EXHIBIT 4.2
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XXXXXXXXX GROUP, INC.,
Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 12, 2002
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Senior Securities
Dated as of July 15, 2003
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This FIRST INDENTURE SUPPLEMENTAL, dated July 15, 2003 (the
"First Indenture Supplemental"), to the INDENTURE, dated as of March 12, 2002
(the "Original Indenture"), between Xxxxxxxxx Group, Inc., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the "Company"), having its principal office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this First Indenture Supplemental to amend certain terms of the Original
Indenture pursuant to Section 9.1(5) of the Original Indenture.
All things necessary to make this First Indenture Supplemental
a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefits of all Holders of the Securities or of
Series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1
All terms which are defined in Article I of the Original
Indenture shall have the same meanings in this First Indenture Supplemental as
such terms are given in Article I of the Original Indenture. In addition to the
words and terms defined in the Original Indenture, the terms set forth below
shall have the following meanings:
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company. However,
subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(17) and (18) and Section 15.11, shares
issuable on conversion of Securities shall include only shares of the class
designated as Common Stock of the Company at the date of this instrument or
shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or
reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends
or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption
by the Company; provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such
resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be
substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class
resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of
all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
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Section 1.2
Section 1.13 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the
right to convert his Securities shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section))
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or conversion of the
Securities need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or
at the Stated Maturity, or on such last day for conversion, provided that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be."
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1
Section 2.03 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________ __, 2002 (herein
called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable insert --, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $___________].
[If applicable, insert -- Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at his
option, at any time on or before the close of business on __________, or in case
this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption, then in respect of
this Security or such portion hereof until and including, but (unless the
Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption) not after, the close
of business on the 10th calendar day before the Redemption Date, to convert this
Security (or any portion of the principal amount hereof which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof), at the principal amount hereof, or of such portion,
into fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to
the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion
price per share of Common Stock equal to $_____ per each share of Common Stock
(or at the current adjusted conversion price if an adjustment has been made as
provided in the Indenture) by surrender of this Security, duly endorsed or
assigned to the Company or in blank,
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to the Company at its office or agency in _________, accompanied by written
notice to the Company that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Security, or
if less than the entire principal amount hereof is to be converted, the portion
hereof to be converted, and, in case such surrender shall be made during the
period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any
Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date
(unless this Security or the portion thereof being converted has been called for
redemption on a Redemption Date within such period), also accompanied by payment
in funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on
such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Security then being
converted. Subject to the aforesaid requirement for payment and, in the case of
a conversion after the Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment
Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of
this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such Regular Record
Date to receive an installment of interest (with certain exceptions provided in
the Indenture), no payment or adjustment is to be made on conversion for
interest accrued hereon or for dividends on the Common Stock issued on
conversion. No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares
will be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional interest the Company
shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The conversion price
is subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the
Indenture provides that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which
the Company is a party or the transfer of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any Holders of
Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will be convertible
thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible as specified
above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon the consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock into which this Security might have been converted
immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer (assuming such
holder of Common Stock failed to exercise any rights of election and received
per share the kind and amount received per share by a plurality of non-electing
shares).]
[If applicable insert -- The Securities are subject to
redemption at the election of the Holders thereof, in whole or in part, and in
limited circumstances at the election of the Company, in whole, following the
occurrence of a Designated Event and a Rating Decline. Such redemptions will be
made at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, as provided for in Article XIII of the
Indenture. [The Securities are not otherwise subject to redemption prior to
maturity and no sinking fund is provided for the Securities.]]
[If applicable insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert -- (1) on ___________ in any year commencing with the year
______ and ending with the year ______ through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2)] at any time [if applicable insert on or after ___________, 20__], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption
Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if
applicable insert -- on or before _______________, __%, and if redeemed] during
the 12-month period beginning _____________ of the years indicated,
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Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
---- ---------------- ---- ----------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on
____________ in any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year
____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at
any time [if applicable, insert -- on or after ____________], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption
otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages
of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning _____________ of the years indicated,
Redemption
Redemption Price Price For Redemption
For Redemption Through Otherwise Than Through
Year Operation of the Sinking Fund Operation of the Sinking Fund
---- ------------------------------ -------------------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may not, prior to ____________ redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [if applicable, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
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operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for this series
provides for the redemption on ____________ in each year beginning with the year
_______ and ending with the year _____ of [if applicable, insert -- not less
than $____________ "mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $________
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this
series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through (if
applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments [if applicable, insert
and Securities surrendered for conversion] may be credited against subsequent
[if applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [if applicable, insert -- in the inverse order in which they become
due).]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert
-- In the event of redemption or conversion of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed or
unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of (l) the entire indebtedness of this Security or
(2) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest all of the
Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by
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the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in
the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Security Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name
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this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture."
