EXHIBIT 4.1
Form of Indenture
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CONVERSE INC.
as Issuer
TO
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of ______________, 1997
$69,000,000
___% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2004
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
(S)310(a)(1).............................................. 609
(a)(2).............................................. 609
(a)(3).............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4).............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(5).............................................. 609
(b)................................................. 608
(c)................................................. Not Applicable
(S)311(a)................................................. 613
(b)................................................. 613
(c)................................................. Not Applicable
(S)312(a)................................................. 701
................................................. 702(a)
(b)................................................. 702(b)
(c)................................................. 702(c)
(S)313(a)................................................. 703(a)
(b)(1).............................................. Not Applicable
(b)(2).............................................. 703(a)
(c)................................................. 703(a)
(d)................................................. 703(b)
(S)314(a)................................................. 704
(a)(4).............................................. 1004
(b)................................................. Not Applicable
(c)(1).............................................. 102
(c)(2).............................................. 102
(c)(3).............................................. Not Applicable
(d)................................................. Not Applicable
(e)................................................. 102
(f)................................................. Not Applicable
(S)315(a)................................................ 601
(b)................................................. 602
(c)................................................. 601
(d)................................................. 601
(e)................................................. 514
(S)316(a)(1)(A)........................................... 502
512
(a)(1)(B)........................................... 513
(a)(2).............................................. Not Required
(a) (last
sentence)....................................... definition of Outstanding
(b)................................................. 508
(c)................................................. 104(c)
(S)317(a)(1).............................................. 503
(a)(2).............................................. 504
(b)................................................. 1003
(S)318(a)................................................. 107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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ARTICLE 1........................................................... 1
Section 101 Definitions.......................................... 1
Acquiring Person................................................ 2
Act............................................................. 2
Affiliate....................................................... 2
Apollo Stockholders............................................. 2
Authenticating Agent............................................ 2
Beneficial Owner................................................ 2
Board of Directors.............................................. 2
Board Resolution................................................ 2
Business Day.................................................... 3
Change in Control............................................... 3
Close of business............................................... 3
Commission...................................................... 3
Common Stock.................................................... 4
Company......................................................... 4
Company Request................................................. 4
Company Order................................................... 4
Corporate Trust Office.......................................... 4
Corporation..................................................... 4
Current Market Price............................................ 4
Daily Market Price.............................................. 4
Defaulted Interest.............................................. 5
Event of Default................................................ 5
Exchange Act.................................................... 5
Holder.......................................................... 5
Indenture....................................................... 5
Interest Payment Date........................................... 5
Maturity........................................................ 5
Officers' Certificate........................................... 5
Opinion of Counsel.............................................. 5
Outstanding..................................................... 5
Paying Agent.................................................... 6
Person.......................................................... 6
Predecessor Security............................................ 6
Record Date..................................................... 6
Redemption Date................................................. 6
Redemption Price................................................ 6
Regular Record Date............................................. 6
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*Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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Repurchase Date................................................. 6
Security Register............................................... 6
Senior Indebtedness............................................. 7
Significant Subsidiary.......................................... 7
Special Record Date............................................. 7
Stated Maturity................................................. 7
Subsidiary...................................................... 7
Time of Determination........................................... 7
Trust Indenture Act............................................. 8
Trustee......................................................... 8
Vice President.................................................. 8
Section 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions................. 8
Section 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............... 8
Section 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates........................ 9
Section 105 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company................ 10
Section 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver............................ 10
Section 107 Conflict with Trustee Indenture...................... 11
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents............ 11
Section 109 Successors and Assigns............................... 11
Section 110 Separability Clause.................................. 11
Section 111 Benefits of Indenture................................ 11
Section 112. Governing Law....................................... 12
Section 113 Legal Holidays....................................... 12
Section 114 No Security Interest Created......................... 12
Section 115 Limitation on Individual Liability................... 12
ARTICLE 2........................................................... 13
Section 201 Forms Generally...................................... 13
Section 202 Form of Face of Security............................. 13
Section 203 Form of Reverse of Security.......................... 14
Section 204 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...... 20
ARTICLE 3........................................................... 20
Section 301 Title and Terms...................................... 20
Section 302 Denominations........................................ 21
Section 303 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating....... 21
Section 304 Temporary Securities................................. 21
Section 305 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.. 22
Section 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..... 23
Section 307 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved....... 24
Section 308 Persons Deemed Owners................................ 25
Section 309 Cancellation......................................... 25
Section 310 Computation of Interest.............................. 25
ARTICLE 4........................................................... 26
Section 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.............. 26
Section 402 Application of Trust Money........................... 27
Section 403 Reinstatement........................................ 27
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ARTICLE 5....................................................................... 27
Section 501 Events of Default................................................ 27
Section 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Recession and Annulment................ 29
Section 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.. 30
Section 504 Trustee May, File Proofs of Claim................................ 31
Section 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...... 32
Section 506 Application of Money Collecte.................................... 32
Section 507 Limitation on Suits.............................................. 32
Section 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest to Convert............................................ 33
Section 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................... 33
Section 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................... 33
Section 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver..................................... 34
Section 512 Control by Holders............................................... 34
Section 513 Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................... 34
Section 514 Undertaking for Costs............................................ 35
Section 515 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws................................. 35
ARTICLE 6....................................................................... 36
Section 601 Certain Defaults and Responsibilities............................ 36
Section 602 Notice of Defaults............................................... 36
Section 603 Certain Rights of Trustee........................................ 36
Section 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........... 37
Section 605 May Hold Securities.............................................. 37
Section 606 Money Held in Trust.............................................. 37
Section 607 Compensation and Reimbursement................................... 38
Section 608 Disqualification; Conflicting Interest........................... 38
Section 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................... 38
Section 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor................ 39
Section 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................... 40
Section 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...... 40
Section 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company................ 40
Section 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............................. 41
ARTICLE 7....................................................................... 42
Section 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders........ 42
Section 702 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders............ 43
Section 703 Reports by Trustee............................................... 43
Section 704 Reports by Company............................................... 43
ARTICLE 8....................................................................... 44
Section 801 Company May Consolidate Etc., Only on Certain Terms.............. 44
Section 802 Successor Substituted............................................ 44
ARTICLE 9....................................................................... 45
Section 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders............... 45
Section 902 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.................. 45
Section 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................. 46
Section 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures................................ 46
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Section 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.............................. 47
Section 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............... 47
Section 907 Notice of Supplemental Indenture................................. 47
ARTICLE 10...................................................................... 47
Section 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...................... 47
Section 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency................................. 47
Section 1003 Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust................. 48
Section 1004 Statement by Officers as to Defaul.............................. 49
Section 1005 Existence....................................................... 49
Section 1006 Waiver of Certain Covenants..................................... 49
ARTICLE 11...................................................................... 50
Section 1101 Right of Redemption............................................. 50
Section 1102 Applicability of Article........................................ 50
Section 1103 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................... 50
Section 1104 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.............. 50
Section 1105 Notice of Redemption............................................ 51
Section 1106 Deposit of 'Redemption Price.................................... 51
Section 1107 Securities Payable on Redemption Date........................... 52
Section 1108 Securities Redeemed in Part..................................... 52
Section 1109 Conversion Arrangements on Call for Redemption.................. 52
ARTICLE 12...................................................................... 53
Section 1201 Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.................. 53
Section 1202 Payment Over Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc..................... 53
Section 1203 Acceleration of Securities...................................... 54
Section 1204 No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.................. 55
Section 1205 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness......... 55
Section 1206 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights..................... 56
Section 1207 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination............................. 56
Section 1208 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions........................... 56
Section 1209 Notice to Trustee............................................... 57
Section 1210 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.. 57
Section 1211 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness........ 58
Section 1212 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights.............................. 58
Section 1213 Article Applicable to Paying Agents............................. 58
Section 1214 Rights with respect to Conversion and Certain Payments.......... 58
ARTICLE 13...................................................................... 59
Section 1301 Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price....................... 59
Section 1302 Exercise of Conversion Privilege................................ 59
Section 1303 Fractions of Shares............................................. 60
Section 1304 Adjustment of Conversion Price.................................. 60
Section 1305 Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price....................... 65
Section 1306 Notice of Certain Corporate Action.............................. 65
Section 1307 Company to Reserve Common Stock................................. 66
Section 1308 Taxes on Conversions............................................ 66
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Section 1309 Covenant as to Common Stock..................................... 66
Section 1310 Cancellation of Converted Securities............................ 67
Section 1311 Provisions as to Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets........ 67
Section 1312 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters................ 68
ARTICLE 14...................................................................... 68
Section 1401 Right to Require repurchase..................................... 68
Section 1402 Notice; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right................... 68
Section 1403 Deposit of Repurchase Price..................................... 69
Section 1404 Securities Not Repurchased on Repurchase Date................... 70
Section 1405 Securities Repurchased in Part.................................. 70
Testimonium
Signatures and Seals
Acknowledgments
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INDENTURE, dated as of _______________, 1997 between CONVERSE, INC., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the "Company"), having its principal executive offices at Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, and First Union National Bank
as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its _____%
Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2004 (herein called the "Securities") of
substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide
therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the
valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
of GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required and permitted hereunder shall mean United States accounting principles
as are generally accepted at the date of this Indenture; and
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(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms used in either Article Twelve or Thirteen are defined in such
Article.
