BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. as Issuer AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC as Trustee SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of June 14, 2011 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
as Issuer
AND
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
as Trustee
Dated as of June 14, 2011
$275,000,000
2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.01. Scope of Supplemental Indenture |
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Section 1.02. Definitions |
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Section 1.03. Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01. Title and Terms; Payments |
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Section 2.02. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes |
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Section 2.03. Reporting Requirement |
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ARTICLE III FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND REPURCHASES THEREUPON |
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Section 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Section 3.02. Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice |
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Section 3.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice |
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Section 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price |
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Section 3.05. Notes Repurchased in Whole or in Part |
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Section 3.06. Covenant to Comply With Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes |
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Section 3.07. Repayment to the Company |
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ARTICLE IV CONVERSION |
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Section 4.01. Right to Convert |
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Section 4.02. Conversion Procedures |
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Section 4.03. Settlement Upon Conversion |
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Section 4.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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Section 4.05. Exchange in Lieu of Conversion |
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Section 4.06. Adjustments Upon Certain Fundamental Changes |
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Section 4.07. Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale |
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Section 4.08. Taxes on Shares Issued |
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Section 4.09. Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance With Governmental
Requirements; Listing of Common Stock |
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Section 4.10. Responsibility of Trustee |
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Section 4.11. Stockholder Rights Plan |
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES |
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Section 5.01. Events of Default |
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Section 5.02. Additional Interest |
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Section 5.03. Acceleration |
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ARTICLE VI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 6.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of the Supplemental Indenture |
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ARTICLE VII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 7.01. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 7.02. Amendments, Supplements or Waivers With Consent of Holders |
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Section 7.03. Notice of Amendment or Supplement |
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ARTICLE VIII INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE |
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Section 8.01. Redemption |
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Section 8.02. Legend |
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Section 8.03. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.04. Subordination |
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Section 8.05. Securities in a Foreign Currency |
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Section 8.06. Sinking Funds |
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Section 8.07. When Company May Merge |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01. Governing Law |
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Section 9.02. Payments on Business Days |
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Section 9.03. No Security Interest Created |
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Section 9.04. Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.05. Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 9.06. Calculations |
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Section 9.07. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc |
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Section 9.08. Execution in Counterparts |
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Section 9.09. Severability |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A Form of Note |
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Exhibit B Form of Notice of Conversion |
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Exhibit C Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice |
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Exhibit D Form of Assignment and Transfer |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 14, 2011, between Brookdale Senior Living Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee
(the “Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of June 14, 2011, between the Company and the Trustee
(as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Original
Indenture”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides, among other things, for the issuance, from time to
time, of the Company’s Senior Securities, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or
more series to be established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered as provided in,
the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Original Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture to establish the form and terms of
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 2.2 of the Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to
execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture, the Company desires to establish a
new series of its Securities to be known as its “2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018” (the
“Notes”), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to
be set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Form of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note and the
Form of Notice of Conversion, Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice and Form of Assignment and
Transfer contemplated under the terms of the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter
provided; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid
instrument in accordance with its terms, and (ii) the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been
performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized
in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, for and in consideration of the
premises and the purchases of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the
benefit of the Company and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Scope of Supplemental Indenture.
The changes, modifications and supplements to the Original Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall only govern the terms
of, the Notes, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Securities
that may be issued under the Original Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to
such other Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any corresponding provisions in the
Original Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions.
Except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture, all words, terms and phrases
defined in the Original Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meaning
herein as in the Original Indenture. To the extent terms defined herein differ from terms defined
in the Original Indenture the terms defined herein will govern for purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture and the Notes. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“Additional Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02.
“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Additional Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(a).
“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on
which the banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close or be closed.
“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an
association or business entity, shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents
(however designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (d) any other
interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and
losses of, or distribution of the assets of, the issuing person.
“Cash Settlement Averaging Period” with respect to any Note means (i) if the relevant
Conversion Date occurs prior to March 15, 2018, the 30 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on,
and including, the third Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion Date, and (ii) if
the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period beginning on, and including, March 15, 2018
and ending at close of business, on the second Trading Day immediately prior to the Stated
Maturity, the 30 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 32nd Scheduled
Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity.
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“close of business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
“Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company as
such shares of common stock exist on the date of this Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section
4.07, or such other Capital Stock into which the Company’s common stock may be reclassified,
converted or otherwise changed pursuant to Section 4.07.
“Conversion Agent” means the Trustee or such other office or agency designated by the Company
where Notes may be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent shall initially be the Trustee.
“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b)(i).
“Conversion Price” means, in respect of each Note, as of any date, $1,000, divided by the
Conversion Rate as of such date.
“Conversion Rate” means, initially, 34.1006 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
“Conversion Trigger Price” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(i).
“Custodian” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Daily Conversion Value” means, for each of the 30 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period, one thirtieth (1/30th) of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion
Rate on such Trading Day multiplied by (ii) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such Trading Day.
“Daily Measurement Value” means, the quotient of the Specified Dollar Amount, if any, divided
by 30.
“Daily Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(b).
“Daily VWAP” means, in respect of the Common Stock on any Trading Day, the per share
volume-weighted average price on the New York Stock Exchange as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page <BKD.N Equity AQR> (or its equivalent successor if such
page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the
scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such
Trading Day as determined by the Board of Directors in a commercially reasonable manner, using a
volume-weighted average price method). The Daily VWAP shall be determined without regard to
after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.
“Definitive Notes” means certificated Notes registered in the name of the Holder thereof.
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“Depositary” or “Depository” has the meaning set forth in the Original Indenture, which shall
initially be DTC until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean such successor Depositary.
“Designated Institution” has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
“effective date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(b).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Ex-Dividend Date” means, in respect of any issuance, dividend or distribution, the first date
on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market,
regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution from the Company,
whether directly or indirectly by due bills or otherwise.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(e).
“Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(e).
“Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of any of the following at any time after the Notes
are originally issued:
(1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other
than the Company or its Subsidiaries files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the
Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect ultimate
“beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s common equity
representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s common equity;
(2) consummation of any binding share exchange, exchange offer, tender offer, consolidation or
merger of the Company pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Common Stock will be
converted into cash, securities or other property or any sale, lease or other transfer in one
transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more
of the Company’s Subsidiaries; (any such exchange, offer, consolidation, merger, transaction or
series of transactions being referred to in this definition as an “event”); provided, however, that
any such event where the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
immediately prior to such event, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of the
common equity of the continuing or surviving person or transferee or the parent thereof immediately
after such event, with such holders’ proportional voting power immediately after such event being
in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power before such event, shall not
be a Fundamental Change;
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(3) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; or
(4) the Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible) ceases
to be listed on at least one U. S. national securities exchange,
provided, however, in the case of an event described in clause (2) above, if (a) at least 90% of
the consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in the transaction or event that
would otherwise have constituted a Fundamental Change consists of shares of Publicly Traded
Securities, and (b) as a result of the event, the Notes become convertible into such Publicly
Traded Securities, excluding cash payments for fractional shares (subject to the provisions of
Section 4.03), such event shall not be a Fundamental Change; provided, further, if any transaction
in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity shall occur, following
completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change period and any related Fundamental Change
Purchase Date, references to the Company in this definition shall instead apply to such other
entity; and provided, further, that any filing that would otherwise constitute a Fundamental Change
under clause (1) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if (x) the filing occurs in
connection with a transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another
entity (including a parent entity) and (y) no filing of Schedule TO (or any schedule, form or
report) is made or is in effect with respect to common equity representing more than 50% of the
voting power of such other entity.
“Fundamental Change Company Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Fundamental Change Purchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a)(i).
“Fundamental Change Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Global Note” means any Note that is a Registered Global Security.
“Indenture” means the Original Indenture, as originally executed and as amended or
supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto applicable to the
Notes, including this Supplemental Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Indenture, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Original
Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.
“Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Notes, each June
15 and December 15 of each year.
