PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. ISSUER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TRUSTEE INDENTURE Dated as of March 14, 2007 3-5/8% CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
EXHIBIT
4.1
EXECUTION
COPY
____________________________________
ISSUER
TO
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEE
__________________
INDENTURE
Dated
as
of March 14, 2007
___________________
3-5/8%
CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
_______________________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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SECTION
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION
1.2
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Compliance
Certificates And Opinions
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11
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SECTION
1.3
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Form
of Documents Delivered to the Trustee
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12
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SECTION
1.4
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Acts
of Holders of Securities; Record Dates
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12
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SECTION
1.5
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Notices,
Etc to the Trustee and Company
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14
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SECTION
1.6
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Notice
to Holders of Securities; Waiver
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15
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SECTION
1.7
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
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16
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SECTION
1.8
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Successors
and Assigns
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16
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SECTION
1.9
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Separability
Clause
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16
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SECTION
1.10
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Benefits
of Indenture
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16
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SECTION
1.11
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Governing
Law
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16
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SECTION
1.12
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Legal
Holidays
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16
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SECTION
1.13
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Conflict
With Trust Indenture Act
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17
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ARTICLE
II SECURITY FORMS
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17
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SECTION
2.1
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Form
Generally
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17
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SECTION
2.2
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Form
of Security
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18
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SECTION
2.3
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Form
of Certificate of Authentication
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31
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SECTION
2.4
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Form
of Conversion Notice
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31
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SECTION
2.5
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Form
of Assignment
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32
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ARTICLE
III THE SECURITIES
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33
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SECTION
3.1
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Title
and Terms
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33
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SECTION
3.2
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Denominations
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34
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SECTION
3.3
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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34
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SECTION
3.4
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Global
Securities; Non-global Securities; Book-entry Provisions
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34
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SECTION
3.5
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange; Restrictions on
Transfer
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36
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SECTION
3.6
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
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40
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SECTION
3.7
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Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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41
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SECTION
3.8
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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42
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SECTION
3.9
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Cancellation
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42
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SECTION
3.10
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Computation
of Interest
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43
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SECTION
3.11
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CUSIP
Numbers
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43
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ARTICLE
IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION
4.1
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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43
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SECTION
4.2
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Application
of Trust Money
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44
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ARTICLE
V REMEDIES
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45
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SECTION
5.1
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Events
of Default
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45
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
SECTION
5.2
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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46
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SECTION
5.3
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Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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47
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SECTION
5.4
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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48
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SECTION
5.5
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Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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49
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SECTION
5.6
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Application
of Money Collected
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49
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SECTION
5.7
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Limitation
on Suits
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50
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SECTION
5.8
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest and to
Convert
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50
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SECTION
5.9
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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50
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SECTION
5.10
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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51
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SECTION
5.11
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Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
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51
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SECTION
5.12
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Control
by Holders of Securities
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51
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SECTION
5.13
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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52
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SECTION
5.14
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Undertaking
for Costs
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52
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SECTION
5.15
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Waiver
of Stay, Usury or Extension Laws
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52
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ARTICLE
VI THE TRUSTEE
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53
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SECTION
6.1
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Certain
Duties and Responsibilities
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53
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SECTION
6.2
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Notice
of Defaults
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54
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SECTION
6.3
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Certain
Rights of Trustee
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54
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SECTION
6.4
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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56
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SECTION
6.5
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May
Hold Securities, Act as Trustee under Other Indentures
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56
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SECTION
6.6
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Money
Held in Trust
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56
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SECTION
6.7
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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56
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SECTION
6.8
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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57
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SECTION
6.9
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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58
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SECTION
6.10
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Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
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59
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SECTION
6.11
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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59
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SECTION
6.12
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Authenticating
Agents
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60
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SECTION
6.13
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Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests
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61
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SECTION
6.14
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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61
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ARTICLE
VII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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61
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SECTION
7.1
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Company
May Consolidate, Etc
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61
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SECTION
7.2
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Successor
Substituted
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62
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ARTICLE
VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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62
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SECTION
8.1
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders of Securities
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62
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SECTION
8.2
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders of Securities
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63
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SECTION
8.3
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Execution
of Supplemental Indentures
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64
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
SECTION
8.4
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Effect
of Supplemental Indentures
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65
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SECTION
8.5
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Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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65
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SECTION
8.6
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Notice
of Supplemental Indentures
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65
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ARTICLE
IX MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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65
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SECTION
9.1
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Purposes
for Which Meetings May Be Called
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65
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SECTION
9.2
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Call,
Notice and Place of Meetings
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65
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SECTION
9.3
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Persons
Entitled to Vote at Meetings
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66
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SECTION
9.4
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Quorum;
Action
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66
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SECTION
9.5
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Determination
of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
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67
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SECTION
9.6
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Counting
Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
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68
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ARTICLE
X COVENANTS
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68
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SECTION
10.1
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Payment
of Principal and Interest
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68
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SECTION
10.2
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Maintenance
of Offices or Agencies
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68
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SECTION
10.3
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Money
for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust
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69
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SECTION
10.4
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Existence
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70
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SECTION
10.5
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims
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70
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SECTION
10.6
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Statement
by Officers as to Default
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71
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SECTION
10.7
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Delivery
of Certain Information
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71
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SECTION
10.8
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Waiver
of Certain Covenants
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72
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SECTION
10.9
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Additional
Interest
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72
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ARTICLE
XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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72
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SECTION
11.1
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Right
of Redemption
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72
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SECTION
11.2
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Applicability
of Article
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73
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SECTION
11.3
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Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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73
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SECTION
11.4
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Selection
by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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73
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SECTION
11.5
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Notice
of Redemption
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74
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SECTION
11.6
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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74
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SECTION
11.7
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date
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75
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SECTION
11.8
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Conversion
Arrangement on Call for Redemption
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76
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ARTICLE
XII CONVERSION OF THE SECURITIES
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76
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SECTION
12.1
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Conversion
Privilege
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76
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SECTION
12.2
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Conversion
Procedure
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80
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SECTION
12.3
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Taxes
on Conversion
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81
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SECTION
12.4
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Company
to Provide Stock
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81
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SECTION
12.5
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Adjustment
of Conversion Price
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81
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SECTION
12.6
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No
Adjustment
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86
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
SECTION
12.7
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Equivalent
Adjustments
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87
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SECTION
12.8
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Adjustment
for Tax Purposes
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87
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SECTION
12.9
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Notice
of Adjustment
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87
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SECTION
12.10
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Notice
of Certain Transactions
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87
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SECTION
12.11
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Effect
of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Share Exchange or Sale
on
Conversion Privilege
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88
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SECTION
12.12
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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89
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SECTION
12.13
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Voluntary
Reduction
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90
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SECTION
12.14
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Conversion
Value of Securities Tendered
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90
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SECTION
12.15
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Simultaneous
Adjustments
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91
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ARTICLE
XIII REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASES
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91
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SECTION
13.1
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Repurchase
of Securities at Option of the Holder on Specified Dates
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91
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SECTION
13.2
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Effect
of Repurchase Notice
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94
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SECTION
13.3
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Deposit
of Repurchase Price
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94
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SECTION
13.4
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Securities
Repurchased in Part
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95
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SECTION
13.5
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Covenant
to Comply with Securities Laws upon Repurchase of
Securities
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95
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SECTION
13.6
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Repayment
to the Company
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95
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ARTICLE
XIV REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
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96
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SECTION
14.1
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Right
to Require Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change
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96
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SECTION
14.2
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Notices;
Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc.
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96
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SECTION
14.3
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Certain
Definitions
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99
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ARTICLE
XV HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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100
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SECTION
15.1
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Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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100
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SECTION
15.2
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Preservation
of Information
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100
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SECTION
15.3
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Reports
by Trustee
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101
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SECTION
15.4
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Reports
by Company
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101
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ARTICLE
XVI IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
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101
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SECTION
16.1
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Indenture
and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations
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101
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SCHEDULE A
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A-1
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ANNEX A
-- Form of Restricted Securities Certificate
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ANNEX
A-1
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ANNEX B
-- Form of Unrestricted Securities Certificate
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ANNEX
B-1
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
ANNEX C
-- Form of Surrender Certificate
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ANNEX
C-1
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PrivateBancorp,
Inc. [To be prepared by PVTB/Xxxxxx]
Reconciliation
and Tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of
March 14, 2007, between PrivateBancorp, Inc. and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Trustee.
Trust
Indenture Act Section
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Indenture
Section
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§ 310(a)(1)
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6.8
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(a)(2)
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6.8
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(5)
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6.8
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(b)
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6.8,
6.9, 6.10, 6,13
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§ 311(a)
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6.14
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(b)
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6.14
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§ 312(a)
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15.1,
15.2(1)
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(b)
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15.2(2)
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(c)
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15.2(3)
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§ 313(a)
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15.3(1)
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(b)
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15.3(1)
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(c)
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15.3(1)
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(d)
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15.3(2)
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§ 314(a)
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15.4
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.2
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(c)(2)
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1.2
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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1.2
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§
315(a)
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6.2
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
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(d)
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6.1
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(d)(1)
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6.1(1)
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(d)(2)
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6.1(3)
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(d)(3)
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6.1(3)
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(e)
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5.14
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§ 316(a)
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5.12,
5.13
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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§ 317(a)(1)
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5.5
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(a)(2)
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5.5
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(b)
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10.3
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§ 318(a)
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1.13
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Note:
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
Indenture,
dated as of March 14, 2007 between PrivateBancorp, Inc., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its
principal office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(herein called the “Company”), and LaSalle Bank National Association, a national
banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
“Trustee”).
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
The
Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 3-5/8% Contingent
Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (herein called the “Securities”) of
substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide
therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.
All
things necessary to make the Securities, when the Securities are executed by
the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of
the
Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with their and its terms, have been done. Further, all things
necessary to duly authorize the issuance of the Common Stock of the Company
issuable upon the conversion of the Securities, and to duly reserve for issuance
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, have been
done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION
1.1 Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation; and
(3) the
words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision.
1
“Accepted
Purchased Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Act,”
when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning specified
in
Section 1.4.
“Additional
Interest” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Additional
Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used
with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Agent”
means any Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent.
“Agent
Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
“Applicable
Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of
DTC
or any successor Depositary, in each case to the extent applicable to such
transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized pursuant to Section 6.12 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
“Board
of
Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly
authorized committee of that board.
“Board
Resolution” means a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, a copy of
which, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to
have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, shall have been delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business
Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, Place of Conversion or any
other place, as the case may be, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in such Place of
Payment, Place of Conversion or other place, as the case may be, are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Capital
Stock” for any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) stock or
2
other
interests however designated evidencing the right to participate in the value
of
the equity of such Person issued by that Person, but excluding from all of
the
foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not
such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital
Stock.
“Code”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.l.
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing
the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
“Common
Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s Common Stock, no par value per share,
as they exist on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital
Stock
of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or
changed.
“common
stock” includes any stock of any class of capital stock 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 issuer thereof and
which is not subject to redemption by the issuer thereof.
“Common
Stock Price” on any date means the closing sale price per share on such date for
the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the principal
United States securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or listed
or, if the Common Stock is not so traded or listed, any United States system
of
automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices or an establish
automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States. If the Common
Stock is not so traded, listed or quoted, the “Common Stock Price” will be the
average of the mid-point of the last bid and asked prices for the Common Stock
on the relevant date quoted by each of at least three nationally recognized
independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this
purpose.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean
such successor Person. References to the Company shall not include any
Subsidiary, unless otherwise stated.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name
of the Company by (i) its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the
Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice President, and
by
(ii) its principal financial officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Company
Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
3
“Conversion
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to convert Securities in
accordance with Article XII. The Company has initially appointed the
Trustee as its Conversion Agent pursuant to Section 10.2.
“Conversion
Price” means U.S.$45.05 per share of Common Stock as of the date of this
Indenture, subject to the adjustments described in Section 12.5
hereof.
“Conversion
Date” means, with respect to a Security, the date on which the Holder of the
Security has complied with all requirements under this Indenture to convert
such
Security.
“Conversion
Rate” means the number of shares of Common Stock equal to $1,000 divided by the
Conversion Price, which shall be approximately 22.1976 prior to any adjustment
thereto.
“Conversion
Reference Period” means:
(i) for
Securities that are converted during the period beginning on the 30th
day
prior to March 15, 2027 or any Repurchase Date, the ten consecutive Trading
Days
beginning on the third Trading Day following March 15, 2027 or the
applicable Repurchase Date;
(ii) with
respect to optional redemption, the ten consecutive trading days beginning
on
the third trading day following the Conversion Date; and
(iii) in
all
other instances, the ten consecutive Trading Days beginning on the third Trading
Day following the Conversion Date.
“Conversion
Value” means, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, the average of the
Daily Conversion Values for each of the ten consecutive Trading Days of the
Conversion Reference Period.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time
the trust created by this Indenture shall be principally administered (which
at
the date of this Indenture is located at 000 X. XxXxxxx Xx.,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department).
“corporation”
means a corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Daily
Conversion Value” means, with respect to any Trading Day, the product of
(1) the applicable Conversion Rate and (2) the Volume Weighted Average
Price of the Company’s Common Stock on such Trading Day.
“Daily
Share Amount” means, for each Trading Day of the Conversion Reference Period and
for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities surrendered for conversion,
a
number of shares (but in no event less than zero) equal to (i) the amount
of (a) the Volume Weighted Average Price for such Trading Day multiplied by
the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date, less
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(b) $1,000;
divided by (ii) the Volume Weighted Average Price for such Trading Day
multiplied by 10.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to any Securities (including any Global Securities), a
clearing agency that is registered as such under the Exchange Act and is
designated by the Company to act as Depositary for such Securities (or any
successor securities clearing agency so registered), which shall initially
be
DTC.
“Determination
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.14.
“Dollar”
or “U.S.$” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
“DTC”
means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
“Effective
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Equity
Interests” means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind
ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers,
or
other voting members of the governing body of such Person, as
applicable.
“Event
of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor
statute), as amended from time to time.
“Ex-Dividend
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Fundamental
Change” has the meaning specified in Section 14.3.
“Fundamental
Change Company Notice” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.2.
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.1.
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in
Section 14.1.
“Global
Security” means a Security that is registered in the Security Register in the
name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.
“Holder”
means the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes
of this Indenture and any such
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supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be
a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
“Initial
Purchaser” means RBC Capital Markets Corporation.
“Interest
Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Securities.
“Issue
Date” means March 14, 2007.
“Market
Price” means the average of the Common Stock Prices for 20 consecutive Trading
Days commencing 30 Trading Days before the record date with respect to any
distribution, issuance or other event requiring such computation, appropriately
adjusted (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive) to take into account the occurrence, during
the period commencing on the first of such 20 consecutive Trading Days and
ending on such record date, of any event requiring adjustment of the Conversion
Price under this Indenture.
“Maturity,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of
such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether
at
the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption,
exercise of the repurchase right set forth in Article XIV or
otherwise.
“Net
Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 12.14.
“Net
Share Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 12.14.
“Non-global
Security” means a Security that is not a Global Security.
“Notice
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Offer
Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board, a
Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President and by (ii) the principal
accounting officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or
an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
Officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.6 or
Section 10.10 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, which opinion
shall comply with the provisions of Sections 1.2 and 1.3.
“Outstanding,”
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
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(i)
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Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(ii)
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Securities
for the payment, redemption or repurchase of which money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities
are
to be redeemed or repurchased, notice of such redemption or repurchase
has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
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(iii)
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Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect
of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory
to
it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose
hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
and
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(iv)
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Securities
converted into cash and Common Stock, if any, pursuant to
Article XII;
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provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of
Outstanding Securities are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for
quorum purposes or have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
determination as to the presence of a quorum or upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities as to
which
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually received written notice of such
ownership shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon
the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor, and the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate to such
effect.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or
interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company and, except as otherwise
specifically set forth herein, such term shall include the Company if it shall
act as its own Paying Agent. The Company has initially appointed the Trustee
as
its Paying Agent pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint
venture, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
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“Place
of
Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Place
of
Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Pre-Dividend
Sale Price” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Principal
Return” has the meaning specified in Section 12.14.
“Purchase
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated March 8, 2007, between the
Company and the Initial Purchaser, as such agreement may be amended from time
to
time.
“Purchasers”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.
“Qualified
Institutional Buyer” shall mean a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“Quarter”
has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Record
Date” means any Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.
“Record
Date Period” means the period from the close of business of any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on
such
Interest Payment Date.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registrable
Securities” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 14,
2007, between the Company and the Initial Purchaser, as such agreement may
be
amended from time to time.
“Regular
Record Date” for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest
Payment Date means the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
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“Repurchase
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1
“Repurchase
Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
“Repurchase
Price” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1
“Responsible
Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president,
assistant vice president, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee
who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who
at
the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust
matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“Restricted
Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“Restricted
Securities” means all Securities required pursuant to Section 3.5(3) to
bear any Restricted Securities Legend. Such term includes the Restricted Global
Security.
“Restricted
Securities Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form set forth
in Annex A.