"Acquiring Person" means any person or group (as defined in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) who or which, together with all affiliates and
associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), becomes the
beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock or other voting securities of the
Company having more than 50% of the total number of votes that may be cast for
the election of directors of the Company; provided, however, that an Acquiring
Person shall not include (i) the Apollo Stockholders, (ii) the Company, (iii)
any Subsidiary of the Company or (iv) any current or future employee benefit
plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding
Common Stock of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall become an Acquiring Person as the
result of an acquisition of Common Stock by the Company which, by reducing the
number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares
beneficially owned by such Person to more than 50% of the Common Stock of the
Company then outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the
beneficial owner of 50% or more of the Common Stock of the Company then
outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company and shall, after such
share purchases by the Company, become the beneficial owner of any additional
shares of Common Stock of the Company, then such Person shall be deemed to be an
Acquiring Person.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the 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.
"Apollo Stockholders" means ____________________________________.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
The term "Beneficial Owner" is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or obligated
to close by law or executive order.
"Change in Control" means any of the following events:
(a) There shall be consummated any consolidated or merger of the Company
(1) in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other
than a consolidation or merger with a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in
which all shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
effectiveness thereof are changed into or exchanged for the same consideration)
or (2) pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into cash, securities or
other property, in each case, other than a consolidation or merger of the
Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the
consolidation or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the
common stock of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after such
consolidation or merger;
(b) Any Acquiring Person shall have become such Person; or
(c) There shall be consummated a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets as an entirety.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this definition, a
Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred (A) under paragraph (b)
above, solely by virtue of the Company, any Subsidiary, any employee stock
ownership plan or any other employee benefit plan of the Company or any
Subsidiary or any Person holding securities of the Company for or pursuant to
the terms of any such employee benefit plan, filing or becoming obligated to
file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any
successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial
ownership by it of shares of securities of the Company, whether in excess of 50%
or otherwise, or (B) under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, if either (1) the
last reported sale price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape for any five trading days during the ten trading days immediately
preceding the Change in Control is at least equal to 105% of the conversion
price in effect immediately preceding the time of such Change in Control or (2)
the consideration in the transaction giving rise to such Change in Control, to
the holders of Common Stock consists of cash, securities that are, or
immediately upon issuance will be, listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted in the NASDAQ National Market System, or a combination of cash and such
securities, and the aggregate fair market value of such consideration (which, in
the case of such securities, shall be equal to the average of the last sale
prices of such securities during the ten consecutive trading days commencing
with the sixth trading day following consummation of such transaction) is at
least 105% of the conversion price in effect on the date immediately preceding
the closing date of such transaction..
"Close of Business" means 5:00 p.m. in New York, New York.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this
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instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company. However, subject to the
provisions of Section 1311, shares issuable on conversion of Securities shall
include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the Company at
the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting from any
reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are
not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, that if at any time there
shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then
so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of
shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the
total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
delivered to the Trustee and signed in the name of the Company by one each of
(a) the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any
Vice President of the Company and (b) the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in New York, New
York, which initially shall be ___________________, New York, New York _____, at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
"Corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Credit Facility" means the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 1994
among the Company, its Subsidiaries, BT Commercial Corporation, as agent, and
certain other banks party thereto.
"Current Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
"Daily Market Price": The term "Daily Market Price" when used with
reference to the Common Stock shall mean the price of a share of Common Stock on
the relevant date, determined on the basis of the last reported sale price
regular way of the Common Stock as reported on the composite tape, or similar
reporting system, for issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or if the
Common Stock is not then listed on that Exchange, for issues listed on such
other national securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed as may
be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time for the purposes
hereof) or, if there is no
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such reported sale on the day in question, on the basis of the average of the
closing bid and asked quotations regular way as so reported, or, if the Common
Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, on the basis of the
average of the high bid and low asked quotations regular way on the day in
question in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Association
of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or if not so quoted, as
reported by National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, or a similar organization.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof or by declaration of
acceleration, redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate'" means a certificate delivered to the Trustee and
signed by one each of (a) the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or any Vice President of the Company and (b) the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of
the Company. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given
pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for or an employee of the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of
which moneys in the necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the
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Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided, that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Record Date" means either a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date,
as applicable.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture on the
applicable Redemption Date.
"Regular Record Date", for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the ______________ or ______________ (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
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"Repurchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1401.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and
unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company) on (i)
indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, whether outstanding on the date
of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (ii)
guarantees by the Company of indebtedness for money borrowed by any other
person, or reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, in either case,
whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter
created, incurred or assumed, (iii) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures
(other than the Securities), bonds or other instruments of indebtedness for the
payment of which the Company is responsible or liable, by guarantees or
otherwise, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or
thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (iv) obligations of the Company under
interest rate and currency swaps, caps, floors, collars or similar agreements or
arrangements intended to protect the Company against fluctuations in interest or
currency rates, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture
or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and (v) obligations of the Company
under any agreement to lease, or any lease of, any real or personal property,
which obligations, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, are required to be
capitalized on the books of the Company in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, or guarantees by the Company of similar obligations of
others, and (b) modifications, renewals, extensions and refundings of any such
indebtedness, obligations or guarantees; unless, in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided
that such indebtedness, obligations or guarantees or such modification, renewal,
extension or refunding thereof are not superior in right of payment to the
Securities; provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to
include, and the Securities will rank pari passu in right of payment with any
obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary.
