversion Values, Daily Cash Amounts or Daily Share Amounts over an Observation Period, the Company will, if appropriate, make proportionate adjustments to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period or Observation Period, as applicable.
(I) Calculation of Number of Outstanding Common Shares. For purposes of Section 5.05(A), the number of Common Shares outstanding at any time will (i) include Common Shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Common Shares; and (ii) exclude Common Shares held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on Common Shares held in its treasury).
(J) Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a Common Share (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).
(K) Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A), the Company will promptly send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment and the calculation of such adjusted Conversion Rate; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.
Section 5.06. VOLUNTARY ADJUSTMENTS.
(A) Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Shares or rights to purchase Common Shares as a result of any dividend or distribution of Common Shares (or rights to acquire Common Shares) or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.
(B) Notice of Voluntary Increases. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.06(A), then, no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in Section 5.06(A), the Company will send notice to each Holder, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.
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Section 5.07. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONVERSION RATE IN CONNECTION WITH A MAKE-WHOLE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
(A) Generally. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period, then, subject to this Section 5.07, the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of Common Shares (the “Additional Shares”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the provisions below) to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Share Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:
Share Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date |
$6.64 | $7.38 | $7.75 | $8.50 | $9.22 | $10.00 | $11.99 | $15.00 | $25.00 | $40.00 | $70.00 | $125.00 | $255.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 3, 2022 |
42.1700 | 40.6504 | 37.5006 | 32.2541 | 28.3113 | 24.9190 | 18.9458 | 13.8193 | 7.2032 | 3.9855 | 1.7866 | 0.5606 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2023 |
42.1700 | 37.3415 | 34.1123 | 28.7988 | 24.8764 | 21.5640 | 15.9224 | 11.3427 | 5.8424 | 3.2535 | 1.4719 | 0.4681 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2024 |
42.1700 | 34.4024 | 30.9587 | 25.3706 | 21.3373 | 18.0160 | 12.6314 | 8.6353 | 4.3776 | 2.4598 | 1.1269 | 0.3669 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2025 |
42.1700 | 31.2927 | 27.4787 | 21.3929 | 17.1215 | 13.7270 | 8.6330 | 5.4393 | 2.7208 | 1.5448 | 0.7164 | 0.2390 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2026 |
42.1700 | 28.1125 | 23.6142 | 16.5929 | 11.9002 | 8.3970 | 3.6664 | 1.7120 | 0.8636 | 0.4950 | 0.2324 | 0.0794 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2027 |
42.1700 | 27.1003 | 20.6310 | 9.2459 | 0.0586 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
If such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date or Share Price is not set forth in the table above, then:
(i) if such Share Price is between two Share Prices in the table above or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two dates in the table above, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Share Prices in the table above or the earlier and later dates in the table above, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable; and
(ii) if the Share Price is greater than $255.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(B)), or less than $6.64 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per Common Share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased to an amount that exceeds 150.6046 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (which amount, in the event of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(vi), shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if an Interest Make-Whole Payment is due in respect of converted Notes entitled to Additional Shares pursuant to this Section 5.07, the Holder of such Notes shall be entitled to receive the greater of the Interest Make-Whole Payment or such Additional Shares, but not both; provided that the simple average of the Daily VWAP for the five (5) VWAP Trading Days ending on the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date shall be used to determine the value of such Additional Shares for this purpose.
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(B) Adjustment of Share Prices and Number of Additional Shares. The Share Prices in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Price is adjusted as a result of the operation of Section 5.05(A) (which amount, in the event of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(vi), shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment). The numbers of Additional Shares in the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (which amount, in the event of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(vi), shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment).
(C) Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change and the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date promptly, and in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date.
Section 5.08. EXCHANGE IN LIEU OF CONVERSION.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, and subject to the terms of this Section 5.08, if a Note is submitted for conversion, the Company may elect to arrange to have such Note exchanged in lieu of conversion by a financial institution designated by the Company. To make such election, the Company must send notice of such election to the Holder of such Note, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Note. If the Company has made such election, then:
(A) no later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, the Company must deliver (or cause the Conversion Agent to deliver) such Note, together with delivery instructions for the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion (including wire instructions, if applicable), to a financial institution designated by the Company that has agreed to deliver such Conversion Consideration in the manner and at the time the Company would have had to deliver the same pursuant to this Article 5;
(B) if such Note is a Global Note, then (i) such designated institution will send written confirmation to the Conversion Agent promptly after wiring the cash Conversion Consideration, if any, and delivering any other Conversion Consideration, due upon such conversion to the Holder of such Note; and (ii) the Conversion Agent will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter contact such Holder’s custodian with the Depositary to confirm receipt of the same; and
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(C) such Note will not cease to be outstanding by reason of such exchange in lieu of conversion;
provided, however, that if such financial institution does not accept such Note or fails to timely deliver such Conversion Consideration, then the Company will be responsible for delivering such Conversion Consideration in the manner and at the time provided in this Article 5 as if the Company had not elected to make an exchange in lieu of conversion. The Conversion Agent will be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Company’s instruction in connection with effecting such exchange election and will have no liability in respect of such exchange election.
Section 5.09. EFFECT OF COMMON SHARES CHANGE EVENT.
