UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 21, 2011
RAIT Financial Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 1-14760 | 23-2919819 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
19104 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (215) 243-9000
N/A
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Indenture for 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031
On March 21, 2011, in connection with our public offering of our 7% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031, or the notes, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, we entered into a base indenture, or the base indenture, between us and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or Wells Fargo, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, or the supplemental indenture, with respect to the notes, pursuant to which the notes were issued. This was the offering contemplated by the underwriting agreement we previously disclosed in our current report on Form 8-K filed March 21, 2011. In this report, we refer to the base indenture, as supplemented by the supplemental indenture, collectively as the indenture.
The notes will:
| be our general unsecured, senior obligations; |
| initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $115,000,000; |
| bear cash interest from March 21, 2011 at an annual rate of 7.00% payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2011; |
| be subject to redemption at our option, in whole or in part, (i) prior to April 5, 2016 only to the extent necessary to preserve our status as a real estate investment trust and (ii) at any time on or after April 5, 2016, in each case, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date; |
| will be subject to repurchase by us at the option of the holders on each of April 1, 2016, April 1, 2021 and April 1, 2026 and following a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture), in each case at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the relevant repurchase date or the fundamental change repurchase date, as the case may be; |
| will mature on April 1, 2031, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased; |
| will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000; and |
| will be represented by one or more registered notes in global form, but in certain limited circumstances may be represented by notes in definitive form. |
The notes may be converted at any time during the period beginning on, and including, the date of the initial issuance of the notes and ending at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, at an initial conversion rate of 390.1677 common shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $2.563 per common share). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment if certain events occur.
We will settle conversions of notes by paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash, our common shares or a combination of cash and our common shares, at our election, as specified in the indenture. Noteholders will not receive any separate cash payment for interest, if any, accrued and unpaid to the conversion date except under the limited circumstances set forth in the indenture.
The indenture does not limit the amount of debt that may be issued by us or our subsidiaries under the indenture or otherwise. Other than restrictions relating to certain fundamental changes and consolidations, mergers or asset sales, the indenture does not contain any financial covenants and does not restrict us from paying dividends or issuing or repurchasing our other securities.
We do not intend to list the notes on any securities exchange or any automated dealer quotation system.
Each of the following is an event of default with respect to the notes:
| default in the payment of any principal amount or any redemption price or repurchase price (including, but not limited to, the fundamental change repurchase price) due with respect to the notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
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| default in payment of any interest (including special interest, if any) under the notes, which default continues for 30 days; |
| default in the delivery when due of amounts owing upon conversion, whether due in cash or common shares, upon exercise of a holders conversion right in accordance with the indenture and the continuation of such default for 10 days; |
| our failure to provide notice of a fundamental change when due under the indenture, which default continues for 5 days; |
| our failure to comply with our obligations under the indenture in connection with certain consolidations, mergers or asset sales; |
| our failure to comply with any other term, covenant or agreement in the notes or the indenture upon our receipt of notice of such default from the trustee or from holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding, and the failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after receipt of such notice; |
| default in the payment of principal when due on, or resulting in acceleration of, other indebtedness of ours or of any significant subsidiary of ours for borrowed money where the aggregate principal amount with respect to which the default or acceleration has occurred exceeds $25 million and such indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, prior to written notice of acceleration of the notes; |
| failure by us or any of our significant subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 30 days; and |
| certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting us or any of our significant subsidiaries. |
As used in the indenture, significant subsidiary means a significant subsidiary of ours as defined in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, provided that it shall not include (i) any entity consolidated by us where we hold 50 percent or less of the voting power of such entity or (ii) any bankruptcy remote, special purpose entity, used to securitize assets and consolidated by us, whose indebtedness is without recourse to us. If an event of default occurs, remedies will be available to the holders of the notes on the terms and conditions set forth in the indenture.
The foregoing description of the indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the base indenture and supplemental indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2 to this report, respectively, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosure in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
At the closing on March 21, 2011 under the underwriting agreement referenced in Item 1.01 of this report, a legal opinion was delivered regarding the legality of the notes offered. This opinion is attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
4.1 | Base Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between RAIT Financial Trust, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee. | |
4.2 | Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between RAIT Financial Trust, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Maryland counsel regarding legality. | |
23.1 | Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
RAIT Financial Trust | ||||||||
Date: March 22, 2011 | By: | /S/ JACK E. SALMON | ||||||
Name: | Jack E. Salmon | |||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1 | Base Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between RAIT Financial Trust, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee. | |
4.2 | Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between RAIT Financial Trust, as issuer, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Maryland counsel regarding legality. | |
23.1 | Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
Exhibit 4.1
RAIT Financial Trust
as Issuer,
any Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto,
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 21, 2011
Debt Securities
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Section |
Indenture Section | |||
310 |
(a) |
7.10 | ||
(b) |
7.10 | |||
(c) |
N.A. | |||
311 |
(a) |
7.11 | ||
(b) |
7.11 | |||
(c) |
N.A. | |||
312 |
(a) |
5.01 | ||
(b) |
5.02 | |||
(c) |
5.02 | |||
313 |
(a) |
5.03 | ||
(b) |
5.03 | |||
(c) |
5.03 & 13.03 | |||
(d) |
5.03 | |||
314 |
(a) |
4.05 & 4.06 | ||
(b) |
N.A. | |||
(c) (1) |
13.05 | |||
(c) (2) |
13.05 | |||
(c) (3) |
N.A. | |||
(d) |
N.A. | |||
(e) |
13.05 | |||
(f) |
N.A. | |||
315 |
(a) |
7.01 | ||
(b) |
6.07 & 13.03 | |||
(c) |
7.01 | |||
(d) |
7.01 | |||
(e) |
6.08 | |||
316 |
(a) (last sentence) |
1.01 | ||
(a) (1)(A) |
6.06 | |||
(a) (1)(B) |
6.06 | |||
(a) (2) |
6.06 & 9.01(d) | |||
(b) |
6.04 | |||
(c) |
5.04 | |||
317 |
(a) (1) |
6.02 | ||
(a) (2) |
6.02 | |||
(b) |
4.04 | |||
318 |
(a) |
13.07 |
N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
7 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Other Definitions |
10 | ||||
Section 1.03. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
10 | ||||
Section 1.04. |
Rules of Construction |
10 | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
DEBT SECURITIES | ||||||
Section 2.01. |
Forms Generally |
11 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
11 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Principal Amount; Issuable in Series |
11 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Execution of Debt Securities |
12 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities |
13 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Denomination of Debt Securities |
14 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
14 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Temporary Debt Securities |
14 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities |
15 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities |
15 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the Holders |
15 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
16 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
Securities Denominated in Dollars |
16 | ||||
Section 2.14. |
Wire Transfers |
16 | ||||
Section 2.15. |
Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security |
16 | ||||
Section 2.16. |
Medium Term Securities |
17 | ||||
Section 2.17. |
Defaulted Interest |
18 | ||||
Section 2.18. |
CUSIP Numbers |
18 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES | ||||||
Section 3.01. |
Applicability of Article |
18 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities |
18 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption |
19 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds |
20 | ||||
Section 3.05. |
Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund |
20 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | ||||||
Section 4.01. |
Payment of Principal of, and Premium, If Any, and Interest on, Debt Securities |
21 | ||||
Section 4.02. |
Maintenance of Offices or Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt Securities |
21 | ||||
Section 4.03. |
Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee |
21 | ||||
Section 4.04. |
Duties of Paying Agents, etc. |
21 | ||||
Section 4.05. |
SEC Reports; Financial Statements |
22 | ||||
Section 4.06. |
Compliance Certificate |
22 | ||||
Section 4.07. |
Further Instruments and Acts |
22 | ||||
Section 4.08. |
Existence |
23 |
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Section 4.09. |
Maintenance of Properties |
23 | ||||
Section 4.10. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
23 | ||||
Section 4.11. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants |
23 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE | ||||||
Section 5.01. |
Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders; Preservation of Information |
23 | ||||
Section 5.02. |
Communications to Holders |
23 | ||||
Section 5.03. |
Reports by Trustee |
23 | ||||
Section 5.04. |
Record Dates for Action by Holders |
24 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS IN EVENT OF DEFAULT | ||||||
Section 6.01. |
Events of Default |
24 | ||||
Section 6.02. |
Collection of Debt by Trustee, etc. |
25 | ||||
Section 6.03. |
Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee |
26 | ||||
Section 6.04. |
Limitation on Suits by Holders |
26 | ||||
Section 6.05. |
Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of Default |
27 | ||||
Section 6.06. |
Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to Waive Default |
27 | ||||
Section 6.07. |
Trustee to Give Notice of Defaults Known to It, but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain Circumstances |
27 | ||||
Section 6.08. |
Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or Against the Trustee |
27 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | ||||||
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE | ||||||
Section 7.01. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
28 | ||||
Section 7.02. |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
28 | ||||
Section 7.03. |
Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities |
29 | ||||
Section 7.04. |
Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Debt Securities |
30 | ||||
Section 7.05. |
Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held in Trust |
30 | ||||
Section 7.06. |
Compensation and Reimbursement |
30 | ||||
Section 7.07. |
Right of Trustee to Rely on an Officers Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed |
30 | ||||
Section 7.08. |
Separate Trustee; Replacement of Trustee |
30 | ||||
Section 7.09. |
Successor Trustee by Merger |
31 | ||||
Section 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
31 | ||||
Section 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
31 | ||||
Section 7.12. |
Compliance with Tax Laws |
31 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS | ||||||
Section 8.01. |
Evidence of Action by Holders |
32 | ||||
Section 8.02. |
Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities |
32 | ||||
Section 8.03. |
Who May Be Deemed Owner of Debt Securities |
32 | ||||
Section 8.04. |
Instruments Executed by Holders Bind Future Holders |
32 |
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ARTICLE IX | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | ||||||
Section 9.01. |
Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of Holders |
32 | ||||
Section 9.02. |
Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities |
33 | ||||
Section 9.03. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
34 | ||||
Section 9.04. |
Debt Securities May Bear Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures |
34 | ||||
ARTICLE X | ||||||
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE | ||||||
Section 10.01. |
Consolidations and Mergers of the Company |
35 | ||||
Section 10.02. |
Rights and Duties of Successor Company |
35 | ||||
ARTICLE XI | ||||||
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF | ||||||
INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS | ||||||
Section 11.01. |
Applicability of Article |
35 | ||||
Section 11.02. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance |
35 | ||||
Section 11.03. |
Conditions of Defeasance |
36 | ||||
Section 11.04. |
Application of Trust Money |
37 | ||||
Section 11.05. |
Repayment to Company |
37 | ||||
Section 11.06. |
Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations |
37 | ||||
Section 11.07. |
Reinstatement |
37 | ||||
ARTICLE XII | ||||||
[RESERVED] | ||||||
ARTICLE XIII | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||||||
Section 13.01. |
Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture |
37 | ||||
Section 13.02. |
Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Company Valid |
37 | ||||
Section 13.03. |
Required Notices or Demands |
37 | ||||
Section 13.04. |
Indenture and Debt Securities to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York |
38 | ||||
Section 13.05. |
Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application or Demand by the Company |
38 | ||||
Section 13.06. |
Payments Due on Legal Holidays |
38 | ||||
Section 13.07. |
Provisions Required by TIA to Control |
38 | ||||
Section 13.08. |
Computation of Interest on Debt Securities |
38 | ||||
Section 13.09. |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar |
38 | ||||
Section 13.10. |
No Recourse Against Others |
38 | ||||
Section 13.11. |
Severability |
39 | ||||
Section 13.12. |
Effect of Headings |
39 | ||||
Section 13.13. |
Indenture May Be Executed in Counterparts |
39 | ||||
Section 13.14. |
Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations |
39 | ||||
Section 13.15. |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
39 | ||||
Section 13.16. |
USA Patriot Act |
39 | ||||
Section 13.17. |
Force Majeure |
39 | ||||
ARTICLE XIV | ||||||
GUARANTEE | ||||||
Section 14.01. |
Unconditional Guarantee |
39 | ||||
Section 14.02. |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee |
40 | ||||
Section 14.03. |
Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantors Liability |
41 | ||||
Section 14.04. |
Release of Subsidiary Guarantors from Guarantee |
41 |
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Section 14.05. |
Subsidiary Guarantor Contribution |
41 | ||||
Notation of Guarantee Annex A |
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THIS INDENTURE dated as of March 21, 2011, is among RAIT Financial Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the Company), any Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND ANY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Company and any Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Companys debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (herein called the Debt Securities), which Debt Securities may be guaranteed by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises, and of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree with each other, for the benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities or any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee may request and may conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of any specified Person.
Agent means any Registrar or paying agent or any successor entity thereto.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Trustees means the Board of Trustees of the Company or any authorized committee of the Board of Trustees of the Company or any Trustees and/or officers of the Company to whom such Board of Trustees or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act hereunder. If the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a real estate investment trust, the references to the Board of Trustees of the Company shall mean the Board of Directors (or other comparable governing body) of the entity into which the Company has changed its form.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital stock of any Person means and includes any and all shares, rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common stock, preferred stock and Company and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity).
Company means RAIT Financial Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, and its successors.
Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two of the following Officers: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, or a Vice President of the Company, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee, or if the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a real estate investment trust, by Persons or officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Debt of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money and any guarantee thereof.
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Debt Security or Debt Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, of any series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Default means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Depositary means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.03 or 2.15, with respect to Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulations.
Dollar or $ means such currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.
Floating Rate Security means a Debt Security that provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to Section 2.03.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time.
Global Security means with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued hereunder, a Debt Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositarys instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and any Indentures supplemental hereto, or resolution of the Board of Trustees and set forth in an Officers Certificate, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal is due and interest rate or method of determining interest.
guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of Company arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Holder, Holder of Debt Securities or other similar terms means, a Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered in the Debt Security Register (as defined in Section 2.07(a)).
