Exhibit 10.1
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SEPRACOR INC.
as Issuer
AND
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 14, 2001
5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006
with Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPsSM)
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS........................................................................2
Section 1.1 Definitions...............................................................2
ARTICLE II ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES................9
Section 2.1 Designation, Amount and Issue of Notes....................................9
Section 2.2 Form of Notes............................................................10
Section 2.3 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest.....................10
Section 2.4 Execution of Notes.......................................................12
Section 2.5 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer; Depositary.....................................................13
Section 2.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes...............................18
Section 2.7 Temporary Notes..........................................................19
Section 2.8 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc..........................................20
Section 2.9 CUSIP Numbers............................................................20
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF NOTES.............................................................20
Section 3.1 Redemption Prices........................................................20
Section 3.2 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes.................................21
Section 3.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption...................................22
Section 3.4 Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption............................23
ARTICLE IV SUBORDINATION OF NOTES...........................................................24
Section 4.1 Agreement of Subordination...............................................24
Section 4.2 Payments to Noteholders..................................................24
Section 4.3 Subrogation of Notes.....................................................27
Section 4.4 Authorization to Effect Subordination....................................28
Section 4.5 Notice to Trustee........................................................28
Section 4.6 Trustee's Relation to Senior Obligations.................................29
Section 4.7 No Impairment of Subordination...........................................29
Section 4.8 Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment...................................29
Section 4.9 Article Applicable to Paying Agents......................................30
Section 4.10 Senior Obligations Entitled to Rely......................................30
Section 4.11 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent...........30
ARTICLE V PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY...............................................30
Section 5.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...............................30
Section 5.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency..........................................31
Section 5.3 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office.......................31
Section 5.4 Provisions as to Paying Agent............................................31
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Section 5.5 Existence................................................................32
Section 5.6 Rule 144A Information Requirement........................................33
Section 5.7 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...........................................33
Section 5.8 Compliance Certificate...................................................33
Section 5.9 Liquidated Damages.......................................................33
Section 5.10 Further Instruments and Acts.............................................34
ARTICLE VI NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY
AND THE TRUSTEE........................................................................34
Section 6.1 Noteholders' Lists.......................................................34
Section 6.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.....................................34
Section 6.3 Reports by Trustee.......................................................35
Section 6.4 Reports by Company.......................................................35
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES...........................................................35
Section 7.1 Events of Default........................................................35
Section 7.2 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor..............................37
Section 7.3 Application of Monies Collected by Trustee...............................39
Section 7.4 Proceedings by Noteholder................................................40
Section 7.5 Proceedings by Trustee...................................................40
Section 7.6 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.......................................41
Section 7.7 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults
by Majority of Noteholders...............................................41
Section 7.8 Notice of Defaults.......................................................41
Section 7.9 Undertaking to Pay Costs.................................................42
Section 7.10 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.............................................42
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.........................................................42
Section 8.1 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee...................................42
Section 8.2 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc.....................................44
Section 8.3 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc......................................45
Section 8.4 Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or
Registrar May Own Notes..................................................45
Section 8.5 Monies to Be Held in Trust...............................................45
Section 8.6 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.....................................46
Section 8.7 Officers' Certificate as Evidence........................................46
Section 8.8 Conflicting Interests of Trustee.........................................47
Section 8.9 Eligibility of Trustee...................................................47
Section 8.10 Resignation or Removal of Trustee........................................47
Section 8.11 Acceptance by Successor Trustee..........................................48
Section 8.12 Succession by Merger, Etc................................................49
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Section 8.13 Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor..............................49
Section 8.14 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company..................50
ARTICLE IX CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS.......................................................50
Section 9.1 Action by Noteholders....................................................50
Section 9.2 Proof of Execution by Noteholders........................................50
Section 9.3 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners...........................................51
Section 9.4 Company-Owned Notes Disregarded..........................................51
Section 9.5 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.............................51
ARTICLE X NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS.............................................................52
Section 10.1 Purpose of Meetings......................................................52
Section 10.2 Call of Meetings by Trustee..............................................52
Section 10.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Noteholders...............................53
Section 10.4 Qualifications for Voting................................................53
Section 10.5 Regulations..............................................................53
Section 10.6 Voting...................................................................54
Section 10.7 No Delay of Rights by Meeting............................................54
ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..........................................................54
Section 11.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders...................54
Section 11.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders......................56
Section 11.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................................56
Section 11.4 Notation on Notes........................................................57
Section 11.5 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be
Furnished Trustee.....................................................57
ARTICLE XII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE...............................57
Section 12.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc on Certain Terms............................57
Section 12.2 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted..................................58
Section 12.3 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee...................................58
ARTICLE XIII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE........................................58
Section 13.1 Discharge of Indenture...................................................59
Section 13.2 Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee..........................59
Section 13.3 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held........................................59
Section 13.4 Return of Unclaimed Monies...............................................60
Section 13.5 Reinstatement............................................................60
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ARTICLE XIV IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.................60
Section 14.1 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations.........................60
ARTICLE XV CONVERSION OF NOTES..............................................................60
Section 15.1 Right to Convert.........................................................61
Section 15.2 Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Issuance of Common Stock on Conversion;
No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends..................................61
Section 15.3 Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares...............................63
Section 15.4 Conversion Price.........................................................63
Section 15.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price...........................................63
Section 15.6 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale................72
Section 15.7 Taxes on Shares Issued...................................................73
Section 15.8 Reservation of Shares; Shares to Be Fully Paid;
Listing of Common Stock..................................................74
Section 15.9 Responsibility of Trustee................................................74
Section 15.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions...............................75
Section 15.11 Autoconversion...........................................................75
ARTICLE XVI REPURCHASE UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE............................................77
Section 16.1 Repurchase Right.........................................................77
Section 16.2 Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc......................77
ARTICLE XVII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................................79
Section 17.1 Provisions Binding on Company's Successors...............................79
Section 17.2 Official Acts by Successor Corporation...................................79
Section 17.3 Addresses for Notices, Etc...............................................79
Section 17.4 GOVERNING LAW............................................................80
Section 17.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates to Trustee..................................................80
Section 17.6 Legal Holidays...........................................................80
Section 17.7 No Security Interest Created.............................................81
Section 17.8 Trust Indenture Act......................................................81
Section 17.9 Benefits of Indenture....................................................81
Section 17.10 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.........................................81
Section 17.11 Authenticating Agent.....................................................81
Section 17.12 Execution in Counterparts................................................82
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INDENTURE dated as of November 14, 2001 between Sepracor Inc., a Delaware
corporation as issuer (hereinafter sometimes called the "Company", as more fully
set forth in Section 1.1), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a banking corporation
organized under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (hereinafter
sometimes called the "Trustee", as more fully set forth in Section 1.1).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the issue of its 5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006
with Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM)) (hereinafter sometimes called the
"Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $400,000,000
($500,000,000 if the option to purchase additional Notes granted to the
Initial Purchaser (as defined herein) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as
defined herein) is exercised in full) and in order to provide the terms and
conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Notes, the certificate of authentication to be borne by the
Notes, a form of assignment, a form of option to elect repayment upon a
Fundamental Change (as defined herein), a form of conversion notice and a
certificate of transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the
forms hereinafter provided for; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized
authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and
legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute these presents a valid
agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are,
and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof,
the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Notes
(except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 DEFINITIONS. The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as
herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All other
terms used in this Indenture, which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or
which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture. The
words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder," and words of similar import refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
Subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the
singular.
AFFILIATE: The term "Affiliate" of any specified person shall mean any
other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control," when used with respect to any specified person means the
power to direct or cause the direction of 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.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The term "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company or a committee of such Board duly authorized to act for
it hereunder.
BOARD RESOLUTION: The term "Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or duly authorized committee thereof (to
the extent permitted by applicable law), and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
BUSINESS DAY: The term "Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which the banking
institutions in The City of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close
or be closed.
CLOSE OF BUSINESS: The term "close of business" means 5 p.m. (New York City
time).
COMMISSION: The term "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
COMMON STOCK: The term "Common Stock" shall mean any stock of any class of
the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
Subject to the provisions of Section 15.6, however, shares issuable on
conversion of Notes shall include only shares of the class designated as common
stock of
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the Company at the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or
classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and
which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; PROVIDED
that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the
shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the
proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all
such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
COMPANY: The term "Company" shall mean Sepracor Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and subject to the provisions of Article XII, shall include its
successors and assigns.
COMPANY NOTICE: The term "Company Notice" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 16.2.
CONVERSION PRICE: The term "Conversion Price" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 15.4.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The term "Corporate Trust Office," or other similar
term, shall mean the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated,
located at JPMorgan Chase Bank, 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Institutional Trust Services (Sepracor Inc. 5 3/4%
Convertible Subordinated Notes with Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM)) due
2006).
CREDIT AGREEMENT: The term "Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain
Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22,
1999, among the Company, Biosphere Medical, Inc. and Fleet National Bank, as
amended through the date hereof, as further amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement
extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing, consolidating or otherwise
restructuring (including any guaranty agreements and security documents and any
documents adding subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such
agreement or any replacement or successor agreement, and whether by Fleet
National Bank, individually or as agent for itself and other lenders, and
whether or not increasing the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred
thereunder.
CUSTODIAN: The term "Custodian" means JPMorgan Chase Bank with respect to
the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
DEFAULT: The term "default" shall mean any event that is, or after notice
or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
DEFAULTED INTEREST: The term "Defaulted Interest" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.3.
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DEPOSITARY: The term "Depositary" means, with respect to the Notes issuable
or issued in whole or in part in global form, the person specified in Section
2.5(d) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, 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.
DESIGNATED SENIOR OBLIGATIONS: The term "Designated Senior Obligations"
shall mean Senior Obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Senior
Obligations in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which the
Company is a party) expressly provides that such Senior Obligations shall be
"Designated Senior Obligations" for purposes of this Indenture (provided that
such instrument, agreement or other document may place limitations and
conditions on the right of such Senior Obligations to exercise the rights of
Designated Senior Obligations). If any payment made to any holder of any
Designated Senior Obligations or its Representative with respect to such
Designated Senior Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by such
holder or Representative upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
the Company or otherwise, the reinstated Indebtedness of the Company arising as
a result of such rescission or return shall constitute Designated Senior
Obligations effective as of the date of such rescission or return.
EVENT OF DEFAULT: The term "Event of Default" shall mean any event
specified in Section 7.1, continued for the period of time, if any, and after
the giving of notice, if any, therein designated.
EXCHANGE ACT: The term "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
EXPIRATION TIME: The term "Expiration Time" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 15.5(f) or 15.5(g).
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE: The term "Fundamental Change" shall mean the occurrence
of any transaction or event in connection with which all or substantially all
the Common Stock shall be exchanged for, be converted into, be acquired for, or
constitute in all material respects solely the right to receive, consideration
which is not all or substantially all common stock which is (or, upon
consummation of or immediately following such transaction or event, will be)
listed on a United States national securities exchange or approved for quotation
on the Nasdaq National Market or any similar United States system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices (whether by means of an
exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination,
reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise).
GLOBAL NOTE: The term "Global Note" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.5(b).
INDEBTEDNESS: The term "Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any
Person, and without duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations and other
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person for borrowed money
(including obligations of the Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange
contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements,
and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or
similar instruments, and all
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commitment, stand by and other fees due and payable to financial institutions
with respect to credit facilities available to such Person) or evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or to only a portion
thereof) (other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or
obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
obtaining of materials or services); (b) all reimbursement obligations and other
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of
credit, bank guarantees or bankers' acceptances; (c) all obligations and
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of leases of real or personal
property or other assets of such Person required, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles, to be accounted for as capitalized lease
obligations on the balance sheet of such Person and all obligations and other
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any lease or related document
(including a purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real property
which provides that such Person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause
a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum
residual value of the leased property to the lessor and the obligations of such
Person under such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third
party to purchase such leased property; (d) all obligations of such Person
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or
collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency
hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement; (e) all direct or
indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such Person in respect of, and
obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person to purchase
or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the kind described
in clauses (a) through (d); (f) any indebtedness or other obligations described
in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other
encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such Person,
regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall
have been assumed by such Person; and (g) any and all deferrals, renewals,
extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to,
any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a)
through (f).
INDENTURE: The term "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally
executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented.
INITIAL PURCHASER: The term "Initial Purchaser" means Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Inc.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: The term "Liquidated Damages" means all liquidated
damages then owing pursuant to Section 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
MAKE-WHOLE PAYMENT: The term "Make-Whole Payment" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 15.11.
NOTE OR NOTES: The terms "Note" or "Notes" shall mean any Note or Notes, as
the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
NOTEHOLDER or HOLDER: The terms "Noteholder" or "holder" as applied to any
Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term "beneficial holder"), shall
mean any person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the
Note register.
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NOTE REGISTRAR: The term "Note registrar" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 2.5(a).
NOTE REGISTER: The term "Note register" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.5.
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE: The term "Officers' Certificate", when used with
respect to the Company, shall mean a certificate signed by (a) one of the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, any Executive or Senior Vice President
or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word
added before or after the title "Vice President") and (b) by one of the
Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or
Controller of the Company, which is delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.5 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
OPINION OF COUNSEL: The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in
writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company, or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee, which is delivered to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section
17.5 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
OUTSTANDING: The term "outstanding," when used with reference to Notes,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, mean, as of any particular
time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes, or portions thereof, for the payment, or redemption of
which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own paying agent); PROVIDED that if such Notes are to be redeemed, as the case
may be, prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been
given as provided in Section 3.2, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall
have been made for giving such notice;
(c) Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes
shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6
unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are
held by bona fide holders in due course; and
(d) Notes converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article XV and Notes
deemed not outstanding pursuant to Section 3.2.
PAYMENT BLOCKAGE NOTICE: The term "Payment Blockage Notice" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 4.2.
PERSON or PERSON: The term "person" shall mean an individual, a
corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an
individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.
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PORTAL MARKET: The term "Portal Market" shall mean The Portal Market
operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any
successor thereto.
PREDECESSOR NOTE: The term "Predecessor Note" of any particular Note shall
mean every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in lieu of a lost, destroyed
or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed
or stolen Note that it replaces.
PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The term "Purchase Agreement" means that certain
Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2001, by and among the Company and
the Initial Purchaser (as amended from time to time by the parties thereto).
PURCHASED SHARES: The term "Purchased Shares" shall have the meaning
specified in Sections 15.5(f) and 15.5(g).
QIB: The term "QIB" shall mean a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined
in Rule 144A.
RECORD DATE: The term "record date" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.3.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT: The term "Registration Rights Agreement"
means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2001,
between the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
REPRESENTATIVE: The term "Representative" shall mean the (a) indenture
trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Obligations or
(b) with respect to any Senior Obligations that do not have any such trustee,
agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Obligations issued
pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders
or owners of such Senior Obligations, any holder or owner of such Senior
Obligations acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind
such holders or owners of such Senior Obligations and (ii) in the case of all
other such Senior Obligations, the holder or owner of such Senior Obligations.
REPURCHASE PRICE: The term "Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 16.1.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: The term "Responsible Officer", when used with respect
to the Trustee, shall mean an officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust
Office, including any managing director, vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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RESTRICTED SECURITIES: The term "Restricted Securities" has the meaning
specified in Section 2.5(d).
RULE 144A: The term "Rule 144A" shall mean Rule 144A as promulgated under
the Securities Act.
SECURITIES ACT: The term "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
SENIOR OBLIGATIONS: The term "Senior Obligations" shall mean the principal
of, premium, if any, interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for
post-petition interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) and rent
payable on or in connection with, and all fees, costs, expenses and other
amounts accrued or due on or in connection with, Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by the Company (including
all deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, the foregoing), unless in the case of any
particular Indebtedness the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee thereof expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall
not be senior in right of payment to the Notes or expressly provides that such
Indebtedness is "pari passu" or "junior" to the Notes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term Senior Obligations shall not include (a) the 7% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2005, (b) the 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007,
(c) any Indebtedness of the Company to any subsidiary of the Company, a majority
of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company,
or (d) the Notes. If any payment made to any holder of any Senior Obligations or
its Representative with respect to such Senior Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by such holder or Representative upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the reinstated
Indebtedness of the Company arising as a result of such rescission or return
shall constitute Senior Obligations effective as of the date of such rescission
or return. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Indenture, the
term "Senior Obligations" shall include Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY: The term "Significant Subsidiary" means, with
respect to any person, a Subsidiary of such person that would constitute a
"significant subsidiary" as such term is defined under Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SUBSIDIARY: The term "Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency.
TRADING DAY: The term "Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section
15.5(h)(5).
TRANSFER: The term "transfer" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.5(d).
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TRIGGER EVENT: The term "Trigger Event" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 15.5(d).
TRUST INDENTURE ACT: The term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution
of this Indenture, except as provided in Sections 11.3 and 15.6; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the
date hereof, the term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean, to the extent required
by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
TRUSTEE: The term "Trustee" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, and its
successors and any corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation or
merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee at
the time serving as successor trustee hereunder.
The definitions of certain other terms are as specified in Article XV and
Article XVI.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.1 DESIGNATION, AMOUNT AND ISSUE OF NOTES. The Notes shall be
designated as "5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 with
Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM))." Notes not to exceed the aggregate
principal amount of $400,000,000 (or $500,000,000 if the option set forth in
Section 2(b) of the Purchase Agreement is exercised in full) upon the
execution of this Indenture, or (except pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3,
15.2 and 16.2) from time to time thereafter, may be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes upon the written order of the
Company, signed by the Company's (a) Chief Executive Officer, President,
Executive or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the
title "Vice President") and (b) Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or its
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the
Company hereunder, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that said Notes may not be executed,
delivered or authenticated unless and until the Trustee shall have received
an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes are substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A of the Indenture and an Opinion of Counsel
substantially to the effect that the supplemental indenture, to the extent
applicable, and Notes have been duly authorized and, if executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof on the date of such
opinion, would be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and would be
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally, general principles of equity, and such other
matters as shall be specified therein. The Trustee shall be fully protected
in relying upon such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.
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Section 2.2 FORM OF NOTES. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of
such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be
listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.
The Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be
specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or reduced to reflect transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any
endorsement of the Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease
in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and
upon written instructions given by the holder of such Notes in accordance with
this Indenture. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any
(including any redemption price), on the Global Note shall be made to the holder
of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of
determining holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit
A hereto shall constitute, and is hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.3 DATE AND DENOMINATION OF NOTES; PAYMENTS OF INTEREST. The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Every Note shall
be dated the date of its authentication, and shall bear interest from the
applicable date and accrued interest shall be payable semiannually on May 15
and November 15, of each year, commencing May 15, 2002 as specified on the
face of the form of Note, attached as Exhibit A hereto.
The person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered
at the close of business on any record date with respect to any interest payment
date (including any Note that is converted after the record date and on or
before the interest payment date) shall be entitled to receive (subject to the
provisions of Section 15.2) the interest payable on such interest payment date
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Note upon any transfer, exchange or
conversion subsequent to the record date and on or prior to such interest
payment date; PROVIDED that, in the case of any Note, or portion thereof, called
for redemption pursuant to Article III on a redemption date, or repurchased by
the Company pursuant to Article XVI on a repurchase date, during the period from
the close of business on the record date to the close of business on the
Business Day next preceding the following interest payment date, interest shall
not be paid to the person in whose name the Note,
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or portion thereof, is registered on the close of business on such record date,
and the Company shall have no obligation to pay interest on such Note or portion
thereof except to the extent required to be paid upon such redemption or
repurchase in accordance with Article III or Article XVI; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
that if the Company elects to make an Automatic Conversion of the Notes pursuant
to Section 15.11 hereof on an Automatic Conversion Date between either May 1,
2002 and May 15, 2002 or November 1, 2002 and November 15, 2002, the Company
shall not be required to make the interest payment on the May 15, 2002 interest
payment date in the case of an Automatic Conversion on an Automatic Conversion
Date between May 1, 2002 and May 15, 2002 and on the November 15, 2002 interest
payment date in the case of an Automatic Conversion on an Automatic Conversion
Date between November 1, 2002 and November 15, 2002. Interest may, at the option
of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the address of such person on the
Note registry; PROVIDED that, with respect to any holder of Notes with an
aggregate principal amount equal to or in excess of $2,000,000, at the request
of such holder in writing to the Company, interest on such holder's Notes shall
be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds in accordance with the
wire transfer instruction supplied by such holder from time to time to the
Trustee and paying agent (if different from Trustee) at least two days prior to
the applicable record date. The term "record date" with respect to any interest
payment date shall mean the May1 or November 1 preceding said May 15 or November
15, respectively.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months compounded semi-annually.
Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any said May 15 or November 15 (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on the relevant
record date by virtue of his having been such Noteholder; and such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
to be paid on each Note and the date of the payment (which shall be not less
than twenty-five (25) days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice,
unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) days and
not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than ten (10) days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special
record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
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the special record date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Noteholder as of such special record date at his address as it appears in
the Note register, not less than ten (10) days prior to such special record
date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor
Notes) were registered at the close of business on such special record date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or
designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange or automated quotation system, if, after written notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, and if
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.4 EXECUTION OF NOTES. The Notes shall be signed in the name
and on behalf of the Company by the facsimile signature of its Chief
Executive Officer, President, any of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents,
or any of its Vice Presidents (whether or not designated by a number or
numbers or word or words added before or after the title "Vice President")
and attested by the facsimile signature of its Secretary or any of its
Assistant Secretaries (or Treasurer or any of its Assistant Treasurers)
(which may be printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile
or otherwise). Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note
attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually executed by the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.11),
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating
agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence
that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes
shall cease to be such officer before the Notes so signed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such
Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though
the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the proper officers
of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such
person was not such an officer.
Section 2.5 EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES; RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER; DEPOSITARY.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.2 being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Note register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such register shall be in
written form or in any form
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capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time.
The Trustee is hereby appointed "Note registrar" for the purpose of registering
Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or
more co-registrars in accordance with Section 5.2.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note
registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such
transfer set forth in this Section 2.5, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 5.2. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which
the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration
numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange, redemption or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the
Trustee, the Note registrar or any co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Noteholder thereof or his
attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be charged to the Noteholder for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax, assessments or other governmental charges that may
be imposed in connection therewith.
None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note registrar or any co-registrar
shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes for a
period of fifteen (15) days next preceding any selection of Notes to be redeemed
or (b) any Notes called for redemption or, if a portion of any Note is selected
or called for redemption, such portion thereof selected or called for redemption
or (c) any Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is
surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion or
(d) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not
withdrawn) in connection with a Fundamental Change.
All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with
this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with
the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented
by a Note in global form (the "Global Note") registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange of
beneficial interests in the Global Note, which does not involve the issuance
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of a definitive Note, shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the
Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the
restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary
therefor.
(c) Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the
text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian, the Depositary
or by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in order for the
Notes to be tradable on The Portal Market or as may be required for the Notes to
be tradable on any other market developed for trading of securities pursuant to
Rule 144A or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation
thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or
designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes
are subject.
(d) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.5(d) to
bear either of the legends set forth in this Section 2.5(d) (together with any
Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and required to bear either of
the legends set forth in Section 2.5(e), collectively, the "Restricted
Securities") shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this
Section 2.5(d) (including one of the legends set forth below), unless such
restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company, and
the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such holder's acceptance
thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in
Sections 2.5(d) and 2.5(e), the term "transfer" encompasses any sale, pledge,
transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
Until two (2) years after the original issuance date of any Note, any
certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor
or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion
thereof which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.5(e), if applicable)
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Notes have
been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Acts and which continues to be effective at the
time of such transfer, pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in
writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); (2)
AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C)
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PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH
HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE
EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO
EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF
THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY WITHIN
TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF SUCH NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE), THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT
THIS CERTIFICATE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(C) ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH
TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE, SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY 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. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
2(C) OR 2(D) ABOVE OR THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY.
Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to
which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their
terms may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Note registrar in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5, be exchanged for a new Note
or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the
restrictive legend required by this Section 2.5(d).
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the
provisions set forth in this Section 2.5(d)), the Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole or in part except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global Note. Initially, the Global Note shall be
issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee
of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.
If at any time the Depositary for the Global Note notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Note, the Company
may appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Note. If a successor
Depositary for the Global Note is not appointed by the Company within ninety
(90) days after the Company receives such notice, the Company will
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execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate for the
authentication and delivery of Notes, will authenticate and deliver, Notes in
definitive form, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Note, in exchange for the Global Note, and upon delivery of the
Global Note to the Trustee the Global Note shall be canceled.
If a Note in certificated form is issued in exchange for any portion of a
Global Note after the close of business on any record date at the office or
agency where such exchange occurs and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the next succeeding interest payment date, interest will not
be payable on such interest payment date in respect of such certificated Note,
but will be payable on such interest payment date only with respect to the
exchanged portion of the Global Note in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Definitive Notes issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.5(d) shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon
execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such definitive Notes to
the persons in whose names such definitive Notes are so registered.
At such time as all interests in the Global Note have been redeemed,
converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred, the Global Note shall be, upon
receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures
and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time
prior to such cancellation, if any interest in the Global Note is exchanged for
definitive Notes, redeemed, converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred to a
transferee who receives definitive Notes therefor or any definitive Note is
exchanged or transferred for part of the Global Note, the principal amount of
the Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and
instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately
reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on
the Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
(e) Until two (2) years after the original issuance date of any Note,
any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such
Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless the Note or
such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, and which
continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or such Common Stock has
been issued upon conversion of Notes that have been transferred pursuant to a
registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act
or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice
thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):
THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE. THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREES THAT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF TWO
YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTE
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UPON THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ISSUED, (1)
IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY
EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (D) PURSUANT TO
A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER); (2)
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH TRANSFER (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D)
ABOVE), IT WILL FURNISH TO EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRANSFER AGENT,
SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMPANY 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; AND (3) IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO
WHOM THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(D) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE
COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1(C) OR 1(D) ABOVE OR THE
EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTE UPON THE
CONVERSION OF WHICH THE COMMON STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ISSUED.
Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have
expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of the certificates
representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the
procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new
certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section
2.5(e).
(f) Any Note or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of
a Note that, prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales
thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision),
is purchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold
by the Company or such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities Act or
resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Notes or Common Stock, as
the case may be, no longer being "restricted securities" (as defined under Rule
144).
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 2.5 to the contrary, in
the event Rule 144(k) as promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor
rule) is amended to change the two-year period under Rule 144(k) (or the
corresponding period under any successor rule), from and after receipt by the
Trustee of the Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for in this
Section 2.5(g), (i) each reference in Section 2.5(d) to "two (2) years" and in
the restrictive legend set forth in such paragraph to "TWO YEARS" shall be
deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed period, (ii)
each reference in Section 2.5(e) to "two (2) years" and in the restrictive
legend set forth in such paragraph to "TWO YEARS" shall be deemed for all
purposes hereof to be
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references to such changed period and (iii) all corresponding references in the
Notes and the restrictive legends thereon shall be deemed for all purposes
hereof to be references to such changed period, PROVIDED that such changes shall
not become effective if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would otherwise
cause a violation of, the then-applicable federal securities laws. As soon as
practicable after the Company has knowledge of the effectiveness of any such
amendment to change the two-year period under Rule 144(k) (or the corresponding
period under any successor rule), unless such changes would otherwise be
prohibited by, or would otherwise cause a violation of, the then-applicable
securities law, the Company shall provide to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel informing the Trustee of the effectiveness of
such amendment and the effectiveness of the foregoing changes to Sections 2.5(d)
and 2.5(e) and the Notes. The provisions of this Section 2.5(g) will not be
effective until such time as the Opinion of Counsel and Officers' Certificate
have been received by the Trustee hereunder. This Section 2.5(g) shall apply to
successive amendments to Rule 144(k) (or any successor rule) changing the
holding period thereunder.
