0001193125-17-255963.txt : 20170811 0001193125-17-255963.hdr.sgml : 20170811 20170811162058 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-255963 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170807 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170811 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170811 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001048477 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 680397820 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26727 FILM NUMBER: 171025405 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 DIGITAL DRIVE CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94949 BUSINESS PHONE: 4155066700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 DIGITAL DRIVE CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94949 8-K 1 d439703d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2017

 

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-26727   68-0397820

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

770 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, CA   94901
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 506-6700

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  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))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Completion of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Offering

On August 11, 2017, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Company”) completed its registered underwritten public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of its 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024 (such notes, the “Notes,” and such offering, the “Offering”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, described in Item 8.01 below. The Company also granted the underwriters the option to purchase, within a period of 13 days from, and including, the date Notes are first issued, up to $45 million aggregate principal amount of additional Notes.

The Notes were offered and sold in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2016, which was effective upon filing (Registration No. 333-212974), including the prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act, dated August 7, 2017, to the prospectus contained in the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”).

Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an indenture, dated as of August 11, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of August 11, 2017 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier converted or repurchased. The notes are unsecured, senior subordinated obligations of the Company and bear interest at a rate of 0.599% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2018.

Holders may convert their Notes at their option, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, into shares of the Company’s common stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of any fractional share, at the then-applicable conversion rate.

The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date. If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture) occurs at any time, subject to certain conditions, holders may require the Company to repurchase all or any portion of their Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The conversion rate for the Notes is initially 8.0212 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $124.67 per share of common stock, representing a conversion premium of approximately 40% over the last reported sale price of $89.05 per share of the Company’s common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on August 7, 2017. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, holders of the Notes who convert their Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), will, under certain circumstances, be entitled to an increase in the conversion rate.

The Indenture contains customary events of default including: (1) the Company’s failure to pay when due the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (2) the Company’s failure to pay an installment of interest on any of the Notes for 30 days after the date when due; (3) the Company’s failure to deliver, when due, the consideration due upon conversion of any Note, and that failure continues for 10 days; (4) the Company’s failure to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or the Indenture for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring us to remedy the same, shall have been given (a) to the Company by the Trustee or (b) to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (5) the Company’s failure to make any payment by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, after the maturity of any indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $75.0 million, or there is an acceleration of indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $75.0 million because of a default with respect to such indebtedness without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived,


rescinded or annulled, in either case, for a period of 60 days after written notice (a) to the Company by the Trustee or (ii) to the Company and the Trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (6) the Company’s failure to give notice of a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, in each case, when due; and (7) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries.

If certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related Events of Defaults occur, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding Notes shall automatically become due and payable. If an event of default other than certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of defaults occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of the Notes of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Indenture will, for the first 365 days after such event of default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes.

The Indenture provides that the Company may, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or substantially all of its consolidated assets to any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions provided that: (1) the surviving entity (if not the Company) assumes all the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, as provided in the Indenture; (2) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, would become an event of default, shall have happened and be continuing; and (3) if the Company will not be the resulting or surviving corporation from the consolidation, merger or transfer, an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the Indenture, have been delivered to the Trustee.

A copy of the Base Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture, including the form of Note, is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Notes and the Indenture in this Current Report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Indenture and the form of Note included therein.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 7, 2017, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $450 million aggregate principal amount of Notes and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of Notes.

The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the copy thereof which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The Company estimates that net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately $437.9 million, after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and estimated transaction expenses associated with the Offering payable by the Company. The Company intends to use a majority of the net proceeds from the Offering to repay, repurchase or settle in cash some or all of its 0.75% senior subordinated convertible notes due in October 2018, although the Company does not intend to effect any such repayment or repurchase concurrently with the Offering. The Company intends to use the


remaining net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including clinical trials of its product candidates and the expansion of its manufacturing capability for its gene therapy program. The Company may also use the proceeds to fund acquisitions of businesses, technologies or product lines that complement its current business.

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company is filing the opinion and consent of its counsel, Cooley LLP, regarding the validity of the securities being registered as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 hereto, respectively.

On August 7, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the commencement of the Offering and a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. Copies of these press releases are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, respectively.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements about the Offering and the Company’s expectations regarding the expected net proceeds from the offering and use of those net proceeds. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “projects”, “predicts”, “potential” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent the Company’s estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated August 7, 2017, by and among the Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
  4.1    Base Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Note due 2024).
  5.1    Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1    Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1    Press Release of the Company dated August 7, 2017.
99.2    Press Release of the Company dated August 7, 2017.


SIGNATURE

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

 

  BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Date: August 11, 2017     By:  

/s/ G. Eric Davis

   

G. Eric Davis

Executive Vice President, General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated August 7, 2017, by and among the Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.
  4.1    Base Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Note due 2024).
  5.1    Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1    Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1    Press Release of the Company dated August 7, 2017.
99.2    Press Release of the Company dated August 7, 2017.
EX-1.1 2 d439703dex11.htm EX-1.1 EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Dated: August 7, 2017

 

 

 


BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)

$450,000,000

0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

August 7, 2017

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      As Representatives of the

      several Underwriters listed

      on Schedule A hereto

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                           Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the “Option Notes”). The aforesaid $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the “Initial


Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Option Notes subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.” The Notes and the Option Notes, if any, are to be issued pursuant to the supplemental indenture dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(c) hereof) and related indenture dated as of August 11, 2017 (such supplemental indenture and indenture, together, the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wilmington Trust, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Securities issued in book-entry form will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a letter of representations (the “DTC Agreement”), between the Company and DTC.

The Securities are convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Underlying Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, at the initial conversion rate specified in Schedule B hereto.

The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered. The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”).

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-212974), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). Such registration statement covers the registration of the Securities under the Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the Rules and Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the Rules and Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule 430B Information.” Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, is herein called a “Preliminary Prospectus” and all references herein to any “Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to include the Statutory Prospectus (as hereinafter defined). Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement”; provided, however, that the “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to

 

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Rule 430B. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” The final prospectus in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement is herein called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(ii) hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Status as a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 163(c)”)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 163”) and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 405”), including not having been and not being an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement”. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

 

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At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an “ineligible issuer.”

(ii) Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale. The Original Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on August 8, 2016, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request received by the Company on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c)) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the Act provided by Rule 163.

At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Rules and Regulations, at the Applicable Time, at the Closing Time and at any Date of Delivery, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act Regulations) and the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Trust Indenture Regulations), and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment thereof or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time and at any Date of Delivery included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will 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.

 

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Each Preliminary Prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) and the Prospectus complied when so filed in all material respects with the Rules and Regulations and each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together with the other information set forth on Schedule B (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As of the time of the filing of the Final Term Sheet (as defined in Section 3(b) hereof), the General Disclosure Package, when considered together with the Final Term Sheet, will not 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 under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time means 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on August 7, 2017 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation the Final Term Sheet and any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a Bona Fide Electronic Road Show, as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C hereto.

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

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Statutory Prospectus” means the prospectus, dated August 8, 2016, which was contained in the Original Registration Statement, and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2017 relating to the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities.

Each 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 issuer notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e) hereof, 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 or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c)) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the Act provided by Rule 163.

The representations and warranties in this Section 1(a)(ii) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of any Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b) hereof.

(iii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations, and, when read together with the other information (a) in the Prospectus at the time the Registration Statement became effective (including each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430(B)(f)(2) of the Rules and Regulations), (b) in the Preliminary Prospectus at the earlier of the time the Preliminary Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of Securities in this offering, (c) in the Prospectus at the Closing Time and at any Date of Delivery, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

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Rules and Regulations and, to the knowledge of the Company, such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act).

(v) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, if any, included or incorporated by reference, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. The financial statements of the Merck PKU Business included in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission by the Company on March 15, 2016 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, if any, present fairly in all material respects the statement of assets acquired of the Merck PKU Business at the date indicated and the statement of revenues and direct expenses of the Merck PKU Business for the period specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The financial statements of Prosensa Holding N.V. and its subsidiaries (“Prosensa”) included in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission by the Company on August 8, 2016 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, if any, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Prosensa at the dates indicated and the statement of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The pro forma financial information and statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with and comply as to form with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations, as applicable, and include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma

 

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financial information and statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. No other financial statements (historical or pro forma) or schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (including, without limitation, as required by Rules 3-12 or 3-05 or Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Act to the extent applicable). The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that may have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenue or expenses.

(vi) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that would be reasonably expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(vii) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(viii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) (A) that is a corporation has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the

 

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Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, and (B) that is a limited liability company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except in each case under clause (A) or (B) where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and those other subsidiaries that do not, collectively, constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

(ix) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus).

(x) Authorization of Agreement. The Company has full corporate power and authority to (a) enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, the Indenture, and the DTC Agreement, in each case to the extent a party thereto, and (b) authorize, execute, issue, and deliver the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(xi) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(xii) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(xiii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, in the Registration Statement.

(xiv) Authorization and Description of the Underlying Common Stock. The Underlying Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package. 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 shares of Underlying Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the shares of the Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable; no holder of such shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of such shares upon such conversion will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(xv) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational documents, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) except for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”) or (B) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or

 

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agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations, except for such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the DTC Agreement and the Securities and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Prospectus and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the offering, issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” and the issuance of the shares of Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities), and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the Indenture and the Securities, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in (Y) any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary or (Z) except for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, a violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.

(xvi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, there is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry, audit, review or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or, to the knowledge of the Company, otherwise involving the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package (other than as disclosed therein), or

 

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which would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would be reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xviii) Absence of Rulemaking or Similar Proceedings. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no rulemaking or similar proceedings before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or any other federal, state, local or foreign governmental bodies that regulate the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ activities, which would be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xix) Accuracy of Descriptions and Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described in all material respects and filed as required.

(xx) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or license or have rights to use, make, sell, and otherwise exploit, all Intellectual Property (as defined below) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted except as such failure to own or license such rights would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus under the caption “Item 1. Business”, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by other parties of any Intellectual Property described in the preceding sentence, except as such infringement, misappropriation or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) there is no pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or to the knowledge of the Company, otherwise challenging the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to, or exploitation of, any such Intellectual Property, and the Company has no knowledge of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iii) except with respect to certain trademarks of the Company which are being opposed, such Intellectual Property owned by the Company and to the knowledge of the Company, such Intellectual Property licensed to the Company have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company has no knowledge of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) there is no pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that

 

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the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim and the Company has no knowledge of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (v) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee or independent contractor of the Company is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer or independent contractor where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment or independent contractor’s engagement with the Company or actions undertaken while employed or engaged with the Company, except as such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Intellectual Property” shall mean all patents, patent rights, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures owned, licensed or used by the Company.

(xxi) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or Governmental Authority (as defined below) or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder, the issuance of shares of Underlying Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or for the due execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the Indenture or the DTC Agreement by the Company, in each case on the terms contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package except such as (i) have been already obtained or made, (ii) may be required under the Act or the Rules and Regulations, the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, state securities laws or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), or (iii) with respect to the listing of the shares of Underlying Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market which will be made prior to the Closing Time.

(xxii) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xxiii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such regulatory and quasi-regulatory permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such

 

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Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge of any proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) Regulatory Authorities. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries: (a) is and at all times has been in material compliance with all statutes, rules or regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company (“Applicable Laws”); (b) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any other federal, state or foreign governmental authority having authority over the Company (“Governmental Authority”) alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (c) possesses all Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (d) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and have no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (e) has not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is considering such action; and (f) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).

The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and conducted by or on behalf of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all Applicable Laws and Authorizations, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 312; the descriptions of the results of

 

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such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the study, test, or trial results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus when viewed in the context in which such results are described and the clinical state of development; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notices or correspondence from any Governmental Authority requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(xxv) Compliance with Health Care Laws. Neither the Company or any subsidiary, nor the Company’s or any subsidiary’s business operations is in violation of any Health Care Laws, except where such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. “Health Care Laws” means (i) the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.); (ii) the foreign, federal and state fraud and abuse laws referred to generally or specifically in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, including, but not limited to, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), Sections 1320a-7 and 1320a-7a of Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes, all criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, and the healthcare fraud criminal provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.); (iii) HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. § 17921 et seq.), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (v) Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (vi) the collection and reporting requirements, and the processing of any applicable rebate, chargeback or adjustment, under applicable rules and regulations relating to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8) and any state supplemental rebate program, Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) or under any state pharmaceutical assistance program or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreement, and any successor government programs; (vii) quality, safety and accreditation requirements of all applicable state laws or regulatory bodies; (viii) any and all other applicable federal, state, or foreign health care laws or regulations, including for each of (i) through (viii) as may be amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, the Company makes no representations or warranties regarding compliance by the Company’s physician customers with applicable laws. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any court, arbitrator,

 

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governmental or regulatory authority, or third-party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in violation of any Health Care Laws, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action is threatened, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has engaged in activities which are, as applicable, cause for false claims liability, civil penalties, or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other state or federal health care program. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, plans of correction or similar agreements with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority. Additionally, neither the Company, nor any subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion.

(xxvi) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good title to all real property and personal property (other than Intellectual Property) owned by them, in each case, which is material to the business of the Company, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or (b) would not, singly or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of such property, and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(xxvii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds herefrom as described in the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus, will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(xxviii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code or rule of common law or any

 

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judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, Hazardous Materials) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(xxix) No Broker’s Fees. The Company is not 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 the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(xxx) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Act.

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

(xxxii) ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), that is or has been maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any member of any group that includes or has included the Company (as determined under Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)) (a “Company Affiliate”) for their employees or former employees has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, there has not occurred any “accumulated funding deficiency” within the meaning

 

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of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, respectively, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined as of the plan’s most recent actuarial report using the actuarial assumptions set forth therein, and such actuarial assumptions are reasonable in the aggregate. Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability to any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any Company Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability under any “welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA that provides benefits to retired or terminated employees (other than as required by Section 4980B of the Code or Title I, Subtitle B, Part 6 of ERISA).

(xxxiii) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

(xxxiv) Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance issued by insurers of nationally recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as, in the Company’s judgment, is reasonably adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; and neither the Company

 

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nor any of its Subsidiaries has 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. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof.

(xxxv) Related Party Transactions. 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 Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and that is not so described therein.

(xxxvi) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws; and the Company, its subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities in violation of the FCPA or other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws.

(xxxvii) 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 relating to money laundering applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, and any related or similar statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued administered or enforced by any governmental agency, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all 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.

 

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(xxxviii) Sanctions. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director or officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); (ii) is located, organized in, operating from or resident in a country or territory that is the target of Sanctions; nor (iii) has, directly or, to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly, engaged in transactions or dealings in violation of Sanctions. The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, (i) to fund, finance or facilitate any activities, business or transaction with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, financing, or facilitating is the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(xxxix) Statistical and Market Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources. 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 the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(xl) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Underwriters and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Underwriters.

(xli) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or to the knowledge of the Company, on the part of any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including without limitation Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

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pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries, including without limitation the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, 2012 Inducement Plan, 2014 Inducement Plan and Amended and Restated 2006 Share Incentive Plan (the “Company Plans”), (i) each Equity Award intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code as of its Grant Date (as defined below) so qualified, (ii) each grant of an Equity Award was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Equity Award 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 any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Plan, the Exchange Act and the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and (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 Commission to the extent required in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. There is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to coordinate the grant of Equity Awards prior to the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

(xliii) Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or its subsidiaries or where the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. No assessment in connection with the United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 has been made against the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or its subsidiaries or where the failure to pay such taxes would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xliv) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

 

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(xlv) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the business and operations of the Company have been conducted in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and there has not been (A) any change in the capital stock (except for changes made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to the Company’s equity plans in existence prior to the date of this Agreement, and other than the exercise of options and warrants outstanding prior to the date of this Agreement) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (B) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, except for such occurrences, individually and collectively, that have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

(a) Initial Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule B, that number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any denominations other than in multiples of $1,000.

(b) Option Securities . In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Option Securities at the purchase price set forth in Schedule B for the Initial Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Time to the Date of Delivery (as defined below). The option hereby granted may be exercised upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date (each such time and date, a “Date of Delivery”) of payment and delivery for such Option Securities; provided, however, that in no event may any Date of Delivery occur (x) before the date of the Closing Time, (y) after the date that is thirteen (13) days from, and including, the date of the Closing Time or (z) less than one or more than seven business days after the date such option is exercised. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any denominations other than in multiples of $1,000.