"Significant Subsidiary" has the meaning ascribed to it under Regulation C
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily
has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
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times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
"Time of Determination" means (1) for purposes of Section 13.4(b) or (c),
the time and date of the earlier of (a) the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to receive the rights, warrants or distributions referred
to in Section 13.4(b) and (c), or (b) the commencement of "ex-dividend" trading
on the exchange or market referred to in the definition of the term "Daily
Market Price"; (2) for purposes of Section 13.4(d), the date of issuance of
Common Stock to the relevant Affiliate; and (3) for purposes of Section 13.4(e)
the Expiration Time (as defined in Section 13.4(e)).
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
such successor Trustee.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title "vice president".
Section 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirement set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;(b)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;(c)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
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by or
covered by an opinion of any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or
that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certification or Opinion of
Counsel unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate of public officials or upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall 1. become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company,
if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is
by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or
permitted to be given or taken by Holders. If not set by the Company prior to
the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such
action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date
for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the
most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 701)
prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to
any record date, only the Holders on such date (or their duly designated
proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not set a record date for, and
the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any Act by the
Holders pursuant to Section 501, 502 or 512.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.(e)Any Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer therefor or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or
more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
Section 105 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department, or
(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company, addressed to it
at the address of its principal executive offices specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date
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(if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail any notice, nor any defect
in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency
of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109 Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110 Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of Securities, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section 112 Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws of such State.
Section 113 Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to
convert his Securities shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or
principal and premium if any, or conversion of the Securities need not be made
on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or
at the Stated Maturity, or on such last day for conversion; provided, that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or last day for conversion, as the case may be.
Section 114 No Security Interest Created.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code
or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any
jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be
located.
Section 115 Limitation on Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture or in any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach
to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or
directors, as such, of the Company or any successor Person, or any of them,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against,
every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any
Security or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Security.
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ARTICLE 2.
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201 Forms Generally.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with any law or with the rules of any securities exchange on
which the Securities are listed or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
the Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange
on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202 Form of Face of Security.
CONVERSE INC.
___% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2004
No. ________ $___________
Converse, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to __________________________, or registered
assigns, upon presentment and surrender hereof, the principal sum of
________________ Dollars on _________, 2004, and to pay interest thereon from
and including the date of the initial issuance of Securities under this
Indenture or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ___________ and
__________ in each year, commencing _______, 1997 at the rate of ___% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the ____________ or ___________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee or be
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paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture. Notice of a Special Record Date shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date.
Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Security
will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
pursuant to Section 1002 of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: _________________ CONVERSE INC.
Attest: By _________________________
Name:
________________________ Title:
Section 203 Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company designated as its _____% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2004 (herein
called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount to $69,000,000
(including the underwriters' over-allotment option), issued and to be issued
under an Indenture, dated as of _________ ___, 1997 (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and First Union National Bank, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time on or before the
close of business on the Business Day next preceding ___________, 2004, or in
case this Security or a portion hereof is called for
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redemption, then in respect of this Security or such portion hereof until and
including, but (unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon
redemption) not after, the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date, to convert this Security (or any portion of the
principal amount hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), at the
principal amount hereof, or of such portion, into fully paid and non-assessable
shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of
Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price equal to $_______ principal
amount for each share of Common Stock (or at the current adjusted conversion
price if an adjustment has been made as provided in the Indenture) by surrender
of this Security, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, to the
Company at its office or agency maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section
1002 of the Indenture, accompanied by written notice to the Company in the form
provided in this Security (or such other notice as is acceptable to the Company)
that the Holder hereof elects to convert this Security, or if less than the
entire principal amount hereof is to be converted, the portion hereof to be
converted, and, in case such surrender shall be made after the close of business
on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and before
the close of business on such Interest Payment Date (unless there exists a
default in the payment of interest on this Security or this Security or the
portion thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a Redemption
Date within such period), also accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the
Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date
on the principal amount of this Security then being converted. Subject to the
aforesaid requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the
Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on or before
such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of this Security (or any
Predecessor Security) of record at such Regular Record Date to receive an
installment of interest (with certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no
payment or adjustment is to be made upon conversion on account of any interest
accrued hereon or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon
conversion. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares will
be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional share the Company shall
pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The conversion price is
subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture
provides that in case of certain consolidations, mergers or statutory exchanges
of securities with another corporation to which the Company is a party or the
sale or conveyance of the assets of the Company substantially as an entirety,
the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any Holders of
Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will be convertible
thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible as specified
above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon the consolidation, merger, statutory exchange or transfer by a
holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Security was
convertible immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, statutory exchange
or transfer (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise any rights
of election and received per share the kind and amount of consideration received
per share by a plurality of non-electing shares).
The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 15 and not more
than 60 days' notice by mail, at any time on or after _______ __, 2000, as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption
Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) plus accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, provided that interest
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installments whose Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates, all
as provided in the Indenture.
If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ___________ in the year
indicated, (_________ in the case of 2000) the Redemption Price shall be:
Redemption
Year Price
---- ----------
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
If all accrued interest on the Securities has not been paid, the Securities
may not be redeemed in part and the Company may not purchase or acquire any
Security otherwise than pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the
same terms to all holders of the Securities.
In certain circumstances involving the occurrence of a Change in Control
(as defined in the Indenture), the Holder hereof shall have the right to require
the Company to repurchase this Security (or any portion of the principal amount
hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) at 100% of the principal
amount hereof (or of such portion), together with accrued interest to the
Repurchase Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to such Repurchase Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.
In the event of redemption, conversion or repurchase of this Security in
part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed, unconverted or
unpurchased portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the cancellation hereof.
Any Securities called for redemption, unless surrendered for conversion by
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date fixed
for redemption, are subject to being purchased from the Holder of such
Securities at the redemption price by one or more investment banking firms or
other purchasers who may agree with the Company to purchase such Securities and
convert them into Common Stock.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided, and (c)
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
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If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all
the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at
any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, in each case, with an appropriate signature guarantee,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for
the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee
or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange except as provided in the Indenture. The Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, except as provided in this Security, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]
TO CONVERSE INC.:
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof (which is
$1,000 or a multiple thereof) designated below, into shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and
directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together
with any check in payment for a fractional share and any Security representing
any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the
registered owner hereof unless a different name has been provided below. If
this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of business on a
Regular Record Date and before the close of business on the related Interest
Payment Date, this Notice is accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the
Company, of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment
Date on the principal of this Security to be converted. If shares or any
portion of this Security not converted are to be issued in the name of a person
other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable
with respect thereto.
Dated: _________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Signature(s)
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a
member firm of a national stock exchange or of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. if shares of Common Stock are to be delivered, or
Securities to be issued, other than to and in the name of the registered owner.
-----------------------------
Signature Guarantee
Fill in for registration of shares of Common Stock if they are to be delivered,
or Securities if they are to be issued, other than to and in the name of the
registered owner:
-----------------------------
(Name)
-----------------------------
(Street Address)
-----------------------------
(City, State and Zip code)
(Please print name and address)
Register: _____ Common Stock
_____ Securities
(Check appropriate line(s)).
Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):
$__________,000
___________________________
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification
Number of owner
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Section 204 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
First Union National Bank,
as Trustee
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE 3.
THE SECURITIES
Section 301 Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $69,000,000 (including $9,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be sold by the Company
pursuant to the over-allotment option granted pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement, dated _________, 1997, among the Company, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Inc., Xxxxxx,
Read & Co. Inc., Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1108, 1302 or 1405.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the "____% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures Due 2004" of the Company. Their Stated Maturity shall
be ______, 2004 and they shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum,
from and including the date of the initial issuance of Securities under this
Indenture or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semi-
annually on _________ and _______ commencing ________, 1997, until the principal
thereof is paid or made available for payment. Each payment of interest shall
include interest accrued to but excluding the Interest Payment Date on which
payment is to be made.
