-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TMU69P+9IGBPAcBhK/WuSP449oJCR1FgwLyY4DakTMraxmCt2DpACLyeLOtod7Fe 4fZpeifgFHuYwdRY4+2caw== 0001193125-08-050084.txt : 20080307 0001193125-08-050084.hdr.sgml : 20080307 20080307144509 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-050084 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080307 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080307 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080307 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046880 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-BEER, WINE & DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [5180] IRS NUMBER: 541865271 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24341 FILM NUMBER: 08673851 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BALA PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: BALA CYNWYD STATE: PA ZIP: 19004 BUSINESS PHONE: 6106607817 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO BALA PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: BALA CYNWYD STATE: PA ZIP: 19004 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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 7, 2008

 

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   0-24341   54-1865271

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

  19004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(610) 660-7817

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 3, 2008, Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”) to issue and sell $310 million aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Convertible Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) and a related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $305.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Underwriter and its affiliates have provided in the past to the Company and the Company’s affiliates and may provide from time to time in the future certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services for the Company and such affiliates in the ordinary course of its business, for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions.

In addition, on March 7, 2008, the Company entered into a Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Supplemental Indenture, the Company issued and sold the Convertible Notes referred to above. The closing of the sale occurred on March 7, 2008.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
4.1   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation, as Issuer and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
5.1   Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP regarding the legality of the Convertible Notes.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Central European Distribution Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Christopher Biedermann

  Christopher Biedermann
 

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 7, 2008


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
4.1   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2008, by and between Central European Distribution Corporation, as Issuer and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
5.1   Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP regarding the legality of the Convertible Notes.
EX-1.1 2 dex11.htm UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

$310,000,000

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013

Underwriting Agreement

March 3, 2008

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

277 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10172

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”) $310,000,000 principal amount of its 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the Indenture (as defined herein). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein) between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”).

The Company and the Underwriter hereby confirm their agreement with each other concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “U.S. Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement (File No. 333-149487) including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before it becomes effective, any prospectus filed with the U.S. Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included or deemed to be included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in


connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information (as defined herein) shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, as the case may be and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated March 3, 2008, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriter. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the Underwriter as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees to purchase from the Company the Securities at a price equal to 98.65% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued interest, if any, from March 7, 2008 to the Closing Date (as defined herein).

(b) The Company understands that the Underwriter intends to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriter is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through the Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriter, at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10153 at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on March 7, 2008, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Underwriter and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Securities is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

Payment for the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date shall be made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust and Clearance Corporation (“DTC”), for the

 

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account of the Underwriter of the Securities to be purchased on such date, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note, or true copy thereof, will upon request be made available for inspection by the Underwriter at the office set forth above not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Underwriter is not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriter shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the U.S. Commission or the Polish Financial Supervisory Commission (the “Polish Commission”), and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information, at the time of filing thereof with the U.S. Commission, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof with the U.S. Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included

 

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in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriter in its capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Underwriter. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriter as described in Section 4(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any Preliminary Prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the U.S. Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the U.S. Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the U.S. Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the U.S. Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and

 

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will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when they became effective or were filed with the U.S. Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the U.S. Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby.

 

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(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants disclosed as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus), long-term debt, notes payable or current portion of long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority, or, in the case of the subsidiaries, the failure to be duly organized, validly existing and in good standing, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as hereinafter defined) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not have any “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) that are not listed in Exhibit 21 to the most recent Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (such significant subsidiaries, the “Significant Subsidiaries”).

(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale

 

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Information and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable.

(j) Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of The NASDAQ Global Select Market and the Warsaw Stock Exchange (together, the “Exchanges”) and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinate the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby or by the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been duly and validly taken.

(l) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement and on the Closing Date was or will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization, receivership or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

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(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(n) The Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(o) The Underlying Securities. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into cash and, if applicable, the Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(p) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(q) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the cash and, if applicable, Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the

 

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Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clause (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge, encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the cash and, if applicable, Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except for (i) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act; (ii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws, or equivalent foreign laws, in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriter; and (iv) under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

(t) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the best knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(u) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers Sp. z o.o. (“PWC”), which has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Commission, the Polish Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

 

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(v) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.

(y) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(z) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all Polish and U.S. federal, state and local taxes, as well as other foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, except for any taxes that are being disputed in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been set aside, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

(aa) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the

 

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Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.

(bb) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (z) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates any capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

(dd) Hazardous Substances. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic wastes or hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, any naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, drilling mud, crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum materials, by, due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or would reasonably be expected to be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or to a location that would reasonably be

 

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expected to give rise to any liability under the Environmental Laws, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) Compliance With ERISA. except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Company.

(ff) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the U.S. Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Based on the Company’s most recent evaluation of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c), there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls that are not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the board of directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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(hh) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are reasonably believed by the Company to be adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(ii) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(jj) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and analogous laws of the European Union, including the Republic of Poland, the money laundering statutes of all other jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(kk) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(ll) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as diclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

 

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(mm) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(nn) No Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the U.S. Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.

(oo) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(pp) Business With Cuba. The Company has, to the extent applicable, complied in all material respects with all provisions of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida) relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.

(qq) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(rr) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in or incorporated into the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(ss) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(tt) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fees within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

 

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4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the U.S. Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the U.S. Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriter in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

(b) Delivery of Copies. Upon request, the Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Underwriter, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to the Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Underwriter may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by the Underwriter or any dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects.

(d) Notice to the Underwriter. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly, and, upon request, confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the U.S.

 

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Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the U.S. Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the U.S. Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the U.S. Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the U.S. Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the U.S. Commission and furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Time of Sale Information is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the U.S. Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

 

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(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in accordance with Rule 158 of the U.S. Commission, as soon as reasonably practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the U.S. Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(h) Clear Market. For a period (the “Lock-Up Period”) of 60 days after the date hereof, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, other than (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder; (B) any options or other equity awards, or any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued upon the exercise of options or other equity awards, granted under the Company’s equity incentive plans existing on the date hereof; (C) any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities; (D) any shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise or conversion of securities outstanding on the date hereof; (E) shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any acquisition or other strategic transaction undertaken by the Company, provided that the recipient shall execute a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto agreeing not to dispose of such shares during the Lock-Up Period; and (F) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company, provided that the aggregate number of shares issued by the Company during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to this clause (F) shall not exceed 50,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 60-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 60-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 60-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant with Rule 139 of the Securities Act and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.

 

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(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities and will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.

(k) Underlying Securities. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be listed on the Exchanges.

(l) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the U.S. Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriter. The Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes without limitation use of any written information furnished to the U.S. Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by the Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (ii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the U.S. Commission; provided that Underwriter may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that the Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

 

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6. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the U.S. Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the U.S. Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the U.S. Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the U.S. Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Underwriter (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to

 

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be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date, (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above; and (iv) to the effect that no event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto).

(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, PWC shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.

(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.

(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(i) Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonable request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(k) Good Standing. The Underwriter shall have received on and, to the extent reasonably practicable, as of the Closing Date, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company, and of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Republic of Poland, in their respective jurisdictions of organization, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 

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(l) Exchange Listings. Applications for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(m) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the executive officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter.

7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriter. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue

 

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statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of the Underwriter: the information contained in the last sentence of the 6th paragraph, and the information contained in the 9th, 10th, 12th and 14th paragraphs, under the caption “Underwriting”.

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses, to the extent reasonable, shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of the Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request; (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement; and (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have given the Indemnifying Person at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action

 

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or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall the Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or by the U.S. Commission; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States (including, but not limited to, the Republic of Poland), that, in the judgment of the Underwriter, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

10. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Underwriter’s counsel; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the reasonable related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the

 

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Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; and (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities on the Exchanges.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 6 or clause (ii) of Section 9, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriter contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriter.

13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

14. Miscellaneous. (a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be given to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Central European Distribution Corporation, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, (fax: (610) 667-3308); Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

(b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company and the Underwriter hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the Underwriter

 

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irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 14(a) above, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.

(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

CORPORATION

By  

/s/ William V. Carey

Name:   William V. Carey
Title:   PRESIDENT

 

Accepted: March 3, 2008
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By  

 

  Authorized Signatory

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO UNDERWRITIING AGREEMENT]


If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

CORPORATION

By  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Accepted: March 3, 2008
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
By  

/s/ Jeff J. Zajkowski

  Jeff J. Zajkowski

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO UNDERWRITIING AGREEMENT]


Annex A

[Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company]

1. The Company has been duly incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.

2. The Company’s authorized capital stock is as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Capitalization.” The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes at the initial Conversion Rate (as defined in the Indenture) have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to any preemptive rights pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the DGCL.

3. The statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of notes” and “Material U.S. federal income tax considerations,” insofar as such statements describe certain provisions of the Indenture, the Notes or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, are accurate summaries of the matters therein described in all material respects. The statements included in the Company’s Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1, in the form filed with the Commission on July 16, 1998, under the caption “Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock,” incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements describe certain provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, are accurate summaries of the matters therein described in all material respects.

4. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, and to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission; and each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 424(b).

5. Each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except in each case as to the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), the financial statements and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and accounting information, and the and statistical information derived therefrom, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as to which we express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act.