 

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(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor, Costa Mesa, California, 92626, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at approximately 9:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern Time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company.

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. The Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(d) Denominations; Registration . Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be evidenced by one or more global securities registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the DTC for the account of the Underwriters against payment to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriters in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B or Rule 424, as applicable, and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed part thereof

 

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or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Act concerning the Registration Statement, (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus supplement transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus supplement. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the Rules and Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Rules and Regulations.

(b) Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents; Preparation of Final Term Sheet. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any Preliminary Prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object in writing, except as required pursuant to applicable law, legal or administrative order or process. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or Exchange Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object to in writing, except as required pursuant to applicable law, legal or administrative order or process. The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish each Underwriter with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters shall object.

 

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(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof), and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the Trust Indenture Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (or would be required upon request by a purchaser pursuant to Rule 173 under the Act), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as possible (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities), and the Company will furnish to each Underwriter such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or any Preliminary Prospectus or included or

 

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would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities and the shares of Underlying Common Stock for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other domestic, or if applicable, foreign, jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds”.

(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, 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 any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement or prospectus under the Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or 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. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or settlement of a restricted stock unit or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock or restricted stock units granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus or any successor to or continuation of an existing employee benefit plan, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock or restricted stock units granted pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan, (E) any shares of Common Stock issued or sold in connection with any joint venture, partnering or other arrangement with any strategic investor or partner of the Company (provided that the Representatives receive a signed lock-up, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, for the balance of the 45-day period with respect to any such shares of Common Stock so issued

 

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or sold), or (F) any shares of Common Stock issued or sold in connection with any acquisition made by the Company (provided that the Representatives receive a signed lock-up for the balance of the 45-day period with respect to any such shares of Common Stock so issued or sold). Nothing in this Section 3(i) shall prevent the Company from filing any registration statements on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans or on Form S-4 relating to corporate reorganizations or other transactions under Rule 145 where the issuance of the securities being registered thereunder is explicitly permitted by this Section (3)(i).

(j) Reservation of Securities. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive or other similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock, for the purposes of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue the shares of Underlying Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities.

(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations.

(l) Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the shares of Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

(m) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Representatives and use its best efforts to permit the offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the DTC.

(n) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Section 3(b) hereof, the Underwriters are authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the Securities in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Expenses of the Company. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and

 

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delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, the Indenture and such other documents as may reasonably be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities or the issuance or delivery of the shares of Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to, and the initial resale thereof by, the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes, any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities to, and the initial resale thereof by, the Underwriters, and any charges of DTC in connection therewith, and the certificates for the shares of Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Underlying Common Stock under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (including without limitation any costs associated with electronic delivery of these materials), (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants (provided the Underwriters shall be responsible for their lodging expenses), (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, not in excess of $10,000, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the inclusion of the shares of Underlying Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, (xii) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third paragraph of Section 1(a)(ii) hereof and (xiii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or Section 9(a)(iii) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the

 

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Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus; Payment of Filing Fee. The Registration Statement has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). The Final Term Sheet and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Rules and Regulations, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the Rules and Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Rules and Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, each dated as of the Closing Time, of Cooley LLP, counsel for the Company, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto, respectively.

(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated as of the Closing Time, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

(d) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. On the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus.

(e) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

 

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(f) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time (except for those representations and warranties made as of a specific date which shall remain true and correct as of such date), (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.

(g) FINRA Matters. FINRA shall, if applicable, have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(h) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.

(i) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company and any of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of Cooley LLP, counsel for the Company, each in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, each dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.

(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

 

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(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter from KPMG LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(j) Additional Information. At or prior to the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any), the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein and related proceedings, or to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained, or otherwise in connection with the offering contemplated hereby; and all opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents as they shall reasonably request.

(k) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by written notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14 and 15 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Act (each, an “Affiliate), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

 

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misleading or arising out of, (B) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of 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 (C) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the written approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any road show or investor presentations made to the investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

(iv) provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus, including the Rule 430B Information, or any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 6, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or any Preliminary Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the following information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter

 

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through the Representatives expressly for use therein: the first and third paragraph under the heading “Underwriting–Commissions and discounts,” the third and fourth sentences under the heading “Underwriting–New issue of notes” and the first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting–Price stabilization and short positions”.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of any action or proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Upon assumption by the Company of the defense of any such action or proceeding, the indemnified party shall have the right to participate in such action or proceeding and to retain its own counsel but the Company shall not be liable for any legal expenses of such counsel retained by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the Company has agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the Company shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party in a timely manner, or (iii) the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there are actual or potential conflicting interests between the Company and the indemnified party, including situations in which there are one or more legal defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all indemnified parties, including the Underwriters. The Company will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnification could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not any Underwriter or any other indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. Except as described below, the Company shall not have any liability with respect to any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding entered into or made by the Underwriters or any other indemnified party in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not any Underwriter or any other indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding), without the prior written consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld.

If any Underwriter or any other indemnified party is requested or required to appear as a witness in any action brought by or on behalf of or against the Company in which such party is not named as a defendant, the Company will reimburse each Underwriter for all expenses incurred in connection with such party’s appearing and preparing to appear as such a witness, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal counsel.

 

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(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) hereof effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement 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) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as (x) the total proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters in connection with the Securities underwritten by them and distributed to the public, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the sum of (x) and (y).

The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents, shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties, and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, and any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company, and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NASDAQ Global Select Market, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the NASDAQ Global Select Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental agency or body, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either federal or New York authorities. Notice of any termination of this Agreement shall be promptly given to the Company by telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.

 

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(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith at One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730),

 

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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention Equity Syndicate Desk.

SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 15. Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 17. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 18. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 19. Partial Enforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile) in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 21. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 22. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L, 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their clients, which may include the name and address of their clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their clients.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly,

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

By:  

/s/ Daniel Spiegelman

Name:   Daniel Spiegelman
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted: As of the date first written above

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER & SMITH

                               INCORPORATED

 

By:  

/s/ Charles W. Newton

  Authorized Signatory
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
By:  

/s/ Daniel Young

  Authorized Signatory
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle

  Authorized Signatory

For themselves and as Representatives of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule A hereto.

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Underwriter

   Principal Amount of
Notes
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

   $ 247,500,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

   $ 101,250,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 101,250,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 450,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

Schedule A


SCHEDULE B

 

 

$450,000,000

0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024

 

1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.

 

2. The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Securities shall be 97.5% of the principal amount thereof.

 

3. The interest rate on the Notes shall be 0.599% per annum.

 

4. The notes are convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time on or prior to maturity into shares of Common Stock at a conversion rate of 8.0212 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $124.67 per share) subject to adjustment.

 

Schedule B


SCHEDULE C

The Final Term Sheet, dated August 7, 2017.

 

Schedule C


SCHEDULE D

INDIVIDUALS ENTERING LOCK-UPS

 

1. Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, Chair and Chief Executive Officer

 

2. Daniel Spiegelman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

3. Robert A. Baffi, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Technical Operations

 

4. G. Eric Davis, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

5. Henry J. Fuchs, M.D., President, Worldwide Research & Development

 

6. Brian R. Mueller, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

 

7. Jeffrey R. Ajer, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer

 

8. Willard H. Dere, M.D., Director

 

9. Michael G. Grey, Director

 

10. Elaine J. Heron, Ph.D., Director

 

11. V. Bryan Lawlis, Ph.D., Director

 

12. Alan J. Lewis, Ph.D., Director

 

13. Richard A. Meier, Director

 

14. David Pyott, M.D. (Hon.), Director

 

15. Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D., Director

 

Schedule D


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

August     , 2017

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      as Representatives of the

      several Underwriters listed

      on Schedule A hereto

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                            Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

 

  Re: Proposed Public Offering of Convertible Notes by BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, a stockholder and/or an officer and/or director of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Representatives”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), as representatives of the several underwriters to be named in the Underwriting Agreement, with the Company providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of the Company’s convertible notes (the “Notes”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder and/or an officer and/or director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 45 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (such period, the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant


for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the Lock-Up Securities or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representatives, provided that (1) the Representatives receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the lock-up period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise, and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

(i) as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

(ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin).

In addition, notwithstanding the lock-up restrictions described in the first paragraph of this lock-up agreement, the undersigned shall be permitted, pursuant to a written trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which exists as of the date of this lock-up agreement (a “Plan”), to sell, only pursuant to such Plan, shares of Common Stock prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, 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 the lock-up restrictions described in the first paragraph of this lock-up agreement, the undersigned shall be permitted to (1) enter into a written trading plan under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, provided that no public announcement regarding such plan shall be made during the Lock-Up Period and in no event shall any sales of Common Stock be made under such plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and (2) transfer Lock-Up Securities to the Company upon repurchase of such securities by the Company pursuant to the terms of an agreement or equity incentive plan in existence as of the date hereof and described in the prospectus relating to the Public Offering; provided, however, that it shall be a further condition to the transfers permitted in clause (2) that such transfers are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise, and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers.


Additionally, the restriction in the second sentence of the first paragraph of this lock-up agreement shall not apply to the exercise of stock options or settlement of restricted stock units held by the undersigned as of the date hereof (provided that the shares of Common Stock received upon exercise or settlement shall continue to be deemed Lock-Up Securities for all purposes under this lock-up agreement) and the withholding of any Common Stock of the undersigned by the Company to pay any portion of the exercise price, or to satisfy any withholding tax obligations of the undersigned, in connection with the exercise of stock options or settlement of restricted stock units held by the undersigned, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis.

Furthermore, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

This lock-up agreement shall automatically terminate, and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder, upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (1) the Company advises the Representatives in writing prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (2) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated prior to the closing of the Public Offering or (3) September 30, 2017, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date.

[Signature Page Follows]


Very truly yours,
Signature:  

 

Print Name:  

 

 

[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]

EX-4.1 3 d439703dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.,

Issuer

AND

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCATION,

Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 11, 2017

 

 

Debt Securities


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         PAGE  

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.01

 

Definitions of Terms

     1  

ARTICLE 2

 

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

     4  

Section 2.01

 

Designation and Terms of Securities

     4  

Section 2.02

 

Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate

     6  

Section 2.03

 

Denominations: Provisions for Payment

     6  

Section 2.04

 

Execution and Authentications

     7  

Section 2.05

 

Registration of Transfer and Exchange

     8  

Section 2.06

 

Temporary Securities

     9  

Section 2.07

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities

     9  

Section 2.08

 

Cancellation

     9  

Section 2.09

 

Benefits of Indenture

     10  

Section 2.10

 

Authenticating Agent

     10  

Section 2.11

 

Global Securities

     10  

Section 2.12

 

CUSIP Numbers

     11  

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

     11  

Section 3.01

 

Redemption

     11  

Section 3.02

 

Notice of Redemption

     11  

Section 3.03

 

Payment Upon Redemption

     12  

Section 3.04

 

Sinking Fund

     13  

Section 3.05

 

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

     13  

Section 3.06

 

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

     13  

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

     13  

Section 4.01

 

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

     13  

Section 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     14  

Section 4.03

 

Paying Agents

     14  

Section 4.04

 

Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee

     15  

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     15  

Section 5.01

 

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders

     15  

Section 5.02

 

Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders

     15  

Section 5.03

 

Reports by the Company

     15  

Section 5.04

 

Reports by the Trustee

     16  

ARTICLE 6

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

     16  

Section 6.01

 

Events of Default

     16  

Section 6.02

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

     17  

Section 6.03

 

Application of Moneys Collected

     18  

Section 6.04

 

Limitation on Suits

     19  

Section 6.05

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     19  

Section 6.06

 

Control by Securityholders

     19  

Section 6.07

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs

     20  

ARTICLE 7

 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     20  

Section 7.01

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     20  

Section 7.02

 

Certain Rights of Trustee

     21  

Section 7.03

 

Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities

     23  

Section 7.04

 

May Hold Securities

     23  

Section 7.05

 

Moneys Held in Trust

     23  

Section 7.06

 

Compensation and Reimbursement

     23  

Section 7.07

 

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

     24  

Section 7.08

 

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

     24  

Section 7.09

 

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     24  

Section 7.10

 

Acceptance of Appointment By Successor

     25  

Section 7.11

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     26  

Section 7.12

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

     26  

Section 7.13

 

Notice of Default

     26  

 

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ARTICLE 8

 

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     27  

Section 8.01

 

Evidence of Action by Securityholders

     27  

Section 8.02

 

Proof of Execution by Securityholders

     27  

Section 8.03

 

Who May be Deemed Owners

     27  

Section 8.04

 

Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded

     28  

Section 8.05

 

Actions Binding on Future Securityholders

     28  

ARTICLE 9

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     28  

Section 9.01

 

Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders

     28  

Section 9.02

 

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders

     29  

Section 9.03

 

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     29  

Section 9.04

 

Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures

     30  

Section 9.05

 

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

     30  

ARTICLE 10

 

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

     30  

Section 10.01

 

Company May Consolidate, Etc

     30  

Section 10.02

 

Successor Entity Substituted

     31  

ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     31  

Section 11.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     31  

Section 11.02

 

Discharge of Obligations

     31  

Section 11.03

 

Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust

     32  

Section 11.04

 

Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents

     32  

Section 11.05

 

Repayment to Company

     32  

ARTICLE 12

 

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     32  

Section 12.01

 

No Recourse

     32  

ARTICLE 13

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     33  

Section 13.01

 

Effect on Successors and Assigns

     33  

Section 13.02

 

Actions by Successor

     33  

Section 13.03

 

Surrender of Company Powers

     33  

Section 13.04

 

Notices

     33  

Section 13.05

 

Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver

     33  

 

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Section 13.06

 

Submission to Jurisdiction

     34  

Section 13.07

 

Treatment of Securities as Debt

     34  

Section 13.08

 

Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent

     34  

Section 13.09

 

Payments on Business Days

     34  

Section 13.10

 

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

     35  

Section 13.11

 

Counterparts

     35  

Section 13.12

 

Separability

     35  

Section 13.13

 

Compliance Certificates

     35  

Section 13.14

 

[Reserved]

     35  

Section 13.15

 

U.S.A. Patriot Act

     35  

Section 13.16

 

Force Majeure

     35  

Section 13.17

 

Table of Contents; Headings

     35  

 

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INDENTURE

INDENTURE, dated as of August 11, 2017, among BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”):

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.

Authenticating Agent” means the Trustee or an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors (or the functional equivalent thereof) of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or duly authorized committee thereof) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York or any place of payment of the Securities are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

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Company” means BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and assigns.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington Delaware 19890, Attention: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Administrator, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders and the Company).

Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.

Event of Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

Global Security” means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of Securities which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Governmental Obligations” means U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

herein”, “hereof and “hereunder”, and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01.

Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

 

2


Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant secretary.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer that meets the requirements set forth in the Indenture and is delivered to the Trustee.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing subject to customary exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article Three, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07.

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

Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee), including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at such time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom a particular corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and in each case who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters with respect to this Indenture (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes without limitation any supplemental indenture hereto).

Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

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

Securityholder”, “holder of Securities”, “registered holder”, “holder” or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security is registered on the Security Register kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Security Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the meanings as set forth in Section 2.05.

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which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Trustee” means , and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

“U.S.A. Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, as amended and signed into law October 26, 2001.

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities. 

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that series from all other Securities);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that series);

(3) the maturity date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the certificate of authentication for such series;

(5) the applicability of any guarantees;

(6) whether or not the Securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;

(7) whether the Securities rank as senior debt, senior subordinated debt, subordinated debt or any combination thereof, and the terms of any subordination;

(8) if the price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which such Securities will be issued is a price other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities that is convertible into another security or the method by which any such portion shall be determined;

(9) the interest rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates

 

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or the method for determining such dates;

(10) the Company’s right, if any, to defer the payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

(11) if applicable, the date or dates after which, or the period or periods during which, and the price or prices at which, the Company may at its option, redeem the series of Securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms of those redemption provisions;

(12) the date or dates, if any, on which, and the price or prices at which the Company is obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the Securityholder’s option to purchase, the series of Securities and the currency or currency unit in which the Securities are payable;

(13) the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof;

(14) any and all terms, if applicable, relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series and any security for the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities and any other terms which may be advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;

(15) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities; the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities;

(16) if applicable, the provisions relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of the series and the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at the Company’s option or the holders’ option) conversion or exchange features, the applicable conversion or exchange period and the manner of settlement for any conversion or exchange, which may, without limitation, include the payment of cash as well as the delivery of securities;

(17) if other than the full principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01;

(18) additions to or changes in the covenants applicable to the series of Securities being issued, including, among others, the consolidation, merger or sale covenant;

(19) additions to or changes in the Events of Default with respect to the Securities and any change in the right of the Trustee or the Securityholders to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, with respect to such Securities to be due and payable;

(20) additions to or changes in or deletions of the provisions relating to covenant defeasance and legal defeasance;

(21) additions to or changes in the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture;

(22) additions to or changes in the provisions relating to the modification of this Indenture both with and without the consent of Securityholders of Securities issued under this Indenture;

(23) the currency of payment of Securities if other than U.S. dollars and the manner of determining the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars;

(24) whether interest will be payable in cash or additional Securities at the Company’s or the Securityholders’ option and the terms and conditions upon which the election may be made;

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premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax purposes;

(26) any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the series; and

(27) any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the Securities, any other additions or changes in the provisions of this Indenture, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution and set forth in an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series.

Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates.

Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate. 

The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment. 

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(13). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that series. Subject to Section 2.01(a)(23), the principal of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption or repurchase thereof prior to maturity, and any cash amount due upon conversion or exchange thereof, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03.

Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:

 

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(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered in the Security Register at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be sent to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been sent as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered in the Security Register on such special record date.

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities and any Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month, or the first day of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

Section 2.04 Execution and Authentications. 

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.

The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer (at the time of execution), notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of the Company. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

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Securities under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, (1) an Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter and (2) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution, authentication and delivery of such Securities are in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 

(a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution or supplemental indenture (the “Security Registrar”).

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities.

Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.

All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

(c) Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, and established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series or repurchase, conversion or exchange of less than the entire principal amount of a Security, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.

(d) The Company and the Security Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the sending of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such sending, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption or surrendered for repurchase, but not validly withdrawn, other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being redeemed in part or not surrendered for repurchase, as the case may be. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any

 

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Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 2.06 Temporary Securities. 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. 

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08 Cancellation. 

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the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities.

Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent. 

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption, repurchase or conversion thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

Section 2.11 Global Securities. 

(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver Global Securities that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction (or if the Depositary names the Trustee as its custodian, retained by the Trustee), and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.”

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Securities of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

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continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company has received a request from the Depositary or from the Trustee, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Securities and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Securities shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers. 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee may use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

Section 3.01 Redemption. 

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption. 

(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid (or with regard to any Global Security held in book entry form, by electronic mail in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary), a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is sent in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any condition on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with any

 

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such condition.

Each such notice of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any), specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and accrued and unpaid interest, and that the redemption is from a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed.

In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

(b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected, by lot, on a pro rata basis or in such other manner as the Company shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000; provided however that if the Securities (i) are in the form of Global Securities or otherwise applicable, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary or (ii) are listed on any national securities exchange, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of an Officers’ Certificate at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be prepared by the Company and in the name of the Company. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice that may be required under the provisions of this Section.

Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption. 

(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03). If the Securities to be redeemed are the be paid at the office of the paying agent, the Company shall deposit with the paying agent one Business Day prior to the redemption date, money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

 

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Section 3.04 Sinking Fund. 

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Securities will be redeemed, and will be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. 

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officer’s Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date shall be selected in the manner specified in Section 3.02, and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. 

The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities. Payments of principal on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check drawn on and mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire instructions to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date. Payments of interest on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire instructions in writing to the Security Registrar and the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date.

 

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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency with respect to each such series and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. 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, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its paying agent with respect to the Securities.

Section 4.03 Paying Agents. 

(a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section:

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Securities;

(2) that it will give the Trustee prompt notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;

(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, or otherwise of any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and

(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.

(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

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Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. 

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

ARTICLE 5

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND

THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders. 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) within 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders. 

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 5.03 Reports by the Company. 

(a) The Company will at all times comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee within 30 days after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any correspondence filed with the Commission or any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission; and provided further, that so long as such filings by the Company are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), or any successor system, such filings shall be deemed to have been filed with the Trustee for purposes hereof without any further action required by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, a failure by the Company to file annual reports, information and other reports with the Commission within the time period prescribed thereof by the Commission shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 5.03.

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compliance with any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee is under no duty to examine any such reports, information or documents delivered to the Trustee or filed with the Commission via EDGAR to ensure compliance with the provision of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty whatsoever to ascertain or determine whether the above referenced filings with the SEC on EDGAR (or any successor system) has occurred.

Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee. 

(a) If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee, within sixty (60) days after each anniversary of the date of this Indenture, shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such anniversary date, which complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities become listed on any securities exchange.

ARTICLE 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01 Events of Default. 

(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:

(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;

(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;

(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of

 

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its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

(b) In each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of the Securities.

(c) At any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.

No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the

 

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Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated.

(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.

In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected. 

Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee, including its agents and attorneys, under Section 7.06;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and

 

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THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits. 

No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered and, if requested, provided, to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such 90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders. 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or subject the Trustee in its sole discretion to personal liability. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee determines that the proceeding so directed would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Trustee or any Securityholder. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will been entitled to

 

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indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.

ARTICLE 7

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. 

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived) of which the Trustee has knowledge, the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holder sunless such holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it in its discretion against any loss, liability or expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no

 

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implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but will not be required to confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or factual statements contained therein);

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable to any Securityholder or to any other Person for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series;

(iv) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers;

(v) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers or duties hereunder;

(vi) The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty of the Trustee;

(vii) No Trustee shall have any duty or responsibility for any act or omission of any other Trustee appointed with respect to a series of Securities hereunder;

(viii) Whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01;

(ix) The Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent if other than the Trustee or records maintained by any Security Registrar if other than the Trustee; and

(x) If any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee. 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

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Resolution;

(c) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the opinion or advice of such counsel or, if requested, any Opinion of Counsel, shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity acceptable to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived) of which he Trustee has knowledge, to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents or inquire as to the performance by the Company of one of its covenants under this Indenture, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee determines to make such further inquiry or investigation, it will be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company personally or by agent or attorney and at the expense of the Company, and will incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(h) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances;

(j) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

(k) The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon written instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail (in PDF format) or facsimile transmission; provided, however, that such instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail (in PDF format) or facsimile instructions and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of

 

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such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

(l) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to furnish the Trustee with Officers’ Certificates, requests, directions, orders or demands of the Company, and to take other actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(m) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and under any Securities, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act under this Indenture.

(n) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default (other than an Event of Default constituting the failure to pay the interest on, or the principal of, the Securities if the Trustee also serves as the paying agent for such Securities) until (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default referencing this Indenture and the Securities shall have been given to the Trustee in the manner set forth in this Indenture and shall have been received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.

Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities. 

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in any registration statement, prospectus, or any other document in connection with the offering or sale of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any rating on the Securities or any action or omission of any rating agency.

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

Section 7.04 May Hold Securities. 

The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust. 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest or investment income on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee for each of its capacities hereunder from time to time compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

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(b) The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder against any loss, liability or expense (including the cost of defending itself and including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel) incurred by it except as set forth in Section 7.06(c) in the exercise or performance of its powers, rights or duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

(c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(d) To ensure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all funds or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5), the expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall survive the termination or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, payment in full of the Securities, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 7.07 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 7.08 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. 

There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.

If such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.09.

Section 7.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and . Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and

 

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have accepted appointment within 30 days after the sending of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.07 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the Company.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.

(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.

Section 7.10 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor. 

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts due to it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.06. Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue or the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to,

 

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and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible or liable for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility or liability for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts due to it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.06.

(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.

Section 7.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.07 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 7.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company. 

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.

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If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing of which the Trustee has knowledge (as provided in Section 7.02(m)), then the Trustee shall send to each Securityholder notice of the Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if it is not known to the Trustee at such time, within 30 days after it becomes known to the Trustee (as provided in Section 7.01(l)), unless such Event of Default has been cured; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Securityholders.

ARTICLE 8

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders. 

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders. 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 , proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his or her agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.

(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners. 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Security Registrar as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security

 

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Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has been notified in writing are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders. 

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series.

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders. 

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company, when authorized by the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series;

(b) to comply with Article Ten;

(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

(d) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are

 

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expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors as certified to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company;

(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities;

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee; or

(i) to comply with any requirements of the Commission or any successor in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that conflicts with law or this Indenture or affects the Trustee’s own rights, protections, duties, obligations, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. 

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, protections, obligations, duties, indemnities, and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

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Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures. 

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any securities exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. 

Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, protections, obligations, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. In addition to the documents required by Section 13.08, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating, and as conclusive evidence that, (a) the supplemental indenture complies with this Article 9 and is authorized or permitted by the terms of the Indenture, and (b) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such supplemental indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall (or shall direct the Trustee to) send a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Company to mail, or cause the mailing of, such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE 10

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.

Nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors); provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such transaction) or any such sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (other than a sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition to a Subsidiary of the Company), (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect, and the terms of Article 9 of this Indenture) satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property and (ii) the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer, as the case may be, and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the provisions of this Article 10, and which Opinion of Counsel shall state that the Securities and such supplemental

 

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indenture are valid and binding obligations of such entity, enforceable against such entity in accordance with their terms.

Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted. 

(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition where the Company is not the surviving entity and upon (i) the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, and (ii) receipt by the Trustee of the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 10.01, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

(c) Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action required under this Article by the Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 

If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (i) the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient, without consideration of reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, (ii) the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series (including, without limitation, all sums due to the Trustee under the Indenture), and (iii) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent and covenants provided herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 11.05, 13.04 and Article 7, which shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, which shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, at the request of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute instruments prepared by the Company and satisfactory to the Trustee acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations. 

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depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient, without consideration for reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, (ii) if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series (including, without limitation, all sums due to the Trustee under the Indenture), and (iii) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent and covenants provided herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 11.05, 13.04 and Article 7, which shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.

Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust. 

All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.

Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.

In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.

Section 11.05 Repayment to Company. 

Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company upon receipt of the Company’s written request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

ARTICLE 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND

DIRECTORS

Section 12.01 No Recourse. 

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them,

 

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because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns. 

All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 13.02 Actions by Successor. 

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers. 

The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation.

Section 13.04 Notices. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying or other agent under this Indenture or by the holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 770 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, California 94901, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and actually received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, with a copy to Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP, 101 Park Avenue, Suite 3500, New York, NY 10178, Attention Steven J. Reisman, Esq., and Raymond T. Hum, Esq. Notices to holders of the Securities will be given by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the addresses of holders of the Securities as they appear in the Security Register, provided that notices to holders of Securities in the form of global securities will be given in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary as in effect from time to time, and any notice so given will be deemed to have been duly sent or given in writing.

Section 13.05 Governing Law; Jury Trial Waiver. 

This Indenture and each Security will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.

Section 13.06 Submission to Jurisdiction

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or the Securities may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 13.04 will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee, and each holder (by its acceptance of any Security) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 13.07 Treatment of Securities as Debt. 

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 13.08 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent. 

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action or omit to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate satisfactory to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent and covenants provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.13 of this Indenture or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 13.09 Payments on Business Days. 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date, on account of such delay.

 

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Section 13.10 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 13.11 Counterparts. 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 13.12 Separability. 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 13.13 Compliance Certificates. 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, an Officer’s Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s performance under this Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 13.13, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall set forth the details of any such Default or Event of Default, its status and the action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 13.14 [Reserved]

Section 13.15 U.S.A. Patriot Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 13.16 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying agent or any other agent under this Indenture be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions or utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying agent or any other agent under this Indenture shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 13.17 Table of Contents; Headings.

 

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The table of contents and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof, and will not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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

 

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel Spiegelman

Name:   Daniel Spiegelman
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ John T. Needham Jr.

Name:   John T. Needham Jr.
Title:   Vice President

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1)

 

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended

  

Section of Indenture

310(a)

   7.08

310(b)

   7.07
   7.09

310(c)

   Inapplicable

311(a)

   7.12

311(b)

   7.12

311(c)

   Inapplicable

312(a)

   5.01
   5.02(a)

312(b)

   5.02(c)

312(c)

   5.02(c)

313(a)

   5.04(a)

313(b)

   5.04(b)

313(c)

   5.04(a)
   5.04(b)

313(d)

   5.04(c)

314(a)

   5.03
   13.12

314(b)

   Inapplicable

314(c)

   13.07(a)

314(d)

   Inapplicable

314(e)

   13.07(b)

314(f)

   Inapplicable

315(a)

   7.01(a)
   7.01(b)

315(b)

   7.13

315(c)

   7.01

315(d)

   7.01(b)

315(e)

   6.07

316(a)

   6.06
   8.04

316(b)

   6.04

316(c)

   8.01

317(a)

   6.02

317(b)

   4.03

318(a)

   13.09

 

(1) This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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EX-4.2 4 d439703dex42.htm EX-4.2 EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF AUGUST 11, 2017

TO

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF AUGUST 11, 2017

BETWEEN

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

AND

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE 1  
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE  

Section 1.01

 

Scope of Supplemental Indenture

     2  

Section 1.02

 

Definitions

     2  

Section 1.03

 

Other Definitions

     9  

Section 1.04

 

Rules of Construction

     10  

Section 1.05

 

Acts of Holders

     11  
ARTICLE 2  
THE NOTES  

Section 2.01

 

Designation, Form and Dating

     12  

Section 2.02

 

Interest

     13  

Section 2.03

 

Amount of Series Unlimited

     13  

Section 2.04

 

Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent, Conversion Agent and Trustee

     13  

Section 2.05

 

Conversion Agent to Hold Shares in Trust

     16  

Section 2.06

 

CUSIPs and ISINs

     16  

Section 2.07

 

Defaulted Interest

     16  

Section 2.08

 

No Sinking Fund

     16  

Section 2.09

 

Surrender for Cancellation

     16  
ARTICLE 3  
REPURCHASE OF NOTES  

Section 3.01

 

Repurchase of Notes at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change

     17  

Section 3.02

 

Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     20  

Section 3.03

 

Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

     20  

Section 3.04

 

Repayment to the Company

     20  

Section 3.05

 

Notes Purchased in Part

     20  

Section 3.06

 

Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes

     21  

Section 3.07

 

No Company Redemption Rights

     21  

Section 3.08

 

Repurchase by Third Party

     21  

Section 3.09

 

Exempted Fundamental Change

     21  
ARTICLE 4  
CONVERSION  

Section 4.01

 

Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate

     22  

Section 4.02

 

Settlement Upon Conversion; Conversion Procedure

     24  

Section 4.03

 

Fractional Shares

     26  

Section 4.04

 

Taxes on Conversion

     26  

Section 4.05

 

Company to Provide Common Stock

     26  

Section 4.06

 

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

     26  

Section 4.07

 

No Adjustment

     34  

 

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Section 4.08

 

Notice of Adjustment

     35  

Section 4.09

 

[Reserved]

     35  

Section 4.10

 

Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale on Conversion Privilege

     35  

Section 4.11

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

     37  

Section 4.12

 

Voluntary Increase

     38  

Section 4.13

 

Other Adjustments

     38  

Section 4.14

 

Exchange in Lieu of Conversion

     38  
ARTICLE 5  
SUBORDINATION  

Section 5.01

 

Notes Subordinated to Senior Debt

     39  

Section 5.02

 

Subrogation

     40  

Section 5.03

 

Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional

     41  

Section 5.04

 

Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt

     41  

Section 5.05

 

Payments on Notes Permitted

     41  

Section 5.06

 

Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee

     41  

Section 5.07

 

Knowledge of Trustee

     42  

Section 5.08

 

Trustee’s Relation to Senior Debt

     42  

Section 5.09

 

Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired

     42  

Section 5.10

 

Modification of Terms of Senior Debt

     42  

Section 5.11

 

Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment

     43  

Section 5.12

 

Relation to other Indebtedness

     43  
ARTICLE 6  
COVENANTS  

Section 6.01

 

Payment of Notes

     44  

Section 6.02

 

SEC Reports

     45  

Section 6.03

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

     46  
ARTICLE 7  
CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE  

Section 7.01

 

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms

     46  

Section 7.02

 

