Exhibit T3C
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
as Issuer
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
as Guarantor
3.625% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2025
Dated as of [ ], 2009
[ ],
as Trustee
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.2 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT |
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SECTION 1.3 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION |
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ARTICLE II THE NOTES |
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SECTION 2.1 FORM AND DATING |
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SECTION 2.2 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION |
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SECTION 2.3 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND CONVERSION AGENT |
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SECTION 2.4 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST |
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SECTION 2.5 HOLDER LISTS |
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SECTION 2.6 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE |
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SECTION 2.7 REPLACEMENT NOTES |
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SECTION 2.8 OUTSTANDING NOTES |
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SECTION 2.9 NOTES HELD BY THE ISSUER OR AN AFFILIATE |
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SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY NOTES |
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SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION |
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SECTION 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST |
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SECTION 2.13 CUSIP NUMBERS |
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SECTION 2.14 DEPOSIT OF MONEYS |
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SECTION 2.15 BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL NOTES |
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SECTION 2.16 [SPECIAL TRANSFER PROVISIONS.] |
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SECTION 2.17 [RESTRICTIVE SECURITIES LEGENDS.] |
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ARTICLE III NOTE GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 3.1 NOTE GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 3.2 CONSIDERATION |
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SECTION 3.3 EXECUTION OF GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 3.4 SUCCESSOR GUARANTEE |
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 4.1 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
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SECTION 4.2 DEPOSITED MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST |
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SECTION 4.3 RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONIES |
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ARTICLE V DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 5.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 5.2 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT |
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SECTION 5.3 OTHER REMEDIES |
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SECTION 5.4 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS |
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SECTION 5.5 CONTROL BY MAJORITY |
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SECTION 5.6 LIMITATION ON SUIT |
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SECTION 5.7 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT |
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SECTION 5.8 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 5.9 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM |
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SECTION 5.10 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 5.11 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE |
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SECTION 5.12 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER |
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SECTION 5.13 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED |
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SECTION 5.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS |
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SECTION 5.15 WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS |
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ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.1 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.2 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.3 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.4 TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER |
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SECTION 6.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS |
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SECTION 6.6 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS |
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SECTION 6.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY |
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SECTION 6.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.9 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC. |
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SECTION 6.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION |
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SECTION 6.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER AND THE COMPANY |
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ARTICLE VII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 7.1 ISSUER OR COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS |
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SECTION 7.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED |
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ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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SECTION 8.1 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
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SECTION 8.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
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SECTION 8.3 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT |
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SECTION 8.4 REVOCATION OF CONSENTS AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS OR VOTES |
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SECTION 8.5 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES |
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SECTION 8.6 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENT, ETC. |
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ARTICLE IX MEETING OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
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SECTION 9.1 PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED |
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SECTION 9.2 CALL NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS |
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SECTION 9.3 PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS |
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SECTION 9.4 QUORUM; ACTION |
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SECTION 9.5 DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS |
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SECTION 9.6 COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS |
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ARTICLE X COVENANTS |
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SECTION 10.1 PAYMENT OF NOTES |
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SECTION 10.2 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY |
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SECTION 10.3 REPORTS |
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SECTION 10.4 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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SECTION 10.5 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS |
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SECTION 10.6 CORPORATE EXISTENCE |
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SECTION 10.7 NOTICE OF DEFAULT |
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ARTICLE XI MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM |
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SECTION 11.1 MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM |
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SECTION 11.2 ISSUER’S OPTION TO PROVIDE FOR CONVERSION INTO SHARES OF ACQUIROR IN
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SECTION 11.3 ADJUSTMENTS RELATING TO MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM |
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ARTICLE XII REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
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SECTION 12.1 [RESERVED] |
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SECTION 12.2 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION |
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SECTION 12.3 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 12.4 SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED |
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SECTION 12.5 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION |
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SECTION 12.6 EFFECT OF NOTICES OF REDEMPTION |
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SECTION 12.7 DEPOSIT OF OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE |
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SECTION 12.8 NOTES REDEEMED IN PART |
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SECTION 12.9 CONVERSION ARRANGEMENT ON CALL FOR REDEMPTION |
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ARTICLE XIII REPURCHASE OF NOTES |
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SECTION 13.1 REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER ON SPECIFIED DATES |
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SECTION 13.2 REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT |
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SECTION 13.3 [RESERVED] |
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SECTION 13.4 NOTICE OF OPTIONAL REPURCHASE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ISSUER |
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SECTION 13.5 NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL |
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SECTION 13.6 PAYMENT OF THE REPURCHASE PRICE |
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ARTICLE XIV CONVERSION OF NOTES |
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SECTION 14.1 CONVERSION RIGHT AND CONVERSION PRICE |
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SECTION 14.2 EXERCISE OF CONVERSION RIGHT |
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SECTION 14.3 FRACTIONS OF SHARES |
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SECTION 14.4 ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION RATE |
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SECTION 14.5 NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION PRICE |
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SECTION 14.6 NOTICE PRIOR TO CERTAIN ACTIONS |
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SECTION 14.7 COMPANY TO RESERVE COMMON SHARES; INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT |
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SECTION 14.8 TAXES ON CONVERSIONS |
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SECTION 14.9 COVENANT AS TO COMMON SHARES |
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SECTION 14.10 CANCELLATION OF CONVERTED NOTES |
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SECTION 14.11 EFFECT OF RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE |
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SECTION 14.12 RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE FOR CONVERSION PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 14.13 LIMITATION ON CONVERSION RIGHT |
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SECTION 14.14 OPTION TO SATISFY CONVERSION OBLIGATION WITH CASH, COMMON SHARES OR A
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ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF NOTES |
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SECTION 15.1 NOTES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR DEBT |
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SECTION 15.2 NO PAYMENT ON NOTES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES |
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SECTION 15.3 PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS UPON DISSOLUTION, ETC. |
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SECTION 15.4 SUBROGATION |
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SECTION 15.5 OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER UNCONDITIONAL |
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SECTION 15.6 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 15.7 RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT |
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SECTION 15.8 TRUSTEE’S RELATION TO SENIOR DEBT |
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SECTION 15.9 SUBORDINATION RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED BY ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE ISSUER OR
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SECTION 15.10 HOLDERS AUTHORIZE TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE THE SUBORDINATION OF THE
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SECTION 15.11 NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 15.12 TRUSTEE’S COMPENSATION NOT PREJUDICED |
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SECTION 15.13 NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 15.14 PAYMENTS MAY BE PAID PRIOR TO DISSOLUTION |
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ARTICLE XVI OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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SECTION 16.2 NOTICES |
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SECTION 16.3 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS |
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SECTION 16.4 ACTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES |
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SECTION 16.5 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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SECTION 16.6 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION |
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SECTION 16.7 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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SECTION 16.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
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SECTION 16.9 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE |
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SECTION 16.11 GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 16.12 COUNTERPARTS |
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Exhibit A
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Form of Note |
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A-1 |
Schedule A
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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note |
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Restrictive Securities Legend for Notes |
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B-1-1 |
Exhibit B-2
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Restrictive Securities Legend for Common Shares |
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B-2-1 |
Exhibit B-3
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Global Note Legend |
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B-3-1 |
Exhibit B-4
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Additional Restrictive Securities Legend for Common Shares |
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B-4-1 |
Exhibit C
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Form of Notice of Transfer Pursuant to Registration Statement |
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C-1 |
Exhibit D
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Form of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Registration of Securities |
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Exhibit E
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Form of Note Guarantee |
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XXXXXXXXX, dated as of [ ], 2009 among LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Issuer”), LIONS GATE
ENTERTAINMENT CORP., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of British Columbia,
having its principal offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 and
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0 (the “Company”), and
[ ], as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Issuer and the Company have duly authorized the creation of an issue of the Issuer’s
3.625% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), in substantially the tenor and
amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Issuer and the Company have duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. The Notes being issued on the date hereof
are being issued in exchange for, and as a refinancing of, the Issuer’s 3.625% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2025 (CUSIP No. 535919 AE 4) pursuant to certain Refinancing Exchange
Agreements by and between the Issuer and initial Holder of the Notes, dated as of April 20, 2009.
All things necessary to make (i) the Notes, when the Notes are executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, guaranteed fully and
unconditionally by the Company, the valid obligations of the Issuer, guaranteed fully and
unconditionally by the Company, (ii) the Note Guarantee the valid obligation of the Company, and
(iii) this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Company, in accordance with their and
its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Notes, as follows.
“Acquiror” means, in a transaction that is a Change in Control, the entity that
acquires the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be.
“Act of Holders” when used with respect to any Holder of a Note, has the meaning
specified in Section 16.4(a) hereof.
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[“Additional Interest” means any and all additional interest payable pursuant to
Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement.]1
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
“Person.” For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any
specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
“Applicable Daily Share Price” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
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Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of Issuer or the Company, as
the case may be, or any committee of such board empowered to act for it with respect to this
Indenture.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, duly adopted by such Board of
Directors and in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or Place of Conversion,
means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, are authorized or
obligated by law to close.
“Capital Shares” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in equity of
such Person, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, including, without
limitation, all common shares and preferred shares.
“Cash Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Cash Settlement Averaging Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Change in Control” means an event or series of events in which:
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Note: The square-bracketed provisions in this
form of indenture and related note relating to additional interest,
registration rights and private placement matters will be removed if not
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(a) any “person,” including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Capital
Shares of the Company entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of
all of the Capital Shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in elections of directors
(calculated without giving effect to any Common Shares issued or issuable by the Company upon
conversion of Notes pursuant to Article XIV hereof), other than any acquisition by the Company, any
Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan of the Company;
(b) the Company (1) consolidates with or merges into any other corporation or business entity
or conveys or transfers or leases all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any
other person, corporation or business entity or any other corporation or business entity merges
into the Company (except solely to the extent necessary to reflect a change in the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company), and, in any such case, (2) the holders of the Company’s Capital
Shares immediately before such transaction own, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation or business entity
resulting from, or the transferee in, such transaction (calculated without giving effect to any
Common Shares issued or issuable by the Company upon conversion of Notes pursuant to Article XIV
hereof);
(c) any “person,” including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of the
Issuer’s Capital Shares entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power
of all of the Capital Shares of the Issuer entitled to vote generally in elections of directors
(calculated without giving effect to any Common Shares issued or issuable by the Company upon
conversion of Notes pursuant to Article XIV hereof), other than any acquisition by the Company, the
Issuer or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective employee benefit plans;
or
(d) the Issuer (1) consolidates with or merges into any other corporation or business entity
or conveys or transfers or leases all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any other
person, corporation or business entity or any other corporation or business entity merges into the
Issuer (except solely to the extent necessary to reflect a change in jurisdiction of incorporation
of the Issuer or any parent of the Issuer), and, in any such case, (2) the holders of the Issuer’s
Capital Shares immediately before such transaction own, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of
the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation or business
entity resulting from, or the transferee in, such transaction (calculated without giving effect to
any Common Shares issued or issuable by the Company upon conversion of Notes pursuant to Article
XIV hereof);
provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur if at least 90% of
the consideration in the Change in Control transaction consists of Capital Shares traded primarily
on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted primarily on the Nasdaq National Market.
Beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC
under the Exchange Act (except that a person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all
shares that such person has the right to acquire, either immediately or
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with the passage of time).
The term “person” includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. In determining beneficial ownership, the Issuer may rely on
Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G filings filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.
“Closing Price” of any security on any date of determination means:
(1) the closing sale price (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported
sale price) of such security on the
New York Stock Exchange on such date;
(2) if such security is not listed for trading on the
New York Stock Exchange on any
such date, the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the
principal U.S. securities exchange on which such security is so listed;
(3) if such security is not so listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, the last reported sale price as reported by the Nasdaq National Market;
(4) if such security is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for such security in
the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar
organization; or
(5) if such bid price is not available, the average of the mid-point of the last bid
and ask prices of such security on such date from at least three nationally recognized
independent investment banking firms retained for this purpose by the Issuer or Company.
“Common Shares” means any shares 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 14.11 hereof, shares issuable on conversion
of Notes shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Shares, no par value per
share, of the Company at the date of execution of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes
resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by
the Company, provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the
shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number
of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
“Company” means the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Conversion Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 hereof.
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“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 14.2 hereof.
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.2 hereof.
“Conversion Price” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1 hereof.
“Conversion Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Conversion Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 14.1 hereof.
“Conversion Retraction Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered (which at the date of execution of this
Indenture is located at [ ] at [ ] and for purposes of
Section 10.2 shall be [ ],[ ]), or at any other time at
such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.
“Credit Facility Debt” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of Senior
Bank Facilities, including principal, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer or the
Company whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees,
charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder
or in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $340 million at any one time
outstanding.
“Current Market Price” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(g).
“Daily Cash Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Default” means an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be,
an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12 hereof.
“Defaulted Interest Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof.
“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
“Designated Event” means a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.
“Designated Event Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2 hereof.
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“Designated Event Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2 hereof.
“Designated Event Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2 hereof.
“Designated Event Repurchase Right” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2 hereof.
“Designated Senior Debt” means any Senior Debt (other than under any Senior Bank
Facility) in an original principal amount of not less than $50 million.
“Dollar,” “U.S. Dollar” or “U.S. $” means a dollar or other equivalent
unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1 hereof.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(f) hereof.
“Fair Market Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.4(g) hereof.
“Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(f) hereof.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name the Note is registered in the Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to
time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof.
“Interest Payment Date” means each March 15 and September 15, beginning September 15,
2009.
“Issuer” means the corporation named as “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Issuer Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 13.4 hereof.
“Make Whole Premium” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
“Make Whole Shares Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
“Make Whole Table” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
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“Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“Nasdaq National Market” means the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation National Market or any successor national securities exchange or automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
“Non-Electing Share” has the meaning specified in Section 14.11 hereof.
“Note Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 hereof.
“Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under the caption
“Recitals of the Issuer and the Company.”
“Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 hereof.
“Officer” means the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Vice President,
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate from the Issuer or the Company, as the
case may be, signed by its (a) Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer or Vice President, and (b) Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the
Issuer and/or the Company, as the case may be (and may include directors or employees of the Issuer
or the Company, as the case may be), and which opinion is acceptable to the Trustee.
“Optional Redemption” has the meaning specified in Section 12.2 hereof.
“Optional Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant
to Section 12.2 hereof, means the date fixed for an Optional Redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Optional Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 12.2(b) hereof.
“Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by its
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial
Officer or any Vice President, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Participants” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a) hereof.
“Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 hereof.
“Payment Blockage Period” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2(b) hereof.
“Payment Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(d)(i) hereof.
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“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or any entity similar to any of the foregoing
organized under the laws of other countries, or a governmental agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Physical Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(g) hereof.
“Place of Conversion” means any city in which any Conversion Agent is located.
“Place of Payment” means any city in which any Paying Agent is located.
“Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or
a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.7 hereof in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.
“Public Entity” means an entity with publicly-traded equity securities that are listed
on a United States national or regional securities exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market.
“Purchased Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(f) hereof.
“Purchasers” has the meaning specified in Section 12.9 hereof.
[“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.]
“Quarterly Dividend Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(e) hereof.
“Record Date” means either a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date, as the case
may be, provided that, for purposes of Section 14.4 hereof, Record Date has the meaning specified
in 14.4(g) hereof.
“Redemption Date” means any Optional Redemption Date.
“Redemption Price” means any Optional Redemption Price.
“Reference Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(d) hereof.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 hereof.
“Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 hereof.
[“Registration Default” has the meaning specified in Section 3 of the Registration
Rights Agreement.]
[“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement, dated as of
, 2009, among the Issuer, the Company and the initial Holders.]
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“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Notes [(including Additional
Interest, if any)] means the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, preceding an Interest Payment Date.
“Repurchase Date” means any Designated Event Repurchase Date or any Special Repurchase
Date, as the case may be.
“Repurchase Notice” means any Designated Event Repurchase Notice or any Special
Repurchase Notice, as the case may be.
“Repurchase Price” means any Designated Event Repurchase Price or any Special
Repurchase Price, as the case may be.
“Repurchase Right” means any Designated Event Repurchase Right or any Special
Repurchase Right, as the case may be.
“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the
Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, secretary, assistant secretary,
the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
[“Restricted Security” means a Note (or Common Share into which such Note has been
converted) that constitutes a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively
rely on any Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer with respect to whether any Note (or Common Share into
which such Note has been converted) constitutes a Restricted Security.]
“Restrictive Securities Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a) hereof.
[“Rule 144” means Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act (including any
successor rule thereof), as the same may be amended from time to time.]
[“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act (including any
successor rule thereof), as the same may be amended from time to time.]
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior Bank Facilities” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit, Security,
Guaranty and Pledge Agreement among the Issuer, Lions Gate UK Limited and Lions Gate Australia Pty
Limited, as Borrowers, the Company and certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, JPMorgan
Chase Bank and the other lenders referred to therein and Wachovia Bank, N.A., dated as of July 25,
2008 (the “Current Facility”) and any amendment, extension, modification or waiver thereof,
including any agreement extending the maturity of,
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refinancing, replacing or otherwise
restructuring (including increasing amounts available for borrowing thereunder or adding additional
guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Credit Facility Debt under such agreement or any
successor or replacement agreement, whether or not with the same lenders or agent, so long as any
such refinancing, or amendment, extension, modification or waiver of any then existing financing
(any such refinancing, or amendment, extension, modification or waiver, a “Later Financing”), is
secured by assets of the Company or the Issuer or their respective subsidiaries; provided, however,
that the lack of any validity or enforceability of any lien or other security interest purported to
be granted in connection with such Later Financing shall not affect the classification of such
Later Financing as a Senior Bank Facility.