6. Each Incorporated Document (other than the financial statements and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and accounting information, and the and statistical information derived therefrom, included or incorporated by reference in such Incorporated Document, as to which we express no opinion), when it was filed with the Commission or when it became effective under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as applicable, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

7. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

8. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

9. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture, and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and will constitute legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

10. Each of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

11. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be an “investment company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

12. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required on behalf of the Company under the federal laws of the United States of America or under the DGCL in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture, except (i) such as may be required under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act; (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky or securities laws of any jurisdiction, or by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), as to which we express no opinion, (iii) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, filings or orders as have been obtained and (iv) such authorizations, approvals, consents, licenses, orders, registrations, qualifications or decrees the failure so to obtain or file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

13. Neither the issue and sale of the Notes by the Company, nor the compliance by the Company with any of its obligations under the Notes, the Indenture or the Underwriting Agreement, will result in a material breach or violation of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws; (ii) the terms of any of the agreements listed on Schedule A hereto; (iii) the federal laws of the United States of America or the DGCL (excluding, in each case, antifraud rules or regulations); or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any court, governmental or regulatory body, administrative agency, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Company’s properties, which judgment, order or decree is known by us to be applicable to the Company or its properties.

 

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We have not undertaken to determine independently, and therefore do not assume any responsibility explicitly or implicitly for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) or the Prospectus (except to the extent set forth in paragraph 4 above). We have participated in conferences with officers of the Company, representatives of the Underwriter, representatives of counsel to the Underwriter and representatives of the Company’s independent public accountants, during which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were reviewed and discussed. In the course of such discussions, and subject to the foregoing, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that: (i) the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement or as of the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that we express no view with respect to (A) the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or (B) the financial statements and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial and accounting information, and the and statistical information derived therefrom, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

 

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Annex B

a. Time of Sale Information

Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex C.


Annex C

Pricing Term Sheet

Central European Distribution Corporation

$310,000,000 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013

 

Issuer:   Central European Distribution Corporation
Title of Securities:   3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013
Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:   $310,000,000 principal amount
Price to Public:   100%

Net Proceeds to Issuer After Underwriter’s

Discount, but Before Offering Expenses:

  $305,815,000
Use of Proceeds:   We intend to use approximately $130.0 million of the net proceeds from this offering, together with other cash and bank debt, to fund the cash portion of the purchase price for our proposed acquisition of the alcoholic beverages production and sale business relating to the Parliament and 999.9 brands in Russia and approximately $175.0 million of the net proceeds from this offering to fund the cash portion of our proposed investment in the Whitehall Group. Any net proceeds of this offering not used for these purposes, including any net proceeds available to us if one or both of our proposed transactions does not occur, would be used for general corporate purposes, which may include debt reduction and other acquisitions and investments.
Interest Payment Dates:   March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2008
Record Dates:   March 1 and September 1
Maturity:   March 15, 2013
Ranking:   Senior unsecured
Coupon:   3.00%
Principal Amount Per Note:   Integral multiples of $1,000
Initial Conversion Rate:   14.7113 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustment as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Upon conversion of a note, we will satisfy our conversion obligation by paying and delivering, as the case may be, cash and, if applicable, cash and/or shares of our common stock, based upon the daily conversion values calculated for each trading day in the applicable 20 trading-day observation period, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement under “Description of notes—Payment upon conversion.”
Initial Conversion Price (approximately):   $67.97 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement


Repurchase Upon a Fundamental Change:   Holders may require us to repurchase the notes for an amount
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued
and unpaid interest
Fundamental Change Protection:   Adjustment to the applicable conversion rate upon make-whole fundamental change (per table below)
Sole Book-Running Manager:   J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Gross Spread (%):   1.35%
Gross Spread per $1,000 Principal Amount of Notes:   $13.50
Trade Date:   March 3, 2008
Settlement Date:   March 7, 2008
Interest Accrues From:   March 7, 2008
CUSIP:   153435 AA0
ISIN:   US 153435AA 00
NASDAQ Global Select Market Symbol for Common Stock:   CEDC

Adjustment to shares delivered upon conversion upon a make-whole fundamental change

The following table sets forth the number of additional shares that will be added to the conversion rate applicable to notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change, based on the stock price applicable to, and the effective date of, the make-whole fundamental change:

 

Effective date

   $53.31    $65.00    $80.00    $95.00    $110.00    $125.00    $140.00    $155.00    $170.00    $185.00    $200.00

March 7, 2008

   4.0456    3.2860    2.2049    1.5754    1.1801    0.9169    0.7331    0.5995    0.4993    0.4219    0.3608

March 15, 2009

   4.0456    3.2377    2.1017    1.4588    1.0668    0.8130    0.6404    0.5180    0.4279    0.3595    0.3062

March 15, 2010

   4.0456    3.1103    1.9188    1.2721    0.8950    0.6615    0.5091    0.4050    0.3308    0.2760    0.2340

March 15, 2011

   4.0456    2.8383    1.6012    0.9757    0.6390    0.4469    0.3309    0.2569    0.2072    0.1719    0.1457

March 15, 2012

   4.0456    2.2823    1.0315    0.4989    0.2668    0.1616    0.1107    0.0838    0.0680    0.0576    0.0499

March 15, 2013

   4.0456    0.7837    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000

The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case

 

   

If the stock price is between two stock price amounts in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable.

 

   

If the stock price is greater than $200.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

 

   

If the stock price is less than $53.31 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion exceed 18.7582 per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “—Conversion rate adjustments” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.


Exhibit A

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

             , 2008

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

277 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10172

 

Re:  

Central European Distribution Corporation — Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as Underwriter (the “Underwriter”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”), by the Underwriter, of the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the Underwriter’s agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, the undersigned will not, during the period (the “Lock-Up Period”) ending 60 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, $0.01 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the undersigned shall be permitted to (A) establish or amend one or more sales plans (“Rule 10b5-1 Plans”) pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as


amended (the “Exchange Act”), provided that no sales under such Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plans may occur during the Lock-Up Period; (B) transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any Rule 10b5-1 Plan of the undersigned existing on the date hereof; (C) exercise any options to purchase shares of Common Stock, which options have been granted pursuant to employee benefit plans of the Company existing on the date of the Underwriting Agreement; and (D) transfer shares of Common Stock either (x) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof shall execute a lock-up agreement substantially in the form hereof agreeing not to dispose of such shares during the Lock-Up Period or (y) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or any member of the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of such trust shall execute a lock-up agreement substantially in the form hereof agreeing not to dispose of such shares during the Lock-Up Period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event; provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply if the research published or distributed on the Company is compliant with Rule 139 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Company’s securities are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective on or before March 31, 2008, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released form all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriter is entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER/DIRECTOR/
OFFICER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
EX-4.1 3 dex41.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

ISSUER

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

TRUSTEE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 7, 2008

3.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         PAGE
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION   

SECTION 1.01.

 

Definitions.

   1

SECTION 1.02.

 

Acts of Holders of Notes.

   12

SECTION 1.03.

 

Notices, Etc. to the Trustee and Company.

   13

SECTION 1.04.

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

   13
ARTICLE 2   
NOTE FORMS   

SECTION 2.01.

 

Form Generally.

   13

SECTION 2.02.

 

Form of Note.

   14

SECTION 2.03

 

Form of Notice of Conversion.

   23

SECTION 2.04.

 

Form of Assignment.

   24
ARTICLE 3   
THE NOTES   
SECTION 3.01.  

Title And Terms.

   25

SECTION 3.02.

 

Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof.

   25

SECTION 3.03.

 

Global Notes; Non-Global Notes; Book-entry Provisions.

   25

SECTION 3.04.

 

Persons Deemed Owners.

   27
ARTICLE 4   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   

SECTION 4.01.

 

Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture.

   28
ARTICLE 5   
REMEDIES   

SECTION 5.01.

 

Events Of Default.

   28

SECTION 5.02.

 

Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment.

   29

SECTION 5.03.

 

Unconditional Right Of Holders To Receive Principal And Interest And To Convert.

   31

SECTION 5.04.

 

Waiver Of Past Defaults.

   32

 

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ARTICLE 6   
[RESERVED]   
ARTICLE 7   
[RESERVED]   
ARTICLE 8   
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   

SECTION 8.01.

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Holders Of Notes.

   32

SECTION 8.02.

 

Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Holders Of Notes.

   33

SECTION 8.03.

 

Notice Of Supplemental Indentures.

   35
ARTICLE 9   
HOLDERS LISTS AND BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY   

SECTION 9.01.

 

Preservation Of Information.

   35

SECTION 9.02.

 

Reports By Company.

   35
ARTICLE 10   
COVENANTS   

SECTION 10.01.

 

Payment Of Principal And Interest.

   36

SECTION 10.02.

 

Maintenance Of Offices Or Agencies.

   36

SECTION 10.03.

 

Existence.

   37

SECTION 10.04.

 

Statement By Officers As To Default.

   37
ARTICLE 11   
[RESERVED]   
ARTICLE 12   
CONVERSION OF NOTES   

SECTION 12.01.

 

Conversion Privilege And Conversion Rate.

   38

SECTION 12.02.

 

Exercise Of Conversion Privilege.

   42

SECTION 12.03.

 

Fractions Of Shares.

   46

SECTION 12.04.

 

Adjustment Of Conversion Rate.

   46

SECTION 12.05.