“Restricted
Securities Legend” means, collectively, the legends substantially in the forms
of the legends required in the form of Security set forth in Section 2.2 to
be placed upon each Restricted Security.
“Rights
Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as
it may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A
Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.
“Securities”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under the caption
“Recitals of the Company.”
“Securities
Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 (or any successor statute),
as amended from time to time.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 3.5(1).
“Share
Price” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Shelf
Registration Statement” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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“Significant
Subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed to such term under Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.7.
“Spinoff
Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Stated
Maturity,” when used with respect to the principal of any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment
of
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means with respect to any Person any other Person of which more than 50% of
the
Equity Interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, by such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Surrender
Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Annex
C.
“Trading
Day” means any regular or abbreviated trading day of the Nasdaq Global Select
Market or, if the Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market,
the principal United States national securities exchange on which such common
stock is traded, or if such common stock is not traded on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market or listed on a United States national securities exchange, as
quoted on any other system of automated dissemination of quotation of securities
prices, or if not so quoted, any day on which the Common Stock is traded regular
way in the over-the-counter market and for which a closing bid and a closing
ask
price for the Common Stock are available.
“Trading
Price” on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market
bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of Securities obtained by the Trustee
for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on such determination date from two independent nationally
recognized securities dealers the Company selects, which may include the Initial
Purchaser; provided
that if
at least two such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but one
such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, this one bid shall be used.
If the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one such bid or, in the
Company’s reasonable judgment, the bid quotations are not indicative of the
secondary market value of the Securities, then the Trading Price of the
Securities will be deemed to be less than 98% of the applicable Conversion
Rate
of the Securities multiplied by the Common Stock Price on such Determination
Date.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture
was
executed, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3, provided,
however,
that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust
Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as so
amended.
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“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor
Trustee.
“Unrestricted
Securities Certificate” means a certificate in substantially the form set forth
in Annex B.
“Valuation
Period” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Volume
Weighted Average Price” per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means such
price as displayed on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page PVTB
<equity> VAP in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New
York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the
Volume Weighted Average Price means the market value per share of Common Stock
on such day as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment
banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company.
SECTION
1.2 Compliance
Certificates And Opinions.
Upon
any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers thereof,
all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in
the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as
to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Each such Officers’
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel provided for in this Indenture
(other than a certificate provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section
314(a)(4)) (including certificates provided for in Section 10.6 or
Section 10.10) shall include:
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
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(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
An
Officers’ Certificate, statement or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or
representation by an accountant (who may be an employee of the Company), or
firm
of accountants, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that
the certificate or opinion or representation with respect to the accounting
matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based
as
aforesaid is erroneous.
SECTION
1.3 Form
of
Documents Delivered to the Trustee.
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
Officers’ Certificate may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which such Officers’ Certificate is based are erroneous. Any
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of
the Company or any other Person deemed appropriate by such counsel, unless
such
counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect
to
such matters are erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
SECTION
1.4 Acts
of
Holders of Securities;
Record
Dates.
(1) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders
of Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by (A) one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by
means
of a facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic
transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) by such
Holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing by such
Holders or (B) the record of Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof,
either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders of Securities duly called and held in accordance with the provisions
of
Article IX. Such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments or record is delivered (either physically or by means of a facsimile
or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic transmission is
transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) to the Trustee and, where
it
is hereby expressly required, to the Company. The Trustee shall promptly deliver
to the Company copies of all such instruments and records delivered to the
Trustee. Such
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instrument
or instruments and records (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders of
Securities signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at such meeting.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent or proxy, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a Holder
of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly
appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given
or
taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may
provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such
Global Security.
(2) The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(3) The
aggregate principal amount and serial number of any Security held by any Person,
and the date of his holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(4) The
fact
and date of execution of any such instrument or writing and the authority of
the
Person executing the same may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require further
proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this
Section 1.4.
(5) The
Company may set any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized
or
permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders. Promptly and in
any
case not later than ten days after setting a record date, the Company shall
notify the Trustee and the Holders of such record date. If the Company elects
to
set a Record Date but it is not set by the Company prior to the first
solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action,
or,
in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such
action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent
list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 15.1) prior to
such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record
date, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such date (or their duly
appointed agents or proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give
or take, or vote on, the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall
not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
with respect to, any notice, declaration or direction referred to in the next
paragraph.
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Upon
actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee from any Holder of
(i) any notice of default or breach referred to in Section 5.1(4), if
such default or breach has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall
not
have given such a notice to the Company, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a
declaration to the Company, or (iii) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, if the Trustee shall not have taken the action specified in
such direction, then, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), a record date
shall automatically and without any action by the Company or the Trustee be
set
for determining the Holders entitled to join in such declaration or direction,
which record date shall be the close of business on the tenth day (or, if such
day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the
day
on which the Trustee so receives such declaration or direction, and, with
respect to clause (i), the Trustee may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders entitled to join in such notice of default.
Promptly after such receipt by the Trustee of any such declaration or direction
referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), and promptly after setting any record
date
with respect to clause (i), and as soon as practicable thereafter, the Trustee
shall notify the Company and the Holders of any such record date so fixed.
The
Holders on such record date (or their duly appointed agents or proxies), and
only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration or
direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that, unless such notice, declaration or direction shall have become
effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of
Securities on such record date (or their duly appointed agents or proxies)
having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such
notice, declaration or direction shall automatically and without any action
by
any Person be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph
shall
be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent or proxy thereof)
from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a notice,
declaration or direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration
of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration or direction to which
such
record date relates, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall
be set pursuant to this paragraph. In addition, nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or direction of
the
type referred to in this paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the
Company by Holders (or their duly appointed agents or proxies) of the requisite
aggregate principal amount of Securities on the date such notice, declaration
or
direction is so given.
(6) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver
or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration
of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
(7) The
provisions of this Section 1.4 are subject to the provisions of
Section 9.5.
SECTION
1.5 Notices,
Etc to the Trustee and Company.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver
or
other Act of Holders of Securities or other document provided or permitted
by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with,
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(1) the
Trustee by any Holder of Securities or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing in the
English language by first class mail postage prepaid (registered or certified,
return receipt requested) or by telecopier (receipt confirmed) or delivered
by
hand or by overnight courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to or with a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee and actually received by the Trustee at
its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing by the Trustee, and
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder of Securities shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing in the English language, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
telecopied (receipt confirmed), or delivered by hand or overnight courier,
addressed to the Company at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: General Counsel, facsimile: (000) 000-0000, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
All
notices to the Company will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged,
if
telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier,
if
delivered by overnight delivery. All notices and communications to the Trustee
will be deemed to have been duly given when actually received by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee.
SECTION
1.6 Notice
to
Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice
to
Holders of Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given
to
Holders if in writing in the English language and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, or telecopied (receipt confirmed), or delivered by an overnight
delivery service, to each Holder of a Security affected by such event, at the
address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not earlier
than
the earliest date and not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving
of such notice.
Neither
the failure to mail or deliver such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed or delivered, to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities. In
case
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification to Holders of Securities as shall be made with the approval of
the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification to such Holders for every
purpose hereunder.
Such
notice shall be deemed to have been given when such notice is mailed or
delivered to the overnight delivery service, as applicable, and shall be
conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such
Holder actually receives such notice.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers
of
notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with
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the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION
1.7 Effect
of
Headings and Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION
1.8 Successors
and Assigns.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Trustee shall bind its successors, whether
so expressed or not.
SECTION
1.9 Separability
Clause.
In
case
any provision in this Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION
1.10 Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns hereunder
and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION
1.11 Governing
Law.
THIS
INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION
1.12 Legal
Holidays.
In
any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date,
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the
last day on which a Holder of a Security has a right to convert his Security
shall not be a Business Day at a Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as
the
case may be, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or
of
the Securities) payment of principal of or interest on, or the payment of the
Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
if
applicable with respect to, or delivery for conversion of, such Security need
not be made at such Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may
be,
on or by such day, but may be made on or by the next succeeding Business Day
at
such Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, with the
same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or at the Stated
Maturity or by such last day for conversion; provided,
however,
that in
the case that payment is made on such succeeding Business
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Day,
no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date, Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, Stated Maturity or last day for conversion, as the case may
be.
SECTION
1.13 Conflict
With Trust Indenture Act.
If
any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that
may
be so modified or excluded, the Indenture provision so modifying or excluding
such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply.
ARTICLE
II
SECURITY
FORMS
SECTION
2.1 Form
Generally.
The
Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations thereunder (the
“Code”), or any applicable securities laws, or as may, consistent herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof. All Securities shall be in fully registered
form.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set
forth in Section 2.3.
Conversion
notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Section 2.4.
Repurchase
notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Section 2.2.
The
Securities shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced
by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner
permitted by the rules of any automated quotation system or securities exchange
(including on steel engraved borders if so required by any securities exchange
upon which the Securities may be listed) on which the Securities may be quoted
or listed, as the case may be, all as determined by the officers executing
such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
Upon
their original issuance, Securities issued as contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A shall
be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons and bearing the Restricted Securities
Legend. Each such Global Security shall be registered in the name of DTC, as
Depositary, or its nominee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for
DTC, for credit by DTC
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to
the
respective accounts of beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby
(or such other accounts as they may direct). Each such Global Security, together
with its Successor Securities which are Global Securities, are collectively
herein called the “Restricted Global Security.”
SECTION
2.2 Form
of
Security.
[FORM
OF
FACE]
[THE
FOLLOWING LEGEND (THE “RESTRICTED SECURITIES LEGEND”) SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE
OF EACH RESTRICTED SECURITY:
THIS
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION HEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY
MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS
SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY
BE
OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES
TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE), (III) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR (IV) TO THE COMPANY OR ONE OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IN EACH
OF
CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT
HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE
RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. IN ANY CASE THE HOLDER
HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION
WITH
REGARD TO THE SECURITIES EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SECURITIES
ACT.
THIS
SECURITY, ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION, AND ANY
RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY
THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH
SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE
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INTERPRETATION
HEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED
SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AND SUCH SHARES SHALL BE
DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED
TO
SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.]
[THE
FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL
SECURITY:
THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF
THE
DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT
THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL
PURPOSES.
UNLESS
AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE
REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE INDENTURE,
THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE 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
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.]
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3-5/8%
CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTE DUE 2027
No.
_______________
|
$____________________
|
CUSIP
NO.
__________
PRIVATEBANCORP,
INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to _________________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ________ United States Dollars (U.S.$______ ) [if
this Security is a Global Security, then insert - which
principal 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 Securities, shall not exceed U.S.$100,000,000 (or $115,000,000
if
the Initial Purchaser exercises in full its option to purchase additional
Securities) by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee hereinafter
referred to in accordance with the Indenture)] on March 15, 2027 and to pay
interest thereon, from March 14, 2007, or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year (each, an
“Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 15, 2007, at the rate of 3-5/8%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid, and at the rate of 3-5/8% per
annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on any
overdue interest (including Additional Interest, if any). Interest and
Additional Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed
of
twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not
a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to
the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of
Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid
at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of
any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities
may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payments of principal
shall be made upon the surrender of this Security at any office or agency of
the
Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in The City of New York
or
The
City of Chicago,
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, by, at the option
of
the Holder (i) United States Dollar check drawn on, or (ii) wire
transfer to, a United States Dollar account maintained in The City of New York
or The City of Chicago (such a transfer to be made only to a Holder of an
aggregate principal amount of Securities in excess of U.S.$2,000,000 and only
if
such Holder shall
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have
furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days
prior to the relevant payment date). Payment of interest on this Security may
be
made by United States Dollar check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or, upon written
application by the Holder to the Security Registrar setting forth wire
instructions not later than the relevant Record Date, by transfer to a United
States Dollar account maintained in The City of New York or The City of Chicago
(such a transfer to be made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount
of
Securities in excess of U.S.$2,000,000 and only if such Holder shall have
furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days
prior to the relevant payment date).
Except
as
specifically provided herein or in the Indenture, the Company shall not be
required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to on the reverse hereof or an Authenticating Agent by the manual
signature of one of their respective authorized signatories, this Security
shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for
any purpose.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly
executed.
TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized
Signatory
[FORM
OF
REVERSE]
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its “3-5/8% Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2027” (herein
called the “Securities”), limited in aggregate principal amount to
U.S.$100,000,000 (or $115,000,000 if the Initial Purchaser exercises in full
its
option to purchase additional Securities), issued and to be issued under an
Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2007 (herein called the “Indenture”), between
the Company and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called
the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.
No
sinking fund is provided for the Securities.
Prior
to
March 20, 2009, the Securities shall not be redeemable. On or after March 20,
2009, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Securities for cash
at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities plus
accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date. Interest installments on Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture. Whenever in this Security there is a
reference, in any context, to the principal of any Security as of any time,
such
reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Redemption Price payable
in respect of such Security to the extent that such Redemption Price is, was
or
would be so payable at such time, and express mention of the Redemption Price
in
any provision of this Security shall not be construed as excluding the
Redemption Price so payable in those provisions of this Security when such
express mention is not made.
In
any
case where the due date for the payment of the principal of or interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security or the last day on
which
a Holder of a Security has a right to convert his Security shall not be a
Business Day, at any Place of Payment or Place of Conversion as the case may
be,
then payment of principal, interest (including Additional Interest, if any)
or
delivery for conversion of such Security need not be made on or by such date
at
such place but may be made on or by the next succeeding Business Day at such
Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, with the same
force
and effect as if made on the date for such payment, or by such last day for
conversion, and if the payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day
no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period after such due
date.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated
to repurchase, at the option of the Holder on March 15, 2009, June 15, 2009,
September 15, 2009, December 15, 2009, March 15, 2010, March 15, 2012, March
15,
2017 and March 15, 2022 (each a “Repurchase Date”), all or a portion of the
Securities held by such Holder, in any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000, for
cash
at a price per Security equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
the
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Security
(the “Repurchase Price”), together with accrued but unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) thereon to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date
upon
delivery of a Repurchase Notice containing the information set forth in the
Indenture, together with the Securities subject thereto, at any time from the
opening of business on the date that is 30 Business Days prior to such
Repurchase Date until the close of business on the Repurchase Date, and upon
delivery of the Securities to the Paying Agent by the Holder as set forth in
the
Indenture.
If
cash
sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price and accrued but unpaid interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on all Securities or portions thereof
to
be repurchased as of the Repurchase Date is held by the Paying Agent by 10:30
a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the
Repurchase Date, interest (including Additional Interest, if any) shall cease
to
accrue on such Securities (or portions thereof) as of such Repurchase Date
and
the Holder thereof shall have no other rights as such, other than the right
to
receive the Repurchase Price and interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) upon surrender of such Security.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.1(1) of the Indenture,
a
Holder of a Security may convert any portion of the principal amount of any
Security that is an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 into cash and fully paid
and
non-assessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/1,000th
of a share) of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.14 of the Indenture; provided that if such Security is called
for redemption or delivered for repurchase pursuant to Article XIII or XIV
of the Indenture, the conversion right will terminate at the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, Repurchase Date
or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as applicable, of such Security (unless
the Company shall default in making the redemption or repurchase payment when
due, in which case the conversion right shall terminate at the close of business
on the date such default is cured and such Security is redeemed or repurchased).
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 12.1(1)
of
the Indenture, such conversion right shall commence on the initial issuance
date
of the Securities and expire at the close of business on the date of maturity,
subject, in the case of conversion of any Global Security, to any Applicable
Procedures. The Conversion Price shall, as of the date of the Indenture,
initially be $45.05 per share of Common Stock. The Conversion Rate shall, as
of
the date of the Indenture, initially be approximately 22.1976. The Conversion
Price and Conversion Rate will be adjusted under the circumstances specified
in
the Indenture. Upon conversion, no adjustment for interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) or dividends will be made. No fractional shares will be issued
upon conversion; in lieu thereof, an amount will be paid in cash in accordance
with the provisions of Section 12.14(3) of the Indenture. Except as provided
in
Section 12.2(3) of the Indenture, delivery of the Principal Return, Net Shares
and cash in lieu of fractional shares shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s
obligation to pay the principal amount of a converted Security and accrued
but
unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon. Any accrued
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) payable on a converted Security
will be deemed paid in full, rather than canceled, extinguished or
forfeited.
In
addition, following certain corporate transactions that occur on or prior to
March 15, 2010 and that constitute a Fundamental Change (other than
relating to the composition of the Board of Directors as described in clause
(i)
of the definition of Fundamental Change in Section 14.3(2)), a
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Holder
who elects to convert its Securities in connection with such corporate
transaction will be entitled to receive Additional Shares of Common Stock upon
conversion in certain circumstances set forth in the Indenture, subject to
the
provisions of Section 12.1(3) of the Indenture.