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed, or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented, and shall include the form and terms of particular series of Debt Securities as contemplated hereunder, whether or not a supplemental Indenture is entered into with respect thereto.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York or at a Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law.
Officer means, with respect to a Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, The Chief Financial Officer, The Chief Legal Officer, The Chief Accounting Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the Companys Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer (or if the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a real estate investment trust, by Persons, officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable) and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
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Original Issue Discount Debt Security means any Debt Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
Outstanding, when used with respect to any series of Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) | Debt Securities of that series theretofore canceled by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; |
(b) | Debt Securities of that series for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities; provided, that, if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and |
(c) | Debt Securities of that series which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.10 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; |
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of 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 Debt Securities which a Trust Officer actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or an Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
Person means any individual, real estate investment trust, corporation, company, joint venture, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).
Subsidiary means with respect to any Person:
(1) | any corporation, association or other business entity (other than an entity referred to in clause (2), below) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of equity interests entitled, without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of Trustees, managers, directors or equivalent Persons thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or combination thereof; and |
(2) | any partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company or joint venture (a) the sole general partner or managing general partner, or managing member of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person, or (b) if there is more than a single general partner or member, either (i) the only general partners or managing members of which are such Person and/or one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof) or (ii) such Person owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a majority of the outstanding general partner or member interests entitled to vote in the election of general partners, managers, trustees or equivalent Persons of such partnership, limited liability company or joint venture. |
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Subsidiary Guarantors means any Subsidiary of the Company who may execute this Indenture, or a supplement hereto, for the purpose of providing a Guarantee of Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Subsidiary Guarantors shall mean such successor Person.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture as originally executed and, to the extent required by law, as amended.
Trustee initially means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any other Person or Persons appointed as such from time to time pursuant to Section 7.08, and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, includes its or their successors and assigns. If at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.
Trust Officer means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer, assistant 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 persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture.
United States means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct obligations of the United States of America, obligations on which the payment of principal and interest is fully guaranteed by the United States of America or obligations or guarantees for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, calculated at the time of issuance of a series of Debt Securities, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
Defined in Section | |||
Debt Security Register |
2.07 | |||
Defaulted Interest |
2.17 | |||
Event of Default |
6.01 | |||
Funding Guarantor |
14.05 | |||
Guarantee |
14.01 | |||
Place of Payment |
2.03 | |||
Registrar |
2.07 | |||
Successor Company |
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.
All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) or is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Forms Generally. The Debt Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form established without the approval of any Holder by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees or in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate (and, if not contained in a supplemental Indenture entered into in accordance with Article IX, as are not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture) or as may be required or appropriate to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with any rules of any securities exchange on which such series of Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to general usage, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Debt Securities.
The definitive Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.
Section 2.02. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication. The Trustees certificate of authentication on all Debt Securities authenticated by the Trustee shall be in substantially the following form:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[ ], | ||
As Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
Section 2.03. Principal Amount; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued, executed, authenticated, delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series in fully registered form. There shall be established, without the approval of any Holders, in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees and set forth in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series any or all of the following:
(a) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of the series from all other Debt Securities);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to this Article II);
(c) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities of the series are payable;
(d) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, or the method by which such date will be determined, the record dates for the determination of Holders thereof to whom such interest is payable; and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve thirty-day months;
(e) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the corporate trust office of the Trustee, where the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be payable (Place of Payment);
(f) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;
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(g) whether Debt Securities of the series are entitled to the benefits of any Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this Indenture;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;
(i) the terms, if any, upon which the Debt Securities of the series may be convertible into or exchanged for capital stock (which may be represented by depositary shares), other Debt Securities or warrants for capital stock or Debt or other securities of any kind of the Company or any other obligor and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(j) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(k) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(l) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Debt Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined);
(m) any changes or additions to Article XI, including the addition of additional covenants that may be subject to the covenant defeasance option pursuant to Section 11.02(b);
(n) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 6.02;
(o) the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Debt Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as currently in effect;
(p) any addition to or change in the Events of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal of, and premium and interest on, such Debt Securities due and payable;
(q) if the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Debt Securities in definitive registered form; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in Section 2.15(a);
(r) any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars;
(s) the applicability of, and any addition to or change in the covenants and definitions currently set forth in this Indenture or in the terms currently set forth in Article X, including conditioning any merger, conveyance, transfer or lease permitted by Article X upon the satisfaction of any Debt coverage standard by the Company and Successor Company (as defined in Article X);
(t) with regard to Debt Securities of the series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee; and
(u) any other terms of the Debt Securities of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Trustees and as set forth in such Officers Certificate or in any such Indenture supplemental hereto.
Section 2.04. Execution of Debt Securities. The Debt Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President of the Company and, if the seal of the Company is reproduced thereon, it shall be attested by its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures upon the Debt Securities may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
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authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debt Securities. The seal of the Company, if any, may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debt Securities.
Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, signed manually by the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Debt Security executed by the Company on behalf of the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debt Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of issuance of such Debt Security or of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such officer.
Section 2.05. Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver to the Trustee for authentication Debt Securities of any series executed by the Company, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debt Securities to or upon a Company Order. In authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Trustees, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, authorizing the terms of issuance of any series of Debt Securities;
(b) an executed supplemental Indenture, if any;
(c) an Officers Certificate; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 13.05 which shall also state:
(i) that the form of such Debt Securities has been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees or by a supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.01 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) that the terms of such Debt Securities have been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees or by a supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.03 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) that such Debt Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability;
(iv) that the Company has the Company power to issue such Debt Securities and has duly taken all necessary Company action with respect to such issuance;
(v) that the issuance of such Debt Securities will not contravene the organizational documents of the Company or result in any material violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any material indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company is bound;
(vi) that authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and the execution and delivery of any supplemental Indenture will not violate the terms of this Indenture; and
(vii) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
Such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United States would render a money judgment in a currency other than that of the United States.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities under this Section 2.05 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith determines that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Debt Securities of any series. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the
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Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.06. Denomination of Debt Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, the Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable only as fully registered Debt Securities in such Dollar denominations as shall be specified or contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 2.07. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept a register for each series of Debt Securities issued hereunder (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Debt Security Register), in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of all Debt Securities and the transfer of Debt Securities as in this Article II provided. At all reasonable times the Debt Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. Subject to Section 2.15, upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. In no event may Debt Securities be issued as, or exchanged for, bearer securities.
Unless and until otherwise determined by the Company by resolution of the Board of Trustees, the Debt Security Register shall be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and, for this purpose, the Trustee shall be designated Registrar.
Debt Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of the same series of other authorized denominations. Subject to Section 2.15, Debt Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be maintained by the Company as provided in Section 4.02, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) All Debt Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Debt Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of Debt Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange or transfer.
No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt Securities (except as provided by Section 2.09), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Companys own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Securities for a period of 15 days next preceding any mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for redemption.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 2.08. Temporary Debt Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Debt Securities (printed, lithographed, photocopied, typewritten or otherwise produced) of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which
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they are issued, in registered form with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt Securities, all as may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.
If temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder thereof, except as provided in Section 2.07 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.
Upon any exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global Security or for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount to be exchanged and endorsed.
Section 2.09. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities. If (a) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its corporate trust office or (b) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt 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 and any paying agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives written notice that such Debt Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and, upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of the same series of like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. The Company or the Trustee shall require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to the issuance of any substituted Debt Security and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which has matured or is about to mature or which has been called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substituted Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the Company and the Trustee with such security or indemnity as either may require to save it harmless from all risk, however remote, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substituted Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.09 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.10. Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities. All Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it in accordance with its customary procedures, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) and certification of their destruction delivered to the Company upon request, unless otherwise directed. On request of the Company, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Debt Securities held by the Trustee. If the Company shall acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented thereby unless and until the same are delivered or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Company may not issue new Debt Securities to replace Debt Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11. Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the Holders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, the Holders or any Registrar or paying agent, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture,
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or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all its covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, the Holders and any Registrar and paying agents.
Section 2.12. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Interest on any Debt 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 such Debt Security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the regular record date. Payment of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03), or at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Debt Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 2.03 and in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, at the option of the Holder by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder.
(b) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and to the provisions of Section 2.17, each Debt Security of a particular series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of the same series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.
Section 2.13. Securities Denominated in Dollars. Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of such series will be made in Dollars.
Section 2.14. Wire Transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 2.15. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 that the Debt Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 2.05, authenticate and deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in an Officers Certificate, shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositarys instruction and shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN. or such other legend as may then be required by the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.15 or of Section 2.07 to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Debt Securities in registered form, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.07, only by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary to a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security or Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or if at any time the Depositary for the Debt Securities for such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security or Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Global
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Security or Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities, will authenticate and deliver, individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
(ii) If an Event of Default occurs and the Depositary for a Global Security or Securities notifies the Trustee of its decision to require that the Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security or Securities, will authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial interest in the Global Security; and to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
(iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Security for individual Debt Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the Registrar. The Trustee or the Registrar shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.
(v) Payments in respect of the principal of and interest on any Debt Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be payable to the Depositary or such nominee in its capacity as the registered owner of such Global Security. The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Debt Securities, including the Global Security, are registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any Registrar, the paying agent or any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the beneficial ownership interests of the Global Security by the Depositary or its nominee or any of the Depositarys direct or indirect participants, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect participants relating to the beneficial ownership interests of the Global Security, the payments to the beneficial owners of the Global Security of amounts paid to the Depositary or its nominee, or any other matter relating to the actions and practices of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect participants. None of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent will be liable for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee, or any of its direct or indirect participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Debt Securities, and the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in conclusively relying on, instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Debt Securities to be issued).
Section 2.16. Medium Term Securities. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate, resolutions of the Board of Trustees, supplemental Indenture, Opinion of Counsel or written order or any other document otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.03, 2.05 or 13.05 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Debt Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first such Debt Security of such series to be issued; provided, that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that, as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.05 or 13.05 shall be true and correct as if made on such date and that the Opinion of Counsel delivered at or prior to such time of authentication of an original issuance of Debt Securities shall specifically state that it shall relate to all subsequent issuances of Debt Securities of such series that are identical to the Debt Securities issued in the first issuance of Debt Securities of such series.
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A Company Order delivered by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph, may provide that Debt Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its agent on original issue from time to time upon the written order of Persons designated in such written order and that such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with the Officers Certificate, supplemental Indenture or resolution of the Board of Trustees relating to such written order, such terms and conditions of such Debt Securities as are specified in such Officers Certificate, supplemental Indenture or such resolution.
Section 2.17. Defaulted Interest. Any interest on any Debt Security of a particular series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Debt Securities of such series and in this Indenture (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant record date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such series 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 such Debt Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a 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 pre-paid, to each Holder thereof at its address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such series are registered at the close of business on such special record date.
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Debt Securities of such series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt Securities of such series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written 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 2.18. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Debt 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 accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Debt 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 Debt 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 in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of such series.
Section 3.02. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities. In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities of any series in accordance with their terms, by resolution of the Board of Trustees or a supplemental Indenture, the Company shall fix a date for redemption and shall give notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series so to be redeemed as a whole or in part, in the manner provided in Section 13.03. The notice if given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security of such series.
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Each such notice of redemption shall specify (i) the date fixed for redemption, (ii) the redemption price at which Debt Securities of such series are to be redeemed (or the method of calculating such redemption price), (iii) the Place or Places of Payment that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, (iv) that any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, (v) that the redemption is for a sinking fund payment (if applicable), (vi) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, if the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, (vii) that on and after said date any interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, (viii) that in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities original issue discount accrued after the date fixed for redemption will cease to accrue, (ix) the CUSIP number and the terms of the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to which the Debt Securities of that series are being redeemed and (x) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Debt Securities of that series. If less than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the certificate numbers of any Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed that are not in global form. In case any Debt Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of that series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued.
At least fifteen days before the giving of any notice of redemption, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed and the series and terms of the Debt Securities pursuant to which such redemption will occur. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein, and such notice may be revoked at any time prior to the giving of a notice of redemption to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.02. If fewer than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given in writing to the Trustee, which record date shall be not less than three days after the date of notice to the Trustee.
By 11 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the redemption price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date, together with any interest accrued to the Redemption Date.
If less than all the Debt Securities of like tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed (other than pursuant to mandatory sinking fund redemptions), the Trustee shall select, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with the Depositarys procedures, the Debt Securities of that series or portions thereof (in multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed. In any case where more than one Debt Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Debt Security of such series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof on such Redemption Date, the principal, premium, if any, and interest shall bear interest until paid from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of that series. If less than all the Debt Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Debt Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Debt Securities called for redemption.
Section 3.03. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the series with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the Place or Places of Payment stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Debt Securities at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued to said date) any interest on the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of any series so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and any original issue discount in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at the Place or Places of Payment in said notice specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption.
Any Debt Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place of Payment with due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service
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charge to the Depositary, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.
Section 3.04. Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, resolution of the Board of Trustees or a supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, resolution of the Board of Trustees or a supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment.
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of that series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or (b) receive credit for the principal amount of Debt Securities of that series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture; provided, that such Debt Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 3.05. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, any resolution or supplemental Indenture, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to this Section 3.05 (which Debt Securities, if not previously redeemed, will accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make any permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, by 11 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Company to deliver such certificate (or to deliver the Debt Securities specified in this paragraph) shall not constitute a Default, but such failure shall require that the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Debt Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in this Section 3.05 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash which shall equal or exceed $100,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request) with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date following the date of such payment) to the redemption of such Debt Securities at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture for operation of the sinking fund together with any accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment received by the Trustee for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.05. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of that series at its Stated Maturity.
The Trustee shall select the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in the last paragraph of Section 3.02 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 3.02 except that the notice of redemption shall also state that the Debt Securities are being redeemed by operation of the sinking fund. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.
The Trustee shall not redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of such Debt Securities by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Debt Securities or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to such Debt Securities, except that if the notice of redemption of any such Debt Securities shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article III. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date for such Debt Securities on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.05.