 

Notice Of Adjustments Of Conversion Rate.

   56

SECTION 12.06.

 

Company To Reserve Common Stock.

   57

SECTION 12.07.

 

Taxes On Conversions.

   57

SECTION 12.08.

 

Certain Covenants.

   57

SECTION 12.09.

 

Cancellation Of Converted Notes.

   58

 

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SECTION 12.10.

 

Provision In Case Of Effect Of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger Or Sale.

   58

SECTION 12.11.

 

Responsibility Of Trustee For Conversion Provisions.

   59
ARTICLE 13   
DISCHARGE   

SECTION 13.01.

 

Discharge of Liability on Notes.

   59

SECTION 13.02.

 

Reinstatement.

   60

SECTION 13.03.

 

Officers’ Certificate; Opinion of Counsel.

   61
ARTICLE 14   
REPURCHASE OF NOTES   

SECTION 14.01.

 

Right To Require Repurchase Upon A Fundamental Change.

   61

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 7, 2008 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), between CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004 (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “Trustee”).

The Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of March 7, 2008. Section 2.03 of the Original Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Company may establish one or more series of its debt securities, including the form, terms and provisions thereof.

The consent of holders of the Notes to the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture is not required, and all other actions required to be taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this First Supplemental Indenture have been taken.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (herein called the “Notes”) of the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture.

All things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes are executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done. Further, all things necessary to duly authorize the issuance of the Common Stock (as herein defined), if any, issuable upon the conversion of the Notes, and to duly reserve for issuance the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holder(s) (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 1.01. Definitions and General Provisions.

This First Supplemental Indenture shall constitute an integral part of the Original Indenture.

 

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Articles III and VIII and Sections 4.02, 6.01, 6.02, 6.04, 9.01, 9.02, and 12.04 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Original Indenture;

(b) terms defined both herein and in the Original Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them herein;

(c) the terms defined in this Article 1 have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include, as the context requires, the plural as well as the singular;

(d) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and

(e) all other terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture, which are defined in the TIA or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the TIA and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Act,” when used with respect to any Holder of a Note, means any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action given or taken by Holders pursuant to Section 11.07 and in accordance with Article XI of the Original Indenture.

Additional Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Adjustment Determination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

Adjustment Event” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

Agent Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

 

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Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of DTC or any successor Depository, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

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 closed.

Capital Stock” means, for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity, and for any partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership.

Cash Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02(a)(ii).

Code” means Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this First Supplemental Indenture as originally executed or as such stock may be constituted from time to time. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.10, shares issuable upon conversion of Notes shall include only shares of Common Stock or shares of any class or classes of common stock resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.10, if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares so issuable on conversion of Notes shall include shares of all such classes, and the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

common stock” includes any stock of any class of capital stock which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer thereof and which is not subject to redemption by the issuer thereof.

Continuing Director” means a director who either was a member of the Board of Directors on March 3, 2008 or who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to such date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the continuing directors on the Board of Directors 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 Directors in which such individual is named as nominee for director.

 

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Conversion Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to convert Notes in accordance with Article 12. The Company has initially appointed the Trustee as its Conversion Agent pursuant to Section 10.02.

Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02.

Conversion Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Conversion Price” means in respect of each Note, at any time, the amount equal to $1,000 divided by the then current Conversion Rate.

Conversion Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time the trust created by this First Supplemental Indenture shall be principally administered (which at the date of this First Supplemental Indenture is located at The Bank of New York, One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration).

corporation” means a corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or business trust.

Daily Conversion Value” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period, one-twentieth (1/20) of the product of (a) the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock (or the Reference Property pursuant to Section 12.10) on such Trading Day, as determined by the Company. Any such determination by the Company shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Daily Settlement Amount” means, for each of the 20 Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period, an amount consisting of:

(a) cash equal to the lesser of (i) $50 and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day (such cash amount, the “principal return”); and

(b) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds $50 (such excess, the “daily excess”), either of the following at the Company’s election: (i) a number of shares of Common Stock (the “maximum deliverable shares”) equal to (A) the daily excess, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such Trading Day, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12.04(m), (ii) cash equal to the daily excess or (iii) any combination, as determined by the Company, of shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12.04(m), and cash in an amount equal to such daily excess.

Daily VWAP” means for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average

 

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price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “CEDC.UQ <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 principal trading market for the Common Stock on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for such purpose by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any successor.

Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

Ex-Date” means, with respect to any issuance or distribution on the Common Stock or any other equity security, the first date upon which a sale of the Common Stock the regular way on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market does not automatically transfer the right to receive such issuance or distribution.

Extension Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02.

Extension Right” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02.

First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this instrument.

Fundamental Change” will be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued that any of the following occurs:

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their employee benefit plans, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s common equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s common equity;

(ii) consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or a change in par value) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock,

 

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other securities, other property or assets or (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of 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 Company’s Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction where the holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Company’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction that is a share exchange, consolidation or merger 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 event shall not be a Fundamental Change;

(iii) Continuing Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors;

(iv) the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(v) the Company’s Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on a national securities exchange in the United States, except as a result of a merger to which the Company is a party or a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock or other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible;

provided, however, that a Fundamental Change as a result of clause (ii) above will not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the Company’s common shareholders, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with the transaction or transactions constituting the Fundamental Change consists of Publicly Traded Securities and, as a result of such transactions or transactions, the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and amounts the Company is required or permitted to pay in cash pursuant to Section 12.02 herein.

Fundamental Change Purchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

Fundamental Change Purchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

 

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Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

Global Note” means a Note in global form that is registered with the Registrar in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.

Holder” means the Person in whose name the Note is registered in the Registrar’s books.

Initial Notes” means the first $310,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this First Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Interest Payment Date” means March 15 and September 15 of each year beginning September 15, 2008.

Issue Date” means March 7, 2008.

Last Reported Sale Price” means, on any date, the closing sale price per share of the Common Stock (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal United States national or regional securities exchange on which it is then traded, if any. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price per share for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common Stock is 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 Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for such purpose. The Last Reported Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change as described in the definition thereof (determined after giving effect to any exceptions or exclusions to such definition, including, without limitation, the last paragraph thereof, but without regard to the proviso in clause (ii) of such definition).

Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence of (i) a failure by the primary United States national securities or regional exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day for Common Stock for an aggregate one-half hour period of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

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Maturity,” when used with respect to any Notes, means the date on which the principal of such Notes becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether on the Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration, exercise of the repurchase right set forth in Article 14 or otherwise.

Maturity Date,” means, with respect to the Notes, March 15, 2013.

Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Merger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 12.10.

Non-Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).

Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph herein under the caption “Recitals of the Company.” Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes.

Notice of Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 12.02.

Observation Period” means, with respect to any Note to be converted:

(i) in the event the Conversion Date of such conversion is prior to December 15, 2012, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the third Trading Day after such Conversion Date; and

(ii) in the event the Conversion Date of such conversion is on or after December 15, 2012, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on and including the 23rd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President and by (ii) the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary and delivered to the Trustee. One of the Officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.04 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

Original Indenture” has the meaning specified in the second paragraph hereof.

Outstanding,” when used with respect to the Notes, means, as of the time of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture, except:

(i) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

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(ii) Notes for the payment of which 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 or an Affiliate of the Company (if the Company or such Affiliate shall act as the Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes in accordance with the terms hereof and with the Original Indenture;

(iii) Notes which have been replaced pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Original Indenture or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(iv) Notes converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article 12;

provided, however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes are present at a meeting of Holders of Notes for quorum purposes or 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 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 determination as to the presence of a quorum or upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee has been notified in writing 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 is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor, and the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate to such effect.

Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company and, except as otherwise specifically set forth herein, such term shall include the Company or an Affiliate of the Company if it shall act as its own Paying Agent. The Company has initially appointed the Trustee as its Paying Agent pursuant to Section 10.02.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Place of Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

Place of Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

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 Original Indenture in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

 

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Press Release” means any press release issued by the Company and disseminated to Reuters Business News Services and Bloomberg News Services or any other U.S. national newswire service.

Prospectus Supplement” means the final prospectus supplement, dated March 3, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 4, 2008 in connection with the offering of the Notes.

Publicly Traded Securities” means, in respect of a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of Fundamental Change, shares of common stock traded on a United States national securities exchange or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change.

Record Date” means any Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.

Record Date Period” means the period from the close of business of any Regular Record Date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 12.10.

Regular Record Date” for interest payable in respect of any Note on any Interest Payment Date means the close of business on March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a “subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined under Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

Spin-Off” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

Stock Price” means, with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (i) if holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock and (ii)

 

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in all other cases, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Successor Note” of any particular Note means every Note issued after, and 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 Original Indenture in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

Trading Day” means a day during which (i) trading in securities generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market; provided, however, that if the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day; provided further, that, solely for purposes of determining the consideration due upon a conversion of Notes, “Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no Market Disruption Event and (B) trading in securities generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded (except that if the Common Stock (or other security for which a Daily VWAP must be determined) is not so listed or traded, then, solely for purposes determining the consideration due upon a conversion of Notes, “Trading Day” means a Business Day).

Trading Price” with respect to any Notes, on any date of determination, means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Trustee for $2.0 million principal amount of such Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, that one bid shall be used.

Trading Price Condition” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.