Section 2.6 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN NOTES. In case any Note
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its
discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a
new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted
Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such
authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by
or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or
theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if
applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such
substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or
indemnity as the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, such authenticating
agent may require. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected
therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been
called for redemption or is about to be converted into Common Stock shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the
conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or
conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to
such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by
or connected with such substitution, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft,
evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any paying
agent or conversion agent of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of
the ownership thereof.
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Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6
by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set
forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or
remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.7 TEMPORARY NOTES. Pending the preparation of Notes in
certificated form, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating
agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon written request of the Company,
authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary
Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the Notes in certificated form but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as
the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay the Company will
execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in
certificated form (other than in the case of Notes in global form) and thereupon
any or all temporary Notes (other than any the Global Note) may be surrendered
in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 5.2 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate
principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by
the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Notes in
certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.8 CANCELLATION OF NOTES PAID, ETC. All Notes surrendered for the
purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase, conversion, exchange or registration
of transfer, shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any
Note registrar or any conversion agent, be surrendered to the Trustee and
promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly
canceled by it, and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. Upon written instructions
of the Company, the Trustee shall destroy canceled Notes and, after such
destruction, shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company. If
the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate
as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.9 CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company in issuing the Notes may use "CUSIP"
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the trustee shall use "CUSIP"
numbers in notices of
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redemption and Company Notices as a convenience to holders of the Notes;
provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of a redemption or Company Notice and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any
redemption or offer to purchase pursuant to Article XVI shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 3.1 REDEMPTION PRICES. The Company may, at its option, redeem all
or from time to time any part of the Notes on any date prior to maturity, upon
notice as set forth in Section 3.2, and at one hundred percent (100%) of the
principal amount of the Notes redeemed, together with accrued interest, if any,
to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, provided, HOWEVER, that no
such redemption shall be effected before November 20, 2002.
Section 3.2 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION; SELECTION OF NOTES. In case the Company
shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any
part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.1, it shall fix a date for redemption,
and it, or at its written request (which must be received by the Trustee at
least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date the Trustee is requested to give
notice as described below unless a shorter period is agreed to by the Trustee),
the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or
cause to be mailed a notice of such redemption at least twenty (20) and not more
than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for optional redemption, to the
holders of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses
as the same appear on the Note register (provided that if the Company shall give
such notice, it shall also give such notice, and written notice of the Notes to
be redeemed, to the Trustee). Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The
notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any
case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the aggregate principal amount
of Notes to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at
which Notes are to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment
will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, that interest
accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on
the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. Such notice shall also
state the current Conversion Price and the date on which the right to convert
such Notes or portions thereof into Common Stock will expire. If fewer than all
the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes
to be redeemed. In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption shall state the
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portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on
and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note
or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued.
On or prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption
given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or
with one or more paying agents (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying
agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 5.4) an
amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Notes (or
portions thereof) so called for redemption (other than those theretofore
surrendered for conversion into Common Stock) at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption; PROVIDED that if such payment is made on the redemption date it must
be received by the Trustee or paying agent, as the case may be, by 10:00 a.m.
New York City time, on such date. If any Note called for redemption is converted
pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so
segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Note shall be paid to
the Company upon its request, or, if then held by the Company shall be
discharged from such trust.
If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Company will give the
Trustee written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate not fewer than
thirty-five (35) days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to
the Trustee) prior to the redemption date as to the aggregate principal amount
of Notes to be redeemed. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed (in principal
amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof), by lot, or by a method the
Trustee considers fair and appropriate (as long as such method is not prohibited
by the rules of any United States national securities exchange or of an
established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States on
which the Notes are then listed). If any Note selected for partial redemption is
converted in part after such selection, the converted portion of such Note shall
be deemed (so far as is possible) to be the portion to be selected for
redemption. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected shall be deemed duly
selected for redemption for all purposes hereof, notwithstanding that any such
Note is converted as a whole or in part before the mailing of the notice of
redemption.
Upon any redemption of less than all Notes, the Company and the Trustee may
(but need not) treat as outstanding any Notes surrendered for conversion during
the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding the mailing of a notice of
redemption and may (but need not) treat as not outstanding any Note
authenticated and delivered during such period in exchange for the unconverted
portion of any Note converted in part during such period.
Section 3.3 PAYMENT OF NOTES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION. If notice of redemption
has been given as above provided, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to
which such notice has been given shall, unless converted into Common Stock
pursuant to the terms hereof, become due and payable on the date and at the
place or places stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price,
together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption,
and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of
such Notes at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to, but
excluding, said date) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes
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so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and such Notes shall cease after
the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the date fixed for
redemption to be convertible into Common Stock and, except as provided in
Sections 8.5 and 13.4, to be entitled to any benefit or security under this
Indenture, and the holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes
except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to,
but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of
such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the
specified portions thereof to be redeemed shall be paid and redeemed by the
Company at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued
thereon to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided that, if the
applicable redemption date is an interest payment date, the semi-annual payment
of interest becoming due on such date shall be payable to the holders of such
Notes registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and
provisions of Section 2.3 hereof.
Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at
the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not redeem any Notes or
mail any notice of optional redemption during the continuance of a default in
payment of interest or premium on the Notes or of any Event of Default of which,
in the case of any Event of Default other than under Section 7.1(a), (b) or (d),
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge. If any Note called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the
principal and premium, if any, shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear
interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate borne by the Note and
such Note shall remain convertible into Common Stock until the principal and
premium, if any, shall have been paid or duly provided for.
Section 3.4 CONVERSION ARRANGEMENT ON CALL FOR REDEMPTION. In connection
with any redemption of Notes, the Company may arrange for the purchase and
conversion of any Notes not converted prior to the expiration of such conversion
right by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to
purchase such Notes by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Noteholders, on or
before the date fixed for redemption, an amount not less than the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, of such Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Article III, the obligation of the Company to pay the redemption price of
such Notes, together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption, shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such
amount is so paid by such purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into, a
copy of which, certified as true and correct by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company will be filed with the Trustee prior to the date fixed
for redemption, any Notes not duly surrendered for conversion by the holders
thereof may, at the option of the Company, 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 XV) surrendered
by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of
business on the date fixed for redemption (and the right to convert any such
Notes shall be deemed to have been extended through such time), subject to
payment of the above amount as
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aforesaid. At the direction of the Company, the Trustee shall hold and dispose
of any such amount paid to it in the same manner as it would monies deposited
with it by the Company for the redemption of Notes. Without the Trustee's prior
written consent, no arrangement between the Company and such purchasers for the
purchase and conversion of any Notes shall increase or otherwise affect any of
the powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth
in this Indenture, and the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in
connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any
Notes between the Company 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.
ARTICLE IV
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
Section 4.1 AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION. The Company covenants and agrees,
and each holder of Notes issued hereunder by its acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions
of this Article IV; and each person holding any Note, whether upon original
issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be
bound by such provisions.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) on all Notes (including, but not limited to, the
redemption price with respect to the Notes called for redemption in accordance
with Section 3.2, the repurchase price with respect to the Notes submitted for
repurchase in accordance with Article XVI and the Make-Whole Payment, if any, in
accordance with Section 15.11, as the case may be, as provided in the Indenture)
issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth,
be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Obligations, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or
thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article IV shall prevent the occurrence of any default
or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 4.2 PAYMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS. No payment shall be made with respect
to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages,
if any) on the Notes (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with
respect to Notes called for redemption in accordance with Section 3.2, the
repurchase price with respect to Notes submitted for repurchase in accordance
with Article XVI and the Make-Whole Payment, if any, with respect to Section
15.11, as the case may be, as provided in this Indenture), except payments and
distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph
of Section 4.5, if:
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(a) a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest,
rent or other obligations in respect of Senior Obligations occurs and is
continuing (a "Payment Default"), unless and until such Payment Default shall
have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or
(b) a default, other than a Payment Default, on any Designated Senior
Obligations occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such
Designated Senior Obligations to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee
receives written notice of the default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from a
holder of Designated Senior Obligations, a Representative of Designated Senior
Obligations or the Company (a "Non-Payment Default").
If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (b)
above, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of
this Section 4.2 unless and until at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the
initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. No
Non-Payment Default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of
any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a
subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect
of the Notes, including any past scheduled payments of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on such
Notes (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to Notes
called for redemption in accordance with Section 3.2, the repurchase price with
respect to Notes submitted for repurchase in accordance with Article XVI and the
Make-Whole Payment, if any, with respect to Section 15.11, as the case may be,
as provided in this Indenture), to which the holders of the Notes would have
been entitled but for the provisions of this Article IV:
(1) in the case of a Payment Default, on the date upon which such
Payment Default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, and
(2) in the case of a Non-Payment Default, the earlier of (a) the date
upon which such default is cured or waived or ceases to exist or (b) 179 days
after the Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee if the maturity of
such Designated Senior Obligations has not been accelerated and no Payment
Default with respect to any Senior Obligations has occurred which has not been
cured or waived or ceased to exist (in such event clause (1) above shall instead
be applicable),
unless this Article IV otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the
time of such payment or distribution.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors
upon any dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all
Senior Obligations shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Obligations, or payment thereof in
accordance with its terms provided for in cash or other payment satisfactory to
the holders of such Senior Obligations before any payment is made on
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account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any) on the Notes (except payments made pursuant to Article XIII
from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to commencement of
proceedings for such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization);
and upon any such dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any
payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holders of the
Notes or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this Article
IV, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such
payment or distribution, or by the holders of the Notes or by the Trustee under
this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior
Obligations (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of
Senior Obligations held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a
court order) or their Representative or Representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any
Senior Obligations may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Obligations in full, in cash
or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Obligations, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of
Senior Obligations, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of
the Notes or to the Trustee.
For purposes of this Article IV, the words, "cash, property or securities"
shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for
by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article IV with respect to
the Notes to the payment of all Senior Obligations which may at the time be
outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Obligations are assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and (ii)
the rights of the holders of Senior Obligations are not, without the consent of
such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation
of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or
the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or
transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to
another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article XII
shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for
the purposes of this Section 4.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions
stated in Article XII.
In the event of the acceleration of the Notes because of an Event of
Default, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any holder
of Notes in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes (including, but not limited to, the
redemption price with respect to Notes called for redemption in accordance with
Section 3.2, the repurchase price with respect to Notes submitted for repurchase
in accordance with Article XVI and the Make-Whole Payment, if any, with respect
to Section 15.11, as the case may be, as provided in the Indenture), except
payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or
second paragraph of Section 4.5, until all Senior Obligations have been paid in
full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Obligations
or such acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Obligations of the
acceleration.
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In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities (including, without limitation, by way of setoff or
otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing provisions in this Section 4.2, shall be
received by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes before all Senior
Obligations are paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Obligations, or provision is made for such payment
thereof in accordance with its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to
the holders of such Senior Obligations, such payment or distribution shall be
held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the
holders of Senior Obligations or their representative or representatives, or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing any Senior Obligations may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the
payment of any Senior Obligations remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Obligations in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Obligations, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Obligations.
Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 8.6. This Section 4.2 shall be subject to
the further provisions of Section 4.5
Section 4.3 SUBROGATION OF NOTES. Subject to the payment in full of all
Senior Obligations, the rights of the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated
to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such
Senior Obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV (equally and
ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express
terms is subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the
same extent as the Notes are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Obligations to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Obligations until the principal, premium, if any, and
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes shall be paid in
full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to
the holders of the Senior Obligations of any cash, property or securities to
which the holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article IV, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of
this Article IV, to or for the benefit of the holders of Senior Obligations by
holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior Obligations, and the holders of the
Notes, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior
Obligations; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to
or for the benefit of the holders of the Notes pursuant to the subrogation
provisions of this Article IV, which would otherwise have been paid to the
holders of Senior Obligations shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to
or for the account of the Notes. It is understood that the provisions of this
Article IV are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative
rights of the holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of the
Senior Obligations, on the other hand.
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Nothing contained in this Article IV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors
other than the holders of Senior Obligations, and the holders of the Notes, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
holders of the Notes the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) on the Notes as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect
the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company
other than the holders of the Senior Obligations, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Note from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article IV of the holders
of Senior Obligations in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company
received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Section 4.4 AUTHORIZATION TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION. Each holder of a Note by
the holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the
holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article IV and appoints the
Trustee to act as the holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If the Trustee does not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the
form required in any proceeding referred to in the second paragraph of Section
7.2 hereof at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the time to file
such claim, the holders of any Senior Obligations or their representatives are
hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the holders
of the Notes.
Section 4.5 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The Company shall give prompt written notice
in the form of an Officers' Certificate to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit
the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any paying agent in
respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article IV or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the
form of an Officers' Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of
Senior Obligations or from any trustee thereof; and before the receipt of any
such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume
that no such facts exist; provided that if on a date not less than two (2)
Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies
may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment
of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated
Damages, if any) on any Note) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect
to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 4.5, then, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full
power and authority to apply monies received to the purpose for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be
received by it on or after such prior date.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article IV to the contrary, nothing shall
prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Noteholders of monies deposited with
it pursuant to Section 13.1,
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provided such deposit was not in violation of this Article IV, and any such
payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.1 or 4.2
The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of
a written notice by a Representative to a person representing himself to be a
holder of Senior Obligations (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to
establish that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of
Senior Obligations or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. The
Trustee shall not be required to make any payment or distribution to or on
behalf of a holder of Senior Obligations pursuant to this Article IV unless it
has received reasonably satisfactory evidence as to the amount of Senior
Obligations held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such person under this Article IV.
Section 4.6 TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR OBLIGATIONS. The Trustee in its
individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article IV in respect of any Senior Obligations at any time held by it, to the
same extent as any other holder of Senior Obligations, and nothing in Section
8.13 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its
rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Obligations, the Trustee undertakes
to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article IV, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Obligations.