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ARTICLE IV
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01. Payment of Principal of, and Premium, If Any, and Interest on, Debt Securities. The Company, for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities, will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, each of the Debt Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein or in the Debt Securities. Each installment of interest on any Debt Securities not in global form may at the Companys option be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 2.07(a) to the address of such Person as it appears on the Debt Security Register.
Principal of and premium and interest on Debt Securities of any series shall be considered paid on the date due if, by 11 a.m., New York City time, on such date the Trustee or any paying agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium and interest then due.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, at the rate specified therefor in the Debt Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Offices or Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt Securities. The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Debt Securities an office or agency where Debt Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, and it shall also maintain (in or outside such Place of Payment) an office or agency where Debt Securities of such series may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. 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 office of the Trustee where its corporate trust business is principally administered in the United States, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.
Section 4.03. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.08, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Debt Securities.
Section 4.04. Duties of Paying Agents, etc.
(a) The Company shall cause each paying agent, if any, other than the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04,
(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of any series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series;
(ii) that it will give the Trustee written notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) that it will at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held by it as such agent.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of any series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure by the Company to take such action or the failure by any other obligor on such Debt Securities to make any payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such Debt Securities when the same shall be due and payable.
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(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by it or any paying agent, as required by this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent.
(d) Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
(e) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05.
Section 4.05. SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, file with the Trustee, within 30 days after it files the same with the SEC (unless already publicly available through the SECs EDGAR Filing System), copies of the annual reports and 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) that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Company is not subject to the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d), the Company shall file with the Trustee, within 30 days after it would have been required to file the same with the SEC, financial statements, including any notes thereto (and with respect to annual reports, an auditors report by a firm of established national reputation), and a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, both comparable to that which the Company would have been required to include in such annual reports, information, documents or other reports if the Company had been subject to the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d). The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine whether such filings via EDGAR occurred. The Company shall also comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
(b) The Company shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports and other documents and information that the Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders under this Section.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of any Officer of the Company becoming aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 4.06. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers Certificate signed by the Companys principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer of the Company with a view to determining whether each of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge each of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice required by this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge and what action the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee within 30 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default, the status thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.07. Further Instruments and Acts. The Company will, upon request of the Trustee, execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may reasonably be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of this Indenture.
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Section 4.08. Existence. Except as permitted by Article X hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company, provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Trustees shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.
Section 4.09. Maintenance of Properties. The Company shall cause all properties owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any such Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any such Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.10. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 4.11. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant set forth in this Article IV (except Sections 4.01 through 4.08) or made applicable to such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.03, if, before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE V
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders; Preservation of Information. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of each series:
(a) not more than 10 days after each record date with respect to the payment of interest, if any, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such record date (provided, however, that in no event shall such list be furnished less frequently than required by TIA section 312 (a)), and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and contents as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee shall be the Registrar, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in this Section 5.01 or (ii) received by it in the capacity of paying agent or Registrar (if so acting) hereunder.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in this Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
Every Holder agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the TIA.
Section 5.02. Communications to Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Debt Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.
Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee. Within 60 days after each January 31, beginning with the first January 31 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event on or before April 1 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such January 31 that complies with TIA Section 313(a); provided, however, that if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred
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within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
Reports pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be transmitted by mail:
(a) to all Holders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear in the Debt Security Register;
(b) except in the cases of reports under Section 313(b)(2) of the TIA, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.01; and
(c) as otherwise may be required under Section 13.03 hereof.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Debt Securities of any series are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Debt Securities of any series become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 5.04. Record Dates for Action by Holders. If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Debt Securities of any series any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the Company may, at its option, by resolution of the Board of Trustees, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Debt Securities entitled to take such action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date shall be fixed at the Companys discretion. If such a record date is fixed, such action may be sought or given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of Debt Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Debt Securities for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Debt Securities of such series Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding shall be computed as of such record date.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS IN EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Debt Securities of any series (each of the following, an Event of Default):
(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Debt Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Debt Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration, upon required repurchase or otherwise; or
(c) default in the payment of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable; or
(d) failure on the part of the Company, or if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company, or if applicable, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, in the Debt Securities of that series, in any resolution of the Board of Trustees authorizing the issuance of that series of Debt Securities, in this Indenture with respect to such series or in any supplemental Indenture with respect to such series (other than a covenant a default in the performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), continuing for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice specifying such failure and requiring the Company, or if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors, to remedy the same shall have been given to the Company, or if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors, by the Trustee or to the Company, or if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding; or
(e) the Company, or if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law,
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
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(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company, or if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, as debtor in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company, or if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, or if applicable, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, or if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(g) if any series of Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee, the Guarantee of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors ceases to be in full force and effect with respect to Debt Securities of that series (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or such Guarantee; or
(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series;
then and in each and every case that an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), or (h) with respect to Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding occurs with respect to the Company and is continuing, unless the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Debt Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the principal of (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities of that series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in clause (e) or (f) occurs with respect to the Company, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Debt Securities shall have become due and payable, the principal of (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof), premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities then Outstanding hereunder shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders, anything in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction already rendered and if all existing Events of Default with respect to that series have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because of acceleration. Upon any such rescission, the parties hereto shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the parties hereto shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 6.02. Collection of Debt by Trustee, etc. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid or enforce the performance of any provision of the Debt Securities of the affected series or this Indenture, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series (and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable).
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series under any Bankruptcy Law, or in case a Custodian shall have been appointed for its property, or in case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series, its creditors or its property, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of Debt Securities of any series 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 pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series, 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 reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and
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liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct) and of the Holders thereof allowed in any such judicial proceedings relative to any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company, or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series, its creditors or its property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of such Holders and of the Trustee on their behalf, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of such Holders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or willful misconduct.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities of any series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any such Debt Securities, or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment (except for any amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06) shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of all the Debt Securities in respect of which such action was taken.
In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 6.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys or other property collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 with respect to Debt Securities of any series shall be applied, in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys or other property, upon presentation of the several Debt Securities of such series in respect of which moneys or other property have been collected, and the notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all money due the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Outstanding Debt Securities in respect of which such moneys have been collected shall not have become due, to the payment of accrued but unpaid interest on the Debt Securities of such series in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities) borne by the Debt Securities of such series, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Outstanding Debt Securities in respect of which such moneys have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Debt Securities of such series for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities) borne by the Debt Securities of such series; and, in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Debt Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest, without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Debt Security of such series over any Debt Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and interest; and
FOURTH: The remainder, if any, shall be paid to the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.03. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
Section 6.04. Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of that same series and of the continuance thereof and unless the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security shall have failed to institute any such
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action or proceedings and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Debt Security with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any Holders, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 6.04, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, however, the right of any Holder of any Debt Security to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.05. Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of Default. All powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid, shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.
Section 6.06. Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to Waive Default. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or of exercising any right, trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture, and that subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel shall determine that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or is inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture, or if the Trustee shall by a responsible officer or officers determine that the action so directed would involve it in personal liability or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders of Debt Securities of such series not taking part in such direction; and provided, further, however, that nothing in this Indenture contained shall impair the right of the Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction by such Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences for that series, except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debt Securities and a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected thereby. In case of any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities of that series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.07. Trustee to Give Notice of Events of Default Known to It, but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, or if later, within 30 days after the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of the Event of Default, with respect to a series of Debt Securities give to the Holders thereof, in the manner provided in Section 13.03, notice of all Events of Default with respect to such series known to the Trustee, unless such Events of Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that, except in the case of an Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debt Securities of such series or in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders thereof.
Section 6.08. Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or Against the Trustee. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit in the manner and to the extent provided in the TIA, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 6.08 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10 percent in
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principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Debt Security on or after the due date for such payment expressed in such Debt Security.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(a) this paragraph shall not be construed to limit the effect of the first paragraph of this Section 7.01 or clause (ii) of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(b) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of any series shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations with respect to such series as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to such series shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; provided that in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein); and provided further that, as required by TIA Section 315(a), the Trustee shall examine the evidence furnished to it pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06 to determine whether or not such evidence conforms to the requirements of this Indenture;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(d) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of such series.
None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(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 or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties (and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated therein);
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Trustees may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
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(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) 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 of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f) 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, approval or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Debt Securities of a series affected by such matter; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall require indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding, and the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;
(g) 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 by it with due care hereunder;
(h) if any property other than cash shall at any time be subject to a Lien in favor of the Holders, the Trustee, if and to the extent authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by the supplemental instrument subjecting such property to such Lien, shall be entitled to make advances for the purpose of preserving such property or of discharging tax Liens or other prior Liens or encumbrances thereon;
(i) 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;
(j) any permissive right or authority granted to the Trustee shall not be construed as a mandatory duty;
(k) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel;
(l) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(m) 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 the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Debt Securities and this Indenture;
(n) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(o) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and
(p) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 7.03. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities. The recitals contained herein, in the Debt Securities (except the Trustees certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this
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Indenture, authenticate the Debt Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Debt Securities or of the proceeds thereof.
Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Debt Securities. The Trustee or any paying agent or Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and subject to the provisions of the TIA relating to conflicts of interest and preferential claims may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Registrar.
Section 7.05. Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time to the Company upon a Company Order.
Section 7.06. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company covenants and agrees to pay in Dollars to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall receive such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to from time to time in writing by the Company and the Trustee and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse in Dollars the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, attorneys and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ), including without limitation, Section 6.02, except any such expense, disbursement or advances as may arise from its negligence or willful misconduct. The Company also covenants to indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances, including to its agents and counsel, shall constitute additional Debt hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. The Company and the Holders agree that such additional Debt shall be secured by a Lien prior to that of the Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee, as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, particular Debt Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 7.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on an Officers Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.08. Separate Trustee; Replacement of Trustee. The Company may, but need not, appoint a separate Trustee for any one or more series of Debt Securities. The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities at any time by giving notice to the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series may remove the Trustee for such series and only such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(a) | the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; |
(b) | the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent; |
(c) | a Custodian takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or |
(d) | the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. |
If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint
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a successor Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 7.08.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, 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 Holders of Debt Securities of each applicable series. 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 7.06.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee gives notice of resignation or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Debt Securities of any applicable series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Debt Securities of any applicable series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
In the case of the appointment hereunder of a separate or successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, any retiring Trustee and each successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an Indenture supplemental hereto (i) which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series as to which any such retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in such retiring Trustee and (ii) that shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such separate, retiring or successor Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.
The retiring Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for any action or inaction 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 or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors to the Trustee by merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee 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. No obligor upon the Debt Securities of a particular series or Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such obligor shall serve as Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA this Indenture or any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and this Indenture.
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.12. Compliance with Tax Laws. The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities, whether acting as Trustee, Registrar, paying agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
Section 8.01. Evidence of Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series may take action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02, (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders or (d) in the case of Debt Securities evidenced by a Global Security, by any electronic transmission or other message, whether or not in written format, that complies with the Depositarys applicable procedures.
Section 8.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 13.09, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debt Securities of any series shall be proved by the Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Registrar for such series. The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary.
Section 8.03. Who May Be Deemed Owner of Debt Securities. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Debt Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.12) interest on such Debt Security and for all other purposes, and none of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; and all such payments so made to any such Holder for the time being, or upon his order, shall be valid and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debt Security.
None of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 8.04. Instruments Executed by Holders Bind Future Holders. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action and subject to the following paragraph, any Holder of a Debt Security which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its corporate trust office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Debt Security and of any Debt Security issued upon transfer thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or such other Debt Securities. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Debt Securities of such series.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Debt Securities entitled to give their consent or take any other action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders of Debt Securities at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders of Debt Securities after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series specified in this Indenture shall have been received within such 120-day period.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of Holders. The Company and any Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Trustees, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any
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time, without the consent of Holders, enter into an Indenture or Indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession pursuant to Article X of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the Successor Company (as defined in Section 10.01) of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company in this Indenture and in the Debt Securities;
(b) to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, to add to the covenants of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) as the Board of Trustees shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Debt Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture; provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision such supplemental Indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after Default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of any or all series of Debt Securities to waive such Default;
(c) to cure any ambiguity or omission or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein, in any supplemental Indenture or in any Debt Securities of any series that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein, in any supplemental Indenture or in the Debt Securities of such series; to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that such modifications or amendment does not in the good faith opinion of the Board of Trustees materially adversely affect the interests of any Holders of Debt Securities of any series;
(d) to permit the qualification of this Indenture or any Indenture supplemental hereto under the TIA as then in effect, except that nothing herein contained shall permit or authorize the inclusion in any Indenture supplemental hereto of the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA;
(e) to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form;
(f) to reflect the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Article XIV;
(g) to add Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to any or all of the Debt Securities or to secure any or all of the Debt Securities or the Guarantee;
(h) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights hereunder of any Holder;
(i) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Debt Securities; provided, however, that any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Section 9.01 shall neither apply to any Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental Indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holder of any such Debt Security with respect to such provision or shall become effective only when there is no such Debt Security Outstanding;
(j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; and
(k) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental Indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental Indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental Indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02. Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities. Without notice to any Holder but with the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
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Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental Indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for any such series of Debt Securities), the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Trustees, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an Indenture or Indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series; provided, that no such supplemental Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Debt Security so affected, shall: reduce the percentage in principal amount of Debt Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment; reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Debt Security; reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Debt Security; reduce any premium payable upon the redemption of any Debt Security or change the time at which any Debt Security may or shall be redeemed in accordance with Article III; make any Debt Security payable in currency other than the Dollar; impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of premium, if any, principal of and interest on such Holders Debt Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holders Debt Securities; release any security that may have been granted in respect of the Debt Securities, other than in accordance with this Indenture; make any change in Section 6.06 or this Section 9.02; or, except as provided in Section 11.02(b) or Section 14.04, release the Subsidiary Guarantors other than as provided in this Indenture or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.
A supplemental Indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has been expressly included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other series.