“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per
share of Common Stock (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask
prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average
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ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S.
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading. The Last Reported Sale Price
shall be determined without reference to after-hours or extended market trading. If the Common
Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last
Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or a similar
organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be
determined by a U.S. nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the
Company for this purpose.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental
Change under clause (1) or (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change thereof (in the case of any
Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition thereof, determined without regard to
the proviso in such definition, but subject to the clauses (a) and (b) immediately following clause
(4) of the definition thereof).
“Market Disruption Event” means (i) a failure by the primary exchange or quotation system on
which the Common Stock trades or is quoted to open for trading during its regular trading session
on any Trading Day or (ii) the occurrence or existence, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on
any Trading Day for the Common Stock, for more than a one half-hour period in the aggregate, of any
suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits
permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or
future contracts relating to the Common Stock.
“measurement period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“Merger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
“Note” or “Notes” has the meaning specified in the fourth paragraph of the recitals of this
Supplemental Indenture, and shall include any Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof.
“open of business” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
“Original Indenture” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental
Indenture.
“Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Original Indenture, which shall initially be
the Trustee, and shall be the Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal amount of,
interest on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price of, any Notes on behalf of the Company.
“Prospectus”
means the prospectus dated June 7, 2011 as supplemented by the final prospectus
supplement dated June 8, 2011 relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.
“Publicly Traded Securities” means, in respect of a transaction described in clause (3) of the
definition of Fundamental Change, shares of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities
exchange, or which shall be so traded immediately following the transaction or transactions in
connection with which this definition is applied.
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“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Notes, the June 1
(whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on June 15 and the
December 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an Interest Payment Date on
December 15.
“Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day. If the Common Stock
is not listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).
“Settlement Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(iii).
“Significant Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary that would
constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X promulgated
under the Securities Act as in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture.
“Specified Dollar Amount” means an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of a converted
Note to be received upon conversion as specified by the Company in the notice related to such
converted Note.
“Spin-Off” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any Note and the payment of the principal amount
thereof, June 15, 2018.
“Stock Price” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06(b).
“Trading Day” means a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the
primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock then trades or is quoted, and (ii)
there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a Last
Reported Sale Price must be determined) is not listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
“Trading Price” per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes on any date of determination means
the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Company for $5,000,000 principal
amount of the Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from
three independent U.S. nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided
that, if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Company but only two such bids are
obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably
be obtained by the Company, that one bid shall be used. If the Company cannot reasonably obtain at
least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Notes from a U.S. nationally recognized
securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to
be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
applicable Conversion Rate.
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“Trading Price Condition” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(ii).
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein and all terms defined in the Original
Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP and all accounting determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not exclusive and “including” means “including without limitation”;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import, refer to this
Supplemental Indenture as a whole (including any Board Resolution or supplemental indenture
relating to the relevant Series) and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(6) all exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part of this
Indenture; and
(7) any transaction or event shall be considered “permitted by” or made “in accordance with”
or “in compliance with” this Indenture or any particular provision thereof if such transaction or
event is not expressly prohibited by this Indenture or such provision, as the case may be.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Title and Terms; Payments.
There is hereby established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Original Indenture a
series of Securities designated the “2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018” in an initial
aggregate principal amount to $275,000,000 (as increased by the aggregate principal amount of any
Additional Notes issued pursuant to this section 2.01), except for Notes authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant
to this Indenture. The Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No conversion or repurchase shall be permitted if it would
result in the issuance of a Note with a minimum denomination of less than $2,000.
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The principal amount of Notes then outstanding shall be payable at Stated Maturity. The Notes
shall bear interest at a rate of 2.75% per annum. Interest shall accrue from the initial issuance
date of the Notes, and shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each
year, beginning December 15, 2011.
The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, hereafter issue additional
notes (“Additional Notes”) under the Indenture with the same terms and with the same CUSIP numbers
as the Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture (the “Initial Notes”) in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that, no such Additional Notes may be issued unless
they will be fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax and securities
law purposes. Any such Additional Notes shall constitute a single series together with the Initial
Notes for all purposes hereunder, including, without limitation, for purposes of any waivers,
supplements or amendments to the Indenture requiring the approval of Holders of the Notes and any
offers to purchase the Notes. Holders of such Additional Notes shall vote together with the
Holders of the Notes as one class. The Form of Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer shall be substantially
as set forth in Exhibits A, B, C and D, respectively, hereto, which are incorporated into and shall
be deemed a part of this Supplemental Indenture, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the 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 or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined to be necessary or appropriate by the officers of the Company
executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on any Global Note in immediately
available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of
such Global Note. The Company shall pay the principal of any Definitive Notes at the office or
agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee
as its Paying Agent and Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New York, New York as a
place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer. The Company may,
however, change the Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders
thereof, and the Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes. Interest on any
Definitive Notes shall be payable to Holders of Definitive Notes either by check mailed to each
Holder at its address in the Register or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not later
than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that
Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until that
Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Original Indenture, the provisions of the
Original Indenture relating to the Service Agent shall not apply to the Notes.
Section 2.02. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.
(a) The Notes initially shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes without
interest coupons (i) registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary and (ii)
delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.
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(b) Definitive Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global Note only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Note and a successor depository is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be
registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depository is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days of such cessation, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. Definitive Notes shall not be otherwise issuable. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 2.02 supersedes the provisions of Section 2.14.2 of the Original Indenture to the extent
inconsistent therewith.
Section 2.03. Reporting Requirement.
The Company shall furnish to the Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the SEC (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act),
copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports, if
any, that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. Any quarterly or annual report or other information, document or other report that
the Company files with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on the SEC’s
XXXXX system (or any successor system thereto) shall be deemed furnished as of the time of such
filing. The Trustee does not have the duty to review such information, documents or reports, is not
considered to have notice of the content of such information, documents or reports and does not
have a duty to verify the accuracy of such information, documents or reports. For the avoidance of
doubt, this Section 2.03 supersedes the provisions of Section 4.2 of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE III
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND REPURCHASES THEREUPON
Section 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) Generally. If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Holder of Notes
shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash any or
all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that is equal to an
integral multiple of $1,000, on a date specified by the Company that is not less than 20 Business
Days after the date of and no later than the 35th Business Day following the date of delivery of
the Fundamental Change Company Notice (such date, the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”), at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, including any Additional Interest, to, but not including, the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Price”); provided, however, that if a Fundamental
Change Purchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date
to which such Regular Record Date relates, the interest payable in respect of such Interest
Payment Date shall be payable to the Holders of record as of the corresponding Regular Record Date
and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article 3 and shall not include any accrued and unpaid
interest, including any
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Additional Interest. The requirement for the Company to repurchase any Notes on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date shall be subject to Section 3.06.
Repurchases of Notes under this Section 3.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder
thereof, upon:
(i) | delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”) in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note as Exhibit C thereto, if the Notes are Definitive Notes, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for tendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are not Definitive Notes, in each case prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date; and | ||
(ii) | delivery of the Notes, in the case of Definitive Notes, to the Paying Agent appointed by the Company (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer), or book-entry transfer of the Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, such delivery or transfer being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price therefor. |
The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:
(i) | if such Notes are Definitive Notes, the certificate numbers of such Notes; | ||
(ii) | the portion of the principal amount of such Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and | ||
(iii) | that such Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture; |
provided, however, that if such Notes are in global form, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
must also comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.01 shall have the right to
withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice at any time prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date by
delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.03.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to repurchase the Notes in
accordance with this Section 3.01 if a third party makes an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture and purchases all Notes
validly tendered and not withdrawn under such fundamental change repurchase offer.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
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(b) Fundamental Change Company Notice. On or before the 20th day after the date on
which Fundamental Change becomes effective, which Fundamental Change results in Holders of Notes
having the right to cause the Company to repurchase their Notes (the “effective date”), the
Company shall provide to all Holders of record of the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in
the case of any Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company
Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the Repurchase right at the option of
the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be given pursuant to 11.2 of the
Original Indenture, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with the procedures of the
Depositary for providing notices. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company
Notice, the Company shall issue a press release (and make the press release available on the
Company’s website) and shall publish such press release through a public medium customary for such
press releases.
Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the events causing a Fundamental Change;
(ii) the effective date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) whether such Fundamental Change is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, in which case
the adjustments in Section 4.06 shall be applicable;
(iv) the last date on which a Holder of Notes may exercise the repurchase right
pursuant to this Article 3;
(v) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(vi) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
(vii) if applicable, the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(viii) if applicable, the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the
applicable Conversion Rate;
(ix) if applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the Indenture; and
(x) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase their
Notes.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the
repurchase rights of the Holders of Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the
repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01.
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(c) No Payment During Events of Default. There shall be no repurchase of any Notes
pursuant to this Section 3.01 if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with
respect to the Notes where the payment of the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated,
and such acceleration has not been rescinded (other than an Event of Default that is cured by the
payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes). The Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the respective Holders thereof any Definitive Notes held by it during the continuance of
such an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default that is cured by the payment of the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to the Notes) and shall deem canceled any
instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the
Depositary, in which case, upon such return and cancellation, the Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Section 3.02. Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice specified in
Section 3.01 hereof, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance
with Section 3.03 hereof) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase
Price in cash with respect to such Note. Such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid to
such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, on the later of (x) the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date with respect to such Note (provided the conditions in Section 3.01 hereof have
been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note to the Paying
Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01 hereof.
Section 3.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.
A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.02, specifying:
(i) if Definitive Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes;
(ii) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is
being submitted; and
(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the original
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of an
integral multiple of $1,000;
provided, however, that if such Notes are in global form, the notice must also comply with
appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Definitive Notes
with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with
the provisions of this Section 3.03.
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Section 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price.
Prior to 11:00 a.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as
provided herein) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business
Day) sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof
that are to be repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. If the Paying Agent holds
money or securities sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes on the
Business Day following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date for which a Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then as of such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, (a) such Notes
shall cease to be outstanding and interest (including any Additional Interest) shall cease to
accrue thereon (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or such Notes have been
delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights of the Holders in respect thereof shall
terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and previously
accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) upon delivery or book-entry
transfer of such Notes).
Section 3.05. Notes Repurchased in Whole or in Part.
Any Note that is to be repurchased, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the
office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires in the case of
Definitive Notes, 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 Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange
for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is not repurchased.
Section 3.06. Covenant to Comply With Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes.
In connection with any offer to repurchase Notes under Section 3.01 hereof, the Company shall,
in each case if required, (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other
tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (ii) file a Schedule TO or
any successor or similar schedule, if required, under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply
with all federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section
3.01 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 3.01.
Section 3.07. Repayment to the Company.
To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section
3.04 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof that
the Company is obligated to repurchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase
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Date, then, following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Paying Agent shall promptly
return any such excess to the Company.
ARTICLE IV
CONVERSION
Section 4.01. Right to Convert.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, each
Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert the principal amount of any such
Notes, or any portion of such principal amount equal to an integral multiple of $1,000, at the
Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such Notes, (x) prior to the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2018, only upon satisfaction of one
or more of the conditions described in clauses (i) through (iv) below, and (y) on or after March
15, 2018, at any time prior to the close of business on the second Trading Day immediately
preceding June 15, 2018 irrespective of the conditions described in clauses (i) through (iv)
below:
(i) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15,
2018, a Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Notes for conversion in any fiscal
quarter (and only during such fiscal quarter) after the fiscal quarter ending September 30,
2011 if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days in a
period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately
preceding fiscal quarter exceeds 130% of the Conversion Price on the last day of such
preceding fiscal quarter (such price, the “Conversion Trigger Price”). The Company, upon
notification by the Trustee or the Conversion Agent that one or more Holders exercised their
right to convert the Notes, or otherwise upon request by the Trustee, the Conversion Agent
or any Holder, shall determine at the beginning of each fiscal quarter after the fiscal
quarter ending September 30, 2011 whether the Notes are convertible as a result of the price
of the Common Stock and the Conversion Trigger Price, and if the Company determines that the
Notes are convertible in accordance with this Section 4.01(a)(i), the Company shall notify
the Trustee and the Conversion Agent.
(ii) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15,
2018, a Holder may surrender Notes for conversion during the five Business Day period
immediately after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the “measurement period”) in
which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a
request by a Holder of Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
4.01(a)(ii), for each Trading Day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each
such Trading Day (the “Trading Price Condition”), subject to compliance with the procedures
and conditions set forth in this Section 4.01(a)(ii) concerning the obligation to make a
trading price determination, in which event the Trading Price Condition shall be met. The
Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance
with this Section 4.01(a)(ii) unless a Holder of Notes provides the Company and the Trustee
with
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reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would
be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
Conversion Rate. Promptly following receipt of such evidence, the Company shall determine
the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive
Trading Day until such Trading Day on which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock and the Conversion Rate. If, upon presentation of such reasonable evidence by
the Holder, the Company does not so instruct the Trustee to obtain (or, if the Company does
not obtain) bids when required, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes
shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each day the Company fails to do so. If the Trading
Price Condition has been met, the Company shall, as soon as practicable following the
condition being met, so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent and shall
issue a press release and shall publish such press release through a public medium customary
for such press releases (and make such press release available on the Company’s website).
If, at any time after the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last
Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate for such date, the Company
shall so notify the holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent by the same
mechanism.
(iii) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March
15, 2018, if the Company elects to:
(A) distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock rights,
options, or warrants entitling them for a period expiring within 45 calendar days
after the record date for such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common Stock at a price per share less than the Last Reported Sale Price of a share
of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for
such distribution; or
(B) distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, assets,
debt securities or rights to purchase securities of the Company, which distribution
has a per share value, as determined by the Board of Directors, exceeding 10% of the
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the declaration date for such distribution,
then, in each case, the Company shall notify the Holders of the Notes at least 40 Business
Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. Once the Company has given such
notice, Holders may surrender Notes for conversion at any time from, and including, the date
the Company mails such notice until the earlier of the close of business on the second
Trading Day immediately prior to such Ex-Dividend Date or the date of the Company’s
announcement that such distribution shall not take place, even if the Notes are not
otherwise convertible at such time. No Holder may exercise its right to convert its Notes
under the provisions of this Section 4.01(a)(iii) if such Holder otherwise may
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participate in such distribution without conversion (based upon the Conversion Rate and upon
the same terms as holders of the Common Stock).
(iv) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15,
2018, if a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (but without regard to
the exclusion of transactions involving Publicly Traded Securities in the paragraph
following clause (4) of that definition) or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, Holders
may surrender Notes for conversion at any time from and after the date which is 35 Business
Days prior to the anticipated Effective Date of such transaction until the second Trading
Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date corresponding to such
Fundamental Change (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that does not
constitute a Fundamental Change, the 25th Trading Day immediately following the Effective
Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change). The Company shall notify Holders of the
anticipated Effective Date of the Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as
the case may be, as soon as practicable following the date the Company first determines the
anticipated Effective Date of such Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as
the case may be. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make such
determination in time to give such notice no later than 40 Business Days in advance of such
anticipated Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company be
required to provide such notice to Holders and the Trustee before the earlier of such time
as the Company publicly discloses or acknowledges the circumstances giving rise to such
Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as the case may be, or is required to
publicly disclose under applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Company’s equity is then listed the circumstance giving rise to such anticipated Fundamental
Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as the case may be. The Company shall update its
notice promptly if the anticipated Effective Date subsequently changes.
(b) From and after March 15, 2018, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Notes may
be converted at any time until the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day
immediately preceding the Stated Maturity.
Section 4.02. Conversion Procedures.
(a) Each Note shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if applicable,
in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.