(A) Generally. If there occurs any:
(i) recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Shares (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Shares, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value or (z) share splits and share combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);
(ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Company;
(iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or
(iv) other similar event,
and, as a result of which, the Common Shares are converted into, or are exchanged for, or represent solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Shares Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) Common Share would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Shares Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,
(1) from and after the effective time of such Common Shares Change Event, (I) the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Note, and the conditions to any such conversion, will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of Common Shares in this Article 5 (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section 4.03, each reference to any number of Common Shares in such Section (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (III) for purposes of the definitions of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” references to “Common Shares” and the Company’s “Common Equity” will be deemed to refer to the Common Equity (including depositary receipts representing Common Equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property;
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(2) if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then (I) each conversion of any Note with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Shares Change Event will be settled entirely in cash in an amount, per $1,000 principal amount of such Note being converted, equal to the product of (x) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Conversion Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase to such Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.07, if applicable); and (y) the amount of cash constituting such Reference Property Unit, together with an Interest Make-Whole Payment, if applicable, which shall be payable solely in cash (regardless of whether the Company elected to settle Interest Make-Whole Payments in cash in accordance with Section 5.03(B))) and (II) the Company will settle each such conversion no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the relevant Conversion Date; and
(3) for these purposes, (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of Common Equity will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of Common Equity, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities, will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).
If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per Common Share, by the holders of Common Shares. The Company will notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
At or before the effective time of such Common Shares Change Event, the Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Shares Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(F), which supplemental indenture will (x) provide for subsequent conversions of Notes in the manner set forth in this Section 5.09; (y) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) in a manner consistent with this Section 5.09; and (z) contain such other provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 5.09(A). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets (other than cash) of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person, if an Affiliate of the Successor Person, will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders.
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(B) Notice of Common Shares Change Events. The Company will provide notice of each Common Shares Change Event to Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent no later than the Business Day after the effective date of such Common Shares Change Event.
Section 5.10. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LIMITATIONS.
(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, no Holder (other than a Holder of an Affiliate Note) will be entitled to receive Common Shares upon conversion of Notes (including as part of any Interest Make-Whole Payment), and no conversion of Notes (other than Affiliate Notes) shall take place, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such receipt (or conversion) would cause such Holder and its affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), in each case together with any other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with such Person for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including any “group” of which such Person is a member) to beneficially own Common Shares in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitations. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) shall include the number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any Notes (including as part of any Interest Make-Whole Payment) with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which are issuable upon (1) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of Notes beneficially owned by the Holder, its affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), its associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) or any other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with any of the foregoing Person for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including any “group” of which such Person is a member) and (ii) exercise, conversion or exchange of the unexercised, unconverted or unexchanged portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on exercise, conversion or exchange analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder, its affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), its associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) or any other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with any of the foregoing Person for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (including any “group” of which such Person is a member). Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this provision, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any purported delivery of Common Shares upon conversion of the Notes (including as part of any Interest Make-Whole Payment) (other than Affiliate Notes) held by any converting Holder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that such delivery would result in such converting Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitations in violation of this Section 5.10. Solely for the purpose of this Section 5.10, in the case of Global Notes, “Holder” shall mean a person that holds a beneficial interest in the Notes and not the Depository or its nominee.
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(B) To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 5.10 applies, the determination of whether any Notes are convertible (in relation to other securities beneficially owned by the Holder) and of which principal amount of such Notes are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and, unless otherwise indicated in connection with the Notice of Conversion, the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether any Notes may be converted (in relation to other securities beneficially owned by the Holder) and which principal amount such Notes are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitations. To ensure compliance with this restriction, unless otherwise indicated in connection with the Notice of Conversion, the Holder (other than a Holder of an Affiliate Note) shall be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.10 and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any “group” status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(C) For purposes of this Section 5.10, in determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as stated in the most recent of the following: (1) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (3) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent to such Holder setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities of the Company, including the Notes, by the Holder since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported.
(D) The “General Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.9% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any Notes held by the Holder. Any Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may elect a beneficial ownership limit as to such Holder (but not as to any other Holder) (such limit, a “Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation” and together with the General Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the “Beneficial Ownership Limitations”) that is less than or equal to 9.9%. Any Holder Beneficial Ownership Limitation will be effective as of the date specified in such notice, which shall not be earlier than (i) the date such notice is delivered to the Company in the event such notice decreases the Beneficial Ownership Limitations applicable to such Holder, and (ii) 61 days after the date such notice is delivered to the Company in all other cases.
(E) Any Notes surrendered for conversion for which Common Shares are not delivered due to the Beneficial Ownership Limitations shall not be extinguished and, such Holder may either:
(i) request return of the Notes surrendered by such Holder for conversion, after which the Company shall deliver such Notes to such Holder within two Trading Days after receipt of such request; or
(ii) certify to the Company that the Person (or Persons) receiving Common Shares upon conversion is not, and would not, as a result of such conversion, become the beneficial owner of Common Shares outstanding at such time in excess of the applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations, after which the Company shall cause to be delivered
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any such Common Shares withheld on account of such applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations by the later of (x) the date such shares were otherwise due to such Person (or Persons) and (y) two Trading Days after receipt of such certification; provided, however, until such time as the affected Holder gives such notice, no Person shall be deemed to be the shareholder of record with respect to the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon conversion in excess of any applicable Beneficial Ownership Limitations. Upon delivery of such notice, the provisions under Article 5 shall apply to the Common Shares to be delivered pursuant to such notice.