Upon the request of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, accompanied by a copy of resolutions of the Board of Trustees authorizing the execution of any such supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental Indenture unless such supplemental Indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental 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 supplemental Indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 requiring the consent of the Holders of any series of Debt Securities becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders of that series of Debt Securities of each series affected thereby a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to any such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02 with respect to other Holders.
Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX shall comply with the TIA, as then in effect, provided that this Section 9.03 shall not require such supplemental indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the TIA prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the TIA or the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to such supplemental indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the TIA or the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA. Upon the execution of any supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
The Trustee shall receive and conclusively rely on an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such supplemental Indenture complies with the provisions of this Article IX and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
Section 9.04. Debt Securities May Bear Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures. Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX 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. New Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Trustees, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental Indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debt Securities of such series then Outstanding. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Debt Security of such series shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
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ARTICLE X
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 10.01. Consolidations and Mergers of the Company. The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its assets to any Person, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (a) either (i) the Company shall be the surviving Person in the case of a merger or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other than the Company (the Successor Company), shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an Indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Debt Securities according to their tenor; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions (and treating any Debt which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default would occur or be continuing; (c) if the Company is not the continuing Person, then each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it has become the Successor Company, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Debt Securities and this Indenture; and (d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or disposition and such supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
Section 10.02. Rights and Duties of Successor Company. In case of any consolidation or merger where the Company is not the continuing Person, or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 10.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the respective party to this Indenture, and the predecessor entity shall be released from all liabilities and obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities, except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the Companys assets. The Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of the Successor Company, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities which the Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all such Debt Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 11.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article XI relating to discharge or defeasance of Debt Securities shall be applicable to each series of Debt Securities except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of such series.
Section 11.02. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
(a) If at any time the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities of any series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than any Debt Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09 and Debt Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as provided in Section 11.05) or all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in cash sufficient to pay at final maturity or upon redemption all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.
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(b) Subject to Sections 11.02(c), 11.03 and 11.07, the Company at any time may terminate, with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series, all its obligations under the Debt Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (legal defeasance option) or the operation of (w) Sections 4.09 and 4.10, (x) any covenant made applicable to such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.03, (y) Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (h) and (z) as they relate to the Subsidiary Guarantors only, Sections 6.01(e) and (f) (covenant defeasance option). If the Company exercises either its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series that are entitled to the benefit of the Guarantee, the Guarantee will terminate with respect to that series of Debt Securities. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Debt Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Debt Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (h) and, with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors only, Sections 6.01(e) and (f).
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Companys obligations in Sections 2.07, 2.09, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, the last sentence of 4.05(a), 4.06(a), 5.01, 7.06, 11.05, 11.06 and 11.07 shall survive until the Debt Securities of the defeased series have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Companys obligations in Sections 7.06, 11.05 and 11.06 shall survive.
Section 11.03. Conditions of Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series only if:
(a) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities of such series to final maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(b) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Debt Securities of such series to final maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(c) 91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(d) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;
(e) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company;
(f) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(g) in the event of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
(h) in the event of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Debt Securities of such series as contemplated by this Article XI have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article III.
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Section 11.04. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article XI. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through any paying agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities of the defeased series.
Section 11.05. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and any paying agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and any paying agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
Section 11.06. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee and the Holders against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
Section 11.07. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article XI by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or government authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities of the defeased series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XI until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article XI.
ARTICLE XII
[RESERVED]
This Article XII has been intentionally omitted.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01. Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.02. Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Company Valid. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any Successor Company.
Section 13.03. Required Notices or Demands. Any notice or communication by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor:
Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
45 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust Services Administrator for RAIT Financial Trust
The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; on the first Business Day on or after being sent, if telecopied and the sender receives confirmation of successful transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
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Any notice required or permitted to a Holder by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture shall be deemed to be properly mailed by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to such Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the Debt Security Register. Any report pursuant to Section 313 of the TIA shall be transmitted in compliance with subsection (c) therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 2.03, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 2.03.
In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.
In the event it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it or any defect in any notice by publication as to a Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, it is conclusively presumed duly given.
Section 13.04. Indenture and Debt Securities to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York. THIS INDENTURE, EACH DEBT SECURITY AND THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE NEW YORK CONTRACTS, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.
Section 13.05. Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application or Demand by the Company. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 13.06. Payments Due on Legal Holidays. In any case where the date of maturity of interest on or principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities of a series or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any Debt Security or the making of any sinking fund payment shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of such series, then payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, or the making of such sinking fund payment need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date. If a record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.
Section 13.07. Provisions Required by TIA to Control. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the TIA, such required provision shall control.
Section 13.08. Computation of Interest on Debt Securities. Interest, if any, on the Debt Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 2.03.
Section 13.09. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and any paying agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. The Company and its Trustees, officers, employees, incorporators and capital stockholders, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Company under the Debt Securities, this Indenture or the Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
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By accepting a Debt Security, each Holder shall be deemed to have waived and released all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Debt Securities.
Section 13.11. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture or the Debt 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 13.12. Effect of Headings. The article and section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 13.13. Indenture May Be Executed in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 13.14. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Debt Security or in any Guarantee, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, trustee, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Debt Securities.
Section 13.15. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.16. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 13.17. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
ARTICLE XIV
GUARANTEE
Section 14.01. Unconditional Guarantee.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article XIV to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XIV shall be applicable only to, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Debt Securities of any series designated, pursuant to Section 2.03, as entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
(b) For value received, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby fully, unconditionally and absolutely guarantees (the Guarantee) to the Holders and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Debt Securities by the Company, when and as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14.03.
(c) Failing payment when due of any amount guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee, for whatever reason, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. The Guarantee hereunder is intended to be a general,
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unsecured, senior obligation of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all Debt of each Subsidiary Guarantor that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee (including the Guarantee of any other Subsidiary Guarantor) or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Debt Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 6.04, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against such Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The obligations of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Article XIV shall be as aforesaid full, unconditional and absolute and shall not be impaired, modified, released or limited by any occurrence or condition whatsoever, including, without limitation, (A) any compromise, settlement, release, waiver, renewal, extension, indulgence or modification of, or any change in, any of the obligations and liabilities of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in the Debt Securities or this Indenture, (B) any impairment, modification, release or limitation of the liability of the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their estates in bankruptcy, or any remedy for the enforcement thereof, resulting from the operation of any present or future provision of any applicable Bankruptcy Law, as amended, or other statute or from the decision of any court, (C) the assertion or exercise by the Company, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Trustee of any rights or remedies under the Debt Securities or this Indenture or their delay in or failure to assert or exercise any such rights or remedies, (D) the assignment or the purported assignment of any property as security for the Debt Securities, including all or any part of the rights of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, (E) the extension of the time for payment by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of any payments or other sums or any part thereof owing or payable under any of the terms and provisions of the Debt Securities or this Indenture or of the time for performance by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of any other obligations under or arising out of any such terms and provisions or the extension or the renewal of any thereof, (F) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any duty, agreement or obligation of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors set forth in this Indenture, (G) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or any of their respective assets, or the disaffirmance of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture in any such proceeding, (H) the release or discharge of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors from the performance or observance of any agreement, covenant, term or condition contained in any of such instruments by operation of law, (I) the unenforceability of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture or (J) any other circumstances (other than payment in full or discharge of all amounts guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
(e) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby (A) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of the merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and all demands whatsoever, (B) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it and (C) covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Guarantee. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors further agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by any Person to the Guarantee is, or must be, rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Guarantee shall, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such application, and the Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such application had not been made.
(f) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, provided, however, that such Subsidiary Guarantor, shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all of the Debt Securities and the Guarantee shall have been paid in full or discharged.
Section 14.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Guarantee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, shall be endorsed on each Debt Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a limited Company, an officer of the Company of each Subsidiary Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that the Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Debt Security a notation relating to the Guarantee. If any officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a limited Company, any officer of the Company of the Subsidiary Guarantor, whose signature is on this Indenture or a Debt Security
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no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Debt Security or at any time thereafter, the Guarantee of such Debt Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.
Section 14.03. Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantors Liability. Each Subsidiary Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder of a Debt Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Holder of a Debt Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee, not result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under Federal or state law.
Section 14.04. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors from Guarantee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.02(b) and in this Section 14.04. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Indenture, the Guarantee incurred by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Article XIV shall be unconditionally released and discharged (i) automatically upon (A) any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Companys direct or indirect equity interests in such Subsidiary Guarantor (provided such sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture) or (B) the merger of such Subsidiary Guarantor into the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture) or (ii) following delivery of a written notice of such release or discharge by the Company to the Trustee, upon the release or discharge of all guarantees by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any Debt of the Company other than obligations arising under this Indenture and any Debt Securities issued hereunder, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantees.
(b) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any release of a Subsidiary Guarantor from the Guarantee upon receipt of a written request of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Subsidiary Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Any Subsidiary Guarantor not so released shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee as provided in this Indenture, subject to the limitations of Section 14.03.
Section 14.05. Subsidiary Guarantor Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Subsidiary Guarantor (a Funding Guarantor) under the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor (if any) in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Companys obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or any other Subsidiary Guarantors obligations with respect to the Guarantee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Jack E. Salmon | |
Name: Jack E. Salmon Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: |
/s/ Martin Reed | |
Name: Martin Reed | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
ANNEX A
NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Debt Securities by the Company.
The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders of Debt Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.
[NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR(S)] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
First Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of March 21, 2011
to Indenture Dated as of
March 21, 2011
7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02. |
References to Interest |
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ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES | ||||||
Section 2.01. |
Scope of Supplemental Indenture |
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Section 2.02. |
Designation and Amount |
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Section 2.03. |
Form of Notes |
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Section 2.04. |
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest |
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Section 2.05. |
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Depositary |
18 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Cancellation of Surrendered Notes |
19 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Notice of Defaults |
20 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Additional Notes; Repurchases |
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Section 2.09. |
CUSIP Numbers |
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ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | ||||||
Section 3.01. |
Applicability of Article XI of the Base Indenture |
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Section 3.02. |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
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ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | ||||||
Section 4.01. |
Maintenance of Office Or Agency |
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Section 4.02. |
Reports |
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Section 4.03. |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
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ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
Section 5.01. |
Applicability of Article VI of the Base Indenture |
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Section 5.02. |
Events of Default |
22 | ||||
Section 5.03. |
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor |
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Section 5.04. |
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee |
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Section 5.05. |
Proceedings by Holders of the Notes |
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Section 5.06. |
Proceedings by Trustee |
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Section 5.07. |
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing |
29 | ||
Section 5.08. |
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders of the Notes |
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Section 5.09. |
Notice of Defaults |
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Section 5.10. |
Undertaking to Pay Costs |
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ARTICLE 6 | ||||
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF THE NOTES | ||||
Section 6.01. |
Rules under Section 13.09 of the Base Indenture |
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Section 6.02. |
Purpose of Meetings |
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Section 6.03. |
Call of Meetings by Trustee |
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Section 6.04. |
Call of Meetings by Company or Holders of the Notes |
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Section 6.05. |
Qualifications for Voting |
32 | ||
Section 6.06. |
Regulations |
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Section 6.07. |
Voting |
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Section 6.08. |
No Delay of Rights by Meeting |
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ARTICLE 7 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | ||||
Section 7.01. |
Applicability of Article IX of the Base Indenture |
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Section 7.02. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of the Notes |
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Section 7.03. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of the Notes |
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Section 7.04. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 7.05. |
Notation on Notes |
36 | ||
Section 7.06. |
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee |
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ARTICLE 8 | ||||
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE | ||||
Section 8.01. |
Applicability of Article X of the Base Indenture |
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Section 8.02. |
Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms |
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Section 8.03. |
Successor Company to Be Substituted |
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Section 8.04. |
Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee |
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ARTICLE 9 | ||||
GUARANTEE OF NOTES | ||||
Section 9.01. |
Applicability of Article XIV of the Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE 10 | ||||
CONVERSION OF NOTES | ||||
Section 10.01. |
Conversion Privilege |
39 | ||
Section 10.02. |
Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion |
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Section 10.03. |
Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes |
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Section 10.04. |
Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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Section 10.05. |
Adjustments of Prices |
54 | ||||
Section 10.06. |
Shares to Be Fully Paid |
54 | ||||
Section 10.07. |
Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Shares |
54 | ||||
Section 10.08. |
Certain Covenants |
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Section 10.09. |
Responsibility of Trustee |
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Section 10.10. |
Notice to Holders of the Notes Prior to Certain Actions |
57 | ||||
Section 10.11. |
Shareholder Rights Plans |
58 | ||||
Section 10.12. |
Ownership Limit; Withholding Tax |
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ARTICLE 11 | ||||||
REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS | ||||||
Section 11.01. |
Repurchase at Option of Holders of the Notes |
59 | ||||
Section 11.02. |
Repurchase at Option of Holders of the Notes Upon a Fundamental Change |
61 | ||||
Section 11.03. |
Withdrawal of Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
64 | ||||
Section 11.04. |
Deposit of Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
64 | ||||
Section 11.05. |
Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes |
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ARTICLE 12 | ||||||
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION | ||||||
Section 12.01. |
Applicability of Article III of the Base Indenture |
65 | ||||
Section 12.02. |
Optional Redemption |
66 | ||||
Section 12.03. |
Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes |
66 | ||||
Section 12.04. |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption |
67 | ||||
Section 12.05. |
Restrictions on Redemption |
68 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||||||
Section 13.01. |
Governing Law |
68 | ||||
Section 13.02. |
No Security Interest Created |
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Section 13.03. |
Benefits of Indenture |
68 | ||||
Section 13.04. |
Effect of Headings |
68 | ||||
Section 13.05. |
Supplemental Indenture May Be Executed In Counterparts |
68 | ||||
Section 13.06. |
Severability |
69 | ||||
Section 13.07. |
Elections Under Base Indenture; Ratification of Base Indenture |
69 | ||||
Section 13.08. |
Waiver Of Jury Trial |
69 | ||||
Section 13.09. |
Force Majeure |
69 | ||||
Section 13.10. |
U.S.A. Patriot Act |
69 | ||||
Section 13.11. |
Calculations |
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EXHIBIT
Exhibit A |
Form of Note |
A-1 |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of March 21, 2011 (this Supplemental Indenture) between RAIT Financial Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, as issuer (the Company, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the Trustee, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), supplementing the Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011, between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture and, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and as it may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the Indenture).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from time to time, of the Companys Debt Securities, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered as provided in, the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(k) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 2.01 and Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture without the consent of Holders of any Debt Securities;
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of a single series of Debt Securities designated as its 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the Notes), initially in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $115,000,000, and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Form of Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the Form of Purchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided;
WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as in this Supplemental Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of the Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all words, terms and phrases defined in the Base Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the Base Indenture; and
(c) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Additional Shares shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.03(a).