(b) In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any interest in a Global
Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to the
Depositary’s book-entry conversion program, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents if required by the Company or the Conversion Agent, and pay the funds, if any, required
by Section 4.03(d) and all transfer or similar taxes if required pursuant to Section 4.08, and the
Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in accordance with the customary practice of
the Depositary. In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any Definitive
Notes, the Holder of any such Notes to be converted, in whole or in part, shall:
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(i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice provided on the back of the Note
(the “Conversion Notice”) or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice;
(ii) deliver the Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the
Conversion Agent;
(iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents,
(iv) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in Section 4.08, and
(v) pay the funds, if any, required under Section 4.03(d).
The date on which the Holder satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth in this
Section 4.02(b) is the “Conversion Date.” The Conversion Agent shall, as promptly as possible, and
in any event within two (2) Business Days of the receipt thereof, provide the Company with notice
of any conversion by a Holder of the Notes.
(c) Each Conversion Notice shall state the name or names (with address or addresses) in which
any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable on such
conversion shall be issued. All such Notes surrendered for conversion shall, unless the shares
issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such Notes, be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
duly executed by, the Holder or his duly authorized attorney.
(d) In case any Notes of a denomination greater than $2,000 shall be surrendered for partial
conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of the Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or portion
thereof) surrendered for conversion immediately prior to the close of business on the relevant
Conversion Date; provided, however, that the person in whose name the certificate or certificates
for the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, that shall be issuable upon such conversion in
respect of any Trading Day during an Cash Settlement Averaging Period, if applicable, shall become
the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the last Trading
Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period (or, if the Company elects to deliver the Settlement
Amount solely in shares of Common Stock, on the Conversion Date).
(e) Upon the conversion of an interest in Global Notes, the Trustee (or other Conversion
Agent appointed by the Company) shall make a notation on such Global Notes as to the reduction in
the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any
conversions of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Note in respect of which a Holder has delivered a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice exercising such Holder’s option to require
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the Company to repurchase such Note may be converted only if such notice of exercise is
withdrawn in accordance with Article 3 hereof and duly submitted such Note for conversion.
Section 4.03. Settlement Upon Conversion.
(a) Subject to this Section 4.03(a), upon any conversion of any Note, the Company shall
deliver to converting Holders, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being
converted, solely cash, solely shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock
(the “Settlement Amount”), at the Company’s election, as set forth in this Section 4.03(a).
(i) All conversions on or after March 15, 2018 will be settled using the same
settlement method.
(ii) Prior to March 15, 2018, the Company will elect (or be deemed to have elected) the
same settlement method for all conversions occurring on any given Conversion Date. Except
for any conversions that occur on or after March 15, 2018, the Company need not elect the
same settlement method with respect to conversions that occur on different Trading Days.
(iii) If, in respect of any Conversion Date (or the period beginning on, and including,
March 15, 2018, and ending on, and including, the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Stated Maturity, as the case may be), the Company elects to deliver a notice
(the “Settlement Notice”) of the relevant settlement method in respect of such Conversion
Date (or such period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee, shall deliver
such Settlement Notice to converting Holders no later than the second Business Day
immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. Such Settlement Notice shall specify
whether the Company shall satisfy its conversion obligation by (A) delivering solely shares
of Common Stock, (B) paying solely cash or (C) paying and delivering, as the case may be, a
combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. In the case of an election to pay and
deliver, as the case may be, a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, the relevant
Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount. If the Company does not
deliver a Settlement Notice, the Company will be deemed to have elected to deliver solely
shares of Common Stock in respect of its conversion obligation.
(iv) The Settlement Amount in respect of any conversion of Notes shall be computed as
follows:
(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of
such conversion by delivering solely Common Stock, the Company will deliver to the
converting Holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (1)(i) the aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be converted, divided by (ii) $1,000, multiplied by (2)
the then-applicable Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date;
(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of
such conversion by paying solely cash, the Company shall pay to the converting
Holder cash in an amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes being
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converted equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the
thirty consecutive Trading Days during the related Cash Settlement Averaging Period;
and
(C) if the Company elects to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of
such conversion by paying and delivering, as the case may be, a combination of cash
and shares of Common Stock, if any, the Company shall pay and deliver to the
converting Holder, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of
Notes being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement
Amounts for each of the thirty consecutive Trading Days during the related Cash
Settlement Averaging Period.
(b) The “Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 30 consecutive Trading Days during the
Cash Settlement Averaging Period, shall consist of:
(i) cash equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value for such Trading Day
and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day, and
(ii) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds the Daily
Measurement Value for such Trading Day, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the
difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by
(y) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such Trading Day.
(c) Subject to Section 4.03(d), upon conversion, Holders shall not receive any separate cash
payment for accrued and unpaid interest or Additional Interest, if any, unless such conversion
occurs between a Regular Record Date and the Interest Payment Date to which it relates, in which
case such interest shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record on such
Regular Record Date.
(d) Upon the conversion of any Notes, the Holder shall not be entitled to receive any
additional cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest or Additional Interest, if any, except to
the extent specified below. The Company’s delivery to the Holder of cash and, if applicable,
Common Stock, together with any cash payment for any fractional share of Common Stock, into which
a Note is convertible shall be deemed to satisfy in full the Company’s obligation to pay the
principal amount of the Notes so converted and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional
Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid
interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion Date shall be
deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if Notes are converted between close of business on a Regular Record Date for the
payment of interest and the open of business on the next Interest Payment Date, Holders of such
Notes at the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the interest and
Additional Interest, if any, payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close
of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following
Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest and Additional
Interest, if any, payable on the next
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Interest Payment Date on the Notes so converted; provided that no such payment need be made
(i) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding June 15, 2018, (ii) if
the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date
and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, or (iii) to the extent of any overdue
interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.
(e) The Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes.
If multiple Notes shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number
of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted
hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional share of stock would be issuable upon the conversion of
any Notes, the Company shall make payment therefor in cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common
Stock based on the Daily VWAP of its Common Stock on the relevant Conversion Date (if the Company
elects to satisfy its conversion obligation solely in shares of Common Stock) and based on the
Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging
Period (in the case of any other settlement method).
(f) The Company shall, subject to the exceptions set forth in this Section 4.03(f), deliver
the Settlement Amount in respect of any Notes that a Holder converts by the third Trading Day
immediately following the last Trading Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period. However, (i)
if the Company elects to satisfy its conversion obligation solely in shares of Common Stock or
(ii) if prior to the Conversion Date for any converted Notes, the Common Stock has been replaced
by Reference Property consisting solely of cash (pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section
4.04), the Company shall deliver the Settlement Amount due in respect of conversion on the tenth
Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if any information required in order to calculate the Settlement Amount deliverable shall not be
available as of the applicable settlement date, the Company shall deliver the additional shares of
Common Stock resulting from that adjustment on the third Trading Day after the earliest Trading
Day on which such calculation can be made.
(g) The last full paragraph of Section 4.7 of the Original Indenture shall be deemed to apply
to the Conversion Agent with references to “money” being deemed references to “money, securities
or a combination thereof.”
Section 4.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate.
The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the events
set forth in this Section 4.04 occurs, without duplication, except that the Company shall not make
any adjustment to the Conversion Rate if Holders of Notes participate, as a result of holding the
Notes, in any of the transactions described under Section 4.04(a), Section 4.04(b), Section
4.04(c), Section 4.04(d) and Section 4.04(e), at the same time as holders of the Common Stock
participate, without having to convert their Notes, as if such Holders held a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect for such Notes immediately
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prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such event multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in
thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
Except as set forth in this Section 4.04 and in Sections 4.06 and 4.11, the Company shall not
adjust the Conversion Rate.
