Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes (a) If the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Notice of Conversion is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for subclause (i) of the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).
(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 13.02 based on the Conversion Rate as increased to reflect the Additional Shares pursuant to the table below; provided, however, that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Reference Property following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment for Additional Shares), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the second Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.
(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of the Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments to the Stock Price, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date (as such term is used in Section 13.04) or expiration date of the event occurs, during such five consecutive Trading Day period.
(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.04.
(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 13.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below: Effective Date $33.46 $40.00 $41.50 $45.00 $50.00 $53.95 $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 $90.00 March 12, 2020 5.7900 3.2905 2.8889 2.1284 1.3680 0.9587 0.5487 0.2047 0.0603 0.0000 March 15, 2021 5.7900 3.1500 2.7227 1.9171 1.1254 0.7170 0.3408 0.0854 0.0106 0.0000 March 15, 2022 5.7900 2.9820 2.5369 1.6964 0.8416 0.3527 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 March 15, 2023 5.7900 2.7203 2.2689 1.4511 0.6842 0.2795 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 March 15, 2024 5.7900 2.2100 1.7414 0.9687 0.3828 0.1429 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 March 15, 2025 5.7900 0.9038 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table above, the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $90.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and
(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $33.46 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 29.8864 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 13.04.
(f) Nothing in this Section 13.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc The Borrower will not, nor will permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property or assets, or enter into any sale-leaseback transactions, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of related transactions) any part of the property or assets (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business) of any Person or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time, except that the following shall be permitted:
(i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessee) or license (as licensee) real or personal property (including intellectual property) in the ordinary course of business (so long as any such lease or license does not create a Capitalized Lease Obligation);
(ii) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(iii) any Investments permitted pursuant to Section 10.05;
(iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may, in the ordinary course of business, sell or otherwise dispose of assets (excluding capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, Subsidiaries and joint ventures) which, in the reasonable opinion of such Person, are obsolete, uneconomic or worn-out;
(v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell assets (other than (I) the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary unless all of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary are sold in accordance with this clause (v) and (II) assets subject to a Contemplated Asset Sale (which shall be governed by Section 10.02(xviii)), so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments (to be paid in cash within 180 days following the closing of the respective sale or disposition), at least 75% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale or disposition (provided that sales of assets for aggregate consideration of $20,000,000 (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower shall not be subject to the minimum cash requirement set forth above in this subclause (x)), (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the proceeds received from all assets sold pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $150,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower;
(vi) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not as part of any financing transaction;
(vii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may grant licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case so long as no such grant otherwise affects the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the asset or property subject thereto;
(viii) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), transfers of assets (w) pursuant to the Foreign Asset Transfer, (x) among the Qualified Obligors, (y) by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Qualified Obligor, and (z) by any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, in the case of any such transfer, so long as (I) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect to the respective transfer, (II) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the relevant Security Documents in the assets so transferred shall remain in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer) and (III) if the respective transferor is party to a Subsidiaries Guaranty, the nature and scope of the obligations of such transferor under its Subsidiaries Guaranty are substantially identical to the nature and scope of the obligations of the respective transferee under its Subsidiaries Guaranty;
(ix) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), (x) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated or liquidated with or into the Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation) or any Subsidiary Guarantor (so long as a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation), and (y) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated or liquidated with or into any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation; provided that any such merger, consolidation or liquidation shall only be permitted pursuant to this Section 10.02 (ix), so long as (I) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (II) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors in the assets (and Equity Interests) of any such Person subject to any such transaction shall remain in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or liquidation) and (III) if the Person to be merged, consolidated or liquidated into another Person as contemplated above is party to a Subsidiaries Guaranty, the nature and scope of the obligations of such Person under its Subsidiaries Guaranty are substantially identical to the nature and scope of the obligations of such other Person under its Subsidiaries Guaranty;
(x) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may transfer inventory in a non-cash or cash transfer to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Qualified Obligors, in each case so long as (I) any such transfer is made in the ordinary course of its business and consistent with past practice of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as in effect on the Effective Date, (II) if the respective transfer is being made to any Credit Party, all actions needed to maintain the perfection, priority and enforceability of the security interests, if any, of the Collateral Agent in the assets so transferred are taken at the time of the respective transfer, (III) the Borrower reasonably determines that the transfer is not reasonably likely to be adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect and (IV) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect to the respective transfer;
(xi) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), so long as no Specified Default and no Event of Default exists at the time of the respective transfer or immediately after giving effect thereto, Qualified Obligors shall be permitted to transfer additional assets (other than inventory, cash, Cash Equivalents and Equity Interests in any Credit Party) to other Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as cash in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets so transferred is received by the respective transferor;
(xii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or exchange specific items of equipment, so long as the purpose of each such sale or exchange is to acquire (and results within 90 days of such sale or exchange in the acquisition of) replacement items of equipment which are useful in a Permitted Business;
(xiii) the U.S. ▇▇▇▇ Group shall be permitted to make Permitted Acquisitions, so long as such Permitted Acquisitions are effected in accordance with the requirements of Section 9.14;
(xiv) one or more Subsidiaries identified to the Agents may sell all of the Equity Interests of a certain Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by such Subsidiaries and identified to the Agents, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments, at least 20% of the total consideration received by such Subsidiaries (in the aggregate) is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale or disposition, (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the consideration (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) received from all assets sold pursuant to Section (xiv), together with the sale or sales made pursuant to Section 10.02(xx), shall not exceed $50,000,000;
(xv) the Sale-Lease Back Transaction;
(xvi) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or liquidate Cash Equivalents, in each case for cash at fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary);
(xvii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell inventory to their respective customers in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may effect Contemplated Asset Sales, so long as (i) no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (ii) each such sale is an arms’-length transaction and the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (iii) the consideration therefor consists solely of cash and/or Permitted Installment Notes (to the extent same may be issued in accordance with the definition thereof), (iv) at least 50% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, and (v) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied as, and to the extent, required by Section 5.02(b);
(xix) the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries may sell and leaseback (i) Real Property located in ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County, North Carolina (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇ Property”), to the extent same is not a Principal Property and (ii) Principal Properties, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is made pursuant to an arm’s-length transaction, (x) 100% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom equal at least 90% of the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such sale-leaseback transaction and (z) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied as a mandatory repayment and/or commitment reduction and/or reinvested, in any case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.02(b); and
(xx) certain Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified to the Agents may sell the Equity Interests of certain other Domestic Subsidiaries identified to the Agents which own Real Property located in California, and certain Domestic Subsidiaries identified to the Agents which own Real Property located in California may sell Real Property and other assets, in each case, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments, at least 75% of the total consideration received by such Subsidiaries (in the aggregate) is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, (y) unless on-loaned to an Affiliate of a Borrower in accordance with the requirements of Sections 10.05 and 10.07 promptly following the consummation of such sale, any Net Sale Proceeds therefrom received by a Subsidiary of a Borrower (exclusive of any portion thereof which is distributed to a minority shareholder of such Subsidiary in accordance with the requirements of Section 10.06) are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the consideration (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) received from such sale or sales pursuant to Section (xx), together with the sale or sales made pursuant to Section 10.02(xiv) shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the “California Disposition”).