EXIBIT 4.1
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MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
AND
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEE
Senior Convertible Notes
due 2024
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 10, 2004
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
TIA SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
310(a)(1)..................................................... 7.10
(a)(2)..................................................... 7.10
(a)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(a)(4)..................................................... N.A.
(b)........................................................ 7.08; 7.10
(c)........................................................ N.A.
311(a) 7.11
(b)........................................................ 7.11
(c)........................................................ N.A.
312(a) 2.05
(b)........................................................ 14.03
(c)........................................................ 14.03
313(a) 7.06
(b)(1)..................................................... N.A.
(b)(2)..................................................... 7.06
(c)........................................................ 14.02
(d)........................................................ 7.06
314(a) 4.02; 4.03; 14.02
(b)........................................................ N.A.
(c)(1)..................................................... 14.04
(c)(2)..................................................... 14.04
(c)(3)..................................................... N.A.
(d)........................................................ N.A.
(e)........................................................ 14.05
(f)........................................................ N.A.
315(a) 7.01
(b)........................................................ 7.05; 14.02
(c)........................................................ 7.01
(d)........................................................ 7.01
(e)........................................................ 6.11
316(a) (last sentence)........................................ 2.08
(a)(1)(A).................................................. 6.05
(a)(1)(B).................................................. 6.04
(a)(2)..................................................... N.A.
(b)........................................................ 6.07
317(a)(1)..................................................... 6.08
(a)(2)..................................................... 6.09
(b)........................................................ 2.04
318(a) 14.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions............................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions....................................................................... 7
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act....................................... 8
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction................................................................... 8
SECTION 1.05 Acts of Holders......................................................................... 9
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating......................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.02 Execution and Authentication............................................................ 12
SECTION 2.03 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent............................................ 13
SECTION 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust...................................... 13
SECTION 2.05 Securityholder Lists.................................................................... 14
SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange................................................................... 14
SECTION 2.07 Replacement Securities.................................................................. 16
SECTION 2.08 Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders' Action............................... 16
SECTION 2.09 Temporary Securities.................................................................... 17
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation............................................................................ 17
SECTION 2.11 Persons Deemed Owners................................................................... 18
SECTION 2.12 Global Securities....................................................................... 18
SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers........................................................................... 23
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
SECTION 3.01 Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee..................................................... 23
SECTION 3.02 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.................................................. 23
SECTION 3.03 Notice of Redemption.................................................................... 24
SECTION 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.......................................................... 25
SECTION 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price............................................................. 25
SECTION 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part............................................................. 25
SECTION 3.07 Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption........................................... 25
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder.......................................... 26
SECTION 3.09 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control................... 33
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SECTION 3.10 Effect of Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice.......................... 36
SECTION 3.11 Deposit of Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price........................... 37
SECTION 3.12 Securities Purchased in Part............................................................ 37
SECTION 3.13 Repayment to the Company................................................................ 38
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities................................................................... 38
SECTION 4.02 SEC and Other Reports................................................................... 38
SECTION 4.03 Compliance Certificate.................................................................. 39
SECTION 4.04 Further Instruments and Acts............................................................ 39
SECTION 4.05 Maintenance of Office or Agency......................................................... 39
SECTION 4.06 Delivery of Certain Information......................................................... 40
SECTION 4.07 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Subsidiaries................................ 40
SECTION 4.08 Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities..................... 40
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets............................................... 40
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default....................................................................... 42
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration............................................................................ 44
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies.......................................................................... 44
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults................................................................. 44
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority..................................................................... 45
SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits..................................................................... 45
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.................................................... 45
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.............................................................. 46
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................ 46
SECTION 6.10 Priorities.............................................................................. 47
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs................................................................... 47
SECTION 6.12 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws................................................. 47
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee....................................................................... 48
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee....................................................................... 49
SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee............................................................ 51
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.................................................................... 51
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults...................................................................... 51
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders........................................................... 51
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.............................................................. 51
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.................................................................. 52
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger............................................................. 53
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification........................................................... 53
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company....................................... 53
SECTION 7.12 Compliance with Patriot Act............................................................. 53
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities.................................................... 54
SECTION 8.02 Repayment to the Company................................................................ 54
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.............................................................. 54
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders................................................................. 55
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act..................................................... 56
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.................................. 56
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities................................................... 56
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures................................................. 56
SECTION 9.07 Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................................................... 57
ARTICLE 10
SPECIAL TAX EVENT CONVERSION
SECTION 10.01 Optional Conversion to Semiannual Coupon Note upon Tax Event............................ 57
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ARTICLE 11
CONVERSION
SECTION 11.01 Conversion Privilege.................................................................... 58
SECTION 11.02 Conversion Procedure.................................................................... 58
SECTION 11.03 Fractional Shares....................................................................... 59
SECTION 11.04 Taxes on Conversion..................................................................... 59
SECTION 11.05 Company to Provide Stock................................................................ 60
SECTION 11.06 Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock.................................................. 60
SECTION 11.07 Adjustment for Rights Issue............................................................. 61
SECTION 11.08 Adjustment for Other Distributions...................................................... 62
SECTION 11.09 When Adjustment May Be Deferred......................................................... 64
SECTION 11.10 When No Adjustment Required............................................................. 64
SECTION 11.11 Notice of Adjustment.................................................................... 64
SECTION 11.12 Voluntary Increase...................................................................... 64
SECTION 11.13 Notice of Certain Transactions.......................................................... 65
SECTION 11.14 Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions........................................ 65
SECTION 11.15 Company Determination Final............................................................. 66
SECTION 11.16 Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer......................................................... 66
SECTION 11.17 Simultaneous Adjustments................................................................ 66
SECTION 11.18 Successive Adjustments.................................................................. 66
SECTION 11.19 Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued upon Conversion......................... 66
SECTION 11.20 Company's Right to Elect to Pay Cash or Common Stock.................................... 67
ARTICLE 12
PAYMENT OF INTEREST
SECTION 12.01 Interest Payments....................................................................... 67
SECTION 12.02 Defaulted Interest...................................................................... 68
SECTION 12.03 Interest Rights Preserved............................................................... 69
ARTICLE 13
GUARANTEES
SECTION 13.01 Guarantees.............................................................................. 69
SECTION 13.02 Severability............................................................................ 71
SECTION 13.03 Future Subsidiaries..................................................................... 71
SECTION 13.04 Priority of Guarantees.................................................................. 71
SECTION 13.05 Limitation of Guarantors' Liability..................................................... 71
SECTION 13.06 Subrogation............................................................................. 71
SECTION 13.07 Reinstatement........................................................................... 72
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SECTION 13.08 Release of the Guarantor................................................................ 72
SECTION 13.09 Benefits Acknowledged................................................................... 72
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls............................................................ 72
SECTION 14.02 Notices................................................................................. 72
SECTION 14.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders............................................. 74
SECTION 14.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent...................................... 74
SECTION 14.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion........................................... 74
SECTION 14.06 Separability Clause..................................................................... 74
SECTION 14.07 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.......................... 74
SECTION 14.08 Calculations............................................................................ 75
SECTION 14.09 Legal Holidays.......................................................................... 75
SECTION 14.10 Governing Law........................................................................... 75
SECTION 14.11 No Recourse Against Others.............................................................. 75
SECTION 14.12 Successors.............................................................................. 75
SECTION 14.13 Multiple Originals...................................................................... 75
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INDENTURE dated as of February 10, 2004 among MESA AIR GROUP,
INC., a Nevada corporation ("Company"), the guarantors executing a signature
page hereto (each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors") and U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of
Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 (the "Securities") having the terms, tenor,
amount and other provisions hereinafter set forth, and, to provide therefor, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when the
Securities are duly executed by the Company and the Guarantors and authenticated
and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company and the Guarantors, the
valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, and to make this Indenture
a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, in accordance
with their and its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"144A Global Security" means a permanent Global Security in
the form of the Security attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, and that is deposited
with and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Securities sold
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified person means the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the
rules and procedures of the Deposi-
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tary for such Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such
transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Average Sale Price" means the average of the Sale Prices of
the Common Stock for the shortest
of
(i) 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last full
trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the
rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated, or
(ii) the period (x) commencing on the date next succeeding
the first public announcement of (a) the issuance of rights, warrants
or options or (b) the distribution, in each case, in respect of which
the Average Sale Price is being calculated and (y) proceeding through
the last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with
respect to the rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect
of which the Average Sale Price is being calculated (excluding days
within such period, if any, which are not trading days), or
(iii) the period, if any, (x) commencing on the date next
succeeding the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the next preceding (a)
issuance of rights, warrants or options or (b) distribution, in each
case, for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of Sections
11.06(c), 11.07 or 11.08 and (y) proceeding through the last full
trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the
rights, warrants or options or distribution in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated (excluding days within such
period, if any, which are not trading days).
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of such board.
"Business Day" means each day of the year other than a
Saturday or a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in The City of
New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are required
or authorized to close.
"Capital Stock" for any corporation means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock or other equity issued
by that corporation.
"Certificated Securities" means any of the Securities that are
in the form of the Security attached hereto as Exhibit A-3.
"Common Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock, no par
value, of the Company as it exists on the date of this Indenture or any other
shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be
reclassified or changed.
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"Company" means the party named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by (i) the Chairman of the Board, the
Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Executive Vice
President or (ii) any two Officers.
"Corporate Trust Office" means an office of the Trustee at
which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Company, or the principal corporate trust office
of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Company).
"Debt" means with respect to the Company at any date, without
duplication, obligations (other than nonrecourse obligations) for borrowed money
or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage
of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that was formed
under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision
thereof or the District of Columbia.
"Global Securities" means any of the Securities that are in
the form of the Security attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, and to the extent that
such Securities are required to bear the Legend required by Section 2.06, such
Securities will be in the form of a 144A Global Security.
"guarantee" means, as applied to any obligation, (i) a
guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in
the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part
or all of such obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent
or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment
or performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or
any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the
payment of amounts drawn down by letters of credit.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Securities by any
Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Article 13.
"Guarantors" means (i) each Subsidiary listed as a signatory
to this Indenture and (ii) each Person who becomes a Guarantor pursuant to
Article 13 and/or Section 4.07 of this Indenture.
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"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions
of the TIA that are deemed to be a part hereof.
"Institutional Accredited Investor Security" means a Security
in the form of the Security attached hereto as Exhibit A-3, representing
Securities sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
"Issue Date" of any Security means the date on which the
Security was originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the
Security.
"Issue Price" of any Security means, in connection with the
original issuance of such Security, the initial issue price at which the
Security is sold as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any
Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a written certificate containing
the information specified in Sections 14.04 and 14.05, signed in the name of the
Company by any two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee. An Officers'
Certificate given pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be signed by the principal
executive financial or accounting Officer of the Company but need not contain
the information specified in Sections 14.04 and 14.05.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion containing the
information specified in Sections 14.04 and 14.05, from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the
Company or the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount" of any Security means the difference
between the Issue Price and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security as
set forth on the face of the Security, which shall accrue as set forth in the
form of Security.
"person" or "Person" means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Principal Amount at Maturity" of a Security means the
principal amount at maturity as set forth on the face of the Security.
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"Redemption Date" or "redemption date" means the date
specified for redemption of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture.
"Redemption Price" or "redemption price" shall have the
meaning set forth in paragraph 5 of the Securities.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the
Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary,
trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
"Restricted Security" means a Security required to bear the
restrictive legend set forth in the form of Security set forth in Exhibits A-1
and A-3 of this Indenture.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor rule having substantially similar provisions), as it may be amended
from time to time.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any
successor rule having substantially similar provisions), as it may be amended
from time to time.
"Sale Price" of Capital Stock on any date means (a) the
closing per share sale price (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the
average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported
on the Nasdaq National Market or such other United States securities exchange on
which the Capital Stock is traded or, if the Capital Stock is not listed on a
United States national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or (b) in the absence of such quotation,
such price as the Company shall determine on the basis of such quotations as the
Company considers appropriate.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Securities" means any of the Company's Senior Convertible
Notes due 2024, as amended or supplemented from time to time, issued under this
Indenture.
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Significant Subsidiary", as such term is defined in Rule 1-02
of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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"Special Record Date" means, with respect to the payment of
any Defaulted Interest, the date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.02.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security,
means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which an amount
equal to the Principal Amount at Maturity of such Security is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose
Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect
directors is, at the date of determination, directly or indirectly owned by the
Company, by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or
more Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) a partnership in which the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company holds a majority interest in the equity capital or
profits of such partnership, or (iii) any other person (other than a corporation
or a partnership) in which the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or the
Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, directly or indirectly, at
the date of determination, have (x) at least a majority ownership interest or
(y) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or
other governing body of such person.
"Tax Event" means that the Company shall have received an
opinion from independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
that, on or after February 5, 2004, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or
change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein or (b) any amendment to, or change in, an
interpretation or application (including through litigation or a settlement
involving the Company) of such laws or regulations by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, in each case which amendment
or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation
is issued or announced or which action is taken, on or after February 5, 2004,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest (including accrued
Original Issue Discount) payable on the Securities either (i) would not be
deductible on a current accrual basis or (ii) would not be deductible under any
other method, in either case in whole or in part, by the Company (by reason of
deferral, disallowance, or otherwise) for United States federal income tax
purposes.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on
the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that in the event the TIA is
amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the TIA as so amended.
"Time of Determination" means the time and date of the earlier
of (i) the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights, warrants or
options or a distribution, in each case, to which Section 11.07 or 11.08 applies
and (ii) the time ("Ex-Dividend Time") immediately prior to the commencement of
"ex-dividend" trading for such rights, warrants or options or distribution on
the Nasdaq National Market or such other national or regional exchange or market
on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
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"trading day" means a day during which trading in securities
generally occurs on the Nasdaq National Market or, if the Common Stock is not
listed on the Nasdaq National Market, on the principal other national or
regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the
Common Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange, on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or, if the
Common Stock is not quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System, on the principal other market on which the Common
Stock is then traded.