(F) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, this Section 5.10 shall not apply to and shall not in any way limit the ability of a Holder of an Affiliate Note to convert such Affiliate Note and receive Conversion Shares to the extent deliverable in connection with any such conversion.
(G) Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any duty to monitor Beneficial Ownership Limitations or to monitor the Company’s or any Holder’s compliance with this Section 5.10.
Article 6. SUCCESSORS
Section 6.01. WHEN THE COMPANY MAY MERGE, ETC.
(A) Generally. The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (a “Business Combination Event”), unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation (or, if such Business Combination Event is an Exempted Fundamental Change, is a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes), limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity) or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the “Successor Entity”), duly organized or incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, the District of Columbia or the Islands of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey or Jersey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Republic of Ireland, Canada or the United Kingdom that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee, at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05) and the Notes; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.
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(B) Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. Before the effective time of any Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) comply with Section 6.01(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.
Section 6.02. SUCCESSOR ENTITY SUBSTITUTED.
At the effective time of any Business Combination Event that complies with Section 6.01, the Successor Entity (if not the Company) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.
Section 6.03. EXCLUSION FOR ASSET TRANSFERS WITH WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 6, this Article 6 will not apply to any transfer of assets between or among the Company and any one or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries not effected by merger or consolidation.
Article 7. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(A) Definition of Events of Default. “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon Redemption or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Note, whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 11;
(ii) a default for thirty (30) consecutive days in the payment when due of interest on any Note, whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 11;
(iii) the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by this Indenture, a Fundamental Change Notice, or a notice pursuant to Section 5.07(C), if, in either case, such failure is not cured within three (3) Business Days after its occurrence;
(iv) a default in the Company’s obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 5, including the payment or delivery of any applicable Interest Make-Whole Payment, upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto, if such default is not cured within three (3) Business Days after its occurrence, whether or not delivery of the Conversion Consideration is prohibited by Article 11;
(v) a default in the Company’s obligations under Article 6;
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(vi) a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements under this Indenture or the Notes (other than a default set forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.01(A)) where such default is not cured or waived within sixty (60) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, which notice must specify such default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”;
(vii) a default by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed of at least eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, where such default:
(1) constitutes a failure to pay the principal of such Indebtedness when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, in each case after the expiration of any applicable grace period; or
(2) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity,
in each case, where such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or default is not cured or waived, or such Indebtedness is not paid or discharged in full, within thirty (30) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding;
(viii) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary, which judgment is not discharged, bonded, paid, waived or stayed within sixty (60) days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;
(ix) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:
(1) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(3) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;
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(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(5) takes any comparable action under any foreign Bankruptcy Law;
(6) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(x) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:
(1) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(2) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
(3) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or
(4) grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,
and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(x), such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) days.
(B) Cause Irrelevant. Each of the events set forth in Section 7.01(A) will constitute an Event of Default regardless of the cause thereof or whether voluntary or involuntary or 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.
Section 7.02. ACCELERATION.
(A) Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. Subject to Article 11, if an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) occurs with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.
(B) Optional Acceleration. Subject to Section 7.03 and Article 11, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) with respect to the Company and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately.
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(C) Rescission of Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (ii) all existing Events of Default (except the non-payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes that has become due solely because of such acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 7.03. SOLE REMEDY FOR A FAILURE TO REPORT.
(A) Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a “Reporting Event of Default”) pursuant to Section 7.01(A)(vi) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with Section 3.02 (including, to the extent applicable, Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act) will, for each of the first three hundred sixty (360) calendar days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the accrual of Special Interest on the Notes. If the Company has made such an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the three hundred sixty first (361st) calendar day on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such three hundred sixty first (361st) calendar day (it being understood that interest on any defaulted Special Interest will nonetheless accrue pursuant to Section 2.05(B)).
(B) Amount and Payment of Special Interest. Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 7.03(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof for the first 180 days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event will Special Interest payable at the Company’s election pursuant to Section 7.03(A) as the sole remedy for any Reporting Event of Default, together with any Additional Interest that may accrue pursuant to Section 3.04, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Note.
(C) Notice of Election. To make the election set forth in Section 7.03(A), the Company must send to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a notice that (i) briefly describes the report(s) that the Company failed to file with the SEC; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.
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(D) Notice to Trustee and Paying Agent; Trustee’s Disclaimer. If Special Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Special Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Special Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Special Interest is payable or the amount thereof.
(E) No Effect on Other Events of Default. No election pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.
Section 7.04. OTHER REMEDIES.
(A) Trustee May Pursue All Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of any amounts due with respect to the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
(B) Procedural Matters. The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in such proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy following an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, such Event of Default. All remedies will be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 7.05. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
An Event of Default pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv) or (vi) of Section 7.01(A) (that, in the case of clause (vi) only, results from a Default under any covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder), and a Default that could lead to such an Event of Default, can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other Default or Event of Default may be waived, on behalf of all Holders, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If an Event of Default is so waived, then it will cease to exist. If a Default is so waived, then it will be deemed to be cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right arising therefrom.
Section 7.06. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Notes, or that, subject to Section 10.01, the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or may involve the Trustee in liability, unless the Trustee is offered and, if requested, provided security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such direction.