To
convert a Security, a Holder must (a) complete and manually sign the
conversion notice set forth below, if the Security is in definitive form, and
deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (b) surrender the Security to
the Conversion Agent, (c) if the Security is in definitive form, furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Security
Registrar or the Conversion Agent, (d) pay any transfer or other tax, if
required and (e) if the Security is held in book-entry form, complete and
deliver to the Depositary appropriate instructions pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures. If a Holder surrenders a Security for conversion between the close
of business on the Regular Record Date and prior to the opening of business
on
the related Interest Payment Date, including the date of maturity, the Security
must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of the Security or portion thereof then converted; provided
that no such payment shall be required if such Security has been called for
redemption on a Redemption Date within the period between close of business
on
such Record Date and the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date,
or
if such Security is surrendered for conversion on the Interest Payment Date.
A
Holder may convert a portion of a Security equal to U.S.$1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof.
A
Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a repurchase notice
exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to repurchase such
Security as provided in Article XIII or Article XIV, respectively, of
the Indenture may be converted only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn
in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
If
this
Security is a Registrable Security (as defined in the Indenture), then the
Holder of this Security (including any Person that has a beneficial interest
in
this Security) and the Common Stock of the Company issuable upon conversion
hereof is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Whenever
in this Security there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of
interest on, or in respect of, any Security as of any time, such reference
shall
be deemed to include reference to Additional Interest, as described in the
preceding paragraph, if any, payable in respect of such Security to the extent
that such Additional Interest, if any, is, was or would be so payable at such
time, and express mention of Additional Interest, if any, in any provision
of
this Security shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest, if any,
so payable in those provisions of this Security when such express mention is
not
made.
If
this
Security is a Registrable Security and the Holder of this Security (including
any Person that has a beneficial interest in this Security) elects to sell
this
Security pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement then, by its acceptance
hereof, such Holder of this Security agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Registrable Securities which
are
the subject of such election.
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If
a
Fundamental Change occurs, the Holder of this Security, at the Holder’s option,
shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, to
require the Company to repurchase this Security (or any portion of the aggregate
principal amount hereof that is at least U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple
of
U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the portion of the aggregate
principal amount of this Security to be Outstanding after such repurchase is
at
least equal to U.S.$1,000) for cash at a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, as provided in the Indenture. Whenever in this Security there
is a reference, in any context, to the principal of any Security as of any
time,
such reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price payable in respect of such Security to the extent that such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price is, was or would be so payable at such
time,
and express mention of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in any provision
of this Security shall not be construed as excluding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price so payable in those provisions of this Security when such
express mention is not made.
If
this
Security is a Global Security, then, in the event of a deposit or withdrawal
of
an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer, redemption,
repurchase or conversion of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as
custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect
such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures.
If
an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the
Securities, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, may
be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, and
(ii) of interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, overdue interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of
the payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities shall
terminate.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time
by
the Company and the Trustee with either (a) the written consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution,
at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which a quorum is
present, by the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the
Outstanding Securities represented and entitled to vote at such meeting. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance
by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon
the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
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this
Security or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the
Indenture require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect
to
the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default, the Holders of not less than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have
made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event
of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed
to
institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request
and offer of security or indemnity (or if requested, receipt of security or
indemnity). The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder
of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) hereon, on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein or for the enforcement of the right to
convert this Security as provided in the Indenture.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair (without the consent of the Holder hereof)
the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on this
Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at such office or agency
of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in The City of
Chicago, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate,
duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or
more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees
by
the Security Registrar. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of any authorized denominations as requested
by
the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Security or Securities
to
be exchanged, at such office or agency of the Company. The Trustee upon such
surrender by the Holder will issue the new Securities in the requested
denominations. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company,
the
Trustee, any Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Agent may
treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof
for all purposes, whether or not such
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Security
be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Agent or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
recourse for the payment of the principal or interest on this Security 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 Security, 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 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 consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released by the Holder hereof.
THE
INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
All
terms
used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this
Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN
COM
|
as
tenant in common
|
UNIF
GIFT MIN ACT
|
_______
|
Custodian
|
_______
|
TEN
ENT
|
as
tenants by the entireties (Cust)
|
(Cust)
|
(Minor)
|
||
JT
TEN
|
as
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
|
under
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act ______
(State)
|
|||
|
Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ELECTION
OF HOLDER TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
(1) Pursuant
to Section 14.1 of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have
this Security repurchased by the Company.
(2) The
undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Company to pay it or
______________ an amount in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount
to be repurchased (as set forth below), plus interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, as provided in the Indenture.
Dated:
_______________________
_______________________
Signature(s)
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an Eligible
Guarantor
Institution with membership in an
approved
signature guarantee program pursuant
to
Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange
Act
of
1934.
_______________________
Signature
Guaranteed
Principal
amount to be repurchased (at least
U.S.$1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000
in
excess
thereof): ___________________
Remaining
aggregate principal amount following such
repurchase
(not less than U.S.$1,000):
______________
NOTICE:
The signature to the foregoing election must correspond to the name as written
upon the face of this Security in every particular, without alteration or any
change whatsoever.
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SECTION
2.3 Form
of
Certificate of Authentication.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This
is
one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: _______________________________
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
By:______________________________
Authorized Signatory
SECTION
2.4 Form
of
Conversion Notice.
CONVERSION
NOTICE
The
undersigned Holder of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option
to
convert this Security, or any portion of the aggregate principal amount hereof
(which is U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof,
provided that the unconverted portion of such aggregate principal amount is
U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof) below
designated, into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that such shares, together
with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Securities representing
any unconverted aggregate principal amount hereof, be delivered to and be
registered in the name of the undersigned unless a different name has been
indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or Securities are to be registered
in
the name of a Person other than the undersigned, (a) the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and (b) signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in
an
approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any amount required to be paid by the
undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
Date:
______________________________
|
________________________________________
Signature(s)
|
If
shares
or Securities are to be registered in the
name
of a
Person other than the Holder, please
print
such Person’s name and address:
____________________________________
(Name)
|
____________________________________
|
____________________________________
|
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(Address)
|
____________________________________
Social
Security or other Identification
Number,
if any
|
____________________________________
[Signature
Guaranteed]
|
If
only a
portion of the Securities is to be converted, please indicate:
1. Principal
amount to be converted: U.S.$ ___________
2. Principal
amount and denomination of Securities representing
unconverted aggregate principal amount to be issued:
Amount:
U.S.$___________ Denominations:
U.S.$____________
(U.S.$1,000
or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the
unconverted portion of such aggregate principal amount is U.S.$1,000 or any
integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof)
SECTION
2.5 Form
of
Assignment.
For
value
received ________________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
________________ (Please insert social security or other identifying number
of
assignee) the within Security, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
____________________as attorney to transfer the said Security on the books
of
the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
_______________________________
|
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Signature(s)
|
Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership
in
an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad - 15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
_______________________________________
Signature
Guaranteed
|
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ARTICLE
III
THE
SECURITIES
SECTION
3.1 Title
and
Terms.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to U.S.$100,000,000 and shall be
increased to the extent the Initial Purchaser exercises its option to purchase
up to an additional U.S.$15,000,000 such that the total aggregate principal
amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture shall not exceed U.S.$115,000,000 of Securities from the Company,
except for Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 3.4,
3.5, 3.6, 8.5, 12.2, 13.4 or 14.2(5) in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities previously authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
(1) The
Securities shall be known and designated as the “3-5/8% Contingent Convertible
Senior Notes due 2027” of the Company. The Stated Maturity with respect to the
principal of the Securities shall be March 15, 2027 and they shall bear interest
on their aggregate principal amount from March 14, 2007, payable semi-annually
in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September
15,
2007, at the rate of 3-5/8% per annum until the principal thereof is due and
at
the rate of 3-5/8% per annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent
permitted by law, on any overdue interest; provided, however, that payments
shall only be made on a Business Day as provided in
Section 1.12.
The
principal of and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the
Securities shall be payable as provided in the form of Securities set forth
in
Section 2.2, and the Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
and the Redemption Price shall be payable at such places in The City of New
York
or The City of Chicago, as are identified in the applicable notice given by
the
Company or the Trustee on its behalf pursuant to Section 11.5,
Section 13.1 or Section 14.2, as appropriate (each location of any
Paying Agent in The City of New York or The City of Chicago is being herein
called a “Place of Payment”).
The
Registrable Securities are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement and in the form of Security set forth in Section 2.2. The
Securities are entitled to the payment of Additional Interest as provided in
the
Registration Rights Agreement and in the form of Security set forth in
Section 2.2. Whenever in this Indenture there is a reference, in any
context, to the payment of interest on, or in respect of, any Security as of
any
time, such reference shall be deemed to include reference to Additional
Interest, if any, payable in respect of such Security to the extent that such
Additional Interest, if any, is, was or would be so payable at such time, and
express mention of Additional Interest, if any, in any provision of this
Indenture shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest, if any,
so
payable in those provisions of this Indenture when such express mention is
not
made.
The
Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company at any time on
or
after March 20, 2009, in whole or in part, subject to the conditions and as
otherwise provided in Article XI and in the form of Security set forth in
Section 2.2.
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The
Securities shall be convertible as provided in Article XII (any city in
which any Conversion Agent is located being herein called a “Place of
Conversion”).
The
Securities shall be subject to repurchase at the option of the Holders on March
15, 2009, June 15, 2009, September 15, 2009, December 15, 2009, March 15, 2010,
March 15, 2012, March 15, 2017 and March 15, 2022 as provided in
Article XIII. The Securities shall be subject to repurchase by the Company
upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change at the option of the Holders as
provided in Article XIV.
SECTION
3.2 Denominations.
The
Securities shall be issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess
thereof.
SECTION
3.3 Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents. Any such signature may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities
bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices
at
the date of such Securities.
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee or
to
its order for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with such Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery
such
Securities as in this Indenture provided.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by
the
Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.4 Global
Securities; Non-global Securities; Book-entry Provisions.
(1) Global
Securities
(i) Each
Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Security or
a
nominee
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thereof
and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor,
and
each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes
of
this Indenture.
(ii) Except
for exchanges of Global Securities for definitive, Non-global Securities at
the
sole discretion of the Company, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole
or
in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in
whole
or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such
Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a
clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act or announces an
intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so, and in either
such event, a successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed
by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such ineligibility, or (B) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security and the
Depositary notifies the Trustee of its decision to exchange such Global Security
for definitive Non-global Securities. In any such event, the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of an
Officers’ Certificate directing the authentication and delivery of Securities
and an Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto, will authenticate and deliver
pursuant to such instructions, Securities, in any authorized denominations
in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such
Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(iii) If
any
Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in whole,
it
shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the
Trustee, as Security Registrar, for exchange or cancellation, as provided in
this Article III. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other
Securities or canceled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, in each
case,
as provided in Section 3.5, then either (A) such Global Security shall
be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation, as provided in this
Article III, or (B) the aggregate principal amount thereof shall be
reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so
exchanged or canceled, or equal to the aggregate principal amount of such other
Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case
may
be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee,
as
Security Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative
to
make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Security, the Trustee shall, subject to
Section 3.5(3) and as otherwise provided in this Article III,
authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global
Security (or any portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in
such names as may be directed by, the Depositary or its authorized
representative. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with the
occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding paragraph, the
Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Securities that are not in the form of Global Securities. The Trustee shall
be
entitled to rely upon any order, direction or request of the Depositary or
its
authorized representative which is given or made pursuant to this
Article III and the Trustee may request an Officers’ Certificate directing
the authentication and delivery of the Securities and an Opinion of Counsel
related thereto.
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(iv) Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether
pursuant to this Article III or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a registered Global Security, unless
such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof, in which case such Security
shall
be authenticated and delivered in definitive, fully registered form, without
interest coupons.
(v) The
Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Security, shall
be
the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under the Indenture and
the
Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold
such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such
owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security will be shown only on, and the
transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained
by
the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members and such owners of beneficial
interests in a Global Security will not be considered the owners or holders
thereof.
(2) Non-global
Securities. Securities issued upon the events described in
Section 3.4(l)(ii) shall be in definitive, fully registered form and
without interest coupons, and shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend if
and
as required by this Indenture.
SECTION
3.5 Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange;
Restrictions on Transfer.
(1) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
a
register (the register maintained in such office referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers
of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose
of registering Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities as herein
provided.
Subject
to the other provisions of this Section 3.5, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security at an office or agency of the Company
designated pursuant to Section 10.2 for such purpose, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing
such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.
At
the
option of the Holder, and subject to the other provisions of this
Section 3.5, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender
of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, and subject to the other provisions
of this Section 3.5, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange
is
entitled to receive. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration
of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
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All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities except as provided in Section 3.6, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer
or
exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 8.5,
12.2, 13.4 or 14.2 not involving any transfer.
In
the
event of a redemption of the Securities, neither the Company nor the Securities
Registrar will be required (a) to register the transfer of or exchange
Securities for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is
given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities called for such
redemption or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security, or
portion thereof, called for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of
any
Securities being redeemed in part.
(2) Certain
Transfers and Exchanges.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities,
transfers and exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in a Global
Security of the kinds specified in this Section 3.5(2) shall be made only
in accordance with this Section 3.5(2).
(i) Restricted
Global Security to Restricted Non-global Security.
In the
event that Non-global Securities are to be issued pursuant to
Section 3.4(1)(ii) in connection with any transfer of Securities, such
transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions of this Clause
(2)(i) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon actual receipt by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A) a Company
Order from the Company directing the Trustee, as Security Registrar, to
(x) authenticate and deliver pursuant to such Order one or more Securities
of the same aggregate principal amount as the beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security to be transferred, such instructions to contain
the
name or names of the designated transferee or transferees, the authorized
denomination or denominations of the Securities to be so issued and appropriate
delivery instructions and (y) decrease the beneficial interest of a
specified Agent Member’s account in a Restricted Global Security by a specified
aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount
of
such Restricted Global Security, and (B) such other certifications, legal
opinions or other information as the Company or the Trustee may require for
any
reason, including 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/or that the transfer is being made
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, shall decrease the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted
Global Security by the specified amount and authenticate and deliver Securities
in accordance with such instructions from the Company as provided in
Section 3.4(1)(iii).
(ii) Restricted
Non-global Security to Restricted Global Security.
If the
Holder of a Restricted Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at any
time to transfer all or any portion of such Restricted Security to a Person
who
wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected only in
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accordance
with the provisions of this Clause (2)(ii) and subject to the Applicable
Procedures. Upon actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, as
Security Registrar, of (A) such Restricted Security as provided in
Section 3.5(1) and instructions from the Company directing that a
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security in a specified aggregate
principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of such
Security be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account, and (B) a Restricted
Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the Trustee, and duly executed by such
Holder or its attorney duly authorized in writing, then the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, shall cancel such Restricted Security (and issue a new Restricted
Security in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in
Section 3.5(1) and increase the aggregate principal amount of the
Restricted Global Security by the specified aggregate principal amount as
provided in Section 3.4(1)(iii).
(iii) Exchanges
Between Global Security and Non-global Security.
A
beneficial interest in a Global Security may be exchanged for a Security that
is
not a Global Security only as provided in Section 3.4 or only if such
exchange occurs in connection with a transfer effected in accordance with Clause
2(i) above, provided that, if such interest is a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security, then such interest shall be exchanged for a
Restricted Security (subject in each case to Section 3.5(3)). A Security
that is not a Global Security may be exchanged for a beneficial interest in
a
Global Security only if such exchange occurs in connection with a transfer
effected in accordance with Clause (2)(ii) above.
(3) Securities
Act Legends.
All
Securities originally issued pursuant to this Indenture, and all Successor
Securities, shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend, subject to the
following:
(i) subject
to the following Clauses of this Section 3.5(3), a Security or any portion
thereof which is exchanged, upon transfer or otherwise, for a Global Security
or
any portion thereof shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend borne by such
Global Security for which the Security was exchanged;
(ii) subject
to the following Clauses of this Section 3.5(3), a new Security that is not
a Global Security and is issued in exchange for another Security (including
a
Global Security) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall
bear
the Restricted Securities Legend borne by the Security for which the new
Security was exchanged;
(iii) any
Securities that are sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act (including the Shelf
Registration Statement), together with their successor Securities, shall not
bear a Restricted Securities Legend; the Company shall inform the Trustee in
writing of the effective date of any such registration statement registering
the
Securities under the Securities Act, shall notify the Trustee in writing at
any
time when prospectuses must be delivered with respect to Securities to be sold
pursuant to such registration statement and, if a Global Security without the
Restricted Securities Legend is not then Outstanding, the Company shall execute
and, upon receipt of a Company Order as provided in Section 3.3, the
Trustee shall authenticate a Global Security without the Restricted Securities
Legend and make the same available for delivery to the Depositary or its
custodian; provided, however, neither the Trustee nor any of its agents shall
be
liable, and the Company shall indemnify the Trustee and each such agent, for
any
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action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
aforementioned registration statement;
(iv) at
any
time after the Securities may be freely transferred without registration under
the Securities Act or without being subject to transfer restrictions pursuant
to
the Securities Act, a new Security that does not bear a Restricted Securities
Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security (other than a
Global Security) or any portion thereof that bears such a legend if a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actually received an Unrestricted
Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by, or
on
behalf of, the Holder of such Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend
or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, and after such date and receipt of
such
certificate, the Trustee shall at the direction of the Company in a Company
Order authenticate and deliver such new Security in exchange for or in lieu
of
such other Security as provided in this Article III;
(v) a
new
Security that does not bear a Restricted Securities Legend may be issued in
exchange for or in lieu of a Security or any portion thereof that bears such
a
legend if, in the Company’s judgment, placing such a legend upon such new
Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the direction of the
Company in a Company Order to such effect, shall authenticate and deliver such
a
new Security as provided in this Article III; and
(vi) notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5(3), a successor Security of a
Security that does not bear a Restricted Securities Legend shall not bear such
legend unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such successor
Security is a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144, in
which case the Trustee, at the direction of the Company in a Company Order
to
such effect, shall authenticate and deliver a new Security bearing a Restricted
Securities Legend in exchange for such Successor Security as provided in this
Article III.