(a) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Notes are outstanding,
issues solely shares of its Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all
of its shares of Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination on its
Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR = CR0 x
|
OS | |
OS0 |
where
CR0 = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business
on the Business Day immediately following the effective date of such share split or share
combination, as the case may be;
CR = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Business
Day immediately following the effective date of such share split or share combination, as the case
may be;
OS0 = The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
dividend, distribution, share split or share combination, as the case may be; and
OS = The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend,
distribution, share split or share combination, as the case may be.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.04(a) shall become effective immediately after
the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or immediately after
the open of business on the effective date for such share split or share combination. If any
dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 4.04(a) is declared but not so paid
or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of
Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. As used in this Section
4.04(a), “effective date” means, in respect of any transaction, the first date on which the shares
of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market (used to determine
the Last Reported Sale Price), regular way, reflecting the transaction.
(b) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Notes are outstanding,
issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options
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or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days from the record date for such distribution to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula (provided that the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or are not distributed): |
CR = CR0 x
|
OS0 + X | ||
OS0 + Y |
where
CR0 = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution;
OS0 = The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
X = The total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or
warrants; and
Y = The number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such
rights, options or warrants divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common
Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of announcement of such distribution.
Any increase made under this Section 4.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such
rights, options, or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of
business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent such rights, options or warrants
are not exercised prior to their expiration or termination, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased
to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance
of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of
shares of Common Stock actually delivered. To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not
so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in
effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred. For the purposes of this
Section 4.04(b), in determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for
or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of announcement of such distribution, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or
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warrants and any amount payable on the exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration,
if other than cash, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
(c) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while the Notes are outstanding,
distributes shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company, evidences of its indebtedness or
other assets or property to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock of the Company,
excluding:
(i) dividends or distributions (including share splits) pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or
Section 4.04(b);
(ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash pursuant to Section 4.04(d);
and
(iii) Spin-Offs to which the provisions set forth in this Section 4.04(c) shall apply;
then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR = CR0 x
|
XX0 | ||
XX0 — FMV |
where
CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution;
SP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the shares of capital
stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding
share of the Common Stock as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion
Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared.
If the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the shares of capital
stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property so distributed with respect to one
share of Common Stock as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution is
equal to or greater than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock
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over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision
shall be made so that each Holder of a Note shall have the right to receive on conversion in
respect of each Note held by such Holder, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock to
which such Holder is entitled to receive, the amount and kind of securities and assets such Holder
would have received had such Holder already owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Conversion Rate immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of the securities or
assets.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) where there has been a payment
of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of capital stock of any class or
series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit (a
“Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR = CR0 x
|
FMV + MP0 | |
MP0 |
where
CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off;
CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for the Spin-Off;
FMV = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity
interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined
for purposes of the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as if such capital stock or similar
equity interest were the Common Stock) over the first ten consecutive Trading Day period
immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (such period, the
“Valuation Period”); and
MP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the
Valuation Period.
The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 4.04(c)
shall occur immediately after the open of business on the day after the last day of the Valuation
Period, but shall be given effect as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the
Spin-Off. If the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and
including, the end of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period in respect of any conversion, references
within this Section 4.04(c) to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for purposes
of calculating the affected daily Conversion Rates in respect of that conversion, with such lesser
number of Trading Days as shall elapse from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off
to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period. For purposes of
determining the Conversion Rate, in respect of any conversion during the 10 consecutive Trading
Days commencing on the Ex-Dividend Date for any Spin-Off, references within the portion of this
Section 4.04(c) related to “Spin-Offs” to
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10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and
including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date.
If any such Spin-Off dividend or distribution is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion
Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared.
(d) (i) If the Company makes or pays any cash dividend or distribution made to all or
substantially all holders of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the
following formula:
CR = CR0 x
|
XX0 | |
XX0 — C |
where
CR0 = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR = The Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution;
SP0 = The average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
C = The amount in cash per share the Company pays or distributes to holders of the Common
Stock.
In the case of an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.04(d), such adjustment shall become
effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the relevant dividend
or distribution. If any dividend or distribution described in this Section 4.04(d) is declared but
not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would
then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
(e) If (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender
offer or exchange offer for Common Stock (subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act
then applicable), and (ii) the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment
per share of Common Stock exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common
Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day
next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the
following formula:
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CR = CR0
|
X | AC + (SP x OS)
|
where
CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on
the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
CR = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Trading Day
next succeeding the Expiration Date;
AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board
of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to such
tender offer or exchange offer);
OS = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time
(after giving effect to such tender or exchange offer); and
SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive
Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration
Date.
The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(e) shall be given effect at the
open of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. If the Trading Day next
succeeding the Expiration Date is less than 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to, and including,
the end of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period in respect of any conversion, references in this
Section 4.04(e) to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for purposes of
calculating the affected daily Conversion Rates in respect of that conversion, with such lesser
number of Trading Days as shall elapse from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the
Expiration Date to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
For purposes of determining the Conversion Rate, in respect of any conversion during the 10
consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date,
references in this Section 4.04(e) to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with
such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next
succeeding the Expiration Date to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date.
(f) The Company is permitted (but not required) to increase the Conversion Rate by any amount
for a period of time of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such
increase would be in the best interests of the Company. The Company shall not take any action that
would result in adjustment of the Conversion Rate, in such a manner as to result in the reduction
of the Conversion Price to less than the par value per share of the Common Stock.
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(g) The Company may (but shall not be required to) increase the Conversion Rate, in addition
to any adjustments pursuant to Section 4.04(a), 4.04(b), 4.04(c), 4.04(d), 4.04(e) or 4.04(f), to
avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in
connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar
event.
(h) Adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth
of a share. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be required to be made for the Company’s
issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock or the right, option or warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or
exchangeable securities, other than as provided in this Section 4.04 and in Section 4.11 hereof.
(i) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided in this Section 4.04, the Company
shall promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent an Officers’ Certificate setting
forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received
such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of
the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has
knowledge is still in effect. As soon as practicable following the adjustment, the Company shall
notify the Holders of the Notes of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the
adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective, and will issue a
press release containing the relevant information (and make such press release available on the
Company’s website). Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of
any such adjustment.
(j)
For purposes of this Section 4.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company
does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury
of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of fractions of shares of Common Stock.
(k)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 4, no adjustment to the
Conversion Rate shall be made:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future
plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s
securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under
any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase
those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan
or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant,
right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii)
above and outstanding as of the date the Initial Notes were first issued;
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(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(v) for accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes.
(l) The Company shall not be required to make an adjustment in the Conversion Rate unless the
adjustment would require a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate. However, the Company
shall carry forward and take into account in any future adjustment any adjustments that are less
than 1% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried forward adjustment, regardless of whether the
aggregate adjustment is less than 1%, (i) upon any Conversion Date of Notes and (ii) on each
Trading Day of any Cash Settlement Averaging Period, if applicable.
(m) If:
(i) the Company elects to satisfy its conversion obligation through delivery of a
combination of cash and Common Stock, and shares of Common Stock are deliverable to settle
the Daily Settlement Amount for a given Trading Day within the Cash Settlement Averaging
Period applicable to Notes that a Holder has converted;
(ii) any distribution or transaction described in Section 4.04(a), Section 4.04(b),
Section 4.04(c), Section 4.04(d) or Section 4.04(e) has not yet resulted in an adjustment to
the Conversion Rate on the Trading Day in question; and
(iii) the shares the Holder shall receive in respect of such Trading Day are not
entitled to participate in the relevant distribution or transaction (because they were not
held by such Holder on a related record date or otherwise);
then the Company shall adjust the number of shares that it delivers to the Holder in respect of the
relevant Trading Day to reflect the relevant distribution or transaction.