Section 7.07. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except to enforce (x) its rights to receive the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, any Notes; or (y) the Company’s obligations to convert any Notes pursuant to Article 5), unless:
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(A) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(B) Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding deliver a request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;
(C) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such request;
(D) the Trustee does not comply with such request within sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of such request and such offer of security or indemnity; and
(E) during such sixty (60) calendar day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding do not deliver to the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Holder’s use of this Indenture complies with the preceding sentence.
Section 7.08. ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO INSTITUTE SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND CONVERSION CONSIDERATION.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes (but without limiting Section 8.01), the right of each Holder of a Note to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment or delivery, as applicable, of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, such Note on or after the respective due dates therefor provided in this Indenture and the Notes, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 7.09. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee will have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iv) of Section 7.01(A), to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the total unpaid or undelivered principal of, or Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, or Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, the Notes, as applicable, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amounts sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including compensation provided for in Section 10.06.
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Section 7.10. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee has the right to (A) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) or its creditors or property and (B) collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Each Holder authorizes any custodian in such proceeding to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in such proceeding is denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien (senior to the rights of Holders) on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding (whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise). Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize, consent to, accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 7.11. PRIORITIES.
The Trustee will pay or deliver in the following order any money or other property that it collects pursuant to this Article 7:
First: to the Trustee, the Note Agents and their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 10.06, including payment of all fees, compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Note Agents and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders for unpaid amounts or other property due on the Notes, including the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes, ratably, and without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts or other property due and payable on all of the Notes; and
Third: to the Company or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment or delivery to the Holders pursuant to this Section 7.11, in which case the Trustee will instruct the Company to, and the Company will, deliver, at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such record date, to each Holder and the Trustee a notice stating such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment or nature of such delivery, as applicable.
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Section 7.12. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court, in its discretion, may (A) require the filing by any litigant party in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit; and (B) assess reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against any litigant party in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such litigant party; provided, however, that this Section 7.12 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.08 or any suit by one or more Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Article 8. AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 8.01. WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:
(A) cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Notes;
(B) add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;
(C) secure the Notes;
(D) add to the Company’s covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred on the Company;
(E) provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6;
(F) enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 5.09 in connection with a Common Shares Change Event;
(G) irrevocably (1) elect or eliminate any Settlement Method or Specified Dollar Amount; provided, however, that no such election or elimination will affect any Settlement Method theretofore elected (or deemed or required to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to Section 5.03(A) or (2) elect to settle Interest Make-Whole Payments with cash or Common Shares (or a combination thereof) (together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares as set forth in Section 5.03(B)(ii)); provided, however, that no such election will affect any Interest Make-Whole Payment settlement method theretofore elected (or deemed to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to Section 5.03(B);
(H) evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment, under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;
(I) provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(B);
(J) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect; or
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(K) make any other change to this Indenture or the Notes that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of the Holders (other than Holders that have consented to such change), as such, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
Section 8.02. WITH THE CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
(A) Generally. Subject to Sections 8.01, 7.05 and 7.08 and the immediately following sentence, the Company and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (and, in the case of an amendment, supplement or waiver that affects Notes that are not Affiliate Notes, a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Notes then outstanding that are not Affiliate Notes), amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence, but subject to Section 8.01, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may:
(i) reduce the principal, or change the stated maturity, of any Note;
(ii) reduce the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be redeemed or repurchased by the Company;
(iii) reduce the rate, or extend the time for the payment, of interest on any Note;
(iv) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Note;
(v) impair the rights of any Holder set forth in Section 7.08 (as such section is in effect on the Issue Date);
(vi) change the ranking of the Notes;
(vii) make any Note payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;
(viii) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification;
(ix) modify the provisions of Article 11 in a manner which adversely affects the rights of the Holders under this Indenture, as such; or
(x) make any direct or indirect change to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification provision of this Indenture or the Notes that requires the consent of each affected Holder.
For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 8.02(A), no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may change the amount or type of consideration due on any Note (whether on an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date or upon conversion, or otherwise), or the date(s) or time(s) such consideration is payable or deliverable, as applicable, without the consent of each affected Holder.
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(B) Holders Need Not Approve the Particular Form of any Amendment. A consent of any Holder pursuant to this Section 8.02 need approve only the substance, and not necessarily the particular form, of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.03. NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS.
As soon as reasonably practicable after any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders and the Trustee notice that (A) describes the substance of such amendment, supplement or waiver in reasonable detail and (B) states the effective date thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide such notice to the Holders if such amendment, supplement or waiver is included in a periodic report filed by the Company with the SEC within four (4) Business Days of its effectiveness. The failure to send, or the existence of any defect in, such notice will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.04. REVOCATION, EFFECT AND SOLICITATION OF CONSENTS; SPECIAL RECORD DATES; ETC.
(A) Revocation and Effect of Consents. The consent of a Holder of a Note to an amendment, supplement or waiver will bind (and constitute the consent of) each subsequent Holder of any Note to the extent the same evidences any portion of the same indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, subject to the right of any Holder of a Note to revoke (if not prohibited pursuant to Section 8.04(B)) any such consent with respect to such Note by delivering notice of revocation to the Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.
(B) Special Record Dates. The Company may, but is not required to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent or take any other action in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.04(A), only Persons who are Holders as of such record date (or their duly designated proxies) will be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such consent will be valid or effective for more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after such record date.