Section 4.7 NO IMPAIRMENT OF SUBORDINATION. No right of any present or
future holder of any Senior Obligations to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Section 4.8 CERTAIN CONVERSIONS NOT DEEMED PAYMENT. For the purposes of
this Article IV only, (1) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon
conversion of Notes in accordance with Article XV shall not be deemed to
constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on Notes or on account
of the purchase or other acquisition of Notes, and (2) the payment, issuance or
delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of fractional shares pursuant to
Section 15.3), property or securities (other than junior securities) upon
conversion of a Note shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if
any) on such Note. For the purposes of this Section 4.8, the term "junior
securities" means (a) shares of any stock of any class of the Company or (b)
securities of the Company that are subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Obligations that may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery
of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent
than, the Notes are so subordinated as provided in this Article. Nothing
contained in this Article IV or elsewhere in this
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Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company,
its creditors (other than holders of Senior Obligations) and the Noteholders,
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of any Note to
convert such Note in accordance with Article XV.
Section 4.9 ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS. If at any time any
paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company
and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article
shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to
and including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents
and purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article in addition
to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of
Section 4.5 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if
it or such Affiliate acts as paying agent. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for the actions or inactions of any other paying agents
(including the Company if acting as its own paying agent) and have no control
of any funds held by such other paying agents, unless and to the extent that
the Trustee has been appointed as paying agent under this Indenture.
Section 4.10 SENIOR OBLIGATIONS ENTITLED TO RELY. The holders of Senior
Obligations (including, without limitation, Designated Senior Obligations) shall
have the right to rely upon this Article IV, and no amendment or modification of
the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such holders unless
such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.
Section 4.11 RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING
AGENT. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall be entitled to conclusively
rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian,
receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Noteholders,
for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Obligations and other
indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article.
ARTICLE V
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 5.1 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST. The Company
covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the
places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the
Notes. Each installment of interest on the Notes due on any semi-annual interest
payment date may be paid by mailing checks for the interest payable to or upon
the written order of the holders of Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear
on the registry books of the Company,
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provided that, with respect to any holder of Notes with an aggregate principal
amount equal to or in excess of $2,000,000, at the request of such holder in
writing to the Company, interest on such holder's Notes shall be paid by wire
transfer in immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer
instructions supplied by such holder from time to time to the Trustee and paying
agent (if different from Trustee) at least two days prior to the applicable
record date.
Section 5.2 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. The Company will maintain in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for
presentation for payment or for conversion, redemption or repurchase and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or
agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the
office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such
purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; PROVIDED that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as paying agent, Note
registrar, Custodian and conversion agent and the Corporate Trust Office as one
such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
So long as the Trustee is the Note registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail,
or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 8.10(a) and the third
paragraph of Section 8.11.
Section 5.3 APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S OFFICE. The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 8.10, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 5.4 PROVISIONS AS TO PAYING AGENT.
(a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee
or if the Trustee shall appoint such a paying agent, it will cause such paying
agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 5.4:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes
(whether such sums have
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been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Notes) in trust
for the benefit of the holders of the Notes;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Company (or by any other obligor on the Notes) to make any payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes when the same shall
be due and payable; and
(3) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of
Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust.
The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient
to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest, and (unless such paying
agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action, PROVIDED that if such deposit is made on the due
date, such deposit must be received by the paying agent by 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on such date.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of
the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest
so becoming due and will notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take
such action and of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor under the
Notes) to make any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to
the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or any paying agent hereunder
as required by this Section 5.4, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent
to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 5.4 is subject to
Sections 13.3 and 13.4.
Section 5.5 EXISTENCE. Subject to Article XII, the Company will do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence.
Section 5.6 RULE 144A INFORMATION REQUIREMENT. Within the period prior to
the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Company
covenants and agrees that it shall, during any period in which it is not subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to any holder or
beneficial holder of Notes or any Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof,
in each case which continue to be Restricted Securities, in connection with any
sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of Notes or such Common Stock from
such holder or beneficial holder, the
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information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act upon
the request of any holder or beneficial holder of the Notes or such Common Stock
and it will take such further action as any holder or beneficial holder of such
Notes or such Common Stock may reasonably request, all to the extent required
from time to time to enable such holder or beneficial holder to sell its Notes
or Common Stock without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as such rule may be amended
from time to time. Upon the request of any holder or any beneficial holder of
the Notes or such Common Stock, the Company will deliver to such holder a
written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Section 5.7 STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS. The Company covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon,
plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive
the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on
the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 5.8 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
(beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2002) an Officers'
Certificate stating whether or not to the best of their knowledge the signers
know of any default or Event of Default that occurred during such period. If
they do, such Officers' Certificate shall describe the default or Event of
Default and its status.
Section 5.9 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. If Liquidated Damages are payable by the
Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such
Liquidated Damages that are payable and (ii) the date on which such damages are
payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the
Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without
inquiry that no such Liquidated Damages are payable. If the Company has paid
Liquidated Damages directly to the persons entitled to them, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such
payment
Section 5.10 FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS. Upon request of the Trustee, the
Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further
acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1 NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS. The Company covenants and agrees that it
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more
than fifteen (15) days after each May 1 and November 1 in each year beginning
with May 1, 2002, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or
such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to
timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders
of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days (or such other date as the
Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to
the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be
furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note registrar.
Section 6.2 PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section
6.1 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note registrar, if so
acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
6.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Noteholders to communicate with other holders of
Notes with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes and
the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of
information as to names and addresses of holders of Notes made pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.3 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) Within sixty (60) days after August 15 of each year commencing
with the year 2002, the Trustee shall transmit to holders of Notes such reports
dated as of August 15 of each year in which such reports are made concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated
quotation system upon which the Notes are listed and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee in writing within a reasonable time when the
Notes are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system and when
any such listing is discontinued.
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Section 6.4 REPORTS BY COMPANY.
(a) After this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act, the Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to
holders of Notes, such information, documents and other reports and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
(b) 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 Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on an Officer's Certificate).
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. In case one or more of the following Events
of Default (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) default in the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on
any of the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable either at
maturity or in connection with any redemption, by declaration or otherwise,
whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of Article IV; or
(b) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of
interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, upon any of the Notes as and when the
same shall become due and payable, whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the provisions of Article IV; or
(c) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any
other of the covenants on the part of the Company in the Notes or in this
Indenture (other than a covenant default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) and the continuance of such
failure for a period of sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice
of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have been given
to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section
9.4; or
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(d) a default in the payment of the Repurchase Price in respect of any
Note on the repurchase date therefor in accordance with the provisions of
Article XVI, whether or not such payment in cash of the Repurchase Price is
prohibited by the provisions of Article IV; or
(e) failure on the part of the Company to provide a written notice of
a Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 16.2; or
(f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case
or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due, provided that a liquidation or winding up of a Significant
Subsidiary pursuant to applicable corporate law shall not be deemed an Event of
Default hereunder; or
(g) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against
the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or
other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding
shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive
days;
then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 7.1(f) or 7.1(g) with respect to the Company), unless the
principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either
the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding hereunder determined in accordance with Section 9.4,
by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Noteholders), may declare the principal of and premium, if any, on all the Notes
and the interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any
such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
anything in this Indenture or in the Notes contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(f) or 7.1(g)
occurs and is continuing with respect to the Company, the principal of all the
Notes and the interest accrued thereon shall be immediately due and payable.
This provision, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after
the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and
before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all Notes and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all
Notes which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest
on overdue installments of interest (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal and premium, if any,
at the rate borne by the Notes, to the date of such payment or deposit) and
amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.6, and if any and all defaults
under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of and premium, if
any, and
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accrued interest on Notes which shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 7.7, then and in every such
case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any
right consequent thereon. The Company shall notify the Responsible Officer of
the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default by
delivering to the Trustee a statement specifying such Event of Default and the
action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this
Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because
of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, the holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to
their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and
powers of the Company, the holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 7.2 PAYMENTS OF NOTES ON DEFAULT; SUIT THEREFOR. In the event that
the Trustee or the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding hereunder have declared
the principal of and premium, if any, on all the Notes and the interest accrued
thereon (including Liquidated Damages, if any) to be due and payable immediately
in accordance with Section 7.1, and the Company shall have failed forthwith to
pay such amounts, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings
at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid (including
such further amounts as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys,
custodians, nominees and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred by
the Trustee hereunder other than through its negligence or bad faith), and may
prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final degree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes wherever situated the
monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In the case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for
the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title
11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or
such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to
the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.2, shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if
any,
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and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any
judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their
creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the
same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.6; and
any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders to
make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable
compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel
fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 8.6
hereof, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that
such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements
out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason,
payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any
and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which
the holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether
in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Noteholder or the rights of any Noteholder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under
any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any
of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding
relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents,
custodians, nominees and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of
the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving
the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall
be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Notes,
and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Notes parties to any
such proceedings.
Section 7.3 APPLICATION OF MONIES COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE. Any monies
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall be applied in the
order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution
of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.6;
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Second: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, in case the principal of
the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of
interest on the Notes in default in the order of the maturity of the
installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest
has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at
the rate borne by the Notes, such payments to be made ratably to the persons
entitled thereto;
Third: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, in case the principal of
the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be
unpaid, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes
for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate
borne by the Notes; and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full
the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such
principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of
principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and
premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of
interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such
principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest; and
Fourth: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, to the payment of the
remainder, if any, to the Company or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 7.4 PROCEEDINGS BY NOTEHOLDER. No holder of any Note shall have any
right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to
institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written
request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.7; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder
of every Note with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or
more holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of
or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Notes (except as otherwise
provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 7.4, each
and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of
any Note, the right of any holder of any Note to receive payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the
Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder.
Anything in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding,
the holder of any Note, without the consent of either the Trustee or the holder
of any other Note, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, may enforce, and
may institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to enforce, his rights of
conversion as provided herein.
Section 7.5 PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE. In case of an Event of Default the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested
in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by
suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture,
or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
Section 7.6 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING. Except as provided in the
last paragraph of Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article VII
to the Trustee or to the Noteholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and
remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, by judicial
proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission
of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or
power accruing upon any default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as
aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a
waiver of any such default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4, every power and remedy given by this Article VII or
by law to the Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Noteholders.
Section 7.7 DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF DEFAULTS BY MAJORITY OF
NOTEHOLDERS. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.4 shall
have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) such direction shall
not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction. The holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance
with Section 9.4 may on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes waive any past
default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default
in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the
Notes when due which has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of Section
7.1, (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Notes into Common Stock or
(iii) a
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default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof which under Article XI
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of all Notes
then outstanding. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the holders
of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of
Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.7, said
default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this
Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 7.8 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. The Trustee shall, within ninety (90) days
after the occurrence of a default of which a Responsible Officer has actual
knowledge, mail to all Noteholders, as the names and addresses of such holders
appear upon the Note register, notice of all defaults known to a Responsible
Officer, unless such defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving
of such notice; and provided that, except in the case of default in the payment
of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes,
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing any default in the
payment of any Repurchase Price or in the payment of any amount due in
connection with any redemption of Notes, then in any such event the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust
committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determine that the withholding of such notice is in the best interests of the
Noteholders.
Section 7.9 UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 7.9 (to the extent
permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the
aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
determined in accordance with Section 9.4, or to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest on any Note (including, but not limited to, the redemption
price or repurchase price with respect to the Notes being redeemed or
repurchased as provided in this Indenture) on or after the due date expressed in
such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in
accordance with the provisions of Article XV.
Section 7.10 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and
remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the holders of
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Notes may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders of Notes, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 8.1 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee, prior to
the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all
Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an
Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's
own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own willful misconduct, except that
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:
(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and, after it has been
qualified thereunder, the Trust Indenture Act, and the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act against the
Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the
part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall
be established by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the
time outstanding determined as provided in Section 9.4 relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture; and
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(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to
the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating
to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any paying agent or any records
maintained by any co-registrar with respect to the Notes.
(f) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the
fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice
as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless such Responsible Officer
of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event.
(g) In the absence of written investment direction from the Company,
all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust
account. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of
investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as
a result of the liquidation of any such investments prior to its stated maturity
or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its stated
maturity or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely
written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest
or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment
direction from the Company; and
(h) In the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Note
Registrar, paying agent, conversion agent or transfer agent hereunder, the
rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII
shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Note Registrar, paying agent,
conversion agent or transfer agent.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it.
Section 8.2 RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document
believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy
thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
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(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and require an opinion of
counsel and any advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of
Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee from the Noteholders against such expenses
or liability as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every
such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee or any
predecessor Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
(f) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, nominee or
attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even
if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action other than through the Trustee's willful
misconduct or gross negligence.
Section 8.3 NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC. The recitals contained
herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee's certificate of authentication)
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.4 TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENTS, CONVERSION AGENTS OR REGISTRAR MAY OWN
NOTES. The Trustee, any paying agent, any conversion agent or Note registrar, in
its individual or any other
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capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, paying agent, conversion agent or Note registrar.
Section 8.5 MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 4.2 and 13.4, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.
Section 8.6 COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE. The Company covenants and
agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder
in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in
writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct or
bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity
under this Indenture and any other document or transaction entered into in
connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, its
officers, directors, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent,
as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust or in any other capacity hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the
premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.6 to compensate or
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Notes
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except,
subject to the effect of Sections 4.3 and 7.6, funds held in trust herewith for
the benefit of the holders of particular Notes prior to the date of the accrual
of such unpaid compensation or indemnifiable claim. The Trustee's right to
receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 8.6 shall not be
subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company (even though
the Notes may be so subordinated). The obligation of the Company under this
Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the
earlier resignation or removal or the Trustee. The indemnification provided in
this Section 8.6 shall extend to the officers, directors, agents and employees
of the Trustee.
When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses
or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(f) or (g)
occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws.
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Section 8.7 OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 8.1, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness
and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
Officers' Certificate, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct,
recklessness and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this
Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 8.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF TRUSTEE. After qualification under the
Trust Indenture Act, if the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 8.9 ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be a person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If such person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 8.10 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of
such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof to the holders of
Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note register. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee
shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment sixty (60) days after
the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Noteholders, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee, or any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note
or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.9,
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court
for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor
trustee.