(4) Any
stock
certificate representing shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
Securities shall bear the Restricted Securities Legend borne by such Securities,
to the extent required by this Indenture, unless such shares of Common Stock
have been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective under the Securities Act (including the Shelf Registration Statement)
(and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or sold
pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed
by the Company in writing with written notice thereof to the transfer agent
for
the Common Stock. With respect to the transfer of shares of Common Stock issued
upon conversion of the Securities that are restricted hereunder, any deliveries
of certificates, legal opinions or other instruments that would be required
to
be made to the Security Registrar in the case of a transfer of Securities,
as
described above, shall instead be made to the transfer agent for the Common
Stock.
(5) Neither
the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Security Registrar, the Conversion Agent
or
any other Agent nor any of their respective agents shall (i) have any duty
to monitor compliance with or with respect to any federal or state or other
securities or tax laws or (ii) have any duty to obtain documentation on any
transfers or exchanges other than as specifically and expressly required
hereunder.
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SECTION
3.6 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.
If
any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee (together with such security
or
indemnity as may be satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to fully protect
each of them and any Agent or other agent of either of them or any Agent, from
any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense which any of them may suffer or
incur if the Security is replaced), the Company shall execute and, upon actual
receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a Company Request to such
effect, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and bearing a number
not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If
there
be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee:
(1) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security,
and
(2) such
security, indemnity bond or other indemnity as may be satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee to fully protect and hold harmless each of them and
any
Agent or other agent of either of them or any Agent from any loss, damage,
liability, cost or expense which any of them may suffer or incur, if the
Security is replaced,
then,
in
the absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and,
upon
actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a Company Request
to
such effect, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. If,
after the delivery of such new Security, a protected holder of the original
Security in lieu of which such new Security was issued presents for payment
or
registration or transfer such original Security, the Trustee shall be entitled
to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or any
party taking therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled
to
recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any
loss, damage, liability, cost or expense incurred by the Company, the Trustee
or
any Agent in connection therewith.
In
case
any Security which has become, or is about to become, due and payable is
submitted for repurchase or the repayment pursuant to Article XI,
Article XIII or Article XIV, respectively, or is about to be converted
into Common Stock pursuant to Article XII shall become mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion, but subject to any
conversion rights, may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or authorize
the
payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of such Security (without
surrender thereof, except in the case of a mutilated Security), upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the preceding
paragraph.
Upon
the
issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, 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 (other than any stamp and other
duties, if any, which may be imposed in connection therewith by the United
States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, which shall be paid
by
the Company) and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
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Every
new
Security issued pursuant to this Section 3.6 in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and such
new
Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued, authenticated
and
delivered hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section 3.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies of any Holder with respect to
the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
SECTION
3.7 Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Subject
to the last paragraph of this Section, interest (including Additional Interest,
if any) on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a “Special Record Date” for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security, the date of the proposed payment
and the Special Record Date, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. The Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no
longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
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(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 Securities may be listed or designated for
issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated
quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 3.7 and Section 3.5, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Interest
on any Security that is converted in accordance with Section 12.2 during a
Record Date Period shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.2.
SECTION
3.8 Persons
Deemed Owners.
Prior
to
due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee, the Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent and
any
other Agent, and any agent of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities
Registrar, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent or any other Agent may treat
the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to
Section 3.7) interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security
be
overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Registrar, any
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent nor any other Agent nor any agent of the
Company, the Trustee, the Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent or Conversion
Agent or any other Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No holder
of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a
Depositary (including through its nominee) shall have any rights under this
Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary (including
through its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and each Agent
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee or any Agent, as the owner of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee
or
any Agent or any agent of the Company or the Trustee or any Agent of the Trustee
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global
Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to
such beneficial ownership interests.
SECTION
3.9 Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repurchase, registration of
transfer or exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered
to
the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Security which the Company
may
have acquired in any manner. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of
or
in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.9.
The Trustee shall dispose of all canceled
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Securities
held by the Trustee in accordance with applicable law and its customary
practices in effect from time to time. Upon written request of the Company
actually received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall
deliver certification of the disposal of all cancelled Securities to the
Company.
SECTION
3.10 Computation
of Interest.
Interest
on the Securities (including Additional Interest, if any) shall be computed
on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION
3.11 CUSIP
Numbers.
The
Company in issuing Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use)
in addition to serial numbers; if so, the Trustee shall use such CUSIP numbers
in addition to serial numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such CUSIP numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or
repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the serial or other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or
repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP
numbers.
ARTICLE
IV
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
SECTION
4.1 Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall, upon a Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except
as to any surviving rights of conversion, or registration of transfer or
exchange, or replacement of Securities herein expressly provided for and as
further provided in the last paragraph of this Section 4.1), and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(i) all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture
(other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and
(B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid
to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all
such
Securities not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee or its agent
for cancellation (other than Securities referred to in clauses (A) and (B)
of
clause (1)(i) above)
(i) have
become due and payable, or
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(ii) will
have
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are
to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and
the
Company, in the case of clause (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee in trust, funds (immediately
available to the Holders in the case of clause (a)) in cash sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, (x) the obligations of
the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the
Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.12, the obligation of
the Company to pay Additional Interest as provided in the Registration Right
Agreement and in the form of Securities set forth in Section 2.2, any
obligation of the Company existing under Section 14.1 at the time of such
satisfaction and discharge, and the right of the Trustee to resign under
Section 6.9 shall survive and (y) if money shall have been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(ii) of this Section 4.1, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of
Section 10.3, the obligations of the Company under Section 15.1, and
the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Section 3.5 and
Article XII shall survive.
SECTION
4.2 Application
of Trust Money.
All
money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust
for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such money shall be applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture,
to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money
has
been deposited with the Trustee.
All
money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 (and held by it or any
Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently converted shall be
returned to the Company upon Company Request.
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The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and each Agent against any tax,
fee
or other charge imposed or assessed against all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1.
ARTICLE
V
REMEDIES
SECTION
5.1 Events
of
Default.
“Event
of
Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever
the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be 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):
(1) default
in the payment of principal of any Securities, when such principal becomes
due
and payable, at Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise
(including the failure to make cash payments due upon conversion or make a
payment to repurchase Securities tendered in connection with a Fundamental
Change or on a Repurchase Date), whether or not such failure shall be due to
compliance with agreements with respect to any other indebtedness; or
(2) default
in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if any) upon
any
Security when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a
period of 30 days, whether or not such failure shall be due to compliance with
agreements with respect to any other indebtedness; or
(3) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligation convert any Securities into cash
and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock in accordance with Article XII
hereto, and continuance of such failure for a period of 10 days;
(4) failure
by the Company to give a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with
Section 14.2; or
(5) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture
(other than a covenant, a default in the performance or breach of which is
specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given written
notice, sent by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities specifying such default or breach
and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of
Default” hereunder; or
(6) any
indebtedness under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness for money borrowed (or guarantee thereof) by the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary with an aggregate principal amount in excess of
U.S.$10,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be
created, is not paid when due (either at its stated maturity or upon
acceleration thereof), and such indebtedness is not discharged, or such
acceleration
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is
not
rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there has been given
written notice, sent by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities specifying such default
and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause
such default to be cured or waived or such acceleration to be rescinded or
annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
or
(7) the
entry
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under
any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property
of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree
or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(8) the
commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case
or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either to the entry
of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal
or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either,
or the filing by either of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or similar relief under any applicable Federal or State law,
or
the consent by either to the filing of such petition or to the appointment
of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of either, or the making
by either of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by
either in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action.
SECTION
5.2 Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If
an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(7) or 5.1(8) with respect to the Company) occurs and is
continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may declare
the
principal of and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest,
if
any) on all the Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal and accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) thereon shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(7) or 5.1(8) with respect
to the Company
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occurs,
the principal of, including and accrued and unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) on, all the Securities shall ipso facto become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other Act of the Holders
or any act on the part of the Trustee.
At
any
time after such declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment
or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article V provided, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice
to
the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay
(i) all
overdue interest on all Securities,
(ii) the
principal on any Securities that have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest (including Additional Interest,
if
any) thereon at the rate borne by the Securities,
(iii) to
the
extent permitted by applicable law, interest upon overdue interest at a rate
of
3-5/8% per annum, and
(iv) all
sums
paid or advanced by the Trustee or any Agent hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of each of the Trustee and
such Agents and their respective agents and counsel;
(2) all
Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on, Securities which have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.13; and
(3) such
rescission and annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree issued
in appropriate judicial proceedings regarding the payment by the Trustee to
the
Holders of the amounts referred to in 5.2(1).
No
rescission or annulment referred to above shall affect any subsequent default
or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION
5.3 Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The
Company covenants that if:
(1) default
is made in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if any)
on any Security when it becomes due and payable and such default continues
for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default
is made in the payment of the principal on any Security at the Maturity thereof,
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the
Company will, upon written demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities the whole amount then due and payable
on such Securities for principal and interest (including Additional Interest,
if
any) on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
on
any overdue interest (including Additional Interest, if any), at a rate of
3-5/8% per annum, and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If
the
Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee,
in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial
proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute
such
proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged
or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property
of
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of
Securities by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy.
SECTION
5.4 Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In
case
of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or the creditors of either,
the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of, and any interest on,
the
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(1) to
file a
proof of claim for the whole amount of principal and interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and
take such other actions, including participating as a member, voting or
otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter,
and
to file such other papers or documents, in each of the foregoing cases, as
may
be necessary or advisable, and to take any and all actions authorized under
the
Trust Indenture Act, in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Securities allowed
in
such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to
collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claim and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall
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consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Securities to pay
to
the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security any plan
of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security in any such proceeding;
provided,
however,
that
the Trustee may, on behalf of such Holders, vote for the election of a trustee
in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other
similar committee.
SECTION
5.5 Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit
of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which judgment has been recovered.
SECTION
5.6 Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money
or other property collected or to be applied by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article V shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or other
property on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST:
To
the
payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: To
the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of or accrued and
unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, the Securities
in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such Securities for principal, and accrued and unpaid
interest (including Additional Interest, if any), respectively;
THIRD: To
such
other Person or Persons, if any, to the extent entitled thereto;
and
FOURTH: Any
remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company.
The
Trustee shall notify the Company in writing of the payment date or dates fixed
by the Trustee pursuant to this Section.
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SECTION
5.7 Limitation
on Suits.
Subject
to Section 5.8 below, no Holder of any Security shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(1) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of an Event of Default
and such Event of Default is continuing at the time of such
institution;
(2) the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee, and if requested, shall have
provided to the Trustee, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance
with such request;
(4) the
Trustee for 60 days after its actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of such
notice under Section 5.7(1), request under 5.7(2) and offer of security or
indemnity (or if requested, actual receipt of security or indemnity) under
Section 5.7(3) has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities,
it
being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any
right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such
Holders, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
of
such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
SECTION
5.8 Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest and to Convert.
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Security on
the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be), and to convert such Security in
accordance with Article XII, and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment and right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION
5.9 Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If
the
Trustee or any Holder of a Security has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any
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reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and
in
every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and
remedies of the Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION
5.10 Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except
as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6,
no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy,
and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment
of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION
5.11 Delay
or
Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay
or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time
to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or (subject to
the
limitations contained in this Indenture) by the Holders of Securities as the
case may be.
SECTION
5.12 Control
by Holders of Securities.
Subject
to Section 6.3, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method
and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee
or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided
that
(1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
and
(2) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the
Trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability
or
be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities not consenting or that
it
in good faith believes would otherwise be contrary to applicable
law.
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SECTION
5.13 Waiver
of
Past Defaults.
The
Holders, either (i) through the written consent of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities or (ii) by the
adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities
at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such meeting,
may
on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any past default hereunder
and its consequences, except a default (A) in the payment of the principal
of or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Security, or
(B) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article VIII cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Upon
any
such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION
5.14 Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee or otherwise, 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 and expenses, 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,
however,
the
provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity
or
Maturities or such other dates when due as expressed herein or in such Security
(or, in the case of redemption or repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date,
Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be)
or
for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with
Article XII.
SECTION
5.15 Waiver
of
Stay, Usury or Extension Laws.
The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not
at
any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay, usury or extension law wherever enacted,
now
or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede by reason of any such
law
the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
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ARTICLE
VI
THE
TRUSTEE
SECTION
6.1 Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
(1) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the Securities, and
no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the
Trustee; and
(ii) in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture, but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they substantially conform to the requirements of
this
Indenture, but not to confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical
calculations or otherwise verify or investigate the facts stated therein or
the
contents thereof.
(2) In
case
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(3) 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
(i) this
paragraph (3) shall not be construed to limit the effect of paragraph (1) of
this Section;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by
a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent
in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) 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
a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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
(iv) no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its
own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee
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shall
not
have actually received security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any such risk, claim, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense.
(4) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section 6.1.
SECTION
6.2 Notice
of
Defaults.
Within
90
days after the occurrence of any default hereunder as to which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee has actually received written notice, the Trustee shall
give to all Holders of Securities, in the manner provided in Section 1.6,
notice of such default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided,
however,
that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice
if
and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust
committee of directors or any Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Holders; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 5.1(4), no such notice to Holders of Securities shall
be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof or, if applicable,
the cure period specified therein. For the purpose of this Section, the term
“default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION
6.3 Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(1) the
Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting, upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate, other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, in each case whether in original or facsimile form
(collectively, the “Documents”) believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties, and the Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in such Documents;
(2) any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (except that a Company Order
shall be required for authentication and delivery of any Security as provided
in
Section 3.3) and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be the one specifically
prescribed) shall be entitled to receive and may, in the absence of bad faith
on
its part, request and rely upon an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel;
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(4) the
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered, and, if requested by the Trustee, delivered to the Trustee security
or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the risks, claims,
losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses which might be incurred by
it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon,
other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at
the
expense of the Company and shall incur no liability by reason of such inquiry
or
investigation;
(7) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder and shall not be
responsible for the supervision of officers or employees of any of such agents
or attorneys;
(8) upon
the
request of the Trustee, the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate
setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized
at
such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers'
Certificate shall be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers'
Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such
certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(9) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(10) the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or actual knowledge of any default
or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such
a
default or Event of Default is actually received by a Responsible Officer of
the
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and such notice references
the Securities and this Indenture;
(11) the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to,
and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and
each Agent and each other agent, custodian
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and
other
Person employed to act hereunder; and without limiting the foregoing, the
Trustee shall be entitled to the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee
pursuant to this Article in acting as a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or
Security Registrar hereunder; and
(12) neither
the Trustee or any Agent, nor any agent of any such Person, will have any
responsibility for any action taken or not taken by the Depositary.
SECTION
6.4 Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and neither the Trustee nor any Agent, assumes any responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture, of the Securities or of the Common Stock issuable
upon the conversion of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent, nor
any agent of the Trustee or any Agent, shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION
6.5 May
Hold
Securities, Act as Trustee under Other Indentures.
The
Trustee, the Securities Registrar, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Conversion Agent, any other Agent, or any other agent of the Company, the
Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, or any Agent, or any of their
respective Affiliates, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may
otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights
it
would have if it were not Trustee, Securities Registrar, Authenticating Agent,
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or other Agent, or any such other agent or
Affiliate.
The
Trustee may become and act as trustee under other indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities,
of
the Company are outstanding in the same manner as if it were not Trustee
hereunder.
SECTION
6.6 Money
Held in Trust.
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 otherwise agreed
in
writing with the Company.
SECTION
6.7 Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Company agrees:
(1) to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee
shall from time to time agree in writing for its acceptance of this Indenture
and for all services rendered by it hereunder in its various capacities (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
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(2) except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the
Trustee (including costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture and defending
itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder of
Securities or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise
of
any of its powers or duties hereunder) in accordance with any provision of
this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its own negligence or willful misconduct;
and
(3) to
fully
indemnify each of the Trustee, any Agent and any predecessor of the same (and
each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents) for, and
to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability claim, damage, cost or expense
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out
of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the
costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its
powers or duties hereunder.