“Senior Debt” means any existing and future obligations of a Person with respect to
(i) Credit Facility Debt (ii) Vendor Financing Debt and (iii) to the extent of the value of the
assets securing the debt described in this clause (iii), all secured financing in connection with
motion picture and television production and/or acquisition (including the rights of the
entertainment guilds pursuant to their collective bargaining agreements with the film and
television industries), and the acquisition of libraries and catalogues (either directly or through
acquisitions of entities whose principal assets consist of libraries and/or catalogues).
“Senior Non-monetary Default” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2 hereof.
“Senior Payment Default” has the meaning specified in Section 15.2 hereof.
“Settlement Notice Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.14 hereof.
“Share Price” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
“Share Price Cap” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
“Share Price Threshold” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 hereof.
[“Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights
Agreement.]
“Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation
S-K promulgated by the SEC.
“Special Record Date” has the meaning specified in Section 8.4 hereof.
“Special Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1 hereof.
“Special Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1 hereof.
“Special Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1 hereof.
“Special Repurchase Right” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1 hereof.
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“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Shares of
which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by
the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
“Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Termination of Trading” will be deemed to have occurred if the Common Shares (or
other common stock into which the Notes are convertible) are neither listed for trading on a U.S.
national securities exchange nor approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market or any similar
U.S. system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices, and no American
Depository Shares or similar instruments for such common stock are so listed or approved for
listing in the U.S.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section 77aaa- 77bbbb), as
in effect on the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA
is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended, or any successor statute.
“Trading Day” means:
(1) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for trading on the
New York Stock
Exchange or another national security exchange, a day on which the
New York Stock Exchange
or such other national security is open for business;
(2) if the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, a day on which
trades may be made thereon; or
(3) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any
day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Transfer Agent” means any Person, which may be the Company, authorized by the Company
to exchange or register the transfer of Notes, initially Mellon Investor Services LLC.
“Trigger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4(d) hereof.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“Vendor Financing Debt” means obligations of the Company or the Issuer, directly or by
guarantee, owing to Persons providing financing to any of such entities, which Persons are bona
fide suppliers of products or services to such entities, in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $75.0 million at any one time outstanding for all such Persons. If at any time there are
obligations outstanding to all such Persons in a principal amount in excess of $75.0 million, then
the Vendor Financing Debt shall be allocated, as among the holders of Vendor Financing Debt only,
in accordance with a schedule provided by the Issuer and the
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Company to the Trustee, or if no such
schedule has been provided, pro rata among the holders of the Vendor Financing Debt.
“Vice President” means any vice president of a corporation, whether or not designated
by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”
“Voting Shares” means with respect to any Person, Capital Shares of any class or kind
ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members
of the governing body of such Person.
“Withdrawal Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 13.5 hereto.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture securities” means the Notes;
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder;
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means
the Trustee; and
“obligor” on the Notes means the Issuer and the Company and any other obligor on the
indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rules have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
prevailing at the time of any relevant computation hereunder; and
(3) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
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(a) The Notes shall be known and designated as the “3.625% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2025” of the Issuer. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall initially be
limited to $66,581,000, but
may be reopened at any time and from time to time for the issuance of additional Notes, which Notes
shall have identical terms except that such additional Notes may have different initial issuance
prices and first interest payment dates.
(b) The Notes shall mature on March 15, 2025 (the “Maturity Date”).
(c) Interest shall accrue at a rate of 3.625% per annum on the principal amount of the Notes
calculated from March 15, 2009 or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid until
March 15, 2015 and thereafter interest shall accrue at a rate of 3.125% per annum on the principal
amount of the Notes until the principal of the Notes is paid or made available for payment pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture. Interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and
September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2009.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months, and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed.
Except as provided in the next succeeding paragraph, a Holder of any Note shall not be
entitled to receive any interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] that has accrued on such
Note if such Note is converted into Common Shares on any day other than an Interest Payment Date.
By delivering to the Holder of any Note that is converted into Common Shares the number of shares
issuable upon conversion, together with a cash payment, if any, in lieu of a fractional share, the
Issuer and the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligation with respect to such
Note. Accordingly, accrued but unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than
canceled, extinguished or forfeited.
If a Holder of any Note converts such Note after a Regular Record Date but prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date shall be
entitled to receive on the Interest Payment Date interest accrued [(including Additional Interest,
if any)] and paid on such Note, notwithstanding the conversion of such Note prior to such Interest
Payment Date. However, at the time such Holder surrenders such Note for conversion, such Holder
shall pay the Issuer an amount equal to the interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] that
will be paid on the Notes being converted on the Interest Payment Date. However, in the event that
(i) overdue interest, if any, exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note or (ii)
the Issuer calls any Notes for redemption or a Holder exercises its Designated Event Repurchase
Right for a Note on a Redemption Date or Designated Event Repurchase Date that is after a Record
Date for an interest payment but prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, and prior to
such Redemption Date or Repurchase Date a Holder of any Note chooses to convert such Note, then
such Holder shall not be required to pay
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the Issuer at the time such Holder surrenders such Note
for conversion the amount of interest on such Note such Holder shall be entitled to receive on the
date that has been fixed for redemption if such Holder’s conversion right would terminate because
of the redemption or repurchase between the Regular Record Date and the close of business on the
second Business Day following the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid
interest will be payable upon any conversion of Notes made concurrently with or after acceleration
of the Notes following an Event of Default.
Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Global Notes shall be payable to the
Depositary in immediately available funds.
Principal and premium, if any, and interest on maturity, on Physical Notes shall be payable at
the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose, initially the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee. Interest on Physical Notes (other than at maturity) will be payable by (i)
U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of
New York mailed to the address of the Holder, or
(ii) upon application to the Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date by a Holder, of an
aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, wire transfer in immediately available funds.
(d) The Notes shall be guaranteed as to payment and performance of conversion rights by the
Company as provided in Article III; provided that nothing herein shall require the Note Guarantee
to be endorsed on any Note and the failure to so endorse a Note Guarantee thereon shall not impair
the validity or enforceability of the Note Guarantee with respect to any such Note.
(e) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the
form set forth in EXHIBIT A, which is incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. The Notes
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
(f) The Notes are being offered and sold in reliance on [Section 3(a)(9) of][Rule 144A under]
the Securities Act and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes,
substantially in the form set forth in EXHIBIT A (the “Global Note”), deposited with the Trustee,
as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided and bearing the legends set forth in EXHIBITS B-1 and B-3. The aggregate
principal amount of the Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments
made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, as hereinafter provided,
subject to the limitations provided in Section 2.1(a) hereof on the aggregate principal amount of
the Global Note or Notes.
(g) Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15 may be
issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set
forth in EXHIBIT A (the “Physical Notes”) and, if applicable, bearing any legends required by
Section 2.17.
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SECTION 2.2 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
(a) One Officer of the Issuer shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature.
(b) If an Officer of the Issuer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at
the time the Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
(c) A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
(d) Upon an Order of the Issuer signed by one Officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal
amount of $66,581,000, as
shall be adjusted pursuant to the next sentence of this Section 2.2(d). Upon receipt by the
Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer requesting the Trustee to authenticate and
deliver additional Notes, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such specified principal
amount of additional Notes to or upon the Order of the Issuer signed as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence. Such Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer must be received by
the Trustee not later than the proposed date for delivery of such additional Notes.
(e) [Upon an Order of the Issuer signed by two Officers of the Issuer, the Trustee shall
authenticate Notes not bearing the Restrictive Securities Legend to be issued to the transferee
when sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act as set forth in
Section 2.16(c) hereof.]
(f) The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating
agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such authenticating agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer and its Affiliates.
(g) The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any positive integral multiple thereof.
(a) The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for payment (“Paying Agent”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
conversion (“Conversion Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their
transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint or change one or more co-registrars, one or more
additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents without notice and may act in
any such capacity on its own behalf. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any
additional conversion agent.
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(b) The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to
this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the
Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer may act as Paying Agent.
(c) The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent.
Subject to Section 15.2, each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders
or the Trustee all moneys held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Notes, and shall notify
the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such
default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold as a separate trust fund all
money held by it as Paying Agent.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders (the “Register”). If the Trustee is not
the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing the Register.
(a) Subject to Sections 2.15 and 2.16 hereof, when Notes are presented to the Registrar with a
request to register their transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of
other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if
its requirements for such transaction are met. To permit registrations of transfer and exchanges,
the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. The Issuer or the Trustee, as the
case may be, shall not be required (i) to issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange
any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of the Notes selected for redemption under Article XII hereof and ending at
the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Notes
being redeemed in part.
(b) No service charge shall be made for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, but the
Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.10, 12.6, 13.1, 13.2 or 14.2 not involving any transfer.
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(a) If the Holder claims that the Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, the
Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s
requirements are met and, in the case of a mutilated Note, such mutilated Note is surrendered to
the Trustee. In the case of lost, destroyed or stolen Notes, if required by the Trustee, an
indemnity bond must be provided by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to
protect the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note
is replaced. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to replacing a Note and any other reasonable
expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.
(b) In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such
Note when due.
(c) Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer only as provided in
Section 2.8.
(a) The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except
for those converted, those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those
described in this Section 2.8(a) as not outstanding. Except to the extent provided in Section 2.9,
a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or one of its subsidiaries or Affiliates
holds the Note.
(b) If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, or a court holds, that the replaced Note is held by a
protected purchaser, as that term is defined in the
New York Uniform Commercial Code.
(c) If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer) holds on a
Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Maturity Date money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that
date (or, if the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, if the Issuer has segregated and holds such money in
trust in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof), then on and after that date, such Notes shall be
deemed to be no longer outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue, and such Note shall
be deemed paid whether or not the Note is delivered to the Paying Agent. Thereafter, all other
rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate with respect to such Notes, other than the
right to receive the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or principal amount, as applicable.
(d) If a Note is converted in accordance with Article XIV hereof, then from and after the time
of conversion on the Conversion Date, such Note will cease to be outstanding, and interest, if any,
will cease to accrue on such Note.
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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 Issuer or any of its subsidiaries
or an Affiliate shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes.
Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive
Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar,
Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or cancellation in accordance with its customary
procedures. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article XIV.
If and to the extent the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer
shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent not prohibited by
applicable statute or case law, interest payable on the defaulted interest at the rate provided in
the Notes (the “Defaulted Interest”). The Issuer may pay the Defaulted Interest to the persons who
are Holders on a subsequent special record date fixed by the Issuer (a “Defaulted Interest Special
Record Date”). The Issuer shall fix such Defaulted Interest Special Record Date and payment date.
At least 15 days before the Defaulted Interest Special Record Date, the Issuer shall mail to
Holders a notice that states the Defaulted Interest Special Record Date, payment date and amount of
interest to be paid.
The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and if so, the Trustee
shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders;
provided, however, that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
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Prior to 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date,
Redemption Date and Repurchase Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with a Paying Agent in
immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest
Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date and Repurchase Date, as the case may be, in a timely
manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment
Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date and Repurchase Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.15 BOOK-ENTRY PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL NOTES.
(a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of such Depositary [and] (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary
[and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.17].
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Participants”) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Notes held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global
Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and Participants, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a Holder of any Notes.
(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, or in part, to the
Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. In addition, Physical Notes shall be
transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Notes if
(i) the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
any Global Note and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such
notice or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a
written request from the Depositary to issue Physical Notes.
(c) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note in its entirety to beneficial owners
pursuant to Section 2.15(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon written instructions from
the Issuer authenticate and deliver to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in
exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Physical Notes of authorized denominations.
(d) [Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an
interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15(b) shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.16, bear the Restrictive Securities Legend (as defined).]
(e) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action
which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
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(a) [TRANSFERS TO QIBS. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration
of any proposed transfer of a Restricted Security to a QIB:
(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security, whether or
not such Note bears the Restrictive Securities Legend, if (x) the requested transfer is
after the second anniversary of the issue date for the Notes; provided, however, that
neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has held any beneficial interest in such Note,
or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to the second anniversary of the issue date for
the Notes or (y) such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the
box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the
Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule
144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Note
stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that it is
purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of
Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as it has requested
pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware
that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
(ii) if the proposed transferor is a Participant seeking to transfer an interest in one
Global Note to a transferee who will hold such interest in another Global Note, upon receipt
by the Registrar of (x) written instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and
the Registrar’s procedures and (y) the appropriate certificates and other documents, if any,
required by clause (y) of paragraph (i) above, the Registrar shall register the transfer and
reflect on its books and records the date and (A) a decrease in the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Note through which the transferor held such interest in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be transferred and (B) an increase in the
aggregate principal amount of the Global Note through which the transferee proposes to hold
such interest, in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be
transferred.
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Registrar shall deliver only Notes
that bear the Restrictive Securities Legend unless (i) the requested transfer is after the second
anniversary of the issue date for the Notes (provided, however, that neither the Issuer nor any of
its Affiliates has held any beneficial interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time prior
to or on the second anniversary of the issue date), (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that neither
such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required
in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act or (iii) such Note
has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the
Holder selling such Notes has delivered to the Registrar or co-Registrar a notice in the form of
EXHIBIT C hereto. Upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee a notice of effectiveness,
a Note or Notes, an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.2 and an opinion of counsel
in the form of EXHIBIT D hereto and, if required by the Depositary, the Issuer shall deliver to the
Depositary a letter of representations in a form reasonably acceptable to the Depositary.
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications
received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this Section 2.16. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect
and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time
upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.
(a) [Each Global Note and Physical Note that constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the
legend (the “Restrictive Securities Legend”) as set forth in EXHIBIT B-1 on the face thereof until
after the second anniversary of the later of (i) the issue date for the Notes, and (ii) the last
date on which the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of such Note (or any
predecessor security) (or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act or any successor provision thereunder) (or such longer period of time as may be
required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws in the opinion of counsel for
the Issuer, unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the Holder thereof).
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(b) Each Common Share that constitutes a Restricted Security shall (A) bear the Restrictive
Securities Legend as set forth in EXHIBIT B-2 on the reverse thereof until after the second
anniversary of the later of (i) the issue date for the Common Share, and (ii) the last date on
which the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of such Common Share (or any
predecessor security) (or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act or any successor provision thereunder) (or such longer period of time as may be
required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws in the opinion of counsel for
the Issuer, unless otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the Holder thereof) and (B) bear the
Restrictive Securities Legend as set forth in EXHIBIT B-4 on the reverse thereof until the earlier
of (i) [ ], 2009 and (ii) the date of a final receipt for a Canadian prospectus that
qualifies the distribution of such Common Share under applicable Canadian securities laws.
(c) Each Global Note shall also bear the legend as set forth in EXHIBIT B-3.]
The Company hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as
surety, to each Holder and the Trustee, the payment of principal and interest on the Notes and the
Repurchase Price, if applicable, with respect to any Note (the “Obligations”) on an unsecured
senior subordinated basis (the “Note Guarantee”). The Note Guarantee ranks junior to all existing
and future Senior Debt of the Company. The Note Guarantee is effectively subordinated to all
indebtedness and other liabilities of all Subsidiaries of the Company (other than the Issuer).
Other than as set out above, the Note Guarantee ranks equally in right of payment with all of the
Company’s other existing and future liabilities that are not secured or are not otherwise
subordinated in favor of the Note Guarantee.
The Company waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of
the Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Company waives notice of any
default under the Notes or the Obligations. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be
affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes
or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any
rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture,
the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee
for the Obligations or any of them; or (e) any Change in Control of the Issuer.
The Company further agrees that the Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment
when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had
by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of any Obligations.
The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment or performance of the Obligations in
full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise,
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and shall not
be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by
reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Company
herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder
to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other
agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful
or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or
delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk
of the Company or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Company as a matter of law or
equity.
The Company further agrees that the Note Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, or
interest on, any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon
the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has
at law or in equity against the Company by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay
any of the Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
by redemption or otherwise, the Company hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand
by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee an amount equal to the
sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid
interest on such Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law).
The Company further agrees that, as between the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on
the other hand, (x) the maturity of any Obligations may be accelerated as provided in this
Indenture for the purposes of the Note Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of any Obligations and (y) in the event
of any such declaration of acceleration of such Obligations, such Obligations (whether or not due
and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Company for the purposes of this Note
Guarantee.
The Company also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section
3.1.
The Company has received, or will receive, direct or indirect benefits from the making of the
Note Guarantee.
To evidence the Note Guarantee to the Holders set forth in this Article III, the Company
hereby agrees to execute the Note Guarantee in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT E,
which shall be endorsed on each Note ordered to be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. The
Company hereby agrees that the Note Guarantee set forth in this Article III shall
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remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation
of such Note Guarantee. The Note Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its
authorized Officers prior to the authentication of the Note on which it is endorsed, and the
delivery of such Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute
due delivery of the Note Guarantee on behalf of the Company. Such signatures upon the Note
Guarantee may be by manual or facsimile signature of such officers and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Note Guarantee, and in case any such officer who shall have signed the
Note Guarantee shall cease to be such officer before the Note on which such Note Guarantee is
endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Issuer,
such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who
signed the Note Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of the Company.
In the event that the Company consolidates with, merges with or into, or sells, conveys,
transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its property and assets (in
one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person and the Company is not the
surviving entity, such surviving entity shall expressly assume all of the obligations of the
Company under this Article III and shall execute a Note Guarantee to evidence such obligation.
When:
(1) the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes previously
authenticated (other than any Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu
of, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered)
and not previously canceled, or
(2) the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee, within one year before the Notes have
become due and payable, whether at stated maturity or any other Redemption Date, or within
one year of the Notes being scheduled for conversion or otherwise, cash or Common Shares,
pursuant to Article XIV, sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Notes and all other sums
payable by the Issuer under this Indenture, and
if, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect
(except as to:
(i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and
conversion of Notes,
(ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of principal of and premium, if
any, and interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] on, the Notes and the other
rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee, and
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(iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the
Trustee, on written demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel (each stating that all conditions precedent herein relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) and at the cost and
expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture; provided, however, the Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee for
all amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.8 and Section 6.7 hereof and for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee and to compensate the
Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Notes.