"Trustee" means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such
successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Act".................................................................. 1.05(a)
"Agent Members"........................................................ 2.12(f)
"Bankruptcy Law"....................................................... 6.01
"beneficial owner"..................................................... 3.09(a)
"cash"................................................................. 3.08(b)
"Change in Control".................................................... 3.09(a)
"Change in Control Purchase Date"...................................... 3.09(a)
"Change in Control Purchase Notice".................................... 3.09(c)
"Change in Control Purchase Price"..................................... 3.09(a)
"Company Notice"....................................................... 3.08(e)
"Company Notice Date".................................................. 3.08(c)
"Continuing Directors"................................................. 3.09(a)
"Conversion Agent"..................................................... 2.03
"Conversion Date"...................................................... 11.02
"Conversion Rate"...................................................... 11.01
"Custodian"............................................................ 6.01
"Defaulted Interest"................................................... 12.02
"Depositary"........................................................... 2.01(a)
"DTC".................................................................. 2.01(a)
"Event of Default"..................................................... 6.01
"Exchange Act"......................................................... 3.08(d)
"Ex-Dividend Measurement Period"....................................... 11.08
"Extraordinary Cash Dividend".......................................... 11.08
"Institutional Accredited Investors"................................... 2.01(b)
"Interest Payment Date"................................................ 10.01
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"Legal Holiday"........................................................ 14.09
"Legend"............................................................... 2.06(f)
"Market Price"......................................................... 3.08(d)
"Notice of Default".................................................... 6.01
"Option Exercise Date"................................................. 10.01
"Paying Agent"......................................................... 2.03
"Protected Purchaser".................................................. 2.07
"Purchase Date"........................................................ 3.08(a)
"Purchase Notice"...................................................... 3.08(a)
"Purchase Price"....................................................... 3.08(a)
"QIBs"................................................................. 2.01(a)
"Registrar"............................................................ 2.03
"Regular Record Date".................................................. 10.01
"Relevant Cash Dividends".............................................. 11.08
"Restated Principal Amount"............................................ 10.01
"Rights"............................................................... 11.19
"Rights Agreement"..................................................... 11.19
"Rule 144A Information"................................................ 4.06
"Securities Act"....................................................... 3.08(d)
"Special Record Date".................................................. 12.02
"Tax Event Date"....................................................... 10.01
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:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have
the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
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(1) a defined term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including, without limitation; and
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural include the singular.
SECTION 1.05 Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
(which may take the form of an electronic writing or messaging or otherwise be
in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary or the Trustee) of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing (which may be in electronic form); and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, when it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
(either of which may be in electronic form) shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of
such execution (or electronic delivery) or by a certificate of a notary public
or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing or delivering such instrument or writing
acknowledged to such officer the execution (or electronic delivery) thereof.
When such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer's
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of such signer's authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing (electronic or otherwise), or the authority of
the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
register maintained by the Registrar.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind
every future Holder of the same Security and
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the holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or
in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record
date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record
date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether
Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have authorized or
agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Securities
shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture within six months after the record date.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1
and A-3, which are a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations,
legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided
that any such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form
acceptable to the Company). The Company shall provide any such notations,
legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
(a) 144A Global Securities. Securities offered and sold
within the United States to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule
144A ("QIBs") in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of
a 144A Global Security, which shall be deposited with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the
name of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or the nominee thereof (such
depositary, or any successor thereto, and any such nominee being hereinafter
referred to as the "Depositary"), duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the 144A Global Securities may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary
as hereinafter provided.
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(b) Institutional Accredited Investor Securities. Except
as provided in this Section 2.01 or Section 2.06 or 2.12, owners of beneficial
interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery
of Certificated Securities. Securities offered and sold within the United States
to institutional "accredited investors" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2) (3)
and (7) under the Securities Act ("Institutional Accredited Investors") shall be
issued initially in the form of an Institutional Accredited Investor Security,
duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided.
(c) Global Securities in General. Each Global Security
shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein
and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that
the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of outstanding Securities represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges, redemptions and conversions.
Any adjustment of the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the
Principal Amount at Maturity of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall
be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder
thereof as required by Section 2.12 hereof and shall be made on the records of
the Trustee and the Depositary.
(d) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(d) shall
apply only to Global Securities deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with this Section 2.01(d), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global
Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary, (b) shall
be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (c)
shall bear legends substantially to the following effect:
"UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS, IN
WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY 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 ARTICLE 2 OF THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF."
(e) Certificated Securities. Securities not issued as
interests in the Global Securities will be issued in certificated form
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 attached hereto.
(f) U.S. Tax Legend. All Securities shall bear the
following legend:
"THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, FOR PURPOSES OF
SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE WAS $583.40 PER
$1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT, INCLUDING CASH INTEREST PAYABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY 10, 2009
TAXABLE AS ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION
1.1273-1, IS $522.34 PER $1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE
ISSUE DATE IS FEBRUARY 10, 2004; AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF ACCRUING TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT IS 3.625% PER ANNUM,
CALCULATED ON A SEMIANNUAL BOND EQUIVALENT BASIS."
SECTION 2.02 Execution and Authentication. The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The signature of the
Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of an
individual who was at the time of the execution of the Securities the proper
Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of
authentication of such Securities.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory of the Trustee and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities for
original issue in an aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of up to
$214,261,000 upon a Company Order without any further action by the Company. The
aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities outstanding at any time may
not exceed the amount set forth in the foregoing sentence, except as provided in
Section 2.07.
The Securities shall be issued only in registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity and
any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for purchase or payment ("Paying Agent") and
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 have one or more co-registrars,
one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion
agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent, including
any named pursuant to Section 4.05. The term "Conversion Agent" includes any
additional conversion agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.05.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Registrar or co-registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (other than
the Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture
that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and
address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying
Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled
to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or
any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying Agent,
Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar,
Conversion Agent and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in
Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein, not later than 11:30 a.m., New York
City time, on each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money (in immediately available
funds if deposited on the due date) or Common Stock sufficient to make such
payments when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent
(other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money and Common
Stock held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the
Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. At any time during the continuance of any such default, the
Paying Agent shall, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to
the Trustee all money and Common Stock so held in trust. If the Company, a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money and Common Stock held by
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it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and Common Stock held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds and Common Stock disbursed by it. Upon
doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money or
Common Stock.
SECTION 2.05 Securityholder Lists. 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least
semiannually on June 1 and December 1 a listing of Securityholders dated within
15 days of the date on which the list is furnished 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
Securityholders.
SECTION 2.06 Transfer and Exchange. Subject to Section 2.12
hereof,
(a) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Security, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholder's attorney
duly authorized in writing, at the office or agency of the Company designated as
Registrar or co-registrar pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver,
in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity. The Company shall not charge a service charge for
any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of
a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
that may be imposed in connection with the registration of transfer or exchange
of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting such registration of
transfer or exchange.
At the option of the Holder, Certificated Securities may be
exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations,
of a like aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged, together with a written instrument of transfer
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such
Securityholder's attorney duly authorized in writing, at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar
need not register, transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed) or any Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or
Change in Control Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by the Holder
thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in the case of
Securities to be purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased) or
any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed.
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(b) 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, shall be
made only in accordance with Section 2.12 and this Section 2.06(b). Transfers of
a Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in
whole, or in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the
Depositary or such successor's nominee.
(c) Successive registrations and registrations of
transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may be made from time to time as desired,
and each such registration shall be noted on the register for the Securities.
(d) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03
hereof shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may
reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of
Securities upon registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.
(e) No Registrar shall be required to make registrations
of transfer or exchange of Securities during any periods designated in the text
of the Securities or in this Indenture as periods during which such registration
of transfers and exchanges need not be made.
(f) If Securities are issued upon the registration of
transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities subject to restrictions on
transfer and bearing the legends set forth on the form of Security attached
hereto as Exhibits A-1 and A-3 setting forth such restrictions (collectively,
the "Legend"), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Security, the
Securities so issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed,
as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company and the Registrar
such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an Opinion of Counsel, as may be
reasonably required by the Company and the Registrar, 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 or Rule 144 or that
such Securities are not "restricted" within the meaning of Rule 144. Upon (i)
provision of such satisfactory evidence, or (ii) notification by the Company to
the Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Security pursuant to a
registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver a Security that
does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Security
and the Security is subsequently held by an Affiliate of the Company, the
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to reinstate the Legend.
The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty
to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on
transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to
any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or
among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global
Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when
expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
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SECTION 2.07 Replacement Securities. If (a) any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a protected purchaser within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code (a "Protected Purchaser"), the Company shall execute and upon
receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and Principal Amount at
Maturity, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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 purchased by
the Company pursuant to Article 3 hereof, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay or purchase such Security, as the case
may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section,
the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 2.08 Outstanding Securities; Determinations of
Holders' Action. Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee, except for those cancelled by it, those paid
pursuant to Section 2.10 and delivered to it for cancellation and those
described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to
be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate thereof holds the Security;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities have given or concurred in any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the
foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time of such determination
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shall be considered in any such determination (including, without limitation,
determinations pursuant to Articles 6 and 9).
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, the
replaced Security ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company
receive proof satisfactory to each of them that the replaced Security is held by
a Protected Purchaser unaware that such Security has been replaced, in which
case the replacement security shall be deemed not to be outstanding.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture,
on a Redemption Date, or on the Business Day following the Purchase Date or a
Change in Control Purchase Date, or on Stated Maturity, money or securities, if
permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then
immediately after such Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Change in Control
Purchase Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such Securities shall
cease to be outstanding and Original Issue Discount or cash interest on such
Securities shall cease to accrue; provided, that if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture.
If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 11, then
from and after the time of conversion on the Conversion Date, such Security
shall cease to be outstanding and Original Issue Discount or cash interest shall
cease to accrue on such Security.
SECTION 2.09 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose
pursuant to Section 2.03, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities the Company shall execute
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like Principal Amount at Maturity of definitive Securities of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities.
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for
payment, purchase by the Company pursuant to Article 3, conversion, redemption
or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person
other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company
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may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 11. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by
the Trustee.
SECTION 2.11 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment
of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of the Security or the payment of any Redemption
Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price in respect thereof or
cash interest thereon, for the purpose of conversion and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.12 Global Securities.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture or the Securities, (A) transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in
part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.06 and Section 2.12(b)(i),
(B) transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security for a Certificated
Security shall comply with Section 2.06 and Section 2.12(b)(i) below, and (C)
transfers of a Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.06 and Section
2.12(b)(ii) and transfer of a Certificated Security for a Beneficial Interest in
a Global Security shall comply with Section 2.06 and Section 2.12(b)(iii) below.
(b) Transfer of Global Security. A Global Security may
not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary
or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other
Person may be registered; provided that this Section 2.12(b) (i) shall not
prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global
Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any
Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and
until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Nothing in
this Section 2.12(b)(i) shall prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security effected in accordance with the other
provisions of this Section 2.12(b).
(i) Restrictions on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in
a Global Security for a Certificated Security. A beneficial interest in
a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Certificated Security
except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a request for transfer of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security in accordance with Applicable Procedures
for a Certificated Security in the form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
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(A) so long as the Securities are Restricted
Securities, certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-1, and, if requested by the Company or the Registrar,
certification in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2, that such
beneficial interest in the Global Security is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor that
satisfies the definitions set forth in subparagraph (a)(1),
(2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act;
(B) written instructions to the Trustee to make,
or direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books
and records with respect to such Global Security to reflect a
decrease in the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Securities represented by the Global Security, such
instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary
account to be credited with such decrease; and
(C) if the Company or Registrar so requests, an
Opinion of Counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory
to them as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth
in the Legend,
then the Trustee shall cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in
accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing
between the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity of Securities represented by the Global Security to
be decreased by the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Certificated Security to be issued, shall authenticate and deliver such
Certificated Security and shall instruct the Depositary to debit or
cause to be debited to the account of the Person specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Certificated Security so issued.
(ii) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities.
When Certificated Securities are presented to the Registrar with a
request:
(x) to register the transfer of such
Certificated Securities; or
(y) to exchange such Certificated Securities for
an equal Principal Amount at Maturity of Certificated
Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided, however, that the Certificated Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange:
(A) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(B) so long as such Securities are Restricted
Securities, such Securities are being transferred or exchanged
pursuant to an effective registration statement
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under the Securities Act or, if being transferred pursuant to
clause (1), (2) or (3) below, are accompanied by the
additional information and documents specified in each clause,
as applicable:
(1) if such Certificated Securities are
being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for
registration in the name of such Holder, without
transfer, a certification from such Holder to that
effect; or
(2) if such Certificated Securities are
being transferred to the Company, a certification to
that effect; or
(3) if such Certificated Securities are
being transferred pursuant to an exemption from
registration (i) a certification to that effect (in
the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 and B-2, if
applicable) and (ii) if the Company or Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them as to the compliance
with the restrictions set forth in the Legend.
(iii) Restrictions on Transfer of a Certificated Security
for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security. A Certificated Security
may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Security
except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Security, duly endorsed or
accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(A) so long as the Securities are Restricted
Securities, certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-1, that such Certificated Security is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with Rule 144A; and
(B) written instructions directing the Trustee
to make, or to direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on
its books and records with respect to such Global Security to
reflect an increase in the aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities represented by the Global Security,
such instructions to contain information regarding the
Depositary account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Security and cause, or
direct the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the standing
instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the
Registrar, the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities
represented by the Global Security to be increased by the aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Certificated Security to be
exchanged, and shall instruct the Depositary to credit or cause to be
credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the Principal
Amount at Maturity of the Certificated Security so cancelled. If no
Global Securities are then out-
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standing, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order, shall authenticate a new Global Security in the
appropriate Principal Amount at Maturity.
(c) Subject to the succeeding paragraph, every Security
shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend
including the requirement of the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, if so
provided. Whenever any Restricted Security is presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered in a name
other than that of the Holder, such Security must be accompanied by a
certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B-1, dated the date
of such surrender and signed by the Holder of such Security, as to compliance
with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to
accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so
accompanied by a properly completed certificate.
(d) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the
transferability of any Security shall cease and terminate when such Security has
been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 or, if earlier, upon the
expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under paragraph (k)
of Rule 144. Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have
expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a
surrender of such Security for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 2.12 (accompanied, in the event that such
restrictions on transfer have terminated by reason of a transfer in compliance
with Rule 144, by an opinion of counsel having substantial experience in
practice under the Securities Act and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the
Company, addressed to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar and in form
acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the transfer of such Security has
been made in compliance with Rule 144), be exchanged for a new Security, of like
tenor and aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity, which shall not bear the
restrictive Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date
of any registration statement registering the Securities under the Securities
Act. The Trustee and the Registrar shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned
opinion of counsel or registration statement.
(e) As used in the preceding two paragraphs of this
Section 2.12, the term "transfer" encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer,
hypothecation or other disposition of any Security.
(f) The provisions of clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)
below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture or the Securities, except as provided in Section 2.12(b)(i),
a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a
Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global Security may be
exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person
designated by the Depositary in the event that (i) the Depositary has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or
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unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such
Depositary has ceased to be a "clearing agency" registered under the
Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days; (ii) the Company elects to discontinue use of
the system of book-entry transfer through DTC (or any successor
depositary); or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security
exchanged pursuant to subclause (i) of this clause (1) shall be so
exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged
pursuant to subclause (ii) of this clause (1) may be exchanged in whole
or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any
Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so
issued that is registered in the name of a person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.
(2) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered
form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity equal to that of such Global Security or portion
thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and
shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global
Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the
Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global
Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be
so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian
for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security,
the Principal Amount at Maturity thereof shall be reduced, by an amount
equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any
such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of
the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(3) Subject to the provisions of clause (5) below, the
registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Agent Members (as defined below) 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.
(4) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in clause (1) above, the Company will promptly make available
to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in
definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.
