JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC., JONES APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., JONES APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., and NINE WEST GROUP INC., as Issuers and THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of February 1, 2001 Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.,
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.,
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., and
NINE WEST GROUP INC.,
as Issuers
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
Dated as of February 1, 2001
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions................................................1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions..........................................8
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..........8
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction......................................8
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Form of Securities.........................................9
Section 2.02. Title and Terms...........................................10
Section 2.03. Denominations.............................................10
Section 2.04. Forms Generally...........................................10
Section 2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery....................10
Section 2.06. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent..............11
Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.....................................11
Section 2.08. Replacement Securities....................................12
Section 2.09. Outstanding Securities....................................13
Section 2.10. Temporary Securities; Exchange of Global Security for
Definitive Securities.....................................13
Section 2.11. Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities...............14
Section 2.12. Cancellation..............................................15
Section 2.13. Special Transfer Provisions...............................15
Section 2.14. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers....................................18
Section 2.15. Legend on Restricted Securities...........................18
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee........................................19
Section 3.02. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed....................19
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption......................................19
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption............................20
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Page Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price...............................21
Section 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part...............................21
Section 3.07. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption.............21
Section 3.08. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder............22
Section 3.09. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon
Fundamental Change........................................28
Section 3.10. Effect of Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice.........................................35
Section 3.11. Deposit of Purchase Price or Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price..........................................36
Section 3.12. Securities Purchased or Repurchased in Part...............37
Section 3.13. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase or
Repurchase of Securities..................................37
Section 3.14. Repayment to the Issuers..................................37
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities.....................................37
Section 4.02. SEC Reports...............................................38
Section 4.03. Corporate Existence.......................................38
Section 4.04. Restrictions on Liens.....................................38
Section 4.05. Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions...........40
Section 4.06. Exempted Debt.............................................41
Section 4.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants...............................41
Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate....................................42
Section 4.09. Further Instruments and Acts..............................42
Section 4.10. Calculation of Original Issue Discount....................42
Section 4.11. Book-Entry System.........................................42
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANIES
Section 5.01. Merger and Consolidation..................................42
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01. Events of Default.........................................43
Section 6.02. Acceleration..............................................45
Section 6.03. Other Remedies............................................46
Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................46
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.......................................46
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.......................................46
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment......................47
Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee................................47
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................47
Section 6.10. Priorities................................................47
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.....................................48
Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..........................48
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.........................................48
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.........................................49
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..............................50
Section 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer......................................50
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults........................................51
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holder..............................51
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity................................51
Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee....................................52
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger...............................52
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.............................53
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers.........53
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities.....................53
Section 8.02. Application of Trust Money...............................54
Section 8.03. Repayment to Issuers.....................................54
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders................................54
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders...................................55
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.......................56
Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.............56
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.....................56
Section 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments................................56
Section 9.07. Payment for Consent.......................................57
ARTICLE 10
SPECIAL TAX EVENT CONVERSION
Section 10.01. Optional Conversion to Semi-annual Cash Pay Note Upon Tax
Event.....................................................57
Section 10.02. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.......................57
Section 10.03. Holder Lists..............................................58
Section 10.04. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved............58
ARTICLE 11
CONVERSION
Section 11.01. Conversion Privilege......................................59
Section 11.02. Conversion Procedure......................................60
Section 11.03. Fractional Shares.........................................61
Section 11.04. Taxes on Conversion.......................................62
Section 11.05. Company to Provide Stock..................................62
Section 11.06. Adjustment for Change In Capital Stock....................62
Section 11.07. Adjustment for Rights Issue...............................63
Section 11.08. Adjustment for Other Distributions........................64
Section 11.09. When Adjustment May Be Deferred...........................66
Section 11.10. When No Adjustment Required...............................66
Section 11.11. Notice of Adjustment......................................66
Section 11.12. Voluntary Increase........................................66
Section 11.13. Notice of Certain Transactions............................66
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Page Section 11.14. Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions..........67
Section 11.15. Company Determination Final...............................68
Section 11.16. Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer...........................68
Section 11.17. Simultaneous Adjustments..................................68
Section 11.18. Successive Adjustments....................................68
Section 11.19. Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued Upon
Conversion................................................68
Section 11.20. Restriction on Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion........68
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls..............................69
Section 12.02. Notices...................................................69
Section 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders...............70
Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent........70
Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.............70
Section 12.06. When Securities Disregarded...............................71
Section 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar..............71
Section 12.08. Legal Holidays............................................71
Section 12.09. Governing Law.............................................71
Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others................................71
Section 12.11. Successors................................................72
Section 12.12. Multiple Originals........................................72
Section 12.13. Table of Contents; Headings...............................72
Section 12.14. Severability..............................................72
EXHIBIT A: FORM OF SECURITY................................................A-1
EXHIBIT B: FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
FROM GLOBAL SECURITY OR DEFINITIVE SECURITY
TO DEFINITIVE SECURITY................................................B-1
EXHIBIT C: FORM OF NON-DISTRIBUTION LETTER FOR
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS....................................C-1
EXHIBIT D: FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE.........................................D-1
EXHIBIT E: FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE
NOTICE................................................................E-1
EXHIBIT F: FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
OF RESTRICTED COMMON STOCK............................................F-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of February 1, 2001, by and among XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, NINE WEST GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (collectively, the "Issuers"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York State banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuers' Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021 (the "Securities"):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Acquiring Person" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"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 Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent Members" has the meaning specified in Section 2.11.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the actual rate of interest of such transaction) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). The term "net rental payments" under any lease for any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated without payment of such penalty.
"Average Quoted Price" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the applicable Issuer or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the Board of Directors of such Issuer.
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"Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
"Clearstream" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Closing Date" means the date of this Indenture.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Common Stock" means the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company as it exists on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed.
"Company" means Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the total amount of assets of the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities (excluding the amount of those which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than 12 months after the date as of which the amount is being determined and excluding all intercompany items between an Issuer and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between Issuers or wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Issuers) and (2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Shareholders' Equity" means consolidated shareholders' equity of the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries as determined in accordance with GAAP and reflected on the Issuers' most recent balance sheet.
"Conversion Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 2.06.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 11.02.
"Conversion Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 10.04.
"Definitive Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
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"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities issuable in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with respect to the Securities, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor.
"Dollar" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.
"Euroclear" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Ex-Dividend Time" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Fundamental Change" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Fundamental Change Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Fundamental Change Notice Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Fundamental Change Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 3.09.
"Funded Debt" means Indebtedness, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of creation thereof or which is extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from the date of creation thereof, provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include obligations created pursuant to leases, or any Indebtedness or portion thereof maturing by its terms within one year from the time of any computation of the amount of outstanding Funded Debt unless such Indebtedness shall be extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from such time, or any Indebtedness for the payment or redemption of which money in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust either at or before the maturity or redemption date thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those principles set forth in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession and (iv) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be
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filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.
"Global Security" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend labeled as such and that is set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" of a Person means indebtedness for borrowed money and all indebtedness under purchase money mortgages or other purchase money liens or conditional sales or similar title retention agreements (but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business) in each case where such indebtedness has been created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by such Person or where such Person is otherwise liable therefore and indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any Lien upon property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness; provided that if the obligation so secured has not been assumed in full by such Person or is otherwise not such Person's legal liability in full, the amount of such obligation for the purposes of this definition shall be limited to the lesser of the amount of such obligation secured by such Lien or the fair market value of the property securing such Lien.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and includes the terms of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
"Initial Purchasers" means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc. and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
"Interest Payment Date" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Issue Date" means the date the Securities are authenticated under this Indenture.
"Issue Price" of any Security means, in connection with the original issuance of such Security, the initial issue price at which the Security is sold as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Issuer" means each party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the Trust Indenture Act, each other obligor on the indenture securities.
"Issuers' Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
"Issuers' Notice Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
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"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
"Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal, Restated Principal Amount, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity, on a Redemption Date, Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise.
"Non-Global Purchasers" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Offering Memorandum" means the offering memorandum relating to the Securities dated as of January 25, 2001.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the applicable Issuer.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the applicable Issuer or the Trustee.
"Option Exercise Date" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Original Issue Discount" of any Security means the difference between the Issue Price and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Principal Amount at Maturity" of a Security means the Principal Amount at Maturity as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Principal Property" means, any property owned or leased by any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary, the net book value of which exceeds one percent of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement dated January 25, 2001, among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers.
"Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
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"Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
"Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
"QIBs" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Redemption Date" shall mean the date specified for redemption of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and Article 3 hereof.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning specified in the Securities.
"Regular Record Date" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement dated February 1, 2001, among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers.
"Regulation S" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Restated Principal Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Restricted Security" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend labeled as such and that is set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary of an Issuer which would be a "Significant Subsidiary" at such time, as such term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the Closing Date.
"Rights" has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
"Rights Agreement" has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
"Rule 144A" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"Sale Price" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" has the meaning specified in the second paragraph of this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
"Shelf Registration" shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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"Special Record Date" has the meaning specified in Section 10.04.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which an amount equal to the Principal Amount at Maturity of such Security is due and payable or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the Restated Principal Amount thereof or any installment of interest thereon is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Tax Event" means that the Issuers shall have received an opinion from independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, on or after January 25, 2001, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws, rules or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or (b) any amendment to, or change in, an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, in each case which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation is issued or announced or which action is taken, on or after January 25, 2001, there is more than an insubstantial risk that Original Issue Discount payable on the Securities either (i) would not be deductible on a current accrual basis or (ii) would not be deductible under any other method, in either case in whole or in part, by the Issuers (by reason of deferral, disallowance, or otherwise) for United States Federal income tax purposes.
"Tax Event Date" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date.
"Time of Determination" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
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"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than Capital Stock constituting directors' qualifying shares or interests held by directors or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals, in each case to the extent mandated by applicable law) is directly or indirectly owned by an Issuer or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
| Term
|
Defined in Section |
| "Bankruptcy Law" | 6.01 |
| "Custodian" | 6.01 |
| "Event of Default" | 6.01 |
| "Legal Holiday" | 12.08 |
| "Notice of Default" | 6.01 |
| "Paying Agent" | 2.06 |
| "protected purchaser" | 2.08 |
| "Registrar" | 2.06 |
| "Sale and Leaseback Transaction" | 4.05 |
| "Successor Company" | 5.01(a) |
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuers and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
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(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; and
(6) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
The Securities offered and sold (i) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S") or (ii) to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A ("QIBs") in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), each as provided in the Purchase Agreement, shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with the Global Securities Legend and Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Global Security"). Any Global Security shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of participants in the Depositary (and, in the case of Securities sold in accordance with Regulation S, registered with the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") or Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme ("Clearstream")), duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of a Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee a hereinafter provided. Except as provided in Section 2.10 and 2.13, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form. Purchasers of Securities who are not QIBs and did not purchase Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (referred to herein as the "Non-Global Purchasers") will receive certificated Securities in definitive form bearing the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto ("Definitive Securities"). Definitive Securities will bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth on Exhibit A unless removed in accordance with Section 2.13(b).
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SECTION 2.02. Title and Terms. The aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $700,561,000 (subject to increase by up to $105,084,000 in the event the over-allotment option granted by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers is exercised in full), except for replacement Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.08.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the "Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021" of the Issuers with a Stated Maturity on February 1, 2021.