[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]
To: XXXXXXXXX GROUP, INC.
The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common
Stock of Xxxxxxxxx Group, Inc., in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
referred to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and
deliverable upon the conversion, together with any check in payment for
fractional shares and any Securities, representing any unconverted principal
amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a
different name has been indicated below. If shares are to be issued in the name
of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer
taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the
undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
Dated:
Fill in for registration
of shares of Common Stock and Securities
if to be issued otherwise than to
the registered holder.
Principal Amount to be
converted (in an integral
multiple of $1,000, if
less than all):
_______________________________ $
Name
_______________________________
Address
_______________________________ _______________________________
(Please print name and Signature
address, including zip code
number)
SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
TAXPAYER IDENTIFYING [SIGNATURE GUARANTEED --
NUMBER required only if Common
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Common Stock and Securities are to be
issued and delivered to other than registered
holder]
[_____________________________]
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1
Section 3.01 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior
to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series, including
CUSIP Numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series
from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or
11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03,
are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of
the United States of America and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.01;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of
the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such
series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02;
(14) the applicability, nonapplicability, or variation, of
Article XIII with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series
shall be subject to either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
as provided in Article XIV; provided that no series of Securities that
is convertible into Common Stock as provided in Article XV or
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant to
Section 3.1(18) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to Section
14.2;
(16) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the
series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for
such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other
than those set forth in Section 3.05 in which any such Global
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Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for
Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which
any such transfer may be registered;
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which
the Securities are convertible into Common Stock of the Company
pursuant to Article XV, and any variation thereof;
(18) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which
the Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for any other
securities;
(19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Article X which applies to Securities of the series; and
(20) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 9.01(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Company may, from time to time, by adoption of a Board
Resolution and subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of
this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to
this Indenture additional securities of any series of Securities ("Add On
Securities") having terms and conditions identical to those of such series of
Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On Securities:
(i) may have a different issue date from such series of
Outstanding Securities;
(ii) may have a different amount of interest payable on
the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of
Outstanding Securities; and
(iii) may have terms specified in such Board Resolution for
such Add On Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III
applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and ensure
compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities laws) which are not
adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities
(other than such Add On Securities) and which shall not affect the rights or
duties of the Trustee."
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Section 3.2
Section 3.07 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01
with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such
series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee
of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security."
Subject to the provisions of Section 15.02, in the case of any
Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest whose Stated Maturity is on such
Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually
paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
the immediately preceding sentence in the case of any Security which is
converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of
such Security, shall not be payable."
Section 3.3
Section 3.09 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by
the Trustee in its customary manner."
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.1
Section 4.01 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
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(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07,
and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause
(B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section
4.02 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge."
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.1
Section 5.08 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holdings to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest and to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to convert such Security in accordance with Article XV and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder."
Section 5.2
Section 5.14 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in
such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holders of the Securities, or group of Holders of the
Securities, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of
the Outstanding Securities for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or
interest on any Outstanding Securities held by such Holder, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Outstanding Securities, and provided,
further, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed
to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an
assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or in any suit for the
enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with Article XV."
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1
Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the,
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities,
provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall
neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of
such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such
Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective
only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements
of Article X or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
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(9) to make provisions with respect to the conversion
rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Article XV; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this clause (9) shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material
respect."
Section 9.2
Section 9.02 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by
such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest or the time of
payment of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which,
any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date), or adversely affect the right to convert
any Security as provided in Article XV, or modify the provisions of
this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a
manner adverse to the Holders, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 5.13, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the
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Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and
9.01(8),
(4) change any obligation of ours to maintain an office
or agency, or
(5) change any obligation of ours to pay additional
amounts, or
(6) adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase
at the option of the Holder, or
(7) reduce or postpone any sinking fund or similar
provision.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof."
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 10.2
Section 10.02 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"The Company shall maintain in the Place of Payment for any
series of Securities, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange where Securities of any
series that is convertible may be surrendered for conversion, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office
or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof,
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for
such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency. The Company
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hereby initially designates the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee
as such office of the Company."
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1
Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor
are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide
for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than
all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for
redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted
in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion
of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities
which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall
be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed."
Section 11.2
Section 11.04 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
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(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) in the case of any Securities that are convertible
pursuant to Article XV, the conversion price or rate, the date on which
the right to convert the principal of the Securities to be redeemed
will terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be
surrendered for conversion,
(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case, and
(8) applicable CUSIP Numbers.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company
shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable."