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(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.8 within a
reasonable time after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.9 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Noteholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee,
or, subject to the provisions of Section 7.9, any Noteholder who has been a bona
fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a
successor trustee which shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless
within ten (10) days after notice to the Company of such nomination the Company
objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Noteholder, upon
the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 8.10(a) provided, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor
trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee as provided in Section 8.11.
Section 8.11 ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee
appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on
the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee
ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8.6, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to
act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in
and
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confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee
ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property and funds
held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for
the benefit of holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.6.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 8.8 and be eligible under the
provisions of Section 8.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 8.11, each of the Company and the former trustee, at the written
direction and at the expense of the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed
notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the holders of Notes at
their addresses as they shall appear on the Note register. If the Company fails
to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at
the expense of the Company.
Section 8.12 SUCCESSION BY MERGER, ETC. Any corporation or other entity
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other
entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of
the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the
successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that in
the case of any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation shall be qualified
under the provisions of Section 8.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section
8.9.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated
but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed
by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in
case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor
trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor
trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or
in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
Section 8.13 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS CREDITOR. If and when the
Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Notes), after qualification under the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
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Section 8.14 TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COMPANY. Any
application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than
with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the
Trustee that affects the rights of the holders of the Notes or Senior
Indebtedness under this Indenture, including, without limitation, under Article
IV hereof) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action
proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date
on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be
effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action take by, or omission
of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or
after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than
three (3) Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in
writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the
effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received
written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be
taken or omitted.
ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS
Section 9.1 ACTION BY NOTEHOLDERS. Whenever in this Indenture it is
provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the holders of
such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders
in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the
holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article X, or (c) by a
combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a
meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking
of any action by the holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may fix in
advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining holders
entitled to take such action. The record date shall be not more than fifteen
(15) days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
Section 9.2 PROOF OF EXECUTION BY NOTEHOLDERS. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 10.5, proof of the execution of any instrument by a
Noteholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with
such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in
such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall
be proved by the Note register or by a certificate of the Note registrar. The
record of any Noteholders' meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 10.6.
Section 9.3 WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS. The Company, the Trustee, any
authenticating agent, any paying agent, any conversion agent and any Note
registrar may deem the person in whose name such Note shall be registered upon
the Note register to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Note
(whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding
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any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such Note, for conversion of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any conversion agent nor
any Note registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such
payments so made to any holder for the time being, or upon his order, shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability for monies payable upon any such Note.
Section 9.4 COMPANY-OWNED NOTES DISREGARDED. In determining whether the
holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes which
are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or by any person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Notes shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other
action only Notes which a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 9.4 if the pledgee
shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote
such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, any other obligor on the
Notes or a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In
the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon
the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of
the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers'
Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to
be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described persons;
and, subject to Section 8.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such
Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and
of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of
any such determination.
Section 9.5 REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND. At any time prior
to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 9.1, of
the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes
the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as
provided in Section 9.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except
as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Note shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners
of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor,
irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or
any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor.
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ARTICLE X
NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 10.1 PURPOSE OF MEETINGS. A meeting of Noteholders may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article X for
any of the following purposes:
(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any
directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the
waiving of any default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to
take any other action authorized to be taken by Noteholders pursuant to any of
the provisions of Article VII;
(2) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to
the provisions of Article VIII;
(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2; or
(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of
the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes under any
other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 10.2 CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE. The Trustee may, at the expense
of the Company, at any time call a meeting of Noteholders to take any action
specified in Section 10.1, to be held at such time and at such place as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Noteholders, setting
forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action
proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date
pursuant to Section 9.1, shall be mailed to holders of Notes at their addresses
as they shall appear on the Note register. Such notice shall also be mailed to
the Company. Such notices shall be mailed not less than twenty (20) nor more
than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Any meeting of Noteholders shall be valid without notice if the holders of
all Notes then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is
waived before or after the meeting by the holders of all Notes outstanding, and
if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized
representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 10.3 CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR NOTEHOLDERS. In case at any
time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors, or the
holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Noteholders,
by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such
meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request, then the Company
or such Noteholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and
may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 10.1, by mailing
notice thereof as provided in Section 10.2.
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Section 10.4 QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING. To be entitled to vote at any
meeting of Noteholders a person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Notes on
the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Notes. The only
persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Noteholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 10.5 REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Noteholders, in regard to proof of the holding of
Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and
duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Noteholders as provided in Section 10.3, in which case the Company
or the Noteholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of
the meeting shall be elected by vote of the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, at any meeting each Noteholder or
proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of
Notes held or represented by him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast
or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding
and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of
the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by
him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the proxy to
vote on behalf of other Noteholders. Any meeting of Noteholders duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2 or 10.3 may be adjourned from time to
time by the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 10.6 VOTING. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting
of Noteholders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the
principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Noteholders shall be prepared by the secretary of
the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of
the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by
one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in
Section 10.2. The record shall show the principal amount of the Notes
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voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the
meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the
other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the
matters therein stated.
Section 10.7 NO DELAY OF RIGHTS BY MEETING. Nothing in this Article X
contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any
call of a meeting of Noteholders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred
hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right
or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Noteholders under
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.
ARTICLE XI
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 11.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS. The
Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the
Trustee, at the Company's expense, may from time to time and at any time enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the
following purposes:
(a) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of the
holders of Notes pursuant to the requirements of Section 15.6;
(b) subject to Article IV, to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or
pledge to the Trustee as security for the Notes, any property or assets;
(c) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of
the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article
XII;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the holders of Notes, and to make
the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such
additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a default or an Event of
Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies
provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or condition such
supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after
default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or
may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;
(e) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Notes in
coupon form (including Notes registrable as to principal only) and to provide
for exchangeability of such Notes
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with the Notes issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all
appropriate changes for such purpose;
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture which shall not materially adversely affect the
interests of the holders of the Notes;
(g) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes; or
(h) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualifications of this Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, or under any similar federal statute hereafter
enacted.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of such supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby
authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental
indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may
be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of
any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in
its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
11.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the
holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 11.2.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or the Notes, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the obligation to pay Liquidated Damages
thereunder may be amended, modified or waived in accordance with the provisions
of the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 11.2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS. With the
consent (evidenced as provided in Article IX) of the holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
(determined in accordance with Article IX), the Company, when authorized by the
resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, at the Company's
expense, from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders
of the Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i)
extend the fixed maturity of any Note, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof or premium,
if any, thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or repurchase
thereof, impair, or change in any respect adverse to the holder of Notes, the
obligation of the Company to repurchase any Note at the option of the holder
upon the happening of a Fundamental Change, or impair or adversely affect the
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any Noteholder to institute suit for the payment thereof, or change the
currency in which the Notes are payable, or impair or change in any respect
adverse to the Noteholders the right to convert the Notes into Common Stock
subject to the terms set forth herein, including Section 15.6, or modify the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Notes in a
manner adverse to the Noteholders, without the consent of the holder of each
Note so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders
of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the
consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the Board
Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under this
Section 11.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.
Section 11.3 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Any supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article XI shall comply with the
Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article XI, this Indenture shall be
and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the
respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Notes shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 11.4 NOTATION ON NOTES. Notes authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article XI may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall
so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in
any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company's expense, be prepared and
executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating
agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 17.11) and delivered in
exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then
outstanding.
Section 11.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE
FURNISHED TRUSTEE. The Trustee may receive an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture
executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article XI.
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ARTICLE XII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
Section 12.1 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC ON CERTAIN TERMS. Subject to the
provisions of Section 12.2 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Indenture, the Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or sell, convey or lease
all or substantially all of its assets or properties to any Person unless the
person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases the assets or
properties of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia. Further, upon any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or lease, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on all of
the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by
the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation, or
into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the corporation which shall
have acquired or leased such property, and such supplemental indenture shall
provide for the applicable conversion rights set forth in Section 15.6.
Section 12.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and upon the assumption
by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due
and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants
and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such
successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company,
with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first
part. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of Sepracor Inc. any or all of
the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such
successor corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered,
any Notes which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes
which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and
delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in
all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or lease, the person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture or any successor which shall thereafter have become such in
the manner prescribed in this Article XII may be dissolved, wound up and
liquidated at any time
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thereafter and such person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and
maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes
thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 12.3 OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and any
such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article XII.
ARTICLE XIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 13.1 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. When (a) the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any
Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in
substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered)
and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption of all
of the Notes (other than any Notes which shall have been mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall
have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or redemption date, as
the case may be, accompanied by a verification report, as to the sufficiency of
the deposited amount, from an independent certified public accountant or other
financial professional, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or
cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) remaining rights
of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and conversion of Notes,
(ii) rights hereunder of Noteholders to receive payments of principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes and the other rights, duties and
obligations of Noteholders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts,
if any, so deposited with the Trustee, (iii) the rights, obligations and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) the obligations of the Company
under Section 8.6), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by
Section 17.5 and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture; the
Company, however, hereby agreeing to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee and to
compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly
rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Notes.
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Section 13.2 DEPOSITED MONIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY TRUSTEE. Subject to
Section 13.4, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.1
shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, notwithstanding the
provisions of Article IV, either directly or through any paying agent (including
the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular
Notes for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited
with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest and premium, if any.
Section 13.3 PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONIES HELD. Upon the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, all monies then held by any paying agent of the
Notes (other than the Trustee) shall, upon written demand of the Company, be
repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such monies.
Section 13.4 RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONIES. Subject to the requirements of
applicable law, any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Notes and not applied but
remaining unclaimed by the holders of Notes for two years after the date upon
which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes, as the case
may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee on written demand and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease
with respect to such monies; and the holder of any of the Notes shall thereafter
look only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to
collect unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
Section 13.5 REINSTATEMENT. If (i) the Trustee or the paying agent is
unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 13.2 by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application and (ii) the holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes so request by written
notice to the Trustee, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant
to Section 13.1 until such time as the Trustee or the paying agent is permitted
to apply all such money in accordance with Section 13.2; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if the Company makes any payment of interest on or principal of any Note
following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights of the holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the
money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
ARTICLE XIV
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 14.1 INDENTURE AND NOTES SOLELY CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS. No recourse
for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Note,
or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse
under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this
Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the
creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer or director or Subsidiary,
as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or
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any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or
rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it
being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of
this Indenture and the issue of the Notes.
ARTICLE XV
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 15.1 RIGHT TO CONVERT. Subject to and upon compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture, the holder of any Note shall have the right, at
its option, at any time following the date of original issuance of the Notes and
prior to the close of business on November 15, 2006 (except that, with respect
to any Note or portion of a Note which shall be called for redemption, such
right shall terminate, except as provided in the fifth paragraph of Section 15.2
and Section 3.4, at the close of business on the Business Day preceding the date
fixed for redemption of such Note or portion of a Note unless the Company shall
default in payment due upon redemption thereof) to convert the principal amount
of any such Note, or any portion of such principal amount which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof, into that number of fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock (as such shares shall then be constituted) obtained by
dividing the principal amount of the Note or portion thereof surrendered for
conversion by the Conversion Price in effect at such time, by surrender of the
Note so to be converted in whole or in part in the manner provided in Section
15.2. A holder of Notes is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common
Stock until such holder has converted his Notes to Common Stock, and only to the
extent such Notes are deemed to have been converted to Common Stock under this
Article XV. A Note with respect to which a holder has delivered a notice in
accordance with Section 16.2 regarding such holder's election to require the
Company to repurchase such holder's Notes following the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change may be converted in accordance with this Article XV only if
such holder withdraws such notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal
to the Company prior to the close of business on last Business Day prior to the
day fixed for repurchase.
Section 15.2 EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE; ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK ON
CONVERSION; NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS. In order to exercise the
conversion privilege with respect to any Note in definitive form, the holder of
any such Note to be converted in whole or in part shall surrender such Note,
duly endorsed, at an office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to
Section 5.2, accompanied by the funds, if any, required by the fifth paragraph
of this Section 15.2, and shall give written notice of conversion in the form
provided on the Notes (or such other notice which is acceptable to the Company)
to the office or agency that the holder elects to convert such Note or such
portion thereof specified in said notice. Such notice shall also state the name
or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of
Common Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be issued, and
shall be accompanied by transfer taxes, if required pursuant to Section 15.7.
Each such Note surrendered for conversion shall, unless the shares issuable on
conversion are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such Note,
be duly
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endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company duly executed by, the holder or his duly authorized attorney.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest
in the Global Note, the beneficial holder must complete the appropriate
instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositary's book-entry
conversion program, deliver by book-entry delivery an interest in the Global
Note, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the
Company or the Trustee or conversion agent, and pay the funds, if any, required
by the fifth paragraph of this Section 15.2 and any transfer taxes, if required
pursuant to Section 15.7.
As promptly as practicable after satisfaction of the requirements for
conversion set forth above, but no later than three Business Days after the
conversion date, subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer if
shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in a name other than that of the
Noteholder (as if such transfer were a transfer of the Note or Notes (or portion
thereof) so converted), the Company shall issue and shall deliver to such holder
at the office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to
Section 5.2, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Note or portion thereof in
accordance with the provisions of this Article and a check or cash in respect of
any fractional interest in respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such
conversion, as provided in Section 15.3 (which payment, if any, shall be paid no
later than five Business Days after satisfaction of the requirements for
conversion set forth above). In case any Note of a denomination greater than
$1,000 shall be surrendered for partial conversion, and subject to Section 2.3,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to him, a new Note or Notes in
authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the surrendered Note.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Note
(or portion thereof) on the date on which the requirements set forth above in
this Section 15.2 have been satisfied as to such Note (or portion thereof), and
the person in whose name any certificate or certificates for shares of Common
Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become on
said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of
the Company shall be closed shall constitute the person in whose name the
certificates are to be issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes on
the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such
conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which
such Note shall be surrendered.