(5) Neither any members of, or participants in, the
Depositary (collectively, the "Agent Members") nor any other Persons on
whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this
Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of
the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global
Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may
be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent
and any agent of the Company, the Trustee,
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the Registrar or the Paying Agent as the absolute owner and holder 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 such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the
Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an
Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such
Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any
Security.
SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the
Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
SECTION 3.01 Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee. The Company,
at its option, may redeem the Securities in accordance with the provisions of
paragraphs 5 and 7 of the Securities. Prior to February 10, 2009, the Company
cannot redeem the Securities. Beginning on February 10, 2009, the Company may
redeem the Securities for cash in whole at any time, or in part from time to
time. If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the
Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the
Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Price
and the amount of accrued and unpaid cash interest, if any, payable on the
Redemption Date.
The Company shall give the notice to the Trustee provided for
in this Section 3.01 by a Company Order, at least 45 days but not more than 60
days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee). If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record
date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given to
the Trustee, which record date shall not be less than ten days after the date of
notice 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 pro rata or by lot or by any other method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate (so long as such method is not prohibited by the
rules of any stock exchange on which the Securities are then listed). The
Trustee shall make the selection at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before the Redemption Date from outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption. The Trustee may
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select for redemption portions of the Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities
that have denominations larger than $1,000.
Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be
in Principal Amounts at Maturity of $1,000 or an integral multiple 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 redeemed.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted
in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion
of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities
which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed may be
treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
SECTION 3.03 Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of
redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities to
be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and
shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid cash
interest, if any, payable on the Redemption Date;
(3) the Conversion Rate;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent;
(5) that Securities called for redemption may be
converted at any time before the close of business on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, even if not
otherwise convertible at such time;
(6) that Holders who want to convert Securities must
satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph 8 of the Securities;
(7) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and
accrued and unpaid cash interest, if any;
(8) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to
be redeemed, the certificate number and Principal Amounts at Maturity
of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
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(9) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment
of such Redemption Price and any cash interest which is due and
payable, Original Issue Discount and interest or cash interest will
cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(10) the CUSIP number of the Securities; and
(11) any other information the Company wants to present.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption to Holders in the Company's name and at the Company's expense,
provided that the Company makes such request at least five Business Days (unless
a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date such
notice of redemption must be mailed.
SECTION 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of
redemption is given, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on
the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price (together with accrued and
unpaid cash interest, if any, to but not including the date of redemption)
stated in the notice except for Securities which are converted in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such
Securities shall be paid at the Redemption Price (together with accrued and
unpaid cash interest, if any, to but not including the date of redemption)
stated in the notice.
SECTION 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:30 a.m.
(New York City time), on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of
them is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest to but not
including the date of redemption with respect to, all Securities to be redeemed
on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for
redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered by the Company to the
Trustee for cancellation or have been converted. The Paying Agent shall as
promptly as practicable return to the Company any money not required for that
purpose because of conversion of Securities pursuant to Article 11. If such
money is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose
it shall be discharged from such trust.
SECTION 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security in an authorized
denomination equal in Principal Amount at Maturity to the unredeemed portion of
the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07 Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption. In
connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange for the
purchase and conversion of any Securities called for redemption by an agreement
with one or more investment banks or other purchasers to purchase such
Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Securityholders, on or
prior to 11:30 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date, an amount that,
together with any amounts deposited with the Trustee by the Company for the
redemption of
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such Securities, is not less than the Redemption Price of, and any accrued and
unpaid interest with respect to, such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Article 3, the obligation of the Company to pay
the Redemption Prices of such Securities shall be deemed to be satisfied and
discharged to the extent such amount is so paid by such purchasers. If such an
agreement is entered into, 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 11) surrendered
by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, subject to payment of
the above amount as aforesaid. The Trustee shall hold and pay to the Holders
whose Securities are selected for redemption any such amount paid to it for
purchase and conversion in the same manner as it would moneys 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, 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.
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder.
(a) General. Securities shall be purchased by the Company
pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Securities as of February 10, 2009, 2014 and 2019
(each, a "Purchase Date"), at the purchase price of $583.40 per $1,000 of
Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 10, 2009, of $698.20 per $1,000 of
Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 10, 2014, and of $835.58 per $1,000
of Principal Amount at Maturity as of February 10, 2019, in each case, plus
accrued and unpaid cash interest, if any, to the Purchase Date (each, a
"Purchase Price", as applicable), at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(1) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a
written notice of purchase (a "Purchase Notice") at any time from the
opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to a
Purchase Date until the close of business on the Business Day prior to
such Purchase Date stating:
(A) the certificate number of the Security which
the Holder will deliver to be purchased,
(B) the portion of the Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be
purchased, which portion must be a Principal Amount at
Maturity of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof,
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(C) that such Security shall be purchased as of
the Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in paragraph 6 of the Securities and in this
Indenture, and
(D) in the event the Company elects, pursuant to
Section 3.08(b), to pay the Purchase Price to be paid as of
such Purchase Date, in whole or in part, in shares of Common
Stock but such portion of the Purchase Price shall ultimately
be payable to such Holder entirely in cash because any of the
conditions to payment of the Purchase Price in Common Stock is
not satisfied prior to the close of business on such Purchase
Date, as set forth in Section 3.08(d), whether such Holder
elects (i) to withdraw such Purchase Notice as to some or all
of the Securities to which such Purchase Notice relates
(stating the Principal Amount at Maturity and certificate
numbers of the Securities as to which such withdrawal shall
relate), or (ii) to receive cash in respect of the entire
Purchase Price for all Securities (or portions thereof) to
which such Purchase Notice relates; and
(2) delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent prior
to, on or after the Purchase Date (together with all necessary
endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery being a
condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor;
provided, however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant
to this Section 3.08 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying
Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the
related Purchase Notice, as determined by the Company.
If a Holder, in such Holder's Purchase Notice and in any
written notice of withdrawal delivered by such Holder pursuant to the terms of
Section 3.10, fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the
election set forth in clause (D) of Section 3.08(a)(1), such Holder shall be
deemed to have elected to receive cash in respect of the Purchase Price for all
Securities subject to such Purchase Notice in the circumstances set forth in
such clause (D).
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant
to this Section 3.08, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at
Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions
of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to
the purchase of such portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 3.08 shall be consummated by the delivery of the
consideration to be received by the Holder (together with accrued and unpaid
contingent interest, if any) promptly following the later of the Purchase Date
and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering to the Paying Agent the Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section
3.08(a) shall have the right to withdraw such Purchase Notice at any time prior
to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date by
delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance
with Section 3.10.
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The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the
receipt by it of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b) Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of
Purchase Price. The Securities to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.08(a) may
be paid for, at the election of the Company, in U.S. legal tender ("cash") or
Common Stock, or in any combination of cash and Common Stock, subject to the
conditions set forth in Sections 3.08(c) and (d). The Company shall designate,
in the Company Notice delivered pursuant to Section 3.08(e), whether the Company
will purchase the Securities for cash or Common Stock, or, if a combination
thereof, the percentages or amounts of the Purchase Price of Securities in
respect of which it will pay in cash or Common Stock; provided that the Company
will pay cash for fractional interests in Common Stock. For purposes of
determining the existence of potential fractional interests, all Securities
subject to purchase by the Company held by a Holder shall be considered together
(no matter how many separate certificates are to be presented). Each Holder
whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall receive the
same percentage of cash or Common Stock in payment of the Purchase Price for
such Securities, except (i) as provided in Section 3.08(d) with regard to the
payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock and (ii) in the
event that the Company is unable to purchase the Securities of a Holder or
Holders of Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or registrations of
the Common Stock under applicable state securities laws cannot be obtained, the
Company may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders for cash. The
Company may not change its election with respect to the consideration (or
components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Company has
given its Company Notice to Securityholders except pursuant to this Section
3.08(b) or pursuant to Section 3.08(d) in the event of a failure to satisfy,
prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date, any condition to the
payment of the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in Common Stock.
At least three Business Days before the Company Notice Date,
the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee specifying:
(i) the manner of payment selected by the Company,
(ii) the information required by Section 3.08(e),
(iii) if the Company elects to pay the Purchase Price, or a
specified percentage thereof, in Common Stock, that the conditions to
such manner of payment set forth in Section 3.08(d) have been or will
be complied with, and
(iv) whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the
Company Notice required by Section 3.08(e).
(c) Purchase with Cash. On each Purchase Date, at the
option of the Company, the Purchase Price of Securities in respect of which a
Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given and not withdrawn, or
a specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the
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Company with cash equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of such Securities. If
the Company elects to purchase Securities with cash, the Company Notice, as
provided in Section 3.08(e), shall be sent to Holders not less than 20 Business
Days prior to such Purchase Date (the "Company Notice Date").
(d) Payment by Issuance of Common Stock. On each Purchase
Date, at the option of the Company, the Purchase Price of Securities in respect
of which a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given, or a
specified percentage thereof, may be paid by the Company by the issuance of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i)
the amount of cash to which the Securityholders would have been entitled had the
Company elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of
the Purchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) the Market Price of a
share of Common Stock, subject to the next succeeding paragraph.
The Company will not issue a fractional share of Common Stock
in payment of the Purchase Price. Instead the Company will pay cash for the
current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a
fraction of a share shall be determined by multiplying the Market Price by such
fraction and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent. It is understood
that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security purchased, the number of
shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate amount of Securities to
be purchased.
Upon a payment by Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof,
that portion of accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest attributable to
the period from the Issue Date to the Purchase Date with respect to the
purchased Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited but rather
shall be deemed paid in full to the Holder through the delivery of the Common
Stock in exchange for the Security being purchased pursuant to the terms hereof,
and the fair market value of such Common Stock (together with any cash payments
in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock) shall be treated as issued, to the
extent thereof, first in exchange for the accrued Original Issue Discount or
cash interest through the Purchase Date, and the balance, if any, of the fair
market value of such shares of Common Stock shall be treated as issued in
exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being purchased pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
If the Company elects to purchase the Securities by the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Company Notice, as provided in Section
3.08(e), shall be sent to the Holders not later than the Company Notice Date.
The Company's right to exercise its election to purchase the
Securities pursuant to this Section 3.08 through the issuance of shares of
Common Stock shall be conditioned upon:
(i) the Company's not having given its Company Notice of
an election to pay entirely in cash and its giving of timely Company
Notice of election to purchase all or a specified percentage of the
Securities with Common Stock as provided herein;
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(ii) the shares of Common Stock having been admitted for
listing or admitted for listing subject to notice of issuance on the
Nasdaq National Market or a national securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed
on a national or regional securities exchange, as quoted on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System;
(iii) the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be
issued in respect of the payment of the Purchase Price under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in
each case, if required;
(iv) any necessary qualification or registration under
applicable state securities laws or the availability of an exemption
from such qualification and registration; and
(v) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that (A) the terms
of the issuance of the Common Stock are in conformity with this
Indenture and (B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the
Company in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of Securities have
been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of
the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, free from preemptive
rights under law or material contracts, and, in the case of such
Officers' Certificate, stating that conditions (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) above and the condition set forth in the second succeeding
sentence have been satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of
Counsel, stating that conditions (ii) and (iii) above have been
satisfied.
Such Officers' Certificate shall also set forth the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity
of Securities and the Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each trading day
during the period for which the Market Price is calculated. The Company may pay
the Purchase Price (or any portion thereof) in Common Stock only if the
information necessary to calculate the Market Price is published in a daily
newspaper of national circulation. If the foregoing conditions are not satisfied
with respect to a Holder or Holders prior to the close of business on the
Purchase Date and the Company has elected to purchase the Securities pursuant to
this Section 3.08 through the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Company
shall pay the entire Purchase Price of the Securities of such Holder or Holders
in cash.
The "Market Price" of the Common Stock means the average of
the Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five trading day period ending on
the third Business Day (if the third Business Day prior to the applicable
Purchase Date is a trading day or, if not, then on the last trading day) prior
to the applicable Purchase Date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the
occurrence, during the period commencing on the first of such trading days
during such five trading day period and ending on such Purchase Date, of any
event described in Section 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08; subject, however, to the
conditions set forth in Sections 11.09 and 11.10.
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(e) Notice of Election. The Company's notice of election
to purchase with cash or Common Stock or any combination thereof shall be sent
to the Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) in the
manner provided in Section 14.02 at the time specified in Section 3.08(c) or
(d), as applicable (the "Company Notice"). Such Company Notice shall state the
manner of payment elected and shall contain the following information:
In the event the Company has elected to pay the Purchase Price
(or a specified percentage thereof) with Common Stock, the Company Notice shall:
(1) state that each Holder will receive Common Stock with
a Market Price determined as of a specified date prior to the Purchase
Date equal to such specified percentage of the Purchase Price of the
Securities held by such Holder (except any cash amount to be paid in
lieu of fractional shares);
(2) set forth the method of calculating the Market Price
of the Common Stock; and
(3) state that because the Market Price of Common Stock
will be determined prior to the Purchase Date, Holders will bear the
market risk with respect to the value of the Common Stock to be
received from the date such Market Price is determined to the Purchase
Date.
In any case, each Company Notice shall include a form of
Purchase Notice to be completed by a Securityholder and shall state:
(i) the Purchase Price, the Conversion Rate and accrued
and unpaid cash interest, if any, that will be accrued and payable with
respect to the Securities as of the Purchase Date;
(ii) whether the Company will pay the Purchase Price in
cash or in Common Stock or any combination thereof, specifying the
percentage of each;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the
Conversion Agent;
(iv) that Securities as to which a Purchase Notice has
been given may be converted pursuant to Article 11 hereof only if the
applicable Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture;
(v) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect payment of the Purchase Price and interest, if any;
(vi) that the Purchase Price for any Security as to which
a Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn, together with any
cash interest payable with respect
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thereto, will be paid promptly following the later of the Purchase Date
and the time of surrender of such Security as described in (v);
(vii) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise
rights under Section 3.08 and a brief description of those rights;
(viii) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities and
that Holders who want to convert Securities must satisfy the
requirements set forth in paragraph 8 of the Securities;
(ix) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice
(including, without limitation, for a conditional withdrawal pursuant
to the terms of Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or Section 3.10);
(x) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment
of such Purchase Price and cash interest, if any, Original Issue
Discount and cash interest, if any, on Securities surrendered for
purchase will cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date; and
(xi) the CUSIP number of the Securities.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give such Company
Notice in the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided, however,
that, in all cases, the text of such Company Notice shall be prepared by the
Company.
Upon determination of the actual number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities,
the Company will issue a press release and publish such determination on the
Company's web site on the World Wide Web.
(f) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Common Stock
delivered upon purchase of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or
treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or
adverse claim created by the Company.
The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to list or cause
to have quoted any shares of Common Stock to be issued on the Nasdaq National
Market or the principal United States securities exchange or over-the-counter or
other domestic market on which any other shares of the Common Stock are then
listed or quoted. The Company will promptly inform the Trustee in writing of any
such listing.