Successor Substituted

     46  
ARTICLE 8  
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES  

Section 8.01

 

Events of Default

     47  

Section 8.02

 

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

     48  

Section 8.03

 

Other Remedies

     50  

Section 8.04

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

     50  

Section 8.05

 

Control by Majority

     51  

Section 8.06

 

Limitation on Suit

     51  

Section 8.07

 

Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert

     51  

Section 8.08

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee

     52  

 

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Section 8.09

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     52  

Section 8.10

 

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes

     53  

Section 8.11

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     53  

Section 8.12

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     53  

Section 8.13

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     54  

Section 8.14

 

Application of Money Collected

     54  

Section 8.15

 

Undertaking for Costs

     54  

Section 8.16

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

     55  

Section 8.17

 

Notice of Defaults

     55  
ARTICLE 9  
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS  

Section 9.01

 

Without Consent of Holders

     55  

Section 9.02

 

With Consent of Holders

     56  

Section 9.03

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents

     57  

Section 9.04

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

     58  

Section 9.05

 

Trustee Protected

     58  
ARTICLE 10  
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE  

Section 10.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     58  

Section 10.02

 

Return of Unclaimed Money

     59  

Section 10.03

 

Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification

     59  
ARTICLE 11  
MEETING OF HOLDERS OF NOTES  

Section 11.01

 

Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called

     60  

Section 11.02

 

Call Notice and Place of Meetings

     60  

Section 11.03

 

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings

     61  

Section 11.04

 

Quorum; Action

     61  

Section 11.05

 

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings

     61  

Section 11.06

 

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings

     62  
ARTICLE 12  
MISCELLANEOUS  

Section 12.01

 

Calculations in Respect of Notes

     62  

Section 12.02

 

Notices

     63  

 

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THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of August 11, 2017, is between BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and supplements the indenture, dated as of August 11, 2017, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture” and, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and as it may be further amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the Notes (as defined below), the “Indenture”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from time to time, of the Company’s Securities, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered as provided in, the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company may issue such Securities in the form and on the terms set forth in one or more supplemental indentures;

WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of up to $495,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Notes” and each of them a “Note”) has been authorized by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors;

WHEREAS, the form of Note and the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note, are to be substantially in the form hereinafter provided;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as provided in this Supplemental Indenture, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, enforceable according to their terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

 

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ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01    Scope of Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture supplements the provisions of the Base Indenture, to which provisions reference is hereby made. The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall only govern the terms of, the Notes, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. For all purposes under the Base Indenture, the Notes shall constitute a single series of Notes, and with regard to any matter requiring the consent under the Base Indenture of Holders of multiple Series of Notes voting together as a single class, the consent of Holders of the Notes voting as a separate class shall also be required and the same threshold shall apply. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall supersede any conflicting provisions in the Base Indenture.

Section 1.02    Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.02 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of the Indenture shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.02, and to the extent applicable, supersede any definition thereof in the Base Indenture. All words, terms and phrases defined in the Base Indenture (but not otherwise defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the Base Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to the Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

2018 Notes” means the Company’s 0.75% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2018 issued pursuant to that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated October 15, 2013, by and between the Company and the Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

2020 Notes” means the Company’s 1.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2020 issued pursuant to that certain Second Supplemental Indenture, dated October 15, 2013, by and between the Company and the Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent or Conversion Agent.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, to the extent applicable to such conversion, transfer or exchange.

Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in the City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close; provided, however, that solely for purposes of determining the dates on which payments are due on the Notes, a day on which banking institutions in the applicable place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

 

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Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity.

Cash” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Certificated Note” means a Note that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A but that does not include the Global Notes Legend or the attached schedule of exchanges.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events from and after the Issue Date:

(i)    the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision to the foregoing), of beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions of shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitling that person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than any acquisition by the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or any of the Company’s employee benefit plans;

(ii)    the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision, combination or change in par value) as a result of which all of the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged solely for, stock, other securities, or other property or assets; (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 (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company; provided, however, that a transaction described in clause (A) or (B) of this clause (ii) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of common equity of the continuing, acquiring or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions (relative to each other) as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Change of Control pursuant to this clause (ii); or

(iii)    the Company’s stockholders pass a resolution approving a plan of liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, a Change of Control will not be deemed to have occurred if, in the case of a merger or consolidation, at least 90% of the consideration (excluding Cash payments for fractional shares and Cash payments pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in the merger or consolidation constituting the Change of Control consists of shares of common stock listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange, the

 

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NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or which will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such Change of Control, and such transaction constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration (subject to Section 4.02).

Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, as it exists on the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, or, in the event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving corporation the common stock, common equity interests, ordinary shares or depositary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation, and which have 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 Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion of Notes 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.

Company Order” means a written order of the Company, signed by one of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

Conversion Price” per share of Common Stock as of any day means the result obtained by dividing (i) $1,000 by (ii) the then applicable Conversion Rate.

Conversion Rate” means the rate at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon conversion, which rate shall be initially 8.0212 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Effective Date” means, for purposes of Section 4.06, the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market. Any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way.”

Final Maturity Date” means August 1, 2024.

 

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Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of either a Change of Control or a Termination of Trading.

Fundamental Change Effective Date” means the date on which any Fundamental Change becomes effective.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” of any Note means 100% of the principal amount of the Note to be repurchased plus interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, subject to Section 3.01(a).

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.

Global Note” or Global Notes” means a Note or Notes, as the case may be, in global form that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A and that includes the Global Notes Legend and the schedule of exchanges and which is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Global Notes Legend” means the legend set forth as such in Exhibit A hereto.

Holder” or “Holder of a Note” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Person, and without duplication, means:

(i)    all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person (a) for borrowed money (including obligations of such Person in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, currency exchange agreements, Interest Rate Protection Agreements, and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments); (b) evidenced by bonds, notes or other instruments for the payment of money or (c) incurred in connection with the acquisition of any property, services or assets (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or to only a portion thereof), other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;

(ii)    all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds, performance bonds or any other guaranty of contractual performance;

(iii)    all obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of (a) leases of such Person required, in conformity with GAAP, to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such Person or (b) any lease or related documents, including a purchase agreement, in connection with the lease of real property which provides that

 

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such Person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the landlord, and the obligations of such Person under such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase the leased property;

(iv)    all obligations of such Person (contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement;

(v)    all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such Person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person to purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the kind described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition, inclusive;

(vi)    any indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (i) through (v) of this definition, inclusive, secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property that is owned or held by such Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person; and

(vii)    any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings, replacements, restatements and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (i) through (vi) of this definition, inclusive.

The 2018 Notes and the 2020 Notes shall not be “Senior Debt” for purposes of this Indenture but shall rank equally in right of payment with the Notes.

Interest Payment Date” means February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2018 (or such other date as may be set forth in the certificate representing the applicable Note).

Interest Rate” means 0.599%.

Interest Rate Protection Agreements” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, as in effect from time to time.

Issue Date” of any Note means the date on which the Note was originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Note.

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) per share on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale

 

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Price” will 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 OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices per share 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 this purpose. Any such determination will be conclusive absent manifest error.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means a Fundamental Change, but without giving effect to the proviso to clause (ii) of the definition of a Change of Control.

Notes Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor thereto.

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Prospectus Supplement” means the preliminary prospectus supplement for the offering and sale of the Notes, dated August 7, 2017, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet filed with the SEC as a free writing prospectus.

Receiver” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, January 15 or July 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Relevant Exchange” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading.

Rights” means any common stock or preferred stock purchase right or warrant, as the case may be, that all or substantially all shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive under a Rights Plan.

Rights Plan” means any preferred shares rights plan or any similar plan adopted by the Company after the date hereof.

Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock

 

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(or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock (or such other security) 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, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Senior Debt” means all the (i) principal of, (ii) premium, if any, on (iii) interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding), on, (iv) termination payments with respect to or in connection with and (v) all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts accrued or due on or in connection with, Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by the Company (including all deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, the foregoing), in each case except for:

(i)    Indebtedness that by its terms expressly provides that it shall not be senior in right of payment to the Notes or expressly provides that such Indebtedness is equal with or junior to the Notes;

(ii)    Indebtedness between or among the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Company;

(iii)    any Indebtedness incurred for the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business (other than with the proceeds of revolving credit borrowings); and

(iv)    any Indebtedness that is classified as non-recourse in accordance with GAAP or any unsecured claim arising in respect thereof pursuant to Section 1111(b)(1) of Title 11 of the United States Code.

Significant Subsidiary” of any Person means any subsidiary of that Person that constitutes, or any group of subsidiaries of that person that, in the aggregate, would constitute, a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of that Person; provided, however, that, if a subsidiary meets the criteria of clause (3) of the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Rule 1-02(w) but not clause (1) or (2) thereof, then such subsidiary will be deemed not to be a Significant Subsidiary of that Person unless such subsidiary’s or group’s income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests, for the last completed fiscal year before the date of determination exceeds $50.0 million.

Special Interest” means additional interest payable on the Securities in the circumstances provided in Section 8.02. References to interest in this Indenture include Special Interest then payable.

 

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Stock Price” means the price paid, or deemed to be paid, per share of the Common Stock in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change as determined pursuant to Section 4.01(d).

T+2 Effective Date” means the date, if at all, the Relevant Exchange has adopted a normal settlement cycle of two Business Days for trading in the Common Stock, and the T+2 Effective Date will be the first date for which trades executed on that date are subject to such new cycle.

Termination of Trading means an event that will be deemed to have occurred if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on any of The New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market and the NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors).

Trading Day” means, a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) generally occurs on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”

Underwriters” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, the calculation of which shall exclude nominal amounts of the voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests in the relevant subsidiary as may be required to satisfy local minority interest requirements outside of the United States.

Section 1.03    Other Definitions. In addition to the definitions listed in Section 1.02 hereof and Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture (to the extent not superseded by definitions contained herein), the following defined terms are also used herein:

 

Term

   Defined
in Section

Act

   1.05

Additional Notes

   2.03

Averaging Period

   4.06(a)(5)

Bankruptcy Law

Base Indenture

   8.01(h)

Preamble

Common Stock Change Event

   4.10

Conversion Agent

   2.04

 

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Term

   Defined
in Section

Conversion Date

   4.02(b)

Conversion Notice

   4.02(b)

Conversion Obligation

   4.01(a)

Corporate Trust Administration Office

Custodian

   2.04

8.01(h)

Defaulted Interest

   2.07

Deferral Exception

   4.07(b)

Event of Default

   8.01

Exchange Election

   4.14(a)

Exempted Fundamental Change

   3.09

Expiration Date

   4.06(a)(5)

Expiration Time

   4.06(a)(5)

Fundamental Change Company Notice

   3.01(b)

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date

   3.01(a)

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

   3.01(c)

Indenture

   Preamble

Junior Securities

   5.11(b)

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date

   4.01(d)

Make-Whole Premium

   4.01(d)

Note

   Recitals

Notice Agent

   2.04

Paying Agent

   2.04

Reference Property

Reference Property Unit

   4.10

4.10

Registrar

   2.04

Reorganization Event

   7.01(a)

Reorganization Successor Corporation

   7.01(a)

Spin-off

   4.06(a)(3)

Successor Person

   4.10

Supplemental Indenture

   Preamble

Underwriting Agreement

   2.01

Valuation Period

   4.06(a)(3)

Section 1.04    Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)    a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b)    an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c)    references to GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;

 

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(d)    “or” is not exclusive;

(e)    words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and

(f)    provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

(g)    unless the context requires otherwise, all references to interest on the Notes will include any Special Interest payable pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof but, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any Defaulted Interest payable pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07.

Section 1.05    Acts of Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by the Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action will become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture will be sufficient for any purpose of this Supplemental Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

Subject to any additional requirements contained in the Indenture, the fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit will also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority, subject to any additional requirements in the Indenture. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

The ownership of the Notes shall be proved by the Registrar. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee may require additional proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his or her agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Notes as provided in Section 8.02 of the Base Indenture.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note will bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent or the Registrar in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

If the Company solicits from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such

 

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request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company will have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the Close of Business on such record date will be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes will be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date will be deemed effective unless it will become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01    Designation, Form and Dating. There is hereby authorized a series of senior subordinated unsecured notes of the Company designated as “0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024.” The Notes are initially being sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 7, 2017 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and the Underwriters. The Notes shall originally be issued only in fully registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of $1,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the Officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are approved by the Trustee and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the Trustee, the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Subject to Section 2.11 of the Base Indenture, so long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The Company has designated the Depository Trust Company as the initial Depositary of the Notes represented by one or more Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. None of the

 

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Company, any of the Underwriters, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Conversion Agent or any Paying Agent will have any responsibility or liability for the performance by the Depositary or the participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their respective operations.

Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as are specified therein and each will provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, purchases or conversions of such Notes.

Section 2.02    Interest. The rate or rates at which the Notes shall bear interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, in each case, shall be as set forth in the form of Note set forth as Exhibit A hereto. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

Section 2.03    Amount of Series Unlimited.

The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as the initial Notes (“Additional Notes”) (other than differences in the issue date, the issue price, the first Interest Payment Date, and interest accrued prior to the issue date of such Additional Notes and, if applicable, restrictions on transfer in respect of such Additional Notes) under this Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that if such Additional Notes are not part of the same issue as the initial Notes issued for federal income tax purposes or securities law purposes, then they will be identified by a separate CUSIP number or no CUSIP number. The initial Notes and any such Additional Notes will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture and all references to “Notes” in this Indenture include such Additional Notes.

At any time after the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes (including Additional Notes) executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee, in accordance with such Company Order, shall authenticate and make available for delivery such Notes.

Section 2.04    Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent, Conversion Agent and Trustee. Sections 2.05 and 4.03 of the Base Indenture are hereby amended and restated in full solely with respect to the Notes as follows: The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (the “Registrar”), where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment (the “Paying Agent”), where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be delivered; provided that, such office or agency shall not be an office or agency of the Company for service of legal process against the Company (the “Notice Agent”) and where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”).

 

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The Registrar will keep a register with respect to the Notes and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent or Conversion Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent or Conversion Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Administration Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided that, such office or agency shall not be an office or agency of the Company for service of legal process against the Company.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents, additional notice agents or additional conversion agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent and Conversion Agent in each place so specified for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent, additional notice agent or conversion agent. The term Registrar includes any additional registrars named pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent named pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. The term Notice Agent includes any additional notice agent named pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. The term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent named pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the initial Registrar, Paying Agent, Notice Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company further designates the office of the Trustee (Wilmington Trust, National Association, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Administrator) (the “Corporate Trust Administration Office”) as its office where Notes may be:

(1)    presented or surrendered for payment;

(2)    surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange; or

(3)    surrendered for conversion.

The Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of any such office or appoint any additional offices for any or all of such purposes; provided, however, that until all of the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, 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 10.03 hereof, the Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where Notes may be surrendered for conversion. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders, 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.

 

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If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for the Notes, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.04:

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders;

(2) that it will give the Trustee prompt notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and

(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (2) above, or otherwise of any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and

(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in the Indenture.

If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Notes, it will on or before each due date of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of or interest on the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or interest so becoming due on the Notes until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure by it to take such action.

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, presentations and surrenders may be made at the Corporate Trust Administration Office; provided that, such office or agency shall not be an office or agency of the Company for service of legal process against the Company.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more Conversion Agents and from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of such Conversion Agent.

The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under Article 7 of the Base Indenture including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Conversion Agent or other Agent acting hereunder.

Without prejudice to any other rights of the Trustee under Article 7 of the Base Indenture, upon any application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel in accordance with the Indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.05    Conversion Agent to Hold Shares in Trust. The Company shall require each Conversion Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Conversion Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all shares of Common Stock held by the Conversion Agent for the delivery of Common Stock when due upon conversion, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such delivery. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Conversion Agent to deliver all shares of Common Stock held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Conversion Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon such acknowledgement by the Trustee of its receipt of any such payment, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Conversion Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all shares held by it as Conversion Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Conversion Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.06    CUSIPs and ISINs.

(a)    Whenever “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers are generally in use, the Company will use CUSIP and ISIN numbers with respect to the Notes. Whenever the Company uses CUSIP and ISIN numbers, the Trustee may also use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in each notice it delivers to the Holders; provided, that neither the Company nor the Trustee will be responsible for any defect in any CUSIP or ISIN number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or notice. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing in the event of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

(b)    In addition, if, when any shares of Common Stock are issued upon conversion of a Note, CUSIP and ISIN numbers are generally in use, the Company will use CUSIP and ISIN numbers with respect to such shares of Common Stock.