Subject to Section 4.3 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1
hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, notwithstanding the provisions of
Article XIV hereof, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer if acting as
its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or redemption of
which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal, premium, if any, and interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)]. All monies
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for
the payment of Notes subsequently converted shall be returned to the Issuer upon request of the
Issuer.
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and subject to any applicable law,
any money held by the Trustee in trust for the payment and discharge of the principal, interest
[(including Additional Interest, if any)] or premium, if any, on any of the Notes which remains
unclaimed for two years after the date when each payment of such principal, interest and premium
has become payable shall be repaid within sixty days of such date by the Trustee to the Issuer as
its absolute property free from trust, and the Trustee shall thereupon be released and discharged
with respect thereto and the Holders shall look only to the Issuer for the payment of the
principal, interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] and premium, if any, on such Notes.
The Issuer may cause, or, if requested by the Issuer, the Trustee shall cause notice of such
payment to the Issuer to be mailed to each Holder of a Note entitled thereto prior to such payment.
The Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer or any Holder for interest on funds held by it for
the payment and discharge of the principal, interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] or
premium, if any, on of any of the Notes to any Holder. The Issuer shall not be liable for any
interest on the sums paid to it pursuant to this paragraph and shall not be regarded as a trustee
of such money.
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An “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever
the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note at its stated
maturity, upon redemption or exercise of a Repurchase Right or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of interest [or Additional Interest, if any,] on any Note when due
and payable and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default in the performance or breach of any term, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or
the Company in this Indenture or under the Notes and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 consecutive days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer or the Company by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Company and the Trustee by the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of
Default” hereunder;
(d) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the
Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness now
exists or shall be created hereafter, which default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of
such indebtedness by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, unless such indebtedness is
discharged (a “Payment Default”) or (ii) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness, unless
such acceleration is waived, cured, rescinded or annulled, the principal amount of any such
indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there
is then existing a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10
million or more;
(e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (A) relief in
respect of the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries in an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
(B) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries or (C) the
winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s
Significant Subsidiaries and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 30 consecutive days;
(f) the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries (A) commences a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (B)
consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
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assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s
Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer,
the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries or (C) effects any general assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or
(g) failure by the Issuer or the Company to provide the notice required under this Indenture
upon a Designated Event.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Notes (other than an Event of Default
with respect to the Issuer or the Company specified in Section 5.1(e) or 5.1(f) hereof) occurs and
is continuing and has not been cured or waived in accordance with this Indenture, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by written
notice to the Issuer or the Company specifying such Event of Default and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, may declare due and
payable 100% of the principal amount of all outstanding Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest
to the date of payment. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of payment shall be immediately due and payable.
(b) If an Event of Default with respect to the Issuer or the Company specified in Section
5.1(e) or 5.1(f) hereof occurs, all unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)] on the outstanding Notes shall become and be immediately due and
payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
(c) The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at a
meeting of Holders at which a quorum (as prescribed in Section 9.4) is present, may rescind and
annul an acceleration and its consequences if:
(1) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of or
interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] on the Notes which have become due solely
because of the acceleration, have been remedied, cured or waived, and
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction;
provided, however, that in the event of a declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes
because of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(d) shall have occurred and be continuing,
such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the indebtedness
that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the holders thereof have
waived, cured, rescinded or annulled their declaration of acceleration in respect of such
indebtedness, and written notice of such discharge or waiver, cure, rescission or annulment as the
case may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Issuer and countersigned by the holders of
such indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such
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declaration of acceleration in respect of the Notes and no other Event of Default has occurred
during such 30-day period which has not been cured or waived during such period.
If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may, in its discretion, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect
the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision
of the Notes.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding in which it may prosecute and enforce all rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes, even if it does not possess any of the Notes
or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.
The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of
Holders of the outstanding Notes at which a quorum (as prescribed in Section 9.4) is present, by
the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
represented at such meeting, may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive an existing
Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)] on any Note (provided, however, that subject to Section 5.7
hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may
rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that
resulted from such acceleration);
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under Section 8.2 hereof,
including Section 8.2(g), cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders
of each outstanding Note affected.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (or such
lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture) shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that:
(1) conflicts with any law or with this Indenture;
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(2) the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Holders not
joining therein, or
(3) may expose the Trustee to personal liability.
The Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent
with such direction.
No Holder of any Note shall have any right to pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Notes (including, instituting any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee) unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of an Event of
Default that is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it
against any costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in complying with such request;
(4) the Trustee has failed to comply with the request for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period, no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes (or such amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture);
provided, however, that no one or more of such Holders may use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Holder (including conversion rights) or to obtain preference or priority over
another Holder.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest [including Additional Interest, if any,] on such Note on the stated maturity
expressed in such Note, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date, and in the case of the
exercise of a Repurchase Right, on the Repurchase Date, and to bring suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates, and such right shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Each of the Issuer and Company, jointly and severally, covenants that if:
(1) a default is made in the payment of any interest [(including Additional Interest,
if any)] on any Note when such interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) a default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any
Note at the maturity thereof,
the Issuer and the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable (as expressed therein or as a result
of any acceleration effected pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof) on such Notes for principal and
premium, if any, and interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and
premium, if any, and on any overdue interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)], calculated
using the applicable interest rate specified in Section 2.1(c) hereof, and, in addition thereto,
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.
If the Issuer and the Company fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding
for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or
final decree and may enforce the same against the Issuer and/or the Company and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer
and/or the Company, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Notes by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Issuer or the Company or the property of the Issuer or the Company or its creditors, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made
any demand on the Issuer or the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest
[(including Additional Interest, if any)]) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
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(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and premium, if any,
and interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] owing and unpaid in respect of the
Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order
to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
Holders of Notes allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claim and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder of Notes to make such payments
to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders of Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.8.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept, or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Note, any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Note in any such proceeding.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Note has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of Notes shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder
and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no
such proceeding had been instituted.
No right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Notes is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right
and remedy given hereunder or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes may be exercised from time to
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time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes, as
the case may be.
Subject to Article XIII, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the
distribution of such money on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)], upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and premium, if
any, and interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] on the Notes in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal and premium, if any, and
interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)], respectively; and
THIRD: Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Issuer.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance
thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder of any Note for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] on any Note on or after the
stated maturity expressed in such Note (or, in the case of redemption or exercise of a Repurchase
Right, on or after the Redemption Date) or for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in
accordance with Article XIV.
Each of the Issuer and the Company, jointly and severally, covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and the Issuer and the Company (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive
all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that they will not hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power herein granted to the
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Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates
or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) the Trustee shall 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; and
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.5.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee in any of its
roles hereunder is subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. 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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(a) Subject to Section 6.1, the Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document; if, however, the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled during normal business hours to
examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney
upon reasonable prior notice.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate
of the Issuer and/or an Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer or to the Company. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’
Certificate of the Issuer or Opinion of Counsel to the Issuer or to the Company.
(c) Any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by
an Issuer Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Issuer.
(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel of the Issuer shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(e) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
which it believes to be authorized or within its discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture.
(g) Except with respect to Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the
performance of the Issuer with respect to the covenants contained in Article X hereof. In addition,
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any Default or
Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) or (ii) any Default or Event of
Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification or
obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under
Article X (other than Sections 10.4 and 10.7) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s
receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with
any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates of the Issuer).
(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested by
this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
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(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and its directors, officers,
employees and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer
setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any
person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer, including any person specified as
so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(k) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(l) No permissive power, right or remedy conferred upon the Trustee hereunder shall be
construed to impose a duty to exercise such power, right or remedy.
(m) [The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or inquire as to the performance of the Issuer
or Holders with respect to the Registration Rights Agreement. The Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of a Registration Default unless a Responsible Officer shall have received written
notification of such event.]
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have
if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must
comply with Sections 6.10 and 6.11.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture
or the Notes; it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s or the Company’s use of the proceeds
from the Notes; and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its
certificate of authentication.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing as to which the Trustee has received
notice pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a notice
of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs unless such Default or Event of
Default has been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of
any amounts due with respect to any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it
in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the best interests of Holders.
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(a) Within 60 days after each June 15 beginning with June 15, 2009, the Trustee shall mail to
each Holder if required by TIA Section 313(a) a brief report dated as of such June 15 that complies
with TIA Section 313(c). In such event, the Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b) and
Section 313(d).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Issuer
and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock
exchange.
(a) The Issuer and the Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation
for its services as shall be agreed upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b) The Issuer and the Company shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Trustee against any
and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel and taxes other than those based upon the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
(whether asserted by the Issuer, the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties hereunder. The Issuer
and the Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The Trustee shall notify
the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnification. The Issuer and the Company
need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee
through the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) To secure the Issuer’s and the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 6.7, the
Trustee shall 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 amounts due on particular Notes.
(d) The indemnity obligations of the Issuer and the Company with respect to the Trustee
provided for in this Section 6.7 shall survive any resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in Section 5.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall
become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this
Section 6.8.
(b) The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Issuer in writing 30 Business Days prior to
such resignation. 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 Issuer in writing and may
appoint a successor Trustee with the Issuer’s consent. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
(iii) a receiver or other 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 Trustee for
any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuer’s and the Company’s expense), the Issuer
or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10, any Holder may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 6.7.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers by sale or otherwise
all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, if such successor corporation
is otherwise eligible hereunder.
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There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder 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 (on a consolidated
basis) of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed
in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section
311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 7.1 ISSUER OR COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Issuer and the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their property and assets (in
one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person unless:
(1) either (A) the Issuer or the Company shall be the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person (the “Successor Company”), or (B) the Successor Company (if other than the
Issuer or the Company, as the case may be) (i) shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, and (ii) shall (together with
its ultimate parent company, if applicable) expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the
Issuer’s and, if the Successor Company that succeeds to the Issuer assumes only the
obligations under the Notes but not under the Guarantee, the Company’s obligations for the
due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium [and Additional Interest], if any)
and interest on all Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Issuer and the Company to be performed or observed and shall
have provided for conversion rights in accordance with Section 14.11 hereof;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Issuer and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article
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and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have
been complied with.
SECTION 7.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation of the Issuer or the Company with or merger of the Issuer or the
Company with or into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer or the Company to any Person in
accordance with Section 7.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Issuer or the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the
Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, herein, and in the event of any such conveyance or
transfer, the Issuer or the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the
“Issuer” or the “Company,” as the case may be, in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any
successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 7.1),
except in the case of a lease to another Person, shall be discharged of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.
SECTION 8.1 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Without the consent of any Holders of Notes, the Issuer and the Company, when authorized by
Board Resolutions of their respective Boards of Directors, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may amend this Indenture and the Notes to:
(a) add to the covenants of the Issuer and the Company for the benefit of the Holders of
Notes;
(b) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or the Company;
(c) make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Notes pursuant to
Section 14.11 hereof;
(d) provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s and the Company’s obligations to the Holders of
Notes in the case of a merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease pursuant to Article VII
hereof;
(e) reduce the Conversion Price; provided, that such reduction in the Conversion Price shall
not adversely affect the interest of the Holders;
(f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA;
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(g) [make any changes or modifications to this Indenture necessary in connection with the
registration of any Notes and the Common Shares to be delivered upon conversion of any Notes under
the Securities Act as contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement, provided, that such action
pursuant to this clause (g) does not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the
Issuer, adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;]
(h) cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or which is otherwise defective, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the Issuer, the
Company and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, provided, that such action pursuant to this clause (h) does not,
in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, adversely affect the interests
of the Holders in any material respect;
(i) add or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture which the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided, that such action
pursuant to this clause (i) does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders; or
(j) comply with the procedures of the Depositary.
SECTION 8.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
Except as provided below in this Section 8.2, this Indenture or the Notes may be amended,
modified or supplemented, and noncompliance in any particular instance with any provision of this
Indenture or the Notes may be waived, in each case (i) with the written consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes or (ii) by the adoption
of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the outstanding Notes at which a quorum (as prescribed
in Section 9.4) is present, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes represented at such meeting.
Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder so affected, an amendment,
modification or waiver under this Section 8.2 may not:
(a) change the maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)] on, any Note;
(b) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest (including [Additional
Interest or] any payment of liquidated damages, if any) on any Note;
(c) change the currency of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)] on any Note;
(d) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment in or
with respect to any Note;
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(e) modify the obligations of the Issuer or the Company to maintain an office or agency in The
City of
New York pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof;
(f) amend the Designated Event Repurchase Right after the occurrence of a Change in Control or
the right to convert any Note in a manner adverse to the Holders; provided, however, that the
execution of a supplemental indenture solely to permit an Acquiror to assume the Issuer’s or the
Company’s obligations under the Notes shall not be deemed to be adverse to the Holders;
(g) modify the redemption payment provisions of this Indenture in a manner adverse to the
Holders;
(h) reduce the percentage of aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding necessary to
waive a default or amend or modify this Indenture, except to provide that certain other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
outstanding Note affected thereby; or
(i) reduce the requirements of Section 9.4 hereof for quorum or voting, or reduce the
percentage of aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver provided for in this Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Notes under this Section 8.2 to approve
the particular form of any proposal supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture
that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a written consent to it by a
Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a
Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note; provided, however, that unless a record date shall have been established,
any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of a Note if
the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective.
An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective on receipt by the Trustee of written
consents from or affirmative votes by, as the case may be, the Holders of the requisite percentage
of aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and thereafter shall bind every Holder of
Notes; provided, however, if the amendment, supplement or waiver makes a change described in any of
the clauses (a) through (i) of Section 8.2 hereof, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind
only each Holder of a Note which has consented to it or voted for it, as the case may be, and every
subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that
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evidences the same indebtedness as the Note of the consenting or affirmatively voting, as the
case may be, Holder.
The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a special record date (a “Special Record
Date”) for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement
or waiver, which Special Record Date shall be not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation
of such consent. If a Special Record Date is fixed, then notwithstanding the proviso in the first
paragraph of this Section 8.4, those Persons who were Holders at such Special Record Date (or their
duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent
previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such Special Record
Date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such Special Record
Date unless consents from Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of outstanding
Notes required hereunder for the effectiveness of such consents shall have also been given and not
revoked within such 90 day period.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note:
(a) the Trustee may require the Holder of a Note to deliver such Notes to the Trustee, the
Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the
Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Note thereafter authenticated; or
(b) if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article VIII if the amendment
does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If the
amendment does adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee, the
Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture.
ARTICLE IX
MEETING OF HOLDERS OF NOTES
SECTION 9.1 PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Notes may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this
Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
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consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders of Notes.
SECTION 9.2 CALL NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified
in Section 9.1 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of
New York as the
Trustee may determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the
place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall
be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.2 hereof, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days
prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Issuer, pursuant to an Issuer Board Resolution, or the Holders of
at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call
a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 9.1 hereof, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days
after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Issuer or the Holders of Notes in the amount specified, as the case may
be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
SECTION 9.3 PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Notes, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of
one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who
shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled
to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and
any representatives of the Issuer and its counsel.
SECTION 9.4 QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall
constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any
such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In
any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at
any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not
less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in
Section 9.2(a) hereof, except that such notice need be given only once and not less than five days
prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2
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hereof) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided by the Persons entitled
to vote not less than a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes represented and voting at
such meeting.
Any resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of Notes duly held in
accordance with this Section 9.4 shall be binding on all the Holders of Notes, whether or not
present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 9.5 DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such
reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to
proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment
and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting
as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations,
the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 9.3 hereof and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 9.3 hereof. Such
regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be
presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 9.3 hereof or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman (which may be
the Trustee) of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer or by Holders
of Notes as provided in Section 9.2(b) hereof, in which case the Issuer or the Holders of Notes
calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the
meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall
be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by
the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right
to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Notes duly called pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof at which a
quorum (as prescribed in Section 9.4) is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the
meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 9.6 COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written
ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held
or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two
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inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any
resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the
proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting
and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts
setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 9.2 hereof and, if applicable, Section 9.4 hereof. Each copy shall be signed
and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee,
the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
(a) The Issuer shall pay all amounts due with respect to the Notes on the dates and in the
manner provided in this Indenture and the Notes. All such amounts shall be considered paid on the
date due if the Paying Agent holds (or, if the Issuer is acting as Paying Agent, if the Issuer has
segregated and holds in trust in accordance with Section 2.4) on that date money sufficient to pay
the amount then due with respect to the Notes.
(b) The Issuer shall pay interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Notes.
(a) The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or
agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or
co-Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or conversion
and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may
be served. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the office
of the Trustee). If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
(b) The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies
where the Notes 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 Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency.
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(c) The Issuer hereby designates the office of the Trustee at 0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, as an agency of the Issuer in
accordance with Section 2.3.
(a) [The Issuer and the Company shall, upon request, provide to any Holder or beneficial owner
of Notes or prospective purchaser of Notes that so requests the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) until such time as the Notes and the underlying Common Shares
have been registered by the Issuer and the Company for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement. In addition, the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, will
furnish such Rule 144A(d)(4) information if, at any time while the Notes or the Common Shares
issuable upon conversion of the Notes are restricted securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act, the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, is not subject to the informational
requirements of the Exchange Act.]
(b) The Issuer will comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
(c) The Issuer and the Company (at its own expense) will deliver to the Trustee within 15 days
after the filing of the same with the SEC, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the
information, documents and other financial reports, if any, which the Issuer or the Company may be
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or which the
Issuer or the Company furnishes to its shareholders or stockholders. In the event the Issuer or the
Company, as the case may be, is at any time no longer subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, shall
continue to provide the Trustee with such quarterly and annual reports and other financial reports,
if any, which the Issuer or the Company, as the case may be, furnishes to its shareholders or
stockholders. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Issuer’s and the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to
which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on the Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and
the Company).