The
Trustee shall have prior to the Securities a lien on and claim to all money
or
other property held, collected or controlled by the Trustee to secure the
Company’s payment obligations in Section 6.7 and the performance by the
Company of its other obligations to the Trustee, in each of its capacities,
under this Indenture, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities.
Without
limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(6) or Section 5.1(7), the expenses
(including the charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for
the
services are intended to constitute expenses of the administration under any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
The
provisions of this Section shall survive the termination or satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or the payment in full of the Securities or
the
earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION
6.8 Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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, having (or be
part
of a holding company group with) a combined capital and surplus of at least
U.S.$50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority, and in good standing. The Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee
shall maintain an established place of business in The City of Chicago. If
such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or
to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its
most
recent report of condition so published. The Trustee shall not be an obligor
upon the Securities or an Affiliate of any obligor thereon. If at any time
the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
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accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article and a successor
shall be appointed pursuant to Section 6.9.
SECTION
6.9 Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.10.
(2) The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may,
at
the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(3) The
Trustee may be removed at any time by an Act of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the
Trustee and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee
may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(4) If
at any
time:
(i) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.8 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
or
(ii) 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 (i) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject
to Section 5.14, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(5) If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
this Section and Section 6.10. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the
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successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment
in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.10, become the
successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by this
Section and Section 6.10, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(6) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders of Securities in
the
manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the
successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION
6.10 Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
Every
successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to
the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held
by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the
Company shall execute any and all instruments to more fully and with more
certainty vest in and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers
and trusts.
No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under this
Article.
SECTION
6.11 Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee (including the trust created by this Indenture), shall be the successor
of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall
have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
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SECTION
6.12 Authenticating
Agents.
The
Trustee may, upon notice to the Company, appoint an “Authenticating Agent” or
Agents reasonably acceptable to the Company with respect to the Securities,
which Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee
to authenticate Securities issued upon exchange or substitution pursuant to
this
Indenture.
Securities
authenticated by an Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits
of
this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder, and every reference in this Indenture
to
the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be subject to acceptance not to be unreasonably
withheld by the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent and subject to supervision or examination by government or other fiscal
authority. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.12, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified
in
this Section 6.12.
Any
corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate agency
or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent (including the
authenticating agency contemplated by this Indenture), shall continue to be
an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section 6.12, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency
of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon actual receipt by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee of such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.12, the
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be subject
to
acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld by the Company. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder,
with
like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions
of
this Section 6.12.
The
Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 6.12.
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If
an
Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to the Securities pursuant to
this Section 6.12, the Securities may have endorsed thereon, in addition to
or in lieu of the Trustee’s certification of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This
is
one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
|
By: | ||
As Authenticating Agent |
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
SECTION
6.13 Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests.
If
the
Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the
Trust Indenture Act after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
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
6.14 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
If
and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions
of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company
(or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE
VII
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION
7.1 Company
May Consolidate, Etc.
Only on
Certain Terms.
The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer, sell or lease all its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company unless:
(1) the
Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged
or the Person to which the properties and assets of the Company are so conveyed,
transferred, sold or leased shall be a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or
the District of Columbia and, if other than the
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Company,
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) on all of the Securities as applicable, and the performance
or
observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to
be
performed or observed and shall have provided for conversion rights in
accordance with Article XII;
(2) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
that,
after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer,
sale or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with
such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with, together with any documents required under
Section 8.3.
SECTION
7.2 Successor
Substituted.
Upon
any
consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into any other
Person or any conveyance, transfer, sale or lease of all or substantially all
the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 7.1,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer, sale or lease is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power
of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the
case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE
VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
SECTION
8.1 Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders of Securities.
Without
the consent of any Holders of Securities the Company, when authorized by a
Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory
to
the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption
by
any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company herein and
in
the Securities as permitted by Article VII of this Indenture;
or
(2) to
add to
the covenants of the Company and Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of Securities or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company; or
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(3) to
provide collateral for the Securities; or
(4) to
make
provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Securities
pursuant to Section 12.11 or to make provision with respect to the
repurchase rights of Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 14.1;
or
(5) to
make
any changes or modifications to this Indenture necessary in connection with
the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, provided such action pursuant
to this clause (5) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of
Securities; or
(6) to
comply
with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and regulations
of
the Commission thereunder in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by this Indenture
or otherwise; or
(7) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee; or
(8) to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or that is otherwise defective,
or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture as the Company, provided such action pursuant to this clause
(8)
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any
material respect.
Upon
Company Request, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution
of
any such supplemental indenture, and subject to and upon actual receipt by
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the documents described in
Section 8.3 hereof, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the
Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted
by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained.
SECTION
8.2 Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders of Securities.
With
either (i) the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by the Act of
said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, or (ii) by the adoption
of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which
a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such meeting, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory
to
the Trustee, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying
in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities under this Indenture;
provided,
however,
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent or affirmative vote
of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
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(1) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on,
any
Security, or reduce the aggregate principal amount of or the rate of interest
payable thereon, or reduce the amount payable upon a redemption, or mandatory
repurchase, or reduce the amount payable upon acceleration of the Maturity
of
the Securities, or change the place or currency of payment of the principal
of
or interest on any Security (including any payment of Additional Interest,
Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in
respect of such Security) or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment in respect of any Security on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or any repurchase, on or after
the Redemption Date, Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
as
the case may be) or, except as permitted by Section 12.11, adversely affect
the right of Holders to convert any Security as provided in Article XII;
or
(2) reduce
the requirements of Section 9.4 for quorum or voting, or reduce the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture or
the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) modify
the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in The City of
Chicago, pursuant to Section 10.2; or
(4) modify
any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13, except to
increase any percentage contained herein or therein or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
or
(5) modify
the provisions of Article XIII or Article XIV in a manner adverse to
the Holders; or
(6) modify
the provisions of Sections 10.7 or 11.1 in a manner adverse to the
Holders.
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION
8.3 Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and
(subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.3) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that such supplemental
indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Trustee may, but shall
not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects
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the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform
to
the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION
8.4 Effect
of
Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall
form
a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder appertaining
thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION
8.5 Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a
notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee, to any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities.
SECTION
8.6 Notice
of
Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.2, the Company shall give notice to
all Holders of Securities of such fact, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture, in the manner provided in
Section 1.6. Any failure of the Company to give such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE
IX
MEETINGS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION
9.1 Purposes
for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A
meeting
of Holders of Securities may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided
by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities.
SECTION
9.2 Call,
Notice and Place of Meetings.
(1) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities for any purpose
specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such place in The
City of Chicago, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of
Holders of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting
and
in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting,
shall
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be
given,
in the manner provided in Section 1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(2) In
case
at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of
at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall
have
requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities for any
purpose specified in Section 9.1, 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 21 days after
its actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the
Company or the Holders of Securities in the amount specified, as the case may
be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York, for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof
as
provided in paragraph (1) of this Section.
SECTION
9.3 Persons
Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To
be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities, a Person shall be
(i) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities, or (ii) a Person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one
or
more Outstanding Securities by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who
shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall
be
the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives or agents of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives
of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION
9.4 Quorum;
Action.
The
presence of Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount
of
the Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum
within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall,
if convened at the request of Holders of Securities, be dissolved. In any other
case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period not less than 10 days
as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting (subject to repeated applications of this sentence). Notice
of
the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given by the Company as
provided in Section 9.2(1), except that such notice need be given only once
not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to
be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities that shall constitute a quorum.
Subject
to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for a lack of
a
quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking
of
any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.
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At
a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as limited by the proviso
to Section 8.2 and except to the extent Section 5.13 requires a
different vote) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided
by
either (i) the written consent of Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities, or (ii) the Persons
entitled to vote not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented and entitled to vote at such
meeting.
Any
resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities
duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders
of
Securities whether or not present or represented at the meeting. The Trustee
shall, pursuant to a Company Order setting forth the action taken, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, notify all the Holders of Securities of
any
such resolutions or decisions pursuant to Section 1.6.
SECTION
9.5 Determination
of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(1) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities
in
regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies
and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the
right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting
as
it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any
such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified
in Section 1.4 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the
manner specified in Section 1.4 or by having the signature of the Person
executing the proxy guaranteed by any bank, broker or other eligible institution
participating in a recognized medallion signature guarantee program. Neither
the
Trustee nor any of its agents shall be liable, and the Company shall indemnify
the Trustee and each such agent, for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by
it in good faith in connection with any such meeting.
(2) The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman (which
may be the Trustee) of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called
by
the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 9.2(2), in
which case the Company or the Holders of Securities calling the meeting, as
the
case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote
of
the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities represented at the meeting.
(3) At
any
meeting, each Holder of a Security or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for
each U.S.$1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities held or represented
by
him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any
meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by
the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or
proxy.
(4) Any
meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to Section 9.2 at
which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled
to vote a majority in
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aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at the meeting,
and
the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION
9.6 Counting
Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The
vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities shall
be
by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders
of
Securities or of their representatives by proxy and the aggregate principal
amounts at Stated Maturity and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities
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, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders
of
Securities shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall
be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on
any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 9.2 and, if
applicable, Section 9.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE
X
COVENANTS
SECTION
10.1 Payment
of Principal and Interest.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay the principal
of and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. The Company
will
deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or its nominee, no later
than
10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Stated Maturity of any
Security or no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date for
any installment of interest (subject to the requirements of Section 3.7
with respect to Defaulted Interest), all payments so due, which payments shall
be in immediately available funds on the date of such Stated Maturity or due
date, as the case may be.
SECTION
10.2 Maintenance
of Offices or Agencies.
The
Company will maintain in The City of Chicago an office or agency where the
Securities 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 Securities and
this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of 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
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presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the office or agency
of
the Company in The City of Chicago located at the address specified in the
last
paragraph of this Section 10.2.
The
Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment
of any such agent or appoint any additional agents for any or all of such
purposes; provided,
however,
that
until all of the Securities have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
or moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities
have
been made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Company
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.3, the Company will maintain in
The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented
or
surrendered for payment and conversion, which shall initially be at the office
or agency of the Company, located at the address specified in the last paragraph
of this Section 10.2, where Securities may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in
respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders in
accordance with Section 1.6, of the appointment or termination of any such
agents and of the location, and any change in the location, in each case, in
The
City of New York, of any such office or agency.
The
Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Security
Registrar and Conversion Agent, and the office or agency of the Company in
The
City of Chicago, located at 000 X. XxXxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, attention: Corporate Trust Department, as one such office or agency
of
the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
SECTION
10.3 Money
for
Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If
the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on
any
of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid
to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, no later than 10:30
a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the principal of or interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on any Securities, deposit with the
Trustee a sum in funds immediately payable on the payment date sufficient to
pay
the principal or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) so becoming
due, such sum to be held for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal or interest (including Additional Interest, if any), and (unless
such
Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
any
failure so to act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
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(1) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) on Securities for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give
the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment of principal or interest (including
Additional Interest, if any); and
(3) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held by such Paying
Agent.
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any
money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company,
in
trust for the payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION
10.4 Existence.
Subject
to Article VII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if
the
Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in
the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect
to the Holders.
SECTION
10.5 Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims.
The
Company will pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the
same may become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income,
profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) all claims for
labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
or
charge upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (iii) all
stamp and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or
any
political subdivision thereof or therein in connection with the issuance,
transfer, exchange or conversion of any Securities or with
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respect
to this Indenture; provided,
however,
that,
in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), the Company shall not be required to pay
or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or
claim (A) if the failure to do so will not, in the aggregate, have a
material adverse impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (B) if the amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION
10.6 Statement
by Officers as to Default.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’
Certificate, stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any
of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company
shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status
thereof of which they may have knowledge.
The
Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any
default or any Event of Default under the Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate
specifying with particularity the details of such default or Event of Default
and further stating what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes
to
take with respect thereto. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default”
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default.
Any
notice required to be given under this Section 10.6 shall be delivered to
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION
10.7 Delivery
of Certain Information.
At
any
time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Restricted Security or the holder of
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the Company will promptly
furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as defined below)
to such Holder of Restricted Securities or such holder of shares of Common
Stock
issued upon conversion of Restricted Securities, or to a prospective purchaser
of any such security designated by any such Holder or holder, as the case may
be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or holder with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) in
connection with the resale of any such security; provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to furnish such information in connection with
any request made on or after the date which is two years from the later of
(i) the Issue Date, (ii) the date such a security (or any such predecessor
security) was last acquired from the Company, (iii) the date such a
security (or any such predecessor security) was last acquired from an
“affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 144 under the
Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or (iv) the date on which
such a security can be sold without a registration statement under Rule 144(k)
of the Securities Act, or an successor rule thereto. “Rule 144A
Information” shall be such information as is specified pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision
thereto).
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SECTION
10.8 Waiver
of
Certain Covenants.
The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition set forth in Sections 10.4 (other than with respect to the
existence of the Company (subject to Article VII)), and 10.5, inclusive, if
before the time for such compliance the Holders shall, through (i) the
written consent of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the
Outstanding Securities or (ii) the adoption of a resolution at a meeting of
Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which a quorum is present by the
Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities represented at such meeting, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except
to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee or
any
Paying or Conversion Agent in respect of any such covenant or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION
10.9 Additional
Interest.
If
Additional Interest is payable under the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect
stating (i) the amount of Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the
date
on which Additional Interest is due and payable, as specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee actually receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate,
the
Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is due or
payable. If Additional Interest has been paid by the Company directly to the
persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate
setting forth the particulars of such payment.
ARTICLE
XI
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
SECTION
11.1 Right
of
Redemption.
Prior
to
March 20, 2009, the Securities shall not be redeemable. On or after March 20,
2009 the Company may redeem the Securities for cash in whole, or from time
to
time in part (which must be equal to U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple
thereof), at a Redemption Price equal to U.S.$1,000 per U.S.$1,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date. Whenever in this Indenture (including Sections 2.2, 3.1,
5.1(1) and 5.8) there is a reference, in any context, to the principal of any
Security as of any time, such reference shall be deemed to include reference
to
the Redemption Price payable in respect of such Security to the extent that
such
Redemption Price is, was or would be so payable at such time, and express
mention of the Redemption Price in any provision of this Indenture shall not
be
construed as excluding the Redemption Price in those provisions of this
Indenture when such express mention is not made.
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Interest
installments on Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to a Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates.
Securities
or portions of the Securities called for redemption shall be convertible by
the
Holder in accordance with the provisions of Article XII until the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date.
SECTION
11.2 Applicability
of Article.
Redemption
of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or
required by any provision of the Securities or this Indenture, shall be made
in
accordance with such provision and this Article XI.
SECTION
11.3 Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
If
the
Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to Section 11.1, it shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount
of
Securities to be redeemed and whether it requests the Trustee to give notice
of
such redemption.
The
Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this
Section 11.3 at least ten Business Days (unless the Trustee consents to a
shorter period) before the date of giving notice of a redemption pursuant to
Section 11.l. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate
to the effect that such redemption will comply with this Indenture.
SECTION
11.4 Selection
by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If
less
than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee within five Business Days after the
actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of the notice described
in Section 11.3 from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee
may deem fair and appropriate.
If
any
Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination
of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected,
the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to
be
the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during
a selection of Securities to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as
Outstanding for the purpose of such selection. The Trustee shall notify the
Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case
of
any Securities selected for partial redemption, the aggregate principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case
of
any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
aggregate principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
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SECTION
11.5 Notice
of
Redemption.
Notice
of
redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to the
Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, and such notice shall be irrevocable.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
Redemption Price, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any (including Additional
Interest, if any), to, but excluding, the Redemption Date,
(3) if
less
than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the aggregate principal
amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities which will be outstanding after such partial redemption,
(4) that
on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, and accrued but unpaid interest,
if
any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but excluding, the Redemption
Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed, and
that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the
Conversion Rate, the date on which the right to convert the Securities to be
redeemed will terminate and the places where such Securities may be surrendered
for conversion,
(6) the
place
or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any (including Additional Interest,
if
any), to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and
(7) that
no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number
that is listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
In
case
of a partial redemption, the notice shall specify the serial and CUSIP numbers
(if any) and the portions thereof called for redemption and that transfers
and
exchanges may occur on or prior to the Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall
be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request in accordance with
Section 11.3, by the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the
Company; provided that, in the event the Trustee is to give such notice, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee all the information to be included in
such
notice including information required by this Section 11.5.
SECTION
11.6 Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to
10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in
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trust
as
provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money (which shall be in immediately
available funds on such Redemption Date) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price
of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
accrued interest (including Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding,
the
Redemption Date on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date
other than any Securities called for redemption on that date which have been
converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If
any
Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the
Trustee or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security
shall (subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor
Security to receive interest as provided in the last paragraph of
Section 3.7) be paid to the Company or, if then held by the Company, shall
be discharged from such trust.
SECTION
11.7 Securities
Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price, including accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price together with accrued and unpaid interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the Redemption Date,
provided,
however,
that
installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to
the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
one
or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record Date
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If
any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid on the Redemption Date,
the
aggregate principal amount of and, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
accrued interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Security shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at a rate of 3-5/8% per
annum
and such Security shall remain convertible until the Redemption Price of such
Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall have been paid or duly
provided for.