The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that at the option of the Company
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.
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The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior
Indebtedness as provided in Article Twelve.
The Securities shall be convertible as provided in Article Thirteen.
The Securities shall be subject to repurchase at the option of the Holder
as provided in Article Fourteen.
Section 302 Denominations.
The Securities shall be issuable only in fully registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal or a facsimile thereof reproduced thereon
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company
Order shall either at one time or from time to time pursuant to such
instructions as may be described therein authenticate and deliver such
Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture.
Section 304 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute,
and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which
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they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Every such temporary Security
shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with
the same effect, as the definitive Security or Securities in lieu of which it is
issued.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at any office
or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of a like
principal amount of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities.
Section 305 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided. At all reasonable times the
Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Company.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at an office or
agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency
maintained for that purpose. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
(b) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
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duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and, in the case of a transfer, with an appropriate guarantee of signature.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities except as provided in Section 306. The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1108,
1302 or 1405 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities
selected for redemption under Section 1104 and ending at the close of business
on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Section 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. At the option
of the Company, interest on any Security may be paid by mailing checks to the
addresses of the Holders thereof as such addresses appear in the Securities
Register.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in Clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon, the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
In the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than
any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest
whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date; provided,
however, that Securities so surrendered for conversion shall (except in the case
of Securities or portions thereof which have been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date within such period) be accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date on the principal amount being surrendered for conversion.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in
the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is
after the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.
Section 308 Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and
(subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
Section 309 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer, exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order.
Section 310 Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE 4.
SATISFACTION and DISCHARGE
Section 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion or registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (B) Securities for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company, or
(D) are delivered to the Trustee for conversion in accordance
with Article Thirteen, and the Company, in the case of (A), (B), (C)
or (D) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal
and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
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Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (ii) of Clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and premium, if
any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the
Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 (and
held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently
converted shall be returned to the Company upon Company Request.
Section 403 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article Four by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article Four until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all money held in trust with respect to the Securities;
provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any
premium or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the
Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE 5.
REMEDIES
Section 501 Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
occasioned by the provisions of Article Twelve or be voluntary or involuntary or
be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security when it
becomes due and payable, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article Twelve, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any
Security at its Maturity, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
provisions of Article Twelve; or
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(c) default in the payment of the Repurchase Price in respect of any
Security on the Repurchase Date, whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the provisions of Article Twelve or failure to provide timely notice of a Change
in Control as required by Section 1402; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in
whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 45 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice
is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or
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 Company or any Significant Subsidiary having an aggregate principal
amount of $10,000,000 or more, which default (i) is caused by, whether such
indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall
constitute a failure to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable
grace period with respect thereto or (ii) shall have resulted in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness
having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled,
within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such
indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or
annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(f) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money against
the Company or any Significant Subsidiary the entry by a court or courts of
competent jurisdiction of which remain undischarged for a period (during which
execution shall not be effectively stayed, the posting of any required bond not
being deemed an execution for purposes hereof) of 30 days, provided that the
aggregate amount of all such judgments exceeds $[10,000,000] (net of amounts to
which the Company or such Subsidiary is entitled pursuant to insurance policies
which can reasonably be expected to be paid in the ordinary course); or
(g) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a
decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt
or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing
a custodian, receiver,
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liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(h) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or
proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to
the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant to this
Section 501, a record date shall automatically and without any other action by
any Person be set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding
Securities entitled to join in such Notice of Default, which record date shall
be the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such Notice of Default.
The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly
appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such
Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date: provided, that unless such Notice of Default shall have become effective
by virtue of the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined
therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such Notice of
Default shall automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and
of no further force or effect.
Section 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
501(g) or (h)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities may declare the principal of all the Securities to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal plus any interest
accrued on the Securities to the date of declaration shall become immediately
due and payable. In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(g)
or (h), all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Securities then
outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of Securities.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
econsequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay (i) all overdue interest on all Securities, (ii) the principal of and
premium, if any, on any Securities which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the
Securities, (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities, and (iv) all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(b) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of
Securities which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission and waiver shall affect any subsequent default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any declaration of acceleration, or any
rescission and annulment of any such declaration, pursuant to this Section 502,
a record date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be
set for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities
entitled to join in such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case
may be, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee
receives such declaration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be. The
Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed
agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such declaration,
or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration,
or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by
virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on
such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or
prior to the 90th day after such record date, such declaration, or rescission
and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without any action by
any Person be canceled and of no further force or effect.
Section 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of
30 days, or(b)default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon demand of
the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
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Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for
principal and premium, if any, and interest, and, to the extent that payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal
and premium, if any, and on any overdue interest, at the rate borne by the
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 503(a) or (b) occurs and is
continuing with respect to the Securities, the Trustee may recover judgment in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the
collection of such sums due and unpaid.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
including filing proofs of claim in federal bankruptcy proceedings, to take any
and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the
claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized
by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of the Creditors'
Committee.
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Section 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may
be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
Section 506 Application of Money Collected.
Subject to Article Twelve, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of
principal or premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons
determined to be entitled thereto.
Section 507 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of
a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default;(b)the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;(c)such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and(e)no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities; it being understood and intended that
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no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of,
or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all the Holders.
Section 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest and to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case
of a repurchase pursuant to Article Fourteen, on the Repurchase Date) and to
convert such Security in accordance with Article Thirteen and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 306, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section 512 Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee; provided, that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture; and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the
right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall
determine that the action so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining in such
direction.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction, a record date shall
automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for the purpose
of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in such
direction, which record date shall be the close of business on the day the
Trustee receives such direction. The Holders of Outstanding Securities on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, that unless such direction shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined
therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and of no further
force or effect.
Section 513 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive
any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
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(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Security, or, without the consent of the Holder of the Security affected, in
the repurchase of any Security or part thereof in accordance with Article
Fourteen, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require any party
litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and
may assess reasonable costs against any such party litigant, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, in the manner and to the extent provided in the
Trust Indenture Act; provided, that this Section shall not be deemed to
authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment
in any suit instituted by the Company or in any suit for the enforcement of the
right to convert any Security in accordance with Article Thirteen.
Section 515 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company 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 or
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 Company (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 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 had been enacted.
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ARTICLE 6.
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602 Notice of Defaults.
The Trustee shall give the Holders notice of any default hereunder in the
manner and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however,
that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(d), no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means
any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall be entitled
to withhold notice of any default hereunder to the extent permitted by Section
315(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 603 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;(c)whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel satisfactory to it and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
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(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;(f)the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder; and(h)the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in
respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
Section 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee and any Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee and any
Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606 Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
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Section 607 Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by
the Company and the Trustee (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel) except to the extent any such expense,
disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section 607, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
Section 608 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, or any State or Territory or the District of Columbia that (a) is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, (b) has (or, in the
case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, whose related
bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000
and (c) has a Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or state supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. No
obligor upon the Securities or Affiliate of such obligor shall serve as Trustee
upon the Securities. If at any time
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the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by an Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for the last six months, or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee and such
successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611 become the successor Trustee and
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
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no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders
and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the
manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the
successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
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Section 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities issued
upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, partial
conversion or partial redemption, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference
is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by
the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall
be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of
an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice
of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail notice of such
appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment under this Section shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like
effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible to act as such under the
provisions of this Section.