Trigger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

 

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Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04.

SECTION 1.02. Acts of Holders of Notes.

(a) Subject to Article 5 of this First Supplemental Indenture and Articles VI and IX of the Original Indenture, upon actual receipt by the Trustee from any Holder of (i) any notice of Default or breach referred to in Section 5.01(d), if such Default or breach has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a notice to the Company, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a declaration to the Company, or (iii) any direction referred to in Section 6.05 of the Original Indenture, if the Trustee shall not have taken the action specified in such direction, then, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), a record date shall automatically and without any action by the Company or the Trustee be set for determining the Holders entitled to join in such declaration or direction, which record date shall be the close of business on the 10th calendar day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the calendar day on which the Trustee receives such declaration or direction, and, with respect to clause (i), the Trustee may set any calendar day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to join in such notice of Default. Promptly after such receipt by the Trustee of any such declaration or direction referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), and promptly after setting any record date with respect to clause (i), and as soon as practicable thereafter, the Trustee shall notify the Company and the Holders of any such record date so fixed. The Holders on such record date (or their duly appointed agents or proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such notice, declaration or direction shall have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes on such record date (or their duly appointed agents or proxies) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th calendar day after such record date, such notice, declaration or direction shall automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent or proxy thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-calendar day period, a notice, declaration or direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration or direction to which such record date relates, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or direction of the type referred to in this paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly appointed agents or proxies) of the requisite principal amount of Notes on the date such notice, declaration or direction is so given.

 

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SECTION 1.03. Notices, Etc. to the Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of Holders of Notes or other document provided or permitted by this First Supplemental Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(a) the Trustee by any Holder of Notes or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with a Trust Officer of the Trustee and received at its Corporate Trust Office; or

(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder of Notes shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or telecopied and confirmed by mail, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by hand or overnight courier, addressed to the Company at Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company; provided, however, that in either case such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act is actually received by the Company at such address.

SECTION 1.04. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

ARTICLE 2

NOTE FORMS

SECTION 2.01. Form Generally.

The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article 2, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this First Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, the Code, and regulations thereunder, or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Company shall furnish any such legends and endorsements to the Trustee in writing. All Notes shall be in fully registered form. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Original Indenture to the contrary, no Note shall be issued in the form of a Bearer Security.

Notices of Conversion shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.03.

 

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The Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so required by any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed) on which the Notes may be listed for trading, as the case may be, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

SECTION 2.02. Form of Note.

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

The following legend shall appear on the face of each Global Note:

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT 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.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE INDENTURE, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

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CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013

 

No.                                       $   
CUSIP No.                             

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      United States Dollars (U.S. $            ) [if this Note is a Global Note, then insert — (which principal amount may from time to time be decreased to such other principal amounts by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture) on March 15, 2013, and to pay interest thereon, from March 7, 2008, or from the most recent date as of which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 15, 2008, at the rate of 3.00% per annum, until the principal hereof is due, and at the same rate on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, which Regular Record Date shall be the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed for trading, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as provided in the Indenture. Payments of principal shall be made upon the surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in such lawful monies of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by United States Dollar check drawn on, or wire transfer to, a United States Dollar account (such a wire transfer to be made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of U.S. $5.0 million and only if such Holder shall have furnished wire instructions in writing to the

 

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Trustee no later than the relevant record date). Payment of interest on this Note may be made on an Interest Payment Date by United States Dollar check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Registrar’s book, or, upon written application by the Holder to the Registrar setting forth wire instructions not later than the relevant record date, by wire transfer to a United States Dollar account (such a transfer to be made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of U.S. $5.0 million and only if such Holder shall have furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than the relevant record date). Each such wire instruction so duly delivered shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Trustee to the contrary.

Except as specifically provided herein and in the Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, or an Authenticating Agent, by the manual signature of one of their respective authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

[Remainder Of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

Dated:                     

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN

      DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:                     

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013

This note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its “3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013” (herein called the “Notes”) issued and to be issued under an Original Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture, each dated as of March 7, 2008, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture; and the Original Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged, at the office of the Registrar. The Registrar upon such surrender by the Holder shall issue the new Notes in the requested denominations.

No sinking fund is provided for the Notes, and the Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in 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 adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall make any of the changes which, pursuant to Section 8.02 of the First Supplemental Indenture, cannot be made without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected thereby. It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Notes, 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 except as provided in the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price payable in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes such Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase, together with accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (unless the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to a Note falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in which case the Company shall pay, on such Interest Payment Date, the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest payable on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Note at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and the Holder that submits such Note for repurchase shall not be entitled to such accrued and unpaid interest unless such Holder was the Holder of record at the close of business on such Regular Record Date). The Company or, at the written request of the Company, the Trustee shall mail to all Holders of record of the Notes a notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right arising as a result thereof after the occurrence of any Fundamental Change, but on or before the 30th calendar day following such occurrence.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, on and after December 15, 2012 but prior to the close of business on the third Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2012 upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to convert any Notes or portion thereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into cash and at the election of the Company, and, if applicable, cash or shares of Common Stock or Reference Property, in each case at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of this Note, together with a Notice of Conversion, a form of which is contained under Section 2.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture, as provided in the Indenture and this Note, to the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, and, unless the shares of Common Stock or Reference Property, as the case may be, issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as this Note, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder or by his duly authorized attorney. The initial Conversion Rate shall be 14.7113 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. No fractional shares of Common Stock or Reference Property, as the case may be, shall be issued upon any conversion, but an adjustment in cash shall be paid to the

 

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Holder, as provided in the Indenture, in respect of any fraction of such share which would otherwise be issuable upon the surrender of any Note or Notes for conversion. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or any such shares issued upon conversion of such Notes except as provided in the Indenture.

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Company, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange thereof, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax, assessments or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment hereof, or on account hereof, for the conversion hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any other authenticating agent nor any Paying Agent nor any other Conversion Agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered Holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for monies payable on this Note.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform gift to Minors Act).

 

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FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE

To: Central European Distribution Corporation

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and hereby directs the Company to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, it or                      an amount in cash equal to 100% of the entire principal amount, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, to be repurchased, plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as provided in the Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

 

Signature(s)
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

Signature Guaranteed
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):                             
Remaining principal amount following such repurchase (at least U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):                     

 

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SECTION 2.03 Form of Notice of Conversion.

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

The undersigned Holder of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Note, or any portion of the principal amount hereof (which is U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or Reference Property in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that such shares, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be delivered to and be registered in the name of the undersigned unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock, Reference Property or Notes are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

 

Dated:                         

 

    Signature(s)
Signature(s) guaranteed by:
Dated:                         

 

    Signature(s)

 

If shares or Notes are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:

 

 

(Name)

 

 

 

(Address)

 

Social Security or other Identification Number, if any

 

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If only a portion of the Notes is to be converted, please indicate:

 

1. Principal amount to be converted: U.S. $                     

 

2. Principal amount and denomination of Notes representing unconverted principal amount to be issued:

Amount: U.S. $                     Denominations: U.S. $                    

(U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the unconverted portion of such principal amount is U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof)

SECTION 2.04. Form of Assignment.

ASSIGNMENT

For value received,                      hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto                      (Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                      as attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                         Signature(s)  

 

Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

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ARTICLE 3

THE NOTES

SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms.

The Notes shall be known and designated as the “3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013” of the Company. Their Maturity Date shall be March 15, 2013, and they shall bear interest on their principal amount from March 7, 2008, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 in each year, commencing September 15, 2008, at the rate of 3.00% per annum until the principal thereof is due; provided, however, that principal and interest payments shall only be made on a Business Day as provided in Section 10.01(b) hereto, respectively.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

The principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable as provided in the form of Notes set forth in Section 2.02. The Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be payable at such place as is identified in the Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice given pursuant to Section 14.01(b) (such city in which the identified Paying Agent is located being herein called a “Place of Payment”).

The Notes shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and shall rank pari passu with all of the Company’s other senior unsecured obligations.

The Notes may not be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to Maturity.

The Notes shall be convertible as provided in Article 12 (any city in which any Conversion Agent is located being herein called a “Place of Conversion”).

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holders as provided in Article 14.

SECTION 3.02. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 3.03. Global Notes; Non-Global Notes; Book-entry Provisions.

(a) Global Notes.

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therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture. The Company hereby appoints DTC as the Depositary.

(ii) Except for exchanges of Global Notes for definitive, Non-Global Notes at the sole discretion of the Company, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so, and, in the cause of either clause (i) or (ii), a successor Depositary for such Global Note is not appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility; or (B) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee that the Company elects to cause the issuance of Notes in certificated form, subject to the Depository’s procedures. In the case of an event described in clause (A) or (B), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate directing the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver, Notes, in any authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note in exchange for such Global Note; provided, however, that in no event shall any Note be issued in the form of a Bearer Security.

