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EXHIBIT 4.2
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INTEVAC, INC.
AND
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
AS TRUSTEE
6 1/2% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2004
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 1997
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ARTICLE I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ARTICLE II The Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities: Exchange of Global Security for Certificated Securities . . . . 15
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest or Liquidated Damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE III Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 3.08. Designated Event Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 3.09. Conversion Arrangement on Underwritten Call for Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ARTICLE IV Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 4.03. Compliance Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 4.04. Stay, Extension and Usury Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.05. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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SECTION 4.06. Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 4.08. Designated Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.09. Delivery of Certain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.10. Resale of Certain Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.11. Further Instruments and Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ARTICLE V Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.01. Conversion Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.02. Conversion Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.03. Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 5.04. Taxes on Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 5.05. Company to Provide Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 5.06. Adjustment of Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 5.07. No Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 5.08. Other Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 5.09. Adjustments for Tax Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 5.10. Adjustments by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 5.11. Notice of Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 5.12. Notice of Certain Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 5.13. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers or Sales on Conversion Privilege 31
SECTION 5.14. Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARTICLE VI Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 6.01. Agreement to Subordinate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 6.02. No Payment on Securities if Senior Debt in Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 6.03. Distribution on Acceleration of Securities; Dissolution and
Reorganization: Subrogation of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 6.04. Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt on Subordination Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 6.05. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 6.06. Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 6.07. Other Provisions Subject Hereto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 6.08. Certain Conversions and Repurchases Deemed Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE VII Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 7.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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SECTION 7.02. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE VIII Defaults and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 8.02. Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 8.03. Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.04. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.05. Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.06. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.07. Rights of Noteholders to Receive Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.08. Collection Suit by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.10. Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 8.11. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ARTICLE IX Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 9.01. Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 9.02. Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 9.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 9.04. Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 9.06. Reports by Trustee to Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.07. Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.08. Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.12. Sections Applicable to Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent . . . . . . . . 48
ARTICLE X Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 10.01. Termination of Company's Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 10.02. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ARTICLE XI Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 11.01. Without Consent of Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 11.02. With Consent of Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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SECTION 11.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 11.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 11.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 11.06. Trustee Protected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ARTICLE XII Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 12.02. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 12.07. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 12.08. No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 12.09. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 12.10. Variable Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 12.11. GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 12.12. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 12.13. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 12.14. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
EXHIBIT A FORM OF CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
EXHIBIT B FORM OF REGULATION S CERTIFICATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1
EXHIBIT C FORM OF 144A SECURITIES CERTIFICATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
EXHIBIT D RESTRICTIVE LEGEND FOR COMMON STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D-1
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INDENTURE dated as of February 15, 1997 between Intevac, Inc., a
California corporation (the "Company") and State Street Bank and Trust Company
of California, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and
for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders of the Company's 6-1/2%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "Securities"):
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling",
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any
person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or
otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or
co-registrar.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any authorized committee of the Board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivery
to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of equity interests in any
entity, including, without limitation, corporate stock and partnership
interests.
"Change of Control" means any event where: (i) any "person" or "group"
(as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act) of shares representing more than 50% of the combined voting power
of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in elections of
directors of the Company ("Voting Stock"), (ii) the Company consolidates with
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other corporation, or any other corporation merges into the Company, and, in
the case of any such transaction, the outstanding Common Stock of the Company
is reclassified into or exchanged for any other property or security, unless
the shareholders of the Company immediately before such transaction own,
directly or indirectly immediately following such transaction, at least a
majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of
the corporation resulting from such transaction in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Voting Stock immediately before such
transaction, (iii) the Company conveys, transfers or leases all or
substantially all of its assets to any person, unless such conveyance, transfer
or lease is to a corporation and the shareholders of the Company immediately
before such conveyance, transfer or lease own, directly or indirectly
immediately following such transaction, at least a majority of the combined
voting power of the corporation to which such assets are so conveyed,
transferred or leased in the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting
Stock immediately before such transaction, or (iv) any time the Continuing
Directors do not constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company
(or, if applicable, a successor corporation to the Company); provided, that a
Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the
consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in the
transaction or transactions constituting the Change of Control consists of
shares of common stock that are, or upon issuance will be, traded on a United
States national securities exchange or approved for trading on an established
automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company as the same
exists at the date of the execution of this Indenture or as such stock may be
constituted from time to time.
"Company" means the party named as such above until a successor
replaces it in accordance with Article VI and thereafter means the successor.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination, any
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of such
Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture or (ii) was nominated for
election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority
of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board at the time of such
nomination or election.
"Custodian" means State Street Bank and Trust Company of California,
N.A., as custodian with respect to the Global Securities, or any successor
entity thereto.
"Daily Market Price" means the price of a share of Common Stock on the
relevant date, determined (a) on the basis of the last reported sale price
regular way of the Common Stock as reported on the NNM, or if the Common Stock
is not then listed on the NNM, as reported on such national securities exchange
upon which the Common Stock is listed, or (b) if there is no such reported sale
on the day in question, on the basis of the average of the closing bid and
asked quotations regular way as so reported, or (c) if the Common Stock is not
listed on the NNM or on any national securities exchange, on the basis of the
average of the high bid and low asked quotations regular way on the day in
question in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
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Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or if not so
quoted, as reported by National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, or a similar
organization.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both, would be an Event of Default.
"Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and
their respective successors.
"Designated Event" means the occurrence of a Change of Control or a
Termination of Trading.
"Designated Senior Debt" means any Senior Debt which, at the date of
determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or commitments
to lend up to, at least $10.0 million and is specifically designated by the
Company in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Debt as
"Designated Senior Debt" for purposes of this Indenture (provided, that such
instrument may place limitations and conditions on the right of such Senior
Debt to exercise the rights of Designated Senior Debt).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Excess Payment" means the excess of (A) the aggregate of the cash and
fair market value of other consideration paid by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to the shares acquired in a tender offer or other
negotiated transaction over (B) the Daily Market Price on the Trading Day
immediately following the completion of such tender offer or other negotiated
transaction multiplied by the number of acquired shares.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, which are in effect from time to time.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any person, all obligations,
whether or not contingent, of such person (i)(a) for borrowed money (including,
but not limited to, any indebtedness secured by a security interest, mortgage
or other lien on the assets of such person which is (1) given to secure all or
part of the purchase price of property subject thereto, whether given to the
vendor of such property or to another, or (2) existing on property at the time
of acquisition thereof), (b) evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other
written instrument, (c) under a lease required to be capitalized on
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the balance sheet of the lessee under GAAP or under any lease or related
document (including a purchase agreement) which provides that such person is
contractually obligated to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such
leased property, (d) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or
bankers' acceptances, (e) with respect to Indebtedness secured by a mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or adverse claim affecting title or resulting
in an encumbrance to which the property or assets of such person are subject,
whether or not the obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed or
guaranteed by or shall otherwise be such person's legal liability, (f) in
respect of the balance of the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any
property or assets, and (g) under interest rate, currency or credit swap
agreements, cap, floor and collar agreements, spot and forward-contracts and
similar agreements and arrangements; (ii) with respect to any obligation of
others of the type described in the preceding clause (i) or under clause (iii)
below assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by such person or in effect
guaranteed by such person through an agreement to purchase (including, without
limitation, "take or pay" and similar arrangements), contingent or otherwise
(and the obligations of such person under any such assumptions, guarantees or
other such arrangements); and (iii) any and all deferrals, renewals,
extensions, refinancings and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or
supplements to, any of the foregoing.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended from time to time.
"Initial Purchasers" means Salomon Brothers Inc, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
and Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC.
"Issuance Date" means the date on which the Securities are first
authenticated and issued.
"Liquidated Damages" means any liquidated damages payable pursuant to
the Registration Agreement.
"Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company which at the
date of determination is a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (as such
Regulation is in effect on the date hereof).
"Noteholder" or "holder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered.
"NNM" means the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Offering Memorandum" means the Offering Memorandum relating to the
Securities dated February 20, 1997.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers,
one of whom must be the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer or a Vice-President of the Company. See
Sections 12.04 and 12.05 hereof.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company or the Trustee. See Sections 12.04 and 12.05 hereof.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"principal" of a debt security means the principal of the security
plus the premium, if any, on the security.
"Registration Agreement" means the Registration Agreement relating to
the Securities dated February 15, 1997, between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative (if any)
for an issue of Senior Debt.
"Restricted Period" means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning
on and excluding the later of (i) the day on which Securities are first offered
to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on
Regulation S and (ii) the last original issuance date of the Securities.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the Securities described in the preamble above that
are issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Debt" means the principal of, premium, if any, interest and
liquidated damages, if any, on, and fees, costs and expenses in connection
with, and other amounts due on Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding
on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed by the Company, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing or
pursuant to which Indebtedness is outstanding, it is expressly provided that
such Indebtedness is not senior in right of payment to the Securities. Senior
Debt includes, with respect to the obligations described above, interest
accruing, pursuant to the terms of such Senior Debt, on or after the filing of
any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company,
whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding, at the rate
specified in the instrument governing the relevant obligation. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt shall not include: (a)
Indebtedness of or amounts owned by the Company for compensation to employees,
or for goods, services or materials purchased in the ordinary course of
business; (b) Indebtedness of the Company to a Subsidiary of the Company; or
(c) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the
Company.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Registration Agreement.
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"Subsidiary" means any corporation, association or other business
entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.
"Termination of Trading" will be deemed to have occurred if the Common
Stock (or other common stock into which the Securities are then convertible) is
neither listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor
approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading
market in the United States.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section
Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of execution of this Indenture.
"Trading Day" shall mean (A) if the applicable security is listed or
admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national
securities exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other
national securities exchange is open for business, (B) if the applicable
security is quoted on the NNM, a day on which trades may be made thereon or (C)
if the applicable security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted,
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
in the State of New York or the State of California are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
"Trustee" means the party named as such above until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor.
"Trust Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
assigned by the Trustee to administer this Indenture.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"144A Global Security" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Agent Members" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Bankruptcy Custodian" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"Bankruptcy Law" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"Cedel" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Commencement Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08
"Conversion Agent" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Conversion Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.02
"Conversion Price" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.01
"Conversion Shares" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06(c)
"Current Market Price" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06(f)
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"Designated Event Offer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.08
"Designated Event Payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.08
"Designated Event Payment Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08
"Distribution Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06
"Distribution Record Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06
"Euroclear" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Event of Default" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"Global Security" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Legal Holiday" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.07
"Non-Global Purchasers" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Offer Amount" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08
"Officer" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10
"Paying Agent" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Payment Blockage Notice" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.02
"Payment Blockage Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.02
"Payment Default" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"Purchase Agreement" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Purchase Date" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06
"QIBs" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Registrar" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03
"Regulation S" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Regulation S Global Security" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Restricted Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Rights" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.06
"Rule 144A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.01
"Tender Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Securities;
"indenture security holder" means a Noteholder;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Securities means the Company or any other obligor on
the Securities.
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All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the
TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(c) "or" is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural include the singular; and
(e) provisions apply to successive events and
transactions.
ARTICLE II.
The Securities
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.
The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any,
or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form
acceptable to the Company). The Company shall furnish any such legend not
contained in Exhibit A to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set
forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture and to the extent
applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of
this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby.
(a) Global Securities. The Securities are being offered
and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement relating to the
Securities, dated February 20, 1997, among the Company and the Initial
Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement").