(g) Procedure upon Purchase. The Company shall deposit
cash (in respect of a cash purchase under Section 3.08(c) or for fractional
interests as applicable) or shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, as
applicable, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.11,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of, and any accrued and unpaid
contingent interest with respect to all Securities to be purchased pursuant to
this Section 3.08. As
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soon as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall deliver to each
Holder entitled to receive Common Stock through the Paying Agent, a certificate
for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of the
Purchase Price and cash in lieu of any fractional interests. The person in whose
name the certificate for Common Stock is registered shall be treated as a holder
of record of shares of Common Stock on the Business Day following the Purchase
Date. Subject to Section 3.08(d), no payment or adjustment will be made for
dividends on the Common Stock the record date for which occurred on or prior to
the Purchase Date.
(h) Taxes. If a Holder of a Security is paid in Common
Stock, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer
tax due on such issue of shares of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay
any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock
to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse
to deliver the certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name
other than the Holder's name until the Paying Agent receives a sum sufficient to
pay any tax which will be due because the shares of Common Stock are to be
issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any
income tax withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 3.09 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder
upon Change in Control.
(a) If there shall have occurred a Change in Control,
Securities shall be purchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder
thereof, at a purchase price specified in paragraph 6 of the Securities (the
"Change in Control Purchase Price"), as of the date that is no later than 30
Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control but in no event
prior to the date on which such Change in Control occurs (the "Change in Control
Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the
requirements set forth in Section 3.09(c).
A "Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following: (a) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are
used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), (b) the adoption of a plan relating
to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, (c) the consummation of any
transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term
is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of more than 35% of the voting
power of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, or (d) the first day on
which more than a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors.
"Continuing Directors" means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (a) was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company on February 10, 2004 or (b) was nominated for
election to the Board of Directors of
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the Company with the approval of, or whose election to the Board of Directors of
the Company was ratified by, at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who
were members of the Board of Directors of the Company at the time of such
nomination or election.
(b) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a
Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control
by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners
as required by applicable law). The notice shall include a form of Change in
Control Purchase Notice to be completed by the Securityholder and shall state:
(1) briefly, the events causing a Change in Control and
the date of such Change in Control;
(2) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase
Notice pursuant to this Section 3.09 must be given;
(3) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(4) the Change in Control Purchase Price and, to the
extent known at the time of such notice, the amount of interest, if
any, that will be accrued and payable with respect to the Securities as
of the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the
Conversion Agent;
(6) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto
resulting from the Change in Control;
(7) that Securities as to which a Change in Control
Purchase Notice has been given may be converted pursuant to Article 11
hereof only if the Change in Control Purchase Notice has been withdrawn
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(8) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price and
accrued and unpaid cash interest, if any;
(9) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any
Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly
given and not withdrawn, together with any accrued interest payable
with respect thereto, will be paid promptly following the later of the
Change in Control Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such
Security as described in (8);
(10) briefly, the procedures the Holder must follow to
exercise rights under this Section 3.09;
(11) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;
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(12) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control
Purchase Notice;
(13) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment
of such Change in Control Purchase Price and contingent interest, if
any on Securities surrendered for purchase, Original Issue Discount or
cash interest on Securities surrendered for purchase will cease to
accrue on and after the Change in Control Purchase Date; and
(14) the CUSIP number of the Securities.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section
3.09(a) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control
Purchase Notice") to the Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business
on the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(1) the certificate number of the Security which the
Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(2) the portion of the Principal Amount at Maturity of
the Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which
portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(3) that such Security shall be purchased pursuant to the
terms and conditions specified in paragraph 6 of the Securities.
The delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent prior to, on
or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary
endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a condition to the
receipt by the Holder of the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor;
provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid
pursuant to this Section 3.09 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying
Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the
related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant
to this Section 3.09, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount at
Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions
of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to
the purchase of such portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 3.09 shall be consummated by the delivery of the
consideration to be received by the Holder (together with accrued and unpaid
interest, if any) promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase
Date and the time of delivery of the Security to the Paying Agent in accordance
with this Section 3.09.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering to the Paying Agent the Change in Control Purchase Notice
contemplated by this Section 3.09(c) shall have the right to withdraw such
Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to the close
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of business on the Business Day prior to the Change in Control Purchase Date by
delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance
with Section 3.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the
receipt by it of any Change in Control Purchase Notice or written withdrawal
thereof.
The Company shall not be required to comply with this Section
3.09 if a third party mails a written notice of Change in Control in the manner,
at the times and otherwise in compliance with this Section 3.09 and repurchases
all Securities for which a Change in Control Purchase Notice shall be delivered
and not withdrawn.
SECTION 3.10 Effect of Purchase Notice or Change in Control
Purchase Notice. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Purchase Notice or
Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.08(a) or Section
3.09(c), as applicable, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such
Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, was
given shall (unless such Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice is
withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs) thereafter be entitled
to receive solely the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the
case may be, and any accrued and unpaid interest, with respect to such Security.
Such Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price and any accrued and
unpaid cash interest, if any, shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt
of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of
(x) the Purchase Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may
be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 3.08(a) or
Section 3.09(c), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of
delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the
manner required by Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(c), as applicable. Securities
in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as
the case may be, has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to Article 11 hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such
Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, unless
such Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be,
has first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs.
A Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the
case may be, may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal
delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Purchase
Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, at any time
prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date or
the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, specifying:
(1) the certificate number of the Security in respect of
which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
(2) the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security with
respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and
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(3) the Principal Amount at Maturity, if any, of such
Security which remains subject to the original Purchase Notice or
Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, and which has
been or will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
A written notice of withdrawal of a Purchase Notice may be in
the form set forth in the preceding paragraph or may be in the form of (i) a
conditional withdrawal contained in a Purchase Notice pursuant to the terms of
Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or (ii) a conditional withdrawal containing the
information set forth in Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) and the preceding paragraph and
contained in a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent as set
forth in the preceding paragraph.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.08 (other than through the issuance of Common Stock in payment of the
Purchase Price, including cash in lieu of fractional shares) or 3.09 if there
has occurred (prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving, by the
Holders of such Securities, of the required Purchase Notice or Change in Control
Purchase Notice, as the case may be) and is continuing an Event of Default
(other than a default in the payment of the Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price, as the case may be, and any accrued and unpaid cash interest
with respect to such Securities). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the
respective Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Purchase
Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been
withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by it during the
continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, and any
accrued and unpaid cash interest with respect to such Securities) in which case,
upon such return, the Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice with
respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
SECTION 3.11 Deposit of Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
following the Purchase Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case
may be, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or,
if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as
the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04)
an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business
Day) or Common Stock, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, of, and
any accrued and unpaid cash interest with respect to, all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Purchase Date or Change in
Control Purchase Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 3.12 Securities Purchased in Part. Any Security which
is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying
Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge,
a new Security or Secu-
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rities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security so surrendered which is not
purchased.
SECTION 3.13 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any cash or shares of Common
Stock that remain unclaimed as provided in paragraph 14 of the Securities,
together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01(f)), held by them for the payment of the Purchase Price or
Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, or contingent interest, if
any; provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash or
shares of Common Stock deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.11 exceeds
the aggregate Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case
may be, of, and the accrued and unpaid contingent interest with respect to, the
Securities or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of
the Purchase Date or Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be,
whether as a result of withdrawal or otherwise, then promptly after the Business
Day following the Purchase Date or Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case
may be, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with
interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section
7.01(f)).
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly
make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. Any amounts to be
given to the Trustee or Paying Agent, shall be deposited with the Trustee or
Paying Agent by 11:30 a.m., New York City time on the payment date, by the
Company. Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal Amount, Issue Price
plus accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change
in Control Purchase Price, and cash interest shall be considered paid on the
applicable date due if on such date (or, in the case of a Purchase Price or
Change in Control Purchase Price, on the Business Day following the applicable
Purchase Date or Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be) the
Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money or
securities, if permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.
The Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay cash
interest on overdue amounts at the rate per annum set forth in paragraph 1 of
the Securities, compounded semiannually, which interest shall accrue from the
date such overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount,
including interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such
interest shall be payable on demand. The accrual of such interest on overdue
amounts shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the continued accrual of
Original Issue Discount.
SECTION 4.02 SEC and Other Reports. The Company shall deliver
to the Trustee, within 15 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports,
information, documents
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and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section
314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of the same shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
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
(beginning with the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2004) an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 4.04 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.
SECTION 4.05 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency
of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Securities
may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, exchange, purchase, redemption or conversion and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
and this Indenture may be served. The office of the Trustee, located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Attention: Corporate Trust Services),
shall initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of
any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in
the location of the office of the Trustee). If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section
14.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes.
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SECTION 4.06 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 or any beneficial holder of Securities or shares of Common
Stock which are restricted securities issued upon conversion thereof, the
Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as
defined below) to such Holder or any beneficial holder of Securities or holder
of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such holder, as the
case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or
holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of
any such security. "Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
SECTION 4.07 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by
Subsidiaries. The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to guarantee the
payment of any Debt of the Company unless such Subsidiary simultaneously
executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the indenture providing for a
Guarantee of the Securities by such Subsidiary to the extent required in Article
13 hereof.
SECTION 4.08 Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon
Purchase of Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase or purchase of
Securities under Section 3.08 or 3.09 hereof (provided that such offer or
purchase constitutes an "Issuer Tender Offer" for purposes of Rule 13e-4 (which
term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under the
Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), the Company shall to the
extent applicable (i) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange
Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with all Federal and
state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Sections
3.08 and 3.09 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in
Sections 3.08 and 3.09.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other person or
convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to any person, nor will the Company permit any Subsidiary to enter into any such
transaction or series of transactions if such transaction or series of
transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a sale, assignment, transfer,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any other
person or persons, unless:
(a) either (1) the Company or such subsidiary shall be
the surviving corporation or (2) the person (if other than the Company)
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such
Subsidiary is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company or such
Subsidiary
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substantially as an entirety (i) shall be organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations
of the Company or such Subsidiary under the Securities and this
Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article 5 and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more
Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another Subsidiary), which, if such
assets were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
The successor person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company or the applicable Subsidiary is merged or the successor person
to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor had been named as the Company or the applicable Subsidiary herein; and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease and any obligations the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary may have under a supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 11.14, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary shall be discharged from
all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. Subject
to Section 9.06, the Company, the applicable Subsidiary, the Trustee and the
successor person shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the
succession and substitution of such successor person and such discharge and
release of the Company and the applicable Subsidiary.
A Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entity to another Person unless the surviving Person assumes the obligations
of such Guarantor and the surviving Person is a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, except if all of the assets or all of the common stock of such
Guarantor is sold to a non-affiliate of the Company, in which case the Guarantee
is released.
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs
if:
(1) the Company defaults in payment of any interest when
due under the Securities and such default continues for 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the Principal
Amount at Maturity (or, if the Securities have been converted to
semiannual coupon notes following a Tax Event pursuant to Section 10.01
of this Indenture, the Restated Principal Amount), Issue Price plus
accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest, Redemption Price,
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price on any Security when
the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon
redemption, upon declaration, when due for purchase by the Company or
otherwise;
(3) the Company fails to comply with any of its
agreements in the Security or this Indenture (other than those referred
to in clauses (1) and (2) above) and such failure continues for 60 days
after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default;
(4) default under any Debt, whether such Debt now exists
or is created later, which default results in such Debt becoming or
being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable, and the principal amount of all
Debt so accelerated, together with all Debt due and payable but not
paid prior to the end of any grace period, is $10,000,000 or more, and
such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within a period of
10 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default from the
Trustee; provided, however, that if any such default shall be cured,
waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default by reason
thereof shall be deemed not to have occurred;
(5) any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect
or is declared null and void or any Guarantor denies that it has any
further liability under any Guarantee, or gives notice to such effect
(other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the
release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture) and
such condition shall have continued for a period of 30 days after
written notice of such failure requiring the Guarantor and the Company
to remedy the same shall have been given (x) to the Company by the
Trustee or (y) to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding;
(6) the Company pursuant to or under or within the
meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
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(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the
commencement of any case against it;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian
of it or for any substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors;
(E) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(F) consents to the filing of such petition or
the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding, or adjudicates the Company
insolvent or bankrupt;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for
any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the
Company;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
days.
"Bankruptcy Law" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Code, or any
similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (3) or clause (4) above is not an Event
of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time
outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company
or a Guarantor does not cure such Default (and such Default is not waived)
within the time specified in clause (3) or clause (4) above after actual receipt
of such notice. Any such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be
remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default".
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after
it becomes aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Default under clause (3) or clause (4) above, its status and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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SECTION 6.02 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) in respect of the
Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by written notice to the Company,
or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest
(or if the Securities have been converted to semiannual coupon notes following a
Tax Event, the Restated Principal Amount, plus accrued interest) through the
date of declaration on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable.
Upon such a declaration, such Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount,
and such accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs
in respect of the Company and is continuing, the Issue Price plus accrued
Original Issue Discount or accrued cash interest (or if the Securities have been
converted to semiannual coupon notes following a Tax Event, the Restated
Principal Amount, plus accrued interest) (including contingent interest) on all
the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice
to any other Securityholder), 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 the
Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount or accrued cash interest (or,
if the Securities have been converted to semiannual coupon notes following a Tax
Event, the Restated Principal Amount, plus accrued interest) that have become
due solely as a result of acceleration and if all amounts due to the Trustee
under Section 7.07 have been paid. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the
payment of the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount 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 the Trustee does
not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in
the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder 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. Except as set forth in Section 2.07 hereof, no remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.02,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice
to any other Securityholder), may waive an existing Default and its consequences
except (1) an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(1) or (2), (2) a
Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended
without the consent of each Securityholder affected or (3) a Default which
constitutes a failure to convert
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any Security in accordance with the terms of Article 11. When a Default is
waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any consequent right. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu
of Section 316(a)1(B) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(B) is hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding
may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines in good
faith is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or would
involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered
indemnity satisfactory to it. This Section 6.05 shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)1(A) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)1(A) is hereby expressly excluded
from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits. A Securityholder may not
pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice
stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding make a
written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security
or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or
indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal
Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding do not
give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such
60-day period.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of any other Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over
any other Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder
to receive payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity (or if the Securities
have been converted to semiannual coupon notes following a Tax Event pursuant to
Article 10, the Restated Principal Amount, plus accrued cash interest), Issue
Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price,
Change in Control Purchase Price, or cash interest in respect of the Securities
held by such Holder, on or
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after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities or any Redemption
Date, and to convert the Securities in accordance with Article 11, or to bring
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates
or the right to convert, shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of
Default described in Section 6.01(1) or (2) 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 owing with respect to the Securities
and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated
Principal Amount, Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount or cash
interest, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the
Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal Amount, Issue Price
plus accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price (or, if the
Securities have been converted to semiannual coupon notes following a
Tax Event, the Restated Principal Amount, plus accrued interest), as
the case may be, and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel or
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
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adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money
pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated Principal
Amount, Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount or cash
interest, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price (or, if the Securities have been converted to semiannual
coupon notes following a Tax Event, the Restated Principal Amount, plus
accrued interest), as the case may be, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the
Securities; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days
before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder and the
Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to
be paid.