Section 11.5
Section 11.05 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date other than any Securities called for redemption on that date which
have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the
Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as
provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07) be paid to the Company upon
Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust."
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1
Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture is amended and restated to read as
follows:
"The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a
series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a
credit Securities of a series which have been converted pursuant to Article XV
or which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to
the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly."
Section 13.1
The Original Indenture is hereby amended to add a new Article XV to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE XV
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section 15.01 Applicability; Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price.
Securities of any series which are convertible into Common
Stock of the Company shall be convertible in accordance with their terms and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the
outstanding principal amount thereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000 may be converted at the principal amount thereof, or of such portion
thereof, into fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each
conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Company at
the conversion price, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time
of conversion. Such conversion right shall expire at the close of business on
the date specified for Securities of such series. In case a Security or portion
thereof is called for redemption at the election of the Company, such conversion
right in respect of the Security or portion so called shall expire at the close
of business on the 10th calendar day before the Redemption Date, unless the
Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption.
The price at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered
upon conversion (herein called the "conversion price") shall be the price
specified in relation to Securities of such
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series pursuant to Section 3.01, as it shall be adjusted in certain instances as
provided in this Article.
Section 15.02 Exercise of Conversion Price.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of
any Security to be converted shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed or
assigned to the Company or in blank, at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 10.02, accompanied by written
notice to the Company (which shall be substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.03) at such office or agency that the Holder elects to convert such
Security or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be
converted, the portion thereof to be converted. Securities surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such
Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Securities or portions
thereof which have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such
period) be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of Securities being surrendered for conversion. Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.07 relating to the payment of Defaulted Interest by the
Company, the interest payment with respect to a Security called for redemption
on a Redemption Date during the period from the close of business on any Regular
Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business
on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date to
the Holder of such Security at the close of business on such Regular Record Date
notwithstanding the conversion of such Security after such Regular Record Date
and prior to such Interest Payment Date, and the Holder converting such Security
need not include a payment of such interest payment amount upon surrender of
such Security for conversion. Except as provided in the preceding sentence and
subject to the final paragraph of Section 3.07, no payment or adjustment shall
be made upon any conversion on account of any interest accrued on the Securities
surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock
issued upon conversion.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately
prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for
conversion in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at such time the
rights of the Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person
or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall
be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock
at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the
Company shall issue and shall deliver at such office or agency a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as
provided in Section 15.03.
In the case of any Security which is converted in part only,
upon such conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a
new Security or Securities of authorized denominations in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such
Security.
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Section 15.03 Fractions of Shares.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall
be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would
otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or
specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the daily closing
price per share of Common Stock (consistent with Section 15.04(6) below) at the
close of business on the day of conversion.
Section 15.04 Adjustment of Conversion Price.
(1) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or
other distribution on any class of capital stock of the Company in
Common Stock, the conversion price in effect at the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be
reduced by multiplying such conversion price by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total
number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such
reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the
purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of
the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip
certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The
Company will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of
Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(2) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to
all holders of its Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the
current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (6)
of this Section) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or
warrants (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan), the
conversion price in effect at the opening of business on the day
following the date fixed for such determination shall be reduced by
multiplying such conversion price by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of
shares of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the
total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or
purchase would purchase at such current market price and the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus
the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or
purchase, such reduction to become effective immediately after the
opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such
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determination. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of
shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares
held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable
in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares
of Common Stock. The Company will not issue any rights or warrants in
respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the
conversion price in effect at the opening of business on the day
following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall
be proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares
of Common Stock shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares
of Common Stock, the conversion price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such combination
becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or
increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the
opening of business on the day following the day upon which such
subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(4) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its
indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any rights
or warrants referred to in paragraph (2) of this Section, any dividend
or distribution paid in cash out of the earned surplus of the Company
and any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (1) of this
Section), the conversion price shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the conversion price in
effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution
by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price
per share (determined as provided in paragraph (6) of this Section) of
the Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution
filed with the Trustee) of the portion of the assets or evidences of
indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock and
the denominator shall all be such current market price per share of the
Common Stock, such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
(5) The reclassification of Common Stock into securities
other than Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a
consolidation or merger to which Section 15.11 applies) shall be deemed
to involve (a) a distribution of such securities other than Common
Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution"
and the "date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of
paragraph (4) of this Section), and (b) a subdivision or combination,
as the case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of
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Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date
of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective" or "the day upon which such combination
becomes effective", as the case may be, such "the day upon which such
subdivision or combination becomes effective" within the meaning of
paragraph (3) of this Section).