Securities offered and sold either (i) in reliance on Regulation S
under the Securities Act ("Regulation S"), as provided in the Purchase
Agreement, shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global
securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with
the Global Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A
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hereto (the "Regulation S Global Security") (provided that during the
Restricted Period any sale or transfer of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Security shall be subject to the provisions of the
Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto as if such legend
was set forth on the Regulation S Global Security, and that from and after the
end of the Restricted Period any such sale or transfer of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Security shall not be subject to the provisions of
the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto) or (ii) to
Qualified Institutional Buyers ("QIBs") in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), as provided in the Purchase Agreement, shall be
issued in the form of one or more permanent global Securities in definitive,
fully registered form without interest coupons with the Restricted Securities
Legend and the Global Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the
"144A Global Security") (such 144A Global Security, together with the
Regulation S Global Security, a "Global Security"). The Global Securities
shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented
thereby with the Trustee as Custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the
name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary (and, in the case of a
Regulation S Global Security, for the accounts of designated agents holding on
behalf of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") or Cedel Bank, societe anonyme
("Cedel")), duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Security
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter
provided in this Article II. The 144A Global Security shall bear the
Restricted Securities Legend set forth on Exhibit A unless removed in
accordance with the provisions of this Section or Section 2.06(b) hereof.
(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(b) shall
apply only to a Global Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
this Section 2.01(b) and the written order of the Company, authenticate and
deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in
the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's
instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian for the Depositary pursuant to
a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement between the Depositary and the Trustee.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall
have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on
their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the Custodian of the
Depositary or under such Global Security, and the Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for
all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the
exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global
Security.
(c) Certificated Securities. Except as provided in
Section 2.10, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Securities. Purchasers
of Securities who are not QIBs and did not purchase Securities sold in reliance
on Regulation S under the Securities Act (referred to herein as the "Non-Global
Purchasers") will
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receive certificated Securities bearing the Restricted Securities Legend set
forth in Exhibit A hereto ("Restricted Securities"). Restricted Securities
will bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth on Exhibit A unless
removed in accordance with Section 2.06(b) hereof. Restricted Securities may
be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security in accordance with
the 2.06(a) hereof.
After a transfer of any Securities during the period of the
effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Securities,
all requirements pertaining to legends on such Security will cease to apply,
the requirements requiring any such Security issued to certain holders to be
issued in global form will cease to apply, and a certificated Security without
legends will be available to the holder of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. Two Officers shall
sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The
Company's seal shall be reproduced on the Securities.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
Upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers, the
Trustee shall authenticate the Securities for original issue up to an aggregate
principal amount of $50,000,000 (or $57,500,000 if the over-allotment set forth
in Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement is exercised in full by the Initial
Purchasers). The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any
time shall not exceed such aggregate amount of $57,500,000 except as provided
in Section 2.07.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company
or an Affiliate.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The
Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of
New York (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), (ii) an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and (iii)
an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion
("Conversion Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities
and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint the Registrar, the
Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent. The Company may appoint one or more
co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional
conversion agents in such other locations as it shall determine; provided that
no such designation shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation
to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
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The City of New York, State of New York, for such purposes. The term "Paying
Agent" includes any additional paying agent and the term "Conversion Agent"
includes any additional conversion agent. The Company may change any Paying
Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or Conversion Agent without prior notice to any
Noteholder. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of
any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the
Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act as
Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or Conversion Agent. The Company
initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and
Custodian and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointments and each of the
corporate trust office of the Trustee in Los Angeles, California and the office
or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
State of New York (which shall initially be State Street Bank and Trust
Company, N.A., an Affiliate of the Trustee located at 00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Trust Window, New York, New York 10006), shall be considered
as one such office or agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Company
shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Noteholders or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
interest or Liquidated Damages on the Securities, and will notify the Trustee
of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such
default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any money disbursed
by it. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it
shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the
Noteholders all money held by it as Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.05. Noteholder. The Trustee shall preserve in as current
a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date
and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Noteholders.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. Where Securities are
presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a
transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of
other denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06,
3.08, 5.02 or 11.05 hereof).
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The Company shall not be required (i) to register the transfer of or
exchange Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of any selection of Securities for redemption under Section
3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, or
(ii) to exchange or register the transfer of any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part or (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange
Securities submitted for repurchase (and not withdrawn) under Section 4.08
hereof.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein,
so long as a Global Security remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of
the Depositary, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, or of any
beneficial interest therein, shall only be made in accordance with Section
2.01(b) and this Section 2.06.
Except for transfers or exchanges made in accordance with any of
clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 2.06(a), transfers of a Global Security
shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in
part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such
successor's nominee.
(i) 144A Global Security to Regulation S Global
Security. If the owner of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security
wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a person who wishes to acquire
the same in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions
of this clause (i) and clause (v) below and subject to the Applicable
Procedures. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar, of (A) an order given
by the Depositary or its authorized representative directing that a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Security in a specified principal amount be
credited to a specified Agent Member's account and that a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Security in an equal principal amount be debited from
another specified Agent Member's account and (B) a Regulation S Certificate in
the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly
executed by the owner of such beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security
or his attorney duly authorized in writing, then the Trustee, as Registrar but
subject to clause (v) below, shall reduce the principal amount of the 144A
Global Security and increase the principal amount of the Regulation S Global
Security by such specified principal amount.
(ii) Regulation S Global Security to 144A Global
Security. If the owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a person who wishes to
acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global
Security, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with this clause
(ii) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as
Registrar, of (A) an order given by the Depositary or its authorized
representative directing that a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security
in a specified principal amount be credited to a specified Agent Member's
account and that a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security in
an equal principal amount be debited from another specified Agent Member's
account and (B) if such transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, a
Rule 144A Securities Certificate in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto,
satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the owner of such beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Security or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, then the Trustee, as Registrar, shall reduce the
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principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security and increase the principal
amount of the 144A Global Security by such specified principal amount.
(iii) Global Security to Restricted Security. If
an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security deposited with the
Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian for the Depositary wishes at any
time to transfer its interest in such Global Security to a person who is
required to take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Security, such
owner may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Cedel, if
applicable, and the Depositary, cause the exchange of such interest for one or
more Restricted Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations and
of the same aggregate principal amount at maturity. Upon receipt by the
Trustee, as Registrar, of instructions from Euroclear or Cedel, if applicable,
and the Depositary directing the Trustee, as Registrar, to authenticate and
deliver one or more Restricted Securities of the same aggregate principal
amount at maturity as the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be
exchanged, such instructions to contain the name or names of the designated
transferee or transferees, the authorized denomination or denominations of the
Restricted Securities to be so issued and appropriate delivery instructions
and, if so requested by the Trustee or the Company, certification by the owner
of such beneficial interest stating that the person transferring such interest
in such Global Security reasonably believes that the person acquiring the
Restricted Securities for which such interest is being exchanged is an
institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and is acquiring such Restricted
Securities having an aggregate principal amount of not less than $250,000 for
its own account or for one or more accounts as to which the transferee
exercises sole investment discretion, then the Trustee, or Registrar, as the
case may be, will instruct the Depositary to reduce or cause to be reduced such
Global Security by the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the beneficial
interest therein to be exchanged and to debit or cause to be debited from the
account of the person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the
Global Security that is being transferred, and concurrently with such reduction
and debit the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, one or more Restricted Securities of the same aggregate principal
amount at maturity in accordance with the instructions referred to above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a)(iii), no
transfer of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security shall be
made to a Non-Global Purchaser in the form of Restricted Security during the
Restricted Period.
(iv) Restricted Security to either a Global
Security or Restricted Security. If a holder of a Restricted Security wishes
at any time to transfer such Restricted Security to a person who is required to
take delivery thereof in the form of beneficial interest in a Global Security
or a Restricted Security, such holder may, subject to the restrictions on
transfer set forth herein and in such Restricted Security, cause the exchange
of such Restricted Security for either a beneficial interest in a Global
Security or for one or more Restricted Securities of any authorized
denomination or denominations and of the same aggregate principal amount at
maturity. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Registrar, of (1) such Restricted
Security, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such holder
directing the Trustee, as Registrar, either to (i) credit to a specified Agent
Member's account the specified principal amount of the beneficial interest so
transferred or (ii) authenticate and deliver one or more Restricted Securities
of the same aggregate principal amount at maturity as the Restricted Security
to be exchanged (such instructions to contain the name or
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names of the designated transferee or transferees and the amount or amounts of
the authorized denomination or denominations) and (3) the Assignment Form and
Certificate of Transfer with the applicable box checked on the reverse of the
Restricted Security by the transferor, then the Trustee, as Registrar, shall
cancel or cause to be canceled such Restricted Security and concurrently
therewith, the Trustee shall either (x) increase the size of the respective
Global Security, and credit the specified Agent Member's account with the
specified amount of the beneficial interest so transferred or (y) the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more
Restricted Securities of the same aggregate principal amount at maturity, in
accordance with the instructions referred to above.
(v) Other Exchanges. In the event that a Global
Security is exchanged for Securities in definitive registered form pursuant to
Section 2.10 prior to the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with
respect to such Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance
with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of
clause (iii) above.
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Depositary to
ensure that, until the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Global Security may be held only in or through
accounts maintained at the Depositary by Euroclear or CEDEL (or by Agent
Members acting for the account thereof), and no person shall be entitled to
effect any transfer or exchange that would result in any such interest being
held otherwise than in or through such an account; provided that this clause
(2)(a)(v) shall not prohibit any transfer or exchange of such an interest in
accordance with clause (ii) or (iii) above.
(a) Except in connection with a Shelf Registration
Statement contemplated by and in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Agreement, if Securities are issued upon the registration of transfer, exchange
or replacement of Securities bearing the Restricted Securities Legend set forth
in Exhibit A hereto, or if a request is made to remove such Restricted
Securities Legend on the Securities, the Securities so issued shall bear the
Restricted Securities Legend, or the Restricted Securities Legend shall not be
removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company such
satisfactory evidence, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that
neither the legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are
required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule
144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act or, with respect to
Restricted Securities, that such Securities are not "restricted" within the
meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon provision to the Company of
such satisfactory evidence, the Trustee, at the written direction of the
Company, shall authenticate and deliver Securities that do not bear the legend.
(b) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any
actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. If the holder of a
Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken
or if such Security is mutilated and is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
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Security if the Trustee's and the Company's requirements are met. If required
by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be sufficient in the
judgment of both to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security
is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be redeemed or
purchased by the Company pursuant to Article III hereof or converted into
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Article V hereof, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay, redeem, purchase or
convert such Security, as the case may be.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities. The Securities outstanding
at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those
described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced, paid, redeemed, or purchased or converted
pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless, in the
case of a replaced Security, the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that
the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If Securities are considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, they
cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities. In determining whether the
Noteholders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as though they are not
outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which a Trust Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities: Exchange of Global Security for
Certificated Securities.
(a) Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities.
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(b) Other than any transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Global Security pursuant to Section 2.06(a)(iii), a Global Security deposited
with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian for the Depositary
pursuant to Section 2.01 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof
in the form of certificated securities only if such transfer complies with
Section 2.06 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time
such Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange
Act and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days
of such notice, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Any Global Security that is transferable to the
beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Securities pursuant to
this Section 2.10 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee to be
so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of
such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount at maturity of
Securities of authorized denominations in the form of certificated Securities.
Any portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be
executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall
direct. Any Securities in the form of certificated Securities delivered in
exchange for an interest in the Global Security shall, except as otherwise
provided by Section 2.06(b), bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in
Exhibit A hereto.