(C) Solicitation of Consents. For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the consent of a Holder will be deemed to include any such consent obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, any Notes.
(D) Effectiveness and Binding Effect. Each amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8 will become effective in accordance with its terms and, when it becomes effective with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof), will thereafter bind every Holder of such Note (or such portion).
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Section 8.05. NOTATIONS AND EXCHANGES.
If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, then the Trustee or the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Note and return such Note to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such Note, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Note that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Note pursuant to this Section 8.05 will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.06. TRUSTEE TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
The Trustee will execute and deliver any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 8; provided, however, that the Trustee need not (but may, in its sole and absolute discretion) execute or deliver any such amendment or supplemental indenture that adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. In executing any amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 10.01 and 10.02) will be fully protected in relying on, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture; and (B) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
Article 9. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 9.01. TERMINATION OF COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS.
This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect, as to all Notes issued under this Indenture, when:
(A) all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13) have (i) been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) become due and payable (whether on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Maturity Date, upon conversion or otherwise) for an amount of cash or Conversion Consideration (including, if applicable, all related Additional Amounts), as applicable, that has been fixed;
(B) the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, or with the Paying Agent (or, with respect to Conversion Consideration, the Conversion Agent) (or if the Conversion Agent is unable or unwilling to hold such deposit of Conversion Consideration, the Holders), in each case for the benefit of the Holders, or has otherwise caused there to be delivered to the Holders, cash (or, with respect to Notes to be converted, Conversion Consideration) (including, if applicable, all related Additional Amounts) sufficient to satisfy all amounts or other property due on all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13);
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(C) the Company has paid all other amounts payable by it under this Indenture; and
(D) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied;
provided, however, that the last sentence of Section 2.10(D), Article 10 and Section 12.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section 2.15 and the obligations of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent with respect to money or other property deposited with them will survive such discharge.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 9.02. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will promptly notify the Company if there exists (and, at the Company’s request, promptly deliver to the Company) any cash, Conversion Consideration or other property held by any of them for payment or delivery on the Notes that remain unclaimed two (2) years after the date on which such payment or delivery was due. After such delivery to the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property, and Holders entitled to the payment or delivery of such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.
Section 9.03. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent is unable to apply any cash or other property deposited with it pursuant to Section 9.01 because of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or other governmental authority that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits such application, then the discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 will be rescinded; provided, however, that if the Company thereafter pays or delivers any cash or other property due on the Notes to the Holders thereof, then the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive such cash or other property from the cash or other property, if any, held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable.
Article 10. TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE.
(A) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered, and, if requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
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(B) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that are provided to the Trustee and conform to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(C) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its negligence or willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph will not limit the effect of Section 10.01(B);
(ii) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.06; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(D) Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this Section 10.01, regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.
(E) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.
(F) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it, except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law.
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(G) Unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received notice from the Company that Additional Interest is owing on the Notes or that the Company has elected to pay Special Interest on the Notes, the Trustee may assume no Additional Interest or Special Interest, as applicable, is payable.
(H) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture, including as Note Agent.
(I) The Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of any document or agreement other than this Indenture and the Notes.
Section 10.02. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE.
(A) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document that it believes to be genuine and signed or presented by the proper Person, and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.
(B) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel; and the written advice of such counsel, or any Opinion of Counsel, will constitute full and complete authorization of the Trustee to take or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability.
(C) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care.
(D) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture.
(E) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(F) The Trustee need not exercise any rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder unless such Holder has offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that it may incur in complying with such request or direction.
(G) The Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(H) The permissive rights of the Trustee set forth in this Indenture will not be construed as duties imposed on the Trustee.
(I) The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution or performance of this Indenture or otherwise.
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(J) The Trustee will 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 the Trustee will incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(K) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.
(L) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture.
(M) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
(N) Neither the Trustee nor any Note Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
(O) Unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received notice from the Company that Additional Interest is owing on the Notes or that the Company has elected to pay Special Interest on the Notes, the Trustee may assume no Additional Interest or Special Interest, as applicable, is payable.
Section 10.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of any Note and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights that it would have if it were not Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires a “conflicting interest” (within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), then it must eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign as Trustee. Each Note Agent will have the same rights and duties as the Trustee under this Section 10.03.
Section 10.04. TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee will not be (A) responsible for, and makes no representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes; (B) accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; (C) responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and (D) responsible for any statement or recital in this Indenture, the Notes or any other document relating to the sale of the Notes or this Indenture, other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
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Section 10.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such Default or Event of Default within ninety (90) days after it occurs or, if it is not known to the Trustee at such time, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after it becomes known to a Responsible Officer; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Note, or a Default in the payment or delivery of any Conversion Consideration upon conversion of any Note, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and for so long as it in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders. The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice thereof has been received by a Responsible Officer, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states on its face that a Default or Event of Default has occurred.
Section 10.06. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
(A) The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee and the Note Agents reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture, as separately agreed by the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation for the Trustee’s services, the Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(B) The Company will indemnify the Trustee (in each of its capacities under this Indenture or the Notes) and its directors, officers, employees and agents, in their capacities as such, against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 10.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense is attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, but the Trustee’s failure to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 10.06(B), except to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Company will defend such claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in such defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have defenses available to it that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, or that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest, then the Trustee may retain separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such a conflict exists). The Company need not pay for any settlement of any such claim made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
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(C) The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.