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Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its appointment shall be
deemed to have represented to the Trustee that it is eligible for appointment as
Authenticating Agent under this Section and to have agreed with the Trustee
that: it will perform and carry out the duties of an Authenticating Agent as
herein set forth, including among other things the duties to authenticate
Securities when presented to it in connection with the original issuance and
with exchanges, registrations of transfer or redemptions or conversions thereof
or pursuant to Section 306; it will keep and maintain, and furnish to the
Trustee from time to time as requested by the Trustee, appropriate records of
all transactions carried out by it as Authenticating Agent and will furnish the
Trustee such other information and reports as the Trustee may reasonably
require; and it will notify the Trustee promptly if it shall cease to be
eligible to act as Authenticating Agent in accordance with the provisions of
this Section. Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its appointment
shall be deemed to have agreed with the Trustee to indemnify the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee and to defend any claim
asserted against the Trustee by reason of any acts or failures to act of such
Authenticating Agent, but such Authenticating Agent shall have no liability for
any action taken by it in accordance with the specific written direction of the
Trustee.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities may have
endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________,
As Trustee
By ________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By _____________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE 7.
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require containing all the
information in the possession
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or control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents, other than the Trustee,
as to the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Trustee is the
Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act.(c)The Company, the Trustee and any other Person shall have the protection
of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703 Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704 Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to
Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries
thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and
in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided, that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended, shall be filed
with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with
the Commission.
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ARTICLE 8.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER or LEASE
Section 801 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with
or merge into the Company, unless:
(a) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of
every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed and shall have provided for conversion rights in accordance with
Section 1311;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become
an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;(c)such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of the Securities; and(d)the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and,
if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
Section 802 Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section
801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person
had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a
lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE 9.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or
successive successions, and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
or an additional Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(c) to secure the Securities; or
(d) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders
pursuant to the requirements of Section 1311; or
(e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities; or(f)to cause the Indenture
and the Securities to comply with applicable law, including the Trust Indenture
Act; or
(g) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture; provided, that such action pursuant to this clause (g) shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect.
Section 902 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the
Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
outstanding Security affected thereby,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or impair
the right to institute suit for the
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enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or make the principal
thereof or any premium or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other
than that provided for in the form of Security hereinabove set forth or modify
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the
Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders, or impair the right to convert
the Securities into Common Stock or to require the Company to repurchase the
Securities upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, subject to the terms set
forth herein, or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section
1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however,
that this Clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with
respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in
this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Section 901(e).
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not
(except to the extent required in the case of a supplemental indenture entered
into under 901(f)) be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which adversely affects in a material way the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
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Section 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect.
Section 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities.
Section 907 Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 902, the Company shall transmit to
the Holders a notice setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on the Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in New York, New York an office or agency (which
may be the Corporate Trust Office or other office of the Trustee) where
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities may be surrendered
for exchange, conversion or repurchase in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such purposes and may from
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time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in New York, New York for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Section 1003 Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, on or before
each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities, the Company will segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium, if
any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, on or prior to
each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any
Securities, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due, such sum to be held
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent will (a) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable
to it as a Paying Agent and hold all sums held by it for the payment of
principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; and (b) at any time during
the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any,
or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security
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shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004 Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in compliance with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such
defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005 Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises and the existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of each Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise, whether relating to the Company or any Subsidiary, if the Board of
Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1006 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant
or condition set forth in Section 1005, if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE 11.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101 Right of Redemption.
The Securities may be redeemed at the election of the Company, in whole or
from time to time in part, at any time on or after ________________ __, 2000 at
the Redemption Prices specified in the form of Security hereinbefore set forth,
together with accrued interest, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
if all accrued interest on the Securities has not been paid, the Securities may
not be redeemed in part and the Company may not redeem any Security other than
pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer to all holders of the Securities.
Section 1102 Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company as permitted by any
provision of this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such provision and
this Article.
Section 1103 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to Section
1101 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company of less than all the Securities, the Company shall, at
least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all of the Securities,
the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date.
Section 1104 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously
called for redemption, by lot or pro rata or by such other method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000; provided,
however, that any partial redemption of Securities shall be in an amount not
less than $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before
termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security
so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as
may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been
converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by
the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection. In any case where
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than one Security is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion
may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented
by one Security.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar
in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1105 Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 15 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price,
(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed,
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(e) the conversion price, the date on which the right to convert the
Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where
such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and
(f) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price. Notice of redemption of Securities
to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and
at the expense of the Company.
Section 1106 Deposit of Redemption Price.
At or prior to the close of business on any Redemption Date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay on such date the Redemption
Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
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Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which
are to be redeemed on that date other than any Securities called for redemption
on that date which have been converted prior to the Redemption Date.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited
with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for
the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the Holder of
such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as provided in the
last paragraph of Section 307) be paid to the Company upon Company Request or,
if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
Section 1107 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, on the later of the Redemption Date or the date such
Security is surrendered; provided, however, that installments of interest whose
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and
the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption as provided herein, the principal and premium, if any,
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by
the Security. The Company shall be deemed to have made payment as provided
herein if checks are mailed to the appropriate Persons not later than the
Business Day next subsequent to the Redemption Date.
Section 1108 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
an office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to
Section 1002 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
Section 1109 Conversion Arrangements on Call for Redemption.
In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange
for the purchase and conversion of any Securities surrendered for redemption by
an agreement with one
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or more investment banking firms or other purchasers to purchase such Securities
by paying to the Holders thereof, or to the Trustee or Paying Agent in trust for
such Holders, on or before the close of business on the date fixed for
redemption, an amount not less than the redemption price, together with interest
accrued to the date fixed for redemption, payable by the Company on redemption
of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Article Eleven, the obligation of the Company to pay the redemption price of
such Securities, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so
paid by such purchasers. Pursuant to such an agreement, any Securities tendered
by the Holder thereof for redemption or not duly surrendered for conversion by
such Holder shall be deemed acquired by such purchasers from such Holders and
surrendered by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to
the close of business on the date fixed for redemption, subject to payment of
the above amount as aforesaid.
ARTICLE 12.
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1201 Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the indebtedness represented
by the Securities and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on each and all of the Securities, and the amount, if any, of the
Repurchase Price payable in respect of Securities pursuant to Article XIV, are
hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1202 Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding,
relative to the Company or to its creditors, as such, or to a substantial part
of its assets, or (b) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other
winding up of the Company, whether total or partial, whether voluntary or
involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or
to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness; before the Holders of
the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, on account of principal
of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or the amount, if any, of
the Repurchase Price payable in respect of Securities pursuant to Article XIV,
and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive,
for application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such
payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the
payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the
payment of the Securities, which may be payable or
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deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such case, proceeding,
dissolution, liquidation or other winding up or event.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, including
any such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason
of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to
the payment of the Securities, before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full,
then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or
delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of
assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in
full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or securities"
shall not be deemed to include securities of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for
by a plan of reorganization or readjustment that does not adversely alter the
rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness which are subordinated in right of
payment to all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities
are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the
Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer
of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person upon
the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors or marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company for the
purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or which acquires by conveyance or transfer such
properties and assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall,
as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the
conditions set forth in Article Eight.