The Issuer and the Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2009) of the Issuer an Officers’
Certificate of the Issuer and the Company stating whether or not the signers know of any Default or
Event of Default by the Issuer or the Company in performing any of its obligations under this
Indenture or the Notes. If they do know of any such Default or Event of Default, the Officers’
Certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and its status.
SECTION 10.5 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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 enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
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affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (in each case, to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Subject to Article VII, the Issuer and the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective corporate existence and
the corporate existence of each of their respective subsidiaries in accordance with the respective
organizational documents of each subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and
franchises of the Issuer and the Company, as the case may be, and their respective subsidiaries;
provided, however, that the Issuer and the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right, license or franchise, or the corporate existence of any subsidiary, if in the judgment of
their respective Board of Directors (i) such preservation or existence is not material to the
conduct of business of the Issuer and the Company, respectively and (ii) the loss of such right,
license or franchise or the dissolution of such subsidiary does not have a material adverse impact
on the Holders.
In the event that any Default or Event of Default shall occur, the Issuer will give prompt
written notice of such Default or Event of Default to the Trustee.
ARTICLE XI
MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM
SECTION 11.1 MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, unless the Acquiror in such Change in Control
is a Public Entity or is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Public Entity and the Issuer
indicates in the notice required to be sent to Holders pursuant to Section 11.2(c) hereof that it
elects to provide for the Notes to be convertible into common shares of the Public Entity, the
Issuer will pay, on the Designated Event Repurchase Date, the Make Whole Premium, if any, to
Holders that convert their Notes pursuant to Section 14.1 hereof at any time after the date of the
Issuer Notice required pursuant to Section 13.4 hereof but on or before the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Repurchase Date.
(b) The Make Whole Premium shall be equal to an additional number of Common Shares calculated
in accordance with Section 11.1(c) hereof. The Make Whole Premium will be in addition to, and not
in substitution for, any cash, securities, or other assets otherwise due to Holders of Notes upon
conversion or repurchase.
(c) The “Make Whole Premium” shall be equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be
converted divided by $1,000 and multiplied by the applicable number of Common Shares determined
pursuant to the table below (the “Make Whole Table”) based on the Share Price and the Effective
Date:
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MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
(NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL COMMON SHARES)
EFFECTIVE DATE
SHARE PRICE ON
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EFFECTIVE DATE |
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4/18/09 |
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3/15/10 |
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3/15/11 |
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3/15/12 |
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3/15/13 |
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3/15/14 |
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3/15/15 |
5.36
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28.0416
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34.2605
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38.8007
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40.9738
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44.3540
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49.8520
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65.3551 |
5.50
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27.3278
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33.3885
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37.1580
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39.0549
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41.9940
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46.6990
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60.6061 |
6.50
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23.1236
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27.8033
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27.9944
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28.4695
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29.1330
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29.7176
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32.6341 |
7.00
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21.4719
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24.7700
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24.6719
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24.6972
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24.6459
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23.9461
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21.6450 |
8.00
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18.7879
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20.1177
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19.6461
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19.0910
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18.1364
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15.8980
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3.7879 |
9.00
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16.7003
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16.7517
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16.0784
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15.2119
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13.7982
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10.8978
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0.0000 |
10.00
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14.8177
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14.2292
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13.4538
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12.4317
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10.8131
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7.7373
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0.0000 |
12.50
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10.7075
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10.0981
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9.2759
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8.1861
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6.5563
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3.8682
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0.0000 |
15.00
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8.2138
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7.6521
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6.8940
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5.9028
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4.4883
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2.3981
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0.0000 |
17.50
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6.5612
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6.0611
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5.3912
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4.5297
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3.3472
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1.7391
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0.0000 |
20.00
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5.3961
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4.9558
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4.3714
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3.6321
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2.6489
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1.3811
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0.0000 |
25.00
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3.8682
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3.5276
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3.0836
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2.5377
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1.8432
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0.9912
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0.0000 |
30.00
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2.9206
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2.6531
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2.3103
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1.8981
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1.3873
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0.7659
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0.0000 |
35.00
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2.2837
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2.0694
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1.7990
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1.4797
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1.0903
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0.6130
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0.0000 |
40.00
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1.8286
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1.6538
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1.4355
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1.1834
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0.8779
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0.4995
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0.0000 |
50.00
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1.2290
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1.1079
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0.9593
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0.7925
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0.5928
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0.3424
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0.0000 |
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(i) If the Share Price is between two share price amounts on the Make Whole Table or
the Effective Date is between two dates on the Make Whole Table, the Make Whole Premium will
be determined by straight-line interpolation between Make Whole Premium amounts set forth
for the higher and lower share price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a
365-day year (or a 366-day year if the Effective Date occurs in a leap year). |
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(ii) If the Share Price is in excess of $50.00 (subject to adjustment as described in
Section 11.3, the “Share Price Cap”), the Make Whole Premium shall be equal to zero Common
Shares. |
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(iii) If the Share Price is less than $5.36 (subject to adjustment as described in
Section 11.3, the “Share Price Threshold”), the Make Whole Premium shall be equal to zero
Common Shares. |
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(iv) In no event shall the shares issuable upon conversion per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes converted pursuant to Article XIV hereof be in excess of 186.5672 Common Shares
(subject to adjustment as described in Section 11.3, the “Make Whole Shares Cap”). |
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(v) |
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For purposes of this Section 11.1(c), the following terms shall have the respective
meanings indicated: |
(1) “Effective Date” means the date that a Change in Control becomes effective.
(2) “Share Price” means the price paid per share of Common Share in the transaction
constituting the Change in Control, determined as follows:
(A) if holders of Common Shares receive only cash in the transaction
constituting the Change in Control, the Share Price shall equal the cash amount paid
per share of Common Share; and
(B) in all other cases, the Share Price shall equal the average Closing Price
of a Common Share over the five Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Effective Date.
(d) The Issuer shall pay the Make Whole Premium in cash, Common Shares, or a combination of
cash and Common Shares pursuant to Section 14.14 hereof; provided, however, that any payment of the
Make Whole Premium in cash shall be valued at the Share Price calculated in accordance with Section
11.1(c) hereof.
(e) On or prior to the Designated Event Repurchase Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the
Paying Agent a number or an amount of Common Shares, and cash, if any, sufficient to pay the Make
Whole Premium with respect to all the Notes to be repurchased on such date and all the Notes
converted in connection with such Change in Control; provided that if such payment is made on the
Designated Event Repurchase Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, on such date.
SECTION 11.2 ISSUER’S OPTION TO PROVIDE FOR CONVERSION INTO SHARES OF ACQUIROR IN LIEU OF MAKE
WHOLE PREMIUM.
(a) If a Change in Control occurs that would otherwise trigger the obligation of the Issuer to
pay the Make Whole Premium pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof and the Acquiror is a Public Entity or
is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Public Entity, the Issuer may elect to provide for the
Notes to be convertible into Common Shares of such Public Entity in lieu of paying the Make Whole
Premium. The Issuer may elect to provide for the conversion of the Notes into Common Shares of such
Public Entity (and thus to be under no obligation to pay the Make Whole Premium) so long as:
(i) the common shares of the Public Entity into which the Notes will be convertible
are, subject to notification of issuance, listed on the principal United States securities
exchange on which the issued and outstanding common shares of the Public Entity are listed
or, if not so listed, on the NASDAQ National Market;
(ii) the common shares of the Public Entity are registered under the Exchange Act; and
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(iii) the common shares of the Public Entity into which the Notes will be convertible
are registered under the Securities Act and any necessary qualification or registration
under applicable state securities laws have been made (subject to the availability of any
exemption from such qualification and registration requirements).
(b) If the conditions contained in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 11.2(a) are not
satisfied on or prior to the effectiveness of the Change in Control, the Issuer shall pay the Make
Whole Premium in connection with the Change in Control to electing Holders as described under
Article XIII and Section 14.1 hereof.
(c) The Issuer shall give to all Record Holders and to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, in
the manner provided in Section 16.2 hereof on or before the 10th day after the Issuer has become
aware of a Change in Control, a notice indicating Issuer’s intent to either pay the Make Whole
Premium or to provide for the Notes to be convertible into common shares of the Public Entity. Such
notice shall be in the same form as required under Section 13.4 hereof and shall include the amount
and basis of calculation of the Make Whole Premium.
SECTION 11.3 ADJUSTMENTS RELATING TO MAKE WHOLE PREMIUM.
Each time that the Conversion Rate is adjusted by the Issuer pursuant to Section 14.4 hereof,
(A) the Share Price Threshold, the Share Price Cap and each of the share prices set forth in the
left hand column of the Make Whole Table shall be adjusted (rounded to the nearest cent) by
multiplying each 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 as so
adjusted, and (B) the Make Whole Shares Cap and each of share amounts set forth in the body of the
Make Whole Table shall be adjusted (rounded to the nearest one-one hundredth of a share) in the
same manner as the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 14.4 hereof.
ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
SECTION 12.1 [RESERVED]
SECTION 12.2 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) The Issuer shall not redeem the Notes at any time prior to March 15, 2015.
(b) On or after March 15, 2015, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole at
any time or in part from time to time (an “Optional Redemption”) at the redemption price of 100.00%
of the principal amount of such Notes (the “Optional Redemption Price”) payable in cash; provided,
however, that the Issuer may not redeem the Notes if the Issuer has failed to pay any interest on
the Notes and such failure to pay is continuing, or if the principal amount of the Notes has been
accelerated.
(c) The Issuer shall pay any interest on the Notes called for redemption pursuant to this
Section 12.2 (including those Notes which are converted into Common Shares after a Regular Record
Date but prior to the Optional Redemption Date) accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the
Optional Redemption Date. Such interest shall be paid to the Holder entitled
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to the Optional Redemption Price; provided that if the Optional Redemption Date is an Interest
Payment Date, the Issuer shall pay the interest to the Holder of the Note at the close of business
on the corresponding Regular Record Date.
SECTION 12.3 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to an Optional Redemption (such election to be
evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Issuer), it shall notify the Trustee at least 35 but no more
than 60 days prior to the Optional Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee) of such intended Optional Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and the CUSIP numbers of the Notes to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.4 SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED.
If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional Redemption, the Trustee
shall select the particular Notes to be redeemed in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral
multiples thereof from outstanding Notes by a method that complies with the requirements of any
exchange on which the Notes are listed, or, if the Notes are not listed on an exchange, on a pro
rata basis or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary or by lot in
accordance with any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. Notes and portions
thereof that the Trustee selects shall be in amounts equal to the minimum authorized denominations
for Notes to be redeemed or any integral multiple thereof.
If any Note selected for partial redemption pursuant to an Optional Redemption is converted in
part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Notes so
selected, the converted portion of such Note shall be deemed to be the portion selected for
redemption (provided, however, that the Holder of such Note so converted and deemed redeemed shall
not be entitled to any additional interest payment as a result of such deemed redemption over the
amount that such Holder would have otherwise been entitled to receive upon conversion of such Note.
Notes which have been converted during a selection of Notes to be redeemed pursuant to an Optional
Redemption may be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Registrar in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption pursuant to
an Optional 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 Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to
be redeemed.
SECTION 12.5 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
(a) [Reserved.]
(b) Notice of an Optional Redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 16.2
hereof to the Holders of Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall be given not
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less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Optional Redemption Date. All notices of an
Optional Redemption shall state:
(1) the Optional Redemption Date;
(2) the Optional Redemption Price and interest accrued and unpaid to the Optional
Redemption Date, if any;
(3) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the aggregate principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes which will be
outstanding after such partial redemption;
(4) that on the Optional Redemption Date the Optional Redemption Price and, as provided
in Section 12.2(c), interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption
Date, [and Additional Interest, if any,] will become due and payable upon each such Note to
be redeemed, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after such date;
(5) the Conversion Price then in effect, the date on which the right to convert the
principal of the Notes to be redeemed will terminate and the places where such Notes may be
surrendered for conversion;
(6) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the
Optional Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest, if any;
(7) the CUSIP number of the Notes; and
(8) the last date on which exchanges or transfers of Notes may be made pursuant to
Section 2.6 hereof, and shall specify the serial numbers and the portions thereof called for
redemption.
(c) Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given
by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the
Issuer.
SECTION 12.6 EFFECT OF NOTICES OF REDEMPTION.
(a) Notice of redemption having been given as provided in Section 12.5 hereof, the Notes so to
be redeemed shall, on the Optional Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Optional
Redemption Price therein specified (and, as provided in Section 12.2(c), accrued interest [and
Additional Interest, if any,] to but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date) and from and after
such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Optional Redemption Price and
accrued and unpaid interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest [and Additional Interest, if
any]; provided that the Issuer may specify in such notice conditions to the redemption of the Notes
that must be met on or prior to the Optional Redemption Date, including the receipt of proceeds
from concurrent equity or other financings, in which case the Optional Redemption Date shall not
occur, and the Notes to be redeemed shall not be due and payable at the Optional Redemption Price,
until such conditions are satisfied. The Issuer shall give, or
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instruct the Trustee to give, notice to the Holders of any failure to satisfy such conditions
prior to the Optional Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance
with such notice (including the satisfaction of all applicable conditions), such Note shall be paid
by the Issuer at the Optional Redemption Price (and, as provided in Section 12.2(c), [Additional
Interest and] accrued interest, if any, to but excluding the Optional Redemption Date); provided,
however, that the installments of interest on Notes with an Interest Payment Date prior to or on
the Optional Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more
Predecessor Notes, registered as such on the relevant Record Date according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 2.6 hereof.
(b) If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid when due upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid, bear interest from the Optional
Redemption Date, as the case may be, at the interest rate set forth on the Note.
SECTION 12.7 DEPOSIT OF OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or before the Trading Day immediately preceding the Optional Redemption Date, the Issuer
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Optional
Redemption Price of, and accrued and unpaid interest [and Additional Interest, if any,] on all the
Notes to be redeemed on that Optional Redemption Date other than any Notes called for redemption on
that date which have been converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If any Note called for redemption is converted prior to the Optional Redemption Date, any
money deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the
redemption of such Note shall (subject to any right of the Holder of such Note or any Predecessor
Note to receive interest as provided in the third paragraph of Section 2.1(c) hereof) be paid to
the Issuer on request of the Issuer or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such
trust.
SECTION 12.8 NOTES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of
the Issuer designated for that purpose pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof (with, if the Issuer or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or the Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
SECTION 12.9 CONVERSION ARRANGEMENT ON CALL FOR REDEMPTION.
In connection with any redemption of Notes, the Issuer may arrange for the purchase and
conversion of any such Notes called for redemption by entering into an agreement with one or more
investment banks or other purchasers (the “Purchasers”) to purchase all or a portion of such Notes
by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Holders, on or before the Redemption Date, an
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amount not less than the applicable Redemption Price (together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date[, including Additional Interest, if any]) of such Notes. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Article XII, the obligation of the Issuer to pay the Redemption
Price (together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date[, including Additional Interest, if
any]) shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by such
Purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into (a copy of which shall be filed with the Trustee
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date), any
Notes called for redemption that are not duly surrendered for conversion by the Holders thereof
may, at the option of the Issuer, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and consistent
with any such agreement or agreements with such Purchasers, to be acquired by such Purchasers from
such Holders and (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XII)
surrendered by such Purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business
on the Redemption Date (and the right to convert any such Notes shall be extended through such
time), subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid. At the direction of the Issuer, the
Trustee shall hold and dispose of any such amount paid to it by the Purchasers to the Holders in
the same manner as it would monies deposited with it by the Issuer for the redemption of Notes.
Without the Trustee’s prior written consent, no arrangement between the Issuer and such Purchasers
for the purchase and conversion of any Notes shall increase or otherwise affect any of the powers,
duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in this Indenture, and the
Issuer agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense arising out of or in connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion
of any Notes between the Issuer and such Purchasers, including the reasonable costs and expenses,
including reasonable legal fees, incurred by the Trustee in the defense of such claim or liability.
(a) On each of March 15, 2015, 2018 and 2023 (each, a “Special Repurchase Date”), the Holder
shall have the right (the “Special Repurchase Right”) at the Holder’s option to require the Issuer
to repurchase for cash any outstanding Note for which a written Special Repurchase Notice has been
delivered to the Issuer or its designated agent by the Holder in accordance with this Section 13.1
and not withdrawn. Holders may submit a Special Repurchase Notice to the Issuer or its designated
agent at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the
Special Repurchase Date until the close of business on such Special Repurchase Date. The “Special
Repurchase Price” of the Note shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Note, plus
accrued and unpaid interest [and Additional Interest, if any] to, but excluding, the Special
Repurchase Date. Interest [and Additional Interest, if any,] will be paid to the Record Holder as
of the related Record Date.
(b) To exercise a Special Repurchase Right, a Holder shall deliver to the Issuer or its
designated agent, (i) prior to the close of business on the Special Repurchase Date, written notice
of the Holder’s exercise of such right (the “Special Repurchase Notice”) which such notice shall
state:
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(1) the name of the Holder;
(2) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Notes that
the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, or if no certificated Notes have been issued,
such information as may be required under the applicable procedures of the Depositary and
this Indenture;
(3) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes that the Holder will deliver to be
repurchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof (or the entire
principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder), and if any Note is to be repurchased in
part, the name of the Person in which the portion thereof to remain Outstanding after such
repurchase is to be registered subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.16 hereof;
and
(4) that such Notes shall be repurchased by the Issuer as of the Special Repurchase
Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Notes and this Indenture; and
(ii) the Notes with respect to which the Special Repurchase Right is being exercised, duly
endorsed for transfer (or, if any Note is not certificated, the Special Repurchase Notice
must comply with Depositary procedures).