Any Note or portion thereof surrendered for conversion during the period
from the close of business on the record date for any interest payment date
through the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest
payment date shall (unless such Note or portion thereof being converted shall
have been called for redemption pursuant to a redemption notice mailed to the
Noteholders or subject to Automatic Conversion in accordance with Section 15.11)
be accompanied by payment, in New York Clearing House funds or other funds
acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the interest otherwise payable
on such interest payment date on the principal
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amount being converted. Except as provided above in this Section 15.2, no
adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any Note converted or for
dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion of such Note as provided in
this Article.
Upon the conversion of an interest in the Global Note, the Trustee, or the
Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on the Global
Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby.
Section 15.3 CASH PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional
shares of Common Stock or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon conversion of Notes. If more than one Note shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares which shall
be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent
permitted hereby) so surrendered for conversion. If any fractional share of
stock otherwise would be issuable upon the conversion of any Note or Notes, the
Company shall make an adjustment therefor in cash at the current market value
thereof to the holder of Notes. The current market value of a share of Common
Stock shall be the Closing Price on the first Trading Day immediately preceding
the day on which the Notes (or specified portions thereof) are deemed to have
been converted and such Closing Price shall be determined as provided in Section
15.5(h).
Section 15.4 CONVERSION PRICE. The conversion price shall be as specified
in the form of Note (herein called the "Conversion Price") attached as Exhibit A
hereto, subject to adjustment as provided in this Article XV.
Section 15.5 ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE. The Conversion Price shall be
adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make a
distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common
Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the date
following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or other distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such
Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date
(as defined in Section 15.5(h)) fixed for such determination and the denominator
shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares
constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to become
effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the
Record Date. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this
Section 15.5(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall
again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such
dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders
of its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring
within forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants) to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current
Market Price (as defined in Section 15.5(h)) on the Record Date fixed for the
determination
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of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion
Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the
date after such Record Date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the
Record Date plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at
such Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the close of business on the Record Date
plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock so offered for
subscription or purchase. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately
after the opening of business on the day following the Record Date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants. To
the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered pursuant to such rights
or warrants, upon the expiration or termination of such rights or warrants the
Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be
in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants
been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock
actually delivered. In the event that such rights or warrants are not so issued,
the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which
would then be in effect if such date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not been fixed. In determining
whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock at less than such Current Market Price, and in
determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there
shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or
warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined
by the Board of Directors.
(c) In case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be split or
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price
in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which
such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and
conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the
opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination
becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or
increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(d) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to
all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of the
Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which Section 15.5(a) or
15.5(c) applies) or evidences of its indebtedness, cash or other assets
(including securities, but excluding (1) any rights or warrants referred to in
Section 15.5(b) and, (2) dividends and distributions (A) in connection with the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or paid (B) exclusively in
cash and (3) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, cash or assets
distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which Section 15.6 applies) (the
foregoing hereinafter in this Section 15.5(d) called the "Securities")), unless
the Company elects to reserve such Securities for distribution to the
Noteholders upon conversion of the Notes so that any such holder converting
Notes will receive upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of Common
Stock to which such holder is entitled, the amount and kind of
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such Securities which such holder would have received if such holder had
converted its Notes into Common Stock immediately prior to the Record Date (as
defined in Section 15.5(h) for such distribution of the Securities) then, in
each such case, the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall be
equal to the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date (as defined in
Section 15.5(h)) with respect to such distribution by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the Current Market Price (determined as provided in Section
15.5(h)) on such date less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board
Resolution) on such date of the portion of the Securities so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock and the denominator shall be such
Current Market Price, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day following the Record Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in the event the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion
of the Securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is
equal to or greater than the Current Market Price on the Record Date, in lieu of
the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each
Noteholder shall have the right to receive upon conversion of a Note (or any
portion thereof) the amount of Securities such holder would have received had
such holder converted such Note (or portion thereof) immediately prior to such
Record Date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or
made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price
which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been
declared. If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any
distribution for purposes of this Section 15.5(d) by reference to the actual or
when issued trading market for any securities comprising all or part of such
distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the
same period (the "Reference Period") used in computing the Current Market Price
pursuant to Section 15.5(h) to the extent possible, unless the Board of
Directors in a board resolution determines in good faith that determining the
fair market value during the Reference Period would not be in the best interest
of the Noteholder or otherwise prudent.
In the event that the Company implements a stockholder rights plan, such
rights plan shall provide that upon conversion of the Notes the holders will
receive, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the
rights issued under such rights plan (notwithstanding the occurrence of an event
causing such rights to separate from the Common Stock at or prior to the time of
conversion). Any distribution of rights or warrants pursuant to a stockholder
rights plan complying with the requirements set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence of this paragraph shall not constitute a distribution of
rights or warrants for the purposes of this Section 15.5(d).
Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common
Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the
Company's capital stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which
rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events
("Trigger Event"): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common
Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future
issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for
purposes of this Section 15.5(d) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Price
under this Section 15.5(d) will be required) until the occurrence of the
earliest Trigger Event. If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent
events, upon the occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become
exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
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indebtedness or other assets or entitle the holder to purchase a different
number or amount of the foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a
different purchase price, then the occurrence of each such event shall be deemed
to be the date of issuance and record date with respect to a new right or
warrant (and a termination or expiration of the existing right or warrant
without exercise by the holder thereof). In addition, in the event of any
distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger
Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with
respect thereto, that resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Price under
this Section 15.5(d), (1) in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall
all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof,
the Conversion Price shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or
repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may
be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or
repurchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with respect to such
rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants),
made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or
repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights or warrants all of which shall
have expired or been terminated without exercise, the Conversion Price shall be
readjusted as if such rights and warrants had never been issued.
For purposes of this Section 15.5(d) and Sections 15.5(a) and (b), any
dividend or distribution to which this Section 15.5(d) is applicable that also
includes shares of Common Stock, or rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock to which Section 15.5(b) applies (or both),
shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of
indebtedness, assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants other than
such shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants to which Section 15.5(b)
applies (and any Conversion Price reduction required by this Section 15.5(d)
with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately
followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock or
such rights or warrants (and any further Conversion Price reduction required by
Sections 15.5(a) and (b) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall
then be made, except (A) the Record Date of such dividend or distribution shall
be substituted as "the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or other distribution", "Record Date fixed for such
determination" and "Record Date" within the meaning of Section 15.5(a) and as
"the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights or warrants", "the Record Date fixed for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants" and "such Record Date"
within the meaning of Section 15.5(b) and (B) any shares of Common Stock
included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at
the close of business on the date fixed for such determination" within the
meaning of Section 15.5(a).
(e) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to
all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash that is distributed
upon a merger or consolidation to which Section 15.6 applies or as part of a
distribution referred to in Section 15.5(d)), in an aggregate amount that,
combined together with (1) the aggregate amount of any other such
distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash
within the twelve (12) months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this Section
15.5(e) has been made, and (2) the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a
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Board Resolution) of consideration payable in respect of any tender offer by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (determined as of the date of the tender
offer) for all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded within the twelve
(12) months preceding the date of payment of such distribution, and in respect
of which no adjustment pursuant to Section 15.5(f) has been made, exceeds 10% of
the product of the Current Market Price (determined as provided in Section
15.5(h)) on the Record Date with respect to such distribution times the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, then, and in each such case,
immediately after the close of business on such date, the Conversion Price shall
be reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such
Record Date by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the
Current Market Price on the Record Date less an amount equal to the quotient of
(x) the excess of such combined amount over such 10% and (y) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date and (ii) the denominator
of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on such date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in the event the portion of the cash so distributed applicable to
one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price
of the Common Stock on the Record Date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment,
adequate provision shall be made so that each Noteholder shall have the right to
receive upon conversion of a Note (or any portion thereof) the amount of cash
such holder would have received had such holder converted such Note (or portion
thereof) immediately prior to such Record Date. In the event that such dividend
or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall again be
adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such
dividend or distribution had not been declared. Any cash distribution to all
holders of Common Stock as to which the Company makes the election permitted by
Section 15.5(n) and as to which the Company has complied with the requirements
of such Section shall be treated as not having been made for all purposes of
this Section 15.5(e)).
(f) In case a tender offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary
(determined as of the date of the tender offer) for all or any portion of the
Common Stock shall expire and such tender offer (as amended upon the
expiration thereof) shall require the payment to shareholders (based on the
acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender offer) of
Purchased Shares (as defined below)) of an aggregate consideration having a
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) that
combined together with (1) the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), as of the expiration of such
tender offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other tender offers,
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for all or any portion of the
Common Stock expiring within the twelve (12) months preceding the expiration
of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this
Section 15.5(f) has been made and (2) the aggregate amount of any
distributions to all holders of the Company's Common Stock made exclusively
in cash (excluding Section 15.5(d) or Section 15.6) within twelve (12) months
preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no
adjustment pursuant to Section 15.5(e) has been made, exceeds 10% of the
product of the Current Market Price (determined as provided in Section
15.5(h)) as of the last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders could have been
made pursuant to such tender offer (as it may be amended) times the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the
Expiration Time, then, and in each such
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case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of
the Expiration Time, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time multiplied by
the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding
the Expiration Time and the denominator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market
value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to
stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms
of the tender offer) of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the
Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being
referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and (y) the product of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) on the Expiration
Time and the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next
succeeding the Expiration Time, such reduction (if any) to become effective
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration
Time. In the event that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to
any such tender offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable
law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the
Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price which would
then be in effect if such tender offer had not been made. If the application of
this Section 15.5(f) to any tender offer would result in an increase in the
Conversion Price, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer under this
Section 15.5(f). Any cash distribution to all holders of Common Stock as to
which the Company has made the election permitted by Section 15.5(n) and as to
which the Company has complied with the requirements of such Section shall be
treated as not having been made for all purposes of this Section 15.5(f).
(g) In case of a tender or exchange offer made by a person other than the
Company or any Subsidiary for an amount which increases the offeror's ownership
of Common Stock to more than 25% of the Common Stock outstanding and shall
involve the payment by such person of consideration per share of Common Stock
having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), whose
determination shall be conclusive, and described in a resolution of the Board of
Directors at the last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders or exchanges may be
made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it shall have been amended)
that exceeds the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day
next succeeding the Expiration Time, and in which, as of the Expiration Time the
Board of Directors is not recommending rejection of the offer, the Conversion
Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Expiration
Time by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the
Expiration Time multiplied by the current Market Price of the Common Stock on
the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time and the denominator shall be
the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate
consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum
specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly
tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares
deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased
Shares") and (y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(less any Purchased Shares) on the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price
of the Common Stock
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on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such reduction to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the
Expiration Time. In the event that such person is obligated to purchase shares
pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but such person is permanently
prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such
purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the
Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer
had not been made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the adjustment described in
this Section 15.5(g) shall not be made if, as of the Expiration Time, the
offering documents with respect to such offer disclose a plan or intention to
cause the Company to engage in any transaction described in Article XII.
(h) For purposes of this Section 15.5, the following terms shall have
the meaning indicated:
(1) "Closing Price" with respect to any securities on any day
shall mean the closing sale price regular way on such day or, in case no such
sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices, regular way, in each case on the Nasdaq National Market or New York
Stock Exchange, as applicable, or, if such security is not listed or admitted to
trading on such Nasdaq National Market or New York Stock Exchange, on the
principal national security exchange or quotation system on which such security
is quoted or listed or admitted to trading, or, if not quoted or listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quotation system, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices of such security on the
over-the-counter market on the day in question as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or a similar generally accepted reporting
service, or if not so available, in such manner as furnished by any New York
Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time by the Board of Directors
for that purpose, or a price determined in good faith by the Board of Directors,
whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution.
(2) "Current Market Price" shall mean the average of the daily
Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading
Days immediately prior to the date in question; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) if
the "ex" date (as hereinafter defined) for any event (other than the issuance or
distribution requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the
Conversion Price pursuant to Section 15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g)
occurs during such ten (10) consecutive Trading Days, the Closing Price for each
Trading Day prior to the "ex" date for such other event shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Closing Price by the same fraction by which the Conversion
Price is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other event, (2) if the
"ex" date for any event (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such
computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to
Section 15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) occurs on or after the "ex" date
for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and prior to the day
in question, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date
for such other event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing Price by the
reciprocal of the fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be
adjusted as a result of such other event, and (3) if the "ex" date for the
issuance or distribution requiring such computation is prior to the day in
question, after taking into account any adjustment required pursuant to clause
(1) or (2) of this proviso, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on or after
such "ex" date shall be adjusted by
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adding thereto the amount of any cash and the fair market value (as determined
by the Board of Directors in a manner consistent with any determination of such
value for purposes of Section 15.5(d), (f) or (g), whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the evidences of
indebtedness, shares of capital stock or assets being distributed applicable to
one share of Common Stock as of the close of business on the day before such
"ex" date. For purposes of any computation under Sections 15.5(f) or (g), the
Current Market Price of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for such day and
the next two succeeding Trading Days; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the "ex" date
for any event (other than the tender offer requiring such computation) that
requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 15.5(a), (b),
(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) occurs on or after the Expiration Time for the tender
or exchange offer requiring such computation and prior to the day in question,
the Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such other
event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing Price by the reciprocal of
the fraction by which the Conversion Price is so required to be adjusted as a
result of such other event. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "ex" date,
(1) when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date
on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the relevant exchange or in the
relevant market from which the Closing Price was obtained without the right to
receive such issuance or distribution, (2) when used with respect to any
subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock, means the first date on
which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such market
after the time at which such subdivision or combination becomes effective, and
(3) when used with respect to any tender or exchange offer means the first date
on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such market
after the Expiration Time of such offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever
successive adjustments to the Conversion Price are called for pursuant to this
Section 15.5, such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market Price as may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 15.5 and to
avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
(3) "fair market value" shall mean the amount which a willing
buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm's length transaction.
(4) "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any dividend,
distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock
have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the
Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into
any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other
property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute,
contract or otherwise).