(iii) If any Global Note is to be exchanged for other Notes or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the Trustee for exchange or cancellation, as provided in this Article 3. If any Global Note is to be exchanged for other Notes or canceled in part, or if another Note is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Note, in each case, as provided in Article II of the Original Indenture, then either (A) such Global Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation, as provided in this Article 3, or (B) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased, as applicable, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Note to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, as Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Note, the Trustee shall, subject to this Article 3, authenticate and deliver any Notes issuable in exchange for such Global Note (or any portion thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names as may be directed by, the

 

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Depositary or its authorized representative. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Depositary the names, addresses and tax identification numbers of the Persons in whose name the Notes are to be registered prior to such authentication and delivery. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding paragraph, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Notes that are not in the form of Global Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any order, direction or request of the Depositary or its authorized representative which is given or made pursuant to this Article 3 if such order, direction or request is given or made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

(iv) Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article 3 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a registered Global Note, unless such Note is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof, in which case such Note shall be authenticated and delivered in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(v) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Note, shall be the Holder of such Global Note for all purposes under this First Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture and the Notes, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note shall hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Note shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members and such owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note shall not be considered the owners or Holders thereof.

(b) Non-Global Notes. Notes issued upon the events described in Section 3.03(a)(ii) (“Non-Global Notes”) shall be in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

SECTION 3.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 2.13 of the Original Indenture) interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent nor any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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ARTICLE 4

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

Article VIII of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

ARTICLE 5

REMEDIES

SECTION 5.01. Events of Default.

Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events with respect to the Notes (whatever the reason for such Event of Default or 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) a default in any payment of interest, including any Extension Fee, on any Note when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 calendar days; or

(b) a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable at Maturity, upon required repurchase, declaration or otherwise; or

(c) a failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes, in accordance with the terms hereof, upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and that failure continues for a period of five days; or

(d) a failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice in accordance with Section 14.01 or comply with its notice requirements under Sections 12.01(b)-(d) when due; or

(e) a failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 of the Original Indenture; or

(f) failure by the Company for 60 calendar days after written notice of such Default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% principal amount of the Outstanding Notes has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements (other than a covenant or warranty Default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically provided for) contained in the Notes (or in the Original Indenture and applicable to the Notes) or in this First Supplemental Indenture; or

 

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(g) default by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $40 million in the aggregate of the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, either (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable, or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise, in each case if such default is not cured or waived within 30 calendar days; or

(h) a final judgment for the payment of $40 million or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished; or

(i) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent 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, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

(j) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days.

SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

Section 6.04 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(i) or Section 5.01(j) with respect to the Company, but including an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(i) or Section 5.01(j) solely with respect to a

 

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Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case (except as provided in the immediately following paragraph) the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may (and the Trustee upon request of such Holders shall) declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all such Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal and all accrued interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(i) or Section 5.01(j) with respect to the Company (but excluding an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(i) or Section 5.01(j) solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs, the principal of, and accrued interest on, all of the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other Act of the Holders or any act on the part of the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(f) relating to the failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 9.02(a) and for any failure by the Company to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA, shall for the first 90 calendar days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right (the “Extension Right”) to receive an extension fee on the Notes in an amount equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (the “Extension Fee”). If the Company so elects, the Extension Fee shall be payable on all Outstanding Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the obligations under Section 9.02(a) or the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first occurs (the “Extension Fee Payment Date”). Such Extension Fee shall be payable to the each Holder of record immediately prior to the close of business on such Extension Fee Payment Date. If such Event of Default has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.04 prior to the 91st calendar day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may (and the Trustee upon request of such Holders shall) thereafter declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all such Notes to be due and payable immediately. If the Company elects to pay the Extension Fee as the sole remedy for such an Event of Default, the Company shall notify, in the manner provided for in Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture, the Holders and the Trustee of such election at any time on or before the close of business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs, and the Company shall pay the Extension Fee on the Extension Fee Payment Date. If an Extension Fee is payable under this Section 5.02, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Extension Fee that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Extension Fee is payable. Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that the Extension Fee is not payable. If the Extension Fee has been paid by the Company directly to the persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

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This Section 5.02, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of 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, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid interest upon all Notes and the principal of any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal at the rate borne by the Notes during the period of such Default) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to the Original Indenture. If (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) any and all Events of Defaults under this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Notes, other than the nonpayment of principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.04, then and in every such case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Original Indenture; but no such waiver or 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 the Trustee in writing, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, of any Event of Default by delivering to the Trustee a statement specifying such Event of Default and any action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. No rescission or annulment referred to above shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 5.03. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest and to Convert.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and (subject to Section 2.13 of the Original Indenture) interest on such Note on the Maturity Date, and to convert such Note in accordance with Article 12, and (subject to Section 6.06 of the Original Indenture) to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or of any right to convert.

 

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SECTION 5.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences, except a Default (A) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note, or (B) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 8 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.

Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Original Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

ARTICLE 6

REDEMPTION

SECTION 6.01. Redemption at the Option of the Company.

Article III of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

ARTICLE 7

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 8

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

Without the consent of any Holders of Notes, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto or to the Original Indenture for any of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; or

(b) to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company of the obligations of the Company under, and as permitted by, Section 5.01 of the Original Indenture; or

(c) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; or

 

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(d) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes; or

(e) to secure the Notes; or

(f) to add to the covenants of the Company or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(g) to make any changes or modifications to this First Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (g) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes in any material respect; provided further that any such action to conform the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture to the section entitled “Description of notes” contained in the Prospectus Supplement shall not be deemed to be adverse to any Holder of Notes; or

(h) to eliminate the Company’s option to elect to pay cash to Holders of Notes surrendered for conversion in lieu of all or a portion of the Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon conversion of Notes pursuant to Section 12.02; or

(i) to comply with the requirements of the TIA or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture under the TIA, as contemplated by this First Supplemental Indenture or otherwise; or

(j) to conform the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture to the section entitled “Description of notes” contained in the Prospectus Supplement.

Upon Company Request, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and subject to and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.

SECTION 8.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes.

Section 9.02 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

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supplemental hereto or to the Original Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Notes under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:

(a) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes the Holders of which must consent to an amendment; or

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Note, or reduce the amount or extend the stated time for payment of the Extension Fee; or

(c) reduce the principal, or extend the Maturity Date, of any Note; or

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes (other than amendments specifically required to be made under Section 12.10 and amendments described in Section 8.01(h) above); or

(e) reduce the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes the Company’s obligations to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise; or

(f) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note; or

(g) reduce the principal amount of, or interest or any Extension Fee on any Note; or

(h) change the place, manner or currency of payment of principal of, or interest or any Extension Fee on, any Note; or

(i) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or the payment date of any installment of interest or Extension Fee on, any Note; or

(j) impair the right of any Holder of any Note to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Note; or

(k) make any change in the provisions of this Article 8 that require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 5.02 and Section 5.04 (except to increase the percentage required for modification or waiver or to provide for the consent of each affected Holder).

 

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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Notes under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 8.03. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02, the Company shall give notice to all Holders of Notes of such fact, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, in the manner provided in Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture. Any failure of the Company to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE 9

HOLDERS LISTS AND BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 9.01. Preservation of Information.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list, if any, furnished to it as provided in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this First Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights, and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the TIA.

(c) Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, 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 hereto, to the Original Indenture or to the TIA.

SECTION 9.02. Reports by Company.

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of such reports, information and documents (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any material for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the SEC and the

 

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Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any letters delivered to the SEC in response to any comments the SEC may have on any such reports, information or documents; provided further, each such report, information or document will be deemed to be so delivered to the Trustee if the Company files such report, information or document with the SEC through the SEC’s EDGAR database. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder or under the Original Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

(c) Section 4.02 of the Original Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE 10

COVENANTS

SECTION 10.01. Payment of Principal and Interest.

(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture. The Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or its nominee, no later than 10:00 a.m., London, England time, on the Maturity Date of the Notes or no later than 10:00 a.m., London, England time, on the due date for any installment of interest, all payments so due, which payments shall be in immediately available funds on the date of such Maturity Date or due date, as the case may be.

(b) If any Interest Payment Date (other than the Interest Payment Date occurring on March 15, 2013 or on any earlier Fundamental Change Purchase Date) falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day. If March 15, 2013 or such earlier Fundamental Change Purchase Date would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of interest, if any, and principal, will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after March 15, 2013 or such earlier Fundamental Change Purchase Date to such next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Offices or Agencies.

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payment or for conversion or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

The Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of any such agent or appoint any additional agents for any or all of such purposes; provided, however, that until all of the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or monies sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes have been made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.06 or 8.02 of the Original Indenture, the Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and conversion, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture, of the appointment or termination of any such agents and of the location and any change in the location of any such office or agency.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, and Conversion Agent, and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

SECTION 10.03. Existence.

Subject to Section 5.01 of the Original Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in, or is no longer material to, the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 10.04. Statement by Officers as to Default.

Section 12.04 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 calendar days of becoming aware of any Default or any Event of Default under this First Supplemental Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such Default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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Any notice required to be given under this Section shall be delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

ARTICLE 11

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 12

CONVERSION OF NOTES

SECTION 12.01. Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate.

(a) Subject to the conditions described in clause (i), (ii), and (iii) below, and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 12, a Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s 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 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2012, initially at a rate (the “Conversion Rate”) (subject to adjustment by the Company as provided in Section 12.04) of 14.7113 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Note (payable in such consideration as provided in Section 12.02) (the “Conversion Obligation”) under the circumstances and during the periods set forth below. On and after December 15, 2012, regardless of the conditions described in clause (i), (ii) and (iii) below, and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 12, a Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of Notes at the applicable Conversion Rate at any time prior to the close of business on the third Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Original Indenture to the contrary, no Note may be converted except during business hours on a day that is a Business Day.