Any
Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the
Corporate Trust Office or an office or agency of the Company designated for
that
purpose pursuant to Section 10.2 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute,
and,
upon its actual receipt by a Responsible Officer of a Company Order to such
effect, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities,
of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal
of
the Security so surrendered.
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SECTION
11.8 Conversion
Arrangement on Call for Redemption.
In
connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange for the
purchase and conversion of any Securities by an agreement with one or more
investment bankers or other purchasers (the “Purchasers”) to purchase such
Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Holders, before 10:30
a.m.
(New York City time) on the Redemption Date, an amount not less than the
applicable Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article XI, the obligation of the Company to pay the
Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the
Redemption Date shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent
such amount is so paid by such Purchasers. If such an agreement is entered
into
(a copy of which shall be filed with the Trustee prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date), any Securities
called for redemption that are 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, and consistent with any agreement or agreements with
such Purchasers, to be acquired by such Purchasers from such Holders and
(notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XII)
surrendered by such Purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior
to
the close of business on the Redemption Date (and the right to convert any
such
Securities shall be extended through such time), subject to payment of the
above
amount as aforesaid. At the direction of the Company, pursuant to a written
Company Order, the Trustee shall hold and dispose of any such amount paid to
it
by the Purchasers to the Holders in the same manner as it would money deposited
with it by the Company for the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee’s
prior written consent expressly authorizing a change, no arrangement between
the
Company and such Purchasers for the purchase and conversion of any Securities
shall increase or otherwise affect any of the powers, duties, responsibilities
or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in this Indenture, and the 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 Securities between the Company and such
Purchasers, including the costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees,
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
XII
CONVERSION
OF THE SECURITIES
SECTION
12.1 Conversion
Privilege.
(i) during
any fiscal quarter (the “Quarter”) commencing after the Issue Date, if the
Common Stock Price for at least 20 Trading Days in the period of 30 consecutive
Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the Quarter immediately preceding
such Quarter (appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during
such 30 consecutive Trading Day period, of any
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event
requiring adjustment of the Conversion Price under this Indenture) is more
than
130% of the Conversion Price on such 30th Trading Day;
(ii) during
the five consecutive Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading
Day
period in which the Trading Price per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities,
as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures
described below in Section 12.1(5), for each day of that period was less than
98% of the product of the Common Stock Price for each day of that period and
the
then-current Conversion Rate;
(iii) such
Security has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to
Section 11.1 and the redemption has not yet occurred, so long as the Holder
surrenders such Security for conversion prior to the close of business on the
date that is one Business Day prior to the applicable Redemption Date, even
if
the Security is not otherwise convertible at such time;
(iv) (A) a
distribution to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock of rights,
warrants or options entitling them (for a period commencing no earlier than
the
date of distribution and expiring not more than 60 days after the date of
distribution) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
less than the average Common Stock Price for the 10 Trading Days immediately
preceding the date such distribution was first publicly announced;
or
(B) a
distribution to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock of cash or
other assets, evidences of Company indebtedness, rights or warrants to purchase
or subscribe for Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, where the
fair market value of such distribution per share of Common Stock (as determined
by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence
of
such fair market value) exceeds 10% of the Common Stock Price on the Trading
Day
immediately preceding the date such distribution was first publicly announced;
provided
that the
Holder shall have no right to convert any Security pursuant to this Section
12.1(1)(iv) if the Holder of a Security otherwise participates in the
distribution described in this Section 12.1(1)(iv) on an as-converted basis
solely into Common Stock at the then applicable Conversion Price without
conversion of such Holder’s Securities;
(v) if
the
Company is party to a Fundamental Change or a consolidation, merger, share
exchange, sale of all or substantially all of its properties and assets or
other
similar transaction, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock is subject
to conversion into cash, securities or other property, at any time from and
after the 20th
scheduled Trading Day prior to the anticipated effective date of such
transaction and ending on the 20th
Trading
Day following the effective date of such transaction. The Company shall give
written notice to all Holders and the Trustee at least 30 scheduled Trading
Days
prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction; or
(vi) at
any
time during the period beginning 30 days prior to, but excluding, any Repurchase
Date or March 15, 2027.
(2) If
a
Holder elects to convert its Securities in connection with a corporate
transaction that occurs on or prior to March 15, 2010, which constitutes a
Fundamental Change (other than
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relating
to the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors as described in clause
(i) of the definition of Fundamental Change in Section 14.3(2)), then the
Conversion Rate of the Securities being converted by such Holder at that time
shall be increased so that such Holder will be entitled to receive, in addition
to the cash and Common Stock such Holder is otherwise entitled to receive,
a
number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) determined
in the manner set forth below; provided that if the Share Price in such
transaction is equal to or greater than U.S.$176.65 or less than U.S.$35.33
(subject in each case to adjustment as described below), no increase in the
Conversion Rate shall be made; and provided further that in no event will the
Conversion Rate exceed 27.9976 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities,
subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Conversion Price as set forth
in this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, the adjustment provided for
in
this Section 12.1(2) shall only be made with respect to the Securities being
converted in connection with such Fundamental Change on or prior to
March 15, 2009 and shall not be effective as to any Securities not so
converted.
The
increase in the Conversion Rate expressed as a number of Additional Shares
per
U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities will be determined by the Company
by
reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date the
corporate transaction becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the share
price paid per share of Common Stock in the corporate transaction (the “Share
Price”); provided that if holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in such
corporate transaction, the Share Price shall be the cash amount paid per share.
Otherwise, the Share Price will be the average of the Common Stock Price on
the
five Trading Days prior to but not including the Effective Date; provided further
that if
the Share Price is between two Share Price amounts in the table or the Effective
Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the Company shall determine
the number of Additional Shares by a straight-line interpolation between the
number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Share Price
amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.
The
Share
Prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., column headers) in
Schedule A hereto will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion
Price of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to the Indenture. The adjusted
Share Prices will equal the Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such
adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion
Price immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Common Stock Price
adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Price as so adjusted.
The number of Additional Shares will be adjusted in the same manner as the
Conversion Price as set forth in this Indenture.
(3) In
the
case of the foregoing Sections 12.1(1)(iv)(A) and 12.1(1)(iv)(B), the
Company shall cause a notice of such distribution to be filed with the Trustee
and the Conversion Agent and to be mailed to each Holder of Securities no later
than 20 days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. Once the
Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender their Securities for
conversion at any time thereafter until the earlier of the close of business
on
the Business Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Date or the Company’s announcement
that such distribution will not take place. The “Ex-Dividend Date” for any such
distribution means the date immediately prior to the commencement of
“ex-dividend” trading for such distribution on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market
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or
such
other United States national securities exchange or system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted.
(4) For
each
Quarter of the Company commencing after the Issue Date, the Company, or at
the
request of the Company, the Conversion Agent, on behalf of the Company, will
determine, on the first Business Day following the last Trading Day of the
prior
Quarter, whether the Securities are convertible pursuant to clause (i) of
Section 12.1(1), and, if so, will notify the Trustee and the Company in writing.
(5) The
Trustee shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the
Securities and whether the Securities are convertible pursuant to clause (ii)
of
Section 12.1(1) unless the Company has requested such determination; and the
Company shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder of the
Securities provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price
per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities is reasonably likely to be less
than 98% of the product of the Common Stock Price and the Conversion Rate then
in effect per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities. At such time, the
Company shall instruct the Trustee to determine the Trading Price of the
Securities beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading
Day
until the Trading Price per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities is greater
than 98% of the product of (A) the Common Stock Price and (B) the then
current Conversion Rate, and to notify the Company accordingly.
(6) A
Holder
may convert a portion of a Security equal to U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple
thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a
Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security.
If
a
Security is called for redemption pursuant to Section 11.1, in order to
convert such Security if such Security is then convertible pursuant to the
terms
of the Indenture, the Holder must deliver the Security to the Conversion Agent
(or, if the Security is held in book-entry form, complete and deliver to the
Depositary appropriate instructions in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures) at any time prior to the close of business on the day that is one
Business Day prior to the applicable Redemption Date (unless the Company shall
default in paying the Redemption Price when due, in which case the conversion
right shall terminate on the date such default is cured and such Security is
redeemed). A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase
Notice pursuant to Article XIII or a similar notice pursuant to
Section 14.2 exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to
repurchase such Security may be converted only if such Repurchase Notice or
Fundamental Change Company Notice, as the case may be, is withdrawn by a written
notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the Repurchase Date or the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, in accordance with Article XIII
or Article XIV.
(7) A
Holder
of Securities is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until
such Holder has converted its Securities into Common Stock.
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SECTION
12.2 Conversion
Procedure.
(1) To
convert a Security, a Holder must (i) if the Security is in definitive
form, complete and manually sign the irrevocable conversion notice on the back
of the Security and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (ii) if
the Security is in definitive form, surrender the Security to the Conversion
Agent, (iii) if the Security is in definitive form, furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Security Registrar or
the
Conversion Agent, (iv) pay any transfer or other tax, if required by
Section 12.3 and (v) if the Security is held in book-entry form,
complete and deliver to the Depositary appropriate instructions pursuant to
the
Applicable Procedures. As promptly as practicable after the later of the
Conversion Date and the date that all calculations necessary to make such
payment and delivery have been made, but in no event later than three Business
Days after the later of those days, the Company shall deliver to the Holder
through the Conversion Agent cash and shares of Common Stock in the amounts
calculated in accordance with Section 12.14.
(2) The
Person in whose name the Security is registered shall be deemed to be a
stockholder of record on the Conversion Date; provided that no surrender of
a
Security on any date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be
closed shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to
receive the shares of Common Stock upon such conversion as the record holder
or
holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but such surrender shall
be
effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to receive such shares
of
Common Stock as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the
close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books
are open; provided, further that such conversion shall be at the Conversion
Price in effect on the date that such Security shall have been surrendered
for
conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had not been closed.
Upon conversion of a Security, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such
Security.
(3) No
payment or adjustment will be made for accrued but unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) on a converted Security or for dividends or
distributions on shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security.
The Company shall not adjust the Conversion Price to account for the accrued
but
unpaid interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Securities are converted
after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the opening
of
business on the next Interest Payment Date, including the date of maturity,
Holders of such Securities at the close of business on such Regular Record
Date
shall receive the accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest,
if
any) payable on such Securities on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion. In such event, such Security, when surrendered
for conversion, must be accompanied by delivery of a check payable to the
Conversion Agent in an amount equal to the accrued but unpaid interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) payable on such Interest Payment Date
on
the portion so converted. If such payment does not accompany such Security,
the
Security shall not be converted; provided that no such check shall be
required (i) if such Security has been called for redemption, (ii) if the
Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (iii) to the extent
of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of
conversion with respect to such Security; or (iv) in respect of any conversions
that occur (a) between the Record Date immediately preceding a Repurchase Date
and the related Repurchase Date
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and
(b)
after the Record Date immediately preceding March 15, 2027. If the Company
defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any)
payable on the Interest Payment Date, the Conversion Agent shall promptly repay
such funds to the Holder.
(4) Upon
surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver
to the Holder, a new Security equal in principal amount to the unconverted
portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION
12.3 Taxes
on
Conversion.
If
a
Holder converts a Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon
such conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any tax which is due because
the
Holder requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name.
The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the
Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the
Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due
because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name.
Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or
regulations.
SECTION
12.4 Company
to Provide Stock.
The
Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities hereunder, and from time
to
time as may be necessary, reserve, out of its authorized but unissued Common
Stock, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion
of
all outstanding Securities into shares of Common Stock. The certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Restricted
Securities shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.2 of the Form of Security.
The
Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion
of
the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free
from
preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The
Company will comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the
offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities,
if
any, and will list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each
national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market or such other
market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION
12.5 Adjustment
of Conversion Price.
The
Conversion Price shall be adjusted (without duplication) from time to time
by
the Company as follows:
(1) In
case
the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or other distribution in shares of
Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock,
(ii) subdivide its outstanding
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Common
Stock into a greater number of shares or (iii) combine its outstanding
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted so that the Holder of any Security thereafter surrendered for
conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock
which it would have owned or been entitled to receive had such Security been
converted immediately prior to the happening of such event. For the purposes
of
calculating the Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to this Section 12.5(1),
Holders of a Security shall be treated as if they had the right to convert
the
Security solely into Common Stock at the then applicable Conversion Price.
An
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 12.5(1) shall become effective
immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution
and
shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of
subdivision, combination or reclassification.
(2) In
case
the Company shall issue to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock
rights, warrants or options entitling such holders (for a period commencing
no
earlier than the date of distribution and expiring not more than 60 days after
the date of distribution) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock
(or securities convertible into Common Stock) at a price per share less than
the
average Common Stock Price for the 10 Trading Days immediately preceding the
date the distribution of such rights, warrants or options was first publicly
announced by the Company, the Conversion Price shall be decreased so that the
Conversion Price shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to the record date for such issue by a
fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
on
such date of public announcement, plus the number of shares which the aggregate
subscription or purchase price for the total number of shares of Common Stock
offered by the rights, warrants or options so issued (or the aggregate
conversion price of the convertible securities offered by such rights, warrants
or options) would purchase at such average Common Stock Price, and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
on such date of public announcement plus the number of additional shares of
Common Stock offered by such rights, warrants or options (or into which the
convertible securities so offered by such rights, warrants or options are
convertible),
provided
that no
adjustment will be made if Holders of the Securities are entitled to participate
in the distribution on substantially the same terms as holders of the Common
Stock as if such Holders had converted their Securities solely into Common
Stock
immediately prior to such distribution at the then applicable Conversion Price.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights, warrants
or
options are issued, and shall become effective immediately after such record
date. If at the end of the period during which such rights, warrants or options
are exercisable not all rights, warrants or options shall have been exercised,
the adjusted Conversion Price shall be immediately readjusted to what it would
have been upon application of the foregoing adjustment substituting the number
of additional shares of Common Stock actually issued (or the number of shares
of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible securities actually issued)
for the total number of shares of Common Stock offered (or convertible
securities offered).
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(3) In
case
the Company shall distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common
Stock
any shares of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Common Stock) or
evidences of its indebtedness, other securities or other assets, or shall
distribute to all holders of Common Stock, rights (other than the rights
distributed pursuant to the Rights Plan, if any, to the extent that such rights
have been distributed to the holders of the Securities as described below),
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities
(excluding (i) those rights, options and warrants referred to in Section
12.5(2); (ii) those dividends, distributions, subdivisions and combinations
referred to in Section 12.5(1); and (iii) those dividends and distributions
paid in cash referred to in Section 12.5(5)), then in each such case the
Conversion Price shall be decreased so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to
the date of such distribution by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the Market Price on the record date for the
determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution
less the fair market value on such record date (as determined by the Board
of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market
value) of the portion of the Capital Stock or evidences of indebtedness,
securities or assets so distributed or of such rights, warrants or options,
in
each case applicable to one share of Common Stock, and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the Market Price on such record date,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately after the record date for such
distribution; provided
that if
the numerator of the foregoing fraction is less than $1.00 (including a negative
amount), then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall
be
made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion, in
addition to the cash and Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the
distribution such Holder would have received had such Holder converted its
Security solely into Common Stock at the then applicable Conversion Price
immediately prior to the record date for such distribution; provided that no
adjustment will be made if Holders of the Securities are entitled to participate
in the distribution on substantially the same terms as holders of the Common
Stock as if such Holders had converted their Securities solely into Common
Stock
immediately prior to such distribution at the then applicable Conversion
Price;
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the distribution by the Company to all or substantially all
holders of its Common Stock consists of Capital Stock of, or similar Equity
Interests in, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company (unless such
Capital Stock or similar Equity Interests are distributed to holders in such
distribution as if such holders had converted their Securities into Common
Stock), the Conversion Price shall be decreased so that the same shall be equal
to the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on the
record date with respect to such distribution by a fraction:
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the average Common Stock Price over the Spinoff
Valuation Period; and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the sum of (x) the average Common Stock Price
over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spinoff Valuation
Period”)
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commencing
on and including the fifth Trading Day after the date on which “ex-dividend
trading” commences for such dividend or distribution on the Nasdaq National
Market or the New York Stock Exchange or such other quotation system or national
or regional exchange or market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted plus (y) the average fair market value (as determined by the Board
of Directors and described in a resolution of the Board of Directors, which
determination shall equal the average closing sale price where such closing
sale
price is available) over the Spinoff Valuation Period of the portion of the
assets so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following such record date; provided that the Company may in lieu of
the
foregoing adjustment make adequate provision so that each Holder shall have
the
right to receive upon conversion the amount of the distribution such Holder
would have received had such Holder converted its Security on the record date
with respect to such distribution. If any dividend or distribution of the type
described in this Section 12.5(3) is declared but not so paid or made, such
adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be reversed. In any case in which
this
paragraph is applicable, Section 12.5(1), Section 12.5(2) and the first
paragraph of this Section 12.5(3) shall not be applicable.