The Issue Price and Original Issue Discount accrued on the Securities (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York maintained for such purpose and at any other office or agency maintained by the Issuers for such purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuers payments may be made by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
The Securities shall not have the benefit of a sinking fund.
The Securities shall not be superior in right of payment to, and shall rank pari passu with, all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuers.
SECTION 2.03. Denominations. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and in denominations of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity and any integral multiple of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity above that amount.
SECTION 2.04. Forms Generally. The Securities may have such letters, notations, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, securities exchange rule, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations thereunder, agreements to which any Issuer is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuers). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
SECTION 2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. One or more Officers of the Issuers shall sign the Securities on behalf of the Issuers by manual or facsimile signature. The Issuers' seal, if any, shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer of the Issuers whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence
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that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. A Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuers. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.06. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Issuers shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent") and an office where Securities may be presented for conversion (the "Conversion Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuers may have one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent, the term "Registrar" includes any co-registrars and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional conversion agents. The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as (i) Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent in connection with the Securities and (ii) the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.
The Issuers shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuers fail to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Issuers or any of their domestically organized Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent.
The Issuers may remove any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent upon written notice to such Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (1) acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuers and such successor Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (2) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (1) above. The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may resign at any time upon written notice; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.
SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with this Indenture. When a Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the
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requirements of Section 8-401(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for Securities of other denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity and tenor, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. The Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any such transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuers shall not be required to make and the Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer or conversion of any Security, the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, and the Conversion Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving the payment of the principal on such Security (and interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) or conversion of such Security, as the case may be, and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Conversion Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interest in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (i) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (ii) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture will evidence the same debt and will be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (i) satisfies the Issuers or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking, and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) requests the Issuers or the Trustee to issue a new replacement Security, prior to the Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a "protected purchaser") and (iii) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond satisfactory to the Trustee to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Issuers and the Trustee may charge the Holder for the expenses they incur in replacing a Security. In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to become due and payable or has been called for
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redemption in full, the Issuers in their discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a new Security in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Issuers.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities.
SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 12.06, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, the Security so replaced ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Issuers receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, at Maturity, money sufficient to pay all amounts payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date, such Securities (or portions thereof) shall cease to be outstanding and Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) on them shall cease to accrue.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities; Exchange of Global Security for Definitive Securities.
(a) In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Issuers, without charge to the Holder.
(b) Except for transfers made in accordance with Section 2.13(a), a Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to Section 2.11 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Securities only if such transfer complies with Section 2.13 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 90 days of such notice, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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(c) Any Global Security or interest therein that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Securities shall, if held by the Depository, be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities of authorized denominations in the form of Definitive Securities. Any portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 Principal Amount (or Restated Principal Amount if Securities are converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) and any integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. Any Securities in the form of Definitive Securities delivered in exchange for an interest in the Global Security shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.13(b), bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
(d) Prior to any transfer pursuant to Section 2.10(b), the registered holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
The Issuers will make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities. This Section 2.11 shall apply only to a Global Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.11 and the written order of the Issuers, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement between the Depositary and the Trustee.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depositary or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuers, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.
The provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "Management Regulations and Instructions to Participants" of Clearstream shall be applicable to interests in any Global Securities that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream. The Trustee shall have
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no obligation to notify holders of any such procedures or to monitor or enforce compliance with the same.
SECTION 2.12. Cancellation. The Issuers at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, conversion (pursuant to Article 11 hereof) or cancellation and dispose of such canceled Securities in its customary manner. The Issuers may not issue new Securities to replace Securities they have redeemed, paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.13. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, or of any beneficial interest therein, shall only be made in accordance with Section 2.11 and 2.10 and this Section 2.13(a); provided, however, that beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth under the heading "Notice to Investors" in the Offering Memorandum and, if applicable, in Exhibit C.
Except for transfers or exchanges made in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4) of this Section 2.13(a) and Section 2.10, transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such successor's nominee.
(1) GLOBAL SECURITY TO DEFINITIVE SECURITY. If an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary wishes at any time to transfer its interest in such Global Security to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security, such owner may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depositary, cause the exchange of such interest for one or more Definitive Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations and of the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity. Upon receipt by the Registrar of (A) instructions from Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depositary directing the Trustee to authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Securities of the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity as the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be exchanged, such instructions to contain the name or names of the designated transferee or transferees, the authorized denomination or denominations of the Definitive Securities to be so issued and appropriate delivery instructions, (B) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto given by the owner of such beneficial interest, (C) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto given by the Person acquiring the Definitive Securities for which such interest is
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being exchanged, to the effect set forth therein, and (D) such other certifications or other information and, in the case of transfers pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, legal opinions as the Issuers may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, or the Registrar, as the case may be, will instruct the Depositary to reduce or cause to be reduced such Global Security by the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the beneficial interest therein to be exchanged and to debit or cause to be debited from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Security that is being transferred, and concurrently with such reduction and debit the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Securities of the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity in accordance with the instructions referred to above.
(2) DEFINITIVE SECURITY TO DEFINITIVE SECURITY. If a holder of a Definitive Security wishes at any time to transfer such Definitive Security (or portion thereof) to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security, such holder may, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in such Definitive Security, cause the transfer of such Definitive Security (or any portion thereof in a Principal Amount at Maturity equal to an authorized denomination) to such transferee. Upon receipt by the Registrar of (A) such Definitive Security, duly endorsed as provided herein, (B) instructions from such holder directing the Trustee to authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Securities of the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity as the Definitive Security (or portion thereof) to be transferred, such instructions to contain the name or names of the designated transferee or transferees, the authorized denomination or denominations of the Definitive Securities to be so issued and appropriate delivery instructions, (C) a certificate from the holder of the Definitive Security to be transferred in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, (D) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto given by the Person acquiring the Definitive Securities (or portion thereof), to the effect set forth therein, and (E) such other certifications or other information and, in the case of transfers pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, legal opinions as the Issuers may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the Registrar, shall cancel or cause to be canceled such Definitive Security and concurrently therewith, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Securities in the appropriate aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity, in accordance with the instructions referred to above and, if only a portion of a Definitive Security is transferred as aforesaid, concurrently therewith the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the transferor a Definitive Security in a Principal Amount at Maturity equal to the Principal Amount at Maturity which has not been transferred. A holder of a Definitive Security may at any time exchange such Definitive Security for one or more Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations and in the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity and registered in the same name by delivering such Definitive Security, duly endorsed as provided herein, to the Trustee together with instructions directing the Trustee to authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Securities in the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
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and registered in the same name as the Definitive Security to be exchanged, and the Registrar thereupon shall cancel or caused to be canceled such Definitive Security and concurrently therewith the Issuers shall execute and Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Definitive Securities in the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity and registered in the same name as the Definitive Security being exchanged.
(3) DEFINITIVE SECURITY TO GLOBAL SECURITY. If a holder of a Definitive Security wishes at any time to transfer such Definitive Security (or portion thereof) to a Person who is not required to take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security, such holder shall, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in such Definitive Security and the rules of the Depositary and Euroclear and Clearstream, as applicable, cause the exchange of such Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in the Global Security. Upon receipt by the Registrar of (A) such Definitive Security, duly endorsed as provided herein, (B) instructions from such holder directing the Trustee to increase the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository by the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity as the Definitive Security to be exchanged, such instructions to contain the name or names of an Agent Member that is designated as the transferee, the account of such Agent Member and other appropriate delivery instructions, (C) the assignment form on the back of the Definitive Security completed in full (certifying in effect that such transfer complies with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act or is otherwise being made to a Person who is not required to take delivery of the Securities in the form of a Definitive Security) and (D) such other certifications or other information and, in the case of transfers pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, legal opinions as the Issuers may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the Trustee shall cancel or cause to be canceled such Definitive Security and concurrently therewith shall increase the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Global Security by the same aggregate principal amount as the Definitive Security canceled.
(4) OTHER EXCHANGES. In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Securities in definitive registered form pursuant to Section 2.10 prior to the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration with respect to such Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of clauses (2) and (3) above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Issuers.
(b) Except in connection with a Shelf Registration contemplated by and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, if Securities are issued upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities bearing a Restricted Securities Legend, or if a request is made to remove such a Restrictive Securities Legend on Securities, the Securities so issued shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend, or a Restricted Securities Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Issuers such satisfactory
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evidence, which, in the case of a transfer made pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, may include an opinion of counsel licensed to practice law in the State of New York, as may be reasonably required by the Issuers, that neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act or that such Securities are not "restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon provision to the Issuers of such satisfactory evidence, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Issuers, shall authenticate and deliver Securities that do not bear the legend. The Issuers shall not otherwise be entitled to require the delivery of a legal opinion in connection with any transfer or exchange of Securities.
(c) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
(d) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Securities (including any transfers between or among Depositary's participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation as is expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
SECTION 2.14. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Issuers in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" and "ISIN" numbers (if then generally in) and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" and "ISIN" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" or "ISIN" numbers.
SECTION 2.15. Legend on Restricted Securities. During the period beginning on February 1, 2001 and ending on the date two years from such date, any Security including any Security issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, shall be deemed a "Restricted Security" and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the legends set forth on the face of the form of Security in Exhibit A; provided, however, that the term "Restricted Security" shall not include any Securities as to which restrictions have been terminated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. All Securities shall bear the applicable legends set forth on the face of the form of Security in Exhibit A. Except as provided in Section 2.13, the Trustee shall not issue any unlegended Security until it has received an Officers' Certificate from the Issuers directing it to do so.
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SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. Prior to February 1, 2004, Securities will not be redeemable. Beginning on February 1, 2004, the Issuers, at their option, may elect to redeem Securities in accordance with the provisions thereof and of the Indenture. If the Issuers elect to redeem Securities, they shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities to be redeemed and the Redemption Price.
The Issuers shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section at least 45 days before the Redemption Date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Issuers to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuers and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata or by lot or by a method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, and that the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate and in accordance with methods generally used at the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances. The Trustee shall make the selection at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before the Redemption Date from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be in Principal Amounts at Maturity of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion to be selected for redemption. The Securities (or portions thereof) so selected shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof, notwithstanding that any such Security is converted in whole or in part before the mailing of the notice of redemption. Upon any redemption of less than all the Securities, the Issuers and the Trustee may, solely for the purposes of this Section 3.02, treat as outstanding any Securities surrendered for conversion during the period 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption and need not treat as outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Issuers shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
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(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the Conversion Rate applicable on the Redemption Date;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(6) that Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;
(7) that Holders who want to convert Securities must satisfy the requirements set forth therein and in this Indenture;
(8) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and Principal Amounts at Maturity of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(9) that, unless the Issuers default in making payment of such Redemption Price or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, Original Issue Discount on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(10) the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
(11) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
At the Issuers' request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption as provided to it in the Issuers' name and at the Issuers' expense. In such event, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the notice except for Securities which are converted in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the Redemption Price stated in the notice; provided, however, that if Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 and the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed semi-annual cash pay notes registered on the relevant Regular Record Date.
Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
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SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if any Issuer or a Subsidiary of any of the Issuers is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) U.S. dollars in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee for cancellation or Securities that have been converted. The Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Issuers any money, not required for that purpose because of conversion of Securities pursuant to Article 11. If such money is then held by the Issuers in trust and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuers' expense) a new Security equal in Principal Amount at Maturity to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption. In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Issuers may arrange for the purchase and conversion of any Securities called for redemption by an agreement with one or more investment banks or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Holders, on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, an amount that, together with any amounts deposited with the Trustee by the Issuers for the redemption of such Securities, is not less than the Redemption Price of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 3, the obligation of the Issuers to pay the Redemption Price of such Securities shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by such purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into, any Securities not duly surrendered for conversion by the Holders thereof may, at the option of the Issuers, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, acquired by such purchasers from such Holders and (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article 11) surrendered by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid. The Trustee shall hold and pay to the Holders whose Securities are selected for redemption any such amount paid to it for purchase and conversion in the same manner as it would moneys deposited with it by the Issuers for the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee's prior written consent, no arrangement between the Issuers and such purchasers for the purchase and conversion of any Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any of the powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in this Indenture, and the Issuers agree to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any Securities between the Issuers and such purchasers, including the costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee in the defense of any claim or liability arising out of or in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Indenture; provided that the Issuers shall not be obligated to indemnify the Trustee for any loss, liability or expenses arising out of the Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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SECTION 3.08. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder.
(a) General. Securities shall be purchased by the Issuers pursuant to the terms thereof as of February 1, 2004, February 1, 2009 and February 1, 2014 (each, a "Purchase Date"), at the purchase price of $554.41 per $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 1, 2004, $659.44 per $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 1, 2009 and $784.36 per $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 1, 2014 (each, a "Purchase Price", as applicable), at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(1) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice of purchase (a "Purchase Notice"), substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 30 Business Days prior to a Purchase Date until the close of business on such Purchase Date stating:
(A) the certificate numbers of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased,
(B) the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be in a Principal Amount at Maturity of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof,
(C) that such Security shall be purchased as of the Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and in this Indenture, and
(D) in the event the Issuers elect, pursuant to Section 3.08(b), to pay the Purchase Price to be paid as of such Purchase Date, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but such portion of the Purchase Price shall ultimately be payable to such Holder entirely in cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Purchase Price in Common Stock is not satisfied prior to the close of business on such Purchase Date, as set forth in Section 3.08(d), whether such Holder elects (i) to withdraw such Purchase Notice as to some or all of the Securities to which such Purchase Notice relates (stating the Principal Amount at Maturity and certificate numbers of the Securities as to which such withdrawal shall relate), or (ii) to receive cash in respect of the entire Purchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which such Purchase Notice relates; and
(2) delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent for cancellation prior to, on or after the Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.08 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Purchase Notice;
provided, however, that if Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Purchase Price shall be equal to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of such conversion to the Purchase Date.
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If a Holder, in such Holder's Purchase Notice, fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the election set forth in clause (D) of Section 3.08(a)(1), such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive cash in respect of the Purchase Price for all Securities subject to such Purchase Notice in the circumstances set forth in such clause (D).
The Issuers shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.08, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 if so requested by the Holder. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Issuers contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.08 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent a Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.08(a) shall have the right to withdraw such Purchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuers of the receipt by it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b) Issuers' Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Purchase Price. The Securities to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.08(a) may be paid for, at the election of the Issuers, in cash or in shares of Common Stock valued at 95% of the Market Price, or in any combination of cash and Common Stock, subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 3.08(c) and (d). The Issuers shall designate, in the Issuers' Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.08(e), whether the Issuers will purchase the Securities for cash or Common Stock, or, if a combination thereof, the percentages of the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which it will pay in cash or Common Stock; provided that the Issuers will pay cash for fractional interests in Common Stock. For purposes of determining the existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities subject to purchase by the Issuers held by a Holder shall be considered together (no matter how many separate certificates are to be presented). Each Holder whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall receive the same percentage of cash or Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price for such Securities, except (i) as provided in Section 3.08(d) with regard to the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock and (ii) in the event that the Issuers are unable to purchase the Securities of a Holder or Holders for Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or registrations of the Common Stock under applicable state securities laws cannot be obtained, the Issuers may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders for cash. The Issuers may not change their election with respect to the consideration (or components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Issuers have given the Issuers' Notice to Holders except pursuant to this Section 3.08(b) or pursuant to Section 3.08(d) in the event of a failure to satisfy, prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date, any condition to the payment of the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in Common Stock.
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If the Issuers elect to pay all or part of the Purchase Price in Common Stock, the portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Issuers have exercised the option to convert the Securities into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the later of (x) the date of such exercise, and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) through the Purchase Date with respect to the surrendered Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the Common Stock (together with a cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) and cash, if any, in exchange for the Security being purchased pursuant to the terms hereof; and such cash and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as delivered pro rata, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) accrued to the Purchase Date, and the balance, if any, of such cash and the fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as delivered in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being purchased pursuant to the provisions hereof.
At least three Business Days before the Issuers' Notice Date, the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee specifying:
(i) the manner of payment selected by the Issuers,
(ii) the information required by Section 3.08(e),
(iii) if the Issuers elect to pay the Purchase Price, or a specified percentage thereof, in Common Stock, that the conditions to such manner of payment set forth in Section 3.08(d) have been or will be complied with, and
(iv) whether the Issuers desire the Trustee to give the Issuers' Notice required by Section 3.08(e).
(c) Purchase with Cash. On each Purchase Date, at the option of the Issuers, the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given, or a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Issuers with cash equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of such Securities.
(d) Payment by Issuance of Common Stock. On each Purchase Date, at the option of the Issuers, the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given, or a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Company by the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of cash to which the Holders would have been entitled had the Issuers elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of the Purchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) 0.95 times the Market Price of a share of Common Stock, subject to the next succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue a fractional share of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price. Instead the Issuers will pay cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fraction of a share shall be determined, to the nearest
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1/1,000th of a share, by multiplying the Market Price by such fraction and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent. It is understood that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security purchased, the number of shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased.
The Issuers' right to exercise their election to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 3.08 through the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the Issuers' not having given their Issuers' Notice of an election to pay entirely in cash and their giving of timely Issuers' Notice of election to purchase all or a specified percentage of the Securities with Common Stock as provided herein;
(ii) the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be issued in respect of the payment of the Purchase Price under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, in each case if required;
(iii) any necessary qualification or registration under applicable state securities laws or the availability of an exemption from such qualification and registration; and
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (A) the terms of the issuance of the Common Stock are in conformity with this Indenture and (B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, free from preemptive rights, and, in the case of such Officers' Certificate, stating that conditions (i), (ii) and (iii) above and the condition set forth in the second succeeding sentence have been satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of Counsel, stating that condition (ii) above has been satisfied.
Such Officers' Certificate shall also set forth the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities and the Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each trading day during the period during which the Market Price is calculated. The Issuers may pay the Purchase Price (or any portion thereof) in Common Stock only if the information necessary to calculate the Market Price is published in a daily newspaper of national circulation. If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied with respect to a Holder or Holders prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date and the Issuers have elected to purchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 3.08 through the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock, the Issuers shall pay the entire Purchase Price of the Securities of such Holder or Holders in cash.
The "Market Price" means the average of the Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 trading day period ending on the third Business Day (if the third Business Day prior to the applicable Purchase Date is a trading day, or if not, then on the last trading day prior to such third Business Day) prior to the applicable Purchase Date, appropriately adjusted to take into
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account the occurrence, during the period commencing on the first of such trading days during such 20 trading day period and ending on such Purchase Date, of any event described in Section 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08; subject, however, to the conditions set forth in Sections 11.09 and 11.12.
The "Sale Price" of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and average ask prices) on such date as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
(e) Notice of Election. The Issuers' notice of election to pay the Purchase Price with cash or Common Stock or any combination thereof shall be sent to the Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) in the manner provided herein (the "Issuers' Notice"). The Issuers' Notice shall be sent to Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) not less than 30 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date (the "Issuers' Notice Date"). The Issuers' Notice shall state the manner of payment elected and shall contain the following information:
In the event the Issuers have elected to pay the Purchase Price (or a specified percentage thereof) with Common Stock, the Issuers' Notice shall:
(1) state that each Holder will receive Common Stock in respect of the specified percentage of the Purchase Price of the Securities held by such Holder (except any cash amount to be paid in lieu of fractional shares);
(2) state that the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holders will be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of cash to which the Holders would have been entitled had the Issuers elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of the Purchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) 0.95 times the Market Price of a share of Common Stock;
(3) set forth the method of calculating the Market Price of the Common Stock; and
(4) state that because the Market Price of Common Stock will be determined prior to the Purchase Date, Holders will bear the market risk with respect to the value of the Common Stock to be received from the date such Market Price is determined to the Purchase Date.
In any case, each Issuers' Notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall state:
(1) the Purchase Price and the Conversion Rate applicable on the Issuers' Notice Date and any adjustment thereto;
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(2) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(3) that Securities as to which a Purchase Notice has been given may be converted pursuant to Article 11 hereof only if the applicable Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(4) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent for cancellation to collect payment;
(5) that the Purchase Price for any security as to which a Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in (4);
(6) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under Section 3.08 and a brief description of those rights;
(7) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;
(8) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice (including, without limitation, for a conditional withdrawal pursuant to the terms of Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or Section 3.10);
(9) that, unless the Issuers default in making payment of such Purchase Price, Original Issue Discount on Securities covered by any Purchase Notice (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01), if any, will cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date; and
(10) the CUSIP or ISIN number of the Securities.
At the Issuers' request, the Trustee shall give such Issuers' Notice in the name of each Issuer and at the Issuers' expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of such Issuers' Notice shall be prepared by the Issuers.
(f) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon purchase of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to list or cause to have quoted any shares of Common Stock to be issued to purchase Securities on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(g) Procedure upon Purchase. The Issuers shall deposit cash (in respect of a cash purchase under Section 3.08(c) or for fractional shares, as applicable) or shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, as applicable, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.11, sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of all Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.08. As soon as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall
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deliver to each Holder entitled to receive Common Stock through the Stock Transfer Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of the Purchase Price. The Person in whose name the certificate for Common Stock is registered shall be treated as a holder of record of shares of Common Stock on the Business Day following the Purchase Date. Subject to Section 3.08(d), no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on any Common Stock delivered in payment of the Purchase Price the record date for which occurred on or prior to the Purchase Date.
(h) Taxes. If a Holder of a Security is paid in Common Stock, the Issuers shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on such issue of shares of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Paying Agent receives a sum that the Issuers deem to be sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 3.09. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Fundamental Change.
(a) General. If prior to February 1, 2004 there shall have occurred a Fundamental Change, Securities shall be purchased by the Issuers, at a purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Fundamental Change Repurchase Price"), as of a date that is not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days after the occurrence of the Fundamental Change (the "Fundamental Change Repurchase Date"), at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(1) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice of purchase (a "Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice"), substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 30 days prior to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date until the close of business on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date stating:
(A) the certificate numbers of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased,
(B) the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be in a Principal Amount at Maturity of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof,
(C) that such Security shall be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and in this Indenture, and
(D) in the event the Issuers elect, pursuant to Section 3.09(b), to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to be paid as of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but such portion of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall ultimately be payable
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to such Holder entirely in cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Common Stock is not satisfied prior to the close of business on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as set forth in Section 3.09(d), whether such Holder elects (i) to withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as to some or all of the Securities to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice relates (stating the Principal Amount at Maturity and certificate numbers of the Securities as to which such withdrawal shall relate), or (ii) to receive cash in respect of the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice relates; and
(2) delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent for cancellation prior to, on or after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.09 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
If a Holder, in such Holder's Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the election set forth in clause (D) of Section 3.09(a)(1), such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive cash in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for all Securities subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in the circumstances set forth in such clause (D).