(c)    Whenever any of the CUSIP or ISIN numbers with respect to the Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, if any, of the Notes changes, ceases to be used, or begins to be used, the Company will deliver prompt written notice of such change, cessation, or beginning to each of the Trustee and the Holders.

Section 2.07    Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest (the “Defaulted Interest”), to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company will fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company will send to the Trustee and to each Holder a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

Section 2.08    No Sinking Fund. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

Section 2.09    Surrender for Cancellation. The Company will surrender any Note repurchased by the Company, including pursuant to Article 3, to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Notes surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold by the Company and will be canceled promptly.

 

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The Trustee will cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy such canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act and the Trustee) and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company, upon receipt of a Company Order.

ARTICLE 3

REPURCHASE OF NOTES

Section 3.01    Repurchase of Notes at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change.

(a)    If a Fundamental Change occurs, each Holder of a Note will have the right, at the option of the Holder, to require the Company to repurchase for Cash all or any portion of the Notes of such Holder equal to $1,000 principal amount (or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, on a Business Day specified by the Company that is no more than 35, nor less than 20, Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice pursuant to Section 3.01(b) (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”). However, if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such repurchase, to receive, on or before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date; and (ii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

(b)    On or before the 20th calendar day after the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company will deliver a written notice of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to all Holders (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”). The Fundamental Change Company Notice shall state:

(i)    the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(ii)    the date of such Fundamental Change;

(iii)    the last date by which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Section 3.01;

(iv)    the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

(v)    the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(vi)    the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Notes;

(vii)    the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;

(viii)    the then effective Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate resulting from such Fundamental Change (and the timing of any such adjustments);

 

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(ix)    whether a Make-Whole Premium shall be payable by the Company upon conversion;

(x)    the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.01, including that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws such notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(xi)    that, unless the Company fails to pay such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Notes covered by any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice will cease to be outstanding and, subject to Section 3.01(a)(i), interest will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

(xii)    the CUSIP number of the Notes and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers listed in the notice or printed on the Notes to be repurchased.

At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give such Fundamental Change Company Notice to the Holders in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that, in all cases, the Company makes such request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date by which such Fundamental Change Company Notice must be given to the Holders in accordance with this Section 3.01; provided, further, that the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company and that the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining if a Fundamental Change has occurred. or for determining the occurrence or correctness of any of the events or information in such Fundamental Change Company Notice. If any of the Notes is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company will modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures relating to the purchase of Global Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices or defect therein shall limit any Holder’s right to exercise its right to cause the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01.

(c)    To exercise its rights specified in Section 3.01(a), a Holder must, in the case of Certificated Notes, deliver a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A under the heading “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) or, in the case of Global Notes, deliver a notice in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the exercise of such rights (a “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) to the Paying Agent and the Trustee at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by applicable law).

(1)    The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall state: (A) the certificate number (in the case of Certificated Notes) of the Note which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased (or, in the case of Global Notes, any other items required to comply with the Applicable Procedures), (B) the portion of the principal amount of the Note which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased and (C) that such Note shall be

 

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repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Notes and in this Indenture. The Trustee and Paying Agent shall have no duty to verify the accuracy of any information contained in a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(2)    Notes to be repurchased must be delivered to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent (in the case of Certificated Notes) or in compliance with the Applicable Procedures (in the case of Global Notes) for the Holder of those Notes to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(3)    The Company shall only be obliged to repurchase, pursuant to this Section 3.01, a portion of a Note if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof (provisions of this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Note also apply to the repurchase of such portion of such Note).

(4)    A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(d)    A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such notice by delivering a withdrawal notice to the Paying Agent and the Trustee (in the case of Certificated Notes) or in accordance with the Applicable Procedures (in the case of Global Notes) at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The withdrawal notice must specify the (i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, (ii) if Certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and (iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase 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 Global Notes, the notice must comply with Applicable Procedures.

(e)    The Company shall deposit Cash at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.03, sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Notes to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.01.

(f)    If a Holder has validly delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, then such Note may not be converted, except to the extent (i) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with the procedures described in this Section 3.01; or (ii) the Company fails to pay the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note.

(g)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Company may not repurchase any of the Notes in connection with a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated (other than as a result of a default in the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any related interest) and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

 

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Section 3.02    Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of a properly completed Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice from a Holder, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall thereafter be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Note, subject to the occurrence of the Fundamental Change Effective Date. Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly, but no later than two Business Days, following the later of (1) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided that the conditions in Section 3.01 have been satisfied) and (2) the time of delivery of such Note to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.01(c), in each case subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.03.

Section 3.03    Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(a)    On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited such Business Day), sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

(b)    If a Paying Agent holds on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture then, on and after the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, whether or not the Note is delivered to the Paying Agent, each such Note will cease to be outstanding, interest shall cease to accrue, and the rights of the Holder in respect of the Note shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery of the Note as aforesaid).

(c)    If Notes are repurchased on a date that is after a Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will not pay accrued interest to the Holder of Notes being repurchased, and will instead pay the full amount of the relevant interest payment on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date.

Section 3.04    Repayment to the Company. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.03 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and upon receipt of a Company Order, the Paying Agent shall return any such excess Cash to the Company.

Section 3.05    Notes Purchased in Part. Any Certificated Note that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Certificated Note, without service charge, a new Certificated Note or Certificated Notes, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder (which

 

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must be equal to $1,000 principal amount or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is not purchased.

Section 3.06    Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes. In connection with any offer to repurchase Notes under Section 3.01, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to either such Rule), and any other tender offer rules, if applicable, under the Exchange Act, (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor or similar schedule, form or report) if required under the Exchange Act, and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer to purchase Notes, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.01 through 3.04 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein. To the extent that compliance with any such laws, rules and regulations would result in a conflict with any of the terms hereof, this Indenture is hereby modified to the extent required for the Company to comply with such laws, rules and regulations.

Section 3.07    No Company Redemption Rights. Article 3 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Final Maturity Date. The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund or otherwise.

Section 3.08    Repurchase by Third Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 3, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations to repurchase Notes pursuant to this Article 3 if (i) one or more third parties conduct the repurchase offer and repurchase tendered Notes in a manner that would have satisfied the Company’s obligations to do the same if conducted directly by the Company; and (ii) an owner of a beneficial interest in the Notes would not receive a lesser amount (as a result of taxes, additional expenses or for any other reason) than such owner would have received had the Company repurchased the Notes.

Section 3.09    Exempted Fundamental Change.

(a)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company will not be required to send a Fundamental Change Company Notice, or offer to repurchase any Notes as set forth in this Article 3, in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (ii)(A) or clause (ii)(B) (or pursuant to clause (i) that also constitutes a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to either clause (i)(A) or clause (ii)(B)) of the definition of Change of Control, if:

(i)    such Fundamental Change constitutes a Common Stock Change Event for which all or part of the reference property consists of Cash in U.S. dollars; and

(ii)    immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible (pursuant to Section 4.10 and, if applicable, Section 4.01(d)) into such Cash in an amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that the same includes accrued interest to, but excluding, the latest possible Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change) (any such

 

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Fundamental Change described in this Section 3.09, an “Exempted Fundamental Change”).

(b)    The Company will send notice to the Holders and the Trustee of such Exempted Fundamental Change no later than two Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change, stating that such Fundamental Change is an Exempted Fundamental Change for which the Company is not required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes.

ARTICLE 4

CONVERSION

Section 4.01    Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate.

(a)    Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 4, each Holder of a Note will 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 a multiple thereof) of such Note into shares of Common Stock (together with Cash in lieu of any fractional share, if applicable) at any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date, in each case, at the Conversion Rate (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 4.02, the “Conversion Obligation”). Whenever in this Indenture there is a reference to the Conversion Rate or Conversion Price as of a particular date without reference to a specific time, such reference will be deemed to be the Close of Business on such date.

(b)    Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Note also apply to conversion of a portion of a Note.

(c)    The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.06.

(d)    If there shall have occurred a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will, except as otherwise provided below, pay a “Make-Whole Premium” to the Holders of the Notes who convert their Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change by increasing the Conversion Rate for such Notes. The Make-Whole Premium will be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any cash, securities or other assets otherwise due to Holders upon conversion. The number of additional shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes constituting the Make-Whole Premium shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change becomes effective (the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date”) and the Stock Price; provided that:

(i) if the actual Stock Price on the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Stock Prices on the table or the actual Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates on the table, the Make-Whole Premium will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Make-Whole Premiums set forth for the two Stock Prices and the two Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates on the table based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

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(ii) if the Stock Price exceeds $500.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make-Whole Premium will be paid;

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $89.05 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make-Whole Premium will be paid.

If holders of the Common Stock receive only Cash in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the Cash amount paid per share of the Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be equal to the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 15 Trading Days immediately prior to, but not including, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date.

The following table sets forth what the Make-Whole Premium would be for each Stock Price and Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date set forth below (expressed as additional shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes):

 

Make-Whole

Fundamental

Change Effective

  Stock Price  

Date                       

  $89.05     $100.00     $110.00     $124.67     $140.00     $160.00     $200.00     $250.00     $300.00     $350.00     $400.00     $500.00  

August 11, 2017

    3.2084       2.5922       2.1244       1.6392       1.2761       0.9428       0.5470       0.2994       0.1720       0.1009       0.0589       0.0169  

August 1, 2018

    3.2084       2.5877       2.1242       1.6201       1.2457       0.9055       0.5095       0.2683       0.1483       0.0834       0.0459       0.0111  

August 1, 2019

    3.2084       2.5688       2.1064       1.5825       1.1972       0.8523       0.4600       0.2302       0.1207       0.0638       0.0323       0.0061  

August 1, 2020

    3.2084       2.5681       2.0591       1.5150       1.1206       0.7745       0.3938       0.1829       0.0887       0.0424       0.0185       0.0020  

August 1, 2021

    3.2084       2.5094       1.9722       1.4071       1.0062       0.6643       0.3077       0.1269       0.0535       0.0213       0.0077       —    

August 1, 2022

    3.2084       2.3964       1.8245       1.2360       0.8335       0.5074       0.1984       0.0653       0.0209       0.0061       0.0007       —    

August 1, 2023

    3.2084       2.1807       1.5541       0.9378       0.5497       0.2731       0.0689       0.0131       0.0022       —         —         —    

August 1, 2024

    3.2084       1.9788       1.0697       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 11.2296 shares per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in clauses (1) through (5), inclusive, of Section 4.06(a).

Each Stock Price set forth in the first column of the table above will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is adjusted. Each adjusted Stock Price will equal the Stock Price applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of additional shares set forth in the table above will be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 4.06(a) hereof, other than as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate by adding the Make-Whole Premium as described above.

A conversion of Notes by a Holder shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or subsequent to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date but on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change does not also constitute a Fundamental Change, or constitutes an Exempted Fundamental Change, on or before the 35th Trading Day following the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date).

 

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The Company will notify the Trustee in writing and the Holders of the occurrence of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change no later than two Business Days after the relevant Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date.

(e)    Upon conversion of a Note, a Holder shall not receive any separate Cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth below, and the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for accrued and unpaid interest. By delivering shares of Common Stock to the Holder plus a Cash payment for a fractional share, if applicable, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Notes so converted and its obligation to pay accrued and unpaid interest attributable to the period from the most recent Interest Payment Date through the Conversion Date (which amount will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished and forfeited); provided, however, that if a Holder converts a Note after a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will still be obligated to pay the interest payment due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date pursuant to Section 4.02(c).

(f)    If a Holder tenders a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note in accordance with Article 3, the Holder may not surrender such Note for conversion until the Holder has withdrawn the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.01.

Section 4.02    Settlement Upon Conversion; Conversion Procedure.

(a)    Subject to this Section 4.02, Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.10, upon conversion of any Note, the Company will deliver to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes being converted, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion, together with Cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with Section 4.03 as set forth in this Section 4.02, based on the Last Reported Sale Price per share of the Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day).

(b)    A Person with a beneficial interest in a Global Note that wishes to convert such beneficial interest must comply with Applicable Procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Note and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date and, if required, pay all taxes or duties, if any. The exercise of such conversion rights shall be irrevocable. To convert a Certificated Note, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Note (the “Conversion Notice”), or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice, (2) deliver such Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or the Conversion Agent, (4) if required, pay funds equal to the interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date and (5) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes. Holders may obtain copies of the required form of the Conversion Notice from the Conversion Agent. The date on which the Holder satisfies all the applicable requirements for conversion is the “Conversion Date.” Notes surrendered for conversion will be deemed to be converted at the Close of Business on the Conversion Date. Except as described under Section 4.06, upon the

 

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conversion of a Note, the Company will deliver the consideration due in respect of such conversion, without service charge, by the third (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred on or before the relevant Conversion Date, the second) Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date; provided that with respect to any Conversion Date occurring on or after March 1, 2024, settlement will occur on the Final Maturity Date.

(c)    The Person in whose name shares of Common Stock are issuable upon conversion shall be deemed to be a holder of record of such Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the relevant Conversion Date. Upon conversion of a Note, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Note. Except as set forth in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends or distributions declared or made on shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Note, if any, prior to the issuance of such shares.

(d)    Holders of Notes at the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date will receive payment of interest payable on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Notes at any time after the Close of Business on the applicable Regular Record Date. Notes surrendered for conversion (in whole or in part) by a Holder during the period from the Close of Business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment in funds to the Conversion Agent acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such corresponding Interest Payment Date that the Holder is to receive on the Notes; provided, however that no such payment need be made (i) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day following the corresponding Interest Payment Date, (ii) only to the extent of overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to the Note or (iii) if conversion occurs after the last Regular Record Date prior to the Final Maturity Date.

Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all Holders on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date will receive the full interest payment due on the Final Maturity Date regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following the Regular Record Date.

(e)    Subject to Section 4.02(d), nothing in this Section 4.02 shall affect the right of a Holder in whose name any Note is registered at the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date to receive the interest payable on such Note on the related Interest Payment Date in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes. If a Holder converts more than one Note at the same time, the consideration due upon the conversion (and the amount of any Cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.03) shall be based on the aggregate principal amount of all Notes so converted.

(f)    In the case of any Note which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Company will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, without service charge, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Note. A Note may be converted in part, but only if the principal amount of such part is in a minimum denomination of $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and the principal amount of such Note

 

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to remain outstanding after such conversion is equal to a minimum of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 4.03    Fractional Shares. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes. If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes (or specified portions thereof), the Company will pay Cash based on the Last Reported Sale Price on the relevant Conversion Date.

Section 4.04    Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts its Notes, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests any such shares to be issued or delivered to a person other than the Holder, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Company or the Conversion Agent may refuse to have the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name delivered until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

Section 4.05    Company to Provide Common Stock. The Company will, prior to issuance of any Notes hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of all outstanding Notes into shares of Common Stock.

(a)    All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes shall be newly issued shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive or similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim as the result of any action by the Company.

(b)    The Company will promptly comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes.

(c)    The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Notes will be listed on any securities exchange or quoted on any quotation system that the Common Stock is then so listed or quoted on.

Section 4.06    Adjustment of Conversion Rate

(a)    The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment, without duplication, upon the occurrence of any of the following events, except that the Company will not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 4.06(a) without such Holders having to convert their Notes as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder:

 

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(1)    If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all shares of Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding any issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 4.10 will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

  CR’     CR0×     OS’   
        OS0   

 

  where,
CR0 =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as the case may be;
CR’ =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as the case may be;
OS0 =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as the case may be; and
OS’ =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution, or such share split or share combination, as the case may be.

An adjustment made under this clause (1) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be.

If any dividend, distribution, share split or share combination of the type described in this clause (1) is declared but not so paid or made, 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 to effect such share split or share combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination had not been declared.

(2)    If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than Rights issued pursuant to a Rights Plan adopted by the Company, as to which Section 4.06(c) applies) entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days immediately following the date of announcement of such issuance, to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than 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 for such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

  CR’     CR0×     OSo + X   
        OS0 + Y   

 

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    where,
CR0     =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;
CR’     =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS0     =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
X     =     the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y     =     the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options 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 for such issuance.

Any increase made under this clause (2) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date of such expiration, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such issuance, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For the purpose of this clause (2), in determining whether any rights, options 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 for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than Cash, to be determined by the Company in good faith.