To
the
extent that the Company has a share rights plan (“Rights Plan”) in effect upon
conversion of Securities, the Holders of the Securities will receive, in
addition to the Principal Amount and the Net Shares, the rights under the Rights
Plan, unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock at the time of
the
conversion, and, as a result, upon conversion of the Securities, the Holder
of
the Securities would not be entitled to receive the rights, then in such case
the Conversion Price will be adjusted as described in this Section
12.5(3).
(4) In
case
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes a payment in respect of
a
tender or exchange offer to holders of Common Stock where the cash and value
of
any other consideration included in the payment per share exceeds the Common
Stock Price on the last Trading Day prior to the Offer Expiration Time, the
Conversion Price shall be decreased so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to
the Offer Expiration Time by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
(including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the last time (the “Offer
Expiration Time”) tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer (as it may be amended) multiplied by the Common Stock Price
on
the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time, and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value
(determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to holders
of
Common Stock based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms
of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares of Common Stock validly tendered
or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Offer 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
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any
Purchased Shares) at the Offer Expiration Time and the Common Stock Price on
the
Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Time,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following the Offer Expiration Time. If the Company is obligated to
purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company
is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases
or
all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted
to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender or
exchange offer had not been made.
(5) In
case
the Company shall declare a cash dividend or cash distribution during any of
the
Company’s quarterly fiscal periods to all or substantially all of the holders of
Common Stock, in an aggregate amount that together with other cash dividends
or
distributions made during such quarterly fiscal period, exceeds the product
of
$0.075 (appropriately adjusted from time to time for any share dividends on
or
subdivisions of Common Stock) multiplied by the number of shares of Common
Stock
outstanding on the record date for such distribution, the Conversion Price
shall
be decreased so that the Conversion Price shall equal the price determined
by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record
date
for such dividend or distribution by a fraction,
(i) the
numerator of which shall be the average of the Common Stock Price for the three
consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
record date for such dividend or distribution (the “Pre-Dividend Sale Price”),
minus the amount of the dividend or distribution to the extent payable in cash
applicable to one share of Common Stock that exceeds $0.075 (appropriately
adjusted from time to time for any share dividends on, or subdivisions of,
the
Company’s Common Stock), and
(ii) the
denominator of which shall be the Pre-Dividend Sale Price,
such
adjustment to become effective immediately after the record date for such
dividend or distribution; provided
that if
the numerator of the foregoing fraction is less than U.S.$1.00 (including a
negative amount), then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision
shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon
conversion, in addition to the cash and Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion, the amount of cash such Holder would have received had such Holder
converted its Security solely into Common Stock at the then applicable
Conversion Price immediately prior to the record date for such cash dividend
or
cash distribution. If such cash dividend or cash distribution is not so paid
or
made, the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price
that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been
declared.
(6) [Reserved].
(7) In
any
case in which this Section 12.5 shall require that an adjustment be made
immediately following a record date established for purposes of this
Section 12.5, the Company may elect to defer (but only until three Business
Days following the filing by the Company with the
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Trustee
of the certificate described in Section 12.9) issuing to the holder of any
Security converted after such record date the cash, shares of Common Stock
and
other Capital Stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above
the cash, shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company issuable
upon such conversion only on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to
adjustment; and, in lieu of the cash and shares the issuance of which is so
deferred, the Company shall issue or cause its transfer agents to issue due
bills or other appropriate evidence of the right to receive such
shares.
(8) Before
taking any action which would cause an adjustment decreasing the Conversion
Price so that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities would be issued for less than the par value of such Common Stock,
the
Company will take all corporate action which may be necessary in order that
the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares
of
such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Price.
(9) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 27.9976 per $1,000
principal amount of notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the
events described in clauses (1) through (5) above. Further, notwithstanding
anything in this Section 12.5 to the contrary (subject only to the provisions
of
the second succeeding sentence), the Conversion Rate shall not exceed 44.0480
per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, other than as a result of proportional
adjustments to the conversion rate in the manner set forth in clauses (1)
through (3) above (the limitations on the Conversion Rate set forth in this
sentence are herein referred to as the “Conversion Rate Cap”). The Company
agrees not to take any action described in Sections 12.1(4) or 12.1(5)
above if, as a result of such action, the Conversion Rate adjustment that would
otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of (4) or (5) would be limited
by
the Conversion Rate Cap, unless such action would not result in a violation
of
NASD Rule 4350 as such rule or successor to such rule may be then in effect
and interpreted by the NASD (or any similar rule of any other stock exchange
which is the primary exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed). If such
action would not result in a violation of NASD Rule 4350, or any successor
rule or similar rule of any other stock exchange which is the primary exchange
upon which the Common Stock is then listed, then the Conversion Rate Cap shall
not apply to such action taken by the Company.
SECTION
12.6 No
Adjustment.
No
adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless the adjustment
would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price then
in
effect; provided
that any
adjustments which by reason of this Section 12.6 are not required to be
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. Regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1%,
the
Company will make such carried forward adjustments upon conversion of the
Securities, within one year of the first such adjustment carried forward, if
the
Company has called the Securities for redemption, upon a Fundamental Change,
upon the Maturity of the Securities or when a Holder converts its Securities.
All calculations under this Article XII shall be made to the nearest cent,
with one-half cent rounded up, or to the nearest one thousandth (0.001) of
a
share, with each one-half thousandth (0.0005) of a share being rounded up,
as
the case may be.
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No
adjustment need be made upon the issuance of Common Stock under any present
or
future employee benefits plan or program of the Company or in connection with
an
acquisition made by the Company.
No
adjustment need be made upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to
(i) the exercise of any options, warrants or rights to purchase such Common
Stock, (ii) the exchange of any exchangeable securities for such Common
Stock or (iii) the conversion of any convertible securities into such
Common Stock, in each case so long as such option, warrant, right to purchase,
exchangeable security or convertible security is outstanding at the Issue
Date.
No
adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or a change to no par
value of the Common Stock.
SECTION12.8 Equivalent
Adjustments.
If,
as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 12.5 above, the Holder of
any Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to
receive any shares of Capital Stock of the Company other than shares of Common
Stock, thereafter the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon
conversion of any Securities shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
in
a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions
with
respect to Common Stock contained in this Article XII.
SECTION
12.8 Adjustment
for Tax Purposes.
The
Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price,
in
addition to those required by Section 12.5, as the Board of Directors in
its discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock
dividends, subdivisions of shares, distributions of rights to purchase stock
or
other securities, or distributions of securities convertible into or
exchangeable for stock hereafter made by the Company to its holders of Common
Stock shall not be taxable to such holders.
SECTION
12.9 Notice
of
Adjustment.
Whenever
the Conversion Price (or Conversion Rate) is adjusted, or Holders become
entitled to other securities or due bills, the Company shall promptly mail
to
Holders a notice of the adjustment and file with the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner
of
computing it. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of
such adjustment, absent manifest error, and the Trustee may conclusively assume
that, unless and until such certificate is received by it, no such adjustment
is
required.
SECTION
12.10 Notice
of
Certain Transactions.
In
case:
(1) the
Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock; or
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(2) the
Company shall authorize the granting, generally, to the holders of Common Stock
of rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any share of any
class or any other rights, warrants or options; or
(3) 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, merger, or share exchange to which the Company is a party and
for
which approval of any holders of Common Stock is required, or of the sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company; or
(4) of
the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company;
the
Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and
to
be mailed to each Holder of Securities as promptly as possible but in any event
at least ten 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, warrants or options, 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, share
exchange, 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, share exchange, 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, share exchange, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
SECTION
12.11 Effect
of
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, Share Exchange or Sale on Conversion
Privilege.
If
any of
the following shall occur, namely: (i) any reclassification or change of
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 subdivision or combination); (ii) any consolidation, combination, merger
or share exchange to which the Company is a party other than a merger in which
the Company is the resulting or surviving corporation and which does not result
in any reclassification of, or change (other than a change in name, or par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value,
or
as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common
Stock; or (iii) any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company, then the Company, or such successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent
to
such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale
or
conveyance, execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
providing that the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the
right
to convert such Security into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other
property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
share exchange, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common
Stock equal to the Conversion Rate of such Security immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale
or
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conveyance.
Such supplemental indenture shall (a) provide for adjustments of the
Conversion Price which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable
to
the adjustments of the conversion privilege and Conversion Price provided for
in
this Article XII, (b) set forth appropriate modifications to the means
of determining the Conversion Value and other settlement provisions specified
in
Section 12.14 so as to be, in the good faith determination of the Company’s
Board of Directors, nearly equivalent to such provisions as may be practicable
(except for in the case of a Non-Stock Fundamental Change pursuant to Section
12.1(2)) and (c) specify the Conversion Price immediately after such
transactions. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, share exchange,
sale or conveyance, the stock or other securities and property (including cash)
receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of Capital
Stock or other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor
or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger,
share exchange, 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 Securities as the
Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing. The provision of this Section 12.11 shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, share exchanges, sales or conveyances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a distribution by the Company to all or
substantially all holders of Common Stock for which an adjustment to the
Conversion Price or provision for conversion of the Securities may be made
pursuant to Section 12.5 shall not be deemed to be a sale or conveyance of
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company for
purposes of this Section 12.11.
In
the
event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Section 12.11, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel stating that such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture and an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons
therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or other property receivable
by
Holders of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any
such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale or
conveyance, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all
conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION
12.12 Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article XII
should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be made,
but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such adjustment,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with
respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 12.9. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no
representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued
upon conversion of Securities, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
the
Company’s failure to comply with any provisions of this Article XII. Each
Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall
have the same protection under this Section 12.12 as the
Trustee.
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The
Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness
of
any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to
Section 12.11, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness
thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with
respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 12.11.
SECTION
12.13 Voluntary
Reduction.
The
Company from time to time may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for
any
period of time if such period is at least 20 Trading Days or such longer period
as may be required by law and if the reduction is irrevocable during such
period; if the Board of Directors determines, in good faith, that such decrease
would be in the best interests of the Company; provided that in no event may
the
Conversion Price be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock. Any
such
determination by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive.
SECTION
12.14 Conversion
Value of Securities Tendered.
(1) The
Company will satisfy
its obligation to convert a Holder’s Security pursuant to Section 12.1 with
respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for conversion in
cash
and shares of fully paid Common Stock, if applicable, as follows:
(A) cash
in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) $1,000 and (2) the Conversion
Value; and (B) if the Conversion Value is greater than $1,000, a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each
of
the ten consecutive Trading Days in the Conversion Reference Period,
appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, combinations
or
similar events occurring during the Conversion Reference Period.
(2) For
the
purposes of Section 12.14(1) in the event that any of Conversion Value, Daily
Share Amounts, Volume Weighted Average Price or any other computation required
of this Section 12.14 cannot be determined or do not produce results consistent
with the provisions of this Article XII for all portions of the Conversion
Reference Period, the Company’s Board of Directors shall in good faith determine
the values necessary to calculate the Conversion Value, Daily Share Amounts
and
Volume Weighted Average Price, as applicable.
(3) The
Company will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of
Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at
one
time by the same Holder, the number of full shares that shall be issuable upon
conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount
of
the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby)
so
surrendered. In lieu of any fractional shares, the Company will pay an amount
in
cash for the current market value of the fractional shares. The current market
value of a fractional share shall be determined (calculated to the nearest
1/100th of a share) by multiplying the arithmetic average of the Volume Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock for each of the ten consecutive Trading Days
of the Conversion Reference Period by such fractional share and rounding the
product to the nearest whole cent.
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(4) Except
as
provided in Section 12.2(3), delivery of the cash obligation upon conversion,
Daily Share Amount and cash in lieu of fractional shares shall be deemed to
satisfy the Company’s obligation to pay the principal amount of a converted
Security and accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if
any)
thereon. Any accrued interest (including Additional Interest, if any) payable
on
a converted Security shall be deemed paid in full rather than canceled,
extinguished or forfeited.
(5) Neither
the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent has any duty to determine or calculate
the
Conversion Value, Daily Conversion Value, Daily Share Amount, the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion, if any, or any other
computation required under this Article XII, all of which shall be
determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture,
and the Trustee and Conversion Agent shall not be under any responsibility
to
determine the correctness of any such determinations and/or calculations and
may
conclusively rely on the correctness thereof.
SECTION
12.15 Simultaneous
Adjustments.
In
the
event that this Article XII requires adjustments to the Conversion Price
under more than one of Sections 12.5(1) and (3), and the record dates for
the distributions giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date,
then such adjustments shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of
Section 12.5(3), as applicable, and, second, the provisions of Section 12.5(1).
If more than one event requiring adjustment pursuant to Section 12.5 shall
occur before completing the determination of the Conversion Price for the first
event requiring such adjustment, then the Board of Directors (whose
determination shall, if made in good faith, be conclusive) shall make such
adjustments to the Conversion Price (and the calculation thereof) after giving
effect to all such events as shall preserve for Holders the Conversion Price
protection provided in Section 12.5.
ARTICLE
XIII
REDEMPTION
AND REPURCHASES
SECTION
13.1 Repurchase
of Securities at Option of the Holder on Specified Dates.
(1) At
the
option of the Holder, the Company shall repurchase on March 15, 2009, June
15,
2009, September 15, 2009, December 15, 2009, March 15, 2010, March 15, 2012,
March 15, 2017 and March 15, 2022 (each, a “Repurchase Date”) all or a portion
of the Securities held by such Holder for cash at a price per Security equal
to
100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Security (the “Repurchase Price”),
together with accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) thereon, up to but not including the Repurchase Date.
Securities
shall be repurchased pursuant to this Section 13.1 at the option of the
Holder thereof upon:
(i) delivery
to the Company and the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice (a
“Repurchase Notice”) at any time from the opening of business on the date that
is 30
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Business
Days prior to the Repurchase Date until the close of business on such Repurchase
Date stating:
(i) if
the
Security which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased is a Security in
definitive form, the certificate number of such Security, or if such Security
is
a Global Security, the notice must comply with the Applicable
Procedures;
(ii) the
portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder will deliver
to
be repurchased, which portion must be in a principal amount of U.S.$1,000 or
any
integral multiple thereof; and
(iii) that
such
Security shall be repurchased as of the Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms
and conditions specified in this Indenture; and
(ii) delivery
or book-entry transfer of such Security to the Paying Agent prior to, on or
after the Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the
offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery being a condition to receipt by
the
Holder of the Repurchase Price therefor, together with accrued but unpaid
interest (including Additional Interest, if any); provided that the Repurchase
Price, together with accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest,
if any) thereon, shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 13.1 only if the
Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to
the
description thereof in the related Repurchase Notice.
The
Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 13.1, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such
portion is U.S.$1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000. Provisions of
this
Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the
repurchase of a portion of a Security.
Any
repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 13.1 shall be consummated by the delivery to the Paying Agent of
the Repurchase Price, together with accrued but unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) thereon, to be received by the Holder promptly
following the later of the Repurchase Date and the time of delivery or
book-entry transfer of the Security to the Paying Agent in accordance with
this
Section 13.1.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent
the
Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 13.1(1) shall have the right
to
withdraw such Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business
on
the Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying
Agent at the principal office of the Paying Agent in accordance with
Section 13.2.
The
Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any
Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(2) Company
Repurchase Notice. In connection with any repurchase of Securities pursuant
to
this Section 13.1, the Company shall give written notice of the Repurchase
Date to the
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Holders
(the “Company Repurchase Notice”). The Company Repurchase Notice shall be sent
by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder not less than 30 Business
Days prior to any Repurchase Date. Each Company Repurchase Notice shall include
a form of Repurchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall
state:
(i) the
Repurchase Price, the Conversion Price and accrued, but unpaid interest, if
any
(including Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date;
(ii) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(iii) that
Securities as to which a Repurchase Notice has been given may be converted
only
if (x) the applicable Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and (y) the Securities may be converted
pursuant to Article XII of the Indenture;
(iv) that
Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment of the
Repurchase Price and accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest,
if any);
(v) that
the
Repurchase Price for any Securities as to which a Repurchase Notice has been
given and not withdrawn, together with accrued but unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) payable with respect thereto, shall be paid
promptly following the later of the Repurchase Date and the time of surrender
of
such Securities as described in clause (iv);
(vi) the
procedures the Holder must follow under this Section 13.1;
(vii) the
conversion rights of the Securities;
(viii) that,
unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Repurchase Price, interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) on Securities covered by any Repurchase
Notice will cease to accrue on and after the Repurchase Date;
(ix) the
CUSIP
number of the Securities; and
(x) the
procedures for withdrawing a Repurchase Notice (as specified in
Section 13.2).
At
the
Company’s request, which shall be made at least three Business Days prior to the
date by which the Company Repurchase Notice is to be given to the Holders in
accordance with this Section 13.1, and at the Company’s expense, the
Trustee shall give the Company Repurchase Notice in the Company’s name; provided
that, in all cases, the text of the Company Repurchase Notice shall be prepared
by the Company.
If
any of
the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall
modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable
Procedures that apply to the repurchase of Global Securities.