Section 1203 Acceleration of Securities.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, neither the
Trustee nor any Holder shall exercise any right either may have to accelerate
the maturity of the Securities at any time when payment of any amount owing on
the Securities is prohibited, in whole or in part, pursuant to Section 12.2 or
12.4; provided, however, that such right may nevertheless be so exercised upon
the earliest of (i) the acceleration of the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness,
(ii) the exercise by any holder of Senior Indebtedness of any remedies available
to it upon a default with respect to Senior Indebtedness, or (iii) the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 501(g) or (h).
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Section 1204 No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.
(a) In the event (i) and during the continuation of any default in the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Senior
Indebtedness, whether at the date of a required payment, maturity, upon
mandatory prepayment redemption or otherwise, or (ii) that any other default
with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing,
then no payment (including any payment which may be payable by reason of the
payment of any other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the
payment of the Securities) shall be made by the Company on account of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or on account of
the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Securities (x) in the case of
any default described in subclause (i) above, unless and until the Senior
Indebtedness to which such default relates is discharged or such default shall
have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness or their agents have waived the benefits of this Section
12.4(a), and (y) in the case of any default specified in clause (ii) above, from
the date the Company or the Trustee receives written notice of such default (a
"Senior Default Notice") from the (1) the agent for the Lenders if such default
relates to the Credit Facility or any replacement thereof, or (2) holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the kind or category of Senior Indebtedness to
which such default relates or any representative of such holders if such default
does not relate to the Credit Facility, or any replacement thereof until the
earlier of (A) 180 days after such date or (B) the date, if any, on which the
Senior Indebtedness to which such default relates is discharged or such default
shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness or their agents shall have waived the benefits of this
Section 12.4(a); provided, however, that not more than one Senior Default Notice
shall be given during any period of 360 consecutive days, regardless of the
number of defaults with respect to Senior Indebtedness during such 360-day
period.
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, then and in such event such payment shall
be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect
to which Section 1202 would be applicable.
Section 1205 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due on or in respect of
Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the
extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article (equally and ratably
with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms
is subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same
extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the
Senior Indebtedness until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
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distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or
securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over
pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness
by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1206 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities on the one hand
and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing contained in
this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to
or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the
Securities the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of
the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders
of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities otherwise
payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
Section 1207 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the
Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1208 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants
of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have
or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without
the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities,
without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the
obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place
or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior
Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or
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supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the
same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or
otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any
manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain
from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
Section 1209 Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself
to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee
therefor). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of
such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1210 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the
Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency,
bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up
or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit
of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid
or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
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Section 1211 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in
good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the
Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which holders of
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
Section 1212 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation
of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at
any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1213 Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been
appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as
used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires)
be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning
as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that
Section 1213 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if
it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
Section 1214 Rights with respect to Conversion and Certain Payments.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any
of the Securities, shall prevent (x) the application by the Trustee or any
paying agent (including by the Company if the Company shall then be acting as
paying agent) of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on
account of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on Securities,
including, without limitation, redemptions or repurchases pursuant to Articles
Eleven or Fourteen, if, at the time of such deposit (provided that the time of
such deposit was not more than 10 days prior to the time of such payment), such
payment would not have been prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this
Article, or (y) conversion of Securities.
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ARTICLE 13.
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section 1301 Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at the
option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the principal
amount thereof which equals $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof may be
converted at the principal amount thereof, or of such portion thereof, into
fully paid and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the
nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock, at the conversion price, determined
as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion. Such conversion
right shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding ___________, 2004. In case a Security or portion thereof is called
for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Security or portion so
called shall expire at the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment
due upon redemption.
The price at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon
conversion (herein called the "conversion price") shall be initially $_______
per share of Common Stock. The conversion price shall be adjusted in certain
instances as provided in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (i) of
Section 1304.
Section 1302 Exercise of Conversion Privilege.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security
shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company or in
blank, at any office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section
1002, accompanied by written notice to the Company in the form provided in the
Security (or such other notice as is acceptable to the Company) at such office
or agency that the Holder elects to convert such Security or, if less than the
entire principal amount thereof is to be converted, the portion thereof to be
converted. In the case of any Security which is surrendered for conversion
during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date through
and including the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security
whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated
Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest shall be paid to
the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of interest on such Interest Payment Date,
in which case such amount shall be paid to the person who made the payment
referred to below); provided, however, that Securities so surrendered for
conversion shall be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of
an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount being surrendered for conversion; provided, however, that no
such payment need be made if there shall exist at the time of conversion a
default in the payment of interest on the Securities; provided, further,
however, that no such payment need be made if such Security or portion thereof
being converted shall have been called for redemption and the Redemption Date
for such Security falls
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during the period beginning immediately after the close of business on such
Regular Record Date and ending at the close of business on such Interest Payment
Date. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of
any Security which is converted (a) interest whose Stated Maturity is after the
date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable and (b) no payment or
adjustment shall be made upon conversion on account of any dividends on the
Common Stock issued upon conversion.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the
close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at such time the rights of the
Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons
entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated
for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock as and
after such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date,
the Company shall issue and shall deliver at any office or agency of the Company
maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a certificate or certificates for the number
of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, together with payment
in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 1303.
In the case of any Security which is converted in part only, upon such
conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to
the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Security.
Section 1303 Fractions of Shares.
No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of
Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at
one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable
upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would
otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or
specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fractional share in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the
Closing Price (as hereinafter defined) at the close of business on the day of
conversion (or, if such day is not a Trading Day (as hereafter defined), on the
Trading Day immediately preceding such day).
Section 1304 Adjustment of Conversion Price.
(a) In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make a distribution on
its capital stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (iii) combine its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issue
by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the
Company, the conversion price in effect immediately prior to such action shall
be adjusted so that the holder of any Security thereafter surrendered for
conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock or
other capital stock of the Company that it would have owned or been entitled to
receive immediately following such action had such
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Security been converted immediately prior to the occurrence of such action. An
adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall become effective
immediately after the record date, in the case of a dividend or distribution, or
immediately after the effective date, in the case of a subdivision, combination
or reclassification. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this
subsection (a), the holder of any Securities thereafter surrendered for
conversion shall become entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of
capital stock or shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company,
the Board of Directors (whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be
described in a statement filed by the Company with the Trustee and with any
conversion agent as soon as practicable) shall determine the allocation of the
adjusted conversion price between or among shares of such classes of capital
stock or shares of Common Stock and other capital stock.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights, warrants or options to all
holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe
for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the
Current Market Price per share (as determined pursuant to subsection (g) of this
Section 1304) of the Common Stock, the conversion price in effect immediately
prior thereto shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the conversion price in effect immediately prior to the date of
issuance of such rights, warrants or options by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date
of issuance of such rights, warrants or options (immediately prior to such
issuance) plus the number of shares that the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares so offered would purchase at such Current Market Price,
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights, warrants or options
immediately prior to such issuance) plus the number of additional shares of
Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase. Such adjustment shall be
made successively whenever any rights, warrants or options are issued, and shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights, warrants or options. In
determining whether any rights, warrants or options entitle the holders to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less that such Current
Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of
Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by
the Company for such rights, warrants or options, the value of such
consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors
(whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a certificate
filed by the Company with the Trustee and with any conversion agent as soon as
practicable); provided, however, that rights, warrants or options issued by the
Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, which rights, warrants or
options (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii)
are not exercisable and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuance of
Common Stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) until the occurrence of
a specified event or events, shall, for purposes of this Section 1304, not be
deemed issued until the occurrence of the earliest such specified event.