SECTION 6.11 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 Trustee, a court in its
discretion may require the filing by any party litigant (other than the Trustee)
in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its
discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, 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 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate
Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding. This
Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section
315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.
SECTION 6.12 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at
any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or
forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the Principal Amount at
Maturity, Restated Principal Amount, Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue
Discount or cash interest, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price (or, if the Securities have been converted to semiannual coupon
notes following a Tax Event, the Restated Principal Amount, plus accrued
interest), as contemplated herein, or which may affect
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the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture, but in case of any such certificates or opinions which
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture, but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein.
This Section 7.01(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA and such
Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by
the TIA.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
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(3) 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 6.05.
Subparagraphs (c)(1), (2) and (3) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1),
315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) of the TIA and such Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and
315(d)(3) are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way
relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this
Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or
exercise any right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense.
(f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
(acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be under no liability for interest on
any money received by it hereunder unless otherwise agreed in writing with the
Company.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee. Subject to its duties and
responsibilities under the provisions of Section 7.01, and, except as expressly
excluded from this Indenture pursuant to said Section 7.01, subject also to its
duties and responsibilities under the TIA:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(c) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith which it believes
to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred under this
Indenture;
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(e) the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it
and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to
the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(g) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors;
(h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine
to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or
by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no
liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry
or investigation;
(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event
which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such
notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right
to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the
Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent,
custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and
(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or
titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed
by any person authorized to sign an Officers' Certificate, including
any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate
previously delivered and not superseded.
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SECTION 7.03 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 its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion
Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee
must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04 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 or application of
the proceeds from the Securities, it shall not be responsible for any statement
in the registration statement for the Securities under the Securities Act or in
the Indenture or the Securities (other than its certificate of authentication),
or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled to receive any
notices hereunder.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and if it
is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each
Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after such Responsible
Officer obtains knowledge of such Default unless such Default shall have been
cured or waived before the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a
Default described in Section 6.01(1) or (2), the Trustee may withhold the notice
if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders.
The second sentence of this Section 7.05 shall be in lieu of the proviso to
Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from
this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of a Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received
written notice of such Default.
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days
after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as
of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if required to do so by
such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each securities exchange, if
any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to promptly notify
the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and
of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such
reasonable compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time
to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation shall not be limited (to the extent permitted by
law) by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
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(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including
the reasonable compensation and the expenses, advances and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor, Trustee
and their agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
damage, claim, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses and taxes (other than taxes based upon,
measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee)) incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other
Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
7.07, the Holders shall have been deemed to have granted to the Trustee a lien
prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the
Trustee, except that held in trust to pay the Principal Amount at Maturity,
Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase
Price, Change in Control Purchase Price, or cash interest, if any, as the case
may be, on particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section
7.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or
removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of
a Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or (7), the expenses including the
reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel, are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by
so notifying the Company; provided, however, no such resignation shall be
effective until a successor Trustee has accepted its appointment pursuant to
this Section 7.08. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
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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, by
resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and
substance to the retiring Trustee and the Company. Thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, 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
Securityholders. 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 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
of the Securities at the time outstanding may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee
consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation, the
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be
the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The
Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual
report of condition. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Trustee from
filing with the Commission the application referred to in the penultimate
paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor 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 7.12 Compliance with Patriot Act. Federal law requires
all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each person who opens an account. For a non-individual person such as
a business entity, a charity, a trust or other legal entity the Trustee will ask
for documentation to verify its formation and existence as a legal entity. The
Trustee may also ask to see financial statements, licenses, identification and
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tion documents from individuals claiming authority to represent the entity or
other relevant documentation.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities. When (i)
the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities (other than
Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (ii) all
outstanding Securities have become due and payable and the Company or any
Guarantor irrevocably deposits with the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if the Paying
Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) or the Conversion Agent cash
or, if expressly permitted by the terms of the Securities or the Indenture,
Common Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in
either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company,
then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 7.07, cease to be of further
effect. The Trustee shall join in the execution of a document prepared by the
Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of
the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and
at the cost and expense of the Company.
SECTION 8.02 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or
securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the
Securities that remains unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable unclaimed
property law. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or
securities must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another person and the Trustee and
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability to the Securityholders with
respect to such money or securities for that period commencing after the return
thereof.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the
Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any
Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article 5 or Section 11.14;
(3) to secure the Company's obligations under the
Securities and this Indenture;
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(4) to add to the Company's covenants for the benefit of
the Securityholders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon
the Company;
(5) to make any change to comply with the TIA, or any
amendment thereto, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in
connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or as
necessary in connection with the registration of the Securities under
the Securities Act; or
(6) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holders (it being understood that any amendment described
in clause (1) above made solely to conform this Indenture to the final
offering memorandum provided to investors in connection with the
initial offering of the Securities will be deemed not to adversely
affect the rights or interests of Holders).
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders. With the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
of the Securities at the time outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may amend
this Indenture or the Securities. However, without the consent of each
Securityholder affected, an amendment to this Indenture or the Securities may
not:
(1) reduce the percentage in Principal Amount at maturity
of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(2) make any change in the manner or rate of accrual of
Original Issue Discount or cash interest, reduce the rate of cash
interest referred to in paragraph 1 of the Securities, or extend the
time for payment of Original Issue Discount or cash interest on any
Security;
(3) reduce the Principal Amount at Maturity, Restated
Principal Amount or accrued Original Issue Discount or cash interest,
with respect to any Security, or extend the Stated Maturity of any
Security;
(4) reduce the Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change
in Control Purchase Price of any Security;
(5) make any Security payable in money or securities
other than that stated in the Security;
(6) make any change in Article 10 of this Indenture, or
this Section 9.02, except to increase any percentage set forth therein;
(7) make any change that adversely affects the right to
convert any Security;
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(8) make any change that adversely affects the right to
require the Company to purchase the Securities in accordance with the
terms thereof and this Indenture;
(9) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment with respect to, or conversion of, the
Securities; or
(10) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations
under its Guarantee other than in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective,
the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall comply with the
TIA.
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and
Actions. Until an amendment, consent, waiver or other action by Holders becomes
effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a continuing
consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of
the Security that evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holder's
Security, even if notation of the amendment, consent, waiver or other action is
not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if
the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date as of which the
amendment, consent, waiver or action is made effective. After an amendment,
consent, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder.
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. Securities
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a
notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding
Securities.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures. The
Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article 9 if the amendment contained therein does not adversely affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the
Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such
supplemental indenture the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the
documents required by Section 14.04,
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an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
SECTION 9.07 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form
a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound
thereby.
ARTICLE 10
SPECIAL TAX EVENT CONVERSION
SECTION 10.01 Optional Conversion to Semiannual Coupon Note
upon Tax Event. From and after (i) the date (the "Tax Event Date") of the
occurrence of a Tax Event and (ii) the date the Company exercises the option
provided for in this Section 10.01, whichever is later (the "Option Exercise
Date"), at the option of the Company, interest in lieu of future Original Issue
Discount or cash interest shall accrue at the rate of 3.625% per annum,
calculated on a semiannual bond equivalent basis, on a Restated Principal Amount
per $1,000 original Principal Amount at Maturity (the "Restated Principal
Amount") equal to the Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount accrued through
the Option Exercise Date and shall be payable semiannually on February 10 and
August 10 of each year (each an "Interest Payment Date") to Holders of record at
the close of business on February 1 or August 1 (each a "Regular Record Date")
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and will accrue
from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from the Option Exercise Date. Within 15 days of the occurrence of a
Tax Event, the Company shall deliver a written notice of such Tax Event by
facsimile and first-class mail to the Trustee and within 15 days of its exercise
of such option the Company shall deliver a written notice of the Option Exercise
Date by facsimile and first-class mail to the Trustee and by first class mail to
the Holders of the Securities. From and after the Option Exercise Date, (i) the
Company shall be obligated to pay at Stated Maturity, in lieu of the Principal
Amount at Maturity of a Security, the Restated Principal Amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest with respect to any Security and (ii) "Issue Price
and accrued Original Issue Discount," "Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount"
or similar words, as used herein, shall mean Restated Principal Amount plus
accrued and unpaid interest with respect to any Security. Securities
authenticated and delivered after the Option Exercise Date may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in a form approved by the Trustee as to
the conversion of the Securities to semiannual coupon notes. No other changes to
the Indenture shall result as a result of the events described in this Section
10.01.
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ARTICLE 11
CONVERSION
SECTION 11.01 Conversion Privilege. A Holder of a Security may
convert such Security into Common Stock at any time during the periods and
subject to the conditions stated in paragraph 8 of the Securities, subject to
the provisions of this Article 11. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of a Security per $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity thereof
(the "Conversion Rate") shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 8 of the Securities.
A Holder may convert a portion of the Principal Amount at
Maturity of a Security if the portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a
Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security.
SECTION 11.02 Conversion Procedure. To convert a Security, a
Holder must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 8 of the Securities. The date
on which the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the conversion date (the
"Conversion Date"). As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date but in any
event no later than the seventh Business Day following the Conversion Date, the
Company shall deliver to the Holder, through the Conversion Agent, a certificate
for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion and
cash in lieu of any fractional share determined pursuant to Section 11.03. The
Company shall determine such full number of shares and the amounts of the
required cash with respect to any fractional share, and shall set forth such
information in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Conversion Agent. The
Conversion Agent shall have no duties under this paragraph unless and until it
has received such certificate.
The person in whose name the certificate is registered shall
be treated as a stockholder of record on and after the Conversion Date;
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 or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such
conversion as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on
such date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the Person or
Persons entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock as the record holder or
holders thereof for all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding
day on which such stock transfer books are open; such conversion shall be at the
Conversion Rate in effect on the date that such Security shall have been
surrendered for conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had
not been closed. Upon conversion of a Security, such Person shall no longer be a
Holder of such Security.
Holders may surrender a Security for conversion by means of a
book-entry delivery in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Security and the
regulations of the applicable book-entry facility.
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No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on, or
other distributions with respect to, any Common Stock except as provided in this
Article 11. On conversion of a Security, that portion of accrued Original Issue
Discount or cash interest attributable to the period from the Issue Date of the
Security through the Conversion Date with respect to the converted Security
shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to
be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of the Common Stock
(together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in
exchange for the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof; and
the fair market value of such shares of Common Stock (together with any such
cash payment in lieu of fractional shares) shall be treated as issued, to the
extent thereof, first in exchange for the greater of Original Issue Discount or
cash interest through the Conversion Date, and the balance, if any, of such fair
market value of such Common Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated
as issued in exchange for the Issue Price of the Security being converted
pursuant to the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, accrued cash
interest will be payable upon conversion of Securities made concurrently with or
after acceleration of Securities following an Event of Default.
If the Holder converts more than one Security at the same
time, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion shall be
based on the total Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities converted.
A Security surrendered for conversion based on (a) the Common
Stock price may be surrendered for conversion until the close of business on
February 10, 2024, (b) the Security being called for redemption may be
surrendered for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the
second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, even if it is not
otherwise convertible at such time, and (c) upon the occurrence of certain
corporate transactions more fully described in paragraph 8 of the Security may
be surrendered for conversion at any time from and after the date which is 15
days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction until 15 days
after the actual date of such transaction, and if such day is not a Business
Day, the next occurring Business Day following such day.
Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder, a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in Principal Amount
at Maturity to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
SECTION 11.03 Fractional Shares. The Company will not issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of a Security. Instead, the
Company will deliver cash for the current market value of the fractional share.
The current market value of a fractional share shall be determined, to the
nearest 1/1,000th of a share, by multiplying the per share Sale Price of the
Common Stock, on the last Trading Day prior to the Conversion Date, by the
fractional amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent.
SECTION 11.04 Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts a
Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or
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transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion.
However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder
requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name and any
income tax which is imposed on the Holder as a result of the conversion. The
Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common
Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Conversion
Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the
shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein
shall preclude the Company from any tax withholding or directing the withholding
of any tax required by law or regulations.
SECTION 11.05 Company to Provide Stock. The Company shall,
prior to issuance of any Securities under this Article 11, and from time to time
as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the
Securities.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the
Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from
preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim created by the Company.
The Company will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal
and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common
Stock upon conversion of Securities, if any, and will list or cause to have
quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in
the over-the-counter market or such other market on which the Common Stock is
then principally listed or quoted.
SECTION 11.06 Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock. Except
as set forth in Section 11.14, if, after the Issue Date of the Securities, the
Company:
(a) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of its Common Stock;
(b) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares;
(c) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or
rights, warrants or options for its Capital Stock);
(d) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a smaller number of shares; or
(e) issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any
shares of its Capital Stock (other than rights, warrants or options for
its Capital Stock),
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then the conversion privilege and the Conversion Rate in effect immediately
prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Security
thereafter converted may receive the number of shares or other units of Capital
Stock of the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following
such action if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to such
action.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
SECTION 11.07 Adjustment for Rights Issue. Except as set forth
in Sections 11.14 and 11.19, if after the Issue Date, the Company distributes
any rights, warrants or options to all holders of its Common Stock entitling
them, for a period expiring within 60 days after the record date for such
distribution, to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
the Sale Price of the Common Stock as of the Time of Determination, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
R' = R (O + N)
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O + [(N x P)/M]
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the
record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 is being applied.
N = the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered
pursuant to the distribution.
P = the offering price per share of the additional shares.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of (i) a
distribution to which Section 11.06(b) applies or (ii) a distribution to which
Section 11.08 applies, for which, in each case, (x) the record date shall occur
on or before the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.07
applies and (y) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the date of the
Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section 11.07 applies,
the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to which this
Section 11.07 applies) of:
(i) the Capital Stock of the Company distributed in
respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 11.06(b)
distribution and
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(ii) assets of the Company or debt securities or any
rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company
distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section
11.08 distribution.
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for
the purposes of this Section 11.07.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the
rights, warrants or options to which this Section 11.07 applies. If all of the
shares of Common Stock subject to such rights, warrants or options have not been
issued when such rights, warrants or options expire, then the Conversion Rate
shall promptly be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect had the adjustment upon the issuance of such rights, warrants or options
been made on the basis of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued
upon the exercise of such rights, warrants or options.
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 11.07 if the
application of the formula stated above in this Section 11.07 would result in a
value of R' that is equal to or less than the value of R.
SECTION 11.08 Adjustment for Other Distributions. If, after
the Issue Date of the Securities, the Company distributes to all holders of its
Common Stock any of its assets or evidence of indebtedness or any rights,
warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company (including securities
or cash, but excluding (x) distributions of Capital Stock referred to in Section
11.06 and distributions of rights, warrants or options referred to in Section
11.07 and (y) cash dividends or other cash distributions that are paid out of
consolidated current net earnings or earnings retained in the business as shown
on the books of the Company unless such cash dividends or other cash
distributions are Extraordinary Cash Dividends) the Conversion Rate shall be
adjusted in accordance with the formula:
R' = R x M
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M - F
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of a
distribution to which Section 11.06(c) applies, for which (i) the record date
shall occur on or before the record date for the distribution to which this
Section 11.08 applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur on or after the
date of the Time of Determination for the distribution to which this Section
11.08 applies, the fair market value (on the record date for the distribution to
which this Section 11.08 applies)
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of any Capital Stock of the Company distributed in respect of each share of
Common Stock in such Section 11.06(c) distribution.