(n) If:
(i) the Company elects to satisfy the conversion obligation solely in shares of Common
Stock;
(ii) any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate in Section 4.04(a),
Section 4.04(b), Section 4.04(c), Section 4.04(d) or Section 4.04(e) made prior to the
settlement date has not resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as of the
Conversion Date; and
(iii) the shares of Common Stock the converting Holder will receive on settlement are
not entitled to participate in the distribution or transaction giving rise to such
adjustment event because such shares were not held by such Holder on the record date for
such distribution or transaction or otherwise;
then the Company shall adjust the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable to reflect the
relevant distribution or transaction.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.04, if (i) a Conversion Rate adjustment pursuant to
this Section 4.04 becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date as described above and (ii) a Holder
converting its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the close of business on
the related record date would be treated as the record holder of shares of Common Stock as of the
related Conversion Date as described in Section 4.02 based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such
Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing Conversion Rate adjustment provisions, the
Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will not be made for any Holder
converting Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the close of business on the
related record date. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner
of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend,
distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.
Section 4.05. Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.
When a Holder surrenders its Notes for conversion, the Company may, at its election, direct
the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the second Business Day following the relevant
Conversion Date, such Notes to a financial institution designated by the Company (the “Designated
Institution”) for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for
conversion for exchange in lieu of conversion, the Designated Institution must agree to timely
deliver to the Conversion Agent for delivery to the Holder, in exchange for such Notes, the shares
of Common Stock, cash or any combination thereof that would otherwise be due upon conversion
pursuant to Section 4.02 and in respect of which the Company has notified converting Holders. If
the Company makes the election provided for in this Section 4.05, the Company shall, by the close
of business on the second Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date notify the Holder
surrendering its Notes for conversion that the Company has made such election. In addition, the
Company shall concurrently notify the Designated Institution of the method of settlement that the
Company has elected with respect to such conversion and the relevant deadline for delivery of the
consideration due upon conversion. Any Notes exchanged by the Designated Institution will remain
outstanding.
If the Designated Institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely
deliver the related consideration due upon conversion to the Conversion Agent, or if the Designated
Institution does not accept such Notes for exchange, the Company shall, as promptly as practical
thereafter, convert such Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof, as
applicable in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02
For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will the Company’s designation of a Designated
Institution pursuant to this Section 4.05 require the Designated Institution to accept any Notes
for exchange.
Section 4.06. Adjustments Upon Certain Fundamental Changes.
(a) If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in
connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change at any time from, and including the Effective
Date (as defined below) of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including the Business Day
immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date, or if a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change does not also constitute a
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Fundamental Change, the 25th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date
of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall increase the Conversion Rate for the
Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the
“Additional Shares”) as set forth in this Section 4.06.
(b) The number of Additional Shares, if any, shall be determined by reference to the table
attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs
or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid or deemed paid
per share of the Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the holders of the Common
Stock receive only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the
definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of the
Common Stock. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
the Common Stock on each of the five consecutive Trading Day periods ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Effective Date.
The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table in Schedule A, in
which case, if the Stock Price is:
(i) between two Stock Prices in the table or the Effective Date is between two
Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a
straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher
and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a
365-day year.
(ii) greater than $120.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the
Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A pursuant to
subsection (c) below), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.
(iii) less than $23.00 per share (subject to adjustments in the same manner as the
Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A pursuant to
subsection (c) below), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate, as increased by any
Additional Shares applicable, exceed 43.4782 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner and for the same events as the Conversion Rate as
set forth in Section 4.04.
(c) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A hereto shall
be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The
adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such
adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator
of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in such
table shall be adjusted in the same manner and for the same events as the Conversion Rate as set
forth in Section 4.04.
(d) The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole
Fundamental Change by issuing a press release (and make the press release
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available on the Company’s website) announcing such Effective Date as soon as practicable
after the Company first determines the anticipated Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to make such determination in time to
deliver such notice no later than 40 Business Days in advance of such anticipated Effective Date,
and will update the notice promptly if the anticipated Effective Date subsequently changes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company be required to provide such notice to
the Holders and the Trustee before the earlier of such time as the Company publicly discloses or
acknowledges the circumstances giving rise to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or is required to
publicly disclose under applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s
equity is then listed the circumstances giving rise to such anticipated Make-Whole Fundamental
Change.
Section 4.07. Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger
or Sale.
(a) If any of the following events occur:
(i) any reclassification of the Common Stock;
(ii) a consolidation, merger, combination or binding share exchange involving the
Company; or
(iii) a sale or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the
Company’s property and assets;
(any event as set forth in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) above a “Merger Event”) in each case, in
which holders of the Common Stock would be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property
for their shares of the Common Stock (“Reference Property”), the Holders shall be entitled
thereafter to convert their Notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or
other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of
shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such transaction would
have owned or been entitled to receive upon such transaction; provided, however, that at and after
the effective time of the Merger Event the Settlement Amount shall be calculated and settled in
accordance with Section 4.03 (including the Company’s right to elect a settlement method as
described therein) such that (i) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes as set
forth under Section 4.03 shall continue to be payable as set forth in Section 4.03, (ii) the number
of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of the Notes under Section 4.03, if any,
shall be instead deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that
number of shares of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such Merger Event and (iii)
the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property that a holder
of one share of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such Merger Event.
If, as a result of the Merger Event, each share of Common Stock is converted into the right to
receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of
stockholder election), then (x) the Reference Property into which the Notes shall be convertible
shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of
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consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an
election, and (y) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of this Section 4.07 shall refer to
the consideration referred to in clause (x) attributable to one share of Common Stock. The Company
shall notify Holders of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is
made.
(b)
The Company shall not become a party to any such Merger Event unless its terms are
consistent with this Section 4.07.
Section 4.08. Taxes on Shares Issued.
The Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue
or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Notes pursuant hereto; provided, however,
that if such documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax is due because the Holder of such
Notes has requested that shares of Common Stock be issued in a name other than that of the Holder
of the Notes converted, then such taxes shall be paid by the Holder, and the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver any stock certificate evidencing such shares unless and until the
Holder shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax
withholding required by law or regulations.
Section 4.09. Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance With
Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock.
The Company shall reserve, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in
treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock to satisfy conversion of the Notes from time to time as
such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such
number of shares or securities, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder).
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of
Notes 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 from any tax, lien
or charge (other than those created by the Holder).
Section 4.10. Responsibility of Trustee.
The Trustee and any Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility
to any Holder of Notes to determine or calculate the Conversion Rate, to determine whether any
facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or to confirm the accuracy of
any such adjustment when made or the appropriateness of the method employed, or herein or in any
supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other
Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or
amount) of any shares of Common Stock or of any other securities or property that may at any time
be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Notes; and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent
make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be
responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock
or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Notes for
the purpose of conversion or to comply
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with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article
4. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including
without limitation its right to be compensated, reimbursed, and indemnified, are extended to, and
shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including its capacity as
Conversion Agent.
Section 4.11. Stockholder Rights Plan.
Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes pursuant to this Article 4 shall be
entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the
Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be
provided by the terms of any stockholder rights plan adopted by the Company, as the same may be
amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to any conversion such rights
have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable
stockholder rights agreement, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if
the Company had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, shares of the Company’s capital
stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property as set forth in Section 4.04(c),
subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default.
The Notes shall not be subject to Section 6.1 of the Original Indenture. In lieu thereof, the
Notes shall be subject to the following provisions of this Section 5.01.
An “Event of Default” on the Notes occurs if, voluntarily or involuntarily, whether by
operation of law or otherwise, any of the following shall occur:
(a) default in the payment in respect of the principal of any Note at its maturity upon
required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of any interest (including Additional Interest, if any) upon any
Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach
is specifically dealt with in clauses (a), (b), (f) or (g) of this Section 5.01), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice thereof has been given 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 Notes;
(d) a default or defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (other than the Notes and, for the avoidance of doubt, with full recourse to the
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obligor) by the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) having,
individually or in the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at least $50.0
million, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or
defaults shall have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness prior to its
express maturity or shall constitute a failure to pay at least $50.0 million of such indebtedness
when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto;
(e) the entry against the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any
group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) of a final
judgment or final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50.0
million, by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments remain undischarged,
unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(f) the failure by the Company to comply with the obligation to convert the Notes into Common
Stock, cash or a combination of cash and Common Stock, as applicable, in accordance with Article 4
hereof upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for 5 Business
Days;
(g) failure by the Company to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice pursuant to Section
3.01(b) when due if such failure continues for 5 Business Days;
(h) the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of
subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all
of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or
(i)
a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any Subsidiary that is a Significant
Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of
subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or a Custodian
for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, or
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(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group
of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary),
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee, with 30 days after the occurrence thereof,
written notice of any events which would constitute a Default, the status of such events and the
actions the Company is taking or proposes to take in respect therof.