(d) Prior to any transfer pursuant to Section 2.10(b),
the registered holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold
interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled
to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(e) In the event of the occurrence of either of the
events specified in Section 2.10(b), the Company will promptly make available
to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities in definitive
form without interest coupons.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to
them for registration of transfer, redemption, purchase, conversion, exchange
or payment. The Trustee shall promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer, redemption, purchase, conversion, exchange, payment,
replacement or cancellation and shall destroy all canceled Securities unless
the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation or that any holder has converted.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest or Liquidated Damages. If the
Company fails to make a payment of interest or Liquidated Damages on the
Securities, it shall pay such defaulted interest or Liquidated Damages plus any
interest payable on the defaulted interest or Liquidated Damages, in any lawful
manner. It may pay such defaulted interest or Liquidated Damages, plus any
such interest payable on them, to the persons who are Noteholders on a
subsequent special record
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date. The Company shall fix any such record date and payment date. At least
15 days before any such record date, the Company shall mail to Noteholders a
notice that states the record date, payment date, and amount of such interest
or Liquidated Damages to be paid.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, it shall notify the Trustee of the
redemption date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. The
Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section 3.01 at least 20
days before the redemption date (unless a shorter notice period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee).
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than
all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed by a method that complies with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed, or,
if the Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata basis. The Trustee shall
make the selection not more than 60 days and not less than 15 days before the
redemption date from Securities outstanding not previously called for
redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of
Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities and portions
of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of
Securities to be called for redemption.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part
after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed
(so far as may be) to be the portion to be selected for redemption. The
Securities (or portions thereof) so selected shall be deemed duly selected for
redemption for all purposes hereof, notwithstanding that any such Security is
converted in whole or in part before the mailing of the notice of redemption.
Upon any redemption of less than all the Securities, the Company and the
Trustee may treat as outstanding any Securities surrendered for conversion
during the period 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption
and need not treat as outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered
during such period in exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security
converted in part during such period.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 15 days but not more
than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of
redemption to each holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at such holder's
registered address.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall
state:
(a) the redemption date;
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(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the
portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after
the redemption date, upon cancellation of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued
in the name of the holder thereof;
(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price plus accrued
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any;
(f) that, unless the Company defaults in making such
redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, by law or otherwise, interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on Securities called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(g) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the
Securities called for redemption are being redeemed.
Such notice shall also state the current Conversion Price and
the date on which the right to convert such Securities or portions thereof into
Common Stock of the Company will expire.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable
on the redemption date at the price set forth in the Security.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before the
redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying
Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, up to but not including the redemption date on all
Securities to be redeemed on that date (subject to the right of holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, due on an interest payment date) unless theretofore converted into
Common Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof. The Trustee or the Paying
Agent shall return to the Company any money not required for that purpose.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate for the holder at the expense of the Company a new Security
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered.
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SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption. The Company may redeem all or
any portion of the Securities, upon the terms and at the redemption prices set
forth in each of the Securities. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07
shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
SECTION 3.08. Designated Event Offer.
(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.08 hereof,
the Company shall commence a Designated Event Offer, the Company shall follow
the procedures in this Section 3.08.
(b) The Designated Event Offer shall remain open for a
period specified by the Company which shall be no less than 30 calendar days
and no more than 40 calendar days following its commencement on the date of the
mailing of notice in accordance with Section 4.08(b) hereof (the "Commencement
Date"), except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law
(the "Tender Period"). Upon the expiration of the Tender Period (the
"Designated Event Payment Date"), the Company shall purchase the principal
amount of Securities required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.08 hereof
(the "Offer Amount").
(c) If the Designated Event Payment Date is on or after
an interest payment record date and on or before the related interest payment
date, any accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the related
interest payment date will be paid to the person in whose name a Security is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional
interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, will be payable to Noteholders who
tender Securities pursuant to the Designated Event Offer.
(d) The Company shall provide the Trustee with written
notice of the Designated Event Offer at least 10 Business Days before the
Commencement Date.
(e) On or before the Commencement Date, the Company or
the Trustee (at the request and expense of the Company) shall send, by first
class mail, a notice to each of the Noteholders, which shall govern the terms
of the Designated Event Offer and shall state:
(i) that the Designated Event Offer is being made
pursuant to this Section 3.08 and Section 4.08 hereof and that all Securities
tendered will be accepted for payment;
(ii) the purchase price (as determined in
accordance with Section 4.08 hereof), the length of time the Designated Event
Offer will remain open and the Designated Event Payment Date;
(iii) that any Security or portion thereof not
tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest and, if
applicable, Liquidated Damages;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Designated Event Payment, any Security or portion thereof
accepted for payment pursuant to the Designated
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Event Offer shall cease to accrue interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, after
the Designated Event Payment Date;
(v) that Noteholders electing to have a Security
or portion thereof purchased pursuant to any Designated Event Offer will be
required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of
Noteholder To Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day preceding the Designated Event Payment Date;
(vi) that Noteholders will be entitled to withdraw
their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of
business on the second Business Day preceding the Designated Event Payment
Date, or such longer period as may be required by law, a letter or a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission (receipt of which is confirmed and promptly
followed by a letter) setting forth the name of the Noteholder, the principal
amount of the Security or portion thereof the Noteholder delivered for purchase
and a statement that such Noteholder is withdrawing his election to have the
Security or portion thereof purchased; and
(vii) that Noteholders whose Securities are being
purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount
to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, which unpurchased
portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple
thereof.
In addition, the notice shall contain all instructions and
materials that the Company shall reasonably deem necessary to enable such
Noteholders to tender Securities pursuant to the Designated Event Offer.
(f) On or prior to the Designated Event Payment Date, the
Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent in
immediately available funds an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for
payment in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.08. On the Designated
Event Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for
payment the Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Designated
Event Offer, (ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee Securities so
accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating such
Securities or portions thereof have been accepted for payment by the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3.08. The Paying Agent shall promptly
(but in any case not later than five calendar days after the Designated Event
Payment Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Noteholder an amount equal to
the purchase price of the Securities tendered by such Noteholder, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Noteholders a
new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the
Security surrendered, if any; provided, that each new Security shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Any Securities not
so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by or on behalf of the
Company to the holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results
of the Designated Event Offer on, or as soon as practicable after, the
Designated Event Payment Date.
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(g) The Designated Event Offer shall be made by the
Company in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and
all applicable tender offer rules promulgated thereunder, and shall include all
instructions and materials that the Company shall reasonably deem necessary to
enable such Noteholders to tender their Securities.
SECTION 3.09. Conversion Arrangement on Underwritten Call for
Redemption. In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may
arrange for the purchase and conversion of any Securities by an arrangement
with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such
Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the holders, on or before the
date fixed for redemption, an amount not less than the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued to (but excluding) the date fixed for
redemption, of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article 3, the obligation of the Company to pay the
redemption price of such Securities, together with interest accrued to (but
excluding) the date fixed for redemption, shall be deemed to be satisfied and
discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by the purchasers. If such an
agreement is entered into, a copy of which will be filed with the Trustee prior
to the date fixed for redemption, any Securities not duly surrendered for
conversion by the holders thereof may, at the option of the Company, be deemed,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, acquired by such purchasers from such
holders and (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article 5)
surrendered by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to
the close of business on the date fixed for redemption (and the right to
convert any such Securities shall be deemed to have been extended through such
time), subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid. At the direction
of the Company, the Trustee shall hold and dispose of any such amount paid to
it in the same manner as it would monies deposited with it by the Company for
the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee's prior written consent, no
arrangement between the Company and such purchasers for the purchase and
conversion of any Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any of the
powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in
this Indenture, and the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in
connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any
Securities between the Company and such purchasers to which the Trustee has not
consented in writing, including the costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee
in the defense of any claim or liability arising out of or in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers, duties, responsibilities or
obligations under this Indenture.
ARTICLE IV
Covenants
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on
the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities.
Principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company) holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, then due and such Paying Agent is not
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prohibited from paying such money to the Noteholders on that date pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture. To the extent lawful, the Company shall pay
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the rate borne by the
Securities, compounded semiannually. The Company shall also pay all Liquidated
Damages, if any, in the manner, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in
the Registration Agreement.
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports. Whether or not required by the rules
and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Securities are outstanding, the
Company will file with the SEC and the Trustee, and if requested by any holders
of Securities, the Trustee shall furnish to the holders of Securities all
quarterly and annual financial information required to be contained in a filing
with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, including a "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations" and, with respect
to annual information only, a report thereon by the Company's certified
independent accountants.
SECTION 4.03. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company,
an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company
and its subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under, and
complied with the covenants and conditions contained in, this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of such Officer's knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled each and every covenant, and complied with the covenants and
conditions contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance
or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or if a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults
or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge) and that to the
best of such Officer's knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence
by reason of which payments on account of the principal or of interest or
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Securities are prohibited.
One of the Officers signing such Officers' Certificate shall be either
the Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer.
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of:
(a) any Default, Event of Default or default in the
performance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this
Indenture; or
(b) any event of default under any other mortgage,
indenture or instrument as that term is used in Section 8.01(f), an Officers'
Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default or default.
Immediately upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to Liquidated
Damages in respect of any of the Securities in accordance with Section 11 of
the form thereof or the termination of any such
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Liquidated Damages, the Company shall give the Trustee notice of such
Liquidated Damages or termination thereof, of the interest rate borne by the
Securities after giving effect to such Liquidated Damages or termination
thereof and of the event giving rise to such Liquidated Damages or termination
thereof (such notice to be contained in an Officers' Certificate), and prior to
receipt of such Officers' Certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to assume
that no such Liquidated Damages or termination thereof has occurred, as the
case may be.
SECTION 4.04. Stay, Extension and Usury Law. The Company covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
SECTION 4.05. Corporate Existence. Except as provided in Article
VII hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the
corporate, partnership or other existence of each Subsidiary of the Company in
accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Subsidiary and
the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and
its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or
other existence of any Subsidiary, if the Company shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is
not adverse in any material respect to the Noteholders.
SECTION 4.06. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will cause
all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of
any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working
order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall
prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of
such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company,
desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the holders.
SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will
pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same may become
delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or
property of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) all claims for labor, materials
and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon the
property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (iii) all stamps and other
duties, if any, which may be imposed by
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the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection
with the issuance, transfer, exchange or conversion of any Securities or with
respect to this Indenture; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i)
and (ii), the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim (A) if the failure
to do so will not, in the aggregate, have a material adverse impact on the
Company, or (B) if the amount, applicability or validity is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 4.08. Designated Event. (a) Upon the occurrence of a
Designated Event, each holder of Securities shall have the right, in accordance
with this Section 4.08 and Section 3.08 hereof, to require the Company to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of
such holder's Securities pursuant to the terms of Section 3.08 (the "Designated
Event Offer") at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon to the
Designated Event Payment Date (the "Designated Event Payment").
(b) Within 30 days following any Designated Event, the
Company shall mail to each holder the notice provided by Section 3.08(e).
SECTION 4.09. Delivery of Certain Information. At any time when
the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the
request of a holder of a Security that is a "restricted security" under Rule
144 or the holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the
Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information
(as defined below) to such holder of Securities that are "restricted
securities" under Rule 144 or such holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon
conversion thereof, or to a prospective purchaser of any such security
designated by any such holder, to the extent required to permit compliance by
such holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision
thereto) in connection with the resale of any such security; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to furnish such information in
connection with any request made on or after the date which is three years (or
such shorter period under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor
rule) from the later of (i) the date such a security (or any such predecessor
security) was last acquired from the Company or (ii) the date such a security
(or any such predecessor security) was last acquired from an "affiliate" of the
Company within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto). "Rule 144A Information" shall be such
information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities
Act (or any successor provision thereto).