(3) (x) If the Company distributes shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness or other assets, securities or property of the Company or issues rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

 

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i.    dividends or distributions as to which an adjustment was effected (or would be effected without regard to the Deferral Exception) pursuant to clause (1) or clause (2) of this Section 4.06(a);

ii.    dividends or distributions paid exclusively in Cash as to which an adjustment was effected (or would be effected without regard to the Deferral Exception) pursuant to clause (4) of this Section 4.06(a);

iii.    except as otherwise provided in Section 4.06(c), Rights issued pursuant to a Rights Plan adopted by the Company;

iv.    a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 4.10 will apply; and

iii.    Spin-offs, as to which the provisions set forth in clause (y) of this clause (3) shall apply (or would apply without regard to the Deferral Exception),

then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

  CR’   =   CR0×      SPo  
          SP0 – FMV  

 

    where,
CR0     =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR’     =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP0     =     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 Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV     =     the fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, securities or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities distributable with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

If “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), then, in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Note to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness, other assets, securities or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities that such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number

 

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of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the distribution.

An adjustment made under this clause (3)(x) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(y)    If the Company makes a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit (other than a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 4.10 will apply), where such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon consummation of the Spin-off) on a U.S. national securities exchange (“Spin-off”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

  CR’   =   CR0×    FMV + MP0  
        MP0  

 

    where,
CR0   =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period;
CR’   =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period;
FMV   =   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 (such average to be determined as if references to the Common Stock in the definition of Last Reported Sale Price were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests) over the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-off (the “Valuation Period”); and
MP0   =   the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will occur at the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that in respect of any conversion of the Notes where the Conversion Date occurs within the Valuation Period, then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Valuation Period will be deemed to be the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-off to, and including, such Conversion Date (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, to, and including, the immediately preceding Trading Day). If such Spin-off is subsequently cancelled and does not become effective, the Conversion Rate shall be

 

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readjusted, as of the date of such cancellation, to be the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such Spin-off had not been declared.

(4)    If any Cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR   =   CR0×   SPo
      SP0 – C 

 

    where,

CR0

  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

CR’

  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

SP0

  =   the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

C

  =   the amount in Cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock.

If “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), then, in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Note to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of the relevant, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of Cash that such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such Cash dividend or distribution.

An adjustment made under the provision of this clause (4) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of 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.

(5)    If the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for Common Stock that is subject to the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act (other than an odd-lot tender offer that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13e-4(h)(5), or any successor rule), if the cash and value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company in good faith) of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Prices of 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 (the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

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  CR’   =   CR0×    

AC + (SP’ × OS’

  
         

OS0 × SP’

  

 

    where,
CR0   =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period;
CR’   =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period;
AC   =   the aggregate value of all Cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Company in good faith) 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 time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
OS’   =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP’   =   the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Expiration Date (the “Averaging Period”).

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will occur immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period; provided that in respect of any conversion of Notes where the Conversion Date occurs within the Averaging Period, then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Averaging Period will be deemed to be the period from, and including, the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, to, and including, the immediately preceding Trading Day). If the Company is, or one of the Company’s subsidiaries is, obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but the Company is, or such subsidiary is, permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately decreased to the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if:

(i)    a Note is to be converted;

(ii)    the Record Date or Effective Date for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to clauses (1) through (4) of Section 4.06(a), inclusive, has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion, but an

 

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adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date;

(iii)    the consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock; and

(iv)    such shares of Common Stock are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related Record Date or otherwise),

then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date, and, for the avoidance of doubt, such shares of Common Stock will not be entitled to participate in such event. In such case, if the date the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the third (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by such first date, the second) Business Day after such first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined.

(c)    To the extent the Company has a Rights Plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to this Article 4: (i) if such Rights have not separated from the Common Stock prior to the conversion of the Notes, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon conversion, the Rights Plan shall provide that upon conversion of the Notes, such Holders will receive the appropriate number of Rights, if any, under such Rights Plan and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any Rights Plan; or (ii) if such Rights have separated from the Common Stock prior to the conversion of the Notes, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted as though the Company distributed to all holders of Common Stock, shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or assets as described in Section 4.06(a)(3) on the date of such separation. If such an adjustment is made and the Rights expire or are later redeemed, invalidated or terminated, then a corresponding reversing adjustment will be made to the Conversion Rate on an equitable basis. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance of Rights will not cause an adjustment of the Conversion Rate unless and until such Rights have separated from the Common Stock before the time of conversion.

(d)    If one or more events occur requiring an adjustment be made to the Conversion Rate for a particular period, adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be determined by the Company in good faith to reflect the combined impact of such Conversion Rate adjustment events, as set out in this Section 4.06, during such period.

(e)    If the Company makes a distribution of property to holders of Common Stock that would be taxable to them as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the applicable Conversion Rate is increased, this increase would generally be deemed to be the receipt of taxable income by U.S. holders of the Notes and would generally result in withholding taxes for non-U.S. holders. Because this deemed income would not give rise to any Cash from which any applicable withholding tax could be satisfied, the Company may offset any such withholding tax applicable to non-U.S. holders against Cash payments of interest payable on the Notes.

 

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Section 4.07    No Adjustment.

(a)    No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required if Holders may participate in the transactions set forth in Section 4.06 above (to the same extent as if the Notes had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such transactions) without converting the Notes held by such Holders.

(b)    No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate then effective (the “Deferral Exception”); provided, however, that any adjustments which would be required to be made but for this Section 4.07(b) shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment which, together with the original adjustment shall aggregate at least 1% of the then effective Conversion Rate; provided, further, that any carry forward amount shall be given effect (i) on each Conversion Date; (ii) if a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; and (iii) on and after March 1, 2024. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate under this Article 4 will be calculated to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth of a share, as the case may be, with one half cent and 0.00005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward.

(c)    Except as set forth in Sections 4.01(d), 4.06(a) and 4.12, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:

(i)    except as described in Section 4.06(a), the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Conversion Price;

(ii)    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 the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;

(iii)    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;

(iv)    the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company’s outstanding as of the Issue Date;

(v)    a third-party tender offer, other than a tender offer that is subject to clause (5) of Section 4.06(a);

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forward derivatives, or other buyback transaction, in each case that is not subject to clause (5) of Section 4.06(a);

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

(viii)    accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.

Section 4.08    Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege is required to be adjusted pursuant to this Indenture, the Company will compute the adjusted Conversion Rate and promptly file with the Trustee, including in its capacity as the Conversion Agent, an Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Rate and the manner of computing it. Failure to send such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, including in its capacity as the Conversion Agent, shall have received such an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee, including in its capacity as the Conversion Agent, shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the initial Conversion Rate, or the last Conversion Rate with respect to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received such Officer’s Certificate, remains in effect. Promptly after delivery of such Officer’s Certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which such adjustment became effective and shall deliver such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder. Failure to send such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment.

Section 4.09    [Reserved].

Section 4.10    Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale on Conversion Privilege. If any of the following events occur:

(a)    any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock other than (x) changes resulting solely from a subdivision or combination of Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value or (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities,

(b)    a consolidation, merger, combination or statutory share exchange involving the Company, or

(c)    a sale, conveyance or lease to a third party of all or substantially all of the Company’s and the Company’s subsidiaries’ property and assets, taken as a whole, to any Person,

in each case, as a result of which holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive stock, other securities, other property or assets (including Cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, Cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on

 

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account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (i) the consideration due upon conversion of any Note will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in the provisions described under this Article 4 (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units and (ii) for purposes of the definition of Fundamental Change and Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (x) the terms “Common Stock” and “Capital Stock” will be deemed to mean the common equity and Capital Stock, respectively (which terms will be deemed to include depositary receipts or shares representing common equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property and (y) references to the Company will be deemed to be references to the entity that is the issuer of such common equity or Capital Stock, as applicable. Prior to or at the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person (if other than the Company), as the case may be (the Company or such other Person, as applicable, the “Successor Person”), will execute with the Trustee (subject to the Trustee’s rights as provided in this Indenture) a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 9.01(e) providing for the changes described in this Section 4.10 and such other provisions as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders. If such Reference Property includes, in whole or in part, any stock or other securities, then such supplemental indenture will, to the extent applicable, provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate in a manner consistent with the provisions described above. In addition, if the Reference Property includes, in whole or part, shares of stock or other securities or assets (other than Cash or cash equivalents) of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of Holders. The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever with respect to such adjustments or other provisions, and may conclusively rely on the Company’s determination that they are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders.

At and after the effective time of the Common Stock Change Event, the Last Reported Sale Price will be calculated based on the value of a Reference Property Unit. If the Common Stock Change Event causes Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election (or, if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock). If the holders of Common Stock receive only Cash in such Common Stock Change Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event, the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes shall be solely Cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any additional shares as described under Section 4.01(d)), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Common Stock Change Event. The Company will notify Holders and the Trustee, including in its capacity as the Conversion Agent, in writing of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

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The Company may not become a party to any such transaction unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing provisions. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the rights of a Holder of Notes to convert its Notes into shares of Common Stock prior to the effective date of such transaction.

In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 4.10, without prejudice to the other rights of the Trustee under the Indenture, the Company will promptly file with the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including Cash) that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive after any such transaction, and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Company will cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be sent to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the register of the Notes, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to send such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

The above provisions of this Section 4.10 shall similarly apply to successive recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.

If this Section 4.10 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 4.06(a) hereof shall not apply.

Section 4.11    Trustees Disclaimer.

(a)    The Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, Conversion Agent or otherwise, shall not at any time have any duty or responsibility to determine or calculate the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto), to determine when an adjustment under this Article 4 should be made to the Conversion Rate, or to determine how any adjustment should be made, what such adjustment should be, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same, but may accept as conclusive evidence of that fact or the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, including the Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.08. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.08, the Trustee not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment and may assume without inquiry that no such adjustment has been made and the initial Conversion Rate as defined herein, or the last adjusted Conversion Rate with respect to which the Company has delivered such an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and Conversion Agent, remains in effect. The Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, Conversion Agent or otherwise, shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Notes, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or assets or property or Cash upon the surrender of any Security

 

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for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 4 or the Indenture. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation, its right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified, are extended to and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including its capacity as Conversion Agent.

(b)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, Conversion Agent or otherwise, shall have no duty to determine when any of the events discussed in Section 4.10 has occurred, whether the Holders are entitled to an opportunity to determine the form of consideration into which the Notes shall be convertible in connection with any such event, how the Holders should participate in such determination, how it should be made and whether it is conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10, shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 4.10, or whether they comply with the requirements of Section 4.10, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of all of the foregoing, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof and Section 13.08 of the Base Indenture.

Section 4.12    Voluntary Increase. The Company may, from time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 days. The Company may make such increase in addition to those set forth in Section 4.01(d) and Section 4.06, as the Board of Directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock, or rights to acquire stock, or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes, and it will be conclusive. The Company will provide 15 days’ prior written notice of any such increase in the Conversion Rate to the Trustee and the Holders.

Section 4.13    Other Adjustments. Whenever any provision of this Supplemental Indenture requires the calculation of the Last Reported Sale Prices over a span of multiple days (including the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Company will make appropriate adjustments to the Last Reported Sale Price or such function thereof to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date, Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date or Expiration Date of the event occurs at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices or functions thereof are to be calculated.

Section 4.14    Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.

(a)    When a Holder surrenders any Note for conversion, the Company may, at its election (an “Exchange Election”), direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date, such Note to one or more financial institutions designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for conversion, the designated financial institution(s) must agree to timely pay or deliver, as the case may be, in exchange for such Note, the consideration that would otherwise be due upon conversion as described in Section 4.02. To make an Exchange Election

 

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with respect to any Note, the Company must, by the Close of Business on the Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify in writing the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holder of such Note and the Company must notify the designated financial institution(s) of the relevant deadline for delivery of the consideration due upon conversion and the type of conversion consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be.

(b)    Any Notes exchanged by the designated financial institution(s) will remain outstanding, subject to the Applicable Procedures, if applicable. If any financial institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely pay or deliver, as the case may be, the related conversion consideration, or if such designated financial institution does not accept the Notes for exchange, then the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, the relevant conversion consideration, as, and at the time, required pursuant to the indenture as if the Company had not made the Exchange Election.

(c)    The Company’s designation of any financial institution(s) to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does not require such financial institution(s) to accept any Notes.

ARTICLE 5

SUBORDINATION

Section 5.01    Notes Subordinated to Senior Debt. The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Notes, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each and all of the Notes is hereby expressly subordinated and junior, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Section 5.01, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt; provided, however, that the Notes, the Indebtedness represented thereby and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in all respects shall rank equally with, or prior to, all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated to any Senior Debt.

(a)    In the event of any payment or distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise, the holders of all Senior Debt shall first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due thereon in respect of all such Senior Debt and all other amounts due or provision shall be made for such amount in Cash, or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of any of the Notes are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any character, whether in Cash, Notes or other property, on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes.

(b)    In the event of any acceleration of the Final Maturity Date of the Notes because of an Event of Default, unless the full amount due in respect of all Senior Debt is paid in Cash or other form of payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to acquire any of the Notes (including any conversion or Cash repurchase pursuant to the exercise

 

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of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right or otherwise), and the Company will give prompt written notice of such acceleration to such holders of Senior Debt.

(c)    In the event of and during the continuance of any default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligations in respect of, any Senior Debt, unless all such payments due in respect of such Senior Debt have been paid in full in Cash or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to acquire any of the Notes (including any conversion or Cash repurchase pursuant to the exercise of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right); provided, however, that the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock and Cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of any Notes in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes will be deemed not to constitute a payment on or with respect to any Note. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any default under any Senior Debt or under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Debt may have been issued.

(d)    In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) and 5.01(c), any payment on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes shall be made by or on behalf of the Company and received by the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment shall be segregated and held in trust):

(i)    after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), then, unless all Senior Debt is paid in full in Cash, or other payments or other provisions satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt shall be made therefor, or

(ii)    after the happening of an event of default of the type specified in Section 5.01(c) above, then, unless the amount of such Senior Debt then due shall have been paid in full in cash, or other payments or other provisions satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt shall be made therefor or such event of default shall have been cured or waived,

such payment (subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof) shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be immediately paid over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their representative or representatives, the agent or agents or the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of the Senior Debt may have been issued, as their interests may appear.

Section 5.02    Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt to which the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is in the circumstances subordinated as provided in Section 5.01 hereof, the Holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or Notes of the Company applicable to such Senior Debt until all amounts owing on the Notes shall be paid in full, and, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Notes, no such payment or distribution made to the holders of Senior Debt by virtue of this Article which otherwise would have been made to the Holders of the Notes shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of such Senior Debt; provided, however, that the provisions of this Article 5 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative

 

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rights of the Holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Debt, on the other hand.

Section 5.03    Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in the Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Notes the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt, nor shall anything contained herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of Cash, property or Notes of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

Section 5.04    Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt. Upon the maturity of any Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligations in respect of all such matured Senior Debt shall first be paid in full in cash, or other payment or other provision satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt shall have been duly provided for, before any payment on account of principal, or premium, if any, or interest is made upon the Notes.

Section 5.05    Payments on Notes Permitted. Except as expressly provided in this Article, nothing contained in this Article shall affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof, or shall prevent the Trustee or any Paying Agent from applying any money deposited with it hereunder to the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes.

Section 5.06    Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee. Each Holder of Notes, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 5 and appoints the Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 5, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding affecting the affairs of the Company is pending or upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Notes, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the right of such Persons under this Article 5, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Persons pending judicial determination as to the right of such Persons to receive such payment.

 

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Section 5.07    Knowledge of Trustee. Notwithstanding the provision of this Article 5 or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its capacity a Trustee, Paying Agent or otherwise, shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Debt, of any default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligation in respect of any Senior Debt, or of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of money to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee having responsibility for the administration of the trust established by the Indenture shall have received written notice thereof from the Company and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such default or facts exist; provided, however, that unless on the third Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become payable for any purpose the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for in this Section 5.07, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and apply the same to the purpose for which it was received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date.

Section 5.08    Trustees Relation to Senior Debt. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 5 with respect to any Senior Debt at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in the Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing contained in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into the Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any duties (including without limitation, any fiduciary duty) to the holders of Senior Debt and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.

Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee, in any of its capacities hereunder, or pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.