(i) The Notes shall be convertible prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2012, during any fiscal quarter (and only during such fiscal quarter) commencing after the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2008, if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days during the period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable Conversion Price in effect on each such Trading Day.

 

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(ii) The Notes shall be convertible prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2012, during the five Business Day period immediately after any ten consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day (the “Trading Price Condition”), determined as set forth below. If a Holder provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price of the Notes would be less than 98% of the product of (a) the then-applicable Conversion Rate of the Notes and (b) the Last Reported Sale Price at such time, then the Company shall instruct the Trustee to determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Day on which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of (a) the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Last Reported Sale Price on such Trading Day (as provided to the Trustee by the Company on each such date). If the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Company shall so notify the Holders of the Notes. If, at any time after the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes on a Trading Day is greater than 98% of the product of the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and the Last Reported Sale Price on such Trading Day, the Company shall so notify the Holders of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee cannot, on a date of determination, reasonably obtain at least one bid for $2,000,000 principal amount of the Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such date of determination will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination and the applicable Conversion Rate on such date of determination. Furthermore, if the Company does not, on a date of determination when obligated to do so pursuant to this clause (ii), instruct the Trustee to obtain bids to determine the Trading Price of the Notes, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes on such date of determination shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (a) the applicable Conversion Rate of the Notes on such date of determination and (b) the Last Reported Sale Price on such date of determination.

(iii) The Notes shall be convertible prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2012, as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this Section.

 

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(b) In the event that the Company elects to:

(i) issue to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the record date for such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days period ending on, but excluding, the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement date of such issuance; or

(ii) distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, assets or debt securities of the Company or rights to purchase the Company’s securities, which distribution has a per share value (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith) exceeding 10% of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of declaration of such distribution,

then, in either case, Holders may surrender the Notes for conversion at any time on and after the date that the Company provides the notice to such Holders referred to in the next sentence until the earlier of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution or the date the Company announces that such distribution will not take place, even if the Notes are not otherwise convertible at such time. The Company shall notify Holders of any distribution referred to in either clause (i) or clause (ii) above and of the resulting conversion right no later than the 25th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution.

(c) If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its properties and assets, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities and/or other assets, then the Holders shall have the right to convert Notes at any time from or after the date which is 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the date originally announced by the Company as the anticipated effective date of the transaction and until 35 Scheduled Trading Days after the actual effective date of such transaction; provided such transaction does not otherwise constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change to which the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section shall apply. The Company shall notify Holders and the Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces such transaction, but in no event less than 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the original anticipated effective date of such transaction. The Board of Directors shall determine the anticipated effective date of such transaction, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

(d) If the Company is a party to any transaction or event that constitutes a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (regardless of whether a Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase the Notes pursuant to Section 14.01 hereof), a Holder may surrender Notes for conversion at any time from and after the 25th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the date originally announced by the Company as the anticipated effective date of such transaction or event and until 35 Trading

 

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Days after the actual effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change, until the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date. Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Holder may be entitled to receive Additional Shares of Common Stock, if any, as specified in subsection (e) of this Section. The Company shall notify Holders and the Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, but in no event less than 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the original anticipated effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Board of Directors shall determine the anticipated effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

(e) Subject to subsection (d) of this Section, if a Holder elects to convert Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that occurs prior to the Maturity Date, the Conversion Rate applicable to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes so converted shall be increased by an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) as described below. The conversion of Notes converted in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be settled pursuant to Section 12.02(b). For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, a conversion shall be deemed to be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the related Notice of Conversion is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the date initially announced (in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section) by the Company as the anticipated effective date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date (or, in the case of an event that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).

(i) The number of Additional Shares shall be determined by the Company by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”), and the Stock Price applicable to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; provided, however, that if the actual Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts in such table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in such table, then the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts and such two Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year, or 366-day year, as applicable; provided further that if (1) the Stock Price is greater than $200.00 per share of Common Stock (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices are adjusted pursuant to clause (ii) below), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate, and (2) the Stock Price is less than $53.31 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as

 

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the Stock Prices are adjusted pursuant to clause (ii) below), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion exceed 18.7582 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to adjustment in the same manner as set forth in Section 12.04).

(ii) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of, and the number of Additional Shares within, the table in Schedule A hereto shall be adjusted by the Company as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is adjusted pursuant to Section 12.04 as follows: (A) the adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted; and (B) the adjusted Additional Shares shall equal the Additional Shares applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Additional Share adjustment and the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted; provided, however, that, in each case, for purposes of calculating the Conversion Rate as so adjusted, any related increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be disregarded.

Notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture to the contrary, if a Holder surrenders a Note for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that the Company shall have announced, but such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall not be consummated, then in no event shall such Holder be entitled to any increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 12.01(e) on account of such announced Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

SECTION 12.02. Exercise of Conversion Privilege.

(a)(i) Subject to subsection (b) of this Section and to Section 12.04(i), the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for conversion in cash and, if applicable, shares of fully paid Common Stock, by delivering, on the third Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the related Observation Period, cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 Trading Days during the such Observation Period; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 12.03. The Daily Settlement Amounts shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period.

 

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(ii) If a Holder tenders a Notice of Conversion with respect to a Note, and the Company elects to pay cash in lieu of delivering all or a portion of the maximum deliverable shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be deliverable upon such conversion, the Company shall notify, in the manner provided for in Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture, such Holder of the percentage of such maximum deliverable shares that will be paid in cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock (the “Cash Percentage”) at any time on or before the close of business on the second Trading Day following the Company’s receipt of such Notice of Conversion. In the event the Company elects to settle all or any portion of the maximum deliverable shares in cash in connection with conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that is within 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Maturity Date, the Company shall send, on the 25th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date, a single notice for all such conversions to the Trustee with respect to the Cash Percentage that shall apply to such conversions.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, in the event a Note is converted in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change and the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion shall be subject to increase pursuant to Section 12.01(e), the Company shall satisfy its Conversion Obligation with respect to such conversion as follows, subject in each case to the last paragraph of Section 12.01(e) and to Section 12.03 and Section 12.04(i):

(i) If the last Trading Day of the Observation Period applicable to such conversion is prior to the third Scheduled Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall satisfy such Conversion Obligation by delivering the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock (based on the Conversion Rate in effect during such Observation Period, without giving effect to any increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.01(e)) on the third Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the such Observation Period. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall deliver the additional cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or Reference Property deliverable in lieu of shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, deliverable on account of such increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.01(e), calculated as if the Conversion Rate had been increased in accordance with Section 12.01(e) during such Observation Period (and based upon the related Daily VWAP during such Observation Period), after giving effect to any changes in the conversion right of the Notes pursuant to Section 12.10, if applicable.

(ii) If the last Trading Day of the Observation Period applicable to such conversion is on or following the third Scheduled Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall satisfy such Conversion

 

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Obligation by delivering, by the date specified in the immediately following sentence, the cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or Reference Property, as applicable, equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 Trading Days during such Observation Period (based on the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion after giving effect to the increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.01(e), and after giving effect to any changes in the conversion right of the Notes pursuant to Section 12.10, if applicable). Such delivery shall be made no later than the latest to occur of (1) the Business Day immediately following such Effective Date; and (2) the third Business Day following the last day of such Observation Period.

(c) Before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert the same, such Holder shall (1) in the case such Note is 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 as provided in subsection (i) of this Section and, if required, pay all taxes or duties, if any, and (2) in the case such Note is issued in certificated form, (A) duly complete and manually sign and deliver an irrevocable written notice to the Conversion Agent in the form set forth under Section 2.03 (or a facsimile thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) to the office of the Conversion Agent and shall 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 shares of Common Stock, if any, to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (B) surrender such Note, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), to the office of the Conversion Agent, (C) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, and (D) if required, pay all taxes or duties, if any. 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 has complied with the requirements set forth in this subsection (c).

No Notice of Conversion with respect to any Notes may be tendered by a Holder thereof if such Holder has also tendered a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect to such Notes and has not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect to such Notes in accordance with Section 14.01.

If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes, if any, that shall be payable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of all such Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered.

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conversion to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, and by delivering to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, due upon such conversion (together with any cash in lieu of fractional shares).

(e) 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, without charge to such Holder, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of such surrendered Note.

(f) If a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay all stamp and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to the delivery of shares of Common Stock, if any, upon such conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests any shares of Common Stock or any Reference Property to be delivered to a Person other than the Holder. The Company may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock or to deliver such Reference Property to a Person other than the Holder until the Company receives a sum sufficient to pay any such tax. Nothing herein shall preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations.

(g) Except as provided in Section 12.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion of any Note as provided in this Article 12.

(h) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the 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.

(i) Upon conversion, a Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest (or any Extension Fee) except as set forth below. The Company’s settlement of the Conversion Obligation as described above shall be deemed to satisfy its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note, any Extension Fee the Company has elected to pay and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Conversion Date. As a result, any such Extension Fee and any such accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection (i), if a Note is converted after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Regular Record Date, the Holder of such Note as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Regular Record Date shall receive the interest payable on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, notwithstanding such conversion. A Note

 

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that is surrendered for conversion during the period from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the corresponding Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest that is payable, on such Interest Payment Date, on such Note; provided, however, that no such payment need be made (i) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (ii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to such Interest Payment Date; or (iii) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any, existing at the time of such conversion. Except as described above, no payment or adjustment shall be made for accrued interest on converted Notes.