SECTION 4.10. Resale of Certain Securities. During the period
beginning on the last date of original issuance of the Securities and ending on
the date that is three years from such date (or such shorter period under Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor rule), the Company will not,
and will use reasonable efforts not to permit any of its subsidiaries or other
"affiliates" (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto) controlled by the Company to, resell (i) any
Securities which constitute "restricted securities" under Rule 144 or (ii) any
securities into which the Securities have been converted under this Indenture
which constitute "restricted securities" under Rule 144, that in either case
have been reacquired by any of them. The
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Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the Company s performance of
its agreement in the preceding sentence.
SECTION 4.11. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
ARTICLE V
Conversion
SECTION 5.01. Conversion Privilege. A holder of a Security may
convert the principal amount thereof (or any portion thereof that is an
integral multiple of $1,000) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock of the Company at any time after 90 days following the Issuance Date and
prior to the close of business (New York time) on the maturity date of the
Security at the Conversion Price then in effect, except that, with respect to
any Security called for redemption, such conversion right shall terminate at
the close of business (New York time) on the Business Day immediately preceding
the redemption date (unless the Company shall default in making the redemption
payment when it becomes due, in which case the conversion price shall terminate
on the date such default is cured). A Security in respect of which a holder
has delivered an "Option of Noteholder to Elect Purchase" form set forth on
Exhibit A hereto exercising the option of such holder to require the Company to
purchase such Security may be converted only if the notice of exercise is
withdrawn as provided in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof. The number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Security is determined by
dividing the principal amount of the Security converted by the conversion price
in effect on the Conversion Date (the "Conversion Price").
The initial Conversion Price is stated in paragraph 10 of the
Securities and is subject to adjustment as provided in this Article V.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a
Security also apply to conversion of a portion of it. A holder of Securities
is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until such holder of
Securities has converted such Securities into Common Stock, and only to the
extent that such Securities are deemed to have been converted into Common Stock
under this Article 5.
SECTION 5.02. Conversion Procedure. To convert a Security, a
holder must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 10 of the Securities. The
date on which the holder satisfies all of those requirements is the conversion
date (the "Conversion Date"). As soon as practicable after the Conversion
Date, the Company shall deliver to the holder through the Conversion Agent a
certificate for the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion and a check for any fractional share determined pursuant to Section
5.03. If the Security submitted for conversion bears or is subject to the
provisions of the Restricted Security Legend, the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof shall bear the legend set forth on Exhibit D hereto, unless
and to the extent the
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restrictions contained in such legend no longer apply to such Common Stock.
The person in whose name the certificate is registered shall become the
shareholder of record on the Conversion Date and, as of such date, such
person's rights as a Noteholder with respect to the converted Security shall
cease; provided, however, that no surrender of a Security on any date when the
stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall be effective to
constitute the person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such
conversion as the shareholder of record of such shares of Common Stock on such
date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the person entitled
to receive such shares of Common Stock as the shareholder of record thereof for
all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such
stock transfer books are open; provided further, however, that such conversion
shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date that such Security shall
have been surrendered for conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the
Company had not been closed.
No payment or adjustment will be made for accrued and unpaid interest
on a converted Security or for dividends or distributions on shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion of a Security, but if any holder surrenders a
Security for conversion after the close of business on the record date for the
payment of an installment of interest and prior to the opening of business on
the next interest payment date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the
interest payable on such interest payment date shall be paid to the holder of
such Security on such record date. In such event, unless such Security has
been called for redemption on or prior to such interest payment date, such
Security, when surrendered for conversion, must be accompanied by payment in
funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on
such interest payment date on the portion so converted.
If a holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the
number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion shall be
based on the total principal amount of Securities converted.
Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Trustee
shall authenticate for the holder a new Security equal in principal amount to
the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 5.03. Fractional Shares. The Company will not issue
fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of a Security. In lieu
thereof, the Company will pay an amount in cash based upon the Daily Market
Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day prior to the date of conversion.
SECTION 5.04. Taxes on Conversion. The issuance of certificates
for shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of any Security shall be made
without charge to the converting Noteholder for such certificates or for any
tax in respect of the issuance of such certificates, and such certificates
shall be issued in the respective names of, or in such names as may be directed
by, the holder or holders of the converted Security; provided, however, that in
the event that certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a
name other than the name of the holder of the Security converted, such
Security, when surrendered for conversion, shall be accompanied by an
instrument of
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transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the registered
holder thereof or his duly authorized attorney; and provided further, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such
certificates in a name other than that of the holder of the converted Security,
and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates
unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall
have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to
the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or is not
applicable.
SECTION 5.05. Company to Provide Stock. The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon
conversion of Securities as herein provided, a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock to permit the conversion of all outstanding Securities for shares
of Common Stock.
All shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the
Securities shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable when so issued.
SECTION 5.06. Adjustment of Conversion Price. The Conversion Price
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (1) pay a dividend in
shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (2) make a distribution in
shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (3) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common
Stock or (4) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the holder of any Security
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number
of shares of Common Stock which he would have owned immediately following such
action had such Securities been converted immediately prior thereto. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a) shall become effective
immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and
shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision or combination.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to
substantially all holders of Common Stock entitling them (for a period
commencing no earlier than the record date for the determination of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive such rights or warrants and expiring not more
than 45 days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) at a price per share
less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to subsection (f)
below) of the Common Stock on such record date, the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Common Stock
which the aggregate offering price of the offered shares of Common Stock (or
the aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities so offered) would
purchase at such
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Current Market Price, and of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of
additional shares of Common Stock offered (or into which the convertible
securities so offered are convertible). Such adjustments shall become
effective immediately after such record date.
(c) In case the Company shall distribute to all holders
of Common Stock shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company other than
Common Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets (other than cash
dividends out of current or retained earnings), or shall distribute to
substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for
securities (other than those Securities referred to in subsection (b) above),
then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the Current Market Price (determined as provided in
subsection (f) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned below
less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value and
described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets so distributed or
of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common
Stock, and of which the denominator shall be such Current Market Price of the
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of the holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive such distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case the Company
shall issue rights or warrants to subscribe for additional shares of the
Company's capital stock (other than those referred to in subsection (b) above)
("Rights") to substantially all holders of Common Stock, the Company may, in
lieu of making any adjustment pursuant to this Section 5.06, make proper
provision so that each holder of a Security who converts such Security (or any
portion thereof) after the record date for such distribution and prior to the
expiration or redemption of the Rights shall be entitled to receive upon such
conversion, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion (the "Conversion Shares"), a number of Rights to be determined as
follows: (i) if such conversion occurs on or prior to the date for the
distribution to the holders of Rights of separate certificates evidencing such
Rights (the "Distribution Date"), the same number of Rights to which a holder
of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Conversion Shares
is entitled at the time of such conversion in accordance with the terms and
provisions of and applicable to the Rights; and (ii) if such conversion occurs
after the Distribution Date, the same number of Rights to which a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which the principal amount of the
Security so converted was convertible immediately prior to the Distribution
Date would have been entitled on the Distribution Date in accordance with the
terms and provisions of and applicable to the Rights. In the event the Company
implements a shareholder rights plan, such rights plan must provide that upon
conversion of the Securities the holders will receive, in addition to the
Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, such rights (whether or not such
rights have separated from the Common Stock at the time of such conversion).
(d) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
at any time distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash (including any
distributions of cash out of current or retained earnings of the Company but
excluding any cash that is distributed as part of a distribution requiring a
Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section) in an
aggregate amount that,
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together with the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of any other distributions to
all holders of its Common Stock made in cash plus (y) all Excess Payments, in
each case made within the 12 months preceding the date fixed for determining
the shareholders entitled to such distribution (the "Distribution Record Date")
and in respect of which no Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to paragraphs
(c) or (e) of this Section or this paragraph (d) has been made, exceeds 15% of
the product of the Current Market Price per share (determined as provided in
paragraph (f) of this Section) of the Common Stock on the Distribution Record
Date multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the
Distribution Record Date (excluding shares held in the treasury of the
Company), the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal
the price determined by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Price reduction contemplated by
this paragraph (d) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current
Market Price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (f) of this
Section) of the Common Stock on the Distribution Record Date less the amount of
such cash and other consideration (including any Excess Payments) so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock (equal to the aggregate
amount of such cash and other consideration (including any Excess Payments)
divided by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Distribution
Record Date) and the denominator shall be such Current Market Price per share
(determined as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section) of the Common Stock
on the Distribution Record Date, such reduction to become effective immediately
prior to the opening of business on the day following the Distribution Record
Date.
(e) In case a tender offer or other negotiated
transaction made by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for all or any
portion of the Common Stock shall be consummated, if an Excess Payment is made
in respect of such tender offer or other negotiated transaction and the amount
of such Excess Payment, together with the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of
all Excess Payments plus (y) the aggregate amount of all distributions to all
holders of the Common Stock made in cash (including any distributions of cash
out of current or retained earnings of the Company), in each case made within
the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such current negotiated
transaction consideration or expiration of such current tender offer, as the
case may be (the "Purchase Date"), and as to which no adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of this Section or this paragraph (e) has been
made, exceeds 15% of the product of the Current Market Price per share
(determined as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section) of the Common Stock
on the Purchase Date multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares but excluding any shares held in the
treasury of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) on the Purchase Date,
the Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to
the effectiveness of the Conversion Price reduction contemplated by this
paragraph (e) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current Market
Price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section) of
the Common Stock on the Purchase Date less the amount of such Excess Payments
and such cash distributions, if any, applicable to one share of Common Stock
(equal to the aggregate amount of such Excess Payments and such cash
distributions divided by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the Purchase Date) and the denominator shall be such Current Market Price per
share (determined as provided in paragraph (f) of this Section) of the Common
Stock on the
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Purchase Date, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the
opening of business on the day following the Purchase Date.
(f) The "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the Daily Market Prices for
the shorter of (i) 30 consecutive Business Days ending on the last full Trading
Day on the exchange or market referred to in determining such Daily Market
Prices prior to the time of determination or (ii) the period commencing on the
date next succeeding the first public announcement of the issuance of such
rights or such warrants or such other distribution or such negotiated
transaction through such last full Trading Day on the exchange or market
referred to in determining such Daily Market Prices prior to the time of
determination.
(g) In any case in which this Section 5.06 shall require
that an adjustment be made immediately following a record date for an event,
the Company may elect to defer, until such event, issuing to the holder of any
Security converted after such record date the shares of Common Stock and other
Capital Stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the
shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company issuable upon
such conversion only on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment;
and, in lieu of the shares the issuance of which is so deferred, the Company
shall issue or cause its transfer agents to issue due bills or other
appropriate evidence of the right to receive such shares.
SECTION 5.07. No Adjustment. No adjustment in the Conversion Price
shall be required until cumulative adjustments amount to 1% or more of the
Conversion Price as last adjusted; provided, however, that any adjustments
which by reason of this Section 5.07 are not required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All
calculations under this Article V shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment need be
made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for
reinvestment of dividends or interest. No adjustment need be made for a change
in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock.
SECTION 5.08. Other Adjustments. (a) In the event that, as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 5.06 above, the holder of any
Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive
any shares of Capital Stock of the Company other than shares of its Common
Stock, thereafter the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon
conversion of any Securities shall be subject to adjustment from time to time
in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions
with respect to Common Stock contained in this Article V.