Section 5.09    Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of the Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

Section 5.10    Modification of Terms of Senior Debt. Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Debt or the exercise by the holders of Senior Debt of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing Senior Debt, including without limitation the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee. No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect

 

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of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior Debt is outstanding or of such Senior Debt, whether or not such compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article or of the Notes relating to the subordination thereof.

Section 5.11    Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment. For the purposes of this Article 5 only, and without limiting the generality of the proviso to Section 5.01(c):

(a)    the issuance and delivery of Junior Securities upon conversion of Notes in accordance with Article 4 hereof shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Notes or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Notes, and

(b)    the payment, issuance or delivery of Cash (except in satisfaction of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof), property or Notes (other than Junior Securities) upon conversion of a Note shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal, premium, if any, or interest of such Note. For the purposes of this Section 5.11, the term “Junior Securities” means:

(i)    shares of any Common Stock, or

(ii)    other securities of the Company that are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt that may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such Notes to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are so subordinated as provided in this Article. Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in the Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors (other than holders of Senior Debt) and the Holders of Notes, the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of any Note to convert such Note in accordance with Article 4 hereof.

Section 5.12    Relation to other Indebtedness. The Notes shall not be “Senior Debt” for purposes of the First Supplemental Indenture, dated October 15, 2013, by and between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the 2018 Notes or the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated October 15, 2013, by and between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the 2020 Notes, but shall rank equally in right of payment with the 2018 Notes and the 2020 Notes.

ARTICLE 6

COVENANTS

Article 4 of the Base Indenture is hereby supplemented, with respect to the Notes, to add or replace the following covenants, as indicated:

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Section 6.01    Payment of Notes. The following covenant replaces Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes:

(a)    The Company will promptly make all payments in respect of the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. A payment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date money deposited by or on behalf of the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to make the payment. Subject to Section 4.02 and Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note is registered on the Security Registrar at the Close of Business on any Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and interest, in each case if payable, shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if, as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all such amounts then due. The Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest in immediately available funds on overdue principal amount and overdue installment of interest at the annual rate borne by the Notes compounded semiannually, which interest shall accrue from the date such overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount, including interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

(i)    The Company may elect to make payment to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the Close of Business on a special record date for the payment of such overdue amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the overdue amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such overdue amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such overdue amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such overdue amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date, and the Trustee, at the Company’s written request and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such overdue amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such overdue amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such overdue amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the Close of Business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of

 

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this Section 6.01(a)(i). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the calculation or verification of any overdue amounts.

(ii)    The Company may make payment of any overdue amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

(b)    Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which shall initially be at the Corporate Trust Administration Office, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that the Company may pay principal interest in respect of any Certificated Note by check or wire transfer payable in such money; provided further, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check sent to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the register of the Notes; provided further, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Notes are registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments thereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

Section 6.02    SEC Reports. The following covenant replaces Section 5.03 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes:

The Company shall timely file all quarterly and annual reports (on Form 10-K or 10-Q or any respective successor form) that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information, documents or reports, or portions thereof, subject to confidential treatment and any correspondence with the SEC), and within 15 days after it is required to file them with the SEC, the Company shall deliver copies of all such reports, information and other documents to the Trustee (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 or any successor rule under the Exchange Act). Reports filed by the Company with the SEC via EDGAR (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be filed with the Trustee as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR (or any successor thereto), provided that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not any such documents have been filed via EDGAR (or any successor thereto). Delivery or deemed delivery of such reports, information and documents required in this Section 6.02 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt and deemed receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to examine any such documents delivered to the

 

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Trustee or filed via EDGAR (or any successor thereto) to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a).

Section 6.03    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (a) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (b) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE

Article 10 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full, solely with respect to the Notes, to read as follows:

Section 7.01    Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a)    Subject to Section 7.02, the Company may not, without the consent of the Holders, consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (“Reorganization Event”) to another Person (the “Reorganization Successor Corporation”) unless:

(i)    either (A) the Company will be the resulting or surviving corporation or (B) the Reorganization Successor Corporation (if other than the Company), shall (i) be a corporation organized under the laws of the United States of America or any of its political subdivisions and (ii) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture;

(ii)    at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Reorganization Event, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iii)    if the Company will not be the resulting or surviving corporation of the Reorganization Event, the Company will have, at or prior to the effective date of such Reorganization Event, delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such Reorganization Event complies with this Indenture.

Section 7.02    Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Reorganization Successor Corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in accordance with Section 7.01, the successor Reorganization Successor Corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be

 

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substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Reorganization Successor Corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, and except for obligations the predecessor Person may have under a supplemental indenture, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Notes.

ARTICLE 8

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Article 6 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full, solely with respect to the Notes, to read as follows:

Section 8.01    Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur when any of the following occurs (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article 5 hereof or 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)    the Company shall fail to pay when due the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes, including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note and any Make-Whole Premium, when the same becomes due and payable whether at the Final Maturity Date, upon exercise of a repurchase right or otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or

(b)    the Company shall fail to pay an installment of interest on any of the Notes, which failure continues for 30 days after the date when due whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or

(c)    the Company shall fail to deliver, when due, the consideration due upon conversion of any Note, and that failure continues for 10 days; or

(d)    the Company shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or this Indenture and the failure continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have been given to (i) the Company by the Trustee or (ii) to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes; or

(e)    (i) the Company shall fail to make any payment by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, after the maturity of any indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $75,000,000 or (ii) there is an acceleration of any indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $75,000,000 because of a default with respect to such indebtedness without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 60 days after written notice (i) to the Company by the Trustee or (ii) to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes; or

 

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(f)    the Company shall fail to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice to the Holders and the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.01 or a notice of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 4.01(e); or

(g)    a court having jurisdiction enters (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries bankrupt or insolvent, or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or appoints a Receiver of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its property, or orders the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(h)    the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i)    commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;

(ii)    consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;

(iii)    consents to the appointment of a Receiver of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

(iv)    makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(v)    files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or

(vi)    consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a Receiver.

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 8.02    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Notes (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare due and payable 100% of the principal amount of all outstanding Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment shall be immediately due and payable.

 

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If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) occurs with respect to the Company, all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this Indenture, to the extent elected by the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations set forth in Section 6.02 herein and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA (at any time such section is applicable to the Indenture), will for the first 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive Special Interest on the Notes. Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for the first 180 days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes from the 181st day to, and including, the 365th day on which Special Interest accrues. In order to exercise this right and elect to pay Special Interest as the sole remedy during the first 365 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations, the Company must notify all Holders of the Notes and the Trustee (in writing) and Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such election on or before the Close of Business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs and comply with the other conditions of the Indenture. The Special Interest will be paid semi-annually in arrears, with the first semi-annual payment (prorated for the number of days during which the Company is in Default) due on the first Interest Payment Date following the date on which the Special Interest began to accrue on any Notes. The Special Interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations set forth in Section 6.02 herein first occurs to and including the 365th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default shall have been cured or waived). On the 366th day (or earlier, if the Event of Default relating to the reporting obligations is cured or waived prior to such 366th day), such Special Interest will cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to reporting obligations has not been cured or waived prior to such 366th day, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above in this Section 8.02. In the event the Company does not elect to pay Special Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above. If the Company elects to pay Special Interest as the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with reporting obligations in Section 6.02 or for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA (at any time such section is applicable to the Indenture), then the Company will notify all Holders, the Trustee and Paying Agent of such election on or before the Close of Business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating (i) a brief description of the report or reports that the Company failed to file that resulted in the Event of Default under Section 8.01(e), (ii) that the Company is electing to pay Special Interest and the date on which such Event of Default occurred, (iii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable and (iv) the date on which such Special Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Special Interest directly to the Persons entitled to such Special Interest, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment. Nothing in this Section 8.02 shall affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.

 

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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind and annul an acceleration and its consequences if:

(1)    all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Notes which has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been remedied, cured or waived, and

(2)    the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;

provided, however, that in the event such declaration of acceleration has been made based on the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(e) hereof and such Event of Default has been remedied, cured or waived in accordance with Section 8.01(e) hereof, then, without any further action by the Holders, such declaration of acceleration shall be rescinded automatically and the consequences of such declaration shall be annulled. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 8.03    Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes.

Section 8.04    Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes or (b) by the adoption of a written resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the then-outstanding Notes at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past or existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default:

(a)    in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note (provided, however, that subject to Section 8.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(b)    in respect of the right to convert any Note in accordance with Article 4; or

(c)    in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under Section 9.02 hereof, 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 Indenture; provided, however, that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 8.05    Control by Majority. The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, or (b) by the adoption of a written resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Notes then outstanding at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Indenture. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that:

(a)    conflicts with applicable law or the Indenture,

(b)    the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Trustee or any Holders not joining therein, or

(c)    would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

The Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which in the opinion of the Trustee is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 8.06    Limitation on Suit. No Holder of any Note shall have any right to pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (including instituting any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee) unless:

(a)    such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of an Event of Default that is continuing;

(b)    the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c)    such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any losses, costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in complying with such request;

(d)    the Trustee has failed to comply with the request for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity; and

(e)    during such 60-day period, no direction which in the opinion of the Trustee is inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Section 8.07    Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert. In addition to the other rights and remedies set forth in this Article 8, the following shall apply with respect to the Notes authorized and designated under this Indenture.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note will have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal amount, premium, including Make-Whole Premium, if any, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, interest in respect of the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Notes and this Indenture, and to convert such Note in accordance with Article 4, and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective due dates expressed in the Notes and this Indenture and to convert in accordance with Article 4, and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 8.08    Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee. The Company covenants that if:

(a)    a Default or Event of Default occurs in the payment of any interest on any Note when such interest becomes due and payable and such Default or Event of Default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(b)    a Default or Event of Default occurs in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Note at the Final Maturity Date thereof, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable (as expressed therein or as a result of any acceleration effected pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof) on such Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest, accruing at the Interest Rate, on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue interest and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the money adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) hereof) occurs and is continuing, upon acceleration of the Notes, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings (or by any other available remedy) as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 8.09    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the property of the Company or its creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue

 

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principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee hereunder) and of the Holders of Notes allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (2) to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator or other similar official in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder of Notes to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, Notes and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept, or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Note, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Note in any such proceeding.

Section 8.10    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 8.11    Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder of a Note has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 8.12    Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted

 

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by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 8.13    Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Notes may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes, as the case may be.

Section 8.14    Application of Money Collected. Subject to Article 5 hereof, any money and property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money and property on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee, including its agents and attorneys;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company.

Section 8.15    Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Note for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Note on or after the Final Maturity Date expressed in such Note (or, in the case of exercise of a repurchase right in connection with a Fundamental Change, on or after the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) or for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in accordance with Article 4.

 

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Section 8.16    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 8.17    Notice of Defaults. Section 7.13 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full solely with respect to the Notes as follows: The Trustee shall, within 90 days of the occurrence of an Event of Default, of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice or has actual knowledge, give to the registered Holders notice of all uncured Events of Default known to such Responsible Officer, but the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if the Trustee, in good faith, determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of such registered Holders, except in the case of an Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Notes when due or, if applicable, in the payment of any repurchase obligation pursuant to Article 3. The Company is also required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default, written notice of such Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof; provided, however, that the Company is not required to deliver such notice if such Event of Default has been cured.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Article 9 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full, with respect to the Notes, to read as follows:

Section 9.01    Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may also amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder of a Note for any of the following purposes:

(a)    to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of Notes;

(b)    to add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

(c)    to secure the Notes;

(d)    to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(e)    to enter into supplemental indentures as described in Section 4.10;

(f)    to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of Notes in the case of a merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease pursuant to Article 7;

 

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(g)    to increase the Conversion Rate; provided, however, that such increase in the Conversion Rate shall not adversely, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, affect the interest of the Holders of Notes in any material respect and such increase is made only in compliance with the applicable rules of the principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

(h)    to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture under the TIA;

(i)    to evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee;

(j)    to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to this Indenture;

(k)    to cure any ambiguity, omission or inconsistency, correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or which is otherwise defective; provided, however, that such action pursuant to this clause (k) does not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes in any material respect; and provided further, that no modification or amendment made to conform this Indenture or the Notes to the section of the Prospectus Supplement entitled “Description of the Notes” shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

(l)    to add or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided, however, that such action pursuant to this clause (l) does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes in any material respect in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors; or

(m)    to comply with the Applicable Procedures.

Section 9.02    With Consent of Holders. Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, this Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented, and noncompliance by the Company in any particular instance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived, in each case (i) with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes or (ii) by the adoption of a written resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Notes then outstanding at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of Notes affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:

(a)    change the Final Maturity Date of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;

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(c)    reduce the Interest Rate or interest on any Note;

(d)    change the currency of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note;

(e)    impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to, or the conversion of, any Note;

(f)    except as permitted by Section 4.10 hereof, adversely affect the right to convert any Note as provided in Article 4 hereof;

(g)    adversely affect the right of Holders to require the Company to repurchase the Notes in the event of a Fundamental Change or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be repurchased by the Company;

(h)    modify the subordination provisions of the Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders of Notes;

(i)    reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding necessary to modify or amend the Indenture or to waive any past default; or

(j)    reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding required for the adoption of a resolution or the quorum required at any meeting of Holders of the Notes at which a resolution is adopted.

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.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will promptly send to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.03    Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Note or portion of a Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Holder affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (j) of Section 9.02. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note.

 

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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. Any amendment to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture to the Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04    Notation on or Exchange of Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Notes may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon written request in a Company Order new Notes that reflect the amendment or waiver.

Section 9.05    Trustee Protected. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article 9 or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained therein, and shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that the amended or supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and only upon the receipt of the documents described in this Section and in Section 7.02 of the Base Indenture, and, if applicable, evidence that the consent of the Holders of the required principal amount of the outstanding Notes has been obtained, the Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures that are authorized by and conform to the terms of this Article 9, except that the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to, sign any supplemental indenture that in the opinion of the Trustee adversely affects its rights, protections, obligations, duties, liabilities immunities or indemnities under this Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE 10

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Article 11 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full, with respect to the Notes, to read as follows:

Section 10.01    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

(a)    This Indenture shall, subject to Section 10.01(b), cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes if:

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provided in Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture) to the Trustee for cancellation or (B)(x) irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent after such Notes have become due and payable, whether at the Final Maturity Date, upon conversion, or on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Cash (including any Cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any conversion) and (y) in the case of a conversion, delivers to the converting Holders shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Cash in lieu of any fractional share) due upon conversion, calculated in accordance with this Indenture sufficient to satisfy all obligations due on all outstanding Notes and pays all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

(ii)    the Company has delivered to the Trustee (i) irrevocable instructions under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward payment of the Notes at the Final Maturity Date or at such time as they otherwise are due and payable, as the case may be, and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes have been complied with.

(b)    Notwithstanding Section 10.01(a), the obligations of the Company in Sections 2.04 and 2.05 of this Supplemental Indenture, Sections 2.05, 2.07, 2.08, 5.01, 7.05 and 7.06 of the Base Indenture and in this Article 10 and the other rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the obligations of the Company in Sections 705, 7.06, 10.02 and 10.03 and the other rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

(c)    The Trustee, upon request and at the expense of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate and at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging such satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes prepared by the Company and satisfactory to the Trustee.

Section 10.02    Return of Unclaimed Money. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall, subject to any applicable unclaimed property laws, pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and Paying Agent shall have the right to withhold payment of such money to the Company until the Trustee or Paying Agent at the expense of the Company publishes in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City, or mails to each Holder, a notice stating that such money shall be repaid to the Company if unclaimed after a date no less than 30 days from the publication of such press release or mailing of such notice. After payment to the Company, all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease, and Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

Section 10.03    Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 will be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this

 

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Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as instructed by the Company or as the Trustee may determine, to the Holder of such Notes, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any of the money in accordance with Section 10.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money in accordance with Section 10.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on Notes because of 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.

ARTICLE 11

MEETING OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

Section 11.01    Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of Holders of Notes may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article 11 to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article 11, the Trustee may, during the pendency of a Default or an Event of Default, call a meeting of Holders of Notes in accordance with its standard practices.

Section 11.02    Call Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a)    The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 11.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in the City of New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting, in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the percentage of the principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in the Indenture hereof, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b)    In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and a Company Order, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 11.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 10 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Notes in the amount specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the

 

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place in the City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

Section 11.03    Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Notes, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 11.04    Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 11.02(a) hereof, except that such notice need be given only once and not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.