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent or any successor entity thereto.
Annual Dividend Period shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(d).
Base Indenture has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Trustees, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
Capital Stock shall mean capital stock as defined in the Base Indenture.
Cash Settlement shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a).
Charter means the Declaration of Trust of the Company, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and applicable law.
Clause A Distribution shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
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Clause B Distribution shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
Clause C Distribution shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Combination Settlement shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a).
Common Equity of any Person means capital stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.
Common Shares mean the common shares of beneficial interest of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, at the date of this Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section 10.07.
Company shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 8, shall include its successors and assigns.
Company Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
Continuing Trustee means a trustee who either was a member of the Board of Trustees on March 15, 2011 or who becomes a member of the Board of Trustees subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company is duly approved by a majority of the continuing trustees on the Board of Trustees at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board of Trustees in which such individual is named as nominee for trustee. Solely for purposes of this definition, the phrase or any authorized committee of the Board of Trustees of the Company or any Trustees and/or officers of the Company to whom such Board of Trustees or such committee shall have duly designated its authority to act hereunder of the definition of Board of Trustees shall be disregarded.
Conversion Agent means the office or agency maintained by the Company in the Place of Payment pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture where the Notes may be surrendered for conversion.
Conversion Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).
Conversion Obligation shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).
Conversion Rate shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).
Corporate Trust Office means the principal 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 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust ServicesAdministrator for RAIT Financial Trust, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of the Notes and the Company, or the principal corporate
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trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of the Notes and the Company).
Daily Conversion Value means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, 5% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP on such Trading Day.
Daily Measurement Value means the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 20.
Daily Settlement Amount, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist of:
(a) cash equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value; and
(b) if the Daily Conversion Value exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of Common Shares equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
Daily VWAP means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading days during the applicable Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page RAS <equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Common Share on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The Daily VWAP shall be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
Defaulted Amounts means any amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, principal and any interest and Defaulted Interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.
Distributed Property shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
Effective Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.03(b).
Event of Default shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.02.
Ex-Dividend Date means the first date on which the Common Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Shares on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.
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Form of Assignment and Transfer shall mean the Form of Assignment and Transfer attached as Attachment 4 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall mean the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Form of Notice of Conversion shall mean the Form of Notice of Conversion attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Form of Repurchase Notice shall mean the Form of Repurchase Notice attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Fundamental Change shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:
(a) a person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Companys Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Companys Common Equity;
(b) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Shares shall be converted into cash, securities or other property; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Companys Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of all classes of the Companys Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);
(c) Continuing Trustees cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Trustees;
(d) the shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(e) the Common Shares (or other common stock underlying the Notes) cease to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors);
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provided, however, that a transaction or transactions described in clause (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common shareholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of Publicly Traded Securities, and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Notes become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares (subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(a)).
Fundamental Change Company Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b).
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02(a).
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c)(i).
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02(a).
Global Note shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
Indenture has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
Initial Dividend Period shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(d).
Initial Dividend Threshold shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(d).
Interest Payment Date means each April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2011.
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on any date means the closing sale price per share (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 that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded. If the Common Shares are not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Shares in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Shares are not so quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Shares on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
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Make-Whole Fundamental Change means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (as defined above and determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof).
Market Disruption Event means (a) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Shares for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Shares.
Maturity Date means April 1, 2031.
Merger Common Stock shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e)(i).
Merger Event shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.07(a).
Merger Valuation Percentage for any Merger Event shall be equal to (x) the arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of one share of such Merger Common Stock over the relevant Merger Valuation Period (determined as if references to Common Shares in the definition of Last Reported Sale Price were references to the Merger Common Stock for such Merger Event), divided by (y) the arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of one Common Share over the relevant Merger Valuation Period.
Merger Valuation Period for any Merger Event means the five consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding, but excluding, the effective date for such Merger Event.
Note or Notes shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.
Note Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
Notice of Conversion shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(b).
Observation Period with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion means: (i) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs other than during the period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2016 and ending on, but excluding, April 1, 2016, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day after such Conversion Date; (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date of the Companys issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Notes pursuant to Section 12.03 and prior to the relevant Redemption Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date; and (iii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period beginning on, and including,
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January 1, 2016 and ending on, but excluding, April 1, 2016, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding April 1, 2016.
open of business means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
Optional Redemption shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.01.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Notes, shall mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture, except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided, that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, a Redemption Notice has been duly given pursuant to the Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(c) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;
(d) Notes converted pursuant to Article 10 and required to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture; and
(e) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.08;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in conclusively relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Trust Officer actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or an Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
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Paying Agent means the office or agency maintained by the Company in the Place of Payment pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment or surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served.
Physical Notes means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof.
Physical Settlement shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a).
Place of Payment means, with respect to the Notes, the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York.
Predecessor Note of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.
Prospectus Supplement means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 14, 2011, as supplemented by the pricing term sheet dated March 15, 2011, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.
Publicly Traded Securities means shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with a Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition thereof.
Record Date means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Shares (or other security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Shares (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Trustees, by statute, by contract or otherwise).
Redemption Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.03(a).
Redemption Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.03(a).
Redemption Price shall have the meaning specified in Section 12.01.
Reference Property shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.07(a).
Regular Record Date, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, shall mean the March 15 or September 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable April 1 or October 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.
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REIT means a real estate investment trust.
Repurchase Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
Repurchase Expiration Time shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
Repurchase Notice shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
Repurchase Price shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
Scheduled Trading Day means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Shares are not so listed or admitted for trading, Scheduled Trading Day means a Business Day.
Settlement Amount has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a)(v).
Settlement Blocker has the meaning specified in Section 10.12(a).
Settlement Method means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have been elected) by the Company.
Settlement Notice has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(a)(iv).
Share Price shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.03(b).
Significant Subsidiary means, as of any date of determination, a Subsidiary of the Company that would constitute a significant subsidiary of the Company as such term is defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the SEC as in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided that it shall not include (a) any entity consolidated by the Company where the Company holds 50% or less of the voting power of such entity or (b) any bankruptcy remote, special purpose entity, used to securitize assets and consolidated by the Company, whose indebtedness is without recourse to the Company.
Special Interest means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 5.02.
Specified Dollar Amount means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice related to any converted Notes.
Spin-Off shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
Successor Company shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a).
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.
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Trading Day means a day on which (i) trading in the Common Shares (or other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares (or such other security) are then listed or, if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Shares (or such other security) are then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Shares (or such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not so listed or traded, Trading Day means a Business Day; and provided, further, that for purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion only, Trading Day means a day on which (x) there is no Market Disruption Event and (y) trading in the Common Shares (or such other security) generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares (or such other security) are then listed or, if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Shares (or such other security) are then listed or admitted for trading, except that if the Common Shares (or such other security) are not so listed or admitted for trading, Trading Day means a Business Day.
Trigger Event shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
Trust Officer means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer, assistant 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 persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
unit of Reference Property shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.07(a).
Valuation Period shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.04(c).
Section 1.02. References to Interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in the Indenture shall be deemed to include Special Interest if, in such context, Special Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 5.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Special Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Special Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
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ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.01. Scope of Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture supplements the provisions of the Base Indenture, to which provisions reference is hereby made. The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall only govern the terms of, the Notes, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Debt Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Debt Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any conflicting provisions in the Base Indenture; provided that no provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be construed (a) to supersede any obligation that the Company would otherwise have under the Base Indenture to deliver a Company Order, an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee, or (b) to limit any right that the Trustee would otherwise have under the Base Indenture to request and conclusively rely on a Company Order, an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel.
Section 2.02. Designation and Amount. The Notes are hereby created and authorized as a single series of Debt Securities under the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be designated as the 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is initially limited to $115,000,000, subject to Section 2.08 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 and Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture and Section 7.05, Section 10.02 and Section 11.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 2.03. Form of Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of the Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture as may be required by the Note Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of the Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the written direction of the Company, in such manner and upon written instructions given by the
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Holder of such Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders of the Notes eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
Section 2.04. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. (a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
(b) This Section 2.04(b) shall replace the second sentence of Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.12(a) of the Base Indenture in its entirety and all references to such provisions shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Notes, to be references to this Section 2.04(b). The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Debt Security Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office. The Company shall pay interest (i) on any Physical Notes (A) to Holders of the Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it appears in the Debt Security Register and (B) to Holders of the Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes or upon application by a Holder of the Notes to the Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Holders account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until such Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Depositary. (a) For the purposes of the Notes, the reference to transfer, exchange or payment in the first paragraph of Section 2.07(b) of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to include a repurchase or conversion of Notes.
(b) This Section 2.05(b) shall replace the fourth paragraph of Section 2.07(b) of the Base Indenture and all references to such paragraph shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Notes, to be references to this Section 2.05(b). The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes either during a period beginning 15 Business Days prior to the mailing of a Redemption Notice and ending on the close of business on the day of such mailing, or between a Regular Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange of (A) any Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion in accordance with Article 10, (B) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 11, or (C) any Notes selected for Redemption in accordance with Article 12.
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(c) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Securities (each, a Global Note) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note, shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Note Custodian) in accordance with the Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
(d) The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
(e) This Section 2.05(e) shall replace Section 2.15(c)(ii) of the Base Indenture and all references to such provision shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Notes, to be references to this Section 2.05(e). If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner of the Notes requests that its Notes be issued as Physical Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver Physical Notes to each such beneficial owner of the related Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, and upon delivery of the Global Note to the Trustee such Global Note shall be canceled.
(f) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with customary procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Note Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Physical Notes, converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred to a transferee who receives Physical Notes therefor or any Physical Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Note Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
(g) Each certificate representing any Common Shares issued upon conversion of any Notes shall bear the legend required pursuant to Article VII of the Charter.
Section 2.06. Cancellation of Surrendered Notes. Any Notes surrendered for repurchase (including pursuant to Article 11) or conversion shall, if surrendered to the Company, any Paying Agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be canceled by it in accordance with its customary procedures, and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any provision of the Indenture. Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture shall apply to all canceled Notes.
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Section 2.07. Notice of Defaults. This Section 2.07 shall replace Section 4.06(b) of the Base Indenture and all references to Section 4.06(b) of the Base Indenture shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Notes, to be references to this Section 2.07. The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee promptly in writing upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default, the status thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 2.08. Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, at any time and without the consent of the Holders of the Notes and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen the Indenture and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms as the Notes initially issued hereunder in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters, in addition to those required by Section 13.05 of the Base Indenture, as the Trustee shall reasonably request. In addition, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so repurchased (other than Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in Redemption Notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such Redemption Notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any Redemption Notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01. Applicability of Article XI of the Base Indenture. Sections 11.02 and 11.03 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead, the satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article 3 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety Sections 11.02 and 11.03 of the Base Indenture and all references in the Base Indenture to Sections 11.02 and 11.03 thereof and satisfaction and discharge provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 3 and the satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article 3.
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Section 3.02. Satisfaction and Discharge. This Supplemental Indenture shall upon request of the Company contained in an Officers Certificate cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, when (a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture and (y) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05 of the Base Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders of the Notes, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, any Repurchase Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or cash, Common Shares or a combination thereof, as applicable, solely to satisfy the Companys Conversion Obligation, sufficient to pay all of the Outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under this Supplemental Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture shall survive.
ARTICLE 4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01. Maintenance of Office Or Agency. (a) In addition to the offices or agencies required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall also maintain an office or agency in the Place of Payment where the Notes may be surrendered for conversion.
(b) The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Registrar, Note Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office and the office or agency of the Trustee in the Place of Payment each shall be considered as one office or agency of the Company where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment or surrendered for transfer, exchange or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served.
Section 4.02. Reports. The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the SEC, copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Any such document or report that the Company files with the SEC via the SECs EDGAR system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.02 at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system; provided, however, the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine whether such filing via EDGAR has occurred. Delivery of the reports and documents
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described in this Section 4.02 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officers Certificate).
Section 4.03. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or interest on, the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of the Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Applicability of Article VI of the Base Indenture. Article VI of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead the Event of Defaults provisions set forth in this Article 5 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety Article VI of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article VI thereof and Event of Defaults provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 5 and Event of Defaults provisions set forth in this Article 5, respectively.