(c) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer of the receipt by it of a Special
Repurchase Notice.
(d) Any repurchase by the Issuer contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13.1
shall be consummated by the delivery from the Issuer to the Paying Agent of the consideration to be
received by the Holder on the Trading Day immediately following the Special Repurchase Date.
(e) Unless the Issuer shall have heretofore called for redemption all of the outstanding
Notes, not less than 20 Business Days prior to each Special Repurchase Date, the Issuer shall give
to all Holders of Notes and to the Trustee, in the manner provided in Section 16.2, notice of the
Special Repurchase Right and each such notice shall state:
(i) the Special Repurchase Date;
(ii) the Special Repurchase Price;
(iii) a description of the procedures that a Holder must follow to exercise a Special
Repurchase Right, including for certificated Notes, the place or places where certificated
Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Repurchase Price, and for interests
in Global Notes, such information as may be required under the applicable procedures of the
Depositary and this Indenture for payment of the Special Repurchase Price;
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(iv) that on the Special Repurchase Date the Special Repurchase Price will become due
and payable upon each such Note designated by the Holder to be repurchased, and that
interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after such date;
(v) the Conversion Rate then in effect and the place or places where Notes may be
surrendered for conversion; and
(vi) the place or places that the Special Repurchase Notice shall be delivered.
No failure of the Issuer to give the foregoing notices or defect therein shall limit any Holder’s
right to exercise a Special Repurchase Right or affect the validity of the proceedings for the
repurchase of Notes. If any of the foregoing provisions or other provisions of this Article XIII
are inconsistent with applicable law, such law shall govern.
(a) In the event that a Designated Event shall occur at any time prior to the Maturity Date,
then each Holder shall have the right (the “Designated Event Repurchase Right”), at such Holder’s
option, to require the Issuer to repurchase, and upon the exercise of such right the Issuer shall
repurchase, such Holder’s Notes, in whole or in part, of U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of
U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof or the entire principal amount of the Notes held by any Holder
(provided that no single Note may be repurchased in part unless the portion of the principal amount
of such Note to be Outstanding after such repurchase is equal to U.S. $1,000 or integral multiples
of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof), on the date specified by the Issuer (the “Designated Event
Repurchase Date”) that is not less than 20 nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of the
Issuer Notice (as defined in Section 13.4) at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest [and Additional Interest, if
any], to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date (the “Designated Event Repurchase
Price”); provided, however, that installments of interest, if any, on Notes with an Interest
Payment Date on or prior to the Designated Event Repurchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of
such Notes registered as such on the relevant Record Date according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 2.1 hereof. The Designated Event Repurchase Price to be paid upon a
Designated Event shall be paid in cash.
(b) To exercise a Designated Event Repurchase Right, a Holder shall deliver to the Issuer or
its designated agent (i) prior to the close of business on the Designated Event Repurchase Date
specified in the Issuer Notice, written notice of the Holder’s exercise of such right, which notice
shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased (and,
if any Note is to repurchased in part, the serial number thereof, the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be repurchased and the name of the Person in which the portion thereof to remain
Outstanding after such repurchase is to be registered, subject to Section 2.16 hereof) and a
statement that an election to exercise the Designated Event Repurchase Right is being made thereby
(the “Designated Event Repurchase Notice”), and (ii) the Notes with respect to which the Designated
Event Repurchase Right is being exercised duly endorsed for transfer (or, if any Note is not
certificated, the Designated Event Repurchase Notice must comply with
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Depositary procedures). The Issuer shall pay or deposit funds with the Paying Agent in the
amount of the Designated Event Repurchase Price for the Notes to be repurchased on the Trading Day
immediately following the Designated Event Repurchase Date.
(c) The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer of the receipt by it of a Designated
Event Repurchase Notice.
(d) Any repurchase by the Issuer contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13.2
shall be consummated by the delivery from the Issuer to the Paying Agent of the consideration to be
received by the Holder on the Trading Day immediately following the Designated Event Repurchase
Date.
SECTION 13.3 [RESERVED]
(a) Unless the Issuer shall have theretofore called for redemption all of the outstanding
Notes, on or before the 10th day after the Issuer becomes aware of the occurrence of a Designated
Event, the Issuer shall give to all Holders of Notes and to the Trustee, in the manner provided in
Section 16.2, notice (the “Issuer Notice”) of the occurrence of the Designated Event and of the
Designated Event Repurchase Right set forth herein arising as a result thereof.
(b) Each Issuer Notice shall state:
(i) the Designated Event Repurchase Date,
(ii) the date by which the Designated Event Repurchase Right must be exercised,
(iii) whether the Designated Event is a Termination of Trading or a Change in Control,
(iv) the Designated Event Repurchase Price,
(v) if the Designated Event is a Change in Control and the Acquiror is a Public Entity
or is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a Public Entity, whether the Issuer elects to pay
the Make Whole Premium, as provided in Section 11.2 hereof,
(vi) if the Designated Event is a Change in Control and the Issuer must, or in the case
of a Change in Control in which the Acquiror is a Public Entity or is a direct or indirect
subsidiary of a Public Entity, elects, to pay the Make Whole Premium, the proportion of the
Make Whole Premium to be paid in cash and Common Shares pursuant to Section 14.14 hereof,
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(vii) a description of the procedure that a Holder must follow to exercise a Designated
Event Repurchase Right, and the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for
payment of the Designated Event Repurchase Price,
(viii) that on the Designated Event Repurchase Date the Designated Event Repurchase
Price will become due and payable upon each such Note designated by the Holder to be
repurchased, and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after such date,
(ix) the Conversion Rate then in effect and the place or places where such Notes may be
surrendered for conversion, and
(x) the place or places that the Note certificate with the election of Holder to
require repurchase as specified in form of Global Note shall be delivered.
(c) No failure of the Issuer to give the foregoing notices or defect therein shall limit any
Holder’s right to exercise a repurchase right or affect the validity of the proceedings for the
repurchase of Notes.
(d) If any of the foregoing provisions or other provisions of this Article XIII are
inconsistent with applicable law, such law shall govern.
A Holder may withdraw any Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to
the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the Repurchase Date (“Withdrawal Notice”). The
Withdrawal Notice must state:
(a) the principal amount of the withdrawn Notes;
(b) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the withdrawn Notes (or,
if the Notes are not certificated, the Withdrawal Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary
procedures); and
(c) the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the Repurchase Notice.
(a) Payment of the Repurchase Price for a Note for which a Repurchase Notice has been
delivered and not withdrawn is conditioned upon book-entry transfer or delivery of such Note,
together with necessary endorsements, to the Paying Agent at its corporate trust office in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or any other office of the Paying Agent, at any time
after delivery of the Repurchase Notice. The Issuer shall pay or deposit funds with the Paying
Agent in the amount of the Repurchase Price for the Note on the Trading Day immediately following
the Repurchase Date.
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(b) If the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of the Notes on the
Trading Day immediately following the Repurchase Date, then, on and after the Trading Day
immediately following the Repurchase Date:
(i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding;
(ii) interest will cease to accrue in respect of any date from and after the Repurchase
Date; and
(iii) all other rights of the Holder will terminate, other than the right to receive
the Repurchase Price upon delivery of the Notes.
(c) This will be the case whether or not book-entry transfer to the Notes has been made or the
Notes have been delivered to the Paying Agent. Installments of interest that mature on or prior to
the Repurchase Date shall be payable in cash to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at the option of the
Holder thereof, any outstanding Note or any portion of the principal amount thereof which is $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted into duly authorized, fully paid and
nonassessable Common Shares, at the Conversion Rate, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect
at the time of conversion and subject to adjustment, as described below. Such conversion right
shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2025
unless the Notes or a portion thereof have been previously called for redemption or repurchase. A
Note for which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase Notice pursuant to Article XIII hereof may be
surrendered for conversion only if such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Article XIII hereof.
(b) The rate at which Common Shares shall be delivered upon conversion (the “Conversion Rate”)
shall be initially equal to 121.2121 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. The
Conversion Price of the Notes (the “Conversion Price”) shall be initially equal to $8.25 per Common
Share. The Conversion Rate and the Conversion Price shall be adjusted in certain instances as
provided in Section 14.4 hereof.
(c) In case a Note or portion thereof is called for repurchase or redemption, such conversion
right in respect of the Note or the portion so called, shall expire at the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding a Repurchase Date or a Redemption Date, unless the Issuer
defaults in making the payment due upon repurchase or redemption. In the case of a Change in
Control for which the Holder exercises its Designated Event Repurchase Right with respect to a Note
or portion thereof, such conversion right in respect of the Note or portion thereof shall expire at
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Repurchase
Date.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article XIV, any conversion of the Notes held
by a resident of Canada will be subject to the availability of a prospectus exemption under
applicable Canadian securities laws until such time as a final receipt has been issued for a
Canadian prospectus qualifying the distribution of the underlying Common Shares.
In order to exercise the conversion right with respect to any interest in a Global Note, the
beneficial holder must complete, or cause to be completed, the appropriate instruction form for
conversion pursuant to the Depositary’s book-entry conversion program; deliver, or cause to be
delivered, by book-entry delivery an interest in such Global Note; furnish appropriate endorsements
and transfer documents if required by the Issuer or the Trustee or Conversion Agent; and pay the
funds, if any, required by this Section 14.2 and any transfer taxes if required pursuant to Section
14.8.
In order to exercise the conversion right with respect to any Note in certificated form, the
Issuer must receive at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the City
of New York or, at the option of such Holder, the Corporate Trust Office, such Note with the
original or facsimile of the form entitled “Conversion Notice” on the reverse thereof, duly
completed and manually signed, together with such Notes duly endorsed for transfer, accompanied by
the funds, if any, required by this Section 14.2. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address or addresses) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Shares
which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be issued, and shall be accompanied by transfer or
similar taxes, if required pursuant to Section 14.8.
Except to the extent that the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of
principal upon conversion pursuant to Section 14.14(b), the Issuer may, in lieu of delivery of
Common Shares in satisfaction of the Issuer’s obligation upon conversion of the Notes by any
Holder, elect to deliver cash or a combination of cash and Common Shares pursuant to Section 14.14.
If the Issuer elects to settle in Common Shares only pursuant to Section 14.14, as promptly as
practicable after satisfaction of the requirements for conversion set forth above, subject to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer if shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in a
name other than that of the Holder (as if such transfer were a transfer of the Note or Notes (or
portion thereof) so converted), the Issuer shall cause the Company to
issue and shall deliver to such
Holder at the office or agency maintained by the Issuer for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2,
(i) a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Shares issuable upon the
conversion of such Note or portion thereof as determined by the Issuer in accordance with the
provisions of Section 14.14 and (ii) cash or a check or cash in respect of any fractional interest
in respect of a share of Common Shares arising upon such conversion, calculated by the Issuer as
provided in Section 14.3. If the Issuer elects to settle in cash or a combination of cash and
Common Shares pursuant to Section 14.14, the cash and, if applicable, a certificate or certificates
for the number of full shares of Common Shares into which the Notes are converted (and cash in lieu
of fractional shares) will be delivered to the Holder after satisfaction of the requirements for
conversion set forth above, in accordance with Section 14.14. In case any Note of a denomination
greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial
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conversion, and subject to Section 2.2, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to the Holder, a
new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the surrendered Note.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Note (or portion thereof)
on the date on which the requirements set forth above in this Section 14.2 have been satisfied as
to such Note (or portion thereof) (the “Conversion Date”), and the Person in whose name any
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Shares shall be issuable upon such conversion
shall be deemed to have become on said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby;
provided that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of the Issuer shall be
closed shall constitute the Person in whose name the certificates are to be issued as the record
holder thereof for all purposes on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are
open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date.
To the extent provided in Section 2.1, Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from
the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date (except in the case of any Note whose maturity is prior to such Interest
Payment Date) shall be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds
acceptable to the Issuer of an amount equal to the interest [and Additional Interest, if any,] to
be received on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of Notes being surrendered for
conversion, as well as any taxes or duties payable pursuant to Section 14.8. To the extent provided
in Section 2.1, Notes (i) for which overdue interest, if any, exists at the time of conversion with
respect to such Notes or (ii) which have been called for redemption by the Issuer in a notice of
redemption pursuant to Section 12.5 or that are submitted for repurchase by the Holder in a
Designated Event Repurchase Notice, and which are converted prior to redemption or repurchase,
shall not require such concurrent payment to the Issuer upon surrender for conversion, if such
Holder’s conversion right would terminate because of the redemption or repurchase between the
Regular Record Date and the close of business on the second Business Day following the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date and if converted during the time period set forth in this
sentence, the Holders of such converted Notes shall be entitled to receive (and retain) any accrued
interest on the principal of such surrendered Notes[, and Additional Interest, if any].
Notes shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time on
the day of surrender of such Notes for conversion in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and
at such time the rights of the Holders of such Notes as Holders shall cease, and the Person or
Persons entitled to receive the Common Shares issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all
purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Shares at such time. As promptly as
practicable on or after the Conversion Date, the Issuer shall cause to be issued and delivered to
such Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full Common Shares issuable
upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share as provided in Section
14.3 hereof.
Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Conversion Agent, or the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary, at the direction of the Conversion Agent, shall make a
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notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby.
The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversions of Notes effected through any
Conversion Agent.
Except for accrued and unpaid interest payable through a Regular Record Date with respect to a
Note converted after such Regular Record Date but prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
upon the conversion of a Note, a Holder will not receive any cash payment of accrued and unpaid
interest [or Additional Interest, if any]. Accrued and unpaid interest[, and Additional Interest,
if any,] is deemed to be paid in full with the Common Shares (together with the cash payment, if
any in lieu of fractional shares) rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.
In the case of any Note which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the
Issuer, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Notes.
If Common Shares to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted Security, or Notes to be issued
upon conversion of a Restricted Security in part only, are to be registered in a name other than
that of the Holder of such Restricted Security, such Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent a
Conversion Notice, dated the date of surrender of such Restricted Security and signed by such
Holder, as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted Security.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent shall be required to
register in a name other than that of the Holder of Common Shares or Notes issued upon conversion
of any Restricted Security not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.
The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Conversion Agent.
No fractional Common Shares shall be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes. If more than
one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares which shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of
any fractional Common Shares which would otherwise be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes
(or specified portions thereof), the Issuer shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction
(calculated to the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the
Closing Price of the Common Shares as of the Trading Day preceding the date of conversion.
Each time that the Conversion Price is adjusted by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 14.4,
the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted (rounded to the nearest one-ten thousandth) by multiplying
the Conversion Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Price immediately prior
to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Price as so adjusted.
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The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustments, calculated by the Issuer, from time to
time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders
of the outstanding Common Shares in Common Shares, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the date following the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive such dividend or other distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price
by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding at the
close of business on the Record Date (as defined in Section 14.4(g)) fixed for such
determination, and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total
number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day
following the Record Date. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section
14.4(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to the
Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been
declared.
(b) In case the outstanding Common Shares shall be subdivided into a greater number of Common
Shares, 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 Common Shares shall be combined into a smaller number of Common Shares, 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.
(c) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants (other than any rights or warrants
referred to in Section 14.4(d)) to all holders of its outstanding Common Shares entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or securities convertible into Common Shares) at a price
per share (or having a conversion price per share) less than the Current Market Price (as defined
in Section 14.4(g)) on the Record Date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to
receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business
on the date after such Record Date by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding at the
close of business on the Record Date plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering
price of the total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase (or the
aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities so offered) would purchase at such
Current Market Price, and
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(ii) the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on the
close of business on the Record Date plus the total number of additional Common Shares so
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered
are convertible).
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day
following the Record Date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights
or warrants. To the extent that Common Shares (or securities convertible into Common Shares) are
not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants, upon the expiration or termination of such
rights or warrants the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would
then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made
on the basis of the delivery of only the number of Common Shares (or securities convertible into
Common Shares) actually delivered. In the event that such rights or warrants are not so issued, the
Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect
if such date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or
warrants had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to
subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at less than such Current Market Price, and in determining
the aggregate offering price of such Common Shares, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received for such rights or warrants, the value of such consideration if other than
cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
(d) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its
Common Shares any class of Capital Shares of the Company (other than any dividends or distributions
to which Section 14.4(a) applies) or evidences of its indebtedness or other assets, including
securities, but excluding (1) any rights or warrants referred to in Section 14.4(c), (2) any stock,
securities or other property or assets (including cash) distributed as dividends or distributions
in connection with a reclassification, change, merger, combination, sale, conveyance, consolidation
or statutory share exchange to which Section 14.11 hereof applies and (3) any dividends or
distributions paid exclusively in cash, (the securities described in foregoing are hereinafter in
this Section 14.4(d) called the “securities”), then, in each such case, subject to the second
paragraph of this Section 14.4(d), the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall be
equal to the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to
the close of business on the Record Date (as defined in Section 14.4(g)) with respect to such
distribution by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (determined as provided in
Section 14.4(g)) on such date less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Issuer, whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a Board
Resolution of the Issuer) on such date of the portion of the securities so distributed
applicable to one Common Share (determined on the basis of the number of Common Shares
outstanding on the Record Date), and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the Record Date. However, in the event that the then fair market value (as so determined)
of the portion of the securities so distributed applicable to one Common
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Share is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price on the Record Date, in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to
receive upon conversion of a Note (or any portion thereof) the amount of securities such Holder
would have received had such Holder converted such Note (or portion thereof) immediately prior to
such Record Date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the
Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect
if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
If the Board of Directors of the Issuer determines the fair market value of any distribution
for purposes of this Section 14.4(d) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for
any securities comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices
in such market over the same period (the “Reference Period”) used in computing the Current Market
Price pursuant to Section 14.4(g) to the extent possible, unless the Board of Directors of the
Issuer in a Board Resolution determines in good faith that determining the fair market value during
the Reference Period would not be in the best interest of the Holder. For purposes of any
calculation under this Section 14.4(d) in which the distribution consists of Capital Shares of one
or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries or other business units, if such Capital Shares are listed or
quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or other national or regional exchange or market and Closing
Prices are available during the relevant calculation period, the fair market value of such Capital
Shares so listed or quoted shall be the average of the daily Closing Prices per share or unit of
such Capital Shares for the ten consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth
Trading Day after the “ex” date (as defined in Section 14.4(g) hereof) with respect to the
distribution requiring such computation.
Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Shares entitling the
holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase the Company’s Capital Shares (either initially or
under certain circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event
or events (a “Trigger Event”):
(1) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Shares;
(2) are not exercisable; and
(3) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Shares,
shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.4(d) (and no
adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Section 14.4(d) will be required) until the
occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event. If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent events,
upon the occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become exercisable to purchase different
securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or entitle the holder to purchase a different
number or amount of the foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a different purchase
price, then the occurrence of each such event shall be deemed to be the date of issuance and record
date with respect to a new right or warrant (and a termination or expiration of the existing right
or warrant without exercise by the holder thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution
(or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type
described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto, that resulted in an adjustment to the
Conversion Price under this Section 14.4(d):
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(4) in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall all have been redeemed or
repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall be
readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or
Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per
share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder of Common Shares with respect to
such rights or warrant (assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants), made to
all holders of Common Shares as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and
(5) in the case of such rights or warrants all of which shall have expired or been
terminated without exercise, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted as if such rights and
warrants had never been issued.
For purposes of this Section 14.4(d) and Sections 14.4(a), 14.4(b) and 14.4(c), any dividend
or distribution to which this Section 14.4(d) is applicable that also includes Common Shares, a
subdivision or combination of Common Shares to which Section 14.4(c) applies, or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares to which Section 14.4(c) applies (or any combination
thereof), shall be deemed instead to be:
(6) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, assets, shares of
capital stock, rights or warrants other than such Common Shares, such subdivision or
combination or such rights or warrants to which Sections 14.4(a), 14.4(b) and 14.4(c) apply,
respectively (and any Conversion Price reduction required by this Section 14.4(d) with
respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made), immediately followed by
(7) a dividend or distribution of such Common Shares, such subdivision or combination
or such rights or warrants (and any further Conversion Price reduction required by Sections
14.4(a), 14.4(b) and 14.4(c) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be
made), except:
(A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall be substituted as
(x) “the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
dividend or other distribution,” “Record Date fixed for such determinations” and
“Record Date” within the meaning of Section 14.4(a), (y) “the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective” and “the day upon which such combination becomes
effective” within the meaning of Section 14.4(b), and (z) as “the date fixed for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants,” “the
Record Date fixed for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive such
rights or warrants” and such “Record Date” within the meaning of Section 14.4(c),
and
(B) any Common Shares included in such dividend or distribution shall not be
deemed “outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination” within the meaning of Section 14.4(a) and any reduction or increase
in the number of Common Shares resulting from such
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subdivision or combination shall be disregarded in connection with such
dividend or distribution.
(e) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its
Common Shares cash (excluding any cash that is distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger,
combination, sale, conveyance, consolidation or statutory share exchange to which Section 14.11
hereof applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section 14.4(d) hereof), then and in
each such case, immediately after the close of business on the Record Date of such distribution,
the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such
Record Date by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on such Record
Date less the full amount of such distribution, in each case, applicable to one Common
Share, and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on the Record
Date.
However, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, whose determination shall be
conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution of the Issuer, the Issuer may in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment, make adequate provision so that each Holder shall have the right to receive
upon conversion of a Note (or any portion thereof) the amount of cash such Holder would have
received had such Holder converted such Note (or portion thereof) immediately prior to such Record
Date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price
shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such dividend
or distribution had not been declared.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, adjustments to the Conversion Price resulting from the
distribution of any quarterly cash dividends shall not cause the
Conversion Rate to exceed 195.44 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the “Quarterly Dividend Cap”). Each time that
the Conversion Rate is adjusted by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 14.4 for any reason other
than the distribution of any quarterly cash dividends, the Quarterly Dividend Cap shall be adjusted
(rounded to the nearest one-ten thousandth of a share) in the same manner as the Conversion Rate is
adjusted pursuant to this Section 14.4.
(f) In case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to all
holders of Common Shares for all or any portion of the Common Shares shall expire and such tender
or exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to
shareholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or
exchange offer) of Purchased Shares (as defined below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair
market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, whose determination shall be
conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution of the Issuer), as of the expiration of such tender
or exchange offer that exceeds the Current Market Price (determined as provided in Section 14.4(g))
as of the last time (the “Expiration Time”) tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to
such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) times the number of Common Shares outstanding
(including any tendered or
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exchanged shares) on the Expiration Time, then, and in each such case, immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day after the date of the Expiration Time, 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 close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a
fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding (including
any Purchased Shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Current Market Price of the
Common Shares on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, and
(ii) the denominator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined by the
Board of Directors of the Issuer, whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a
Board Resolution of the Issuer) of the aggregate consideration payable to shareholders based
on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer)
of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the
shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased
Shares”) and (y) the product of the number of Common Shares outstanding (less any Purchased
Shares) as of the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the Common Shares on the
Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time.
Such reduction (if any) shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on
the day following the Expiration Time. In the event that the Company is obligated to purchase
shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by
applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the
Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect
if such tender or exchange offer had not been made. If the application of this Section 14.4(f) to
any tender or exchange offer would result in an increase in the Conversion Price, no adjustment
shall be made for such tender or exchange offer under this Section 14.4(f).
(g) For purposes of this Section 14.4, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(1) “Current Market Price” shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per
Common Share for the ten consecutive Trading Days ending on the earlier of the date of
determination and the day before the “ex” date (as defined below) with respect to the
distribution requiring such computation; provided, however, that for purposes of any
calculation under Section 14.4(d) in which the distribution consists of Capital Shares of
one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries or other business units, the Current Market Price
shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per Common Share for the ten consecutive
Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day after the “ex” date with
respect to the distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this definition,
“ex” date shall mean:
(A) with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which
the Common Shares trade regular way on the relevant exchange or
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in the relevant market from which the Closing Price was obtained without the
right to receive such issuance or distribution;
(B) with respect to any subdivision or combination of Common Shares, means the
first date on which the Common Shares trade regular way on such exchange or in such
market after the time at which such subdivision or combination becomes effective,
and
(C) with respect to any tender or exchange offer, means the first date on which
the Common Shares trade regular way on such exchange or in such market after the
Expiration Time of such offer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion Price are
called for pursuant to this Section 14.4, such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market
Price as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 14.4 and to avoid
unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
(2) “fair market value” shall mean the amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing
seller in an arm’s length transaction; provided, however, that for purposes of any
calculation under Section 14.4(d) hereof in which the distribution consists of Capital
Shares of one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries or other business units, if such Capital
Shares are listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or other national or regional
exchange or market and Closing Prices are available during the relevant calculation period,
the fair market value of such Capital Shares so listed or quoted shall be the average of the
daily Closing Prices per share or unit of such Capital Shares for the ten consecutive
Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day after the “ex” date (as
defined in this Section 14.4(g)) with respect to the distribution requiring such
computation.
(3) “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other
transaction or event in which the holders of Common Shares have the right to receive any
cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Shares (or other applicable
security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other
property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash,
securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors of the
Company or by statute, contract or otherwise).
(h) The Issuer may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required
by Sections 14.4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f), as the Board of Directors of the Issuer considers
to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Shares or rights to
purchase Common Shares resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire
stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Issuer from time to time may reduce the
Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days and the
reduction is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors of the Issuer
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determines in good faith that such reduction would be in the best interests of the Issuer,
which determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution of the Issuer. Whenever
the Conversion Price is reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall mail to the
Trustee and each Holder at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Register a notice of the
reduction at least 15 days prior to the date the reduced Conversion Price takes effect, and such
notice shall state the reduced Conversion Price and the period during which it will be in effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action taken under the two immediately preceding paragraphs
shall be subject to approval of the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange (or
other applicable regulatory approval).
Adjustment to the Conversion Price is not necessary if Holders may participate in the
transactions otherwise giving rise to an adjustment on a basis and with notice that the Board of
Directors of the Issuer determines to be fair and appropriate. Such participation is subject to
acceptance by the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. In cases where the fair
market value of the portion of assets, debt securities or rights, warrants or options to purchase
securities of the Company applicable to one Common Share distributed to shareholders exceeds the
average sale price per Common Share, or the average sale price per share of options on Common
Shares so distributed by less than $1.00, rather than being entitled to an adjustment in the
Conversion Price, a Holder, upon conversion of a Note, will be entitled to receive (in addition to
the Common Shares into which such Note is convertible) the kind and amounts of assets, debt
securities or rights, options or warrants comprising the distribution that such Holder would have
received if such Holder had converted such Note immediately prior to the record date for
determining the shareholders entitled to receive such distribution.
(i) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 14.4(i) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article
XIV shall be made by the Issuer and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment need be made for a change in
the par value or no par value of the Common Shares.
(j) In any case in which this Section 14.4 provides that an adjustment shall become effective
immediately after a Record Date for an event, the Issuer may defer until the occurrence of such
event (i) issuing to the Holder of any Note converted after such Record Date and before the
occurrence of such event the additional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of
the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Shares issuable upon such
conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to such holder any amount in
cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 14.3 hereof.
(k) For purposes of this Section 14.4, the number of Common Shares 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 Common Shares. The Company will not
pay any dividend or make any distribution on Common Shares held in the treasury of the Company.
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(l) If the distribution date for the rights provided in the Company’s rights agreement, if
any, occurs prior to the date a Note is converted, (i) the Holder of the Note who converts such
Note after the distribution date is entitled to receive the rights that would otherwise be attached
(but for the date of conversion) to the Common Shares received upon such conversion and (ii) no
adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price pursuant to clause 14.4(b).
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided (other than in the case of an
adjustment pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 14.4(h) for which the notice required by
such paragraph has been provided), the Issuer shall promptly file with the Trustee and any
Conversion Agent an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price
and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based; provided that the
Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify the accuracy of the adjusted Conversion Price.
Promptly after delivery of such Issuer Officers’ Certificate, the Issuer shall prepare a notice
stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price
and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective, and shall mail such notice to each Holder
at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Register within 20 days of the effective date of
such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not effect the legality or validity of any
such adjustment.
In case at any time after the date hereof:
(1) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common
Shares payable otherwise than in cash out of its capital surplus or its consolidated
retained earnings;
(2) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its Common Shares of
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class (or
of securities convertible into shares of capital stock of any class) or of any other rights;
(3) there shall occur any reclassification of the Common Shares of the Company (other
than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Shares, a change in par value, a
change from par value to no par value or a change from no par value to par value), or any
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or combination to which the Company is a
party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or the sale,
transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(4) there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding
up of the Company;
the Issuer shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of securities pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof, and shall cause to be provided to the
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Trustee and all Holders in accordance with Section 16.2 hereof, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any
case specified in clause (1) or (2) above) prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating:
(A) 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 Shares of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or
(B) the date on which such reclassification, merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange, combination, sale, transfer, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected
that holders of Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common
Shares for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, merger, consolidation, statutory 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 or actions described in clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 14.6.
(a) The Company shall at all times use its best efforts to reserve and keep available, free
from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Shares, for the purpose of
effecting the conversion of Notes, the full number of fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares
then issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding Notes.
(b) The Issuer and the Company will have agreed to contribute the Common Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Notes pursuant to this Article XIV to the Issuer by the date hereof.
Except as provided in the next sentence, the Issuer will pay any and all taxes (other than
taxes on income) and duties that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of Common
Shares on conversion of Notes pursuant hereto. A Holder delivering a Note for conversion shall be
liable for and will be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue and delivery of Common Shares in a name other than that of the
Holder of the Note or Notes to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless the
Person requesting such issue has paid to the Issuer the amount of any such tax or duty, or has
established to the satisfaction of the Issuer that such tax or duty has been paid.
The Issuer and the Company, jointly and severally, covenant that all Common Shares which may
be issued upon conversion of Notes will upon issue be fully paid and
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nonassessable and, except as provided in Section 14.8, the Issuer will pay all taxes, liens
and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
All Notes delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee to be canceled by or at
the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 2.11.
If any of following events occur, namely:
(i) any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Shares (including a
compulsory share exchange but other than changes resulting from a subdivision or
combination), as a result of which holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive
stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof)
with respect to or in exchange for such Common Shares,
(ii) any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or combination of the Company
with another corporation as a result of which holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to
receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination
thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Shares or
(iii) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets
of the Company to any other Person as a result of which holders of Common Shares shall be
entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any
combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Shares,
then the Issuer and the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be,
shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the TIA as in
force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture is
then required to so comply) providing that each Note shall be convertible into the kind and amount
of shares of stock and other securities or property or assets (including cash or any combination
thereof) which the Holder thereof would have been entitled to receive upon such reclassification,
change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance had such
Notes been converted into Common Shares immediately prior to such reclassification, change, merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder of
Common Shares did not exercise its rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of
securities, cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, statutory share
exchange, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of securities, cash or other
property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale or conveyance
is not the same for each Common Share in respect of which such rights of election shall not have
been exercised (“Non-Electing Share”), then for the purposes of this Section 14.11 the kind and
amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange, sale or conveyance for each Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and
amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the Non-
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Electing Shares). The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer and
the Company as to whether any such supplemental indenture is required to and does comply with the
TIA. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent
as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XIV. If, in the case of any
such reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale
or conveyance, the stock or other securities and assets receivable thereupon by a holder of Common
Shares includes shares of stock or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such reclassification, change, merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental
indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional
provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Boards of Directors of the
Issuer and the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to
the extent practicable the provisions providing for the repurchase rights set forth in Article XIII
hereof.
The Issuer shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to
each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Register, within 20 days after
execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such
supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section 14.11 shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales and
conveyances.
If this Section 14.11 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 14.4 hereof shall not apply.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, and any Conversion Agent shall
not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine whether any
facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature
or intent of any such adjustments 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,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with
respect to the validity or value (of the kind or amount) of any Common Shares, or of any other
securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any
Note; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for
any failure of the Issuer or the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver
any shares or share certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Note for
the purpose of conversion; and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, and
any Conversion Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any failure of the Issuer or the
Company to comply with any of the covenants of the Issuer or the Company contained in this Article
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, any Holder of a Note shall not have
the right to convert any Note to the extent that, after giving effect to such conversion, the
Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on the applicable conversion notice,
would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately
after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of
Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates shall include the number of
Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Note with respect to which the determination of such
sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which would be issuable upon
(A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of the Note beneficially owned by the Holder
or any of its affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion
of any other securities of the Issuer or the Company (including, without limitation, any other
Notes) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein, beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 14.13, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this Section 14.13, in
determining the number of outstanding Common Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding Common Shares as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by
the Company or (z) any subsequent notice by the Issuer, the Company or the Company’s transfer agent
setting forth the number of Common Shares outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the
Holder, the Company shall promptly confirm 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 conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the Note, by
the Holder or its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding Common Shares
was reported. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be responsible for monitoring
compliance with this Section 14.13 and, absent written direction from the Issuer or Company to the
contrary, may assume that any Conversion Notice complies with this restriction.
SECTION 14.14 OPTION TO SATISFY CONVERSION OBLIGATION WITH CASH, COMMON SHARES OR A COMBINATION
THEREOF
(a) Except to the extent that the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of
principal upon conversion pursuant to Section 14.14(b), the Issuer may, in lieu of delivery of
Common Shares in satisfaction of the Issuer’s obligation upon conversion of the Notes by any
Holder, elect to deliver cash or a combination of cash and Common Shares. The Issuer shall notify
such Holder through the Trustee of the method the Issuer chooses to satisfy its obligation upon
conversion, including the Make Whole Premium, if any, (the “Conversion Obligation”), (i) in the
Issuer’s notice of redemption, if the Issuer has called the Notes for redemption, (ii) 26 Trading
Days immediately preceding the Maturity Date in respect of Notes to be converted during the period
beginning 25 Trading Days immediately preceding the Maturity Date and ending one Trading Day
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, and (iii) no later than two Trading Days immediately
following the Conversion Date in all other cases (such period, the “Settlement Notice Period”). If
the Issuer elects to satisfy any portion of its Conversion Obligation in cash, the Issuer shall
specify in such notice the amount to be satisfied
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in cash either as a percentage of the Conversion Obligation or as a fixed dollar amount. The
Issuer shall treat all holders converting on the same Trading Day in the same manner. The Issuer
shall not have any obligation to satisfy Conversion Obligations arising on different Trading Days
in the same manner.
Except to the extent the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal
upon conversion, if the Issuer elects to satisfy any portion of its conversion obligation in cash
(other than cash in lieu of fractional shares), such Holder may retract its Conversion Notice at
any time during the two Trading Day period beginning on the Trading Day after the Issuer has
notified the Trustee of its method of settlement (the “Conversion Retraction Period”). A Holder
cannot retract its Conversion Notice if: (a) the Issuer elected to make a cash payment of principal
upon conversion before such Holder delivered its Conversion Notice; (b) such Holder is converting
its Notes in connection with a redemption; (c) such Holder is converting its Notes during the
period beginning 25 Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date and ending one Trading Day preceding
the Maturity Date; or (d) the Issuer does not elect to satisfy any portion of its conversion
obligation in cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional shares).