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SECTION
13.2 Effect
of
Repurchase Notice.
Upon
receipt by the Paying Agent of a Repurchase Notice, the Holder of the Security
in respect of which such Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such
Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs)
thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Repurchase Price, together with
accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon,
to
but not including the Repurchase Date with respect to such Security. Such
Repurchase Price, together with accrued but unpaid interest (including
Additional Interest, if any) thereon, to but not including the Repurchase Date
shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent,
promptly following the later of (x) the Repurchase Date with respect to
such Security (provided
that the
conditions in Section 13.1 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of
delivery or book-entry transfer of such Security to the Paying Agent by the
Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 13.1. Securities in
respect of which a Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may
not be converted pursuant to Article XII hereof on or after the date of the
delivery of such Repurchase Notice unless such Repurchase Notice has first
been
validly withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs.
A
Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal
delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Repurchase
Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior
to
the Repurchase Date specifying:
(i) if
the
Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted
is a
Security in definitive form, the certificate number of such Security, or if
such
Security is a Global Security, the notice must comply with the Applicable
Procedures;
(ii) the
principal amount of the Security with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted; and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains subject to the original
Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for repurchase by
the
Company.
There
shall be no repurchase of any Securities pursuant to Section 13.1 if an
Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the Repurchase Price)
has occurred prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving by the
Holders of such Securities of the required Repurchase Notice and such Event
of
Default is continuing. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective
Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Repurchase
Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by
it during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default in the
payment of the Repurchase Price) in which case, upon such return, the Repurchase
Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
SECTION
13.3 Deposit
of Repurchase Price.
Prior
to
10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately following the
Repurchase Date the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying
Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary thereof or an Affiliate of either
of
them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall
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segregate
and hold in trust) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if
deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the aggregate Repurchase
Price
together with accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if
any) thereon, to but not including the Repurchase Date of all the Securities
or
portions thereof which are to be repurchased as of the Repurchase
Date.
SECTION
13.4 Securities
Repurchased in Part.
Any
Security in definitive form that is to be repurchased only in part shall be
surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of
such Security, without service charge, one or more new Securities in definitive
form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate
principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal
amount of the Security in definitive form so surrendered which is not
repurchased.
SECTION
13.5 Covenant
to Comply with Securities Laws upon Repurchase of Securities.
When
complying with the provisions of Section 13.1 hereof (so long as such offer
or repurchase constitutes an “issuer tender offer” for purposes of Rule 13e-4
(which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under
the
Exchange Act at the time of such offer or repurchase), the Company shall
(i) comply in all material respects with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor
schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply
in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws so as to
permit the rights and obligations under Section 13.1 to be exercised in the
time and in the manner specified in Section 13.1.
If
any of
the provisions of this Article XIII are inconsistent with applicable law,
such law shall govern.
SECTION
13.6 Repayment
to the Company.
To
the
extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant
to
Section 13.3 exceeds the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Securities or
portions thereof which the Company is obligated to repurchase as of the
Repurchase Date together with accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional
Interest, if any) thereon, then, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Company, promptly after the Business Day following the Repurchase Date the
Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest,
if
any, thereon.
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ARTICLE
XIV
REPURCHASE
OF SECURITIES AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
SECTION
14.1 Right
to
Require Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change.
In
the
event that a Fundamental Change (as hereinafter defined) shall occur, then
each
Holder shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to require the Company to
repurchase, and upon the exercise of such right the Company shall repurchase,
all of such Holder’s Securities not theretofore converted or called for
redemption, or any portion of the aggregate principal amount thereof that is
equal to U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof
(provided that no single Security may be repurchased in part unless the portion
of the aggregate principal amount of such Security to be Outstanding after
such
repurchase is equal to U.S.$1,000 or integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess
thereof), on the date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) that is 30
Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice (as
defined in Section 14.2) at a purchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus interest accrued
but
unpaid to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”); provided,
however,
that
installments of interest on Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior
to
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the
relevant Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 3.7. Such right to require the repurchase of the Securities shall
not continue after a discharge of the Company from its obligations with respect
to the Securities in accordance with Article IV, unless a Fundamental
Change shall have occurred prior to such discharge. Whenever in this Indenture
(including Sections 2.2, 3.1, 5.1(1) and 5.8) there is a reference, in any
context, to the principal of any Security as of any time, such reference shall
be deemed to include reference to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
payable in respect of such Security to the extent that such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price is, was or would be so payable at such time, and express
mention of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in any provision of this
Indenture shall not be construed as excluding the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price in those provisions of this Indenture when such express mention is not
made.
SECTION
14.2 Notices;
Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc.
(1) Unless
the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption all of the Outstanding
Securities, on or before the 30th day after the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change, the Company or, at the request in a Company Order and expense of the
Company on or before the 15th day after such occurrence, the Trustee, shall
give
to all Holders of Securities, in the manner provided in Section 1.6, notice
(the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) 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 Fundamental Change Company Notice
to the Trustee. If such notice is to be given by the Trustee, the Company shall
deliver, on or before the fifth day after such occurrence, a Company Order
requesting the Trustee to give such notice and setting forth all the information
to be included in such notice including the information set forth
below.
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Each
Fundamental Change Company Notice shall state:
(i) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
(ii) the
date
by which the repurchase right must be exercised,
(iii) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
(iv) a
description of the procedure that a Holder must follow to exercise a repurchase
right, and the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for
payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and accrued interest, if
any
(including Additional Interest, if any), to the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date,
(v) that
on
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
and accrued interest, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but
excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date will become due and payable
upon each such Security designated by the Holder to be repurchased, and that
interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(vi) the
Conversion Rate then in effect, the date on which the right to convert the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased will terminate
and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion,
and
(vii) the
place
or places that the Security certificate with the Election of Holder to Require
Repurchase as specified in Section 2.2 shall be delivered.
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 Securities.
If
any of
the foregoing provisions or other provisions of this Article XIV are
inconsistent with applicable law, such law shall govern.
(2) To
exercise a repurchase right, a Holder shall deliver to the Trustee on or before
the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date (i) written notice of the Holder’s exercise of such right,
which notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities to be repurchased (and, if any Security is to
repurchased in part, the serial number thereof, the portion of the aggregate
principal amount thereof to be repurchased and the name of the Person in which
the portion thereof to remain Outstanding after such repurchase is to be
registered) and a statement that an election to exercise the repurchase right
is
being made thereby, and (ii) the Securities with respect to which the
repurchase right is being exercised. Such written notice shall be irrevocable,
except that the right of the Holder to convert the Securities with respect
to
which the repurchase right is being exercised shall continue until the close
of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date.
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(3) In
the
event a repurchase right shall be exercised in accordance with the terms hereof,
the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee before 10:30 a.m.
(New
York City time) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price in cash, as provided above, for payment to the Holder on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest
(including Additional Interest, if any) to, but excluding, the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, payable with respect to the Securities as to which
the
repurchase right has been exercised; provided, however, that installments of
interest that mature on or prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
shall
be payable in cash to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular
Record Date.
(4) If
any
Security (or portion thereof) surrendered for repurchase shall not be so paid
on
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the aggregate principal amount of such
Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be), shall, until paid, bear
interest to the extent permitted by applicable law from the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date at the rate of 3-5/8% per annum, and each Security shall remain
convertible into cash and Common Stock, if any, until the principal of such
Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall have been paid or duly
provided for.
(5) Any
Security that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the
Trustee (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by,
or
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in
writing), and the Company shall execute, and upon its actual receipt by a
Responsible Officer of a Company Order to such effect, the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security
pursuant to such Company Order without service charge, a new Security or
Securities, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an authorized
denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.
(6) All
Securities delivered for repurchase shall be delivered to the Trustee to be
canceled at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as
provided in Section 3.9.
(7) To
the
extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant
to
Section 14.2(3) exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of
the
Securities or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to repurchase
as
of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date together with accrued but unpaid
interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon, then, unless otherwise
agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business Day following
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Trustee shall return any such excess
to the Company together with interest, if any, thereon.
(8) When
complying with the provisions of Section 14.1 hereof (so long as such offer
or repurchase constitutes an “issuer tender offer” for purposes of Rule 13e-4
(which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under
the
Exchange Act at the time of such offer or repurchase), the Company shall
(i) comply in all material respects with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor
schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply
in all material respects with all federal and state
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securities
laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 14.1 to be
exercised in the time and in the manner specified in
Section 14.1.
SECTION
14.3 Certain
Definitions.
For
purposes of this Article XIV,
(1) the
term
“beneficial owner” shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3, as in
effect on the date of the original execution of this Indenture, promulgated
by
the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act;
(2) a
“Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred, at any time after the
original issuance of the Securities, if any of the following
occurs:
(i) during
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors
whose
election to the Board of Directors, or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company, was approved by a vote of a majority of the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors then in office; or
(ii) any
Person acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a
purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions,
of
shares of capital stock of the Company entitling such person to exercise 50%
or
more of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock of the Company
entitled to vote generally in the elections of directors, other than any such
acquisition by the Company, any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan of
the
Company; or
(iii) the
Company merges or consolidates with or into any other Person, any merger or
consolidation of another Person into the Company, or any conveyance, sale,
transfer, lease or other disposal of all or substantially all of the properties
and assets of the Company to another Person (other than (a) any such
transaction (x) involving a merger or consolidation that does not result in
any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares
of Capital Stock of the Company (other than any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Company
solely for shares of publicly traded common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market or on an established national securities exchange or automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States, but disregarding any
cash
payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) and
(y) pursuant to which the holders of 50% or more of the total voting power
of all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors immediately prior to such transaction have the entitlement
to exercise, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power
of
all shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after such
transaction or (b) any transaction which is effected solely to change the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and results in a reclassification,
conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock into solely shares
of common stock); or
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(iv) the
Common Stock into which the Securities are convertible ceases to be listed
on
the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is not listed on an established national
securities exchange or automated over-the-counter trading market in the United
States; or
(v) the
stockholders of the Company pass a resolution approving a plan of liquidation,
dissolution or winding up; and
(3) for
purposes of Section 14.3(2)(i), the term “person” shall include any
syndicate or group which would be deemed to be a “person” under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of the
original execution of this Indenture.
ARTICLE
XV
HOLDERS
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION
15.1 Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semi-annually,
not more than 15 days after the Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as
the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities as of such Regular Record Date, and
(2) at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as the
Trustee is acting as Security Registrar.
SECTION
15.2 Preservation
of Information.
(1) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished
to
the Trustee as provided in Section 15.1 and the names and addresses of
Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The
Trustee may destroy any list, if any, furnished to it as provided in
Section 15.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(2) After
this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the rights
of
Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights, and duties
of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(3) Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company
and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee or any Agent, nor any
agent of any of them, shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure
of
information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information has derived,
and neither the Trustee or any Agent, nor any agent of any of them,
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shall
be
held accountable by reason of any mailing or transmission of any material
pursuant to a request made under this Article XV.
SECTION
15.3 Reports
by Trustee.
(1) After
this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
at
the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(2) After
this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, a copy of
each
such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, if required
by
applicable law, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which
the
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange
and
any delisting thereof.
SECTION
15.4 Reports
by Company.
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, 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 required to be filed with the Commission.
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 obligations hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
ARTICLE
XVI
IMMUNITY
OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION
16.1 Indenture
and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security 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 Security, 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 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 waived and released by
each
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Holder
as
a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture
and
the issue of the Securities.
This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
102
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written.
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | CFO |
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
|
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Title: | First Vice President |
SCHEDULE
A
Share
Price
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective
Date
|
$
|
35.33
|
$
|
38.86
|
$
|
42.40
|
$
|
45.93
|
$
|
49.46
|
$
|
53.00
|
$
|
61.83
|
$
|
105.99
|
$
|
176.65
|
||||||||||
March
14, 2007
|
0.00
|
5.80
|
5.37
|
5.01
|
4.40
|
4.15
|
3.36
|
2.44
|
0.00
|
|||||||||||||||||||
March
15, 2008
|
0.00
|
5.42
|
4.88
|
4.58
|
4.03
|
3.36
|
3.05
|
1.83
|
0.00
|
|||||||||||||||||||
March
15, 2009
|
0.00
|
4.88
|
4.27
|
4.03
|
3.36
|
2.93
|
2.59
|
2.23
|
0.00
|
|||||||||||||||||||
March
15, 2010
|
0.00
|
3.66
|
3.05
|
2.44
|
1.83
|
1.53
|
1.22
|
0.61
|
0.00
|
A-1
ANNEX
A
--
Form
of Restricted Securities Certificate
RESTRICTED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE (For transfers pursuant to Section 3.5(2)(ii) and (iii)
of the Indenture)
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
000
X.
XxXxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
Re: 3-5/8%
CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027 OF PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. (THE
“SECURITIES”)
Reference
is made to the Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2007 (the “Indenture”), from
PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. (the “Company”) to LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or Rule 144 under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) are used herein as so
defined.
This
certificate relates to U.S.$________ aggregate principal amount of Securities,
which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified
Securities”):
CUSIP
No.
[_____________]
CERTIFICATE
No(s). ________
The
person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the “Undersigned”)
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner”.
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security, they are
held
through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the Undersigned, as
or
on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by
a
Global Security, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or
on
behalf of the Owner.
The
Owner
has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the
“Transferee”) who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security or a
beneficial interest therein. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby
certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in
accordance with Rule 144A, or pursuant to another exemption from
registration under the Securities Act (if available) or Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of the states of the United
States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies
as:
ANNEX
A-1
(1) RULE
144A
TRANSFERS. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with
Rule 144A:
(A) the
Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any
person acting on its behalf reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional
buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer; and
(B) the
Owner
and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable steps to ensure that
the Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection
with the transfer; and
(2) RULE
144
TRANSFERS. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) the
transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least one year (computed
in
accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has elapsed since the date the
Specified Securities were acquired from the Company or from an affiliate (as
such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever is later, and is
being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale and
notice requirements of paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144; or
(B) the
transfer is occurring after a period of at least two years has elapsed since
the
date the Specified Securities were acquired from the Company or from an
affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever is
later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not
been,
an affiliate of the Company.
(3) TRANSFERS
PURSUANT TO OTHER SECURITY ACT EXEMPTIONS. If the transfer is being effected
pursuant to a Securities Act exemption other than ones set forth in (1) and
(2) above, there shall be delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel with
respect to such transfer.
This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
Dated:
___________
Print
the
name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the third paragraph of
this
certificate.)
By:
_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
(If
the
Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person
signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.)
ANNEX
A-2
ANNEX
B
-- Form of Unrestricted Securities Certificate
UNRESTRICTED
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For
removal of Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to
Section 3.5(3))
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
000
X.
XxXxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Corporate Trust Department
RE:
|
3-5/8%
CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027 OF PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.
(THE
“SECURITIES”)
|
Reference
is made to the Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2007 (the “Indenture”), from
PRIVATEBANCORP, INC. (the “Company”) to LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Rule 144
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) are used herein as
so defined.
This
certificate relates to U.S.$_______________ aggregate principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified
Securities”):
CUSIP
No.
[________]
CERTIFICATE
No(s). _________________
The
person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the “Undersigned”)
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial
owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so.
Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner.”
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security, they are
held
through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the Undersigned, as
or
on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not represented by
a
Global Security, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or
on
behalf of the Owner.
The
Owner
has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for Securities bearing
no Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 3.5(3) of the
Indenture. In connection with such exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that
the
exchange is occurring after a period of at least two years has elapsed since
the
date the Specified Securities were acquired from the Company or from an
“affiliate” (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever
is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not
been, an affiliate of the Company. The Owner also acknowledges that any future
transfers of the Specified Securities must comply with all applicable securities
laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
ANNEX
B-1
This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
Dated:
______________
(Print
the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the second paragraph
of
this certificate.)
By:
_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
(If
the
Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person
signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.)
ANNEX
B-2
ANNEX
C
-- Form of Surrender Certificate
In
connection with the certification contemplated by Section 12.2 relating to
compliance with certain restrictions relating to transfers of Restricted
Securities, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form
of
the following certificate, with only such changes thereto as shall be approved
by the Company and RBC Capital Markets Corporation.
CERTIFICATE
PRIVATEBANCROP,
INC.
3-5/8%
CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
This
is
to certify that as of the date hereof with respect to U.S.$______ aggregate
principal amount of the above-captioned securities surrendered on the date
hereof (the “Surrendered Securities”) for registration of transfer, or for
conversion or repurchase where the securities issuable upon such conversion
or
repurchase are to be registered in a name other than that of the undersigned
Holder (each such transaction being a “transfer”), the undersigned Holder (as
defined in the Indenture) certifies that the transfer of Surrendered Securities
associated with such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth
on
the face of the Surrendered Securities for the reason checked
below:
_________ The
transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with Rule 144A under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);
or
_________ The
transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; or
_________ The
transfer of the Surrendered Securities has been made pursuant to an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act and an opinion of counsel has been
delivered to the Company with respect to such transfer.
[Name
of
Holder]
Dated:________________________________
*To
be
dated the date of surrender
ANNEX
C-1