F = the fair market value (on the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies) of the assets, securities,
rights, warrants or options to be distributed in respect of each share of Common
Stock in the distribution to which this Section 11.08 is being applied
(including, in the case of cash dividends or other cash distributions giving
rise to an adjustment, all such cash distributed concurrently).
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for
the purposes of this Section 11.08.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the
distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies.
For purposes of this Section 11.08, the term "Extraordinary
Cash Dividend" shall mean any cash dividend with respect to the Common Stock the
amount of which, together with the aggregate amount of cash dividends on the
Common Stock to be aggregated with such cash dividend in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph, equals or exceeds the threshold percentage set
forth in item (i) below. For purposes of item (i) below, the "Ex-Dividend
Measurement Period" with respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall
mean the 365 consecutive day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend
Time with respect to such cash dividend, and the "Relevant Cash Dividends" with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock shall mean the cash dividends on
the Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the Ex-Dividend Measurement
Period.
(i) If, upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock, the aggregate amount of
such cash dividend together with the amounts of all Relevant Cash
Dividends equals or exceeds on a per share basis 5% of the Sale Price
of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day preceding the date of
declaration by the Board of Directors of the cash dividend or
distribution with respect to which this provision is being applied,
then such cash dividend together with all Relevant Cash Dividends,
shall be deemed to be an Extraordinary Cash Dividend and for purposes
of applying the formula set forth above in this Section 11.08, the
value of "F" shall be equal to (y) the aggregate - amount of such cash
dividend together with the amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends, minus
(z) the aggregate amount of all Relevant Cash Dividends for which a
prior adjustment in the Conversion Rate was previously made under this
Section 11.08.
In making the determinations required by item (i) above, the
amount of cash dividends paid on a per share basis and the amount of
any Relevant Cash Dividends specified in item (i) above, shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the occurrence during such period of
any event described in Section 11.06.
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SECTION 11.09 When Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment
in the Conversion Rate need be made unless the adjustment would require an
increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate. Any adjustments that
are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment and all adjustments that are made and carried forward shall be taken
in the aggregate in order to determine if the 1% threshold is met.
All calculations under this Article 11 shall be made to the
nearest cent or to the nearest 1/1,000th of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.10 When No Adjustment Required. No adjustment need
be made for a transaction referred to in Section 11.06, 11.07, 11.08 or 11.14 if
Securityholders are to participate in the transaction on a basis and with notice
that the Board of Directors determines to be fair and appropriate in light of
the basis and notice on which holders of Common Stock participate in the
transaction. Such participation by Securityholders may include participation
upon conversion provided that an adjustment shall be made at such time as the
Securityholders are no longer entitled to participate.
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.
To the extent the Securities become convertible pursuant to
this Article 11 into cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash.
Interest will not accrue on the cash.
No adjustment will be made pursuant to this Article 11 that
would result, through the application of two or more provisions hereof, in the
duplication of any adjustment.
SECTION 11.11 Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion
Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly mail to Securityholders a notice of
the adjustment. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent
such notice and a certificate from the Company's independent public accountants
briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of computing
it. Upon receipt by it of such notice, and at the written request of the
Company, the Conversion Agent will promptly mail such notice to Securityholders
at the Company's expense. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the
adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be
under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate except to
exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection thereof.
SECTION 11.12 Voluntary Increase. The Company from time to
time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time.
Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased, the Company shall mail to
Securityholders and file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of
the increase. The Company shall mail the notice at least 15 days
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before the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect. The notice shall
state the increased Conversion Rate and the period it will be in effect.
A voluntary increase of the Conversion Rate does not change or
adjust the Conversion Rate otherwise in effect for purposes of Section 11.06,
11.07 or 11.08.
SECTION 11.13 Notice of Certain Transactions. If:
(a) the Company takes any action that would require an
adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 11.06, 11.07 or
11.08 (unless no adjustment is to occur pursuant to Section 11.10); or
(b) the Company takes any action that would require a
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.14; or
(c) there is a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
then the Company shall mail to Securityholders and file with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent a notice stating the proposed record date for a dividend or
distribution or the proposed effective date of a subdivision, combination,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, transfer,
liquidation or dissolution. The Company shall file and mail the notice at least
15 days before such date. Failure to file or mail the notice or any defect in it
shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
SECTION 11.14 Reorganization of Company; Special
Distributions. If the Company is a party to a transaction subject to Article 5
(other than a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a
transaction in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to such
transaction do not receive securities, cash, property or other assets of the
Company or any other Person) or a merger or binding share exchange which
reclassifies or changes its outstanding Common Stock, the Person obligated to
deliver securities, cash or other assets upon conversion of Securities shall
enter into a supplemental indenture. If the issuer of securities deliverable
upon conversion of Securities is an Affiliate of the successor Company, that
issuer shall join in the supplemental indenture.
The supplemental indenture shall provide that the Holder of a
Security may convert it into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other
assets which such Holder would have received immediately after the
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or transfer if such Holder had
converted the Security immediately before the effective date of the transaction,
assuming (to the extent applicable) that such Holder (i) was not a constituent
Person or an Affiliate of a constituent Person to such transaction; (ii) made no
election with respect thereto; and (iii) was treated alike with the plurality of
non-electing Holders. The supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments
provided for in this Article 11. The successor Company shall mail to
Securityholders a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture.
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If this Section applies, neither Section 11.06 nor 11.07
applies.
If the Company makes a distribution to all holders of its
Common Stock of any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or
options to purchase securities of the Company that would otherwise result in an
adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.08,
then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock
entitled to receive the distribution, a Holder of a Security that converts such
Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall upon such
conversion be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock
into which the Security is convertible, the kind and amount of securities, cash
or other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received
if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to the record date
for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the
distribution.
SECTION 11.15 Company Determination Final. Any determination
that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to Section 11.03,
11.06, 11.07, 11.08, 11.09, 11.10, 11.14 or 11.17 is conclusive.
SECTION 11.16 Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer. The Trustee has
no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 11 should be made,
how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine
whether a supplemental indenture under Section 11.14 need be entered into or
whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or
value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company's failure to comply with this
Article 11. Each Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company) shall have the same protection under this Section 11.16 as the Trustee.
SECTION 11.17 Simultaneous Adjustments. In the event that this
Article 11 requires adjustments to the Conversion Rate under more than one of
Sections 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08, and the record dates for the distributions
giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such
adjustments shall be made by applying, first, the provisions of Section 11.06,
second, the provisions of Section 11.08 and, third, the provisions of Section
11.07.
SECTION 11.18 Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to
the Conversion Rate under this Article 11, any subsequent event requiring an
adjustment under this Article 11 shall cause an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate as so adjusted.
SECTION 11.19 Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued
upon Conversion. Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities
pursuant to this Article 11 shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number
of common stock or preferred stock purchase rights, as the case may be (the
"Rights"), if any, that all shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive and
the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall
bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any
shareholder rights agreement adopted by the Company, as the same may be amended
from time to
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time (in each case, a "Rights Agreement"). Provided that such Rights Agreement
requires that each share of Common Stock issued by the Company (including those
that might be issued upon conversion of Securities) at any time prior to the
distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights be entitled to
receive such Rights, then, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this
Article 11, there shall not be any adjustment to the conversion privilege or
Conversion Rate or any other term or provision of the Securities as a result of
the issuance of Rights, the distribution of separate certificates representing
the Rights, the exercise or redemption of such Rights in accordance with any
such Rights Agreement, or the termination or invalidation of such Rights.
SECTION 11.20 Company's Right to Elect to Pay Cash or Common
Stock. In lieu of delivery of Common Stock upon notice of conversion of any
Securities (for all or any portion of the Securities), the Company may elect to
pay Holders surrendering Securities an amount in cash per Security (or a portion
of a Security) equal to the Average Sale Price of Common Stock for the five
consecutive trading days immediately following either (a) the date of notice of
election to deliver cash as described below if the Company has not given notice
of redemption, or (b) the conversion date, in the case of conversion following
the notice of redemption specifying that the Company intends to deliver cash
upon conversion, in either case multiplied by the Conversion Rate in effect on
that date. The Company will inform the Holders through the Trustee no later than
two business days following the conversion date of its election to deliver
shares of Common Stock or to pay cash in lieu of delivery of Common Stock,
unless the Company has already informed Holders of its election in connection
with its optional redemption of the Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 herein.
If the Company elects to deliver all of such payment in Common Stock, the Common
Stock will be delivered by the Company through the Conversion Agent no later
than the fifth business day following the Conversion Date. If the Company elects
to pay all or a portion of such payment in cash, the payment, including any
delivery of Common Stock, will be made to Holders surrendering Securities no
later than the tenth business day following the applicable conversion date. If
an Event of Default (other than a default in a cash payment upon conversion of
the Securities) has occurred and is continuing, the Company may not pay cash
upon conversion of any Security or portion of a Security (other than cash for
fractional shares).
ARTICLE 12
PAYMENT OF INTEREST
SECTION 12.01 Interest Payments. Interest on any Security that
is payable in cash, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
applicable payment date shall be paid to the person in whose name that Security
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date or accrual
date, as the case may be, for such interest at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any
Security shall be paid in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by
the payee located inside the United States, if the payee is the Holder of not
less than $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount
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at maturity of the Securities and the Trustee shall have received proper wire
transfer instructions from such payee not later than the related Regular Record
Date or accrual date, as the case may be, or, if no such instructions have been
received, by check mailed to the payee at its address set forth on the
Registrar's books. In the case of a permanent Global Security, interest payable
on any applicable payment date will be paid to the Depositary, with respect to
that portion of such permanent Global Security held for its account by Cede &
Co. for the purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by
it in respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the
beneficial owners thereof.
SECTION 12.02 Defaulted Interest. Except as otherwise
specified with respect to the Securities, any interest on any Security that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, within 30 days
following any applicable payment date (herein called "Defaulted Interest", which
term shall include any accrued and unpaid interest that has accrued on such
defaulted amount in accordance with paragraph 1 of the Securities), shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant
Regular Record Date or accrual date, as the case may be, by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the Securities are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security
and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than 25
days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit
of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date (the
"Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date
and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of Securities at his address as it appears on the list of
Securityholders maintained pursuant to Section 2.05 not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
persons in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
SECTION 12.03 Interest Rights Preserved. Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Article 12 and Section 2.06, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to semiannual and
contingent interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Security.
ARTICLE 13
GUARANTEES
SECTION 13.01 Guarantees. The Guarantors jointly and
severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the
Securities and obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and
guarantee to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, and to the Trustee on behalf of
such Holder, that: (a) the principal of and cash interest on the Securities will
be paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise (including, without limitation, the amount that would
become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of
the Bankruptcy Law), together with cash interest and interest on any overdue
interest, to the extent lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or of any such
other obligations, the same shall be paid in full when due or performed in
accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated
Maturity, by acceleration redemption or otherwise.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder
shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company,
any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
The Guarantors hereby waive (to the extent permitted by law)
the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims
with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right
to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee of such
Guarantor shall not be discharged as to any Security except by complete
performance of
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the obligations contained in such Security, this Indenture and such Guarantee.
The Guarantors acknowledge that the Guarantees are a guarantee of payment and
not of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that, in the event of a default in
payment of principal or cash interest on such Security, whether at its Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings
may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such
Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture,
directly against each of the Guarantors to enforce such Guarantor's Guarantee
without first proceeding against the Company or any other Guarantor. The
Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable
law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the
Securities, to collect interest on the Securities, or to enforce or exercise any
other right or remedy with respect to the Securities, such Guarantor shall pay
to the Trustee for the account of the Holder, upon demand therefor, the amount
that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been
permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or
otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee,
liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or
any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the
Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor further agrees that as
between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the
other hand, (x) subject to this Article Thirteen, the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Six
hereof for the purposes of the Guarantee of such Guarantor notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of
the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of
such obligation as provided in Article Six hereof, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor
for the purpose of the Guarantee of such Guarantor.
Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company
for liquidation, reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be
appointed for all or any significant part of the Company's assets, and shall, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities
are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must
otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities, whether as a
"voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer" or otherwise, all as though such
payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any
part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, for the purposes of
the amounts due under the Guarantees, the Securities shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount
paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned. The form of Guarantee
is attached hereto as Exhibit A-2.
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SECTION 13.02 Severability. In case any provision of any
Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality,
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
SECTION 13.03 Future Subsidiaries. If (a) the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries acquires or forms a wholly-owned Subsidiary organized under
the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof or
the District of Columbia or (b) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires
or forms any Subsidiary (domestic or foreign) and such Subsidiary guarantees any
indebtedness or other obligations of the Company other than the Guarantees of
the Securities, the Company will cause any such Subsidiary to (i) execute and
deliver to the Trustee any amendment or supplement to this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of Article Nine of this Indenture pursuant to
which such Subsidiary shall guarantee all of the obligations on the Securities
(whether for principal, cash interest, and interest accruing after the filing
of, or which would have accrued but for the filing of, a petition by or against
the Company under Bankruptcy Law, whether or not such interest is allowed as a
claim after such filing in any proceeding under such law), if any, and other
amounts due in connection therewith (including any fees, expenses and
indemnities), on a senior unsecured basis and (ii) deliver to such Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee to the effect that
such amendment or supplement has been duly executed and delivered by such
Subsidiary and is in compliance with the terms of this Indenture. Upon the
execution of any such amendment or supplement, the obligations of the Guarantors
and any such Subsidiary under their respective Guarantees shall become joint and
several and each reference to the "Guarantor" in this Indenture shall, be deemed
to refer to all Guarantors, including such Subsidiary.
SECTION 13.04 Priority of Guarantees. The Guarantee issued by
any Guarantor shall be unsecured senior obligations of such Guarantor, ranking
pari passu with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of
such Guarantor, if any.
SECTION 13.05 Limitation of Guarantors' Liability. Each
Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the
intention of all such parties that the guarantee by the Guarantor pursuant to
its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of
the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law or the provisions of
its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the
foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree
that the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be limited to
the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent
and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor result in the obligations of such
Guarantor under its Guarantee constituting such fraudulent transfer or
conveyance.
SECTION 13.06 Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall be subrogated
to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by
any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.01; provided, however,
that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall
be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or
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based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by
the Company under this Indenture or the Securities shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 13.07 Reinstatement. The Guarantor hereby agrees (and
each Person who becomes a Guarantor shall agree) that the Guarantee provided for
in Section 13.01 shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, (a) if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any obligations or
interest thereon is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by a Holder to the
Company upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any Guarantor and
(b) at any time any Guarantor (and each Person who becomes a Guarantor)
guarantees any indebtedness or obligations of the Company.