With respect to each Holder that exercises its conversion right in accordance with this
Indenture, if such Holder’s Conversion Notice has not been retracted, assuming all of the other
requirements have been satisfied by such Holder, then settlement (a) in Common Shares only shall
occur as soon as practicable after the Issuer notifies the Trustee that settlement shall be in
Common Shares only, and (b) in cash or in a combination of cash and Common Shares shall occur on
the second Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
Such day will be the 26th Trading Day following the receipt by the Issuer of a Holder’s Conversion
Notice (if such Holder does not retract its Conversion Notice and assuming all other conversion
requirements have been satisfied), unless conversion is:
(i) in connection with a redemption, in which case such day will be the Redemption
Date;
(ii) during the period beginning 25 Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date and ending
one Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date, in which case such day will be the Maturity
Date (whether or not the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal
upon conversion); or
(iii) after the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon
conversion, in which case such day will be the 22nd Trading Day following the receipt by the
Issuer of such Holder’s Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the Issuer has
irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion and conversion is
during the period beginning 25 Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date and ending one
Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date, such day will be the Maturity Date.
The settlement amount will be computed as follows:
(i) if the Issuer elects to satisfy the entire Conversion Obligation in Common Shares,
the Issuer will deliver to such holder a number of shares of Common Shares equal
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to (1) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be converted divided by 1,000,
multiplied by (2) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (plus cash in lieu of
fractional shares calculated as provided in Section 14.3);
(ii) if the Issuer elects to satisfy the entire Conversion Obligation in cash, the
Issuer will deliver to such Holder cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Cash
Amounts for each day during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
The “Daily Cash Amount” means, for each day during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the
product of:
(1) a number equal to (A) the aggregate principal amount of notes to be converted
divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date;
(2) the Applicable Daily Share Price; and
(3) 5%.
(iii) If the Issuer elects to satisfy the Conversion Obligation in a combination of
cash and common shares, it will deliver to the Holder:
(1) cash in an amount equal to (A) the fixed dollar amount per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes (which fixed dollar amount will be specified in the notice regarding the chosen
method of settlement) multiplied by the quotient of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
to be converted divided by 1,000, or (B) the sum of the products, for each day during the
Cash Settlement Averaging Period, of the percentage of the Conversion Obligation to be
settled in cash (which percentage will be specified in the notice regarding the chosen
method of settlement) multiplied by the Daily Cash Amount for such day that would be paid
pursuant to clause (ii) above, as the case may be (the “Cash Amount”); and
(2) a number of Common Shares equal to (A)(I) the aggregate principal amount of Notes
to be converted divided by 1,000 and multiplied by (II) the Conversion Rate in effect on the
Conversion Date, minus (B), if the Cash Amount is determined pursuant to clause (A) in the
immediately preceding subsection (1), the sum of the results, for each day during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period, of the Cash Amount multiplied by 5% and divided by the
Applicable Daily Share Price, or minus (C) if the Cash Amount is determined pursuant to
clause (B) in the immediately preceding subsection (1), the sum of the results, for each day
during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, of the percentage of the Conversion Obligation
to be settled in cash (which percentage will be specified in the notice regarding the chosen
method of settlement) multiplied by the Daily Cash Amount and divided by the Applicable
Daily Share Price.
The “Applicable Daily Share Price” means, for any Trading Day, the Closing Price of a Common
Share on such Trading Day.
The “Cash Settlement Averaging Period” means the 20 Trading Day period:
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(i) ending on the second Trading Day preceding the Redemption Date, if the Issuer has
called the notes for redemption;
(ii) ending on the second Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date, with respect to
Conversion Notices received during the period beginning 25 Trading Days preceding the
Maturity Date and ending one Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date (whether or not the
Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of principal upon conversion);
(iii) beginning on the second Trading Day following the receipt by the Issuer of a
Holder’s Conversion Notice, if the Issuer has irrevocably elected to make a cash payment of
principal upon conversion; provided, however, that if the Issuer has irrevocably elected to
make a cash payment of principal upon conversion and such Holder submit its Conversion
Notice during the period beginning 25 Trading Days preceding the Maturity Date and ending
one Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date, the Cash Settlement Averaging Period shall end
on the second Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date; and
(iv) beginning on the second Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the
Conversion Retraction Period, in all other cases.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, at any time on or prior to the
26th Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date, the Issuer may irrevocably elect, in its sole
discretion without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, by written notice to the Trustee and
the Holders of the Notes, to satisfy in cash the Conversion Obligation with respect to the
principal amount of Notes to be converted after the date of such election, with any remaining
amount of the Conversion Obligation to be satisfied in cash and/or Common Shares. If the Issuer
makes such election, the Issuer will notify the Trustee and the Holders of Notes at their addresses
shown in the Register of the Registrar. The settlement amount will be computed as follows:
(i) a cash amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted; and
(ii) (1) if the Issuer elects to satisfy any remaining amount in Common Shares, the
Issuer will deliver to the Holder a number of Common Shares equal to:
(A) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be converted divided by
1,000, and multiplied by
(B) (1) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date minus (2) $1,000
divided by the sum of the Applicable Daily Share Prices for each day during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period multiplied by 5% plus cash in lieu of fractional shares
calculated as provided in Section 14.3,
(2) if the Issuer elects to satisfy any remaining amount in cash, the Issuer will
deliver to the Holder cash in an amount equal to (A) the sum of the Daily Cash Amounts for
each day during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, minus (B) $1,000
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divided by the sum of the Applicable Daily Share Prices for each day during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period multiplied by 5%, and
(3) if the Issuer elects to satisfy any remaining amount in a combination of cash and
Common Shares, it will deliver to the Holder such combination in the respective amounts
calculated in a manner comparable to that used to settle any conversion (as described
above), and with the amount of cash specified by the Issuer as contemplated in connection
with any such conversion.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee
each covenants and agrees, and each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, likewise covenants and
agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XV and each Person
holding any Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof,
accepts and agrees that the Notes, and all payments in respect thereof including any payments on
account of the Make Whole Premium, shall, to the extent set forth in this Article XV, be
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all
amounts that constitute Senior Debt, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s obligations under
the Senior Bank Facilities.
The Notes will be on parity in the right of payment with the Issuer’s other existing and
future liabilities that are not otherwise subordinated in favor of the notes.
The Notes will be senior in the right of payment to all other indebtedness of the Issuer that
by its terms is expressly subordinate to the Notes.
(a) No direct or indirect payment on account of the Notes or on account of the purchase or
redemption or other acquisition of Notes by or on behalf of the Issuer shall be made if, at the
time of such payment, there shall have occurred and be continuing a default in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Senior Debt (including without limitation upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof) when due (a “Senior Payment Default”).
(b) In addition, if any default (other than a Senior Payment Default) with respect to any
Senior Debt permitting, or which with the giving of notice of lapse of time (or both) would permit,
the holders thereof (or a trustee on behalf thereof) to accelerate the maturity thereof (a “Senior
Non-monetary Default”) has occurred and is continuing and the Issuer and the Trustee have received
written notice thereof from the agent bank for any Credit Facility Debt or from an authorized
person on behalf of Designated Senior Debt, then the Issuer may not make any payments on account of
the Notes or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of Notes or on account
of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition Notes for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”)
commencing on the date the Issuer and the Trustee receive such written notice and ending on the
earlier of (i) 179 days after such date or on the date
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on which the Trustee receives notice from the agent bank for the Credit Facility Debt or from any authorized person on behalf of any Designated Senior Debt, as applicable, rescinding such notice and (ii) the date, if any, on which the Senior Debt to which such default relates is discharged or such default is waived or otherwise cured provided that no other default then exists except, in each case, any acceleration of the Senior Debt.
(c) Not more than one Payment Blockage Period pursuant to Section 15.2(b) or 15.2(c) may be
commenced with respect to the Notes during any period of 360 consecutive days; provided that,
subject to the limitations set forth in the next sentence, the commencement of a Payment Blockage
Period by the representatives for, or the holders of, Designated Senior Debt, other than under the
Credit Facility Debt, shall not bar the commencement of another Payment Blockage Period by the
agent bank for the Credit Facility Debt within such period of 360 consecutive days. Notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, there must be 180 consecutive days in any 360-day
period in which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. For all purposes of Section 15.2(b) or
15.2(c), no event of default that existed or was continuing (it being acknowledged that any
subsequent action that would give rise to an event of default pursuant to any provision under which
an event of default previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new event of default
for this purpose) on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to
the Designated Senior Debt or Credit Facility Debt initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall
be, or shall be made, the basis for the commencement of a second Payment Blockage Period by the
representative for, or the holders of, such Designated Senior Debt or Credit Facility Debt, whether
or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such event of default shall have been cured
or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
(a) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Issuer to creditors of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, in connection with any dissolution or
winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer, whether voluntary or
involuntary, or in a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, the holders of
Senior Debt will first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or cash equivalents of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Senior Debt (whether or not allowed in such
proceeding) before the Holders are entitled to receive any payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on the notes or on account of the purchase or redemption or other acquisition of
the Notes by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries. In the event that notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee or the Holder of any Note receives any payment or distribution of the
Issuer’s assets of any kind or character (excluding shares of Issuer’s common stock or securities
provided for in a plan reorganization or readjustment which are subordinate in right of payment to
all Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as the Notes are so subordinated) before all the
Senior Debt is paid in full, then such payment or distribution will be required to be paid over or
delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy or other Person making payment or distribution
of our assets for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay the Senior Debt in full.
(b) To the extent any payment of Senior Debt of the Issuer (whether by or on behalf of the
Issuer, as proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is
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declared to
be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then if such payment is recovered by, or paid
over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person,
the Senior Debt of the Issuer or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed
to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. To the extent the obligation
to repay any Senior Debt of the Issuer is declared to be fraudulent, invalid or otherwise set aside
under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then the
obligations so declared fraudulent, invalid or otherwise set aside (and all other amounts that
would come due with respect thereto had such obligation not been so affected) shall be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as Senior Debt of the Issuer for all purposes of this Indenture as if
such declaration, invalidity or setting aside had not occurred.
(c) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provision prohibiting such payment or
distribution, any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Issuer of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder
at a time when such payment or distribution is prohibited by Section 15.3(a) and before all
obligations in respect of Senior Debt of the Issuer are paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents,
such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be
paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Debt of the Issuer (pro rata to such holders on
the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt of the Issuer held by such holders) or their
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any such Senior
Debt of the Issuer may have been issued, as their respective interests appear, for application to
the payment of Senior Debt of the Issuer remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt of the Issuer
has been paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents, after giving effect to any concurrent payment,
distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of such Senior Debt of the Issuer.
(d) The consolidation of the Issuer with, or the merger of the Issuer with or into, another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer following the sale, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of its property and assets to another Person
upon the terms and conditions provided in Article VII hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 15.3 if such other
Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition, comply (to the extent required) with the conditions stated in Article VII hereof.
Upon the payment in full of all Senior Debt in cash or cash equivalents, the Holders shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Issuer made on such Senior Debt until the principal of and
interest on the Notes shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments
or distributions to the holders of such Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which
the Holders or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article XV, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this
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Article XV to the holders of Senior
Debt by Holders or the Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the Issuer, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to or on
account of the Senior Debt. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are intended
solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the
holders of the Senior Debt, on the other hand.
(a) Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is
intended to or shall impair, as among the Issuer and the Holders, the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of and 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 Issuer other
than the holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Holders or
the Trustee on their behalf from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XV of the holders
of the Senior Debt.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing contained in this Article XV
will restrict the right of the Trustee or the Holders to take any action to declare the Notes to be
due and payable prior to their maturity or to pursue any rights or remedies hereunder; provided,
however, that all Senior Debt then due and payable or thereafter declared to be due and payable
shall first be paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents, before the Holders or the Trustee are
entitled to receive any direct or indirect payment from the Issuer under the Notes.
(a) The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Issuer
that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant
to the provisions of this Article XV. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any Senior Payment Default or Senior Non-monetary Default with respect to any Senior
Debt or of any other facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee
unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in writing to that effect signed by an
Officer of the Issuer, or by a holder of Senior Debt or trustee or agent thereof; and prior to the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject to this Article XV, be entitled to
assume that no such facts exist; provided that, if the
Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 15.6 at least two
Business Days prior to the date upon which, by the terms of this Indenture, any monies shall become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Note), then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full
power and authority to receive any monies from the Issuer and to apply the same to the purpose for
which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be
received by it on or after such prior date except for an acceleration of the Notes prior to such
application. Nothing contained in this Section 15.6 shall limit the right of the holders of Senior
Debt to recover payments as contemplated by this Article XV. The foregoing shall not apply if the
paying agent is the Issuer. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of any Senior Debt (or a
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trustee on behalf of, or other representative of, such holder) to establish that such notice has
been given by a holder of such Senior Debt or a trustee or representative on behalf of any such
holder.
(b) In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that any evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of 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 XV and, if such evidence is
not furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 15.7 RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article XV, the
Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization
proceedings are pending, or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other similar 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 Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Issuer, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts
pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.
(a) The Trustee and any paying agent shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article XV with respect to any Senior Debt that may at any time be held by it in its individual or
any other capacity to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in this
Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any paying agent of any of its rights as such holder.
(b) With respect to the holders of 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
XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of 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 Senior Debt (except as provided in Section 15.2(b), Section 15.3(a) and
Section 15.3(c)).
SECTION 15.9 SUBORDINATION RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED BY ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE ISSUER OR HOLDERS OF
SENIOR DEBT.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as
provided in this Article XV will at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Issuer or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any
such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Issuer with the terms of this Indenture, regardless of
any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be
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charged with. The provisions of
this Article XV are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the
holders of Senior Debt.
Each Holder, by such Holder’s acceptance of any Notes, authorizes and expressly directs the
Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XV, and appoints the Trustee such Holder’s
attorney-in-fact for such purposes, including, in the event of any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
reorganization or similar proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
otherwise) tending towards liquidation of the property and assets of the Issuer, the filing of a
claim for the unpaid balance of its Notes, if any, in the form required in those proceedings. If
the Trustee does not file a proper claim or proof of indebtedness in the form required in such
proceeding at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, each
holder of Senior Debt is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the
Holders.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal of or interest on the Notes by reason of
any provision of this Article XV will not be construed as preventing the occurrence of an Event of
Default.
Nothing in this Article XV will apply to amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to other sections
of this Indenture.
Without in any way limiting the generality of Section 15.9, the holders of Senior Debt may, at
any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders,
without incurring responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article XV or the obligations hereunder of the Holders to the
holders of Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (a) change the manner, place or terms
of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding or secured; (b) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing
Senior Debt; (c) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Debt; and (d)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Issuer and any other Person.
Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (i) the
Issuer, except under the conditions described in Section 15.2 or Section 15.3, from making
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of principal of and interest on the Notes, or from depositing with the Trustee any money for such
payments, or (ii) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it for the purpose of
making such payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to the Holders entitled thereto
unless, at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which such payment becomes due and
payable, the Trustee shall have received the written notice provided for in Section 15.2(b) (or
there shall have been an acceleration of the Notes prior to such application) or in Section 15.6.
The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer.
ARTICLE XVI
OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 16.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA which are required to be part of this
Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 16.2 NOTICES.
Any notice or communication to the Issuer and/or the Company or the Trustee is duly given if
in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail or by overnight delivery service
to the address set forth below:
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The Issuer and the Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address
shown on the Register kept by the Registrar or, if the Holder is the Depositary, sent by facsimile
or overnight delivery services. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect
in such notice or communication shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given as of the date it is mailed, whether or not the addressee receives it,
except that notice to the Trustee shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by the Trustee.
If the Issuer and the Company mail a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy
to the Trustee at the same time.
SECTION 16.3 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders with respect
to their rights under the Notes or this Indenture. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and
anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.
SECTION 16.4 ACTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Notes may be embodied in and
evidenced by:
(1) one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by agent or proxy duly appointed in writing;
(2) the record of Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Notes duly called and held
in accordance with the provisions of Article IX; or
(3) a combination of such instruments and any such record.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Issuer and the Company. Such instrument or instruments and record (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act of
the Holders” of Notes signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at such meeting. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent or proxy, or of the
holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 7.1 hereof) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer and the Company if made in
the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be proved
in the manner provided in Section 9.6 hereof.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
provided in any manner which the Trustee reasonably deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of such
Person holding the same, shall be proved by the Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other
Act of the Holders of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of
every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Issuer or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
SECTION 16.5 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
and/or the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel
of the Issuer and/or the Company, as the case may be, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer and/or the Company, as
the case may be, with respect to the matters upon which such
certificate or opinion is based, is erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Issuer and/or the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Issuer and/or the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Upon any application or request by the Issuer and the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer and the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer and the Company stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer and the Company stating that in the opinion
of such Counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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SECTION 16.6 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion on behalf of
the Issuer or the Company has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 16.7 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 16.8 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer and the Company shall bind their
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 16.9 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 16.10 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Notes, any
benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 16.11 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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SECTION 16.12 COUNTERPARTS.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
SECTION 16.13 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Optional Redemption Date, Special Repurchase
Date, Designated Event Repurchase Date or stated maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day
at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Notes) payment of interest [(including Additional Interest, if any)] or principal or premium, if
any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such day, 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, Optional Redemption Date, Special Repurchase Date, Designated Event Repurchase Date
or at the stated maturity, provided, that in the case that payment is made on such succeeding
Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Optional Redemption Date, Special Repurchase Date, Designated Event
Repurchase Date or stated maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 16.14 RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest [(including
Additional Interest, if any)] on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Issuer, the Company or of any their respective successor corporation,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance thereof and as part
of the consideration for the issue thereof, expressly waived and released.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[Face of Note]
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
[Certificate No. ]
[INSERT RESTRICTIVE SECURITIES LEGEND AND GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND AS REQUIRED]
3.625% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2025
CUSIP NO. [ ]
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ISSUER”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of [dollar
amount] ([$ AMOUNT]) on March 15, 2025, and interest thereon, as provided on the reverse hereof,
until the principal and any unpaid and accrued interest is paid or duly provided for. The right to
payment of the principal and all other amounts due with respect hereto is subordinated to the
rights of Senior Debt as set forth in the Indenture referred to on the reverse side hereof.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15, with the first payment to be made on
September 15, 2009.