(b) In the event that shares of Common Stock are not
delivered after the expiration of any of the rights or warrants referred to in
Section 5.06(b) and Section 5.06(c) hereof, the Conversion Price shall be
readjusted to the Conversion Price which would otherwise be in effect had the
adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the
basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually
delivered.
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SECTION 5.09. Adjustments for Tax Purposes. The Company may, at
its option, make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those
required by Section 5.06 above, as it determines to be advisable in order that
any stock dividend, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights to purchase
stock or securities or distribution of securities convertible into or
exchangeable for stock made by the Company to its shareholders will not be
taxable to the recipients thereof
SECTION 5.010. Adjustments by the Company. The Company from time to
time may, to the extent permitted by law, reduce the Conversion Price by any
amount for any period of at least 20 days, in which case the Company shall give
at least 15 days' notice of such reduction in accordance with Section 5.11, if
the Board of Directors has made a determination that such reduction would be in
the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive.
SECTION 5.011. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion Price
is adjusted, the Company shall promptly mail to Noteholders at the addresses
appearing on the Registrar's books a notice of the adjustment and file with the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate briefly stating the facts requiring the
adjustment and the manner of computing it. The certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.
SECTION 5.012. Notice of Certain Transactions. In the event that:
(1) the Company takes any action which would require an
adjustment in the Conversion Price;
(2) the Company takes any action that would require a
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 5.13; or
(3) there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company;
a holder of a Security may wish to convert such Security into shares of Common
Stock prior to the record date for or the effective date of the transaction so
that he may receive the rights, warrants, securities or assets which a holder
of shares of Common Stock on that date may receive. Therefore, the Company
shall mail to Noteholders at the addresses appearing on the Registrar's books
and the Trustee a notice stating the proposed record or effective date, as the
case may be. The Company shall mail the notice at least 15 days before such
date; however, failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not
affect the validity of any transaction referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) of
this Section 5.12.
SECTION 5.013. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers
or Sales on Conversion Privilege. If any of the following shall occur, namely:
(i) any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of Securities (other than a change in par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a
result of a subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation or merger to
which the Company is a party other than a merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification of, or
change (other than a change in name, or par value, or from par value to no par
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value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or
combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii) any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the
Company as an entirety, then the Company, or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute
and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the
Trustee providing that the holder of each Security then outstanding shall have
the right to convert such Security into the kind and amount of shares of stock
and other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of such
Security immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for
adjustments of the Conversion Price which shall be as nearly equivalent as may
be practicable to the adjustments of the Conversion Price provided for in this
Article V. The foregoing, however, shall not in any way affect the right a
holder of a Security may otherwise have, pursuant to clause (ii) of the last
sentence of subsection (c) of Section 5.06, to receive Rights upon conversion
of a Security. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, the stock or other securities and property (including cash)
receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock or
other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale
or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the
interests of the holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall
reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provision of
this Section 5.13 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Section 5.13, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or
amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable
by holders of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any
such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and
any adjustment to be made with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.014. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty to
determine when an adjustment under this Article V should be made, how it should
be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive
evidence of the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in
relying upon the Officers' Certificate with respect thereto which the Company
is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.11. The Trustee
makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets
issued upon conversion of Securities, and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for the Company's failure to comply with any provisions of this Article V.
The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the
correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to Section 5.13, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers'
Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.13.
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ARTICLE VI
Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company, for itself
and its successors, and each Noteholder, by his acceptance of Securities, agree
that the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest or
Liquidated Damages on or any other amounts due on the Securities is
subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner stated in
this Article VI, to the prior payment in full of all existing and future Senior
Debt.
SECTION 6.02. No Payment on Securities if Senior Debt in Default.
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, no payment on
account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Liquidated Damages, if
any, or any other amounts due on the Securities (including, without limitation,
any Designated Event Payments), and no redemption, purchase, or other
acquisition of the Securities (including, without limitation, pursuant to a
Designated Event Offer), shall be made by or on behalf of the Company (i)
unless full payment of amounts then due for principal and interest and of all
other amounts then due on all Senior Debt has been made or duly provided for
pursuant to the terms of the instrument governing such Senior Debt, (ii) if, at
the time of such payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition, or
immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall exist under any Senior
Debt, or any agreement pursuant to which any Senior Debt is issued, any
default, which default shall not have been cured or waived and which default
shall have resulted in the full amount of such Senior Debt being declared due
and payable or (iii) if, at the time of such payment, redemption, purchase or
other acquisition, the Trustee shall have received written notice from the
holders of Designated Senior Debt or a Representative of such holders (a
"Payment Blockage Notice") that there exists under such Designated Senior Debt,
or any agreement pursuant to which such Designated Senior Debt is issued, any
default, which default shall not have been cured or waived, permitting the
holders thereof to declare any amounts of such Designated Senior Debt due and
payable, but only for the period (the "Payment Blockage Period") commencing on
the date of receipt of the Payment Blockage Notice and ending (unless earlier
terminated by notice given to the Trustee by the Representative of the holders
of such Designated Senior Debt) on the earlier of (a) the date on which such
event of default shall have been cured or waived or (b) 180 days from the
receipt of the Payment Blockage Notice. Notwithstanding the provisions
described in the immediately preceding sentence (other than in clauses (i) and
(ii)), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Debt or the Representative
of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior
Debt, the Company may resume payments on the Securities after the end of such
Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Payment Blockage Notice may be
given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults
with respect to Senior Debt during such period.
In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
6.02, payments are made by or on behalf of the Company in contravention of the
provisions of this Section 6.02, such payments shall be held by the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or the holders, as applicable, in trust for the benefit of,
and shall be paid over to and delivered to the holders of Senior Debt or the
Representative under the
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indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing any Senior Debt may have been issued for application to the payment
of all Senior Debt ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid
to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full in accordance with the
terms of such Senior Debt, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and any
Paying Agent of any default or event of default under any Senior Debt or under
any agreement pursuant to which any Senior Debt may have been issued. The
Trustee and the Paying Agent may assume that all payments have been made with
respect to all Senior Debt unless the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case
may be, has received written notice that payment has not been made and three
(3) Business Days have expired.
SECTION 6.03. Distribution on Acceleration of Securities;
Dissolution and Reorganization: Subrogation of Securities.
(a) If the Securities are declared due and payable
because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company shall give prompt
written notice to the holders of all Senior Debt or to the trustee(s) for such
Senior Debt of such acceleration. The Company may not pay the principal of or
interest or Liquidated Damages on or any other amounts due on the Securities
until five Business Days after such holders or trustee(s) of Senior Debt
receive such notice and, thereafter, the Company may pay the principal of or
interest or Liquidated Damages on or any other amounts due on the Securities
only if the provisions of this Article VI permit such payment.
(b) Upon (i) any acceleration of the principal amount due
on the Securities because of an Event of Default or (ii) any direct or indirect
distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency
or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or any other dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company):
(1) the holders of all Senior Debt shall first be
entitled to receive payment in full of the principal thereof, the interest
thereon and any other amounts due thereon before the holders are entitled to
receive payment on account of the principal of or interest and Liquidated
Damages on or any other amounts due on the Securities;
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (other than
securities of the Company as reorganized or readjusted or securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent
provided in this Article with respect to the Securities, to the payment in full
without diminution or modification by such plan of all Senior Debt), to which
the holders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person
making such a payment or distribution, directly to the holders of Senior Debt
(or Representative acting on their behalf), ratably according to the aggregate
amounts remaining unpaid
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on account of the principal of or interest on and other amounts due on the
Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make
payment in full of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Debt; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (other than securities of the Company
as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the
payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this
Article with respect to the Securities, to the payment in full without
diminution or modification by such plan of Senior Debt), shall be received by
the Trustee or the holders before all Senior Debt is paid in full, such payment
or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and be paid over to
upon request by a holder of the Senior Debt, the holders of the Senior Debt
remaining unpaid (or their Representative acting on their behalf), ratably as
aforesaid, for application to the payment of such Senior Debt until all such
Senior Debt shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Debt.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the holders shall
be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Debt to receive payments
or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to
the Senior Debt until the principal of and interest and Liquidated Damages on
the Securities shall be paid in full and, for purposes of such subrogation, no
such payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Debt of cash, property
or securities which otherwise would have been payable or distributable to
holders shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
Senior Debt, and the holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Debt, it being understood that the provisions of this
Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative
rights of the holders, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Debt, on the
other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall (i) impair, as between the Company and
its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders the
principal of, and interest and Liquidated Damages on, the Securities as and
when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of the
Securities, (ii) affect the relative rights of the holders and creditors of the
Company other than holders of Senior Debt or, as between the Company and the
Trustee, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee, or (iii) prevent the
Trustee or the holders from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash,
property and securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy.
Upon distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this
Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof, and the
holders shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee
or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the
holders for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in
such distribution, the holders of
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the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. The Trustee, however, shall
not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the
Securities, shall prevent the good faith application by the Trustee of any
moneys which were deposited with it hereunder, prior to its receipt of written
notice of facts which would prohibit such application, for the purpose of the
payment of or on account of the principal of, or interest and Liquidated
Damages on, the Securities unless, prior to the date on which such application
is made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall be charged with actual notice under
Section 6.03(d) hereof of the facts which would prohibit the making of such
application.
(c) The provisions of this Article shall not be
applicable to any cash, properties or securities received by the Trustee or by
any holder when received as a holder of Senior Debt and nothing in Section 9.11
hereof or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or such holder
of any of its rights as such holder of Senior Debt.
(d) The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any
payment of money to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to
the provisions of this Article. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 9.01 hereof, shall be entitled to assume that no such fact exists
unless the Company or any holder of Senior Debt or any Representative therefor
has given written notice thereof to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any fact which
would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions in this Article, unless,
and until three Business Days after, the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof from the Company or any holder or holders of Senior Debt or from
any Representative therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written
notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof, shall be
entitled in all respects conclusively to assume that no such facts exist;
provided that if on a date not less than three Business Days immediately
preceding the date upon which, by the terms hereof, any such moneys may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the principal of or
interest and Liquidated Damages on any Security), the Trustee shall not have
received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section
6.03(d), then anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply
the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such
prior date.
The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to
it of a written notice by a person representing himself to be a holder of
Senior Debt (or a Representative on behalf of such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a Representative on
behalf of any such holder or holders). In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount
of Senior
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Debt held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to
the rights of such person under this Article, and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment; nor shall
the Trustee be charged with knowledge or the curing or waiving of any default
of the character specified in Section 6.02 hereof or that any event or any
condition preventing any payment in respect of the Securities shall have ceased
to exist, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice to
such effect.
(e) The provisions of this Section 6.03 applicable to the
Trustee shall (unless the context requires otherwise) also apply to any Paying
Agent for the Company.
SECTION 6.04. Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt on Subordination
Provisions. Each holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof acknowledges
and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to
be, an inducement and a consideration for each holder of any Senior Debt,
whether such Senior Debt was created or acquired before or after the issuance
of the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold,
such Senior Debt, and such holder of Senior Debt shall be deemed conclusively
to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to
hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Debt. Notice of any default in the
payment of any Senior Debt, except as expressly stated in this Article, and
notice of acceptance of the provisions hereof are hereby expressly waived.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no waiver, forbearance or
release by any holder of Senior Debt under such Senior Debt or under this
Article shall constitute a release of any of the obligations or liabilities of
the Trustee or holders of the Securities provided in this Article.