Section 5.02. Additional Interest.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, if the Company so
elects, the sole remedy of Holders for an Event of Default relating to any obligation either to
file reports as required under Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, or Section 2.03 of this
Supplemental Indenture, shall, for the first 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of
Default (which will be the 60th day after written notice is provided to the Company in accordance
with Section 5.01(c)), consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes
at an annual rate equal to (x) 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for the first
180 days an Event of Default is continuing in such 365-day period and (y) 0.50% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes for the remaining 185 days an Event of Default is continuing in such
365-day period. Additional Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
following the occurrence of such Event of Default in the same manner as regular interest on the
Notes. The Company may elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy under this Section 5.02
by giving notice to the Holders, the Trustee and Paying Agent of such election on or before the
close of business on the 5th Business Day after the date on which such Event of Default otherwise
would occur. If the Company fails to timely give such notice or pay Additional Interest, the Notes
shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.03. On the 366th day after
such Event of Default (if such violation is not cured or waived prior to such 366th day), the Notes
shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.03. This Section 5.02 shall not affect
the rights of the Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the
event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance
with this Section 5.02, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.03.
Whenever in the Original Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of interest on,
or in respect of, any Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
“Additional Interest” provided for in this Section 5.02 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of
such sections, and express mention of the payment of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any
provision shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions where such
express mention is not made.
Section 5.03. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, either
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all of the
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Notes then outstanding (treated as one class) by notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the entire principal of all of the Notes then
outstanding, and the interest accrued thereon, including any Additional Interest, if any, to be due
and payable immediately, and upon such declaration, the same shall become immediately due and
payable. If an Event of Default described in clause Section 5.01(h) or (i) occurs and is
continuing, then the principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding, and the interest accrued
thereon, including any Additional Interest, if any, shall become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by
written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all past Defaults or Events of Default
with respect to the Notes (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from (i)
nonpayment of principal or interest, including any Additional Interest, (ii) failure to repurchase
any Notes when required upon a Fundamental Change or (iii) a failure to deliver, upon conversion,
cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable,
due upon conversion) and rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its
consequences if (A) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction and (B) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of and interest, including any Additional Interest, on the Notes that have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration have been cured or waived.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.03 supersedes the provisions of Section 6.2 and
Section 6.13 of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 6.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of the Supplemental Indenture.
(a) The satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Section 6.01 shall, with
respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety those in Section 8.1 of the Original Indenture,
and all references in the Original Indenture to Section 8.1 thereof and satisfaction and discharge
provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be
references to this Section 6.01 and the satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this
Section 6.01, respectively. When (i) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation
all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and
delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (ii) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable (whether at Stated
Maturity for the payment of the principal amount thereof, on any Fundamental Change Purchase Date
or following the last day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period upon conversion or
otherwise) and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as
applicable, cash funds and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, sufficient to pay all amounts
due (and shares of Common Stock deliverable following conversion, if applicable) on all of such
Notes (other than any Notes that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu
of or in substitution for which
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other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due, accompanied by a
verification report as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount from an independent certified
accountant or other financial professional reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, and if the
Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then
this Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (A) rights hereunder
of Holders of the Notes to receive all amounts owing upon the Notes and the other rights, duties
and obligations of Holders of the Notes, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if
any, so deposited with the Trustee and (B) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 7.2(b) of the Original Indenture and
at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture; the Company, however, hereby agrees to
reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the
Trustee, including the fees and expenses of its counsel, and to compensate the Trustee for any
services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this
Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.
ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 7.01. Amendments or Supplements Without Consent of Holders.
(a) The provisions set forth in this Section 7.01 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede
in their entirety those in Section 9.1 of the Original Indenture. The Company and the Trustee may
amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes without notice to or the consent of any Holder of
the Notes:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, inconsistency or omission in this Indenture or the Notes in
a manner that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(ii) to cure any defect or error in the Indenture or the Notes or to conform the terms
of the Indenture or the Notes to the description thereof in the Prospectus;
(iii) to provide for the assumption by a successor Company of the obligations of the
Company under this Indenture as provided in Article 5 of the Original Indenture;
(iv) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(v) to secure the Notes;
(vi) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or
conditions for the benefit of the Noteholders or surrender any right or power conferred upon
the Company;
(vii) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any
holder of Notes;
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(viii) to appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes; or
(ix) to comply with any requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.02. Amendments or Supplements With Consent of Holders.
The provisions set forth in this Section 7.02 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in
their entirety those in Section 9.3 of the Original Indenture. Without the consent of each Holder
of an outstanding Note affected thereby, no amendment may:
(a) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent
to an amendment of the Indenture or to waive any past Event of Default;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest, including any
Additional Interest, on any Note;
(c) reduce the principal amount or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;
(d) make any change that impairs or otherwise adversely affects the conversion rights of any
Notes;
(e) reduce any repurchase price or the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note or amend
or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders of Notes the Company’s obligation to make such
payments whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or
otherwise;
(f) make any Note payable in a currency other than that stated in the Note;
(g) change the ranking of the Notes;
(h) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest, including
any Additional Interest, on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; or
(i) make any change in the amendment or waiver provisions of the Indenture.
Section 7.03. Notice of Amendment or Supplement.
After any amendment or supplement to the Indenture or the Notes becomes effective, the Company
shall provide to Holders, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 11.2 of the Original
Indenture, a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement and shall make such notice
available on the Company’s website, provided that any failure to give such notice to all the
Holders, or any defect in such notice, shall not impair or affect the validity of such amendment or
supplement.
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ARTICLE VIII
INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE
Section 8.01. Redemption.
The provisions of Article 3 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
Section 8.02. Legend.
The provisions of Section 2.14.3 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
Instead, any Global Note shall bear the legend set forth in the Exhibit A hereto.
Section 8.03. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
The provisions of Section 8.3 and Section 8.4 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the
Notes.
Section 8.04. Subordination.
The provisions of Section 8.6 and Article 10 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the
Notes.
Section 8.05. Securities in a Foreign Currency.
The provisions of Section 11.15 and Article 10 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to
the Notes.
Section 8.06. Sinking Funds.
The provisions of Article 12 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
Section 8.07. When Company May Merge.
The provisions of Section 5.1 of the Original Indenture shall be hereby amended with respect
to the Notes by deleting the following words in the first paragraph thereof: “and may not permit
any Person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to, the Company,”.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Governing Law.
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH OF THE
NOTES.
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Section 9.02. Payments on Business Days.
If any Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity of the Notes or any Fundamental Change
Purchase Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment shall accrue in respect of the
delay.
Section 9.03. No Security Interest Created.
Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar
legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.
Section 9.04. Trust Indenture Act.
This Supplemental Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be governed by, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof or the Original Indenture that is required to be included in an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section 9.05. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any
authenticating agent, any Registrar and their successors hereunder or the Holders of the Notes, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 9.06. Calculations.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall be
responsible for making all calculations called for under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.
These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of any Last Reported Sale Price
of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate. The Company
shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s
calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule
of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if different than the
Trustee), and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent (if different than the Trustee) is entitled
to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent
verification. The Trustee shall forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the
request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the
Conversion Agent shall be responsible for making any calculations for determining amounts to be
paid or for monitoring any stock price.
Section 9.07. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this
Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be
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considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or
provisions hereof.