The Issuers shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.09, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 if so requested by the Holder. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Issuers contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.09 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.09(a) shall have the right to withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Issuers of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
A "Fundamental Change" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
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(i) the Company consolidates or merges with or into another Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company);
(ii) the Company sells, conveys, transfers or leases its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company);
(iii) any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) consolidates with or merges with or into the Company;
(iv) the Common Stock is reclassified into, exchanged for or converted into the right to receive any other property or security, provided, that none of these circumstances will be a Fundamental Change if at least 50% of the aggregate fair market value (as determined by the Company's Board of Directors) of such property and securities, other than cash payments for fractional shares, consists of shares of voting Common Stock of the surviving Person that are, or upon issuance will be, traded on a United States national securities exchange or approved for trading on an established over-the-counter trading market in the United States; or
(v) any Person, including its Affiliates and associates (an "Acquiring Person"), files Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act disclosing that such Person has become the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of the Common Stock then outstanding normally entitled to vote in elections of directors other than through a merger or binding share exchange in which all or substantially all (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the consideration (except for cash payments for fractional shares) received by the holders (other than the Acquiring Person) of the Common Stock consists of shares of voting common stock of the surviving Person that are, or that upon issuance will be, traded on a United States national securities exchange or approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
(b) Issuers' Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Securities to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.09(a) may be paid for, at the election of the Issuers, in cash or in shares of Common Stock valued at 95% of the Market Price, or in any combination of cash and Common Stock, subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 3.09(c) and (d). The Issuers shall designate, in the Fundamental Change Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.09(e), whether the Issuers will purchase the Securities for cash or Common Stock, or, if a combination thereof, the percentages of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of Securities in respect of which it will pay in cash or Common Stock; provided that the Issuers will pay cash for fractional interests in Common Stock. For purposes of determining the existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities subject to purchase by the Issuers held by a Holder shall be considered together (no matter how many separate certificates are to be presented). Each Holder whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall receive the same percentage of cash or Common Stock in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Securities, except (i) as provided in Section 3.09(d) with regard to the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock and (ii) in the event that the Issuers are unable to purchase the Securities of a Holder or Holders
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for Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or registrations of the Common Stock under applicable state securities laws cannot be obtained, the Issuers may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders for cash. The Issuers may not change their election with respect to the consideration (or components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Issuers have given their Fundamental Change Notice to Holders except pursuant to this Section 3.09(b) or pursuant to Section 3.09(d) in the event of a failure to satisfy, prior to the close of business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, any condition to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in Common Stock.
If the Issuers elect to pay all or part of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Common Stock, the portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Issuers have exercised the option to convert the Securities into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the later of (x) the date of such exercise, and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to the surrendered Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the Common Stock (together with a cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) and cash, if any, in exchange for the Security being purchased pursuant to the terms hereof; and such cash, if any, and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as delivered pro rata, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) accrued to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and the balance, if any, of such cash and the fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as delivered in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being purchased pursuant to the provisions hereof.
At least three Business Days before the Fundamental Change Notice Date (as defined below), the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee specifying:
(i) the manner of payment selected by the Issuers,
(ii) the information required by Section 3.09(e),
(iii) if the Issuers elect to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, or a specified percentage thereof, in Common Stock, that the conditions to such manner of payment set forth in Section 3.09(d) have been or will be complied with, and
(iv) whether the Issuers desire the Trustee to give the Fundamental Change Notice required by Section 3.09(e).
(c) Purchase with Cash. On each Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, at the option of the Issuers, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.09(a) has been given, or a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Issuers with cash equal to the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of such Securities.
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(d) Payment by Issuance of Common Stock. On each Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, at the option of the Issuers, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.09(a) has been given, or a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Company by the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of cash to which the Holders would have been entitled had the Issuers elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) 0.95 times the Market Price of a share of Common Stock, subject to the next succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue a fractional share of Common Stock in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Instead the Issuers will pay cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fraction of a share shall be determined, to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, by multiplying the Market Price by such fraction and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent. It is understood that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security purchased, the number of shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased.
The Issuers' right to exercise its election to purchase the Securities pursuant to Section 3.09 through the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the Issuers' not having given a Fundamental Change Notice of an election to pay entirely in cash and its giving of timely Fundamental Change Notice of election to purchase all or a specified percentage of the Securities with Common Stock as provided herein;
(ii) the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be issued in respect of the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, in each case if required;
(iii) any necessary qualification or registration under applicable state securities laws or the availability of an exemption from such qualification and registration; and
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (A) the terms of the issuance of the Common Stock are in conformity with this Indenture and (B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in respect of Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in respect of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, free from preemptive rights, and, in the case of such Officers' Certificate, stating that conditions (i), (ii) and (iii) above and the condition set forth in the second succeeding sentence have been satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of Counsel, stating that condition (ii) above has been satisfied.
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Such Officers' Certificate shall also set forth the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities and the Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each trading day during the period during which the Market Price is calculated. The Issuers may pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price (or any portion thereof) in Common Stock only if the information necessary to calculate the Market Price is published in a daily newspaper of national circulation. If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied with respect to a Holder or Holders prior to the close of business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the Issuers have elected to purchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 3.09 through the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock, the Issuers shall pay the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities of such Holder or Holders in cash.
(e) Notice of Fundamental Change and Issuers' Election. Within 30 days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Issuers shall mail a notice of such Fundamental Change (the "Fundamental Change Notice") by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law). The Fundamental Change Notice shall disclose the Issuers' election to repurchase with cash or Common Stock or any combination thereof in the manner provided herein. The Fundamental Change Notice shall be sent to Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) not less than 30 Business Days prior to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the "Fundamental Change Notice Date"). The notice shall include a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(1) briefly, the events causing a Fundamental Change and the date of such Fundamental Change;
(2) the date by which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to this Section 3.09 must be given;
(3) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(4) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(6) the Conversion Rate applicable on the Fundamental Change Notice Date and any adjustments thereto;
(7) that Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given may be converted pursuant to Article 11 hereof only if the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(8) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent for cancellation to collect payment;
(9) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be
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paid promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in (8);
(10) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.09 and a brief description of those rights;
(11) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;
(12) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (including, without limitation, for a conditional withdrawal pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09(a)(1)(D) or Section 3.10);
(13) that, unless the Issuers default in making payment of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Original Issue Discount on Securities covered by any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01), if any, will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(14) the CUSIP or ISIN number of the Securities.
In the event the Issuers have elected to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price (or a specified percentage thereof) with Common Stock, the Fundamental Change Notice also shall:
(1) state that each Holder will receive Common Stock in respect of the specified percentage of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities held by such Holder (except any cash amount to be paid in lieu of fractional shares);
(2) state that the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holders will be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of cash to which the Holders would have been entitled had the Issuers elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) 0.95 times the Market Price of a share of Common Stock;
(3) set forth the method of calculating the Market Price of the Common Stock; and
(4) state that because the Market Price of Common Stock will be determined prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Holders will bear the market risk with respect to the value of the Common Stock to be received from the date such Market Price is determined to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
At the Issuers' request, the Trustee shall give such Fundamental Change Notice in the name of each Issuer and at the Issuers' expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Notice shall be prepared by the Issuers.
(f) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon purchase of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly
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authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The Company shall use its best efforts to list or cause to have quoted any shares of Common Stock to be issued to purchase Securities on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(g) Procedure upon Purchase. The Issuers shall deposit cash (in respect of a cash purchase under Section 3.09(c) or for fractional shares, as applicable) or shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, as applicable, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.11, sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.09. As soon as practicable after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deliver to each Holder entitled to receive Common Stock through the Stock Transfer Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Prior to the Conversion Date, a Holder of a Security shall have no rights as a Shareholder with respect to shares of Common Stock into which such Security is convertible. The Person in whose name the certificate for Common Stock is registered shall be treated as a holder of record of shares of Common Stock on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Subject to Section 3.09(d), no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on any Common Stock delivered in payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price the record date for which occurred on or prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(h) Taxes. If a Holder of a Security is paid in Common Stock, the Issuers shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on such issue of shares of Common Stock. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 3.10. Effect of Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. Upon receipt by a Paying Agent of the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice specified in Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(a), as applicable, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, was given shall (unless such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Security. Such Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of funds and/or Securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (x) the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(a), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(a), as applicable. Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article 11 hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, unless such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, has first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs.
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A Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, at any time prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, specifying:
(1) the certificate number of the Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
(2) the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and
(3) the Principal Amount at Maturity, if any, of such Security which remains subject to the original Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, and which has been or will be delivered for purchase or repurchase by the Issuers.
A written notice of withdrawal of a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be in the form set forth in the preceding paragraph or may be in the form of (i) a conditional withdrawal contained in a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to the terms of Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or 3.09(a)(1)(D) or (ii) a conditional withdrawal containing the information set forth in Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or 3.09(a)(1)(D) and the preceding paragraph and contained in a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent as set forth in the preceding paragraph.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to Section 3.08 or 3.09 (other than through the issuance of Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price, including cash in lieu of fractional shares) if there has occurred (prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving, by the Holders of such Securities, of the required Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be) and is continuing an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, has been withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities) in which case, upon such return, the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
SECTION 3.11. Deposit of Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day following the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if any Issuer or a Subsidiary of any of the Issuers is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the cash portion of the aggregate Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, of all
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the Securities (or portions thereof) which are to be purchased as of the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, and shall instruct the Stock Transfer Agent to deliver the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of the remaining portion of the aggregate Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be. The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of any deposits of cash or deliveries of Common Stock made pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 3.12. Securities Purchased or Repurchased in Part. Any Security which is to be purchased or repurchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Issuers or the Trustee so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security so surrendered which is not purchased.
SECTION 3.13. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase or Repurchase of Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase or repurchase or purchase or repurchase of Securities under Section 3.08 or 3.09 hereof (provided that such offer or purchase or repurchase constitutes an "issuer tender offer" for purposes of Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), the Issuers shall (i) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Sections 3.08 and 3.09 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Sections 3.08 and 3.09.
SECTION 3.14. Repayment to the Issuers. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Issuers, upon their written request therefor, any cash that remains unclaimed, together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon, held by them for the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be; provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Issuers pursuant to Section 3.11 exceeds the cash portion of the aggregate Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, of the Securities (or portions thereof) which the Issuers are obligated to purchase as of the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, then on the Business Day following the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Issuers, upon their written request therefor.
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Issuers shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Such payments shall be considered made on the date due if on such date
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the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to make all payments with respect of the Securities then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC, and provide the Trustee and Holders within 15 days after it files them with the SEC, copies of its annual report and the information, documents and other reports that are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuers' compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates). The Issuers also shall comply with the other provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence. Each Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, material rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises (other than as contemplated by Section 5.01); provided, however, that such Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation of such rights or franchises is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries considered as a whole.