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1.
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT
THIS PLACE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC. has caused this instrument to be duly
signed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
3.625% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2025
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INTEREST. LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ISSUER”), promises to
pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the initial rate PER ANNUM shown above.
The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, with the
first payment to be made on September 15, 2009. Interest on the Notes will accrue at a rate of
3.625% per annum on the principal amount from the most recent date to which interest has been
paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, calculated from March 15, 2009, until
March 15, 2015, and thereafter interest on the Notes will accrue at a rate of 3.125% per annum
on the principal amount. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
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The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of a Note Guarantee whereby Lions Gate
Entertainment Corp., a British Columbia corporation and parent of the Issuer (the
“COMPANY”), has fully and unconditionally guaranteed, as primary obligor and not merely as
surety, to each Holder and the Trustee, the payment of principal and interest on this Note
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METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to
the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the record date set forth
on the face of this Note next preceding the applicable interest payment date. Holders must
surrender Notes to the Issuer or its designated agent to collect the principal, Optional
Redemption Price, Special Repurchase Price or Designated Event Repurchase Price of the Notes.
The Issuer will pay all amounts due with respect to the Notes in money of the United States
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. If this
Note is in global form, the Issuer will pay interest on the Notes by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to The Depository Trust Company. With respect to Notes held other
than in global form, the Issuer will make payments: (i) by U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank
in The City of New York mailed to the address of the Holder; or (ii) upon application to the
Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date by a Holder of an aggregate principal amount
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PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR, CONVERSION AGENT. Initially, [___], (the “TRUSTEE”)
will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Issuer may change any Paying
Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent without notice. The Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer
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INDENTURE. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of [___], 2009 (the
“INDENTURE”) between the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include
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Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ACT”) as in effect on the
date of the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and the Act for a statement of such terms. The Notes are general unsecured
senior subordinated obligations of the Issuer. Terms used herein which are defined in the
Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. [The Notes being issued on the
date hereof are being issued in exchange for, and as a refinancing of, the Issuer’s 3.625%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (CUSIP No. 535919 AE 4) pursuant to certain
Refinancing Exchange Agreements by and between the Issuer and initial Holder of the Notes,
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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or from time to time in part, at
the option of the Issuer and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, on any
Trading Day on or after March 15, 2015 (an “OPTIONAL REDEMPTION DATE”), at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid
interest on the principal amount to be redeemed, to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption
Date (the “OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE”). Notice of any such redemption by the Issuer will be
given at least 30, but not more than 60, days before any Optional Redemption Date to each
Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. The Issuer shall pay or
deposit funds with the Paying Agent in the amount of the Optional Redemption Price on or
before the Trading Day immediately preceding the Optional Redemption Date. If notice of such a
redemption is provided and funds are paid or deposited as required, interest on and after the
Optional Redemption Date will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions of Notes called for
such a redemption. In the event that any Optional Redemption Date is not a Business Day, the
Issuer will pay the Optional Redemption Price on the next Business Day without any additional
interest or other payment due. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option of
the Issuer, the Trustee shall select, by lot, on a pro rata basis or otherwise in accordance
with the applicable procedures of the DTC, the Notes and portions of Notes to be redeemed. The
Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes of this series in amounts of
whole multiples of $1,000 principal amount. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000
principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 principal
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REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER ON SPECIFIED DATES. On March 15, 2015, March 15, 2018 and
March 15, 2023 (each a “SPECIAL REPURCHASE DATE”), each Holder shall have the right, at such
Holder’s option and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to require the
Issuer to purchase any or all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion of the principal amount
thereof that is equal to $1,000 or whole multiples thereof for a repurchase price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the
Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to, but
excluding, the Special Repurchase Date (the “SPECIAL REPURCHASE PRICE”), provided that such
interest will be paid to the person who was the registered Holder at the close of business
on the record date for the corresponding interest payment date. Notice of each Special
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Indenture shall be given by the Issuer to each Holder at its registered address not less
than 20 Business Days prior to each Special Repurchase Date. Each Holder electing to require
the Issuer to repurchase the Holder’s Notes shall submit such information and documents as
required by the Indenture to the Issuer or its designated agent on or before the close of
business on the Special Repurchase Date and shall deliver (including by book-entry transfer)
the Notes to be repurchased to the Issuer or its designated agent. In the event that a
Holder submits Notes to be repurchased, the Issuer shall pay or deposit funds with the
Paying Agent in the amount of the Special Repurchase Price on the Trading Day immediately
following the Special Repurchase Date. If a Holder submits the required documentation for
Notes to be repurchased and funds are paid or deposited as required, interest on and after
the Special Repurchase Date will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions of Notes submitted
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REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT. If a Designated Event (as set forth
in the Indenture) shall occur at any time prior to Maturity, each Holder shall have the right,
at such Holder’s option and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to require
the Issuer to purchase any or all of such Holder’s Notes for cash or any portion of the
principal amount thereof that is equal to $1,000 or whole multiples thereof for a repurchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date (the “DESIGNATED EVENT
REPURCHASE PRICE”), provided that such interest will be paid to the person who was the
registered Holder at the close of business on the record date for the corresponding interest
payment date. Notice of the occurrence and type of Designated Event and containing the
information required to be set forth in such notice by the Indenture (the “DESIGNATED EVENT
REPURCHASE NOTICE”), including, without limitation, the date selected by the Issuer that is
not less than 20 nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of the Designated Event
Repurchase Notice (the “DESIGNATED EVENT REPURCHASE DATE”), shall be given by the Issuer to
each Holder at such Holder’s registered address, as well as to the Trustee, not more than 10
days after the Issuer has become aware of such an occurrence. Each Holder electing to require
the Issuer to repurchase the Holder’s Notes shall submit such information and documents as are
required by the Indenture, to the Issuer or its designated agent on or before the close of
business on the Designated Event Repurchase Date and shall deliver (including by book-entry
transfer) the Notes to be repurchased to the Issuer or its designated agent. The Issuer shall
pay the Designated Event Repurchase Price in cash. In the event that a Holder submits Notes to
be repurchased, the Issuer shall pay or deposit funds with the Paying Agent in the amount of
the Designated Event Repurchase Price on the Trading Day immediately following the Designated
Event Repurchase Date. If a Holder submits the required documentation for
Notes to be repurchased and funds are paid or deposited as required, interest on and after
the Designated Event Repurchase Date will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions of Notes
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CONVERSION. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, a Holder is
entitled until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date, at its option, to convert any Notes that are whole multiples of $1,000 principal amount
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Common Shares) at the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion, subject to the
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The initial conversion rate is 121.2121 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
(subject to adjustment in the event of certain circumstances as specified in the Indenture,
the “CONVERSION RATE”), or an effective initial conversion price of approximately $8.25 per
share (subject to adjustment in the event of certain circumstances as specified in the
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If the conversion is in connection with a Change in Control, there shall, under certain
circumstances, be added to the Common Shares otherwise issuable upon conversion an
additional number of Common Shares as a Make Whole Premium as set forth in the Indenture. In
the event that of a Change of Control occurs that would otherwise trigger the obligation of
the Issuer to pay the Make Whole Premium and the Acquiror is a Public Entity or is a direct
or indirect subsidiary of a Public Entity, the Issuer may elect instead to provide that the
Notes become convertible into common shares of the Public Entity, subject to certain
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Upon conversion, at the option of the Issuer, the Issuer may, in lieu of delivery of the
Common Shares issuable upon conversion, deliver cash or a combination of cash and Common
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The Issuer will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional share. Upon conversion, no payment or
adjustment for any unpaid and accrued interest and additional interest, if any, on the Notes
will be made, except in certain circumstances as specified in the Indenture. If a Holder
surrenders a Note for conversion after the record date for the payment of interest but prior
to the corresponding interest payment date, such Note, when surrendered for conversion, must
be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest and additional interest, if
any, thereon which has accrued and will accrue and be paid on the Notes being converted on
the corresponding interest payment date, unless (1) the Notes have been called for
redemption as described in the Indenture, (2) the Notes have been converted in connection
with a Designated Event as described in the Indenture or (3) overdue interest, if any,
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To convert a Note, a Holder must (1) with respect to any Note in certificated form, (A)
complete and sign the Conversion Notice, with appropriate signature guarantee, on the back
of the Note and (B) surrender the Note to the Conversion Agent, (2) with respect to
any interest in a Global Note, (A) complete, or cause to be completed, the appropriate
instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositary’s book-entry conversion program
and (B) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Conversion Agent by book-entry delivery
the interest in such Global Note being converted, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, (4) pay funds equal to
the interest payable on the next interest payment date to which such Holder is not entitled,
if any, (as provided in the last sentence of the above paragraph) and (5) pay any transfer
or similar tax if required. A Holder may convert a portion of a Note if the portion is
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[Any shares issued upon conversion of a Note shall bear the Restrictive Securities Legend
until after the second anniversary of the later of the issue date for the Notes (unless the
Issuer determines otherwise in accordance with applicable law) or the last date on which the
Issuer, the Company or any of their respective affiliates was the owner of such shares or
the Note (or any predecessor notes) from which such shares were converted (or such shorter
period of time) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”).] |
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SUBORDINATION. The Notes are subordinated in right of payment, in the manner and to the
extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt. Each
Holder by accepting a Note agrees to such subordination and authorizes the Trustee to give it
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DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and positive integral multiples of $1,000 principal
amount. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents. No service charge shall be made for any such registration
of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Registrar need not
exchange or register the transfer of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of Notes to be redeemed in part. Also, it need not exchange or
register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of
redemption of the Notes selected to be redeemed and in certain other circumstances provided in
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MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. The Issuer and the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with
or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of their assets, whether in a
single transaction or series of related transactions to any person unless (i) the Issuer or
Company is the resulting Successor Company or the Successor Company is a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any province
thereof and such Successor Company assumes by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered
to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Issuer’s and the Company’s
obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, including the conversion rights; (ii)
immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
exist; and (iii) the Issuer and the Company deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such
supplemental indenture, if any, comply with the Indenture and the Notes. |
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or Event of Default may be waived with the consent or vote of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of
any Holder, the Indenture or the Notes may be modified or amended to cure any ambiguity or
inconsistency, to comply with Article VII of the Indenture, to comply with Section 14.11 of
the Indenture, to reduce the conversion price, to make any changes or modifications to the
Indenture necessary in connection with the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act
and the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, to secure the obligations of the Issuer
in respect of the Notes, to add to covenants of the Issuer or the Company described in the
Indenture for the benefit of Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. An Event of Default includes the occurrence of any of the following:
default in payment of principal and premium, if any, at maturity, upon redemption or exercise
of a repurchase right or otherwise; default for 30 days in payment of interest or other
amounts due; failure by the Issuer or the Company for 60 days after notice to it to comply
with any of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes; certain payment defaults or
the acceleration of other indebtedness of the Issuer or its subsidiaries; certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency involving the Issuer, the Company or any of the Company’s
subsidiaries; and failure by the Issuer to provide timely notice of the occurrence of a
Designated Event. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all
the Notes to be due and payable immediately, except as provided in the Indenture. If an Event
of Default specified in Sections 5.1(e) or (f) of the Indenture with respect to the Issuer or
the Company occurs, the principal of and accrued interest on all the Notes shall become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
any Holder. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the
Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or
power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of
Default
(except a Default or Event of Default in payment) if it determines that withholding notice
is in the interests of the Holders. The Issuer and the Company must furnish an annual
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[REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Holders are entitled to registration rights as set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in the Indenture). The Holders shall be entitled to
receive liquidated damages in certain circumstances, all as set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.] |
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TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE ISSUER. The Trustee under the Indenture, or any banking institution
serving as successor Trustee thereunder, in its individual or any other capacity, may make
loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may
otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. |
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NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee or
shareholder, as such, of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuer under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason
of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the
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ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee,
such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). |
THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE
INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile:
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign to
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
(please print or type name and address)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
Attorney to transfer the Note on the
books of the Issuer with full power of substitution in the premises.
Signature Guarantee:
[In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date which is the earlier
of (i) the date of the declaration by the SEC of the effectiveness of a registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) covering resales of this Note
(which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the transfer) and
(ii) the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the undersigned confirms that it has not utilized any
general solicitation or general advertising in connection with transfer:
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and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Security is not being
transferred to an “affiliate” of the Issuer or the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an “Affiliate”):
[ ] The transferee is an Affiliate of the Issuer or the Company. (If the Note is transferred
to an Affiliate, the restrictive legend must remain on the Note for two years following the date of
the transfer).
Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes
evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof;
provided, however, that if item (2) or (3) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such written legal
opinions, certifications and other information as the Trustee or the Issuer have reasonably
requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the
conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.16 of the
Indenture shall have been satisfied.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or
an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such
account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A
and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer and the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided
by Rule 144A.
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CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Note into Common Shares of the Company, check the box: [ ]
To convert only part of this Note, state the principal amount to be converted (must be in multiples
of $1,000):
$
If you want the share certificate made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below:
(Insert other person’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type other person’s name, address and zip code)
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participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or
in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.)
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE(1).
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note
or for Notes in certificated form, have been made:
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[EXHIBIT B-1
RESTRICTIVE SECURITIES LEGEND FOR NOTES
“THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES OF LIONS GATES ENTERTAINMENT CORP. ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF
THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS NOTE AND THE
COMMON SHARES OF LIONS GATES ENTERTAINMENT CORP. ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE OFFERED,
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III)
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER
(IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF
CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER
HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THE
SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS NOTE, ANY COMMON SHARES OF LIONS GATES ENTERTAINMENT CORP. ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
HEREOF AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE
RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE
IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE
RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AND SUCH SHARES
SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED TO SUCH AMENDMENT
OR SUPPLEMENT.
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THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF AN OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO WHICH THE ISSUER MAY REDEEM
THE NOTE AT ANY TIME ON OR AFTER MARCH 15, 2015, AT SPECIFIED REDEMPTION PRICES. THIS NOTE IS ALSO
SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER PURSUANT TO WHICH THE ISSUER MAY BE OBLIGATED TO
REPURCHASE THIS NOTE ON SPECIFIED DATES OR UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN DESIGNATED
EVENTS.”]
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[EXHIBIT B-2
RESTRICTIVE SECURITIES LEGEND FOR COMMON SHARES
“THIS SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE COMMON SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER HEREOF IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER HEREOF MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THE COMMON
SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) IN THE
UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY FROM IT OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THE SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY
THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS CERTIFICATE AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO
TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY
TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN
PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE HEREOF TO HAVE AGREED TO SUCH AMENDMENT OR
SUPPLEMENT.”
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE
(“TSX”); HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CANNOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF TSX SINCE THEY ARE
NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH
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[EXHIBIT B-3
GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND
“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSONS IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”]
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ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIVE SECURITIES LEGEND FOR COMMON SHARES
“UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES MUST NOT TRADE
THE SECURITIES IN CANADA BEFORE [four months plus one day
from the date of the indenture].”
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[EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that has transferred $ aggregate principal amount
of the Notes or Common Shares, no par value per share, of the Issuer issuable on
conversion of the Notes (“COMMON SHARES”) pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333- ).
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of
1933 as amended, have been satisfied with respect to the transfer described above and that the
above-named beneficial owner of the Notes or Common Shares is named as a “SELLING SECURITY HOLDER”
in the Prospectus dated , or in amendments or supplements thereto, and that the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes, or number of Common Shares transferred are [a portion of] the Notes
or Common Shares listed in such Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, opposite such owner’s name.
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FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH
REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Notes issued pursuant to a certain indenture dated as of
[ ], 2009 by and among the Issuer, the Company and [ ], as trustee (the
“Trustee”). The Company issued $66,581,000 principal amount of Notes on [ ], 2009 in
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “SECURITIES
Act”). The Issuer and the Company have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-___) (the “REGISTRATION STATEMENT”)
relating to the registration under the Securities Act of $ principal amount of the
Notes and the Common Shares of the Company (the “SHARES”) issuable upon conversion of the Notes
being registered. The Registration Statement was declared effective by order of the SEC dated
[ ].
We have acted as counsel for the Issuer and the Company in connection with the issuance of the
Notes and the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and are familiar with the
Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the above-mentioned SEC order and such other
documents as are necessary to render this opinion.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that (1) the Registration Statement has become
effective under the Securities Act and, to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, (2) assuming that the Notes covered by
the Registration Statement and the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of such Notes are sold by
a relevant Holder specified in the Registration Statement in a manner specified in the Registration
Statement, such sale of the Notes and Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes will have
been duly registered under the Securities Act and (3) the Indenture has been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF NOTE GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned hereby unconditionally guarantees, as principal obligor
and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Note the cash payments in United States dollars of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note [(and including Additional Interest
payable thereon)] in the amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, of this Note, if lawful, and the payment or performance of
all other Obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the Note, to the
Holder of this Note and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and
limitations of this Note, Article III of the Indenture, the subordination provisions of Article XV
of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with
Article III of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The validity and
enforceability of this Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any
particular Note. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Indenture dated as of [ ], 2009, among Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, a British Columbia
corporation, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”) and [ ], as trustee (the “Trustee”) (as
amended or supplemented, the “Indenture”).
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT
THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. The Guarantor
hereby agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee.
This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.
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