(c) In case the Company shall distribute to all holders of its outstanding
Common Stock any shares of a capital stock (other than Common Stock), evidence
of its indebtedness or assets (including securities and cash, but excluding any
regular periodic cash dividend paid from
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surplus of the Company and dividends or distributions payable in stock for which
adjustment is made pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 1304) or rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company
(excluding those referred to in subsection (b) of this Section 1304), then in
each such case the conversion price shall be adjusted sot that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the conversion price in effect
immediately prior to the record date of such distribution by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the Current Market Price per share (as determined
pursuant to the subsection (g) of this Section 1304 of the Common Stock less the
fair market value on such record date (as determine by the Board of Directors,
whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a certificate
filed by the Company with the Trustee and with any conversion agent as soon as
practicable) of the portion of the capital stock or the evidence of indebtedness
or the assets so distributed to the holder of one share of Common Stock or of
such subscription rights, warrants or options applicable to one share of Common
Stock, and of which the denominator shall be such Current Market Price per share
of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution; provided, however, that rights, warrants or options issued by the
Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to
subscribe for or purchase shares of securities of the Company (excluding those
referred to in subsection (b) of this Section 1304), which rights, warrants or
options (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii)
are not exercisable and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuance of
Common Stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii) until the occurrence of
a specified events or events, shall, for purposes of this Section 1304, not be
deemed issued until the occurrence of the earliest such specified event.
(d) In case the Company shall issue to an Affiliate shares of its Common
Stock at a net price per share less than the Current Market Price per share (as
determined pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section 1304) on the date the
Company fixes the offering price of such additional shares, the conversion price
shall be reduced immediately thereafter so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying such conversion price in effect immediately prior
thereto by a fraction of which the numerator shall be number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares
plus the number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate offering price of
the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered would purchase at the
Current Market Price and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of such additional shares.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such an issuance is made.
This subsection (d) shall not apply to Common Stock issued to any Affiliate
under a bonafide employee or director benefit plan adopted by the Board of
Directors and approved by the holders of Common Stock when required by law.
(e) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, at any time
distribute to all holders of the Company's Common Stock cash (excluding any cash
that is distributed as part of a distribution referred to in subsection (c) of
this Section 1304) (or in connection with a transaction to which Section 1311
applies) in an aggregate amount that, together with (A) the aggregate amount of
any other distributions to all holders of the Company's Common Stock made
exclusively in cash (excluding any cash that was distributed as part of a
distribution referred to in
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subsection (c) or in connection with a transaction to which Section 1311
applies) within the 12 months preceding the date fixed for the determination of
shareholders entitled to such distribution and in respect of which no conversion
price adjustment pursuant to this subsection (e) has been made and (B) the
aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by
the board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be
described in a certificate filed by the Company with the Trustee and with any
conversion agent as soon as practicable) of other consideration payable in
respect of any previous tender offer by the Company or a Subsidiary for the
Company's Common Stock consummated within the 12 months preceding such
distribution and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to subsection (f) of
this Section 1304 has been made, exceeds 10% of the product of the Current
Market Price per share (determined pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section
1304) of the Common Stock on such date of determination times the number of
shares of Common outstanding on such date the conversion price shall be reduced
by multiplying the conversion price in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on such date of determination by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the Current Market Price per share (determined pursuant to subsection
(g) of this Section 1304) of Common Stock on such date of determination less the
amount of cash to be distributed at such time applicable to one share of Common
Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price, such
reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on
the day after such date of determination.
(f) In case a tender offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary for all or
any portion of the Company's Common Stock shall be consummated and such tender
offer shall involve an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and shall be described in a certificate filed by the Company with the
Trustee and with any conversion agent as soon as practicable) on the last time
(the "Expiration Time") tenders may be made pursuant to such tender offer (as it
may have been amended) that, together with the aggregate of the cash plus the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a certificate filed
by the Company with the Trustee and with any conversion agent as soon as
practicable), of other consideration paid or payable in respect of any previous
tender offer by the Company or a Subsidiary for all or any portion of the
Company's Common Stock consummated within the 12 months preceding the
consummation of such tender offer and in respect of which no conversion price
adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (f) has been made, such cash plus the fair
market value of other consideration to be calculated in each case as of the
expiration of each such previous tender offer, exceeds 10% of the product of the
Current market Price per share (determined pursuant to subsection (g) of this
Section 1304) of the Common Stock at the Expiration Time times the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) at the
Expiration Time, 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 Expiration Time by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be (i) the product of the Current Market Price per share (determined
pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section 1304) of the Common Stock at the
Expiration Time times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(including any tendered shares) at the Expiration Time minus (ii) the fair
market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration paid or
payable to stockholders based on the number of validly tendered shares to
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be purchased and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time (the number of
shares so purchased being hereinafter referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and
the denominator of which shall be the product of (i) such Current Market Price
per share on the Expiration Time times (ii) such number of outstanding shares on
the Expiration Time less the number of Purchased Shares, such reduction to
become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the Expiration Time.
(g) For the purpose of any computation under subsections (b), (c), (d), (e)
and (f) of this Section 1304, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the Daily Market Prices for the
shorter of (i) 30 consecutive Business Days ending on the last full trading day
on the exchange or market referred to in determining such daily market prices
prior to the Time of Determination or (ii) the period commencing on the date
next succeeding the first public announcement of the issuance of such rights or
warrants, such distribution, such issuance of Common Stock to an Affiliate or
such tender offer, as the case may be, through such last full trading day prior
to the Time of Determination.
(h) In any case in which this Section 1304 shall require that an adjustment
be made immediately following a record date or an effective date, the Company
may elect to defer (but only until five Business Days following the filing by
the Company with the Trustee and any conversion agent of the certificate
required by Section 1305) issuing to the holder of any Security converted after
such record date or effective date the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion on the basis of the conversion price prior to adjustment, and paying
to such holder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share.
(i) No adjustment in the conversion price shall be required to be made
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of
such price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this
subsection (i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section
1304 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as
the case may be. Anything in this Section 1304 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall be entitled to make such reduction in the conversion price, in
addition to those adjustments required by this Section 1304, as it in its
discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend,
subdivision of shares, distribution of rights to purchase stock or securities or
distribution of securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock hereafter
made by the Company to its shareholders shall not be taxable to the recipients.
(j) In the event that at any time as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 1304, the holder of any Security
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any
shares of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the
conversion price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any
Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on
terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to
Common Stock contained in this Article Thirteen.
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Section 1305 Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price.
Whenever the conversion price is adjusted as herein provided:
(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion price in accordance
with Section 1304 and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Treasurer or
Chief Financial Officer of the Company setting forth the adjusted conversion
price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is
based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed (with a copy to the
Trustee) at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of
Securities pursuant to Section 1002; and
(b) a notice stating that the conversion price has been adjusted and
setting forth the adjusted conversion price shall forthwith be prepared, and as
soon as practicable after it is prepared, such notice shall be furnished by the
Company to the Trustee and mailed by the Company at its expense to all Holders
at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register.
Section 1306 Notice of Certain Corporate Action.