(D) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 10.06, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, or interest on, particular Notes, which lien will survive the discharge of this Indenture.
(E) If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default pursuant to clause (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) occurs, then such expenses and the compensation for such services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 10.07. REPLACEMENT OF THE TRUSTEE.
(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.07, a resignation or removal of the Trustee, and the appointment of a successor Trustee, will become effective only upon such successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 10.07.
(B) The Trustee may resign at any time and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 10.09;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(iii) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(C) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, then (i) the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee; and (ii) at any time within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(D) If a successor Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, then the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(E) If the Trustee, after written request by a Holder of at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section 10.09, then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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(F) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, upon which notice the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all amounts due to it under this Indenture, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, which property will, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the lien provided for in Section 10.06(D).
Section 10.08. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such organization or entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article 10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Section 10.09. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There will at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Article 11. Subordination of the Notes
Section 11.01. AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION.
(A) The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Notes issued hereunder by its acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 11; and each Person holding any Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
(B) Save to the extent otherwise permitted to be paid in cash by the terms applicable to the Designated Senior Debt, the payment in cash of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, or any cash portion of the Conversion Consideration (irrespective of which Settlement Method the Company has elected) (excluding cash payable in lieu of delivering fractional Common Shares) due upon conversion of, the Notes is subordinated and postponed to the prior payment in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, of all obligations under the Designated Senior Debt to the extent set forth in this Article 11.
(C) No provision of this Article 11 shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder.
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Section 11.02. PAYMENTS TO HOLDERS.
(A) Save to the extent otherwise permitted to be paid in cash by the terms applicable to the Designated Senior Debt, the Company shall not make any payment or distribution in cash to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of the Company’s obligations under the Notes or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Notes if:
(i) a default in the payment of any Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable period of grace; or
(ii) any other default (a “Nonpayment Default”) under the terms of any Designated Senior Debt occurs and is continuing that permits or would (with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both) permit any holder, or agent or representative for the holders, of such Designated Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from the Company, any such holder, agent or representative or any other Person permitted to give such notice under this Indenture.
If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (ii) above, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section 11.02 unless at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the Trustee’s receipt of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. No Nonpayment Default that existed or was continuing on the date of receipt of any Payment Blockage Notice by the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
(B) The Company may resume payments or distributions in cash to the Trustee or any Holder in respect of the Company’s obligations under the Notes or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Notes if:
(i) in the case of a default referred to in clause (A)(i) above, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist; and
(ii) in the case of a Nonpayment Default of Designated Senior Debt, the earliest of (1) the date on which such Nonpayment Default is cured, waived or ceases to exist, (2) 179 days after the date on which the Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated, and (3) the date on which all obligations in respect of such Designated Senior Debt have been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Designated Senior Debt.
(C) Upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether voluntary or involuntary) or bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings, the Company shall pay the holders of Designated Senior Debt in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt all amounts due and owing thereunder before the Company pays the Holders any amounts owed to them in respect of the Notes.
(D) If the Notes are accelerated because of an Event of Default or subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holders following a Fundamental Change, the Company shall pay the holders of the Designated Senior Debt in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt all amounts due and owing thereunder before the Company pays the Holders in connection with such acceleration or Fundamental Change.
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(E) In the event that either the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes receives any payment of any obligations with respect to the Notes when (i) the payment is prohibited by this Article 11 and (ii) the Trustee or the Holder has actual knowledge that the payment is prohibited, the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall hold the payment in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Designated Senior Debt. Upon the proper written request of the holders of Designated Senior Debt or their agent or representative, the Trustee or the Holder, as the case may be, shall deliver the amounts held in trust to the holders of Designated Senior Debt or their proper agent or representative.
Section 11.03. SUBROGATION OF NOTES.
(A) Subject to the payment in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, of all obligations under the Designated Senior Debt, the rights of the Holders shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Designated Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.03 (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms is subordinated to the Designated Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as the Notes are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of the Designated Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Designated Senior Debt until the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, or any cash portion of the Conversion Consideration (irrespective of which Settlement Method the Company has elected) due upon conversion of, the Notes shall be paid in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the Holders of the Notes; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders or the Trustee would be entitled under this Indenture except for the provisions of this Article 11, and no payment over, pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, to or for the benefit of the holders of the Designated Senior Debt by the Holders or the Trustee shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of the Designated Senior Debt and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Notes. It is understood that the provisions of this Article 11 are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, on the other hand.
(B) Nothing contained in this Article 11 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of the Designated Senior Debt and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of the cash portion of the Conversion Consideration, if any, and any interest on the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 11 of the holders of the Designated Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
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(C) Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 11, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Designated Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 11.
Section 11.04. AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder by the Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be requested by the Company or the representative for the Designated Senior Debt to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article 11 and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 11.05. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to any Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 11 or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article 11, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company or from a holder or holders of the Designated Senior Debt or from any trustee, agent or representative thereof; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist.
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 the Designated Senior Debt (or a trustee, agent or representative on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of the Designated Senior Debt or a trustee, agent or representative on behalf of any such holder or holders. 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 the Designated Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 11, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of the Designated Senior Debt 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 11, 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.