(5) "Trading Day" shall mean (x) if the applicable security is
listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another
national security exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or
another national security exchange is open for business or (y) if the applicable
security is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, a day on which trades may be
made thereon or (z) if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for
trading or
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quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
(i) The Company may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in
addition to those required by Sections 15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g),
as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any
income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock
resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire
stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to time
may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time if the
period is at least twenty (20) days, the reduction is irrevocable during the
period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such
reduction would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination
shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution. Whenever the Conversion
Price is reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to
the holder of each Note at his last address appearing on the Note register
provided for in Section 2.5 a notice of the reduction at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date the reduced Conversion Price takes effect, and such notice
shall state the reduced Conversion Price and the period during which it will be
in effect.
(j) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless
such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such
price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section
15.5(j) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article XV
shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest one hundredth of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment need be made
for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock.
(k) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall promptly file with the Trustee, and any conversion agent other
than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price
after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring
such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received such Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Price and may assume without
inquiry that the last Conversion Price of which it has knowledge remains in
effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a
notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the adjusted
Conversion Price and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and
shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the holder
of each Note at his last address appearing on the Note register provided for in
Section 2.5, within twenty (20) days of the effective date of such adjustment.
Failure to deliver such notice shall not effect the legality or validity of any
such adjustment.
(l) In any case in which this Section 15.5 provides that an adjustment
shall become effective immediately after a Record Date for an event, the Company
may defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the holder of any
Note converted after such Record Date and before the occurrence of such event
the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of
the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable
upon such
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conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying to
such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 15.3.
(m) For purposes of this Section 15.5, the number of shares of Common
Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of
the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company will not pay
any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company.
(n) In lieu of making any adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant
to Section 15.5(e), the Company may elect to reserve an amount of cash for
distribution to the holders of the Notes upon the conversion of the Notes so
that any such holder converting Notes will receive upon such conversion, in
addition to the shares of Common Stock and other items to which such holder is
entitled, the full amount of cash which such holder would have received if such
holder had, immediately prior to the Record Date for such distribution of cash,
converted its Notes into Common Stock, together with any interest accrued with
respect to such amount, in accordance with this Section 15.5(n). The Company may
make such election by providing an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee to such
effect on or prior to the payment date for any such distribution and depositing
with the Trustee on or prior to such date an amount of cash equal to the
aggregate amount the holders of the Notes would have received if such holders
had, immediately prior to the Record Date for such distribution, converted all
of the Notes into Common Stock. Any such funds so deposited by the Company with
the Trustee shall be invested by the Trustee, at the written direction of the
Company, in marketable obligations issued or fully guaranteed by the United
States government with a maturity not more than three (3) months from the date
of issuance. Upon conversion of Notes by a holder, the holder will be entitled
to receive, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon conversion, an amount
of cash equal to the amount such holder would have received if such holder had,
immediately prior to the Record Date for such distribution, converted its Note
into Common Stock, along with such holder's pro rata share of any accrued
interest earned as a consequence of the investment of such funds. Promptly after
making an election pursuant to this Section 15.5(n), the Company shall give or
shall cause to be given notice to all Noteholders of such election, which notice
shall state the amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of Notes such holders
shall be entitled to receive (excluding interest) upon conversion of the Notes
as a consequence of the Company having made such election.
Section 15.6 EFFECT OF RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE. If
any of the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a
result of a split, subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation, merger
or combination of the Company with another corporation as a result of which
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other
property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such
Common Stock, or (iii) any sale or conveyance of the properties and assets of
the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation as a
result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,
securities or other
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property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such
Common Stock, then the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which
shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution
of such supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture is then required
to so comply) providing that such Note shall be convertible into the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities or property or assets (including
cash) receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
combination, sale or conveyance by a holder of a number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes (assuming, for such purposes, a
sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock available to convert all
such Notes) immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder of Common Stock did
not exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of
securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
statutory exchange, sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of
securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
statutory exchange, sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of Common
Stock in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("non-electing share"), then for the purposes of this Section 15.6 the kind and
amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation,
merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance for each non-electing share shall
be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of
the non-electing shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Article. If, in the case of any such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or
conveyance, the stock or other securities and assets receivable thereupon by a
holder of shares of Common Stock include shares of stock or other securities and
assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, in such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be
executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions
to protect the interests of the holders of the Notes as the Board of Directors
shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the
extent required by the Board of Directors and practicable the provisions
providing for the repurchase rights set forth in Article XVI herein.
The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental
indenture to be mailed to each holder of Notes, at his address appearing on the
Note register provided for in Section 2.5 of this Indenture, within twenty (20)
days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, combinations, sales and
conveyances.
If this Section 15.6 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 15.5 shall
not apply.
Section 15.7 TAXES ON SHARES ISSUED. The issue of stock certificates on
conversions of Notes shall be made without charge to the converting Noteholder
for any tax in respect of the issue thereof. The Company shall not, however, be
required to pay any tax which may be payable in
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respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of stock in any name
other than that of the holder of any Note converted, and the Company shall not
be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the
person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company
the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Company that such tax has been paid.
Section 15.8 RESERVATION OF SHARES; SHARES TO BE FULLY PAID; LISTING OF
COMMON STOCK. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares to
provide for the conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are
presented for conversion.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Company will take all corporate
action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such
adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and
free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be
listed on any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system
the Company will, if permitted and required by the rules of such exchange or
automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock
shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
Section 15.9 RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee and any other
conversion agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to
any holder of Notes to determine the Conversion Price or whether any facts
exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with
respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when
made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any
supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The
Trustee and any other conversion agent shall not be accountable with respect
to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common
Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other
conversion agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the
Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be responsible for any failure of the
Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock
certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of
any note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties,
responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any
conversion agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the
correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered
into pursuant to Section 15.6 relating either to the kind or amount of shares
of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Noteholders
upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such
Section 15.6 or to any adjustment to be made with
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respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, may accept as
conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be
protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the Company shall be
obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such
supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
Section 15.10 NOTICE TO HOLDERS PRIOR TO CERTAIN ACTIONS. In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
on its Common Stock (that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Price
pursuant to Section 15.5); or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of its
Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any
class or any other rights or warrants; or
(c) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company (other
than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Stock, or a change
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and
for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required, or of the
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up of the Company;
the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to
each holder of Notes at his address appearing on the Note register, provided for
in Section 2.5 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event at
least fifteen days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled
to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date
on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur,
and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record
shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such
dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Section 15.11 AUTOCONVERSION. The Company may elect to automatically
convert ("Automatic Conversion") the Notes on or prior to maturity if the
Closing Price of the Common Stock has exceeded 145% of the Conversion Price for
at least 20 Trading Days out of the 30 consecutive Trading Days ending within
five Trading Days prior to the notice of automatic conversion (the "Automatic
Conversion Notice"). On or prior to the two year period after the Issue Date of
the Notes, the Company may automatically convert the Notes into Common Stock
only if the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2 of the
Registration Rights Agreement
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has been declared effective prior to the date of the Automatic Conversion Notice
and such Shelf Registration Statement remains effective on the Automatic
Conversion Date (as defined in this Section 15.11). If the Company elects to
automatically convert some or all of the Notes prior to November 15, 2002, the
Company will be required to make an additional payment (a "Make-Whole Payment")
on the Notes. The Make-Whole Payment with respect to the Notes subject to
Automatic Conversion shall be equal to the total value of the aggregate amount
of interest that would have been payable on such Notes from the last day through
which interest was paid on such Notes (or November 14, 2001, if no interest has
been paid) through November 15, 2002.
In order to effect an Automatic Conversion, the Company shall give to the
holder of each Note to be so converted an Automatic Conversion Notice. Such
Automatic Conversion Notice shall state:
(i) the date on which the Note(s) identified in the Automatic Conversion
Notice will be converted (the "Automatic Conversion Date");
(ii) the CUSIP number or numbers of such Notes;
(iii) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for
exchange of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion thereof; and
(iv) the Conversion Price at which such Automatic Conversion is to be
effected.
In each case where, in respect of any Note, the Company issues an Automatic
Conversion Notice pursuant to which the Automatic Conversion Date is on or prior
to November 15, 2002, the Automatic Conversion Notice shall also state the
amount of the Make-Whole Payment.
If the Company elects to effect an Automatic Conversion Notice in respect
of fewer than all the Notes, the Automatic Conversion Notices relating to such
Automatic Conversion collectively shall identify the Notes to be converted. In
case any Note is to be converted in part only, the Automatic Conversion Notice
relating thereto shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
converted and shall state that on and after the date fixed for conversion, upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
portion thereof not converted will be issued. In the case where the Company
elects to effect an Automatic Conversion in respect of any portion of the Notes
evidenced by the Global Note, the beneficial interests in the Global Note to be
subject to such Automatic Conversion shall be selected by the Depositary in
accordance with the applicable standing procedures of the Depositary's
book-entry conversion program, and in connection with such Automatic Conversion
the Depositary shall arrange in accordance with such procedures for appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents, if required by the Company or the Trustee
or conversion agent, and payment of any transfer taxes if required pursuant
hereunder.
The Company or, at the request and expense of the Company, the Trustee,
shall give to each holder of Notes to be converted in an Automatic Conversion,
at its last address as the same shall appear on the Note Register, an Automatic
Conversion Notice in respect thereof not more than 20 days but not less than 10
days prior to the Automatic Conversion Date for such Automatic
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Conversion. Such Automatic Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable and shall be
mailed by first class mail and, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall
be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the holder receives
it. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the
holder of any Note designated for Automatic Conversion in whole or in part shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the Automatic Conversion of any
such Note. The Company shall also deliver a copy of each Automatic Conversion
Notice give by it to the Trustee.
ARTICLE XVI
REPURCHASE UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
Section 16.1 REPURCHASE RIGHT. If, at any time prior to November 15, 2006
there shall occur a Fundamental Change, then each Noteholder shall have the
right, at such holder's option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such
holder's Notes, or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof), on the date (the "repurchase date") that is thirty
(30) calendar days after the date of the Company Notice (as defined in Section
16.2 below) of such Fundamental Change (or, if such 30th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day). Such repurchase shall be made in cash at
a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes such holder elects to
require the Company to repurchase, together with accrued interest, if any, to
but excluding the repurchase date (the "Repurchase Price"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if such repurchase date is May 15 or November 15 then the interest payable
on such date shall be paid to the holder of record of the Note on the next
preceding May 1 or November 1, respectively. No Notes may be redeemed at the
option of holders upon a Fundamental Change if there has occurred and is
continuing an Event of Default, other than a default in the payment of the
Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes on the repurchase date.
Section 16.2 NOTICES; METHOD OF EXERCISING REPURCHASE RIGHT, ETC.
(a) [intentionally omitted]
(b) Unless the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption
all of the outstanding Notes, on or before the tenth (10th) calendar day after
the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company or, at the written request
of the Company, the Trustee, shall mail to all holders of record of the Notes a
notice (the "Company Notice") in the form as prepared by the Company of the
occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right set forth
herein arising as a result thereof. The Company shall also deliver a copy of
such Company Notice to the Trustee and cause a copy of such Company Notice, or a
summary of the information contained therein, to be published once in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York. The Company Notice
shall contain the following information:
(1) the repurchase date;
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(2) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised;
(3) the last date by which the election to require repurchase, if
submitted, must be revoked;
(4) that the Repurchase Price shall be payable in cash;
(5) a description of the procedure which a holder must follow to
exercise a repurchase right;
(6) the Conversion Price then in effect, the date on which the
right to convert the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased will
terminate and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for conversion;
and
(7) the CUSIP numbers of the Notes.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices or defect therein
shall limit any holder's right to exercise a repurchase right or affect the
validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of Notes.
If any of the foregoing provisions are inconsistent with applicable law,
such law shall govern.
(c) To exercise a repurchase right, a holder shall deliver to the
Trustee on or before the twenty-fifth (25th) calendar day after the Company
Notice was delivered (i) written notice to the Company (or agent designated by
the Company for such purpose) of the holder's exercise of such right, which
notice shall set forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Notes
to be repurchased, a statement that an election to exercise the repurchase right
is being made thereby and (ii) the Notes with respect to which the repurchase
right is being exercised, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company. Election of
repurchase by a holder shall be revocable at any time prior to, but excluding,
the repurchase date, by delivering written notice to that effect to the Trustee
prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the repurchase date.
(d) If the Company fails to repurchase on the repurchase date any
Notes (or portions thereof) as to which the repurchase right has been properly
exercised, then the principal of such Notes shall, until paid, bear interest to
the extent permitted by applicable law from the repurchase date at the rate
borne by the Note and each such Note shall be convertible into Common Stock in
accordance with this Indenture (without giving effect to Section 16.2(b)) until
the principal of such Note shall have been paid or duly provided for.
(e) Any Note which is to be repurchased only in part shall be
surrendered to the Trustee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company and
accompanied by appropriate evidence of genuineness and authority satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof (or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder of such Note without
service charge, a new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions,
of any authorized denomination as requested by
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such holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
(f) On or prior to the repurchase date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
paying agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 5.4) the
Repurchase Price in cash for payment to the holder on the repurchase date;
provided that such cash payment is made on the repurchase date it must be
received by the Trustee or paying agent, as the case may be, by 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such date.
(g) All Notes delivered for repurchase shall be delivered to the
Trustee to be canceled in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8.
ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 17.1 PROVISIONS BINDING ON COMPANY'S SUCCESSORS. All the covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture
shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 17.2 OFFICIAL ACTS BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION. Any act or proceeding
by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be
done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or
officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor
of the Company.
Section 17.3 ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES, ETC. Any notice or demand which by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by
the Trustee or by the holders of Notes on the Company shall be deemed to have
been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office
letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the
Trustee) to Sepracor Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to
or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by
registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to the
Corporate Trust Office.
The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to him
by first class mail, postage prepaid, at his address as it appears on the Note
register and shall be sufficiently given to him if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
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Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in
it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a
notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 17.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.
Section 17.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT; CERTIFICATES
TO TRUSTEE. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for by or on behalf of the Company in
this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a
statement that the person 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 statement or opinion contained in
such certificate or opinion is based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of
such person, 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 person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 17.6 LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where the date of maturity of
interest on or principal of the Notes or the date fixed for redemption of any
Note will not be a Business Day, then payment of such interest on or principal
of the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such date.