SECTION 6.05. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, no right of any present or future holder
of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any
time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the
part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such
holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and
covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such
holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of, or notice to, the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, without
incurring responsibility to the holders of the Securities and without impairing
or releasing the subordination provided in this Article VI or the obligations
hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt, do
any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of
payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in
any manner Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise dispose of any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing
Senior Debt; (iii) release any person liable in any manner for the collection
of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against
the Company or any other person.
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SECTION 6.06. Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt. The Trustee in
its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article in respect of any Senior Debt at any time held by it, to the same
extent as any holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in Section 9.11 hereof or
elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations, as are
specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or obligations
with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Debt but shall have only such obligations to such holders as
are expressly set forth in this Article.
Each holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes,
including, in the event of any dissolution, winding up or liquidation or
reorganization under any applicable bankruptcy law of the Company (whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or otherwise), the timely
filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of such holder's Securities in the
form required in such proceedings and the causing of such claim to be approved.
If the Trustee does not file a claim or proof of debt in the form required in
such proceedings prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file
such claims or proofs, then any holder or holders of Senior Debt or their
Representative or Representatives shall have the right to demand, xxx for,
collect, receive and receipt for the payments and distributions in respect of
the Securities which are required to be paid or delivered to the holders of
Senior Debt as provided in this Article and to file and prove all claims
therefor and to take all such other action in the name of the holders or
otherwise, as such holders of Senior Debt or Representative thereof may
determine to be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions
of this Article.
SECTION 6.07. Other Provisions Subject Hereto. Except as expressly
stated in this Article, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to
the contrary, all the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities are
subject to the provisions of this Article. However, nothing in this Article
shall apply to or adversely affect the claims of, or payment to, the Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to make a
payment on account of principal of or interest or Liquidated Damages on the
Securities by reason of any provision of this Article VI shall not be construed
as preventing the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01.
SECTION 6.08. Certain Conversions and Repurchases Deemed Payment.
For the purposes of this Article only, (i) the issuance and delivery of junior
securities upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Article V shall not
be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal
of or premium or interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) on Securities
or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities, and (ii) the
payment, issuance or delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of fractional
shares pursuant to Section 5.03), property or securities (other than junior
securities) upon conversion of a Security shall be deemed to constitute payment
on account of the principal of such Security. For the purposes of this
Section, the term "junior securities" means (a) shares of any stock of any
class of the Company and securities into
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which the Securities are convertible pursuant to Article V and (b) securities
of the Company which are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt
which may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities
to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. Nothing contained
in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended
to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Debt and the holders of the Securities, the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the holder of any Security to convert such Security in
accordance with Article V.
ARTICLE 7.
Successors
SECTION 7.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. The Company
may not consolidate or merge with or into any person (whether or not the
Company is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets
unless:
(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or the
person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;
(b) the person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the person to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have
been made assumes all the Obligations of the Company, pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, under
the Securities and the Indenture;
(c) any such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's
properties or assets shall be as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to
one person and such person assumes all the Obligations of the Company, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
under the Securities and the Indenture;
(d) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event
of Default exists; and
(e) the Company or such person shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such transaction and the supplemental indenture comply with the Indenture
and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction
have been satisfied.
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SECTION 7.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
in accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, the successor person formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or the person to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition
is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for and may exercise every right
and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that
the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to
pay the principal of and interest and Liquidated Damages on the Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
Defaults and Remedies
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of interest or
Liquidated Damages on any Security when the same becomes due and payable, and
the Default continues for a period of 30 days after the date due and payable;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal
of any Security when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise;
(c) the Company defaults in the payment of the Designated
Event Payment when the same becomes due and payable, whether or not such
payment may be prohibited by Article VI;
(d) the Company fails to provide timely notice of any
Designated Event in accordance with Section 4.08;
(e) the Company fails to observe or perform any other
covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or the Securities required by
it to be performed and the Default continues for a period of 60 days after the
receipt of written notice from the Trustee to the Company or from the holders
of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities to the
Company and the Trustee stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default";
(f) there is a default under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists
or is created after the Issuance Date, which default (i) is caused by a failure
to pay when due principal of or interest on such Indebtedness within the grace
period provided for in such Indebtedness (which failure continues beyond any
applicable grace period) (a "Payment Default") or
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(ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express
maturity (without such acceleration being rescinded or annulled) and, in each
case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there is a Payment
Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10
million or more;
(g) a final non-appealable judgment or final
non-appealable judgments (other than any judgment as to which a reputable
insurance company has accepted full liability) for the payment of money are
entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company and remain undischarged for a period (during
which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 60 days, provided that the
aggregate of all such judgments exceeds $10 million;
(h) the Company or any Material 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
in which it is the debtor, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy
Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (iv) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (v) makes the admission
in writing that it 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 Material Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a
Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company
or for all or substantially all of its property, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days or (iii) orders the liquidation of
the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Bankruptcy
Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 8.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default specified in clauses (h) and (i) of Section 8.01 hereof)
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Noteholders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then- outstanding
Securities by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare all the
Securities to be due and payable. Upon such declaration, the principal of,
premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages on the
Securities shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default
specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 8.01 hereof occurs, such an amount
shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder. The
Noteholders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding
Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree,
if all amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.07 hereof have been
paid and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of principal or interest and Liquidated Damages that has become due
solely because of the acceleration.
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SECTION 8.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment
of principal or interest and Liquidated Damages on the Securities or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies
are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 8.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Noteholders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities by
notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
the Designated Event Payment or the principal of, or interest or Liquidated
Damages on, any Security. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is
cured and ceases; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 8.05. Control by Majority. The Noteholders of a majority
in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities may direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture,
is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Noteholders, or would involve the
Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 8.06. Limitation on Suits. A Noteholder may pursue a
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities only if:
(a) the Noteholder gives to the Trustee notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Noteholders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the then-outstanding Securities make a request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(c) such Noteholder or Noteholders offer to the Trustee
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within
60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Noteholders of a
majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Noteholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Noteholder.
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SECTION 8.07. Rights of Noteholders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Noteholder of a Security to receive payment of principal and interest and
Liquidated Damages on the Security, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Noteholder made pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 8.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 8.01 (a), (b) or (c) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against
the Company for the whole amount of principal and interest and Liquidated
Damages remaining unpaid on the Securities and interest on overdue principal
and interest and Liquidated Damages and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and, to the extent lawful, expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 8.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Noteholders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or
its property. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Noteholder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any
such proceeding.
SECTION 8.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money
pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 9.07 hereof;
Second: to the holders of Senior Debt to the extent required by
Article VI;
Third: to the Noteholders, for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for principal and interest and Liquidated Damages, ratably,
according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and
interest and Liquidated Damages, respectively; and
Fourth: to the Company.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.12 hereof, the Trustee may
fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Noteholders made pursuant
to this Section.
SECTION 8.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its
discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may
assess reasonable costs,
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including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a
suit by a holder pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof, or a suit by Noteholders of
more than 10% in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE IX.
Trustee
SECTION 9.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth
in this Indenture and no others and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its
part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and, if required by the terms hereof,
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall
examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform
to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful
misconduct, except that: (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section 9.01; (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for
any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it
pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way
relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section 9.01. No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or
exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense.
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(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any
money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 9.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it
(unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and nominees and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent
appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
any Event of Default under subsection (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) of Section
8.01 unless either (1) a Trust Officer assigned to its Corporate Trust
Department shall have actual knowledge thereof, or (2) the Trustee shall have
received notice thereof in accordance with Section 12.02 hereof from the
Company or any holder.
SECTION 9.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 9.10 and 9.11 hereof.
SECTION 9.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds
from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the
Company in the Indenture or any statement in the Securities other than its
authentication.
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default
occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to Noteholders a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days
after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in
payment on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as
a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the
notice is in the interests of Noteholders.
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SECTION 9.06. Reports by Trustee to Noteholders. Within 60 days
after the reporting date stated in Section 12.10, the Trustee shall mail to
Noteholders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with
TIA Section 313(a) if and to the extent required by such Section 313(a). The
Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also
transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall
be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities are
listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on
any stock exchange or automated quotation system.
SECTION 9.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services
hereunder. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the
Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances
incurred or made by it. Such disbursements and expenses may include the
reasonable disbursements, compensation and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors,
employees and agents against any loss or liability incurred by it except as set
forth in the next paragraph. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of
any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim
and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees, disbursements and
expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through negligence, bad faith or
wilful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay
principal and interest and Liquidated Damages on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 8.01(h) or (i) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 9.07 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture, as provided by Section 10.01 hereof.
SECTION 9.08. Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of
the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only
upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in this
Section.
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The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Noteholders
of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10 hereof,
unless the Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided in TIA Section
310(b);
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or
an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a Bankruptcy Custodian or public officer takes charge
of the Trustee or its property, or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office,
the Noteholders of a majority in principal amount of the then- outstanding
Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or
the Noteholders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then-outstanding
Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 9.10 hereof, unless the
Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided in TIA Section 310(b), any
Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six
months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, the
Company shall promptly pay all amounts due and payable to the retiring Trustee,
and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Noteholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 9.07 hereof. Notwithstanding the resignation or
replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.08, the Company's
obligations under Section 9.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the
retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior
to such resignation or replacement.
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SECTION 9.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee
consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation
without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 9.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall
always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1)
and (5). The Trustee (or if the Trustee is a member of a bank holding system,
its bank holding company) shall always have a combined capital and surplus as
stated in Section 12.10 hereof. The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 9.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any credit or
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
SECTION 9.12. Sections Applicable to Registrar, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent. The term "Trustee" as used in Sections 6.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3,
9.4 and 9.7 hereof shall (unless the context requires otherwise) be construed
as extending to and including the Trustee acting in its capacity, if any, as
Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.
ARTICLE 10.
Discharge of Indenture
SECTION 10.01. Termination of Company's Obligation. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except that the Company's obligations
under Sections 9.07 and 10.02 hereof shall survive) when all outstanding
Securities theretofore authenticated and issued have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable hereunder.
Thereupon, the Trustee upon request of the Company, shall acknowledge
in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under this Indenture,
except for those surviving obligations specified above.
SECTION 10.02. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest or Liquidated
Damages that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such
payment shall have become due; provided, however, that the Company shall have
first caused notice of such payment to the Company to be mailed to each
Noteholder entitled thereto no less than 30 days prior to such payment. After
payment to the Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability with respect to such money and Noteholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless any applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
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ARTICLE XI
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
SECTION 11.01. Without Consent of Noteholders. The Company and the
Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without the
consent of any Noteholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Sections 5.13 and 7.01 hereof;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
to certificated Securities;
(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
legal rights hereunder of any Noteholder;
(e) to qualify this Indenture under the TIA or to comply
with the requirements of the SEC in order to maintain the qualification of the
Indenture under the TIA; or
(f) to make any change that provides any additional
rights or benefits to the holders of Securities.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article VI of any holder of Senior Debt then
outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Debt (or any group or
Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
SECTION 11.02. With Consent of Noteholders. Subject to Section 8.07
hereof, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or
the Securities with the written consent (including consents obtained in
connection with any tender or exchange offer for Securities) of the Noteholders
of at least a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities.