SECTION 4.04. Restrictions on Liens. Except as provided in Section 4.06, the Issuers shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or suffer to exist any Lien to secure any Indebtedness of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary on any Principal Property of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary, without making, or causing such Restricted Subsidiary to make, effective provision to secure all of the Securities offered hereunder and then outstanding by such Lien, equally and ratably with any and all other such Indebtedness thereby secured, so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured, except that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(a) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of such Person (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on property prior to the acquisition thereof by any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) Liens securing Indebtedness between a Restricted Subsidiary and an Issuer or between Restricted Subsidiaries or Issuers;
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(d) Liens on any property created, assumed or otherwise brought into existence in contemplation of the sale or other disposition of the underlying property, whether directly or indirectly, by way of share disposition or otherwise, provided that the applicable Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary must dispose of such property within 180 days after the creation of such Liens and that any Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall be without recourse to any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, or in favor of any country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments, or performance of any other similar obligations, including, without limitation, Liens to secure pollution control bonds or industrial revenue or other similar types of bonds;
(f) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(g) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or other obligations of a like nature, in each case which are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property and which do not in the aggregate impair in any material respect the use of property in the operation of the business of the Issuers and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(h) Liens incurred to secure appeal bonds and judgment and attachment Liens, in each case in connection with litigation or legal proceedings which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings so long as reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP;
(i) pledges or deposits under workmen's compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of an Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary or deposits for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character;
(k) Liens granted to any bank or other institution on the payments to be made to such institution by an Issuer or Subsidiary thereof, pursuant to any interest rate swap or similar agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar agreement designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates,
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respectively, provided that such agreements are entered into in, or are incidental to, the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker's liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies, in each case as to any deposit account or any other fund maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that (1) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the applicable Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board, and (2) such deposit account is not intended by such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;
(m) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding leases;
(n) the giving, simultaneously with or within 180 days after the latest of the Closing Date, or the acquisition, construction, improvement, development or expansion of such property, of a purchase money Lien on property acquired, constructed, improved, developed or expanded after the Closing Date, or the acquisition, construction, improvement, development or expansion after the Closing Date, of property subject to any Lien which is limited to such property;
(o) the giving of a Lien on real property which is the sole security for Indebtedness incurred within two years after the latest of the Closing Date, or the acquisition, construction, improvement, development or expansion of such property, provided that the holder of such Indebtedness is entitled to enforce its payment only by resorting to such security;
(p) Liens arising by the terms of letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business to secure reimbursement obligations thereunder;
(q) Liens existing on the Closing Date;
(r) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or as to which the period of grace, if any related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP; and
(s) extension, renewal, replacement or refunding of any Lien existing on the Closing Date or referred to in clauses (a) to (k) and (n) to (o) and (q), provided that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by clauses (a) to (k) and (n) to (o) and (q) shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness, plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding, so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement or refunding.
SECTION 4.05. Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Except as provided in Section 4.06, none of the Issuers shall, and none of the Issuers shall permit any
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Restricted Subsidiary to, after the date hereof, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property now owned or hereafter acquired which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary to such Person with the intention of taking back a lease of such Principal Property (a "Sale and Leaseback Transaction"), unless the net proceeds of such sale or transfer have been determined by the Board of Directors to be at least equal to the fair market value of such Principal Property or asset at the time of such sale and transfer and either (i) such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary applies or causes to be applied an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale or transfer, within 180 days of receipt thereof, to the retirement or prepayment (other than any mandatory retirement or prepayment, except mandatory retirements or prepayments required as a result of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of Funded Debt of any Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary ranking senior to or pari passu with the Securities or to the purchase, construction or development of property or assets to be used in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary would, on the effective date of such sale or transfer, be entitled, pursuant to this Indenture, to issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien upon such Principal Property, at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (i) between any Issuer and Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries or Issuers, provided that the lessor shall be an Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) which has a lease of less than three years in length, (iii) entered into within 180 days after the later of the purchase, construction of development of such Principal Property or assets, or the commencement of operation of such Principal Property or (iv) involving the distribution warehouse of Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. at South Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx.
SECTION 4.06. Exempted Debt. Notwithstanding Sections 4.04 and 4.05, any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary may, in addition to amounts permitted under such restrictions, create Indebtedness secured by Liens, or enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions, provided that, at the time of such transactions and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Indebtedness secured by Liens plus Attributable Debt resulting from such Sale and Leaseback Transactions does not exceed 20% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity.
SECTION 4.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants. Each of the Issuers may in any particular instance, be excused from failing to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 4.02 or Sections 4.04 to 4.06, with respect to the Securities if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities shall, by act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuers, and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive compliance with any covenant or condition hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such compliance, whether or not such Holders
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remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless the Holders of at least a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities affected shall have waived such compliance prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
SECTION 4.08. Compliance Certificate. The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuers an Officers' Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Issuers they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto. The Issuers also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a)(4).
SECTION 4.09. Further Instruments and Acts. Each of the Issuers shall execute and deliver to the Trustee such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.10. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Issuers shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of Original Issue Discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on the outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) other specific information relating to such Original Issue Discount that is necessary for the trustee to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 4.11. Book-Entry System. If the Securities cease to trade in the Depositary's book-entry settlement system, the Company covenants and agrees that it shall use reasonable efforts to make such other book-entry arrangements that it determines are reasonable for the Securities.
SECTION 5.01. Merger and Consolidation. None of the Issuers shall consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person (other than a merger of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary into an Issuer or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a merger of one Issuer into another), unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor Company") shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not such Issuer) shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Issuer under the Securities and this Indenture;
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(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company, any other Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction, as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) such Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture; and
(iv) if, as a result of any such consolidation, merger or transfer, the Principal Property of such Issuer would become subject to a Lien which shall not be permitted by this Indenture, such Issuer or the Successor Company, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured thereby.
The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the applicable Issuer under this Indenture, but the predecessor Issuer in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" with respect to Securities occurs if:
(1) the Issuers default in any payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity (or, if the Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount), Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on any Security when it becomes due and payable;
(2) the Issuers default in the payment of interest on any Security, if the Issuers have exercised their option following a Tax Event to convert the Securities into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, when such interest becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Issuers default in the payment of liquidated damages on any Security, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(4) any Issuer fails to comply with Section 5.01;
(5) any Issuer fails to comply with Section 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05 or 4.06, and such failure continues for 30 days after the notice specified below;
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(6) any Issuer fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements contained in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
(7) any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary defaults under any Indebtedness (other than the Securities), whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and such default results in Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000 or its foreign currency equivalent becoming 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 30 days after notice;
(8) any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(10) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 or its foreign currency equivalent at the time, is entered against any Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary and either (A) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree or (B) there is a period of 60 days following the entry of such judgment or decree during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed; or
(11) the co-obligation of any Issuer shall cease to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof or this Indenture).
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The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (5), (6) or (7) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities notify the applicable Issuer of the Default and such Issuer does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (5), (6) or (7), as applicable, after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default."
The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of any Event of Default under clause (7) and any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (5), (6) or (10), its status and what action the Issuers are taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) with respect to any Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Issuers, may declare the Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of and accrued Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) and Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) with respect to any Issuer occurs, the Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of and Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) or Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but
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unpaid interest) that has become due solely because of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of or Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may institute and maintain a suit or legal proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of or Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on a Security, (ii) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (iii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would subject the Trustee to personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) or Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) when due, no Holder of a Security may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
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(1) the Holder previously gave the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25%, in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of and liquidated damages and Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after their Maturity, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after their Maturity, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1), (2) or (3) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, their creditors or their property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make 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 its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
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FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the Principal Amount at Maturity (or, if the Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount and interest), ratably, and any liquidated damages without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for the Principal Amount at Maturity (or, if the Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount and interest) and any liquidated damages, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Issuers.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and each Issuer a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing, by any party litigant in the suit, of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities.
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. None of the Issuers (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, 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 each Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or, not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (g) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers.
(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(h) 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 and to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good, faith in reliance on the Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
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(c) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities, shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document.
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) 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 security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in this Indenture, in the Securities, or in any document executed in connection with the sale of the Securities, other than those set forth in the Trustee's certificate of authentication.
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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, the Restated Principal Amount) of or Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01, accrued but unpaid interest) on any Security (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holder. As promptly as practicable after each February 28 beginning with the February 28 following the Closing Date, and in any event prior to April 30 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such February that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed. The Issuers agree to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. Each of the Issuers, jointly and severally, shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as the Issuers and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. Each Issuer, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by or in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuers shall not relieve any Issuer of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party's own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Issuers' payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay the principal of and interest and any liquidated damages on particular Securities.
The Issuers' payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs
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expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) with respect to any Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities may remove the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuers shall remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuers or by the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the issuers shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities may petition, at the expense of the Issuers, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuers' obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate-trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
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In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and if at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of any Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers. The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or has been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(1) 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 2.08 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or otherwise discharged from such trust as provided in Section 10.02) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable and the Issuers have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for that purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness evidenced by such Securities not theretofore delivered
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to the Trustee for cancellation: Principal Amount at Maturity or Restated Principal amount and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount to Maturity, as the case may be;
(b) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuers; and
(c) the Issuers have 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 clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuers' obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08, 10.03 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section 8.01, shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuers' obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It shall apply the deposited money through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 8.03. Repayment to Issuers. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuers, upon written request therefor, any money held by them for the payment of Principal Amount at Maturity or Restated Principal Amount and interest, as the case may be, that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuers for payment as general creditors.
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any defective or inconsistent provision contained in this Indenture or make any other changes in the provisions of this Indenture which the Issuers and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable provided such amendment does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of the Holders;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
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(4) to add guarantees or co-obligors with respect to the Securities or to secure the Securities;
(5) to increase the Conversion Rate;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Issuers for the benefit of the Holders to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuers;
(7) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(8) to make any changes that would provide the Holders with any additional rights or benefits or that do not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Issuers and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment may not:
(1) except as provided in this Indenture, make any change in the manner or rate of accrual in connection with Original Issue Discount, reduce the yield to maturity referred to in the Securities, reduce the rate of interest referred to in Section 10.01 upon the occurrence of a Tax Event, or extend the time for payment of interest, if any, on any Security;
(2) reduce the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal Amount or the Issue Price of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Security;
(3) reduce the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security;
(4) make any Security payable in money or securities other than that stated in the Security;
(5) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert any Security;
(6) make any change that adversely affects the right to require the Issuers to purchase the Securities in accordance with the terms thereof and this Indenture;
(7) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal Amount, the Issue Price or liquidated damages;
(8) make any changes to the percentage in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any amendment, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
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provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(9) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section 9.02.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to all affected Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective once both (i) the requisite number of consents have been received by the Issuers or the Trustee and (ii) such amendment or waiver has been executed by the Issuers and the Trustee.
The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuers or the Trustee so determines, the Issuers in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In
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signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent. Neither the Issuers nor any Affiliate of the Issuers shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders, ratably, that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
ARTICLE 10
SPECIAL TAX EVENT CONVERSION
SECTION 10.01. Optional Conversion to Semi-annual Cash Pay Note Upon Tax Event. From and after (i) the date (the "Tax Event Date") of the occurrence of a Tax Event and (ii) the date the Issuers exercise their option set forth in this Section 10.01, whichever is later (the "Option Exercise Date"), at the option of the Issuers, cash interest in lieu of future Original Issue Discount shall accrue at the rate of 3.5% per annum on a restated principal amount per $1,000 original Principal Amount at Maturity (the "Restated Principal Amount") equal to the Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount accrued to the Option Exercise Date and shall be payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") to holders of record at the close of business on January 16 and July 16 (each a "Regular Record Date") immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Option Exercise Date. Within 15 days of the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Issuers shall deliver a written notice of such Tax Event by facsimile and first-class mail to the Trustee and within 15 days of their exercise of such option the Issuers shall deliver a written notice of the Option Exercise Date by facsimile and first-class mail to the Trustee and by first class mail to the Holders of the Securities. From and after the Option Exercise Date, (i) the Issuers shall be obligated to pay at Maturity or upon a Redemption Date, Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, in lieu of the Principal Amount at Maturity of a Security, the Restated Principal Amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) "Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount," "Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount" or similar words, as used herein, shall mean Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to any Security. Securities authenticated and delivered after the Option Exercise Date may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in a form approved by the Trustee as to the conversion of the Securities to semi-annual cash pay notes.