Section 5.02. Events of Default. Event of Default, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any principal amount (including any Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) due with respect to the Notes when the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption or repurchase, by acceleration or otherwise;
(b) default in the payment of interest (including Special Interest, if any) under the Notes as and when the same shall be due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 calendar days;
(c) default in the delivery when due of the amounts owing upon conversion, whether due in cash, Common Shares or a combination thereof, on the terms set forth herein and in the
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Notes, upon exercise of the conversion rights of a Holder of the Notes in accordance with Article 10, and continuance of such default for ten calendar days;
(d) failure by the Company to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change within the time period required by Section 11.02(b) and continuance of such default for five calendar days;
(e) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 8;
(f) failure on the part of the Company to comply with any other term, covenant or agreement in the Notes or in the Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.02 specifically dealt with) and such failure continues for a period of 60 calendar days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and a Trust Officer by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding;
(g) default in the payment of principal when due on, or resulting in acceleration of, other indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company for borrowed money where the aggregate principal amount with respect to which the default or acceleration has occurred exceeds $25.0 million and such indebtedness has not been discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration has not been cured or rescinded, prior to written notice of acceleration of the Notes pursuant to this Section 5.02;
(h) failure by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 30 calendar days after such judgments become final and non-appealable;
(i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, Custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property;
(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(j) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
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hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, Custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 calendar days; or
(k) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, Custodian or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of their respective properties; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company;
and, in each case in this clause (k), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 calendar days.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.02(i), Section 5.02(j) or Section 5.02(k) with respect to the Company) shall occur and be continuing, unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of the Notes), may declare the principal of, and interest (including Special Interest, if any) accrued and unpaid on, all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.02(i), Section 5.02(j) or Section 5.02(k) occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of, and interest (including Special Interest, if any) accrued and unpaid on, all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, to the extent elected by the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to (i) the failure to comply with the reporting obligations under Section 4.02 or (ii) any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA shall, for the first 365 days after the occurrence of such Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive special interest (Special Interest) on the Notes at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes. This Special Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears, with the first semi-annual payment due on the first Interest Payment Date following the date on which such Special Interest shall have begun to accrue on the Notes. Special Interest shall accrue on all Outstanding Notes from, and including, the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations in Section 4.02 or the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first occurs to, but excluding, the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived). On such 365th day (or earlier, if such Event of Default is cured or waived prior to such 365th day), such Special Interest shall cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to reporting obligations has not been cured or waived prior to such 365th day, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as
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provided in the immediately preceding paragraph. The provisions of the Indenture described in this paragraph shall not affect the rights of holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company does not elect to pay Special Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph.
If the Company elects to pay Special Interest in connection with an Event of Default relating to (i) the failure to comply with the reporting obligations under Section 4.02 or (ii) any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall notify all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of such election on or before the close of business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs. Upon the failure to timely give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in this Section 5.02.
The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of the Notes to determine the Special Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of Special Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Special Interest.
If, at any time after the principal of and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences (subject to Section 5.07 and except with respect to nonpayment of principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or interest (including Special Interest, if any) or with respect to the failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion) if:
(a) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) interest on overdue installments of interest (including Special Interest, if any) (to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful) and on overdue principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;
(c) the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances (including those of its agents and counsel, if applicable) pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture; and
(d) all Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of the principal amount (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and any accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest, if any) that have become due solely because of such acceleration) have been cured or waived.
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No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Company shall notify in writing a Trust Officer, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 5.09.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders of the Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders of the Notes, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 5.03. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Company covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.02(a) or Section 5.02(b) the Company shall pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or interest (including Special Interest, if any), as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes, plus 1%, from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.
In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on the Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes wherever situated the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under any Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, Custodian or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest, if any) in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of the Notes allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on
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the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture, and to take any other action with respect to such claims, including participating as a member of any official committee of creditors, as it reasonably deems necessary or advisable, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, Custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of the Notes to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent in writing to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of the Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property which the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of the Notes any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of the Notes in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under the Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of the Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders of the Notes, and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders of the Notes, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.04. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 5 with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the order following,
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at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
First, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel as provided in Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture);
Second, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on, and any cash due upon conversion of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon conversion, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;
Third, in case the principal of the Outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion, if applicable) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and such interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and such accrued and unpaid interest; and
Fourth, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
Section 5.05. Proceedings by Holders of the Notes. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, Custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or interest (including Special Interest, if any), on the Notes or the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes, unless:
(a) such Holder shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and have offered security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or expense of the Trustee;
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(c) the Trustee fails to comply with the request within 60 calendar days after receipt of the request and offer of indemnity; and
(d) the Trustee does not receive an inconsistent written direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 5.07;
it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder of the Notes and the Trustee that no one or more Holders of the Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of the Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder of the Notes, or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of the Notes (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 5.05, each and every Holder of the Notes and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder of any Notes to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Redemption price, the Repurchase Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest), if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in the Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or deliver, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder of the Notes.
Anything contained in this Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, the Holder of any Note, without the consent of either the Trustee or the Holder of any other Note, in its own behalf and for its own benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to enforce, its rights of conversion as provided herein.
Section 5.06. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by the Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in the Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or by law.
Section 5.07. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, all powers and remedies given by this Article 5 to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
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performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.05, every power and remedy given by this Article 5 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of the Notes.
Section 5.08. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders of the Notes. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to Notes; provided, however, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with the Indenture, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of the Notes or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of principal of or interest (including Special Interest, if any) on, any Note when due; (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; (iii) a failure by the Company to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date in connection with a redemption by the Company, the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date in connection with a Holder of the Notes exercising its repurchase rights or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date in connection with a repurchase by the Company in connection with a Fundamental Change, in each case, in accordance with the Indenture; or (iv) a failure the Company to comply with any of the provisions of the Indenture the non-compliance with which would require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and the Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.09. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 calendar days after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a Trust Officer has actual knowledge, mail to all Holders of the Notes as the names and addresses of such Holders of the Notes appear upon the Debt Security Register, notice of all Defaults known to a Trust Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest, if any) on, any of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of
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the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 5.10. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to the Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under the Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 5.10 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder of the Notes, or group of Holders of the Notes, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of the Notes for the enforcement of the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest), if any, on, any Note on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article 10.
ARTICLE 6
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF THE NOTES
Section 6.01. Rules under Section 13.09 of the Base Indenture. The provisions set forth in this Article 6 for meetings of Holders of the Notes shall constitute reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders within the meaning of Section 13.09 of the Base Indenture.
Section 6.02. Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders of the Notes may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 6 for any of the following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under the Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders of the Notes pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 5;
(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.08 of the Base Indenture;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.03; or
(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of the Notes of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes under any other provision of the Indenture or under applicable law.
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Section 6.03. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of the Notes to take any action specified in Section 6.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of the Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Base Indenture, shall be mailed to Holders of such Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. Such notice shall also be mailed to the Company. Such notices shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Any meeting of Holders of the Notes shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Notes then Outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Notes Outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 6.04. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders of the Notes. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders of the Notes, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders of the Notes may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 6.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 6.03.
Section 6.05. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of the Notes a Person shall (a) be a Holder of the Notes of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of the Notes shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 6.06. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of the Notes, in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of the Notes as provided in Section 6.04, in which case the Company or the Holders of the Notes calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.
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Subject to the proviso in the definition of Outstanding in Section 1.01, at any meeting of Holders of the Notes each Holder of Notes or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders of the Notes. Any meeting of Holders of the Notes duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.03 or Section 6.04 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 6.07. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of the Notes shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of the Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the Outstanding principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of the Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 6.03. The record shall show the principal amount of the Notes voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
Section 6.08. No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 6 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of the Notes or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes under any of the provisions of the Indenture or of the Notes.
ARTICLE 7
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 7.01. Applicability of Article IX of the Base Indenture. Article IX of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead the provisions set forth in this Article 7 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety Article IX of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article IX thereof and provisions therein, as the case may be,
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shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 7 and provisions set forth in this Article 7, respectively.
Section 7.02. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of the Notes. The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Trustees, and the Trustee, at the Companys expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental without the consent of the Holders of the Notes hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence a successor to the Company and the assumption by that successor of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 8 hereof;
(b) to provide for conversion rights of Holders of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture if any Merger Event occurs;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(d) to secure the obligations of the Company in respect of the Notes;
(e) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(f) to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee under the Indenture;
(g) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, as contemplated by the Indenture or otherwise;
(h) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture that the Company may deem necessary or desirable, which shall not be inconsistent with provisions of the Indenture; provided that such modification or amendment does not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Trustees, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;
(i) to add or modify any provision with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect, as evidenced in an Officers Certificate; or
(j) to make any change to the Indenture or the Notes to conform the terms thereof to the Description of Notes section in the Prospectus Supplement, as evidenced in an Officers Certificate.
Upon the written request of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Trustees certified by the Companys Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
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contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 7.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 7.03.
Section 7.03. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of the Notes. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article VIII of the Base Indenture) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (determined in accordance with Article VIII of the Base Indenture and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Trustees, and the Trustee, at the Companys expense, may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:
(a) impair or adversely affect the manner of calculation or rate of accrual of interest (including Special Interest) on the Notes or change the time of payment thereof;
(b) make the Notes payable in money or securities other than that stated in the Notes;
(c) change the Maturity Date of the Notes;
(d) reduce the principal amount of, or the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to, the Notes;
(e) make any change that impairs or adversely affects the rights of a Holder of the Notes to convert the Notes;
(f) make any change that impairs or adversely affects the rights of a Holder of the Notes to require the Company to repurchase the Notes;
(g) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment with respect to the Notes or with respect to conversion of the Notes;
(h) change the obligation of the Company to redeem any Notes called for redemption on a Redemption Date in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes;
(i) change the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency for payment and presentation of Notes;
(j) make the Notes subordinate in right of payment to any other indebtedness;
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(k) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes Outstanding required to modify or amend the Indenture; or
(l) make any change in this Article 7 that requires the consent of each Holder of the Notes or in the waiver provisions in Section 5.02 or Section 5.07.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Trustees certified by the Companys Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders of the Notes as aforesaid and subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
Holders of the Notes do not need under this Section 7.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders of the Notes approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders of the Notes, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.
Section 7.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article 7 shall comply with the TIA, as then in effect, provided that this Section 7.04 shall not require such supplemental indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the TIA prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the TIA or the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to such supplemental indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the TIA or the Indenture has been qualified under the TIA. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 7, the Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under the Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 7.05. Notation on Notes. The Trustee may place on the Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 7 may, at the Companys expense, bear an appropriate notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Trustees, to any modification of the Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Companys expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the
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Trustee pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then Outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then Outstanding.
Section 7.06. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. Prior to entering into any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 7, the Trustee shall be provided with, and may conclusively rely, upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 7, is otherwise authorized or permitted by the Indenture and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
Section 8.01. Applicability of Article X of the Base Indenture. Article X of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. The provisions set forth in this Article 8 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety Article X of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article X thereof shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 8.
Section 8.02. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.03, the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to another Person, unless:
(a) the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (the Successor Company), if not the Company, formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture; and
(b) if as a result of such transaction the Notes become convertible into common stock or other securities issued by a third party, such third party fully and unconditionally guarantees all obligations under the Notes and the Indenture;
(c) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(d) an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel covering the conditions in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall be delivered to the Trustee.
For purposes of this Section 8.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be
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deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person.
Section 8.03. Successor Company to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price, Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of and accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest, if any) on, all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the Companys assets, be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the written order of such Successor Company instead of the Company (in the form of a Company Order) and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in the Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 8 the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 8) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under the Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 8.04. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. No consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 8.
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ARTICLE 9
GUARANTEE OF NOTES
Section 9.01. Applicability of Article XIV of the Base Indenture. Article XIV of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
ARTICLE 10
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 10, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right, at such Holders option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Note during the period beginning on, and including, March 21, 2011 and ending at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date at an initial conversion rate of 390.1667 Common Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10.04, the Conversion Rate) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 10.02, the Conversion Obligation).
Section 10.02. Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.
(a) Subject to this Section 10.02, Section 10.03(b) and Section 10.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder of the Notes, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, cash (Cash Settlement), Common Shares, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional Common Share in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 10.02 (Physical Settlement) or a combination of cash and Common Shares, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional Common Share in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 10.02 (Combination Settlement), at its election, as set forth in this Section 10.02.
(i) All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2016 and ending on, but excluding, April 1, 2016 shall be settled using the same Settlement Method.
(ii) All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Companys issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Notes and prior to the related Redemption Date shall be settled using the same Settlement Method.
(iii) Except for any conversions that occur after the Companys issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Notes but prior to the related Redemption Date and any conversions occurring during the period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2016 and ending on, but excluding, April 1, 2016, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions occurring on the same Conversion Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates.
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(iv) Other than as set forth in the two immediately succeeding sentences, if, in respect of any Conversion Date the Company elects to deliver a notice (the Settlement Notice) of the relevant Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or such period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee at the Companys written direction, shall deliver such Settlement Notice to converting Holders of the Notes no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any conversions occurring after the date of issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Notes and prior to the related Redemption Date, the Company shall notify converting Holders of the Notes of the relevant Settlement Method by including a Settlement Notice in such Redemption Notice. In addition, in the case of any conversions during the period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2016 and ending on, but excluding, April 1, 2016, the Company, through the Trustee at the Companys written direction, shall deliver a Settlement Notice of the relevant Settlement Method applicable to such conversions to converting Holders of the Notes no later than January 1, 2016. If the Company does not elect a Settlement Method prior to the relevant deadline set forth in the three immediately preceding sentences, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be equal to $1,000. The Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant Settlement Method and in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation but does not indicate a Specified Dollar Amount in such Settlement Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount shall be deemed to be $1,000.
(v) The cash, Common Shares or combination of cash and Common Shares in respect of any conversion of Notes (the Settlement Amount) shall be computed by the Company as follows:
(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder a number of Common Shares equal to the product of (1) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted, divided by $1,000, and (2) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date;
(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and
(C) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the
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sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period.
(vi) The Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of any fractional share, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent in writing (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of fractional Common Shares. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.
(b) Subject to Section 10.02(e), before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert a Note as set forth above, such Holder shall (i) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 10.02(h) and (ii) in the case of a Physical Note (1) complete, manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile thereof) (a Notice of Conversion) at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein the principal amount of Notes to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for any Common Shares to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (2) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and (4) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 10.02(h). The Trustee (and if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article 10 on the Conversion Date for such conversion. No Notice of Conversion with respect to any Notes may be surrendered by a Holder of the Notes thereof if such Holder has also delivered a Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the Company in respect of such Notes and not validly withdrawn such Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 11.03.
If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder of the Notes, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.