Subject to Sections 8.04 and 8.07 hereof, the Noteholders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may also by their written
consent (including consents obtained in connection with any tender offer or
exchange offer for Securities) waive any existing Default as provided in
Section 8.04 or waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with
any provision of this Indenture or the Securities. However, without the
consent of each Noteholder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under
this Section may not (with respect to any Securities held by a nonconsenting
Noteholder):
(a) reduce the amount of Securities whose Noteholders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Security;
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(c) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity
of any Security or alter the redemption provisions with respect thereto;
(d) make any Security payable in money other than that
stated in the Security;
(e) make any change in Section 8.04, 8.07 or 11.02 hereof
(this sentence);
(f) waive a default in the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest or Liquidated Damages on, any Security (other than
as provided in Section 8.04);
(g) waive a redemption payment payable on any Security;
(h) make any change that impairs the right of Noteholders
to convert Securities into Common Stock of the Company; or
(i) modify the conversion or subordination provisions set
forth in Article V and Article VI, respectively, in a manner adverse to the
holders of the Securities.
To secure a consent of the Noteholders under this Section 11.02, it
shall not be necessary for the Noteholders to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if
such consent approves the substance thereof.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article VI of any holder of Senior Debt then
outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Debt (or any group or
Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of
interest, fee or otherwise, to any holder of Securities or as an inducement to
any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this
Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid or
agreed to be paid to all holders of the Securities that consent, waive or agree
to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to
such consent, waiver or agreement.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes
effective, the Company shall mail to Noteholders a notice briefly describing
the amendment or waiver.
SECTION 11.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment
to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth in a supplemental
indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 11.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Noteholder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Noteholder and every
subsequent Noteholder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Noteholder's Security, even if notation of the
consent is not made on
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any Security. However, any such Noteholder or subsequent Noteholder may revoke
the consent as to such Noteholder's Security or portion of a Security if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee
receives an Officers' Certificate certifying that the Noteholders of the
requisite principal amount of Securities have consented to the amendment,
supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Noteholders entitled to consent to any
amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then
notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those
persons who were Noteholders at such record date (or their duly designated
proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such
amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given,
whether or not such persons continue to be Noteholders after such record date.
No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record
date unless consents from Noteholders of the principal amount of Securities
required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also
been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective it shall
bind every Noteholder, unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a)
through (i) of Section 11.02 hereof. In such case, the amendment or waiver
shall bind each Noteholder who has consented to it and every subsequent
Noteholder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Noteholder's
Security.
SECTION 11.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. The Trustee
may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security
thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Securities may issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate new Securities that reflect the amendment or
waiver.
SECTION 11.06. Trustee Protected. The Trustee shall sign all
supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee may, but need not, sign any
supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights. As a condition to
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trust
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in
addition to those documents required by Section 12.04), and (subject to Section
315 of the TIA) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE XII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of
this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is
deemed to be incorporated in this Indenture by the TIA, the incorporated
provision shall control.
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SECTION 12.02. Notices. Any notice or communication by the Company
or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person
or mailed by first-class mail or overnight delivery to the other's address
stated in Section 12.10 hereof. The Company or the Trustee by notice to the
other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any notice or communication to a Noteholder shall be mailed by
first-class mail or overnight delivery to his address shown on the register
kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a
Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Noteholders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Noteholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
All other notices or communications shall be in writing.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as
required by the Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such
notice.
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Noteholders with Other Noteholders.
Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion
of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.03) shall
include:
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(a) a statement that the person signing such certificate
or rendering such opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such
person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of
such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 12.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by, or a meeting of, the Noteholders. The
Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable
requirements for its functions.
SECTION 12.07. Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the
State of California are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal
Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest or Liquidated
Damages shall accrue for the intervening period. If any other operative date
for purposes of this Indenture shall occur on a Legal Holiday then for all
purposes the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday shall be such
operative date.
SECTION 12.08. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer,
employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Noteholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue
of the Securities.
SECTION 12.09. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 12.10. Variable Provisions. "Officer" means the Chairman of
the Board, the President, any Vice-President (whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President"),
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant
Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
The first certificate pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof shall be for the
fiscal year ending on December 31, 1997.
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The reporting date for Section 9.06 hereof is March 15 of each year.
The first reporting date is March 15, 1998.
The Trustee (or if the Trustee is a member of a bank holding company
system, its bank holding company) shall always have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
The Company's address for purposes of the Indenture is:
Chief Financial Officer
Intevac, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Telefax Number: (000) 000-0000
The Trustee's address is:
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Telefax Number: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Trustee may change its address for purposes of this
Indenture by written notice to the other.
SECTION 12.11. GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SHALL GOVERN THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
SECTION 12.12. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt
agreement of the Company or an Affiliate. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 12.13. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 12.14. Severability. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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SECTION 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of
Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been
inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
INTEVAC, INC.,
AS COMPANY,
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: CEO
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE,
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
----------------------------------------
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), NEW YORK, NEW
YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS
SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY (OR
SUCH SHORTER PERIOD AS MAY THEN BE APPLICABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE
ISSUANCE HEREOF (OR ANY PREDECESSOR SECURITY HERETO) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE
COMPANY, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX
CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS
SECURITY), (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX
CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS
SECURITY), AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING EFFECTED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF
THE "40 DAY RESTRICTED PERIOD" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(c)(3) OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), A CERTIFICATE WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE COMPANY OR TRUSTEE IS DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE, (4) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED
IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2),(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE
BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF
THIS SECURITY) THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT
FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND A CERTIFICATE IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS SECURITY IS
DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE (PROVIDED THAT
CERTAIN HOLDERS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE MAY NOT TRANSFER THIS SECURITY
PURSUANT TO THIS CLAUSE (4) PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE "40 DAY RESTRICTED
PERIOD" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(c)(3) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT)), (5) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF APPLICABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR HOLDING THIS SECURITY AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT ANY TRANSFER BY IT OF THIS SECURITY COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY,
REPRESENTS AND AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS (1) A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A OR (2) AN INSTITUTION THAT
IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2),(3) OR (7) UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT AND THAT IT IS HOLDING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR (3) A NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH
(o)(2) OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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No. _______ Cusip No.
INTEVAC, INC.
6-1/2% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2004
Intevac, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company") for value
received promises to pay to______________________________________________ or
registered assigns, the principal sum [indicated on Schedule A hereof]* [of
________ Dollars]** on March 1, 2004 at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
State of New York, and to pay interest on said principal sum at the rate of 6
1/2% per annum, as more specifically described on the reverse hereof.
Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1, commencing
September 1, 1997.
Record Dates: February 15 and August 15.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Convertible
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.
__________________________________
* Applicable to Global Securities only.
** Applicable to certificated Securities only.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Intevac, Inc. has caused this Convertible Note to
be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized Officers and a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Dated: _______________
INTEVAC, INC.
By:________________________________________
By:________________________________________
[Seal]
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 6 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due 2004 described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:________________________________________
Authorized Officer
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INTEVAC, INC.
6-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Note Due 2004
1. Interest. INTEVAC, INC., a California corporation (the
"Company"), is the issuer of the 6-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2004 (the "Convertible Notes"), of which this Convertible Note is a part. The
Company promises to pay interest on the Convertible Notes in cash semiannually
on each March 1 and September 1, commencing on September 1, 1997, to holders of
record on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15.
Interest on the Convertible Notes will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for, from February 25, 1997 until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. To
the extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest or Liquidated Damages (without regard to any applicable grace period)
at the rate borne by the Convertible Notes, compounded annually.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest and
Liquidated Damages on the Convertible Notes (except defaulted interest) to the
persons who are registered holders of the Convertible Notes at the close of
business on the record date for the next interest payment date even though
Convertible Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the
interest payment date. The Noteholder hereof must surrender Convertible Notes
to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay
principal and interest and Liquidated Damages in money of the United States
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts. However, the Company may pay principal and interest and Liquidated
Damages by check payable in such money. It may mail a check for interest or
Liquidated Damages to a holders' registered address; provided that a holder of
Convertible Notes with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,000,000
will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of
the holder.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee will act initially as
Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or Conversion Agent without prior notice.
The Company or any of its Affiliates may act in any such capacity.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Convertible Notes under an
indenture, dated as of February 15, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. The
terms of the Convertible Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those
incorporated into the Indenture from the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.
Code Sections 77aaa- 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
The Convertible Notes are subject to, and qualified by, all such terms, certain
of which are summarized hereon, and Noteholders are referred to the Indenture
and such Act for a statement of such terms. The Convertible Notes are general
unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an aggregate principal amount
at maturity of
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$57,500,000. The Indenture does not limit the ability of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to incur indebtedness or to grant security interests or liens
in respect of their assets.
5. Optional Redemption, The Convertible Notes are not redeemable
at the Company's option prior to March 3, 2000. Thereafter, the Convertible
Notes will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company, in whole or
from time to time in part (in any integral multiple of $1,000), on any date on
or prior to maturity at the following redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning March 1 of the years indicated (March 3, 2000 to February 28, 2001,
in the case of the first such period):
Redemption
Year Price
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2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.714%
2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.786%
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.857%
2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.929%
and at 100% at March 1, 2004, in each case together with accrued interest and
Liquidated Damages to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of
record on the relevant record date to receive interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, due on an interest payment date). On or after the redemption date,
interest and Liquidated Damages will cease to accrue on the Convertible Notes,
or portion thereof, called for redemption.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at
least 15 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
holder of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed at his address of record. The
Convertible Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part
but only in integral multiples of $1,000. In the event of a redemption of less
than all of the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Notes will be chosen for
redemption by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. Unless the Company
defaults in making such redemption payment, or the Paying Agent is prohibited
from making such payment pursuant to the Indenture, by law or otherwise,
interest and Liquidated Damages cease to accrue on the Convertible Notes or
portions of them called for redemption on and after the redemption date.
If this Convertible Note is redeemed subsequent to a record date with
respect to any interest payment date specified above and on or prior to such
interest payment date, then any accrued interest or Liquidated Damages will be
paid to the person in whose name this Convertible Note is registered at the
close of business on such record date.
7. Mandatory Redemption. The Company will not be required to
make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Convertible Notes.
There are no sinking fund payments with respect to the Convertible Notes.
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0. Xxxxxxxxxx at Option of Holder. If there is a Designated
Event, the Company shall be required to offer to purchase on the Designated
Event Payment Date all outstanding Convertible Notes at a purchase price equal
to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase, plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Designated Event
Payment Date. Holders of Convertible Notes that are subject to an offer to
purchase will be mailed a Designated Event Offer from the Company prior to any
related Designated Event Payment Date and may elect to have such Convertible
Notes or portions thereof in authorized denominations purchased by completing
the form entitled "Option of Noteholder To Elect Purchase" appearing below.
Noteholders have the right to withdraw their election by delivering a written
notice of withdrawal to the Company or the Paying Agent in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.
9. Subordination. The payment of the principal of, interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on or any other amounts due on the Convertible
Notes is subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior
Debt of the Company, as described in the Indenture. Each Noteholder, by
accepting a Convertible Note, agrees to such subordination and authorizes and
directs the Trustee on its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and appoints the
Trustee as its attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
10. Conversion. The holder of any Convertible Note has the right,
exercisable at any time after 90 days following the Issuance Date and prior to
the close of business on the Convertible Note's maturity, to convert the
principal amount thereof (or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple
of $1,000) into shares of Common Stock at the initial Conversion Price of
$20.625 per share, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances, except
that if a Convertible Note is called for redemption, the conversion right will
terminate at the close of business (New York time) on the Business Day
immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption.