SECTION 10.02. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. Prior to 11 a.m. (New York City time) on any Interest Payment Date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent
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(or if an Issuer or a Subsidiary of any Issuer is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay interest when due. The Issuers shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers in making any such payment. If an Issuer or a Subsidiary of any Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 10.03. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.
SECTION 10.04. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. (a) Interest on any Security that 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 is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any Security shall be paid in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by the Holder located inside the United States, provided that with respect to any Holder, such Holder shall have furnished to the Paying Agent all required wire payment instructions no later than the related Regular Record Date, or if no such instructions have been furnished, by check payable to such Holder. In the case of a Global Security, interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Depositary, with respect to that portion of such Global Security held for its account by Cede & Co. for the purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in respect of such Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
(b) Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Securities, any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, within 30 days following on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuers, as their election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Issuers may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on a date (the "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuers 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 (which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
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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 on or 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 Issuers of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities at his address as it appears on the list of Holders maintained pursuant to this Indenture 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Issuers may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions, 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.
Section 11.01. Conversion Privilege. A Holder of a Security may convert such Security into Common Stock at any time during the period stated in the Securities. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Security per $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity thereof (the "Conversion Rate") shall be that set forth in the Securities, subject to adjustment as herein set forth.
A Holder may convert a portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of a Security if the portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security.
"Average Quoted Price" means the average of the Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the shorter of
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(i) 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average Quoted Price is being calculated, or
(ii) the period (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the first public announcement of (a) the issuance of rights, warrants or options or (b) the distribution, in each case, in respect of which the Average Quoted Price is being calculated and (y) proceeding through the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average Quoted Price is being calculated (excluding days within such period, if any, which are not trading days), or
(iii) the period, if any, (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the next preceding (a) issuance of rights, warrants or options or (b) distribution, in each case, for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of Section 11.06(4), 11.07 or 11.08 and (y) proceeding through the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the Average Quoted Price is being calculated (excluding days within such period, if any, which are not trading days).
In the event that the Ex-Dividend Time (or in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification, the effective date with respect thereto), with respect to a dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification to which Section 11.06(1), (2), (3) or (5) applies, occurs during the period applicable for calculating "Average Quoted Price" pursuant to the definition in the preceding sentence, "Average Quoted Price" shall be calculated for such period in a manner determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to reflect the impact of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification on the Sale Price of the Common Stock during such period.
"Time of Determination" means the time and date of the earlier of (i) the determination of shareholders entitled to receive rights, warrants or options or a distribution, in each case, to which Section 11.07 or 11.08 applies and (ii) the time ("Ex-Dividend Time") immediately prior to the commencement of "ex-dividend" trading for such rights, warrants or options or distribution on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional exchange or market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION 11.02. Conversion Procedure. To convert a Security a Holder must satisfy the requirements set forth in the Securities. The date on which the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the conversion date (the "Conversion Date"). As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder, through the Conversion Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion and cash in lieu of any fractional share determined pursuant to Section 11.03. Prior to the Conversion Date, a Holder of a Security shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock into which such Security is convertible. The Person in whose name the certificate is registered shall be treated as a shareholder of record on and after the Conversion Date; provided, however, that no surrender of a Security on any date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons
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entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such conversion as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open; such conversion shall be at the Conversion Rate in effect on the date that such Security shall have been surrendered for conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had not been closed. Upon conversion of a Security, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Security and such Security shall be cancelled and no longer outstanding.
No payment or adjustment will be made for accrued Original Issue Discount, unpaid interest, liquidated damages, dividends on, or other distributions with respect to, any converted Security or Common Stock except as provided in this Article 11. On conversion of a Security, that portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Issuers have exercised the option provided for in Section 10.01, the later of (x) the date of such exercise and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) of the Security through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of the Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof; and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01) accrued through the Conversion Date, and the balance, if any, of such fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
If the Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion shall be based on the total Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities converted.
If the last day on which a Security may be converted is a Legal Holiday, the Security may be surrendered on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday.
Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in Principal Amount at Maturity to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 11.03. Fractional Shares. The Company will not issue a fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of a Security. Instead, the Issuers will deliver cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fractional share shall be determined, to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, by multiplying the Sale Price on the trading day immediately preceding the Conversion Date by the fractional amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent.
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SECTION 11.04. Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts a Security, the Issuers shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum that the Issuers deem to be sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 11.05. Company to Provide Stock. The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities under this Article 11, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued or treasury Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Securities.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The Company will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities, if any, including the addition of any and all restrictive legends that are required to appear on the face of the Common Stock, and will list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market or such other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION 11.06. Adjustment for Change In Capital Stock. If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company:
(1) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Common Stock;
(2) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares;
(3) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares;
(4) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or rights, warrants or options for its Capital Stock); or
(5) issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of its Capital Stock (other than rights, warrants or options for its Capital Stock),
then the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Security thereafter converted may receive the number of shares of Capital Stock of
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the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following such action if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to such action.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
If after an adjustment a Holder of a Security upon conversion of such Security may receive shares of two or more classes of Capital Stock of the Company, the Conversion Rate shall thereafter be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of an action taken with respect to any such class of Capital Stock as is contemplated by this Article 11 with respect to the Common Stock, on terms comparable to those applicable to Common Stock in this Article 11.
SECTION 11.07. Adjustment for Rights Issue. If after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company distributes any rights, warrants or options to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them, for a period expiring within 60 days after the record date for such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Sale Price as of the Time of Determination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Section 11.07, in accordance with the formula
R' = |
R x (O + N) (O + (N x P) / M) |
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 is being applied.
N = the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the distribution.
P = the offering price per share of the additional shares.
M = the Average Quoted Price, minus, in the case of (i) a distribution to which Section 11.06(4) applies or (ii) a distribution to which Section 11.08 applies, for which, in each case, (x) the record date shall occur on or before the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 applies and (y) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the date of the Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 applies, the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 applies) of the
(1) Capital Stock of the Company distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 11.06(4) distribution and
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The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for the purposes of this Section 11.07.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the rights, warrants or options to which this Section 11.07 applies. If all of the shares of Common Stock subject to such rights, warrants or options have not been issued when such rights, warrants or options expire, then the Conversion Rate shall promptly be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect had the adjustment upon the issuance of such rights, warrants or options been made on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of such rights, warrants or options.
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 11.07 if the application of the formula stated above in this Section 11.07 would result in a value of R' that is equal to or less than the value of R.
SECTION 11.08. Adjustment for Other Distributions. If, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company (including securities or cash, but excluding (x) distributions of Capital Stock referred to in Section 11.06 and distributions of rights, warrants or options referred to in Section 11.07 and (y) cash dividends or other cash distributions that are paid out of current or retained earnings or earnings retained in the business as shown on the books of the Company unless such cash dividends or other cash distributions are Extraordinary Cash Dividends) the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Section 11.08, in accordance with the formula:
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R' = |
R x M M - F |
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
M = the Average Quoted Price, minus, in the case of a distribution to which Section 3.06(4) applies, for which (i) the record date shall occur on or before the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the date of the Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies, the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies) of any Capital Stock of the Company distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 11.06(4) distribution.
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F = the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies) of the assets, securities, rights, warrants or options to be distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in the distribution to which this Section 11.08 is being applied (including, in the case of cash dividends or other cash distributions giving rise to an adjustment, all such cash distributed concurrently).
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for the purposes of this Section 11.08.
For purposes of this Section 11.08, the term "Extraordinary Cash Dividend" shall mean any cash dividend with respect to the Common Stock the amount of which, together with the aggregate amount of cash dividends on the Common Stock to be aggregated with such cash dividend in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, equals or exceeds the threshold percentage set forth in item (i) below. For purposes of item (i) below, the "Measurement Period" with respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall mean the 365 consecutive day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to such cash dividend, and the "Relevant Cash Dividends" with respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall mean the cash dividends on the Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the Measurement Period.
(i) If, upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with respect a cash dividend on the Common Stock, the aggregate amount of such cash dividend together with the amounts of all Relevant Cash Dividends equals or exceeds on a per share basis 10% of the Sale Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the date of declaration by the Board of Directors of the cash dividend with respect to which this provision is being applied, then such cash dividend together with all Relevant Cash Dividends, shall be deemed to be an Extraordinary Cash Dividend and for purposes of applying the formula set forth above in this Section 11.08, the value of "F" shall be equal to (y) the aggregate amount of such cash dividend together with the amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends, minus (z) the aggregate amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends for which a prior adjustment in the Conversion Rate was previously made under this Section 11.08.
In making the determinations required by item (i) above, the amount of cash dividends paid on a per share basis and the amount of any Relevant Cash Dividends specified in item (i) above, shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence during such period of any event described in Section 11.06.
In the event that, with respect to any distribution to which this Section 11.08 would otherwise apply, the difference "M-F" as defined in the above formula is less than $1.00 or "F" is equal to or greater than "M", then the adjustment provided by this Section 11.08 shall not be made and in lieu thereof the provisions of Section 11.14 shall apply to such distribution.
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SECTION 11.09. When Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment in the Conversion Rate need be made unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate. Any adjustments that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
All calculations under this Article 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.10. When No Adjustment Required. No adjustment need be made for a transaction referred to in Section 11.06, 11.07, 11.08 or 11.14 if Holders are to participate in the transaction on a basis and with notice that the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the basis and notice on which holders of Common Stock participate in the transaction. Such participation by Holders may include participation upon conversion provided that an adjustment shall be made at such time as the Holders are no longer entitled to participate.
No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock.
To the extent the Securities become convertible pursuant to this Article 11 into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
SECTION 11.11. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted, the Issuers shall promptly mail to Holders by first-class mail a notice of the adjustment. The Issuers shall file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent such notice and a certificate from the Company's independent public accountants briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of computing it. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection thereof.
SECTION 11.12. Voluntary Increase. The Issuers from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased, the Issuers shall mail to Holders by first-class mail and file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of the increase. The Issuers shall mail the notice at least 15 days before the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect. The notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period it will be in effect.
A voluntary increase of the Conversion Rate does not change or adjust the Conversion Rate otherwise in effect for purposes of Section 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08.
SECTION 11.13. Notice of Certain Transactions. If:
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(1) the Company takes any action that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08 (unless no adjustment is to occur pursuant to Section 11.10); or
(2) there is a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
then the Issuers shall mail to Holders by first-class mail and file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice stating the proposed record date for a dividend or distribution or the proposed effective date of a subdivision, combination, reclassification, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, transfer, liquidation or dissolution. The Issuers shall file and mail the notice at least 15 days before such date. Failure to file or mail the notice or any defect in it shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
SECTION 11.14. Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions. If the Company is a party to a transaction subject to Section 5.01 (other than a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction do not receive securities, cash or other assets of the Company or any other Person) or a merger or binding share exchange which reclassifies or changes its outstanding Common Stock, the Person obligated to deliver securities, cash or other assets upon conversion of Securities shall enter into a supplemental indenture. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon conversion of Securities is an Affiliate of the Successor Company, that issuer shall join in the supplemental indenture.