At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as limited by the third paragraph of Section 9.02 hereof) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided by the Persons entitled to vote at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Any resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of Notes duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Notes, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

Section 11.05    Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

(a)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.

(b)    The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman (which may be the Trustee) of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Notes as provided in Section 11.02(b) hereof, in which case the Company or the Holders of Notes calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting

 

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shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting (even if a quorum is not established).

(c)    At any meeting, each Holder of a Note or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Note or proxy.

(d)    Any meeting of Holders of Notes duly called pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 11.06    Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 11.02 hereof and, if applicable, Section 11.04 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the Trustee’s copy to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to take or refrain from taking any action based on any vote by the Holders at any such meeting, unless the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 13.08 of the Base Indenture and the Holders shall have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by taking or refraining from taking such action, or if in the opinion of the Trustee such action or inaction adversely affects its rights, protections, obligations duties, liabilities, immunities or indemnities under this Indenture or otherwise.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01    Calculations in Respect of Notes. Article 13 of the Base Indenture is hereby supplemented, with respect to the Notes, to add the following: The Company will be responsible for making all calculations required pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, calculations with respect to determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices, accrued interest payable on the Notes, the Conversion Price, the Conversion Rate

 

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and Make-Whole Premium. The Company shall make all such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be binding on the Holders. The Company will provide a written schedule of such calculations to the Trustee, including in its capacity as the Conversion Agent, and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without responsibility for independent verification thereof and shall not be responsible for such calculations. The Trustee shall forward a copy of such calculations to any Holder upon such Holder’s written request and at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

Section 12.02    Notices. Section 13.04 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in full solely with respect to the Notes as follows:

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee is duly given if it is in writing and is delivered in person or sent by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the following address and, in the case of notice to the Trustee, has been actually received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee:

if to the Company:

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

770 Lindaro Street

San Rafael, California 94901

Attention: General Counsel

if to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001

Attention: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Administrator

with a copy to:

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

101 Park Avenue

Suite 3500

New York, New York 10178

Facsimile No.: (212) 697-1559

Attention:         Steven J. Reisman, Esq.

                                   Raymond T. Hum, Esq.

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

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overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holder of that or any other Series.

If a notice or communication is sent to any Holder in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Holder receives it. Any notice given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures will be deemed to have been provided in writing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of the date and year first above written.

 

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
By  

/s/ Daniel Spiegelman

Name:   Daniel Spiegelman
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By  

/s/ John T. Needham Jr.

Name:   John T. Needham Jr.
Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[Include the following legend for Global Notes only (the “Global Notes Legend”):]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY 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 THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS 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.]


BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

0.599% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2024

NO. [            ] CUSIP: [●]

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal amount of [        ] Dollars ($        ) on August 1, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates:    February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing [                    ].

Regular Record Dates:    January 15 and July 15 of each year (whether or not a Business Day).

This Note shall bear interest as specified on the other side of this Note. This Note is convertible as specified on the other side of this Note.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

Dated:                     

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of             ,         .

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

By:

                                                                          


Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication:

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

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signatory:


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

0.599% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2024

 

1. INTEREST

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 0.599% per annum. The Company shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on [date]. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from [date]; provided, however, that if there is not an existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

If the Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase this Note pursuant to Section 5 of this Note, on a date that is after the Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest accrued and unpaid hereon to, but not including, the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, will be paid to the Holder in whose name the Notes are registered as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

A Holder of any Note at the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Note which is converted after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (other than any Note whose Final Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall be entitled to receive interest on the principal amount of such Note, notwithstanding the conversion of such Note prior to such Interest Payment Date. However, any such Holder which surrenders any such Note for conversion during the period between the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be required to pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Note so converted (but excluding any overdue interest on the principal amount of such Note so converted that exists at the time such Holder surrenders such Note for conversion), which is payable by the Company to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date, at the time such Holder surrenders such Note for conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Holder which surrenders for conversion any Note (a) with respect to which the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, (b) to the extent of overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to the Note or (c) after the last Regular Record Date prior to the Final Maturity Date, in either case, shall be entitled to receive (and retain) such interest and need not pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Note so converted at the time such Holder surrenders such Note for conversion.


Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all record holders on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date will receive the full interest payment due on the Final Maturity Date regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Regular Record Date.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT

The Company shall pay interest on this Note (except defaulted interest) to the Person who is the Holder of this Note at the Close of Business on January 15 and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be (each, a “Regular Record Date”), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this Note to a Paying Agent to collect payment of principal. The Company will pay principal and interest and Special Interest, if any, in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company may pay principal and interest in respect of any Certificated Note to the Holder thereof by check or wire transfer payable in such money; provided, however, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the Payment Date. The Company may send an interest check to the Holder’s registered address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this Note is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments hereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

 

3. PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR, CONVERSION AGENT AND NOTICE AGENT

Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Trustee,” which term shall include any successor trustee under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) will act as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Notice Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Notice Agent without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company designated as its 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2024 (the “Notes”), issued under a Base Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes, dated as of August 11, 2017 (the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”). The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture and those required by or made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Note is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Note is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them.


The Notes are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of additional Notes (subject to certain conditions) or other debt of the Company or its existing or future Subsidiaries, secured or unsecured.

 

5. PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDER UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

If a Fundamental Change occurs, at the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase for Cash, subject to certain exceptions described in the Indenture all or any part specified by the Holder (so long as the principal amount of such part is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the Notes held by such Holder on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, which will be a Business Day, specified by the Company that is no more than 35, nor less than 20, Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof together with unpaid interest accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. A Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be given by the Company to the Trustee and the Holders as provided in the Indenture. To exercise such repurchase right, a Holder must deliver to the Trustee a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as provided in the Indenture.

 

6. NO REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY

The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Final Maturity Date. The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund or otherwise.

 

7. CONVERSION

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, a Holder may surrender for conversion any Note that is $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Subject to certain conditions provided for in the Indenture, in certain circumstances, a Holder may receive an amount in Common Stock equal to the Make-Whole Premium, in addition to the consideration due upon conversion of such Note.

The Conversion Rate shall be initially equal to 8.0212 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted under certain circumstances as provided in the Indenture.

No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of a Note. Instead, the Company shall pay a Cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon conversion of any Note, the Company deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes being converted, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion, together with Cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock.


8. SUBORDINATION

The Indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all amounts then due on all Senior Debt of the Company; provided, however, that the Notes, the Indebtedness represented thereby and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in all respects shall rank equally with, or prior to, all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated to any Senior Debt, and this Note is issued subject to such provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

The Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

11. UNCLAIMED MONEY

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and any Paying Agent will, subject to any applicable unclaimed property laws, pay the money back to the Company at its written request, subject to applicable unclaimed property law and the provisions of the Indenture. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

 

12. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO MATURITY.

Subject to certain conditions contained in the Indenture, the Company may discharge its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company (A) delivers all outstanding Notes to the Trustee for cancellation or (B)(x) deposits with the Trustee or the Paying Agent after such Notes have become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon conversion, or on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Cash (including any Cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any conversion) and (y) in the case of a conversion, delivers to the converting Holders shares of Common Stock (and, if applicable, Cash in lieu of any fractional share) due upon conversion, calculated in accordance with this Indenture sufficient to satisfy all obligations due on all outstanding Notes and pays all other sums payable under this Indenture.


13. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Certain waivers or consents require the consent of the Holder of a Note to be binding on such Holder. Any such consent or waiver by the Holders of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holders and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Note as provided in the Indenture.

 

14. SUCCESSOR ENTITY

When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be released from those obligations.

 

15. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

16. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

Wilmington Trust, National Association, the initial Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

17. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture nor for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of this Note by accepting this Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.


18. AUTHENTICATION

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

19. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Note but not specifically defined herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.

 

20. CUSIP NUMBERS

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on this Note. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Note or otherwise and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

21. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW

In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Note and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., 770 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, California, 94901, Attention: Corporate Counsel, Facsimile No.: (415) 382-7889, Telephone No.: (415) 506-6700.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint

 

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

Date:                                                                     Your Signature:  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

*  Signature guaranteed by:

By:  

                     

 

* The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.


CONVERSION NOTICE

To convert this Note, check the box:

 

To convert only part of this Note, state the principal amount to be converted (must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $        .

If you want the Cash paid to another Person or the stock certificate made out in another Person’s name, fill in the form below:

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint

 

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

Date:                                                                         Your Signature:  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

*  Signature guaranteed by:

     
By:  

                     

     

 

* The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.


FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

 

To: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to purchase the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to the registered Holder hereof.

 

Date:  

                     

    Your Signature:  

                     

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

 

 

Signature Guaranty

Principal amount to be repurchased (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):

NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without any alteration or change whatsoever.


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges, purchase, repurchases, purchases or conversions of a part of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of

Decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Note

 

Amount of Increase

in Principal

Amount of this

Note

  

Principal Amount

of this Global Note

following Each

Increase or

Decrease

  

Signature of
Authorized Officer
of Trustee

         
         
         
         
         
         
EX-5.1 5 d439703dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

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Siana E. Lowrey

+1 415 693 2150

slowrey@cooley.com

August 11, 2017

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

770 Lindaro Street

San Rafael, California 94901

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the offering by BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of an aggregate of up to $495,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) initially convertible into up to 3,970,494 shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Conversion Shares”), pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-212974) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the prospectus included within the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”), and the prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2017 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”). (The Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the “Prospectus.”) The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture, dated August 11, 2017, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”, and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Indenture, the form of Note included in the Supplemental Indenture, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the Delaware General Corporation Law and, as to the Notes constituting valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, with respect to the laws of the State of New York. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents; the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; and the due authorization,

 

Cooley LLP 101 California Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-5800

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execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents (except the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture). We express no opinion to the extent that, notwithstanding its current reservation of shares of the Common Stock, future issuances of securities of the Company and/or adjustments to outstanding securities of the Company cause the Notes to be convertible into more shares of the Common Stock than the number that then remain authorized but unissued. Further, we have assumed the Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) will not be adjusted to an amount below the par value per share of the Common Stock.

With regard to our opinion below concerning the valid and legally binding nature of the Company’s obligations under the Notes:

(i)    Our opinion is subject to, and may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, debtor and creditor, and similar laws which relate to or affect creditors’ rights generally, and (b) general principles of equity (including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing) regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(ii)    Our opinion is subject to the qualification that (a) the enforceability of provisions for indemnification or limitations on liability may be limited by public policy considerations, and (b) the availability of specific performance, an injunction or other equitable remedies is subject to the discretion of the court before which the request is brought.

(iii)    We express no opinion as to any provision of the Notes or the Indenture that: (a) relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of any federal court of the United States of America or any federal appellate court to adjudicate any controversy related to the Notes or the Indenture; (b) contains a waiver of an inconvenient forum; (c) relates to a right of setoff; (d) provides for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, prepayment or make-whole payments or other economic remedies; (e) relates to advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitations, trial by jury, or procedural rights; (f) restricts non-written modifications and waivers; (g) provides for the payment of legal and other professional fees where such payment is contrary to law or public policy; (h) relates to exclusivity, election or accumulation of rights or remedies; (i) authorizes or validates conclusive or discretionary determinations; (j) provides that provisions of the Notes or Indenture are severable to the extent an essential part of the agreed exchange is determined to be invalid and unenforceable; (k) provides that a party’s waiver of any breach of any provision of the Notes or the Indenture is not to be construed as a waiver by such party of any prior breach of such provision or of any other provision of the Notes or the Indenture; (l) provides any party the right to accelerate obligations or exercise remedies without notice; (m) purports to permit the Trustee or any holder of the Notes to act as any party’s agent and attorney-in-fact; (n) specifies that the liability of any indemnitor shall not be affected by actions or failures to act on the part of the beneficiaries of the indemnity or by amendments or waivers of provisions of documents creating and governing the indemnified obligations if such actions, failures to act, amendments or waivers change the essential nature of the terms and conditions of the indemnified obligations so that, in effect, a new contract has arisen between the recipient of the indemnity and the primary obligor on whose behalf the indemnity was issued; or (o) provides for a right or remedy which may be held to be arbitrary or unconscionable, a penalty or otherwise in violation of public policy.

 

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(iv)    We express no opinion as to whether a state court outside of the State of New York or a federal court of the United States would give effect to the choice of New York law or jurisdiction provided for in the Notes and the Indenture.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that (i) when duly executed and delivered by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and issued and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, the Notes will be legally binding obligations of the Company, and (ii) the Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report of the Company on Form 8-K.

 

Very truly yours,
Cooley LLP
By:  

/s/ Siana E. Lowrey

      Siana E. Lowrey

 

Cooley LLP 101 California Street 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-5800

t: (415) 693-2000 f: (415) 693-2222 cooley.com

EX-99.1 6 d439703dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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BioMarin Announces Offering of $450 Million of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2024

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN), announced today an underwritten offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated convertible notes due 2024 (the Notes). BioMarin has also granted the underwriters a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $50 million aggregate principal amount of Notes. BioMarin intends to use a majority of the net proceeds from the offering to repay, repurchase or settle in cash some or all of BioMarin’s 0.75% senior subordinated convertible notes due in October 2018, although it does not intend to effect any such repayment or repurchase concurrently with the offering. BioMarin intends to use the remaining net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including clinical trials of its product candidates and the expansion of its manufacturing capacity, particularly with respect to the manufacturing capability for its gene therapy program. The Notes will be convertible into shares of BioMarin’s common stock plus, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional share.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as book-running manager for this offering. J.P. Morgan and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as joint book-runners.

The offering of the Notes has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For additional information relating to the offering, BioMarin refers you to its Registration Statement on Form S-3, which BioMarin filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on August 8, 2016 and which became immediately effective on the same date. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255- 0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at prospectus- eq_fi@jpmchase.com; or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone:(866) 471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, and will not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.

About BioMarin

BioMarin develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions. BioMarin’s product portfolio consists of six approved products and multiple clinical and pre-clinical product candidates.


Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, without limitation, statements regarding the terms of the offering and the notes, the current market demand for these types of securities and the securities of BioMarin and statements regarding BioMarin’s intentions regarding the use of proceeds from the offering. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of BioMarin as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results of BioMarin to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, market risks. These and other risks are discussed in BioMarin’s filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, BioMarin’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2017, and periodic reports on Form 8-K, as well as the risks identified in the registration statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Contacts:

Investors

   Media

TraciMcCarty

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

  

Debra Charlesworth

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

(415) 455-7558    (415) 455-7451
EX-99.2 7 d439703dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

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BioMarin Announces Offering of $450 Million of 0.599% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2024

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN), announced today an underwritten offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 0.599% senior subordinated convertible notes due 2024 (the Notes). BioMarin has also granted the underwriters a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of Notes. BioMarin intends to use a majority of the net proceeds from the offering to repay, repurchase or settle in cash some or all of BioMarin’s 0.75% senior subordinated convertible notes due in October 2018, although it does not intend to affect any such repayment or repurchase concurrently with the offering. BioMarin intends to use the remaining net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including clinical trials of its product candidates and the expansion of its manufacturing capacity, particularly with respect to the manufacturing capability for its gene therapy program. The initial conversion rate for the Notes will be 8.0212 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $124.67 per share of common stock, which is approximately a 40% premium over today’s closing stock price of $89.05). The aggregate number of shares issuable upon conversion of these Notes at the initial conversion rate would be 3,609,540 shares (or 3,970,494 shares, if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Notes in full). The Notes will be convertible into shares of BioMarin’s common stock plus, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional share.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as book-running manager for this offering. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan are acting as joint book-runners.

The offering of the Notes has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For additional information relating to the offering, BioMarin refers you to its Registration Statement on Form S-3, which BioMarin filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on August 8, 2016 and which became immediately effective on the same date. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: (866) 471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; or from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at prospectus- eq_fi@jpmchase.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, and will not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.


About BioMarin

BioMarin develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions. BioMarin’s product portfolio consists of six approved products and multiple clinical and pre-clinical product candidates.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, without limitation, statements regarding the terms of the offering and the notes, the current market demand for these types of securities and the securities of BioMarin and statements regarding BioMarin’s intentions regarding the use of proceeds from the offering. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of BioMarin as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results of BioMarin to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, market risks. These and other risks are discussed in BioMarin’s filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, BioMarin’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2017, and periodic reports on Form 8-K, as well as the risks identified in the registration statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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