SECTION 13.08 Release of the Guarantor. Concurrently with the
discharge of the Securities under Section 8.01, each Guarantor shall be released
from all its obligations under its Guarantee under this Article Thirteen.
So long as no Default exists or with notice or lapse of time
or both, would exist, the Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (a) any sale,
exchange or transfer to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company of
all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor owned by the Company, which
transaction is otherwise in compliance with the Indenture or (b) any release or
discharge of all guarantees by such Guarantor of any indebtedness or obligations
of the Company other than the Guarantees of the Securities.
SECTION 13.09 Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its guarantee and
waivers pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such
benefits.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which
is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision
shall control.
SECTION 14.02 Notices. Any request, demand, authorization,
notice, waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in
person or delivery by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by
facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the
following facsimile numbers:
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if to the Company:
Mesa Air Group, Inc.
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Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy of any notice given pursuant to Article 6 to:
Squire, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P.
Two Renaissance Square
Suite 2700
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Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
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Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Company or the Trustee by notice given to the other in the
manner provided above may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Securityholder shall be
mailed to the Securityholder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the
Securityholder's address as it appears on the registration books of the
Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.
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If the Company mails a notice or communication to the
Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying
Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
SECTION 14.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the
Conversion Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section
312(c).
SECTION 14.04 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 if
reasonably requested:
(1) 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
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of
such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 14.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with
a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include to the
extent required by the Trustee:
(1) a statement that each person making such Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person,
he 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
(4) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such
covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 14.06 Separability Clause. 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.
SECTION 14.07 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent
and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting
of Securityholders. The
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Registrar, Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for
their functions.
SECTION 14.08 Calculations. The calculation of the Purchase
Price, Change in Control Purchase Price, Conversion Rate, Market Price, Sale
Price of the Common Stock and each other calculation to be made hereunder shall
be the obligation of the Company. All calculations made by the Company as
contemplated pursuant to this Section 14.08 shall be final and binding on the
Company and the Holders absent manifest error. The Trustee, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent shall not be obligated to recalculate, recompute or confirm any
such calculations.
SECTION 14.09 Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" is any day
other than a Business Day. If any specified date (including a date for giving
notice) is a Legal Holiday, the action shall be taken on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a
payment in respect of the Securities, no Original Issue Discount or interest, if
any, shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 14.10 Governing Law. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, SHALL
GOVERN THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES.
SECTION 14.11 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer,
employee, agent, representative, stockholder or equity holder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each
Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and
release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 14.12 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 14.13 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any
number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but
all of them together represent the same agreement. One originally signed copy is
enough to prove this Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized,
have executed this Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of
the date first above written.
MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
MESA AIRLINES, INC.
FREEDOM AIRLINES, INC.
AIR MIDWEST, INC.
MPD, INC.
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
REGIONAL AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.
MESA AIR GROUP-AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT, LLC
RITZ HOTEL MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A-1
[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, FOR
PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE WAS $583.40 PER $1,000 OF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, INCLUDING
CASH INTEREST PAYABLE THROUGH February 10, 2009 TAXABLE AS ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-1, IS $522.34 PER $1,000 OF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE ISSUE DATE IS FEBRUARY 10, 2004; AND THE YIELD
TO MATURITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACCRUING TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT IS 3.625%
PER ANNUM, CALCULATED ON A SEMIANNUAL BOND EQUIVALENT BASIS.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE
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 THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, 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 ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER
THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES
TO OFFER, SELL, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE"), WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF
THE LAST DAY SECURITIES OF THIS ISSUE WERE ISSUED AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH
MESA AIR GROUP, INC. (THE "COMPANY" OR THE "ISSUER") OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY)
ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a)(1), (2),(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR," FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E)
PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, A CERTIFICATE
OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS
COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE
REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY HOLDER THAT IS NOT AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY
AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECURITY ON
SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.
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MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
Senior Convertible Note due 2024
No. A-1 CUSIP: 590479 AC 5
Issue Date: February 10, 2004 Original Issue Discount: $522.34
Issue Price: $583.40 (for each $1,000 Principal
(for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity)
Amount at Maturity)
MESA AIR GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation, promises to pay to
Cede & Co. or registered assigns the Principal Amount at Maturity of ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($171,409,000) on
February 10, 2024.
This Security shall not bear interest except as specified on
the other side of this Security. Original Issue Discount will accrue as
specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as
specified on the other side of this Security.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
Dated: February 10, 2004 MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
By:________________________
Authorized Officer
Dated: ________________________
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
Senior Convertible Note due 2024
1. Interest.
The Company promises to pay interest in cash on the Principal
Amount at Maturity of this Note at the rate per annum of 2.115% from the Issue
Date, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided
for, until February 10, 2009. During such period, the Company will pay cash
interest semiannually in arrears on February 10 and August 10 of each year (each
an "Interest Payment Date") to Holders of record at the close of business on
each February 1 and August 1 (whether or not a business day) (each a "Regular
Record Date") immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Cash interest on
the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Cash
interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
After February 10, 2009, this Security shall not bear
interest, except as specified in this paragraph or in paragraphs 5 and 11
hereof. If the Principal Amount at Maturity hereof or any portion of such
Principal Amount at Maturity is not paid when due (whether upon acceleration
pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Indenture, upon the date set for payment of the
Redemption Price pursuant to paragraph 5 hereof, upon the date set for payment
of the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price pursuant to paragraph
6 hereof or upon the Stated Maturity of this Security) or if interest (including
contingent interest, if any) due hereon or any portion of such interest is not
paid when due in accordance with paragraph 5 or 11 hereof, then in each such
case the overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear interest at
the rate of 3.625% per annum, compounded semiannually, which interest shall
accrue from the date such overdue amount was originally due to the date payment
of such amount, including interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for.
All such interest shall be payable on demand. The accrual of such interest on
overdue amounts shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, the continued
accrual of Original Issue Discount.
Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue
Price and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security), in the period
during which a Security remains outstanding, shall accrue at 3.625% per annum,
on a semiannual bond equivalent basis using a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months, from the Issue Date of this Security.
2. Method of Payment.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company will make payments in respect of Redemption Prices, Purchase Prices,
Change in Control Purchase Prices and at Stated Maturity to Holders who
surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of
the Securities. The Company will pay any cash amounts 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 make such cash payments by check payable
in such money.
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3. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Bid Solicitation Agent.
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent,
Registrar and Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint and change any
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar or co-registrar or Bid Solicitation
Agent without notice, other than notice to the Trustee except that the Company
will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the State of New York, City of New
York, Borough of Manhattan, which shall initially be an office or agency of the
Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may
act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. None of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates shall act as Bid
Solicitation Agent.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued and the Guarantors have guaranteed the
Securities pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 10, 2004 (the
"Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of
the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from
time to time (the "TIA"). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject
to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA
for a statement of those terms.
The Securities and the Guarantees are general unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations, of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively,
limited to $214,261,000 aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity (subject to
Section 2.07 of the Indenture). The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness
of the Company, secured or unsecured.
5. Redemption at the Option of the Company.
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities
are redeemable as a whole, or from time to time in part, at any time at the
option of the Company in accordance with the Indenture at the Redemption Prices
set forth below, provided that the Securities are not redeemable prior to
February 10, 2009.
The table below shows Redemption Prices of a Security per
$1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity on the dates shown below and at Stated
Maturity, which prices reflect accrued Original Issue Discount calculated to
each such date. The Redemption Price of a Security redeemed between such dates
shall include an additional amount reflecting the additional Original Issue
Discount accrued since the preceding date in the table but not including the
Redemption Date.
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(2)
(1) ACCRUED ORIGINAL (3)
NOTE ISSUE REDEMPTION PRICE
ISSUE PRICE DISCOUNT (1) + (2)
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REDEMPTION DATE $ $ $
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February 10,
2009........................................ $583.40 $ 0.00 $ 583.40
2010........................................ 583.40 21.34 604.74
2011........................................ 583.40 43.46 626.86
2012........................................ 583.40 66.39 649.79
2013........................................ 583.40 90.16 673.56
2014........................................ 583.40 114.80 698.20
2015........................................ 583.40 140.34 723.74
2016........................................ 583.40 166.81 750.21
2017........................................ 583.40 194.25 777.65
2018........................................ 583.40 222.70 806.10
2019........................................ 583.40 252.18 835.58
2020........................................ 583.40 282.75 866.15
2021........................................ 583.40 314.43 897.83
2022........................................ 583.40 347.27 930.67
2023........................................ 583.40 381.31 964.71
At stated maturity.......................... 583.40 416.60 1,000.00
If this Security has been converted to a semiannual coupon
note following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Redemption Price will be equal
to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date
of such conversion to but not including the Redemption Date; but in no event
will this Security be redeemable before February 10, 2009.
6. Purchase by the Company at the Option of the Holder.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, the
Securities held by such Holder on the following Purchase Dates and at the
following Purchase Prices per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity, upon delivery
of a Purchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture, at
any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior
to such Purchase Date until the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding such Purchase Date and upon delivery of the Securities to
the Paying Agent by the Holder as set forth in the Indenture.
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Purchase Date Purchase Price
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February 10, 2009 $583.40
February 10, 2014 $698.20
February 10, 2019 $835.58
The Purchase Price (equal to the Issue Price plus accrued
Original Issue Discount to the Purchase Date) may be paid, at the option of the
Company, in cash or by the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock of
the Company, or in any combination thereof in accordance with the Indenture.
If prior to a Purchase Date this Security has been converted
to a semiannual coupon note following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the
Purchase Price will be equal to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest from the date of conversion to the Purchase Date as provided in
the Indenture.
At the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase the
Securities held by such Holder no later than 30 Business Days after the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company for a Change in Control
Purchase Price equal to the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to
but not including the Change in Control Purchase Date, which Change in Control
Purchase Price shall be paid in cash. If prior to a Change in Control Purchase
Date this Security has been converted to a semiannual coupon note following the
occurrence of a Tax Event, the Change in Control Purchase Price shall be equal
to the Restated Principal Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date
of conversion to the Change in Control Purchase Date.
A third party may make the offer and purchase of the
Securities in lieu of the Company in accordance with the Indenture.
Holders have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice or
Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, by delivering to the
Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture.
If cash (and/or securities if permitted under the Indenture)
sufficient to pay the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the
case may be, of all Securities or portions thereof to be purchased as of the
Purchase Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, is
deposited with the Paying Agent on the Business Day following the Purchase Date
or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, Original Issue
Discount and contingent interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on such
Securities (or portions thereof) on such Purchase Date or Change in Control
Purchase Date, as the case may be, and the Holder thereof shall have no other
rights as such (other than the right to receive the Purchase Price or Change in
Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, if any, upon surrender of such
Security).
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7. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at the Holder's registered address. If money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and accrued and unpaid contingent interest, if any, with
respect to, all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the
Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent prior to or on the Redemption
Date, on such Redemption Date, Original Issue Discount and interest (including
contingent interest), if any, shall cease to accrue on such Securities or
portions thereof. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 of Principal
Amount at Maturity may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of
$1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity.
8. Conversion.
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph 8 and
notwithstanding the fact that any other condition to conversion has not been
satisfied, Holders may convert the Securities into Common Stock on a Conversion
Date in any fiscal quarter commencing after March 31, 2004, if, as of the last
day of the preceding fiscal quarter, the Sale Price of the Common Stock for at
least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the
last trading day of such preceding fiscal quarter is greater than the conversion
trigger price per share. The "conversion trigger price" for any fiscal quarter
shall be 110% of the accreted conversion price per share of Common Stock on the
last trading day of such preceding calendar quarter.
The "accreted conversion price per share" of Common Stock as
of any day equals the quotient of:
- the Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount to that
day, divided by
- the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity of Securities on that
day.
Conversion Based on Trading Price of the Notes. Subject to the
provisions of this paragraph and the Indenture and notwithstanding the fact that
any other condition to conversion has not been satisfied, on or before February
10, 2019, the Securities may be surrendered for conversion at any time after a
10 consecutive trading-day period in which the average of the trading prices for
the notes for that 10 trading-day period was less than 103% of the average
conversion value for the notes during that period.
The conversion value of a note is equal to the product of the
closing sale price for shares of our common stock on a given day multiplied by
the then current conversion rate, which is the number of shares of common stock
into which each note is then convertible. The trading price of the notes on any
date of determination is the average of the secondary market bid quotations per
note obtained by us or the calculation agent for $2,500,000 principal amount of
notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date
from two independent nationally recognized securities dealers the Company
selects, provided that if at least two such
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bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Company or the calculation agent, but
one such bid is obtained, then this one bid shall be used.
Conversion upon Redemption. Subject to the provisions of this
paragraph 8 and notwithstanding the fact that any other condition to conversion
has not been satisfied, a Holder may convert into Common Stock a Security or
portion of a Security which has been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph
5 hereof, but such Securities may be surrendered for conversion until the close
of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date.
Conversion upon Certain Distributions. Subject to the
provisions of this paragraph 8 and notwithstanding the fact that any other
condition to conversion has not been satisfied, in the event that the Company
declares a dividend or distribution described in Section 11.07 of the Indenture,
or a dividend or a distribution described in Section 11.08 of the Indenture
where, the fair market value, per share, of such dividend or distribution per
share of Common Stock, as determined in the Indenture, exceeds 15% of the Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
declaration for such dividend or distribution, the Securities may be surrendered
for conversion beginning on the date the Company gives notice to the Holders of
such right, which shall not be less than 20 days prior to the Ex-Dividend Time
for such dividend or distribution, and Securities may be surrendered for
conversion at any time thereafter until the close of business on the Business
Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Time or until the Company announces that such
dividend or distribution will not take place.
Conversion upon the Occurrence of Certain Corporate
Transactions. Subject to the provisions of this paragraph 8 and notwithstanding
the fact that any other condition to conversion has not been satisfied, in the
event the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash,
securities or other property as set forth in Section 11.14 of the Indenture, the
Securities may be surrendered for conversion at any time from and after the date
which is 15 days prior to the date the Company announces the anticipated
effective time until 15 days after the actual effective date of such
transaction, and at the effective time of such transaction the right to convert
a Security into Common Stock will be deemed to have changed into a right to
convert it into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property which
the holder would have received if the holder had converted its Security
immediately prior to the transaction.
A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a
Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice exercising the option of
such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be converted
only if such notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture.
The initial Conversion Rate is 40.3737 shares of Common Stock
per $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity, subject to adjustment in certain events
described in the Indenture. The Company will deliver cash or a check in lieu of
any fractional share of Common Stock.
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In the event the Company exercises its option pursuant to
Section 10.01 of the Indenture to have interest in lieu of Original Issue
Discount accrue on the Security following a Tax Event, the Holder will be
entitled on conversion to receive the same number of shares of Common Stock such
Holder would have received if the Company had not exercised such option.