(6) For the purpose of any computation under paragraphs
(2) and (4) of this Section, the current market price per share of
Common Stock on any day shall be deemed to be the average of the daily
closing prices for the five consecutive trading days (i.e., Business
Days on which the Common Stock is traded) selected by the Board of
Directors commencing not more than 20 trading days before, and ending
not later than, the earlier of the day in question and the day before
the "ex" date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring
such computation. For this purpose, the term "`ex' date", when used
with respect to any issuance or distribution, shall mean the first date
on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the applicable exchange
or in the applicable market without the right to receive such issuance
or distribution. The closing price for each day shall be the reported
last sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes
place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices regular way, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange or,
if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on such
Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the Nasdaq
Stock Market or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq
Stock Market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange
member firm selected from time to time by the Board of Directors for
that purpose.
(7) The Company may make such reductions in the
conversion price, in addition to those required by paragraphs (1), (2),
(3) and (4) of this Section, as it considers to be advisable in order
to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common
Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance
of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any
event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons.
The Company shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity or correct
any error in this paragraph (7) and its actions in so doing shall be
final and conclusive.
(8) No adjustment in the conversion price shall be
required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least one percent in such conversion price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (8) is not
required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article shall be
made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100 of a share, as the
case may be.
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Section 15.05 Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price.
Whenever the conversion price is adjusted as herein provided:
(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion price in
accordance with Section 15.04 and shall prepare a certificate
signed by the Treasurer of the Company setting forth the
adjusted conversion price and showing in reasonable detail the
facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such
certificate shall forthwith be filed at each office or agency
maintained for the purpose of conversion of Securities
pursuant to Section 10.02; and
(b) a notice stating that the conversion price has been adjusted
and setting forth the adjusted conversion price shall
forthwith be required, and as soon as practicable after it is
required, such notice shall be mailed by the Company to all
Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear in the
Security Register.
Section 15.06 Notice of Certain Corporate Action.
In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in
cash out of its earned surplus; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its
Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any
other rights; or
(c) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company
(other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding
shares of Common Stock), or of any consolidation, merger or
share exchange to which the Company is a party and for which
approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of
the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company; or
(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; then the Company shall cause to be
filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 10.02, and shall
cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last addresses as
they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 20 days
(or 10 days in any case specified in clause (a) or (b) above)
prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter
specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is
to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,
rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the
date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights or warrants
are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected
to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected
that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities,
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cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Neither the failure to
give such notice nor any defect therein shall affect the
legality or validity of the proceedings described in clauses
(a) through (d) of this Section 15.06. If at the time the
Trustee shall not be the conversion agent, a copy of such
notice shall also forthwith be filed by the Company with the
Trustee.
Not less than seven days prior to any date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution, the Company shall cause to be filed at each
office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of
Securities pursuant to Section 10.02, and shall cause to be
mailed to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall
appear in the Security Register, a notice stating the date on
which the such determination is to be made, and briefly
describing the import thereof. If at the time the Trustee
shall not be the conversion agent, a copy of such notice shall
also forthwith be filed by the Company with the Trustee.
Section 15.07 Company to Reserve Common Stock.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out
of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of Securities, the full number of shares of Common Stock then
issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding Securities.
Section 15.08 Taxes on Conversions.
The Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in
respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of
Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder
of the Security or Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery
shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the
Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of
the Company that such tax has been paid.
Section 15.09 Covenant as to Common Stock.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which
may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
nonassessable and, except as provided in Section 15.08, the Company will pay all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
Section 15.10 Cancellation of Converted Securities.
All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to
the Trustee to be cancelled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall
dispose of the same as provided in Section 3.09.
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Section 15.11 Provisions in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of
the Company into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into the
Company (other than a merger which does not result in any reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company) or any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company, the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such
merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of
each convertible Security then outstanding shall have the right thereafter,
during the period such Security shall be convertible as specified in Section
15.01, to convert such Security only into the kind and amount of securities,
cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into
which such Security might have been converted immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, assuming such holder of Common Stock of
the Company failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or
amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer (provided that if the kind or amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer is not the same for each share of Common Stock of the Company
in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("non-electing share"), then for the purpose of this Section the kind and amount
of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer by each non-electing share shall be deemed to be the
kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the non-electing
shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which, for
events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be
as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in
this Article. The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers.
Section 15.12 Responsibility of Trustee.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine
whether any fact exists which may require any adjustment of the conversion
price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made,
or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor
any conversion agent shall be accountable with respect to the registration,
validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of
any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon
the conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent
makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any
conversion agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue or
transfer or deliver any Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities
or property or to make any cash payment upon the surrender of any Security for
the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the covenants of the Company
contained in this Article XV.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture; the recitals and statements
herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
(Signature Page to Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Indenture Supplemental to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
XXXXXXXXX GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
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