SECTION 12.03. Fractions of Shares.

Notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture to the contrary, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Note or Notes (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall calculate and pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period.

SECTION 12.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows; provided, however, that the Company need not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate each Holder of the Notes participates (as a result of holding the Notes, and at the same time as holders of the Common Stock participate) in any the transactions for which the Conversion Rate is otherwise required to be adjusted pursuant to subsections (a) through (e), inclusive, of this Section as if such Holders held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the then-applicable Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder, without having to convert such Notes:

(a) In case the Company shall exclusively issue shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock, or shall effect a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR0 × 

  OS1   
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where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or combination, as the case may be;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Ex-Date or effective date, as applicable;

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Ex-Date or effective date, as applicable; and

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Ex-Date or effective date, as applicable, after giving effect to such dividend, share split or share combination, as the case may be.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Date or effective date, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 12.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not split or combined, as the case may be, then the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or not to split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination had not been declared.

(b) In case the Company shall distribute to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any rights or warrants entitling them (for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the record date for such distribution) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR 0 × 

  OS0 + X   
    OS0 + Y   

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution;

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OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Ex-Date;

X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants; and

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock 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 or warrants.

Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights or warrants are distributed and shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the Ex-Date for such distribution. To the extent that shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the Ex- Date for such distribution had not been fixed.

In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the applicable 10 consecutive Trading Day period, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights 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 Directors.

(c) If the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights or warrants to acquire the Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, excluding:

(i) dividends or distributions and rights or warrants referred to in Section 12.04(a) and Section 12.04(b) above;

(ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and

(iii) Spin-Offs to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 12.04(c) shall apply,

then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR 0 × 

  SP0   
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where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Ex-Date;

SP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding such Ex-Date; and

FMV = the fair market value as determined by the Board of Directors of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights or warrants distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on such Ex-Date.

If “FMV” as set forth above is equal to or greater than “SP0” as set forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder of Notes has the right to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the amount of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights or warrants to acquire the Capital Stock of the Company or other securities such Holder would have received on account of such distribution has such Holder owned, on the record date for such distribution, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect as of the close of business on the Ex-Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made (including, without limitation, any deemed termination or expiration of the applicable rights or warrants without exercise by any of the holders thereof pursuant to third immediately succeeding paragraph), the Conversion Rate shall again be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If the Board of Directors determines “FMV” for purposes of this Section 12.04(c) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR 0 × 

  FMV0 + MP0   
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Where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last Trading Day 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 Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the effective date of such Spin-Off; and

MP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the last Trading Day of such Valuation Period, provided, however, that, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate applicable to a conversion of Notes whose Conversion Date falls within such Valuation Period, references to the 10 consecutive Trading Days of the Valuation Period shall be deemed replaced with the period that begins on, and includes, the effective date of such Spin-Off and ends on, and includes, such Conversion Date.

Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Stock, entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (A) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (B) are not exercisable; and (C) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights and 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 subsection (c). If any such rights or warrants are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights 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 record date with respect to new rights or warrants with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants (or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the

 

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preceding sentence) with respect to which a distribution is deemed to have occurred) for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section was made, (1) in the case of any such rights or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution to all holders of Common Stock of an amount per share of Common Stock equal to a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate redemption or repurchase price so paid by the Company and whose denominator is the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on the date of such payment; and (2) in the case of such rights or warrants shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been issued or such distribution shall not have been deemed to have been made, as applicable.

For purposes of this subsection (c) and subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, if (A) there shall occur any dividend or distribution of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights or warrants requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this subsection (c); and (B) such dividend or distribution also includes shares of Common Stock which would, but for clause (i) of this subsection (c), require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section or rights or warrants which would, but for clause (i) of this subsection (c), require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, then such dividend or distribution shall be deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of only those shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights or warrants that would require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this subsection (c) (excluding any such shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants that would require an adjustment pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section) (and the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with subsection (c) on account of such dividend or distribution) followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants that would require an adjustment pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section (and the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this Section on account of such dividend or distribution); provided, however, that the Ex-Date of the dividend or distribution requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be deemed to be the Ex-Date for purposes of the dividend or distribution requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section.

(d) In case the Company shall make any cash dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR 0 × 

  SP0   
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where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m. New York City time on such Ex-Date;

SP0 = the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such Ex-Date; and

C = the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders its Common Stock.

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Date; provided that if the portion of the cash so distributed applicable to one share of the Common Stock is equal to or greater than SP0 as set forth above, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder of Notes shall receive on the date on which such cash dividend is distributed to holders of Common Stock, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the amount of cash such holder would have received had such holder owned, on the record date for such dividend or distribution, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, without being required to convert the Notes. If any dividend or distribution that would otherwise require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 12.04(d) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(e) In case the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for all or any portion of the Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR 0 × 

  AC + (SP1 × OS1)   
    OS0 × SP1   

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CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the effective date of the adjustment;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the effective date of the adjustment;

AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (which number shall, for avoidance of doubt, exclude all shares validly tendered or exchanged, and not withdrawn, pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer); and

SP1 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires (the “tender/exchange offer valuation period”).

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 12.04(e) will occur immediately after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided, however, that solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate applicable to a conversion of Notes whose Conversion Date falls within the tender/exchange offer valuation period, references to the 10 consecutive Trading Days of the valuation period shall be deemed replaced with the period that begins on, and includes, the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and ends on, and includes, such Conversion Date.

Except as provided under this Section 12.04, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for the issuance of the Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made (other than as a result of a share split or share combination) if the application of any of the foregoing formulas would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate.

For purposes of this Section 12.04 the term “record date” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (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 Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

 

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(f) In addition to those required by subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to time may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall mail to Holders, pursuant to Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture, a notice of the increase at least 15 calendar 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. In addition, the Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event.

(g) Without limiting the foregoing, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made

(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) above and outstanding as of March 7, 2008;

(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

(v) for accrued and unpaid Interest and any Extension Fee.

(h) All calculations and other determinations under this Article 12 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be. No adjustment shall be made for the Company’s issuance of Common Stock or convertible or exchangeable securities or rights to purchase Common Stock or convertible or exchangeable securities, other than as provided in this Section. No adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would require a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate then in effect at such time. The

 

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Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% (1) annually, on the anniversary of the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, (2) upon a Fundamental Change or (3) on the Maturity Date (and on each Trading Day of the 20 Trading Day Observation Period beginning on the 23rd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date).

(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of an increase in the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section which is to become effective immediately after (1) the Ex-Date for an event or (2) the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to any tender or exchange offer pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section (each an “Adjustment Determination Date”), the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of the applicable Adjustment Event (as hereinafter defined) (x) delivering, in respect of any Note that is converted with a Conversion Date that is after such Adjustment Determination Date and before the occurrence of such Adjustment Event, the additional cash and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock or Reference Property deliverable upon such conversion on account of such increase in the Conversion Rate and (y) paying to such Holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 12.03. For purposes of this subsection (i), the term “Adjustment Event” shall mean:

(i) in any case referred to in clause (1) hereof, the date any dividend or distribution of Common Stock, shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or cash is paid or made, the effective date of any share dividend or share split or combination or the date of expiration of any rights or warrants, as applicable, and

(ii) in any case referred to in clause (2) hereof, the date a purchase or exchange of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer is consummated and becomes irrevocable.

(j) For purposes of this Section, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

(k) For the avoidance of doubt, if a holder converts Notes prior to the effective date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change does not occur, the Holder shall not be entitled to any Additional Shares in connection with such conversion.

(l) If a Note is converted, then as of the close of business on each Trading Day during the Observation Period applicable to such conversion, the Person in whose name any shares of Common Stock are deliverable shall be deemed to be a holder of record of the number of whole shares (if any) of

 

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Common Stock deliverable in respect of such conversion on such Trading Day pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Daily Settlement Amount; provided, however, that if the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion is to be increased pursuant to Section 12.01(e) and the Reference Property deliverable on account of such increase shall consist of Capital Stock, then such Person shall in no event be deemed to be a holder of record of such Capital Stock until the later of (i) the close of business on last Trading Day of the such Observation Period and (ii) the Effective Date of the applicable Make-Whole Fundamental Change. On and after the Conversion Date with respect to a conversion of Notes pursuant hereto, all rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate, other than the right to receive the consideration deliverable upon conversion of such Notes as provided herein. A Holder of a Note is not entitled, as such, to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until, if such Holder converts such Note and is entitled pursuant hereto to receive shares of Common Stock in respect of such conversion, such Holder receives such shares of Common Stock or is deemed, pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 12.04(l), to be a holder of record of such shares of Common Stock, as applicable.

(m) Whenever any provision of this Supplemental Indenture requires a calculation of Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAP over a span of multiple days, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments 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-Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period from which such calculation is to be calculated.