To convert a Convertible Note, a holder must (1) complete and sign a
notice of election to convert substantially in the form set forth below, (2)
surrender the Convertible Note to a Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate
endorsements or transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion
Agent and (4) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required. Upon conversion,
no adjustment or payment will be made for interest or dividends, but if any
Noteholder surrenders a Convertible Note for conversion after the close of
business on the record date for the payment of an installment of interest and
prior to the opening of business on the next interest payment date, then,
notwithstanding such conversion, the interest payable on such interest payment
date will be paid to the registered holder of such Convertible Note on such
record date. In such event, such Convertible Note, when surrendered for
conversion, must be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company
of an amount equal to the interest payable on such interest payment date on the
portion so converted, unless such Security has been called for redemption on or
prior to such interest payment date. The number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of a Convertible Note is determined by dividing the
principal amount of the Convertible Note converted by the Conversion Price in
effect on the Conversion Date. No fractional shares will be issued upon
conversion but a cash adjustment will be made for any fractional interest.
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A Convertible Note in respect of which a holder has delivered an
"Option of Noteholder to Elect Purchase" form appearing below exercising the
option of such holder to require the Company to purchase such Convertible Note
may be converted only if the notice of exercise is withdrawn as provided above
and in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The above description of
conversion of the Convertible Notes is qualified by reference to, and is
subject in its entirety by, the more complete description thereof contained in
the Indenture.
11. Registration Agreement. The holder of the Convertible Notes
is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Agreement, dated February 15,
1997, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the "Registration
Agreement"). Such benefits include the right of the holder to receive
Liquidated Damages in the event of a failure on the part of the Company to
comply with certain covenants pertaining to registration and availability of a
prospectus for resale, as provided in the Registration Agreement.
12. Denominations Transfer, Exchange. The Convertible Notes are
in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Convertible Notes may be registered, and
Convertible Notes may be exchanged, as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Noteholder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to exchange or
register the transfer of (i) any Convertible Note for a period of 15 days next
preceding any selection of Convertible Notes to be redeemed, (ii) any
Convertible Note or portion thereof selected for redemption or (iii) any
Convertible Note or portion thereof surrendered for repurchase (and not
withdrawn) in connection with a Designated Event.
13. Persons Deemed Owners. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of
this Convertible Note, the registered Noteholder of a Convertible Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
14. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
interest and Liquidated Damages remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request.
After that, Noteholders of Convertible Notes entitled to the money must look to
the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another
person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to
such money shall cease.
15. Defaults and Remedies. The Convertible Notes shall have the
Events of Default as set forth in Section 8.01 of the Indenture. Subject to
certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the Noteholders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Convertible Notes by
notice to the Company and the Trustee may declare all the Convertible Notes to
be due and payable immediately, except that in the case of an Event of Default
arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, Convertible Notes
shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
Upon acceleration as described in either of the preceding sentences, the
subordination provisions of the Indenture preclude any payment being made to
Noteholders for at least 5 Business Days after holders of Senior Debt receive
notice of such acceleration except as otherwise provided in the Indenture.
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The Noteholders of a majority in principal amount of the Convertible
Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal or interest or Liquidated Damages that
has become due solely because of the acceleration. Noteholders may not enforce
the Indenture or the Convertible Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
Subject to certain limitations, Noteholders of a majority in principal amount
of the then-outstanding Convertible Notes issued under the Indenture may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Company must furnish
compliance certificates to the Trustee annually. The above description of
Events of Default and remedies is qualified by reference to, and subject in its
entirety by, the more complete description thereof contained in the Indenture.
16. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture or the Convertible Notes may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Noteholders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the then-outstanding Convertible Notes (including consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Convertible
Notes), and any existing default may be waived with the consent of the
Noteholders of a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding
Convertible Notes, including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for Convertible Notes. Without the consent of any
Noteholder, the Indenture or the Convertible Notes may be amended, among other
things, to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for
assumption of the Company's obligations to Noteholders in the case of a merger,
consolidation or sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company's
properties or assets pursuant to Article VII of the Indenture, to make any
change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to Noteholders or
that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any
Noteholder, to qualify the Indenture under the TIA, or to comply with the
requirements of the SEC in order to maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of the
Convertible Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with
the same rights it would have, as if it were not Trustee, subject to certain
limitations provided for in the Indenture and in the TIA. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights.
18. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or
shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Convertible Notes or the Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Noteholder, by accepting a Convertible Note, waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Convertible Notes.
19. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THE CONVERTIBLE NOTES WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT
OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
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00. Authentication. The Convertible Notes shall not be valid
until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the
Trustee or an authenticating agent.
21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Noteholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (for tenants in common),
TENANT (for tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (for joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (for Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(for Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
22. Definitions. Capitalized terms not defined in this
Convertible Note have the meaning given to them in the Indenture.
The Company will furnish to any Noteholder of the Convertible Notes
upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the
Registration Agreement. Request may be made to:
Investor Relations
Intevac, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
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ASSIGNMENT AND CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER FORM
To assign this Convertible Note, fill in the form below:
(I)or (we) assign and transfer this Convertible Note to
_______________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. no.)
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint ________________ agent to transfer this
Convertible Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another
to act for him.
Your Signature:_______________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Convertible Note)
Date: _____________________________________
Signature Guarantee:***_______________________________________
__________________________________
*** Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust
company or member firm of the New York Stock Exchange.
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Convertible Notes other
than pursuant to a registration statement evidenced by this certificate
occurring prior to the date that is three years (or such shorter period as may
be provided pursuant to Rule 144(k) or any successor thereof under the
Securities Act) after the later of the date of original issuance of such
Convertible Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Convertible Notes
were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned
confirms that such Convertible Notes are being transferred:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) [ ] to the Company; or
(2) [ ] pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3) [ ] pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) [ ] to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the
Trustee a signed letter containing certain
representations and agreements (the form of which
letter can be obtained from the Trustee); or
(5) [ ] pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 provided by Rule 144
thereunder.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to
register any of the Convertible Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name
of any person other than the registered holder thereof, provided, however, that
if box (3), (4) or (5) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to
registering any such transfer of the Convertible Notes such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933.
_________________________________
Signature
Signature Guarantee:*
_________________________________ _________________________________
Signature
_________________________________
* Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust company or
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE A
The initial principal amount at maturity of this Global Security shall
be $ _______________. The following increases or decreases in the principal
amount of this Global Security have been made:
Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this Principal Amount of
Global Security Amount of decrease in this Global Security Signature of
including upon exercise Principal Amount of following such authorized officer of
Date Made of overallotment option this Global Security decrease or increase Trustee or Custodian
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OPTION OF NOTEHOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Convertible Note or a portion
thereof repurchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.08 or 4.08 of the
Indenture, check the box: [ ]
If the purchase is in part, indicate the portion ($1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof) to be purchased:
Your Signature:____________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Convertible Note)
Date: _____________________________________
Signature Guarantee: *________________________________________
__________________________________
* Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust company or
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange.
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ELECTION TO CONVERT
To: Intevac, Inc.
The undersigned owner of this Convertible Note hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Convertible Note, or the portion below
designated, into Common Stock of Intevac, Inc. in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture referred to in this Convertible Note, and directs that the shares
issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in payment
for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the
undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment
below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the
undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto.
The undersigned agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Registration Agreement relating to the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Convertible Notes.
Date: _____________________________
In whole ____________ or Portion of Convertible Note
to be converted ($1,000 or
any integral multiple thereof):
$ _____________________________
Your Signature:_______________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other
side of this Convertible Note)
Please print or typewrite name and
address, including zip code, and
Social Security or other identifying
number
Signature Guarantee: *________________________________________
__________________________________
* Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust company or
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange.
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EXHIBIT B
REGULATION S CERTIFICATE
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: 6-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004 of Intevac, Inc. (the
"Securities")
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1997 (the
"Indenture"), between Intevac, Inc. (the "Company") and State Street Bank and
Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined
in the Indenture or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S. $____________ principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ___________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). _____________________
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial
owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so.
Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the
"Owner". If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security,
they are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not
represented by a Global Security, they are registered in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred
to a person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a
Regulation S Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby
certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in
accordance with Rule 904 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and with all
applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
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(1) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
accordance with Rule 904:
(A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities, an
affiliate of the Company or any such distributor or a person acting on behalf
of any of the foregoing;
(B) the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to
a person in the United States;
(C) either:
a. at the time the buy order was originated, the
Transferee was outside the United States or the
Owner and any person acting on its behalf
reasonably believed that the Transferee was
outside the United States, or
b. the transaction is being executed in, on or
through the facilities of the Eurobond market, as
regulated by the Association of International
Bond Dealers, or another designated offshore
securities market and neither the Owner nor any
person acting on its behalf knows that the
transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in
the United States;
(D) no directed selling efforts have been made in the
United States by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof;
(E) if the Owner is a dealer in securities or has
received a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the
Specified Securities, and the transfer is to occur during the Restricted
Period, then the requirements of Rule 904(c)(1) have been satisfied; and
(F) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to
evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected
pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of
at least two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) (or
such shorter period under Rule 144 or any successor rule) has elapsed since the
date the Specified Securities were acquired from the Company or from an
affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever is
later, and is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner
of sale and notice requirements of paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a period of at least
three years (or such shorter period under Rule 144 or any successor rule) has
elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from the Company
or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company,
whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months
has not been, an affiliate of the Company.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: ______________________
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in
the second paragraph of this certificate.)
By:_____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of
the person signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.)
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EXHIBIT C
RULE 144A SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Re: 6-1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004 of Intevac, Inc. (the
"Securities")
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1997 (the
"Indenture"), between Intevac, Inc. (the "Company") and State Street Bank and
Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined
in the Indenture or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S. $_____________ principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s). ___________________________
CERTIFICATE No(s). _____________________
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial
owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so.
Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the
"Owner". If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Security,
they are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not
represented by a Global Security, they are registered in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred
to a person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a
Restricted Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby
certifies that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in
accordance with Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all
applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as:
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(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being
effected in accordance with Rule 144A:
(A) the Specified Securities are being
transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf
reasonably believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of
Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf
have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the
Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being
effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding
period of at least two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule
144) (or such shorter period under Rule 144 or any successor rule) has elapsed
since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from the Company or from
an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the Company, whichever is
later, and is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner
of sale and notice requirements of paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a period of
at least three years (or such shorter period under Rule 144 or any successor
rule) has elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from
the Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of the
Company, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding
three months has not been, an affiliate of the Company.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated: _______________________________
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in
the second paragraph of this certificate.)
By:_____________________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of the
Undersigned must be stated.)
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EXHIBIT D
RESTRICTIVE LEGEND FOR COMMON STOCK
"THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING
THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT
BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY (OR
SUCH SHORTER PERIOD AS MAY THEN BE APPLICABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF THE
ISSUANCE HEREOF (OR ANY PREDECESSOR SECURITY HERETO) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE
COMPANY, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER
TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX
CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS
SECURITY), (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY), (4) TO AN INSTITUTION
THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON
THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY) THAT IS ACQUIRING
THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, AND A
CERTIFICATE IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS SECURITY IS DELIVERED BY THE
TRANSFEROR TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT, (5) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF APPLICABLE)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER
JURISDICTIONS. AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR HOLDING THIS SECURITY
AGREES THAT IT WILL FURNISH TO THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT SUCH
CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM
THAT ANY TRANSFER BY IT OF THIS SECURITY COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY, REPRESENTS AND
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT IS (1) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A OR (2) AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND THAT IT IS HOLDING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND
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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR (3) A NON-U.S. PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN
THE MEANING OF (OR AN ACCOUNT SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (o)(2)
OF RULE 902 UNDER) REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."
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