(c) A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the Conversion Date) that the Holder of the Notes has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (b) above. The Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects Physical Settlement, or on the third Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Observation Period, in the case of any other Settlement Method (subject to the provisions of Section 10.03(b)
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and Section 10.07(a)). If any Common Shares are due to converting Holders of the Notes, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to the Conversion Agent or to such Holder, or such Holders nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the full number of Common Shares to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Companys Conversion Obligation.
(d) In case any Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the converting Holder of the Notes but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.
(e) If a Holder of the Notes submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any Common Shares upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such Common Shares to be issued in a name other than such Holders name, in which case such Holder shall pay that tax. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Shares being issued in a name other than such Holders name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
(f) Except as provided in Section 10.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion of any Note as provided in this Article 10.
(g) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Note Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
(h) Upon conversion, a Holder of the Notes shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth below. The Companys settlement of the Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of Notes into a combination of cash and Common Shares, accrued and unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the
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amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no such payment shall be required (1) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding April 1, 2016; (3) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (4) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (5) to the extent of any Defaulted Amounts, if any Defaulted Amounts exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.
(i) The Person in whose name the certificate for any Common Shares delivered upon conversion is registered shall be treated as a shareholder of record as of the close of business on the relevant Conversion Date (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement) or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Combination Settlement), as the case may be. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion.
(j) The Company shall not issue any fractional Common Share upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of any fractional Common Share issuable upon conversion based on the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). For each Note surrendered for conversion, if the Company has elected Combination Settlement, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the applicable Observation Period and any fractional shares remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.
Section 10.03. Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes. (a) If the Effective Date in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to April 1, 2016 and a Holder of the Notes elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional Common Shares (the Additional Shares), as described below. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Notice of Conversion is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).
(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 10.02; provided, however, that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
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described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Reference Property is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Share Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment for Additional Shares), multiplied by such Share Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be paid to Holders of the Notes in cash on the third Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes and the Trustee in writing of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.
(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the Effective Date) and the price (the Share Price) paid (or deemed to be paid) per Common Share in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the holders of the Common Shares receive only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Share Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Share Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Board of Trustees shall make appropriate adjustments to the Share Price, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, during such five consecutive Trading Day period.
(d) The Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Share Prices shall equal the Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Share Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 10.04.
(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares to be received per $1,000 principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 10.03 for each Share Price and Effective Date set forth below:
Share Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date |
$2.33 | $2.50 | $2.75 | $3.00 | $3.50 | $4.00 | $4.50 | $5.00 | $6.00 | $7.00 | $8.00 | $9.00 | $10.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 21, 2011 |
39.0168 | 34.1918 | 28.3352 | 23.5751 | 16.3905 | 11.3781 | 7.8277 | 5.2868 | 2.3784 | 1.1284 | 0.4838 | 0.0449 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2012 |
39.0168 | 32.0093 | 26.6378 | 22.2923 | 15.6845 | 10.9999 | 7.6138 | 5.1709 | 2.3551 | 1.1280 | 0.4912 | 0.0517 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2013 |
39.0168 | 28.5834 | 23.7245 | 19.9385 | 14.2375 | 10.1623 | 7.1444 | 4.9228 | 2.2790 | 1.1244 | 0.4942 | 0.0542 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2014 |
39.0168 | 23.9935 | 18.9170 | 15.6652 | 11.2052 | 8.0932 | 5.7844 | 4.0820 | 2.0583 | 1.0808 | 0.4893 | 0.0544 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2015 |
39.0168 | 18.3535 | 12.3471 | 9.5143 | 6.7942 | 5.0732 | 3.8522 | 2.9726 | 1.8134 | 1.0498 | 0.4848 | 0.0496 | 0.0000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2016 |
39.0168 | 9.8323 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
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The exact Share Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
(i) if the Share Price is between two Share Prices in the table above or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Share Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if the Share Price is greater than $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and
(iii) if the Share Price is less than $2.33 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion exceed 429.1845 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04.
(f) Nothing in this Section 10.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
Section 10.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders of the Notes participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Shares and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 10.04, without having to convert their Notes, as if they held a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder of the Notes.
(a) If the Company exclusively issues Common Shares as a dividend or distribution on its Common Shares, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of |
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business on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; | ||||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date; | ||
OS0 |
= | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date; and | ||
OS |
= | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 10.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Trustees determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of its Common Shares any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance; | ||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
OS0 |
= | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; | ||
X |
= | the total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and | ||
Y |
= | the number of Common Shares equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale |
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Prices of the Common Shares over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants. |
Any increase made under this Section 10.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that Common Shares are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of Common Shares actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.
For purposes of this Section 10.04(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Common Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Trustees.
(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Shares, excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.04(a) or Section 10.04(b), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.04(d), and (iii) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 10.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, the Distributed Property), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; | ||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
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SP0 |
= | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and | ||
FMV |
= | the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Trustees) of the Distributed Property with respect to each Outstanding Common Share on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
Any increase made under the portion of this Section 10.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if FMV (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Shares receive the Distributed Property, the amount of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution. If the Board of Trustees determines the FMV (as defined above) of any distribution for purposes of this Section 10.04(c) by reference to the actual or when-issued trading market for any securities, it shall in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Shares of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a Spin-Off), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period; | ||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period; | ||
FMV0 |
= | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Shares applicable to one Common Share (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Shares were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the Valuation Period); and |
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MP0 |
= | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the Valuation Period. |
The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that in respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period, references in the portion of this Section 10.04(c) related to Spin-Offs to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate.
For purposes of this Section 10.04(c) (and subject in all respect to Section 10.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its Common Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Companys Capital Stock, including Common Shares (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (Trigger Event): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Shares; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Shares, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 10.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 10.04(c). If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Supplemental Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Shares with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Shares as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.
For purposes of Section 10.04(a), Section 10.04(b) and this Section 10.04(c), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.04(c) is applicable that also includes one or both of:
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(A) a dividend or distribution of Common Shares to which Section 10.04(a) is applicable (the Clause A Distribution); or
(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 10.04(b) is applicable (the Clause B Distribution),
then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.04(c) is applicable (the Clause C Distribution) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 10.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.04(a) and Section 10.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any Common Shares included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date within the meaning of Section 10.04(a) or outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date within the meaning of Section 10.04(b).
(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Shares during the period from, and including, the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to, and including, March 31, 2012 (the Initial Dividend Period) or during any subsequent annual period from, and including, each April 1 to, and including, the immediately following March 31 (the Initial Dividend Period and each such annual period, an Annual Dividend Period) that, when added to all other cash dividends or distributions made to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares in such Annual Dividend Period, exceeds $0.03 per share (the Initial Dividend Threshold), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; | ||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; | ||
SP0 |
= | the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; | ||
T |
= | the Initial Dividend Threshold; provided that after the first adjustment made under this Section 10.04(d) with respect to a particular Annual Dividend Period, the value |
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of T for each subsequent adjustment under this Section 10.04(d) with respect to the same Annual Dividend Period shall be deemed to be zero; and | ||||
C |
= | the aggregate amount of cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares in the relevant Annual Dividend Period; provided that after the first adjustment made under this Section 10.04(d) with respect to a particular Annual Dividend Period, the value of C for each subsequent adjustment under this Section 10.04(d) with respect to the same Annual Dividend Period shall be deemed to be the amount of the cash dividend or distribution causing such subsequent adjustment. |
The Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.04(d).
Any increase pursuant to this Section 10.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Trustees determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if C (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Shares, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.
(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Shares, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Common Share exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; | ||
CR |
= | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
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AC |
= | the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Trustees) paid or payable for Common Shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer; | ||
OS0 |
= | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all Common Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); | ||
OS |
= | the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all Common Shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and | ||
SP |
= | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires. |
The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references in this Section 10.04(e) with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the date that such tender or exchange offer expires and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate.
(f) Notwithstanding this Section 10.04 or any other provision of the Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date, and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the Common Shares as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 10.02(i) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 10.04, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the Common Shares on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.
(g) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or the right to purchase Common Shares or such convertible or exchangeable securities.
(h) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 10.04, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of The New York Stock Exchange, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Trustees determines that such increase would be in the Companys best interest. In addition, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders
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of Common Shares or rights to purchase Common Shares in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire Common Shares) or similar event. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note at its last address appearing on the Debt Security Register a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 10, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Shares under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any Common Shares or options or rights to purchase Common Shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection and Outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;
(iv) solely for a change in the par value of the Common Shares; or
(v) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
(j) All calculations and other determinations under this Article 10 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share.
(k) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) an Officers Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Trust Officer shall have received such Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder of the Notes at its last address appearing on the Debt Security Register. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(l) For purposes of this Section 10.04, the number of Common Shares at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company
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does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on Common Shares held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Common Shares.
Section 10.05. Adjustments of Prices. Whenever any provision of the Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including an Observation Period and the period for determining the Share Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Board of Trustees shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.
Section 10.06. Shares to Be Fully Paid. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient Common Shares to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder of the Notes and that Physical Settlement is applicable).
Section 10.07. Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Shares.
(a) In the case of:
(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),
(ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company,
(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Companys Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety or
(iv) any statutory share exchange,
in each case, as a result of which the Common Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a Merger Event), then, at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the Reference Property, with each unit of Reference Property meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one Common Share is entitled to receive) upon such Merger Event and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may
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be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 7.02(b) providing for such change in the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event (A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Notes in accordance with Section 10.02 and (B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any Common Shares that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of Common Shares would have been entitled to receive in such Merger Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property.
If the Merger Event causes the Common Shares to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election), then (i) the Reference Property into which the Notes will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Shares that affirmatively make such an election, and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one Common Share. If the holders receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Merger Event (x) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 10.03), multiplied by the price paid per Common Share in such Merger Event and (y) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying cash to converting Holders of the Notes on the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent in writing (if other than the Trustee) of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
Such supplemental indenture described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is possible to the adjustments provided for in this Article 10. If, in the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Board of Trustees shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the extent required by the Board of Trustees and practicable the provisions providing for the purchase rights set forth in Article 11.
(b) In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 10.07, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefore, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise the Reference Property after any such Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly mail notice thereof to all Holders of the Notes. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder of the
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Notes, at its address appearing on the Debt Security Register, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
(c) The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 10.07. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder of the Notes to convert its Notes into cash, Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, as set forth in Section 10.01 and Section 10.02 prior to the effective date of such Merger Event.
(d) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.
(e) In connection with any Merger Event, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment as described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) below, as the case may be.
(i) In the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property (determined, as appropriate, pursuant to subsection (a) above and excluding any dissenters appraisal rights) is composed entirely of shares of common stock (the Merger Common Stock), the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Merger Event, divided by (y) the number of shares of Merger Common Stock that a holder of one Common Share would receive in such Merger Event (such quotient rounded down to nearest cent).
(ii) In the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property (determined, as appropriate, pursuant to subsection (a) above and excluding any dissenters appraisal rights) is composed in part of shares of Merger Common Stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Merger Event, multiplied by (y) the Merger Valuation Percentage for such Merger Event (such product rounded down to nearest cent).
(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property (determined, as appropriate, pursuant to subsection (a) above and excluding any dissenters appraisal rights) is composed entirely of consideration other than shares of common stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to zero.
Section 10.08. Certain Covenants. (a) The Company covenants that all Common Shares issued upon conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(b) The Company covenants that, if any Common Shares to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be validly issued
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upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the SEC, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
(c) The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Shares shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system the Company will list and keep listed, so long as the Common Shares shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Share issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
Section 10.09. Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of the Notes to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Shares or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine whether a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.07 needs to be entered into or the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 10.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders of the Notes upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 10.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in conclusively relying upon, the Officers Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
Section 10.10. Notice to Holders of the Notes Prior to Certain Actions. In case of any:
(a) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04 or Section 10.11;
(b) Merger Event; or
(c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
then, in each case (unless notice of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of the Indenture), the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to be mailed to each Holder of the Notes at its
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address appearing on the Debt Security Register, as promptly as possible but in any event at least 20 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Shares of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Section 10.11. Shareholder Rights Plans. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each Common Share, if any, issued upon such conversion shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and any certificate representing the Common Share issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such shareholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. If at the time of conversion, however, the rights have separated from the Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights plan so that the Holders of the Notes would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of Common Shares, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares shares of Capital Stock of the Company, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities as provided in Section 10.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
Section 10.12. Ownership Limit; Withholding Tax.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or the Notes, no Holder of the Notes shall be entitled to receive Common Shares upon a conversion of any Notes to the extent that receipt of such Common Shares would cause such Holder (together with the Affiliates of such Holder) to exceed the ownership limit contained in the Charter (the Settlement Blocker). If any delivery of Common Shares owed to a Holder of the Notes upon conversion of any Notes is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the Settlement Blocker, the Companys obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, such Common Shares as promptly as practicable after such delivery would not cause such Holder (together with the Affiliates of such Holder) to exceed the ownership limit contained in the Charter and such Holder gives notice thereof to the Company.
(b) If the Settlement Blocker is applicable to any delivery of Common Shares upon conversion of any Notes, the Company shall promptly deliver written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be charged with knowledge that such conversion of any Notes is subject to the Settlement Blocker unless either (i) a Trust Officer or the Conversion Agent, as the case may be, shall have actual knowledge thereof or (ii) written notice thereof has been provided to the Trustee or the Conversion Agent, as the case may be, by the Company. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent
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may, for purposes of the Indenture, conclusively rely on any such notice from the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE 11
REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 11.01. Repurchase at Option of Holders of the Notes.
(a) Each Holder of the Notes shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash on each of April 1, 2016, April 1, 2021 and April 1, 2026 (each, a Repurchase Date), all of such Holders Notes, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, at a repurchase price (the Repurchase Price) that is equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such Repurchase Date; provided that any such accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid not to the Holders of the Notes submitting the Notes for repurchase on the relevant Repurchase Date but instead to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Repurchase Date.