In case:
(a) the Company shall take an action that would require a conversion price
adjustment pursuant to Section 1304(c), (d), (e) or (f); or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its Common
Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital
stock of any class or of any other rights (excluding shares of capital stock or
options for capital stock issued pursuant to a benefit plan for employees,
officers or directors of the Company); or
(c) of any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision
or combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or of any
consolidation, merger or share exchange to which the Company is a party and for
which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of the Company; or
(e) the Company or any Subsidiary shall commence a tender offer for all or
a portion of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or shall amend any such
tender offer to change the maximum number of shares being sought or the amount
or type of consideration being offered therefor);
then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 1002, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders
at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least
21 days (or 11 days in any case specified in clause (a), (b)
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or (e) above) prior to the applicable record, effective or expiration date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or granting of rights or
warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders
of Common Stock of record who will be entitled to such dividend, distribution,
rights or warrants are to be determined, (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the
date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share
exchange, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or (z) the
date on which such tender offer commenced, the date on which such tender offer
is scheduled to expire unless extended, the consideration offered and the other
material terms thereof (or the material terms of any amendment thereto). Neither
the failure to give any such notice nor any defect therein shall affect the
legality or validity of any action described in clauses (a) through (e) of this
Section 1306.
Section 1307 Company to Reserve Common Stock.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from
preemptive rights, out of the authorized but unissued Common Stock or out of the
Common Stock held in treasury, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of
Securities, the full number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the
conversion of all outstanding Securities.
Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the
conversion price below the then par value (if any) of the shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, the Company will take any
corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock at such adjusted conversion price.
Section 1308 Taxes on Conversions.
The Company will pay any and all original issuance, transfer, stamp and
other similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of
shares of Common Stock on conversion of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company
shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in
a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or Securities to be
converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the
Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax,
or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been
paid.
Section 1309 Covenant as to Common Stock.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued
upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
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The Company further covenants that for so long as the Common Stock shall be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange,
the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, list and keep
listed all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
Section 1310 Cancellation of Converted Securities.
All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee
to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the
same as provided in Section 309.
Section 1311 Provisions as to Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, in case of any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party (other than a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which
the Company's Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or
consolidation is not exchanged for cash or the securities or other property of
another corporation), or in case of any sale or conveyance to another
corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety, or in the case of any statutory exchange of securities with another
corporation (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition), the
corporation formed by such consolidation or the corporation whose securities,
cash or other property will immediately after the merger or consolidation be
owned, by virtue of the merger or consolidation by the holders of Common Stock
of the Company immediately prior to the merger, or the corporation that shall
have acquired such assets or securities of the Company, as the case may be,
shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
providing that the holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the right
thereafter to convert such Security into the kind and amount of securities, cash
or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, statutory
exchange, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such Security might have been converted immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance assuming such
holder of Common Stock did not exercise its rights of election, if any, as to
the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance (provided that, if
the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same
for each share of Common Stock in respect of which such rights of election shall
not have been exercised (a "non-electing share"), then for the purposes of this
Section 1311, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, statutory 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-electing shares). Such
supplemental indenture shall provide for appropriate adjustment with respect to
the rights of the holders of the Securities, to the end that the provisions set
forth in this Article Thirteen shall thereafter correspondingly be made
applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, in relation to any shares of stock
or other securities or property thereafter deliverable on the conversion of the
Securities. Any such adjustment shall be evidenced by a certificate delivered
to the Trustee and any paying agent.
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The above provisions of this Section 1311 shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, statutory exchanges, sales or conveyances.
The Company shall give notice of the execution of such a supplemental
indenture to the holders of Securities in the manner provided in Section 1006
within 30 days after the execution thereof; provided, however, that such notice
need not be given if such information has been provided prospectively in the
notice given pursuant to Section 1306. Failure to give such notice, or any
defects therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of any such
supplemental indenture.
Section 1312 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall at any time be under any
duty or responsibility to any holder of Securities to determine whether any
facts exist that may require any adjustment of the conversion price, or with
respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with
respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture
provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any
conversion agent shall be accountable with respect to the listing referred to in
Section 1309 or the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of
Common Stock, or of any securities, cash or other property that may at any time
be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and neither the
Trustee nor any conversion agent makes any representation with respect thereto.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be responsible for any
failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock
or stock certificates or other securities or property or to make any cash
payment upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or,
subject to the provisions of Section 601, to comply with any of the covenants
contained in this Article Thirteen.
ARTICLE 14.
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
Section 1401 Right to Require Repurchase.
In the event that there shall occur a Change in Control, then each Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder's option, to require the Company to
purchase, and upon the exercise of such right, the Company shall, subject to the
provisions of Article Twelve, purchase all (or any portion with a principal
amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's
Securities on the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is 40 Business Days after
the occurrence of the Change in Control at a price (the "Repurchase Price")
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid
interest to the Repurchase Date.
Section 1402 Notice; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right.
(a) On or before the 20th Business Day after the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the Company, or at the request of the Company, the Trustee (in the name
and at the expense of the Company), shall give notice of the occurrence of the
Change in Control and of the repurchase right set forth herein arising as a
result thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each
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Holder of the Securities at such Holder's address appearing in the Security
Register. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice of a repurchase
right to the Trustee.
Each notice of a repurchase right shall state:
(i) the event constituting the Change in Control and the date thereof,
(ii) the Repurchase Date,
(iii) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised,
(iv) the Repurchase Price, and
(v) the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise a repurchase
right.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notice shall limit any
Holder's right to exercise a repurchase right. The Trustee shall have no
affirmative obligation to determine if there shall have occurred a Change in
Control.
(b) To exercise a repurchase right, a Holder shall deliver to the Company
(or an agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the notice referred
to in (a) above) and to the Trustee on or before the close of business on the
Repurchase Date (i) written notice of the Holder's exercise of such right, which
notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the
Security or Securities (or portion of a Security which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) to be repurchased, and a statement that an election to
exercise the repurchase right is being made thereby, and (ii) the Security or
Securities with respect to which the repurchase right is being exercised, duly
endorsed for transfer to the Company. Such written notice may be withdrawn at
any time on or before the close of business on the Repurchase Date. If the
Repurchase Date falls between any Regular Record Date and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, Securities to be repurchased must be accompanied by
payment from the Holder of an amount equal to the interest thereon which the
registered Holder thereof is to receive on such Interest Payment Date.
(c) In the event a repurchase right shall be exercised in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Company shall on or promptly following the Repurchase Date
pay or cause to be paid in cash to the Holder thereof the Repurchase Price of
the Security or Securities as to which the repurchase right had been exercised.
Section 1403 Deposit of Repurchase Price.
On or prior to the close of business on the Repurchase Date the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of the
Securities which are to be repaid on or promptly following the Repurchase Date.
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Section 1404 Securities Not Repurchased on Repurchase Date.
Interest on any Security surrendered for repurchase shall cease to accrue
from and after the Repurchase Date unless the Company shall default in the
payment of any such Security at the purchase price, together with interest
accrued thereon to the Repurchase Date.
Section 1405 Securities Repurchased in Part.
Any Security which is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered
at any office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to
Section 1002 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
repurchased portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CONVERSE INC.
By _________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By _________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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On the ______ day of ______________, 1997, before me personally came
___________________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that he is _____________________ of CONVERSE, INC., a
Delaware corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument;
that he knows the seal of said entity; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is such seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of
said entity; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
________________________________
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On the ________ day of _________________, 199_, before me personally came
__________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a ______________________ of FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, a
________________ described in and which executed the foregoing instrument as
trustee; that he knows the seal of said entity; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said entity; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
_____________________________
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