Accrued and unpaid interest in lieu of Original Issue Discount
and contingent interest will not be paid on Securities that are converted;
provided, however that Securities surrendered for conversion during the period,
in the case of interest in lieu of Original Issue Discount, from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to
the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date, shall be entitled to
receive such interest, in lieu of Original Issue Discount, payable on such
Securities on the corresponding Interest Payment Date and (except Securities
with respect to which the Company has mailed a notice of redemption) Securities
surrendered for conversion during such periods must be accompanied by payment of
an amount equal to the interest in lieu of Original Issue Discount with respect
thereto that the registered Holder is to receive.
To convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and manually
sign the conversion notice below (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of
such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the
Security to the Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents if required by the Conversion Agent, the Company or the
Trustee and (4) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.
A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the Principal
Amount at Maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.
No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on the Common Stock except
as provided in the Indenture. On conversion of a Security, the greater of that
portion of accrued Original Issue Discount (or interest if the Company has
exercised its option provided for in paragraph 10 hereof) or Tax Original Issue
Discount attributable to the period from the Issue Date (or, if the Company has
exercised the option referred to in paragraph 10 hereof, the later of (x) the
date of such exercise and (y) the date on which interest was last paid) through
the Conversion Date and (except as provided above) accrued contingent interest,
if any, with respect to the converted Security shall not be cancelled,
extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the
Holder thereof through the delivery of the Common Stock (together with the cash
payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Security
being converted pursuant to the terms hereof; and the fair market value of such
shares of Common Stock (together with any such cash payment in lieu of
fractional shares) shall be treated as issued, to the extent thereof, first in
exchange for the greater of Original Issue Discount (or interest, if the Company
has exercised its option provided for in paragraph 10 hereof) or Tax Original
Issue Discount accrued through the Conversion Date and any accrued contingent
interest, and the balance, if any, of such fair market value of such Common
Stock (and any such cash payment) shall be treated as issued in exchange for the
Issue Price of the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
The Conversion Rate will be adjusted for dividends or
distributions on Common Stock payable in Common Stock or other Capital Stock;
subdivisions, combinations or certain
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reclassifications of Common Stock; distributions to all holders of Common Stock
of certain rights to purchase Common Stock for a period expiring within 60 days
of the record date for such distribution at less than the Sale Price of the
Common Stock at the Time of Determination; and distributions to such holders of
assets or debt securities of the Company or certain rights to purchase
securities of the Company (excluding certain cash dividends or distributions)
and certain rights pursuant to shareholder rights plans. However, no adjustment
need be made if Securityholders may participate in the transaction or in certain
other cases. The Company from time to time may voluntarily increase the
Conversion Rate.
If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or
binding share exchange or a transfer of all or substantially all of its assets,
or upon certain distributions described in the Indenture, the right to convert a
Security into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into
securities, cash or other assets of the Company or another person.
9. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption.
Any Securities called for redemption, unless surrendered for
conversion before the close of business on the Redemption Date, may be deemed to
be purchased from the Holders of such Securities at an amount not less than the
Redemption Price, by one or more investment bankers or other purchasers who may
agree with the Company to purchase such Securities from the Holders, to convert
them into Common Stock of the Company and to make payment for such Securities to
the Trustee in trust for such Holders.
10. Tax Event.
(a) From and after (i) the date of the occurrence of a
Tax Event (the "Tax Event Date") and (ii) the date the Company exercises the
option provided for in this paragraph 10, whichever is later (the "Option
Exercise Date"), at the option of the Company, interest in lieu of future
Original Issue Discount shall accrue at the rate of 3.625% per annum on a
principal amount per Security (the "Restated Principal Amount") equal to the
Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount accrued through the Option Exercise
Date and shall be payable semiannually on February 10 and August 10 of each year
(each an "Interest Payment Date") to holders of record at the close of business
on February 1 or August 1 (each a "Regular Record Date") immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the
Option Exercise Date.
(b) Interest on any Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose. Each installment of interest on any
Security shall be paid in same-day funds by transfer to an account maintained by
the payee located inside the United States.
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11. Defaulted Interest.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to the Securities,
any Defaulted Interest on any Security shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date or accrual
date, as the case may be, by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company as provided for in Section 12.02
of the Indenture.
12. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons,
in denominations of $1,000 of Principal Amount at Maturity and integral
multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance
with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, 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 Registrar need not
transfer or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case
of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be
redeemed) or any Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Change in
Control Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of
a Security to be purchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be
purchased) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.
13. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the
owner of this Security for all purposes.
14. Unclaimed Money or Securities.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company
upon written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
subject to applicable unclaimed property laws. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person.
15. Amendment; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the
Securities at the time outstanding and (ii) certain Defaults may be waived with
the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount
at Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding. Subject to certain
exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the
Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsis-
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tency, or to comply with Article 5 or Section 11.14 of the Indenture, to secure
the Company's obligations under this Security or to add to the Company's
covenants for the benefit of the Securityholders or to surrender any right or
power conferred, to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with
the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, or as necessary in connection
with the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or to make any
change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holders.
16. Defaults and Remedies.
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in
the payment of contingent interest when the same becomes due and payable or of
interest which becomes due and payable upon exercise by the Company of its
option provided for in paragraph 10 hereof which default in either case
continues for 30 days; (ii) default in payment of the Principal Amount at
Maturity (including Original Issue Discount and, if the Securities have been
converted to semiannual coupon notes following a Tax Event, the Restated
Principal Amount), Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be,
in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and payable; (iii)
failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with other agreements in the
Indenture or the Securities, subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) default
under any Debt, whether such Debt now exists or is created later, which default
results in such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, and the principal
amount of all Debt so accelerated, together with all Debt due and payable but
not paid prior to the end of any grace period, is $10,000,000 or more, and such
acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within a period of 10 days after
receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default from the Trustee; provided,
however, that if any such default shall be cured, waived, rescinded or annulled,
then the Event of Default by reason thereof shall be deemed not to have
occurred; (v) if any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is
declared null and void or any Guarantor denies that it has any further liability
under any Guarantee, or gives notice to such effect (other than by reason of the
termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance
with this Indenture) and such condition shall have continued for a period of 30
days after written notice of such failure requiring the Guarantor and the
Company to remedy the same shall have been given (x) to the Company by the
Trustee or (y) to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities then outstanding; and (vi) certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount at
Maturity of the Securities at the time outstanding, may declare all the
Securities to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or
insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Securities becoming
due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the
Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to
enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security
reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a
majority in aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity of the Securities at the time
out-
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standing may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default
(except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clause (i) or (ii) above)
if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee
under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, agent, representative,
stockholder or equity holder, 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. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.
19. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee manually signs the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication on the
other side of this Security.
20. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Securityholder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT
(=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to
Minors Act).
21. GOVERNING LAW.
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE, THE
GUARANTEES AND THIS SECURITY.
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The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of
this Security in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Mesa Air Group, Inc.
Attention: General Counsel
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ASSIGNMENT FORM CONVERSION NOTICE
To assign this Security, fill in the form below: To convert this Security into Common Stock of the
Company, check the box:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
______________________________________________
To convert only part of this Security, state the
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax ID no.) Principal Amount at Maturity to be converted (which
must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000):
______________________________________________
$ ________________________________________________
______________________________________________
If you want the stock certificate made out in
______________________________________________ another person's name, fill in the form below:
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint __________________________________________________
(Insert other person's soc. sec. or tax ID no.)
_____________________ agent to transfer this Security on
the books of the Company. The agent may substitute __________________________________________________
another to act for him.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
(Print or type other person's name, address and zip
code)
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________________________________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________ Your Signature:___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
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[FORM OF GUARANTEE]
The Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture and which term
includes any successor person under the Indenture), upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, hereby unconditionally guarantee,
jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis (such guarantee by each
Guarantor being referred to herein as the "Guarantee") (i) the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest (including contingent interest) on the
Securities, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and
punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on
the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of
all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in
accordance with the terms set forth in Article 13 of the Indenture and (ii) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of
such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or
performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of the
Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and in the Indenture
are expressly set forth in the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees and all of the other
provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator,
as such, past, present or future, of any Guarantor shall have any liability
under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer,
director, employee or incorporator.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Securities upon which the
Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture
by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
The Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or
instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this instrument
to be duly executed.
MESA AIRLINES, INC.
FREEDOM AIRLINES, INC.
AIR MIDWEST, INC.
MPD, INC.
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
REGIONAL AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.
MESA AIR GROUP-AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT, LLC
RITZ HOTEL MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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[Form of Certificated Security]
THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, FOR
PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS NOTE WAS $583.40 PER $1,000 OF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, INCLUDING
CASH INTEREST PAYABLE THROUGH FEBRUARY 10, 2009 TAXABLE AS ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT UNDER TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-1, IS $522.34 PER $1,000 OF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY; THE ISSUE DATE IS FEBRUARY 10, 2004; AND THE YIELD
TO MATURITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACCRUING TAX ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT IS 3.625%
PER ANNUM, CALCULATED ON A SEMIANNUAL BOND EQUIVALENT BASIS.
[INCLUDE IF SECURITY IS A CERTIFICATED SECURITY TO BE HELD BY
AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR--IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE
HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND
OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT
THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS.]
THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER
THIS SECURITY, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES
TO OFFER, SELL, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
"RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE"), WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF
THE LAST DAY SECURITIES OF THIS ISSUE WERE ISSUED AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH
MESA AIR GROUP, INC. (THE "COMPANY" OR THE "ISSUER") OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE
COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY)
ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO
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WHICH NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH
(a)(1), (2),(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING
THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR," FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED
EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
THE COMPANY'S AND THE TRUSTEE'S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL,
CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND IN EACH
OF THE FOREGOING CASES, A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE
TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY HOLDER THAT IS NOT
AN AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECURITY ON
SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE.
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MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
Senior Convertible Note due 2024
No. A-2 CUSIP: 590479 AC 5
Issue Date: February 10, 2004 Original Issue Discount: $522.34
Issue Price: $583.40 (for each $1,000 Principal
(for each $1,000 Principal Amount at Maturity)
Amount at Maturity)
Amount at Maturity)
MESA AIR GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation, promises to pay to
Cede & Co. or registered assigns the Principal Amount at Maturity of ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($171,409,000) on
February 10, 2024.
This Security shall not bear interest except as specified on
the other side of this Security. Original Issue Discount will accrue as
specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as
specified on the other side of this Security.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the
other side of this Security.
Dated: February 10, 2004 MESA AIR GROUP, INC.
By: ________________________________________
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the
Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
By: ___________________________
Authorized Officer
Dated: ________________________
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TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities
within the period prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to
the sales thereof under Rule 144(k) (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the undersigned
registered owner of this Security hereby certifies with respect to $____________
Principal Amount at Maturity of the above-captioned securities presented or
surrendered on the date hereof (the "Surrendered Securities") for registration
of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities issuable upon
such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of
the undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a "transfer"),
that such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of
the Surrendered Securities for the reason checked below:
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is made to the
Company or any subsidiaries; or
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with Rule
144A under the Securities Act; or
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is to an
institutional accredited investor, as described in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act; or
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is pursuant to an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 under the
Securities Act; or
[ ] The transfer of the Surrendered Securities is pursuant to
another available exemption from the registration requirement
of the Securities Act.
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the
undersigned's knowledge, such Securities are not being transferred to an
"affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an
"Affiliate").
[ ] The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.
DATE: _______________________ ___________________________________
Signature(s)
(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the Person signing on behalf of
such registered owner must be stated.)
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FORM OF LETTER TO BE DELIVERED BY ACCREDITED INVESTORS
Mesa Air Group, Inc.
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Attention: General Counsel
U.S. Bank National Association
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Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Dear Sirs:
We are delivering this letter in connection with the proposed
transfer of $_____________ Principal Amount at Maturity of the Senior
Convertible Notes due 2024 (the "Securities") issued by Mesa Air Group, Inc.
(the "Company"), which are convertible into shares of the Company's Common
Stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock").
We hereby confirm that:
(i) we are an "accredited investor" within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or (3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), or an entity in which all of the equity owners
are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2) or
(3) under the Securities Act (an "Institutional Accredited Investor");
(ii) the purchase of Securities by us is for our own account
or for the account of one or more other Institutional Accredited
Investors or as fiduciary for the account of one or more trusts, each
of which is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule
501(a)(7) under the Securities Act and for each of which we exercise
sole investment discretion, or (B) we are a "bank," within the meaning
of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a "savings and loan
association" or other institution described in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of
the Securities Act that is acquiring Securities as fiduciary for the
account of one or more institutions for which we exercise sole
investment discretion;
(iii) we will acquire Securities having a minimum principal
amount at maturity of not less than $250,000 for our own account or for
any separate account for which we are acting;
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(iv) we have such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of purchasing Securities; and
(v) we are not acquiring Securities with a view to
distribution thereof or with any present intention of offering or
selling Securities or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof, except as permitted below; provided that the disposition of
our property and property of any accounts for which we are acting as
fiduciary shall remain at all times within our control.
We understand that the Securities were originally offered and
sold in a transaction not involving any public offering within the United States
within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Securities and the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion thereof (the Securities and such Common Stock
hereinafter referred to as the "Securities") have not been registered under the
Securities Act, and we agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of each account
for which we acquire any Securities, that if in the future we decide to resell
or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date (the "Resale Restriction
Termination Date") which is two years after the later of the last day the
Securities of this issue were issued and the last date on which the Company or
an affiliate of the Company was the owner of the Security, such Securities may
be resold or otherwise transferred only (i) to the Company or any subsidiary
thereof, or (ii) for as long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant
to Rule 144A, to a person it reasonably believes is a "qualified institutional
buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to which
notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or
(iii) to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is acquiring the Security for
its own account, or for the account of such Institutional Accredited Investor
for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in
connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, or (iv)
pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities
Act (if applicable), or (v) pursuant to a registration statement which has been
declared effective under the Securities Act and, in each case, in accordance
with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any
other applicable jurisdiction and in accordance with the legends set forth on
the Securities. We further agree to provide any person purchasing any of the
Securities from us other than pursuant to clause (v) above a notice advising
such purchaser that resales of such securities are restricted as stated herein.
We understand that the trustee or the transfer agent, as the case may be, for
the Securities will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any
Securities pursuant to (iii) or (iv) above except upon presentation of evidence
satisfactory to the Company that the foregoing restrictions on transfer have
been complied with. We further understand that any Securities will be in the
form of definitive physical certificates and that such certificates will bear a
legend reflecting the substance of this paragraph other than certificates
representing Securities transferred pursuant to clause (v) above.
We acknowledge that the Company, others and you will rely upon
our confirmations, acknowledgments and agreements set forth herein, and we agree
to notify you promptly in writing if any of our representations or warranties
herein ceases to be accurate and complete.
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THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
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(Name of Purchaser)
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
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ANNEX C
PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE*
Semiannual Period Ending Projected Payment per Security
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* The comparable yield and the schedule of projected payments are
determined on the basis of an assumption of linear growth of the stock
price and a constant dividend yield and are not determined for any
purpose other than for the determination of interest accruals and
adjustments thereof in respect of the Securities for United States
federal income tax purposes. The comparable yield and the schedule of
projected payments do not constitute a projection or representation
regarding the amounts payable on the Securities.