(b) Not later than 20 Business Days prior to each Repurchase Date, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the Company Notice). Each Company Notice shall include a form of Repurchase Notice to be completed by a holder, and shall specify:
(i) the CUSIP number and the designation of the Notes;
(ii) the last date on which a Holder of the Notes may exercise its repurchase right pursuant to this Section 11.01 (the Repurchase Expiration Time);
(iii) the Repurchase Price;
(iv) the name and address of the Conversion Agent and Paying Agent;
(v) that the Notes with respect to which a Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder of the Notes may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
(vi) that a Holder of the Notes shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered prior to the Repurchase Expiration Time; and
(vii) the procedures a Holder of the Notes must follow to exercise its repurchase rights under this Section 11.01 and a brief description of those rights.
At the Companys written request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Companys name and at the Companys expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of such Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.
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Such notice shall be by first class mail to the Trustee, to the Paying Agent and to each Holder of the Notes at its address shown in the Debt Security Register (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) or, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Simultaneously with providing the Company Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing the information included in the Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish such information on the Companys website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase rights of the Holders of the Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 11.01.
(c) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 11.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder of the Notes thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of the Notes of a duly completed notice (the Repurchase Notice) in the form set forth in Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the Depositarys procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case during the period beginning at any time from the open of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to the relevant Repurchase Date until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery of the Notes, if the Notes are Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Notes of the Repurchase Price therefor.
(d) The Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:
(i) in the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture;
provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder of the Notes delivering to the Paying Agent the Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 11.01 shall have the right
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to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 11.03.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
No Repurchase Notice with respect to any Notes may be surrendered by a Holder of the Notes thereof if such Holder has also surrendered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 11.03.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders of the Notes on any Repurchase Date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such Repurchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders of the Notes thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Section 11.02. Repurchase at Option of Holders of the Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holders Notes, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, on the date (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 calendar days or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price); provided that if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, then any such accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid not to the Holders of the Notes submitting the Notes for repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date but instead to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article 11.
(b) On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the Fundamental Change Company Notice) of the occurrence of the effective date of the
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Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders of the Notes arising as a result thereof. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the CUSIP number and the designation of the Notes;
(ii) the events causing the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the date of the Fundamental Change;
(iv) the last date on which a Holder of the Notes may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 11;
(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(vi) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(vii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;
(viii) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;
(ix) if applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder of the Notes may be converted only if such Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
(x) the procedures that Holders of the Notes must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.
At the Companys written request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Companys name and at the Companys expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.
Such notice shall be by first class mail to the Trustee, to the Paying Agent and to each Holder of the Notes at its address shown in the Debt Security Register (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) or, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing the information set forth in the Fundamental Change Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish such information on the Companys website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase rights of the Holders of the Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 11.02.
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(c) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 11.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder of the Notes thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder of the Notes of a duly completed notice (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the Depositarys procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery of the Notes, if the Notes are Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Notes of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.
(d) The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:
(i) in the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture;
provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder of the Notes delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 11.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 11.03.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders of the Notes upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company
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in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders of the Notes thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
Section 11.03. Withdrawal of Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. (a) A Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 11.03 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Repurchase Date or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, specifying:
(i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(ii) if Physical Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Repurchase Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Section 11.04. Deposit of Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. (a) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 of the Base Indenture) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be repurchased at the appropriate Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) will be made on the later of (i) the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Note (provided the Holder of the Notes has satisfied the conditions in Section 11.01 or Section 11.02, as the case may be) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 11.01 or Section 11.02, as applicable, by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Debt
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Security Register; provided, however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be.
(b) If by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be repurchased on such Repurchase Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, then (i) such Notes will cease to be Outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent) and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate (other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be,).
(c) Upon surrender of a Note that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 11.01 or Section 11.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 11.05. Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase offer, the Company shall, if required:
(a) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act;
(b) file a Schedule TO or any successor or similar schedule; and
(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Notes;
in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article 11 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Section 12.01. Applicability of Article III of the Base Indenture. Article III of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Instead the redemption provisions set forth in this Article 12 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede in their entirety Article III of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article III thereof and the redemption provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 12 the redemption provisions set forth in this Article 12, respectively.
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Section 12.02. Optional Redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to April 5, 2016 except to the extent the Company determines that redemption of any Notes is necessary to preserve the Companys status as a REIT. In addition, the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at any time on or after April 5, 2016 and prior to the Maturity Date. In each case, Notes shall be redeemed for cash upon notice as set forth in Section 12.02 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the Redemption Price) (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Notes on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed).
Section 12.03. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes.
(a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 12.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a Redemption Date), and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such Optional Redemption (a Redemption Notice) not less than 45 nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Debt Security Register; provided, however, that if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee.
(b) The Redemption Notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder of any Note receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice by mail or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
(c) Each Redemption Notice shall specify:
(i) the Redemption Date (which must be a Business Day);
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
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(v) that Holders of the Notes may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;
(vi) the procedures a converting Holder of the Notes must follow to convert its Notes and the Settlement Method and Specified Cash Amount, if applicable;
(vii) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 10.03;
(viii) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and
(ix) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.
A Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.
(d) If fewer than all of the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of a Global Note or the Physical Notes to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers to be fair and appropriate in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of the Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Section 12.04. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption.
(a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 12.03, the Notes shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.
(b) Prior to the open of business on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 of the Base Indenture an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made promptly after the later of:
(i) the Redemption Date for such Notes; and
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(ii) the time of presentation of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by this Section 12.04.
The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.
Section 12.05. Restrictions on Redemption. The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders of the Notes thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Redemption Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).
Section 13.02. No Security Interest Created. Nothing in the Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.
Section 13.03. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in the Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any Registrar and their successors hereunder or the Holders of the Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture.
Section 13.04. Effect of Headings. The article and section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 13.05. Supplemental Indenture May Be Executed In Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The
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exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 13.06. Severability. In case any provision in the Indenture or the Notes 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 13.07. Elections Under Base Indenture; Ratification of Base Indenture. Except as amended hereby with respect to the Notes, the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Company and each Holder of the Notes, by its acceptance of such Notes, acknowledges and agrees that all of the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Trustee under the Base Indenture are deemed to be incorporated herein, and shall be enforceable by the Trustee, whether acting as Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or Conversion Agent hereunder, as if set forth herein in full.
Section 13.08. Waiver Of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.09. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 13.10. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 13.11. Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares,
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accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Companys calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of the Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Companys calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Companys calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the written request of such Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company. None of the Trustee, Conversion Agent or Paying Agent shall be responsible or liable for the calculations of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Jack E. Salmon | |
Name: Jack E. Salmon | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Reed | |
Name: Martin Reed | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A GLOBAL NOTE]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.
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RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST
7.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2031
No. [ ] | Initially $[ ] |
CUSIP No. 749227 AA2
RAIT Financial Trust, a real estate investment trust duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the Company, which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes attached hereto, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $115,000,000 in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on April 1, 2031, and interest thereon as set forth below.
This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 7.00% per year from March 21, 2011, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until April 1, 2031. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each April 1 and October 1, commencing on October 1, 2011, to Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the preceding March 15 and September 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Special Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 5.02 of the within-mentioned Supplemental Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Special Interest if, in such context, Special Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 5.02 and any express mention of the payment of Special Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Special Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on this Note, so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in New York, New York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert this Note into cash, Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof).
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In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST | ||||||||
By: | ||||||||
Name: | ||||||||
Title: |
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Trustee | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
Dated: |
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST
7.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2031
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company, designated as its 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the Notes), limited to the aggregate principal amount of $115,000,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 (the Base Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 (herein called the Supplemental Indenture; the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, and as it may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the Indenture), by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Redemption Price, the Repurchase Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal (including the Redemption Price, the Repurchase Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of and accrued and unpaid interest (including Special
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Interest, if any) on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.
The Notes shall be redeemable at the Companys option in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
The provisions in Article III, Article VI, Article IX, Article X, Article XIV, Section 2.12(a), Section 2.15(c)(ii), Section 4.06(b), Section 11.02, Section 11.03, the second sentence of Section 4.01 and the fourth paragraph of Section 2.07(b) of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes, and Article 3, Article 5, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 12, Section 2.04(b), Section 2.05(b), Section 2.05(e) and Section 2.07 of the Supplemental Indenture supersede the entirety thereof as specified in the Indenture.
The Holder of the Notes has the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holders Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on each of April 1, 2016, April 1, 2021 and April 1, 2026 at a price equal to the Repurchase Price. Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holders Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during the period beginning on, and including, March 21, 2011 and ending at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into cash, Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.
Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM = as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
CUST = Custodian
TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST
7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is DOLLARS ($ ). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Note Custodian |
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ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]
To: | RAIT Financial Trust |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
45 Broadway, 14th Floor |
New York, New York 10006 |
Attn: Corporate Trust ServicesAdministrator for RAIT Financial Trust |
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into cash, Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any Common Shares issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional Common Share, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder of the Notes hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any Common Shares or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer or similar taxes in accordance with Section 10.02(e) of the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.
Dated: | ||||||||
Signature(s) | ||||||||
Signature Guarantee |
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Common Shares are to be issued, or |
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Notes are to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder. | ||||||||
Fill in for registration of shares if to be issued, and Notes if to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder: | ||||||||
(Name) | ||||||||
(Street Address) | ||||||||
(City, State and Zip Code) | ||||||||
Please print name and address | ||||||||
Principal amount to be converted (if less than all): $______,000 | ||||||||
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. | ||||||||
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number |
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ATTACHMENT 2
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]
To: | RAIT Financial Trust |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
45 Broadway, 14th Floor |
New York, New York 10006 |
Attn: Corporate Trust ServicesAdministrator for RAIT Financial Trust |
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from RAIT Financial Trust (the Company) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
In the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:
Dated: | ||||||||
Signature(s) | ||||||||
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number | ||||||||
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): $______,000 | ||||||||
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. |
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ATTACHMENT 3
[FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE]
To: | RAIT Financial Trust |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
45 Broadway, 14th Floor |
New York, New York 10006 |
Attn: Corporate Trust ServicesAdministrator for RAIT Financial Trust |
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from RAIT Financial Trust (the Company) regarding the right of Holders of the Notes to elect to require the Company to repurchase the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note, at the Repurchase Price to the registered Holder of the Notes hereof.
In the case of certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be purchased are as set forth below:
Dated: | ||||||||
Signature(s) | ||||||||
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number | ||||||||
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): $______,000 | ||||||||
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. |
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ATTACHMENT 4
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Trustee and Registrar DAPS Reorg
MAC N9303-121
608 2nd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55479
Telephone No.: (877) 872-4605
Fax No.: (866) 969-1290
Email: DAPSReorg@wellsfargo.com
For value received hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Signature(s) | ||||||||
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: | ||||||||
(i) The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or (iv) another guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee. | ||||||||
Signature Guarantee |
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Exhibit 5.1
www.duanemorris.com
March 21, 2011
RAIT Financial Trust Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
FIRM and AFFILIATE OFFICES
NEW YORK LONDON SINGAPORE LOS ANGELES CHICAGO HOUSTON HANOI PHILADELPHIA SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO BOSTON WASHINGTON, DC LAS VEGAS ATLANTA MIAMI PITTSBURGH NEWARK BOCA RATON WILMINGTON CHERRY HILL PRINCETON LAKE TAHOE HO CHI MINH CITY |
Re: Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, between RAIT Financial Trust and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Representative of the several Underwriters.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as your special Maryland counsel for the limited purpose of rendering certain opinions in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 15, 2011, between RAIT Financial Trust (the Company, you, or your) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Representative of the several Underwriters (the Underwriting Agreement). Capitalized terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement and used (but not otherwise defined) herein, are used herein as so defined. This opinion is being rendered to you for submission to the Commission (as herein defined) as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as herein defined). In regard to rendering the opinions herein, you should note that we did not participate in any aspect of the drafting or negotiation of the Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture.
For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of:
1. The Underwriting Agreement;
2. The Indenture;
3. The Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the Securities (File Number 333-152351), as amended and supplemented to date (the Registration Statement), in the form in which it was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act);
4. The Securities, in the form of a single global note;
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RAIT Financial Trust
March 21, 2011
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5. The Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, corrected and supplemented, of the Company (the Declaration), certified as of February 17, 2011 by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the SDAT);
6. The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by the Secretary of the Company (the Bylaws)
7. All resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Company relating to (a) the authorization, execution and delivery of the Principal Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (b) the registration, sale and issuance of the Securities, certified as of the date hereof by the Secretary of the Company (collectively, the Resolutions);
8. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as March 21, 2011; and
9. A Certificate of Secretary executed by Raphael Licht, Secretary of the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the Certificate).
In such examination, we have assumed: (i) the genuineness of all signatures, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or other copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents and (v) that all records and other information made available to us by the Company on which we have relied are complete in all material respects. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions, we have relied solely upon the Certificate or comparable documents and upon the representations and warranties contained in the Indenture and other documents delivered pursuant thereto, have not performed or had performed any independent research of public records and have assumed that certificates of or other comparable documents from public officials dated prior to the date hereof remain accurate as of the date hereof.
We have also assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party thereto other than the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such parties, enforceable against such parties in accordance with their respective terms.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a real estate investment trust validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, that has the trust power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement.
2. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
RAIT Financial Trust
March 21, 2011
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3. The Securities have been duly authorized, executed and issued, and delivered by the Company.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the substantive laws of the State of Maryland, which, in our experience, without having made any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific law, rules or regulation, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the Applicable Laws). No opinion is expressed as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws, rules or regulations of (i) the United States of America or (ii) the securities (or as they are known to the vernacular blue sky) laws of the State of Maryland, whether in any such case applicable directly or through the Applicable Laws. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
The opinions expressed herein are rendered as of the date hereof and are based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinions expressed herein refer to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinions expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to revise or supplement such opinions should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
Our opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
The opinions expressed herein are rendered solely for your benefit in connection with your issuance of the Securities. Those opinions may not be used or relied upon by any other person, nor may this letter or any copies hereof be furnished to a third party, filed with a governmental agency, quoted, cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein under the heading Legal Matters. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Duane Morris LLP
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