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Section 11.06. TRUSTEE’S RELATION TO DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 11 in respect of the Designated Senior Debt at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of the Designated Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Any claims of the Trustee for compensation or indemnification shall not be subordinate to the Designated Senior Debt and shall be senior to the claims of Holders in respect of all funds collected or held by the Trustee.
With respect to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 11, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of the Designated Senior Debt, and, except with respect to its express obligations under this Article 11 the Trustee shall not be liable to any such holders of the Designated Senior Debt if the Trustee in good faith mistakenly pays over or distributes to Holders or to the Company or to any other Person, cash, property or securities to which any holders of the Designated Senior Debt are entitled by virtue of this Article 11 or otherwise.
Section 11.07. NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION.
No right of any present or future holder of the Designated Senior Debt 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 that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Section 11.08. CERTAIN CONVERSIONS NOT DEEMED PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 11, the issuance and delivery of Common Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares) upon conversion of any Note in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise in exchange for any Note shall be deemed not to constitute a payment on or distribution in respect of the obligations of the Company under any Note or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of any Note.
Section 11.09. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.
If at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of Section 11.05 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
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Article 12. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:
If to the Company:
LumiraDx Limited
c/o Ocorian Trust (Cayman) Limited
XX Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx XX0-0000
Cayman Islands
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxxx Procter LLP
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx (London) LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Attention: Xxx Xxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx
Email: xxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx and xxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
West Side Flats
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX-XX-XX0X
Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services
Fax: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses (including facsimile numbers and electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.
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All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: (A) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (B) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (C) when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication; and (D) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
The Trustee shall not have any duty to confirm that the person sending any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) shall be deemed original signatures for all purposes. Each other party assumes all risks arising out of the use of electronic signatures and electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on an unauthorized communication, and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may in any instance and in its sole discretion require that an original document bearing a manual signature be delivered to the Trustee in lieu of, or in addition to, any such electronic communication.
All notices or communications required to be made to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture must be made in writing and will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing if mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to its address shown on the Register; provided, however, that a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note may, but need not, instead be sent pursuant to the Depositary Procedures (in which case, such notice will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing). The failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder, or any defect in such notice or communication, will not affect its sufficiency with respect to any other Holder.
If the Trustee is then acting as the Depositary’s custodian for the Notes, then, at the reasonable request of the Company to the Trustee, the Trustee will cause any notice prepared by the Company to be sent to any Holder(s) pursuant to the Depositary Procedures, provided such request is evidenced in a Company Order delivered, together with the text of such notice, to the Trustee at least two (2) Business Days before the date such notice is to be so sent. For the avoidance of doubt, such Company Order need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee will not have any liability relating to the contents of any notice that it sends to any Holder pursuant to any such Company Order.
If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, (A) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to another party, no such notice need be sent if the sending party and the recipient are the same Person acting in different capacities; and (B) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to more than one receiving party, and each receiving party is the same Person acting in different capacities, then only one such notice need be sent to such Person.
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Section 12.02. DELIVERY OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial authentication of Notes under this Indenture), the Company will furnish to the Trustee:
(A) an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of the signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have been satisfied; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been satisfied.
Section 12.03. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL.
Each Officer’s Certificate (other than an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.05) or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture will include:
(A) a statement that the signatory thereto has read such covenant or condition;
(B) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained therein are based;
(C) a statement that, in the opinion of such signatory, he, she or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him, her or it to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(D) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such signatory, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.
Section 12.04. RULES BY THE TRUSTEE, THE REGISTRAR, THE PAYING AGENT AND THE CONVERSION AGENT.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent each may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 12.05. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.06. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF A NOTE) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.
Section 12.07. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.
Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to the Trustee’s address set forth in Section 12.01 will be effective service of process on the Trustee for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company irrevocably appoints LumiraDx Inc. (000 Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: General Counsel)as its authorized agent in the United States of America upon which process may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same at the address set forth in Section 12.01 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding.
Section 12.08. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
Neither this Indenture nor the Notes may be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person, and no such indenture, note, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture or the Notes.
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Section 12.09. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.
Section 12.10. FORCE MAJEURE.
The Trustee and each Note Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility under this Indenture or the Notes by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, epidemic, pandemic, act of terrorism or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
Section 12.11. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The Company agrees to provide the Trustee with such information as it may request to enable the Trustee to comply with the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
Section 12.12. CALCULATIONS.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes, including determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, the Daily Conversion Value, the Daily Cash Amount, the Daily Share Amount, Additional Amounts, accrued interest on the Notes, including any Additional Interest or Special Interest, the Conversion Rate, the Ceiling Conversion Rate, any Interest Make-Whole Payment, the Redemption Price and whether the Notes are convertible.
The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor. The Trustee will not be responsible for verifying such calculations.
Section 12.13. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Indenture or the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Indenture or the Notes will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 12.14. COUNTERPARTS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.
Section 12.15. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The table of contents and the headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture.
Section 12.16. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
Subject in all respects to Section 3.05 of this Indenture, each Holder of a Note agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, by its acquisition of such interest, is deemed to agree, that if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of such Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment or the non-occurrence of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then the Company or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, withhold from or set off such payments against payments of cash or the delivery of other Conversion Consideration on such Note, any payments on the Common Shares or sales proceeds received by, or other funds or assets of, such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Indenture have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
LUMIRADX LIMITED | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorised Officer | |||
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
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FORM OF NOTE
[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Non-Affiliate Legend, if applicable]
LUMIRADX LIMITED
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Note due 2027
CUSIP No.: | [___][Insert for a “restricted” CUSIP number: *] | Certificate No. [___] | ||
ISIN No.: | [___][Insert for a “restricted” ISIN number: *] |
LumiraDx Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [___________] ($[_____]) (as revised by the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note)† on March 1, 2027 and to pay interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, until the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest are paid or duly provided for.