Section 9.08. Execution in Counterparts.
This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 9.09. Severability.
In the event any provision of this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. |
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By: | /s/ T. Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | T. Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as
Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | |||
SCHEDULE A
The following table sets forth the numbers of Additional Shares to be received per $1,000
principal amount of Notes pursuant to Section 4.06 of this Supplemental Indenture based on
hypothetical Stock Prices and Effective Dates, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
Stock Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date | $23.00 | $25.00 | $27.50 | $29.33 | $32.50 | $35.00 | $40.00 | $45.00 | $50.00 | $60.00 | $75.00 | $90.00 | $105.00 | $120.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 14, 2011 |
9.3776 | 8.2049 | 6.8930 | 6.1417 | 5.1347 | 4.5292 | 3.6421 | 3.0294 | 2.5819 | 1.9870 | 1.4445 | 1.0984 | 0.8567 | 0.6787 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2012 |
9.3776 | 8.1254 | 6.7169 | 5.9197 | 4.8693 | 4.2490 | 3.3628 | 2.7688 | 2.3451 | 1.7914 | 1.3020 | 0.9926 | 0.7769 | 0.6174 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2013 |
9.3776 | 8.0444 | 6.5131 | 5.6587 | 4.5515 | 3.9133 | 3.0281 | 2.4573 | 2.0632 | 1.5651 | 1.1385 | 0.8703 | 0.6838 | 0.5455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2014 |
9.3776 | 7.9071 | 6.2296 | 5.3093 | 4.1420 | 3.4888 | 2.6167 | 2.0828 | 1.7299 | 1.3059 | 0.9513 | 0.7304 | 0.5760 | 0.4612 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2015 |
9.3776 | 7.6443 | 5.8012 | 4.8098 | 3.5886 | 2.9318 | 2.1022 | 1.6318 | 1.3390 | 1.0123 | 0.7415 | 0.5722 | 0.4530 | 0.3638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2016 |
9.3776 | 7.1808 | 5.1398 | 4.0742 | 2.8198 | 2.1889 | 1.4633 | 1.1016 | 0.9034 | 0.6906 | 0.5118 | 0.3971 | 0.3154 | 0.2541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2017 |
9.3776 | 6.3459 | 4.0355 | 2.8963 | 1.6850 | 1.1673 | 0.6947 | 0.5258 | 0.4469 | 0.3532 | 0.2649 | 0.2062 | 0.1642 | 0.1326 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2018 |
9.3776 | 5.8994 | 2.2630 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
Sc. A - 1
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR
NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS NOTE 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 NOTE 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 HEREON 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.
Ex. A - 1
2.75% Convertible Senior Note due 2018
No. [ ] | Initially $[ ] |
CUSIP Xx. 000000 XX0
Xxxxxxxxx Senior Living Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, [ ] ($[ ])
(or such lesser principal amount as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Securities”) on June 15, 2018 unless earlier converted or repurchased, and to pay interest thereon
as set forth in the manner, at the rates and to the Persons set forth in the Indenture.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2011.
Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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Ex. A - 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. has caused this instrument to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as
Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Ex. A - 3
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
2.75% Convertible Senior Note due 2018
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued under an Indenture dated as of June 14, 2011, as amended and supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (herein called the “Original Indenture”) and as
further supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 14, 2011 (herein called the
“Supplemental Indenture” and the Original Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture,
the “Indenture”) by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC,
herein called the “Trustee”, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount, subject to conditions specified in the Indenture.
1. INTEREST
This Note shall bear interest at a rate of 2.75% per annum from June 14, 2011 or from the
most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided to, but excluding, the next scheduled
Interest Payment Date, until the principal hereof shall be repaid. Interest on this Note shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest is payable
semi-annually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on December 15, 2011, to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Additional Interest shall be payable at
the option of the Company on the terms set forth in Section 5.02 of the within-mentioned
Supplemental Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue
interest, in each case at a rate of 2.75% per annum. Interest not paid when due and any interest on
principal or interest not paid when due will be paid to Holders on a special record date, which
will be the 15th day preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of such interest,
whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before a special record date, the
Company will send to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that sets forth the special record
date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
2. MATURITY DATE
The Notes shall mature on June 15, 2018.
3. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on any Global Note in immediately
available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of
such Global Note. The Company shall pay the principal of any Definitive Notes at the office or
agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the
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Trustee as its Paying Agent and Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New York,
New York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer. The
Company may, however, change the Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes without prior notice to
the Holders thereof, and the Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar for the Notes. Interest
on any Definitive Notes shall be payable to Holders of Definitive Notes either by check mailed to
each Holder at its address in the Register or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not
later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until that
Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall make all
payments and deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and the principal
amount on the Stated Maturity thereof, as the case may be, to the holder who surrenders a Note to
the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company shall pay cash
amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
4. PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR, CONVERSION AGENT.
Initially, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar
and Conversion Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent
without prior notice.
5. NO REDEMPTION
This Note is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company and, for the avoidance of
doubt, this Note is not subject to the provisions of Article 3 of the Original Indenture.
6. FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND REPURCHASES THEREUPON
Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s
option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in
principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date
at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.
7. CONVERSION
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the
right, at its option, during periods and upon the occurrence of conditions specified in the
Indenture, prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding
June 15, 2018, to convert this Note or a portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof, into cash, shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof
at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.
8. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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The provisions in Section 6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture supersede the entirety of Section
8.1 of the Original Indenture with respect to this Note.
9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
As provided in the Indenture and subject to limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Note is registrable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer
at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this
Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor,
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and
in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. No conversion or repurchase shall be permitted if it would result in the
issuance of a Note with a minimum denomination of less than $2,000.
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.
10. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, in case an Event of Default, as
defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of and interest on
all Notes may be declared due and payable, by either the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become due
and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture; provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(h) or
(i) of the Supplemental Indenture, the principal amount of, and interest on, all the Notes shall
automatically become due and payable.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin
and currency, herein prescribed.
11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
The Indenture permits, with 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
Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
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principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes,
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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
12. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS |
The Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
13. DEFINITIONS
All defined terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
14. AUTHENTICATION
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an
authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
15. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall control. This Note, for all purposes, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= as joint tenants
with right of Survivorship and not as tenants in common), UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act),
CUST (= Custodian).
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]
The undersigned owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this
Note, or a portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple hereof) below designated, into
cash, shares of
Common Stock or any combination thereof, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to
in this Note, and directs that cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable
upon conversion, together with any payment for fractional shares of Common Stock, and any Notes
representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be paid or issued and delivered, as the case
may be, to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. Subject
to exceptions set forth in the Indenture, if this notice is being delivered on a date after the
close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the opening of business on the related
Interest Payment Date, this notice is accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal of this Note to be converted. If any shares
of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the
undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto. Any amount required to be paid
by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.
Principal amount to be converted (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):
Date: | Your Signature: | |||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the | ||||
other side of this Security) | ||||
*Signature guaranteed by:
By: ________________________________________
* | This signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee. |
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Signature Guarantee
Fill in for registration of any shares of Common Stock and Notes if to be issued otherwise than to
the registered Holder.
Agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another
to act for him or her.
(Name)
(Address)
Please print Name and Address
(including zip code number)
Social Security or other Taxpayer
Identifying Number
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE]
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with
respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Purchase Date and requests and
instructs the Company to repay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Note and the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount
of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple
thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Purchase Date does not fall during
the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
In the case of certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are
as set forth below:
Dated:
Signature(s)
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified guarantor institution with membership in an approved
signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Signature Guaranty
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
Principal amount to be repurchased (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):
$__________, 000
NOTICE: The signature on the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatever.
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
For value received hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the
within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints to transfer the said Note on the books
of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Date: | Your Signature: | |||
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the | ||||
other side of this Security) | ||||
*Signature guaranteed by:
By: ________________________________________
* | This signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee. |
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