The supplemental indenture shall provide that the Holder of a Security may convert it into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which such Holder would have received immediately after the consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or transfer if such Holder had converted the Security immediately before the effective date of the transaction, assuming (to the extent applicable) that such Holder (i) was not a constituent Person or an Affiliate of a constituent Person to such transaction; (ii) made no election with respect thereto; and (iii) was treated alike with the plurality of non-electing Holders. The supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments provided for in this Article 11. The Successor Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture.
If this Section 11.14 applies, neither Section 11.06 nor Section 11.07 applies.
If the Company makes a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock of any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company that, but for the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.08, would otherwise result in an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.08, then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution, a Holder of a Security that converts such Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall upon such conversion be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock into which the Security is convertible, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution.
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SECTION 11.15. Company Determination Final. Any determination that the Company or the Board of Directors of the Company must make pursuant to Section 11.03, 11.06, 11.07, 11.08, 11.09, 11.10, 11.14 or 11.17 is conclusive.
SECTION 11.16. Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 11 should be made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a supplemental indenture under Section 11.14 need be entered into or whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Issuers' failure to comply with this Article 11. Each Conversion Agent shall have the same protection under this Section 11.16 as the Trustee.
SECTION 11.17. Simultaneous Adjustments. In the event that this Article 11 requires adjustments to the Conversion Rate under more than one of Sections 11.06(4), 11.07 or 11.08, and the record dates for the distributions giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of Section 11.06, second, the provisions of Section 11.08 and, third, the provisions of Section 11.07.
SECTION 11.18. Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Article 11, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article 11 shall cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.
SECTION 11.19. Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion. Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities pursuant to this Article 11 shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of common stock or preferred stock purchase rights, as the case may be (the "Rights"), if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any shareholder rights agreement adopted by the Company, as the same may be amended from time to time (in each case, a "Rights Agreement"). Provided that such Rights Agreement requires that each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities at any time prior to the distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights be entitled to receive such Rights, then, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Article 11, there shall not be any adjustment to the Conversion Rate as a result of the issuance of Rights, the distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights, the exercise or redemption of such Rights in accordance with any such Rights Agreement, or the termination or invalidation of such Rights.
SECTION 11.20. Restriction on Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion.
Shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of Securities prior to the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration shall be physically delivered in certificated form to the holders converting such Securities and the certificate representing such shares of Common Stock will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
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"These Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Further offers or sales of these Securities are subject to certain restrictions, as set forth in the Offering Memorandum dated January 25, 2001 relating to these Securities."
unless removed in accordance with Section 11.20(b).
(a) If (i) shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a Security prior to the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration are to be registered in a name other than that of the holder of such Security or (ii) shares of Common Stock represented by a certificate bearing the above legend are transferred subsequently by such holder, then, unless the Shelf Registration has become effective and such shares are being transferred pursuant to the Shelf Registration, the holder must deliver to the transfer agent for the Common Stock a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such shares of Common Stock and neither the transfer agent nor the registrar for the Common Stock shall be required to register any transfer of such Common Stock not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.
(b) Except in connection with a Shelf Registration, if certificates representing shares of Common Stock are issued upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of any other certificate representing shares of Common Stock bearing the above legend, or if a request is made to remove such legend from certificates representing shares of Common Stock, the certificates so issued shall bear the above legend, or the above legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory evidence, which, in the case of a transfer made pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, may include an opinion of counsel licensed to practice in the State of New York, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act or that such shares of Common Stock are securities that are not "restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon provision to the Company of such reasonably satisfactory evidence, the Company shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock to countersign and deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock that do not bear the legend.
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 12.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
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If to the Issuers:
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Issuers or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder's address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by any Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, such Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate of such Issuer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 12.06. When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by any Issuer, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with any Issuer shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 12.08. Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York State are authorized or required by law to close. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 12.09. 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 GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of any Issuer shall not have any liability for any obligations of such Issuer under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
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SECTION 12.11. Successors. All agreements of each Issuer in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 12.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy of the Indenture is enough to prove this Indenture.
SECTION 12.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 12.14. Severability. If any provision in this Indenture is deemed unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision set forth herein, or of the Indenture as a whole.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE ISSUE PRICE AND AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO EACH $1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF THIS SECURITY ARE $499.60 AND $500.40, RESPECTIVELY, THE ISSUE DATE IS FEBRUARY 1, 2001 AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS 3.5%.
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED SECURITY -- THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. FURTHER OFFERS OR SALES OF THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, AS SET FORTH IN THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM DATED JANUARY 25, 2001 RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO, AND ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF, A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2001, ENTERED INTO BY THE ISSUERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF SECURITIES.]
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY -- THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC"), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
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XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC., Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Note Due 2021 |
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| CUSIP No. | $___________ Principal Amount at Maturity |
| No. ____ | |
| Issue Date: February 1, 2001 | Original Issue Discount: $500.40 |
| Issue Price: $499.60 (for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity) |
(for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity) |
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and Nine West Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein collectively called the "Issuers", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promise to pay to _____________, or registered assigns, the Principal Amount at Maturity set forth above [INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY -- (which amount may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary)] on February 1, 2021.
This Security shall not bear cash interest except as specified on the other side of this Security. Original Issue Discount will accrue as specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security.
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.
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Dated:
| XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, XXX. Xx: XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. By: XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. By: NINE WEST GROUP INC. By: |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture.
Dated:
By:
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Issuers designated as their Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021, limited in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity to $700,561,000 (subject to increase by up to $105,084,000 in the event the Initial Purchasers exercise the over-allotment option granted to them in the Purchase Agreement) (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2001 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuers, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Security shall not bear interest, except as specified herein. Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue Price and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security), in the period during which a Security remains outstanding, shall accrue at 3.5% per annum, on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, from the Issue Date of this Security.
Redemption at the Option of the Issuers - No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities are redeemable as a whole, or from time to time in part, at any time at the option of the Issuers at a Redemption Price equal to the Issue Price plus the accrued Original Issue Discount through the Redemption Date, provided that the Securities are not redeemable prior to February 1, 2004.
The table below shows Redemption Prices of a Security per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on the dates shown below and at Stated Maturity, which prices equal the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount calculated to each such date. The Redemption Price of a Security redeemed between such dates shall include an additional amount reflecting the additional Original Issue Discount accrued since the next preceding date in the table.
| Redemption Date | Issue |
Redemption
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| February 1, 2004.......................................................... | $499.60 | $54.81 | $554.41 |
| February 1, 2005.......................................................... | 499.60 | 74.38 | 573.98 |
| February 1, 2006.......................................................... | 499.60 | 94.65 | 594.25 |
| February 1, 2007.......................................................... | 499.60 | 115.63 | 615.23 |
| February 1, 2008.......................................................... | 499.60 | 137.35 | 636.95 |
| February 1, 2009.......................................................... | 499.60 | 159.84 | 659.44 |
| February 1, 2010.......................................................... | 499.60 | 183.12 | 682.72 |
| February 1, 2011.......................................................... | 499.60 | 207.22 | 706.82 |
| February 1, 2012.......................................................... | 499.60 | 232.18 | 731.78 |
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| February 1, 2013......................................................... | 499.60 | 258.02 | 757.62 |
| February 1, 2014......................................................... | 499.60 | 284.76 | 784.36 |
| February 1, 2015......................................................... | 499.60 | 312.46 | 812.06 |
| February 1, 2016......................................................... | 499.60 | 341.13 | 840.73 |
| February 1, 2017......................................................... | 499.60 | 370.81 | 870.41 |
| February 1, 2018......................................................... | 499.60 | 401.54 | 901.14 |
| February 1, 2019......................................................... | 499.60 | 433.36 | 932.96 |
| February 1, 2020......................................................... | 499.60 | 466.30 | 965.90 |
| February 1, 2020......................................................... | 499.60 | 466.30 | 965.90 |
| At stated maturity......................................................... | 499.60 | 500.40 | 1,000.00 |
If converted into a semi-annual cash pay note following the occurrence of a Tax Event pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, this Security will be redeemable at the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the later of the date of such conversion and the date on which interest was last paid through the Redemption Date; but in no event will this Security be redeemable before February 1, 2004.
Purchase of Securities at the Option of the Holder - Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Issuers shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, the Securities held by such Holder on the following Purchase Dates and at the following Purchase Prices per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity, upon delivery of a Purchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 30 Business Days prior to such Purchase Date until the close of business on such Purchase Date and upon delivery of the Securities to the Paying Agent by the Holder as set forth in the Indenture.
Purchase Date Purchase Price February 1, 2004 $554.41 February 1, 2009 $659.44 February 1, 2014 $784.36
The Purchase Price (equal to the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the Purchase Date) may be paid, at the option of the Issuers, in cash or by the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company valued at 95% of the Market Price (as defined in the Indenture), or in any combination thereof.
If prior to a Purchase Date this Security has been converted into a semi-annual cash pay note following the occurrence of a Tax Event pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Purchase Price will be equal to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the later of the date of such conversion and the date on which interest was last paid to the Purchase Date.
Repurchase of Securities at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change - At the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Issuers shall become obligated to repurchase the Securities if a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior
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to February 1, 2004 for a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price equal to the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, which Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid in cash or, at the option of the Issuers, in Common Stock of the Company valued at 95% of the Market Price (as defined in the Indenture), as long as the Common Stock is then listed on a national securities exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or any combination thereof. If prior to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Securities have been converted into a semi-annual cash pay note following the occurrence of a Tax Event pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the later of the date of such conversion and the date on which interest was last paid to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Holders have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
If cash and/or securities sufficient to pay the Purchase Price, Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, of all Securities (or portions thereof) to be purchased as of the Purchase Date, Redemption Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, is deposited with the Paying Agent on the Business Day following the Purchase Date, Redemption Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture) ceases to accrue on such Securities (or portions thereof) immediately after such Purchase Date, Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent, and the Holder thereof shall have no other rights as a Holder (other than the right to receive the Purchase Price, Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, upon surrender of such Security).
If the Issuers elect to pay all or part of the Purchase Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Common Stock, the portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture), attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Issuers have exercised their option to convert the Securities into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the later of (x) the date of such exercise, and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) to the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to the surrendered Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the Common Stock (together with a cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) and cash, if any, in exchange for the Security being purchased pursuant to the terms hereof; and such cash, if any, and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as delivered pro rata, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture) accrued through the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, and the balance, if any, of such cash and the fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such
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cash payment) shall be treated as delivered in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being purchased pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Conversion - Subject to the next two succeeding sentences, a Holder of a Security may convert it into Common Stock of the Company at any time before the close of business on February 1, 2021. If the Security is called for redemption, the Holder may convert it at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Issuers default on the payment of the Redemption Price. A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice exercising the option of such Holder to require the Issuers to purchase such Security may be converted only if such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
The initial Conversion Rate is 9.8105 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. The Issuers will deliver cash or a check in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock.