Interest Payment Dates: | March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2022. | |
Regular Record Dates: | February 15 and August 15. |
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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* | Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only. |
† | This Note will be deemed to be identified by CUSIP No. [___] and ISIN No. [___] from and after such time when the Company delivers, pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture, written notice to the Trustee of the deemed removal of the Restricted Note Legend affixed to this Note. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LumiraDx Limited has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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LUMIRADX LIMITED
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Note due 2027
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of LumiraDx Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), designated as its 6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 3, 2022 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture sets forth the rights and obligations of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will control.
1. Interest. This Note will accrue interest at a rate and in the manner set forth in the Indenture (including Section 2.05 of the Indenture). Stated Interest on this Note will begin to accrue from, and including, [date]. Notwithstanding the other provisions of the Indenture or the provisions of this Note, if the Company has not received notification from The International Stock Exchange (TISE) or another “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 Income Tax Act 2007 (of the United Kingdom) that the Notes have been listed (within the meaning of that term as used at s.987 Income Tax Act 2007) thereon prior to the first Interest Payment Date, interest due and payable on that Interest Payment Date shall be deferred until the next following Interest Payment Date to Holders of record as of the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date on which the interest and deferred interest is payable; provided, that interest shall accrue on such deferred interest from the first Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the next following Interest Payment Date at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful.
2. Maturity. This Note will mature on March 1, 2027, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.
3. Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on this Note, subject to Article 11 of the Indenture, will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.
4. Persons Deemed Owners. The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
5. Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All Notes will be in registered form, without coupons, in principal amounts equal to any Authorized Denominations. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange this Note by presenting it to the Registrar and delivering any required documentation or other materials.
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6. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.02 and Article 11 of the Indenture.
7. Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes. The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.03 of the Indenture.
8. Conversion. The Holder of this Note may convert this Note into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 5 and Article 11 of the Indenture.
9. When the Company May Merge, Etc. Article 6 of the Indenture places limited restrictions on the Company’s ability to be a party to a Business Combination Event.
10. Defaults and Remedies. Subject to Article 11 of the Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding may (and, in certain circumstances, will automatically) become due and payable in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 7 of the Indenture.
11. Subordination. The Notes are, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinated to the prior payment in full of all Designated Senior Debt. Each Holder by the Holder’s acceptance of a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on the Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be requested by the Company or the representative for the Designated Senior Debt to effectuate the subordination as provided in the Indenture and appoints the Trustee to act as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
12. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7.05 and Article 8 of the Indenture.
13. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
14. Authentication. No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.
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15. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
16. Governing Law. THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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To request a copy of the Indenture, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the following address:
LumiraDx Limited
c/o Ocorian Trust (Cayman) Limited
XX Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx XX0-0000
Cayman Islands
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE: $[_______]
The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Note have been made:
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CONVERSION NOTICE
LUMIRADX LIMITED
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below directs the Company to convert (check one):
☐ | the entire principal amount of |
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$ * aggregate principal amount of |
the Note identified by CUSIP No. and Certificate No. .
The undersigned acknowledges that if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then such Note, when surrendered for conversion, must, in certain circumstances, be accompanied with an amount of cash equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE
LUMIRADX LIMITED
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):
☐ | the entire principal amount of |
☐ | $ * aggregate principal amount of |
the Note identified by CUSIP No. and Certificate No. .
The undersigned acknowledges that this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
LUMRADX LIMITED
6.00% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the Notes identified below assigns (check one):
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☐ | $ * aggregate principal amount of |
the Notes identified by CUSIP No. and Certificate No. , and all rights thereunder, to:
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as agent to transfer the within Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.
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TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
If the within Note bears a Restricted Note Legend, the undersigned further certifies that (check one):
1. ☐ | Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. |
2. ☐ | Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer. |
3. ☐ | Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that the within Note is being transferred to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. If this item is checked, then the transferee must complete and execute the acknowledgment contained on the next page. |
4. ☐ | Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act). |
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TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned represents that it is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the undersigned exercises sole investment discretion, and that and the undersigned and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the transferor is relying, in transferring the within Note on the exemption from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A and that the undersigned has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A.
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FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND
(Notes other than Affiliate Notes)
THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1) | REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT; AND |
(2) | AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF LUMIRADX LIMITED (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY: |
(A) | TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; |
(B) | PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; |
(C) | TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; |
(D) | PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR |
(E) | PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. |
BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.*
* | This paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph will be deemed to be removed from the face of this Note at such time when the Company delivers written notice to the Trustee of such deemed removal pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture. |
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EXHIBIT B-1B
FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND
(Affiliate Notes)
THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF LUMIRADX LIMITED (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY:
(A) | TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; |
(B) | PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; |
(C) | TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; |
(D) | PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR |
(E) | PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. |
BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.
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EXHIBIT B-3
FORM OF NON-AFFILIATE LEGEND
NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OF THE COMPANY MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
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