(n) If, in connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 12.04, a Holder shall be deemed for U.S. federal tax purposes to have received a distribution, the Company may set off any withholding tax (including backup withholding taxes or withholding taxes on payments to foreign persons) it reasonably believes it is required to collect with respect to any such deemed distribution against any future or other outstanding payment of cash and Common Stock on the Notes (or, where applicable, against any payment with respect to its Common Stock).

SECTION 12.05. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate.

Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided:

(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 12.04 and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the Company setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall promptly be filed with the Trustee and with each Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee); and

(b) upon each such adjustment, a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall be provided by the Company to all Holders in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture.

 

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Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate or the information and calculations contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any Holder of Notes desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business hours.

SECTION 12.06. Company to Reserve Common Stock.

The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Notes, the full number of shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding Notes.

SECTION 12.07. Taxes on Conversions.

Except as provided in the next sentence, the Company shall pay any and all taxes and duties that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Notes pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of (i) income of the Holder, or (ii) any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Note or Notes to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax or duty has been paid.

SECTION 12.08. Certain Covenants.

Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, per share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Company shall take all corporate action which it reasonably determines may be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Rate.

The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes shall be duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable by the Company.

(a) The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed for trading on any other national securities exchange, the Company shall, if permitted and required by the rules of such exchange, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

 

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SECTION 12.09. Cancellation of Converted Notes.

All Notes delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee or its agent and canceled by the Trustee as provided in Section 2.12 of the Original Indenture.

SECTION 12.10. Provision in Case of Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

(a) If any of the following events occur: (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination); (ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company, or (iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety, or any statutory share exchange, in each case of clauses (i) through (iii) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (a “Merger Event”), then at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the TIA as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture) providing that the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall thereafter 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 shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such Merger Event would have been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property”) on account of such Merger Event. If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the Reference Property into which the Notes shall be convertible pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, at and after the effective time of the Merger Event, the principal return payable upon conversion of the Notes will continue to be payable in cash (instead of Reference Property), and the Company or the surviving entity will continue to have the option of delivering cash in lieu of any daily excess as provided pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Daily Settlement Amount, except that the Daily Conversion Value shall be calculated based on the value of the Reference Property.

(b) The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 12.10. None of the provisions of this Section 12.10 shall affect the right of a holder of Notes to convert its Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Article 12 prior to the effective date of the Merger Event. Any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to this Section 12.10 shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be

 

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practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article 12 in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the board of directors of the successor Person. If, in the case of any such Merger Event, the Reference Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a corporation 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 corporation.

(c) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder pursuant to Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture. This Section 12.10 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

SECTION 12.11. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.

Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same, or whether a supplemental indenture need be entered into. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any other securities or property or cash, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Notes; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make or calculate any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion; and neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article 12.

ARTICLE 13

DISCHARGE

SECTION 13.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes.

When (1) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any Notes which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled or (2) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation shall have (a) been deposited for conversion (after all related Observation Periods have elapsed) and the Company shall deliver to the Holders cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock or Reference

 

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Property, as applicable, sufficient to pay all amounts owing in respect of all Notes (other than any Notes which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation or (b) become due and payable on the Maturity Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date or otherwise, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee cash sufficient to pay all amounts owing in respect of all Notes (other than any Notes which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation, including the principal amount and interest accrued and unpaid to the Maturity Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date or other such date, and if in either case (1) or (2) the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and conversion of Notes, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive from the Trustee payments of the amounts then due, including interest with respect to the Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof solely with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar under this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 13.03 and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes; however, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar and to compensate the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes.

SECTION 13.02. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money to the Holders entitled thereto by reason of any order or judgment of any court of governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes to the Holders entitled thereto; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal amount of or

 

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interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

SECTION 13.03. Officers’ Certificate; Opinion of Counsel.

Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under Section 13.01, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this First Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with.

ARTICLE 14

REPURCHASE OF NOTES

SECTION 14.01. Right to Require Repurchase upon a Fundamental Change.

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for cash on the date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 calendar days and not more than 45 calendar days after the date of the Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (unless the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to a Note falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, in which case the Company shall pay, on such Interest Payment Date, the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest payable on such Interest Payment Date to the holder of record of such Note at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and the Holder that submits such Note for repurchase shall not be entitled to such accrued and unpaid interest unless such Holder was the Holder of record at the close of business on such Regular Record Date) (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Price”).

Repurchases of Notes under this Section shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon delivery of the following to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable law:

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(ii) the Notes (either by physical delivery or by book-entry transfer), such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price therefor; provided that such Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section only if the Note so delivered to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.

The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice shall state:

(A) if certificated, the certificate numbers of Notes to be delivered for repurchase;

(B) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and

(C) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture;

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

If a Holder has duly delivered a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect to a Note, then the Company shall cause the Fundamental Change Purchase Price to be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (I) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date; (II) the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery of the Note; and (III) the third Business Day following the date such Note and Fundamental Change Purchase Notice are duly delivered to the Company.

The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section.

Any Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.

 

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(b) After the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, but on or before the 30th calendar day after the effective date of such Fundamental Change, the Company shall, pursuant to Section 12.02 of the Original Indenture, provide to all Holders of record of the Notes and the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing the information included therein in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at such time.

Each Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice shall specify (if applicable):

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change and whether such Fundamental Change also constituted a Make-Whole Fundamental Change;

(ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date and the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

(v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;

(vi) the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Conversion Rate made or to be made on account of such Fundamental Change;

(vii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(viii) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section.

(c) A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect to a Note may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Purchase Right Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, specifying:

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(ii) the principal amount of the withdrawn Note, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, and

(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;

provided, however, that if the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

(d) At or prior to 10:00 a.m., London, England time, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company or, if the Company or an Affiliate is acting as the own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in 2.06 of the Original Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date all of the Notes to be repurchased on such date at the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

(e) If the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then on and after the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (i) such Notes shall cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes, and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes shall terminate, whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price upon delivery of the Notes.

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Article 14 to the contrary, no Notes shall be purchased pursuant to this Article 14 if there has occurred and is continuing an Event Of Default (other than an Event Of Default that is cured by the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes).

 

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ARTICLE 15

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 15.01. Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Etc.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Note, 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 Supplemental Indenture or in the Original Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance of any Note and as part of the consideration for the issue thereof, expressly waived and released.

SECTION 15.02. Calculations.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. Absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes.

SECTION 15.03. Governing Law.

This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New York.

SECTION 15.04. Counterparts.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

[Remainder Of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN

      DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

By:  

/s/ Christopher Biedermann

Name:   Christopher Biedermann
Title:  

Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer


THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

  as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Jason Blondell

Name: Jason Blondell
Title: Authorised Signatory


SCHEDULE A

The following table sets forth the “Stock Price,” “Effective Date” and number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate for the 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 shall be increased in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change as provided in the Indenture:

 

     Stock Price

Effective Date

   $53.31    $65.00    $80.00    $95.00    $110.00    $125.00    $140.00    $155.00    $170.00    $185.00    $200.00

March 7, 2008

   4.0456    3.2860    2.2049    1.5754    1.1801    0.9169    0.7331    0.5995    0.4993    0.4219    0.3608

March 15, 2009

   4.0456    3.2377    2.1017    1.4588    1.0668    0.8130    0.6404    0.5180    0.4279    0.3595    0.3062

March 15, 2010

   4.0456    3.1103    1.9188    1.2721    0.8950    0.6615    0.5091    0.4050    0.3308    0.2760    0.2340

March 15, 2011

   4.0456    2.8383    1.6012    0.9757    0.6390    0.4469    0.3309    0.2569    0.2072    0.1719    0.1457

March 15, 2012

   4.0456    2.2823    1.0315    0.4989    0.2668    0.1616    0.1107    0.0838    0.0680    0.0576    0.0499

March 15, 2013

   4.0456    0.7837    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000
EX-5.1 4 dex51.htm OPINION OF DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP Opinion of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP]

March 7, 2008

Central European Distribution Corporation

Two Bala Plaza

Suite 300

Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $310,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”), which Notes are convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), pursuant an Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated March 7, 2008, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated March 7, 2008, between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, being herein referred to as the “Indenture”), and pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated March 3, 2008, between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-149487) (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including a Prospectus Supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”), dated March 3, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 4, 2008.

In connection with this letter, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company and such other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter, including the Registration Statement, the Indenture, an executed copy of the certificate evidencing the Notes, the Underwriting Agreement, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. We have also assumed the authenticity of all instruments presented to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all instruments presented to us as copies, the genuineness of all signatures, the competency of each person signing each instrument presented to us and the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, contracts, agreements, instruments and certificates we have reviewed as of their stated dates and as of the date hereof. We have also assumed that the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture and that each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture constitutes a legally binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms.


Central European Distribution Corporation

March 7, 2008

Page 2

 

Based upon the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the additional limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. When the Notes have been duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will be duly and validly issued and will constitute legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

2. The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

*  *  *

We are members of the bar of the State of New York, and the opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the Delaware General Corporation Law. We do not express any opinion as to any other laws or as to matters governed by any other laws, and we express no opinion with respect to the Company’s compliance or non-compliance with applicable federal securities laws. Our opinions are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to principles of comity and general principles of equity. These principles include, without limitation, concepts of commercial reasonableness, materiality and good faith and fair dealing.

We consent to the incorporation by reference of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/S/ DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP

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