In the event the Issuers exercise their option pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture to have interest in lieu of Original Issue Discount accrue on the Security following a Tax Event, the Holder will be entitled on conversion to receive the same number of shares of Common Stock such Holder would have received if the Issuers had not exercised such option. If the Issuers exercise such option, Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date (except Securities to be redeemed on a date within such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest thereon that the registered Holder is to receive. Except where Securities surrendered for conversion must be accompanied by payment as described above, no interest on converted Securities will be payable by the Issuers on any Interest Payment Date subsequent to the date of conversion.
To convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice below (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent for cancellation, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Conversion Agent, the Issuers or the Trustee and (4) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.
A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on the Common Stock except as provided in the Indenture. On conversion of a Security, that portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture) attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Issuers have exercised the option referred to below in "Tax Event", the later of (x) the date of such exercise and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through the delivery of the Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Security being converted pursuant to the terms hereof; and the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such
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cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in exchange for Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Securities have been converted into semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture) accrued through the Conversion Date, and the balance, if any, of such fair market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
The Conversion Rate will be adjusted as set forth in the Indenture for dividends or distributions on Common Stock payable in Common Stock or other Capital Stock; subdivisions, combinations or certain reclassifications of Common Stock; distributions to all holders of Common Stock of certain rights to purchase Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days at less than the Sale Price at the Time of Determination; and certain distributions to such holders of assets or debt securities of the Company or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company (excluding certain cash dividends or distributions). However, no adjustment need be made if Holders may participate in the transaction or in certain other cases. The Issuers from time to time may voluntarily increase the Conversion Rate.
If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange or a transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or upon certain distributions described in the Indenture, the right to convert a Security into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into securities, cash or other assets of the Company or another Person.
Tax Event - (a) From and after the date (the "Tax Event Date") of the occurrence of a Tax Event and the date the Issuers exercise such option, whichever is later (the "Option Exercise Date"), at the option of the Issuers, cash interest in lieu of future Original Issue Discount shall accrue at the rate of 3.5% per annum on a principal amount per Security (the "Restated Principal Amount") equal to the Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount accrued to the Option Exercise Date and shall be payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") to holders of record at the close of business on January 16 or July 16 (each a "Regular Record Date") immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Option Exercise Date.
(b) Interest on any Security that 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 is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any Security shall be paid in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United States, provided that with respect to any Holder, such Holder shall have furnished to the Paying Agent all required wire payment instructions no later than the related Regular Record Date, or if no such instructions have been furnished, by check payable to such Holder.
(c) Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Securities, any Defaulted Interest on any Security shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on
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the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuers as provided for in Section 10.04(b) of the Indenture.
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY -- In the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer, repurchase or conversion of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary.]
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED SECURITY -- Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, upon the request of a Holder of a Restricted Security, the Issuers will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as defined below) to such Holder of Restricted Securities, or to a prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder, to the extent required to permit compliance by any such Holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). "Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto).]
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Issue Price (or, if the Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Restated Principal Amount) plus the Original Issue Discount (or, if the Securities have been converted to semi-annual cash pay notes pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, accrued but unpaid interest) accrued through such date on 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 Issuers and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Issuers and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuers 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.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in Principal Amount at Maturity of the outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in Principal Amount at
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Maturity of outstanding Securities a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of said principal hereof or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuers, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal Amount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of, and interest, if any, on, this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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 The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity and any integral multiple of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity above that amount. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity 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, but the Issuers 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 Issuers, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Issuers, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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If you want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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and irrevocably appoint _____________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: Signed: (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:________________________________
In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring prior to the date of the declaration by the Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), covering resales of this Security (which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of the transfer):
[Check One]
(1) [ ] to an Issuer or a Subsidiary of any of the Issuers; or
(2) [ ] pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or
(3) [ ] outside the United States to a "foreign person" in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
(4) [ ] pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or
(5) [ ] pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or
(6) [ ] pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof, provided that if box (3), (4) or (6) is checked, the Issuers may require, prior to
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registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the case of box (3)) and other information as the Issuers may reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Security in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 3.10 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
Date: Signed: (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature Guarantee:________________________________
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuers as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Date: Signed: NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer.
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FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE
If you want to convert this Security into Common Stock of the Company, check the box:
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To convert only part of this Security, state the Principal Amount at Maturity to be converted (which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000):
$__________________________________
If you want the stock certificate made out in another person's name, fill in the form below:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
FROM GLOBAL SECURITY OR DEFINITIVE SECURITY
TO DEFINITIVE SECURITY
(Transfers pursuant to Section 2.13(a)(1) or Section 2.13(a)(2) of the Indenture)
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The Bank of New York, as Registrar
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Re: Transfer of $________ Principal Amount at Maturity of
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due
2021
(the "Securities") of
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.,
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., Xxxxx
Apparel
Group Holdings, Inc. and Nine West Group
Inc.
(collectively, the "Issuers")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 (the "Indenture") between the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to U.S. $ aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities which are held [in the form of a [Definitive] [Global Security (CUSIP No. )]* in the name of [name of transferor] (the "Transferor") to effect the transfer of Securities.
In connection with such request, and in respect of such Securities, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Securities and the Indenture and (ii) to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501 (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) (an "Institutional Accredited Investor") which is acquiring such Securities for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investors, over which it exercises sole investment discretion and (iii) in accordance with applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF NON-DISTRIBUTION LETTER FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS]
(Transfers pursuant to Section 2.13(a)(1) or Section 2.13(a)(2) of the Indenture)
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The Bank of New York, as Registrar
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Re: Purchase of $________ Principal Amount at Maturity of
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due
2021
(together with the Common Stock issuable
upon
conversion thereof, the "Securities")
of Xxxxx
Apparel Group, Inc., Xxxxx Apparel Group
USA,
Inc., Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc.
and
Nine West Group Inc. (collectively, the
"Issuers")1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our purchase of the Securities we confirm that:
1. We understand that the Securities are not being and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and are being sold to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
2. We acknowledge that (a) neither the Issuers, nor the Initial Purchasers (as defined in the Offering Memorandum dated January 25, 2001 relating to the Securities (the "Offering Memorandum")) nor any person acting on behalf of the Issuers or the Initial Purchasers has made any representation to us with respect to the Issuers or the offer or sale of any Securities; and (b) any information we desire concerning the Issuers and the Securities or any other matter relevant to our decision to purchase the Securities (including a copy of the Offering Memorandum) is or has been made available to us.
3. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities, and we are (or any account for which we are purchasing under paragraph 4 below is) an institutional "accredited investor" (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) able to bear the economic risk of investment in the Securities.
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4. We are acquiring the Securities for our own account (or for accounts as to which we exercise sole investment discretion and have authority to make, and do make, the statements contained in this letter) and not with a view to any distribution of the Securities, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of our property will at all times be and remain within our control.
5. We understand that (a) the Securities will be in registered form only and that any certificates delivered to us in respect of the Securities will bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
"These Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Further offers or sales of these Securities are subject to certain restrictions, as set forth in the Offering Memorandum dated January 25, 2001 relating to these Securities."
and (b) the Issuers have agreed to reissue such certificates without the foregoing legend only in the event of a disposition of the Securities in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 below (provided, in the case of a disposition of the Securities in accordance with paragraph 6(f) below, that the legal opinion referred to in such paragraph so permits), or at our request at such time as we would be permitted to dispose of them in accordance with paragraph 6(a) below.
6. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to dispose of any of the Securities, we will not do so unless such disposition is made in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States and:
(a) the Securities are sold in compliance with Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act; or
(b) the Securities are sold in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or
(c) the Securities are sold in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
(d) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or
(e) the Securities are sold to the Issuers or an affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) of the Issuers; or
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(f) the Securities are disposed of in any other transaction that does not require registration under the Securities Act, and we theretofore have furnished to the Issuers or their designee an opinion of counsel experienced in securities law matters to such effect or such other documentation as the Issuers or their designee may reasonably request.
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE]
________________, ___
The Bank of New York, as Registrar
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Re: Purchase of $________ Principal Amount at Maturity of
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due
2021
(the "Securities") of
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.,
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., Xxxxx
Apparel
Group Holdings, Inc. and Nine West Group
Inc.
(collectively, the "Issuers")
This is a Purchase Notice as defined in Section 3.08(a) of the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 (the "Indenture") between the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Certificate No(s). of Securities: _____________________________
I intend to deliver the following aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities for purchase by the Issuers pursuant to Section 3.08(a) of the Indenture (in multiples of $1,000):
$_____________________________
I hereby agree that the Securities will be purchased as of the Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and of the Indenture.
In the event that the Issuers elect, pursuant to Section 3.08(b) of the Indenture, to pay the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but such portion of the Purchase Price is ultimately payable entirely in cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Purchase Price in Common Stock is not satisfied prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date, I elect (check one):
[ ] (1) to withdraw this Purchase Notice as to all of the Securities to which it relates;
[ ] (2) to withdraw this Purchase Notice as to $___________________ Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities (Certificate No(s). ____________________); or
[ ] (3) to receive cash in respect of the entire Purchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which this Purchase Notice relates.
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]
________________, ___
The Bank of New York, as Registrar
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc.,
Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc.
Nine West Group Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: Purchase of $________ Principal Amount at Maturity of
Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes Due
2021
(the "Securities") of
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.,
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., Xxxxx
Apparel
Group Holdings, Inc. and Nine West Group
Inc.
(collectively, the "Issuers")
This is a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as defined in Section 3.09 of the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 (the "Indenture") between the Issuers and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
Certificate No(s). of Securities: _____________________________
I intend to deliver the following aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities for purchase by the Issuers pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture (in multiples of $1,000):
$________________________________
I hereby agree that the Securities will be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and of the Indenture.
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In the event that the Issuers elect, pursuant to Section 3.09(b) of the Indenture, to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock but such portion of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price is ultimately payable entirely in cash because any of the conditions to payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Common Stock is not satisfied prior to the close of business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, I elect (check one):
[ ] (1) to withdraw this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as to all of the Securities to which it ;
[ ] (2) to withdraw this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as to $___________________ Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities (Certificate No(s). ____________________); or
[ ] (3) to receive cash in respect of the entire Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to which this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice relates.
Signed: ________________________
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER
OF RESTRICTED COMMON STOCK
(Transfers pursuant to Section 11.20(b) of the Indenture)
[NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMMON STOCK TRANSFER AGENT]
The Bank of New York, as Registrar
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc.,
Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc.
Nine West Group Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Common Stock") of Xxxxx
Apparel Group, Inc.,
(the "Company")
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 (the "Indenture") between the Company, Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc. and Nine West Group Inc. (together with the Company, the "Issuers") and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.
This letter relates to shares of Common Stock represented by the accompanying certificate(s) that were issued upon conversion of Securities and which are held in the name of [name of transferor] (the "Transferor") to effect the transfer of such Common Stock.
In connection with the transfer of such shares of Common Stock, the undersigned confirms that such shares of Common Stock are being transferred:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) to the Company; or (2) pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933; or
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(3) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the transfer agent a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Company or transfer agent); or (4) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 provided by Rule 144 thereunder.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the transfer agent will refuse to register any of the Common Stock evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (2), (3) or (4) is checked, the transfer agent may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Common Stock such certifications and other information, and if box (4) is checked such legal opinions, as the Company reasonably requests in writing, by delivery to the transfer agent of a standing letter of instruction, to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
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