Section 17.7 NO SECURITY INTEREST CREATED. Nothing in this Indenture or in
the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security
interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or
hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.
Section 17.8 TRUST INDENTURE ACT. This Indenture is hereby made subject to,
and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to
be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise required by law, notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Indenture and the Notes issued hereunder shall not be subject to
the provisions of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act as now in effect as hereafter amended or modified; PROVIDED
FURTHER that this Section 17.8 shall not require that this Indenture or the
Trustee be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust
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Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any
party hereto that any such qualification is required prior to the time such
qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. If
any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
hereof which is required to be included in an indenture qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section 17.9 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties
hereto, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Note registrar and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Notes and the holders of Senior
Obligations, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
Section 17.10 TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC. The table of contents and
the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section 17.11 AUTHENTICATING AGENT. The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent which shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject
to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with
the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder,
including under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3, as fully to all intents and
purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by
this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all
purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the
authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such
Notes "by the Trustee" and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any
requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee's certificate of
authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a person
eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 8.9.
Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business
of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent
hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this
Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor
corporation.
Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of
termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any
authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee
shall promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the
Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall
mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Notes as the names and
addresses of such holders appear on the Note register.
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The Trustee agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services (to the extent pre-approved by the
Company in writing), and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such
pre-approved payments, subject to Section 8.6.
The provisions of Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.3 and this Section 17.11 shall
be applicable to any authenticating agent.
Section 17.12 EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
JPMorgan Chase Bank hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared
and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly signed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the date first written above.
SEPRACOR INC.
By:
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY FOR WHICH
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY.]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT 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 INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH RESTRICTED NOTE.]
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT); (2)
AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO SEPRACOR INC.
OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE
WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (D)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH
TRANSFER); AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE NOTE
EVIDENCED HEREBY IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D)
ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE OF SUCH NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) ABOVE), THE
HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING
TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, AS TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(C) ABOVE, THE
HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO JPMORGAN CHASE
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BANK, AS TRUSTEE, SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS
SEPRACOR INC. 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. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED
UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
2(C) OR 2(D) ABOVE OR THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF
THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY.
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SEPRACOR INC.
5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006
with Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM))
No. $
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CUSIP No.
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Sepracor Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes
any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to ____________________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________ Dollars [(which amount may
from time to time be increased or decreased to such other principal amounts
(which, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding
Notes, shall not exceed $400,000,000 in aggregate at any time (or $500,000,000
if the option set forth in Section 2(b) of the Purchase Agreement is exercised
in full by the Initial Purchaser)) by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee, as Custodian of the Depositary, in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary)(1) on November 15, 2006 and to pay interest on
said principal sum semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2002 at the rate per annum specified in the title of this
Note, accrued from the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next
preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, unless the date of this Note is a date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, in which case interest shall accrue from the
date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for on
this Note, in which case interest shall accrue from November 14, 2001 until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after any May 1 or
November 1, as the case may be, and before the following May 15 or November 15,
this Note shall bear interest from such May 15 or November 15, respectively;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company shall default in the payment of
interest due on such May 15 or November 15, then this Note shall bear
interest from the next preceding May 15 or November 15 to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided
for on this Note, from November 14, 2001. The interest so payable on any May 15
or November 15 will be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the record
date, which shall be the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day)
next preceding such May 15 or November 15, respectively; provided that any such
interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided
in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest accrued on this Note
shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, at the option of the
holder of this Note, at the Corporate Trust Office, in such lawful money of the
United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts;
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(1) This language shall appear on each Global Note.
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PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that, with respect to any holder of Notes with an
aggregate principal amount equal to or in excess of $2,000,000, at the request
of such holder in writing to the Company, interest on such holder's Notes shall
be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds in accordance with the
written wire transfer instruction supplied by such holder from time to time to
the Trustee and paying agent (if different from the Trustee) at least two days
prior to the applicable record date; provided that any payment to the Depositary
or its nominee shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds in
accordance with the wire transfer instruction supplied by the Depositary or its
nominee from time to time to the Trustee and paying agent (if different from
Trustee) at least two days prior to the applicable record date.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions subordinating the
payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Obligations as defined in the Indenture and
provisions giving the holder of this Note the right to convert this Note into
Common Stock of the Company on the terms and subject to the limitations referred
to on the reverse hereof and as more fully specified in the Indenture. Such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully
set forth at this place.
This Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State
of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of said State (without regard to the conflicts of laws
provisions thereof).
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the
Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
SEPRACOR INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described
in the within-named Indenture.
Dated:
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
SEPRACOR INC.
5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006
with Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM))
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company,
designated as its 5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 with
Auto-Conversion Provision (SNAPs(SM)) (herein called the "Notes"), limited to
the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 (or $500,000,000 if the option
set forth in Section 2(b) of the Purchase Agreement is exercised in full by
the Initial Purchaser) all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an
Indenture dated as of November __, 2001 (herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, (herein called the "Trustee"),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the holders of the Notes.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on all Notes may be declared,
and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the
effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in
certain circumstances, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, and in
other circumstances, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as
in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the
rights of the holders of the Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Note, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption
or repurchase thereof, impair, or change in any respect adverse to the holder of
Notes, the obligation of the Company to repurchase any Note at the option of the
holder upon the happening of a Fundamental Change, or impair or adversely affect
the right of any Noteholder to institute suit for the payment thereof, or change
the currency in which the Notes are payable, or impair or change in any respect
adverse to the Noteholders the right to convert the Notes into Common Stock
subject to the terms set forth herein, including Section 15.6, or modify the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Notes in a
manner adverse to the Noteholders, without the consent of the holder of each
Note so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders
of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the
consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding. It is also provided in the
Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Notes,
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes waive any past
default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences except (i)
a default in the payment of
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interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes when due which
default has not been cured, (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Notes
into Common Stock or (iii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions of
the Indenture which under Article XI cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding. Any such consent or waiver
by the holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall
be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or
substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made
upon this Note or such other Notes.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is, to the extent and in the manner
provided in the Indenture, expressly subordinate and subject in right of payment
to the prior payment in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the
holders of Senior Obligations of all Senior Obligations of the Company, as
defined in the Indenture, whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture or
thereafter incurred, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect to such subordination. Each holder of this Note, by
accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and
authorizes the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee
his attorney in fact for such purpose.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in
the lawful money herein prescribed.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or
agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any
service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or
exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount
of Notes of other authorized denominations.
The Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
November 20, 2002. At any time on or after November 20, 2002 and prior to
maturity the Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company as a whole, or
from time to time in part, upon mailing a notice of such redemption not less
than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for
redemption to the holders of Notes at their last registered addresses, all as
provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount
of the Notes, together with accrued interest, if any, to, but excluding, the
date fixed for redemption. If the date fixed for redemption is a May 15 or
November 15then the interest payable on such date shall be paid to the holder of
record on the next preceding May 1 or November 1, respectively.
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The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any
sinking fund.
Upon the occurrence of a "Fundamental Change," the Noteholder has the
right, at such holder's option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such
holder's Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof), on the 30th calendar day (or, if such 30th day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) after notice of such
Fundamental Change at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes
such holder elects to require the Company to repurchase, together with accrued
interest, if any, to but excluding the date fixed for repurchase; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if such repurchase date is May 15 or November 15, then the
interest payable on such date shall be paid to the holder of record of the Note
on the next preceding May 1or November 1, respectively. No Notes may be redeemed
at the option of holders upon a Fundamental Change if there has occurred and is
continuing an Event of Default, other than a default in the payment of the
Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes on the Repurchase Date. The Company
or, at the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall mail to all holders
of record of the Notes a notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and of
the repurchase right arising as a result thereof on or before the fifteenth
(15th) calendar day after the occurrence of such Fundamental Change.
The Company may elect to automatically convert ("Automatic Conversion") the
Notes on or prior to maturity if the Closing Price of the Common Stock has
exceeded 145% of the Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading Days out of the 30
consecutive Trading Days ending within five Trading Days prior to the notice of
automatic conversion (the "Automatic Conversion Notice"). On or prior to the two
year period after the Issue Date of the Notes, the Company may automatically
convert the Notes into Common Stock only if a Shelf Registration Statement has
been declared effective prior to the date of the Automatic Conversion Notice and
such Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by Section 2 of the Registration
Rights Agreement remains effective on the Automatic Conversion Date (as defined
in Section 15.11). If the Company elects to automatically convert some or all of
the Notes prior to November 15, 2002, the Company will be required to make an
additional payment (a "Make-Whole Payment") on the Notes. The Make-Whole Payment
with respect to the Notes subject to Automatic Conversion shall be equal to the
total value of the aggregate amount of interest that would have been payable on
the Notes from the last day through which interest was paid on the Notes (or
November 14, 2001, if no interest has been paid) through November 15, 2002. In
the event that the Company elects to make an Automatic Conversion of the Notes
pursuant to Section 15.11 of the Indenture between either May 1, 2002 and May
15, 2002 or November 1, 2002 and November 15, 2002, the Company shall not be
required to make the interest payment on the May 15, 2002 interest payment date
in the case of an Automatic Conversion on an Automatic Conversion Date between
May 1, 2002 and May 15, 2002 and on the November 15, 2002 interest payment date
in the case of an Automatic Conversion on an Automatic Conversion Date between
November 1, 2002 and November 15, 2002 in accordance with Section 2.3 of the
Indenture.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the holder hereof has the
right, at its option, at any time following the date of original issuance of the
Notes and prior to the close of business on November 15, 2006, (except that with
respect to any Note or portion of a Note which shall be called for redemption,
such right shall terminate at the close of business on the Business Day next
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preceding the date fixed for redemption) (unless the Company shall default in
payment due upon redemption), to convert the principal hereof or any portion of
such principal which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into that number
of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Company's Common Stock, as said
shares shall be constituted at the date of conversion, obtained by dividing the
principal amount of this Note or portion thereof to be converted by the
conversion price of $60.00 or such conversion price as adjusted from time to
time as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of this Note, together with a
conversion notice as provided in the Indenture and this Note, to the Company at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at the option of such holder, the
Corporate Trust Office, and, unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be
issued in the same name as this Note, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by,
the holder or by his duly authorized attorney; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if this
Note shall be surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of
business on any record date for the payment of interest through the close of
business on the Business Day next preceding the following interest payment date,
this Note (unless the Note or the portion thereof being converted shall have
been called for redemption pursuant to a redemption notice mailed to the
Noteholders in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Indenture or subject to
Automatic Conversion in accordance with Section 15.11 of the Indenture) must be
accompanied by an amount, in funds acceptable to the Company, equal to the
interest otherwise payable on such interest payment date on the principal amount
being converted. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon any
conversion, but an adjustment in cash will be paid to the holder, as provided in
the Indenture, in respect of any fraction of a share which would otherwise be
issuable upon the surrender of any Note or Notes for conversion. No adjustment
shall be made for interest accrued on any Note converted or for dividends or any
shares issued upon conversion of such Note except as provided in Section 15.2 of
the Indenture.
Any Notes called for redemption, unless surrendered for conversion on or
before the close of business on the date fixed for redemption, may be deemed to
be purchased from the holder of such Notes at an amount equal to the applicable
redemption price, together with accrued interest to, but excluding, the date
fixed for redemption, by one or more investment bankers or other purchasers who
may agree with the Company to purchase such Notes from the holders thereof and
convert them into Common Stock of the Company and to make payment for such Notes
as aforesaid to the Trustee in trust for such holders.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, or at the option of the holder of this Note, at the Corporate Trust
Office, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate
principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange thereof, subject
to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax
or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any paying agent, any
conversion agent and any Note registrar may deem and treat the registered holder
hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be
overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
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other writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company or any Note
registrar), for the purpose of receiving payment hereof, or on account hereof,
for the conversion hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company
nor the Trustee nor any other authenticating agent nor any paying agent nor any
other conversion agent nor any Note registrar shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered holder
shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability
for monies payable on this Note.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and
no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company
in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or
because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or
subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.
Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as
therein defined.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this
Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
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(Cust)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
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(Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
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(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used
though not in the above list.
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[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]
To: Sepracor Inc.
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises
the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000
principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares
of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in
this Note, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon such
conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any
Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and
delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been
indicated below. If shares or any portion of this Note not converted are to be
issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be
paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed
by an eligible Guarantor
Institution (banks, stock brokers,
savings and loan associations and
credit unions) with membership
in an approved signature
guarantee medallion program
pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission
Rule 17Ad-15 if shares of
Common Stock are to be issued,
or Notes to be delivered, other
than to and in the name of the
registered holder.
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Fill in for registration of shares if
to be issued, and Notes if to be
delivered, other than to and in the
name of the registered holder:
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(Name)
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(Street Address)
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(City, State and Zip Code)
Please print name and address
Principal amount to be converted
(if less than all): $______,000
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
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[FORM OF OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE]
To: Sepracor Inc.
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt
of a notice from Sepracor Inc. (the "Company") as to the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the
Company to repay the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion
thereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below
designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this
Note, together with accrued interest to, but excluding, such date, to the
registered holder hereof.
Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
Principal amount to be repaid
(if less than all): $______,000
NOTICE: The above signatures of the
holder(s) hereof must correspond
with the name as written upon the
face of the Note in every
particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
For value received ____________________________ hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto _________________ (Please insert social security or
Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______________________ attorney to transfer
the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in
the premises.
In connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring within two
years (or such other holding period required under Rule 144(k) of the Securities
Act) of the original issuance of such Note (unless such Note is being
transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act), the undersigned confirms that such Note is
being transferred:
o *To Sepracor Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or
o *Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
o *Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended;
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such
Note is not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "Affiliate"):
o *The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
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Dated:
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Signature(s)
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Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be
guaranteed by an eligible
Guarantor Institution (banks,
stock brokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions)
with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion
program pursuant to Securities
and Exchange Commission
Rule 17Ad-15 if shares of
Common Stock are to be issued,
or Notes to be delivered,
other than to and in the name
of the registered holder.
NOTICE: The signature on the conversion notice, the option to elect
repurchase upon a Fundamental Change or the assignment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.
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