-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G/+f5W+4LPXArZXt4RWfi973JNPtdunNybrjiowE/STXU506Z1SLn0AALv6aGTUU BjDrDlWopZ12cI4FxX3FyQ== 0001193125-10-213175.txt : 20100920 0001193125-10-213175.hdr.sgml : 20100920 20100920171800 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-213175 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 13 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100916 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: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100920 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100920 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Volcano Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001354217 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 330928885 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-52045 FILM NUMBER: 101081073 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3661 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92130 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-228-4728 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3661 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Volcano CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060223 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): September 16, 2010

 

 

VOLCANO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-52045   33-0928885
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200

San Diego, California

  92130
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(800) 228-4728

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Over-Allotment Exercise and Closing of 2.875% Convertible Senior Note Offering

On September 20, 2010, Volcano Corporation (the “Company”) closed its offering of $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Firm Notes” ) and an additional $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 pursuant to the exercise by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”) of its overallotment option on September 16, 2010 (the “Option Notes” and, together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement entered into by and between the Company and the Underwriter on September 14, 2010 (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

Indenture and Notes

In connection with the closing, on September 20, 2010, the Company issued and sold to the Underwriter the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

The Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) , as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2010 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

Interest on the Notes will accrue from September 20, 2010 and will be payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning March 1, 2011, at a rate of 2.875% per year. The Notes are the Company’s general unsecured obligations.

Prior to June 1, 2015, the Notes will be convertible, at the option of the holders thereof, only under the following circumstances:

 

   

during any fiscal quarter commencing after December 31, 2010 (and only during such fiscal quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day;

 

   

during the five business day period after any ten consecutive trading day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which, for each trading day of such Measurement Period, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such trading day was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on such trading day and the applicable conversion rate on such trading day; or

 

   

upon the occurrence of specified distributions and corporate events.

On or after June 1, 2015, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, the Notes will be convertible at the applicable conversion rate at any time, irrespective of the foregoing circumstances.

The conversion rate for the Notes initially equals 33.7339 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $29.64 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment. Upon conversion, holders will receive up to the principal amount of the converted Notes in cash and any excess conversion value in shares of the Company’s common stock. The amount of cash and the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, if any, will be based on daily settlement amounts over a 25 trading day observation period. In addition, upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its Notes in


connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the Company undergoes a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), holders may require the Company to repurchase their Notes in whole or in part for cash at a 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 Indenture provides that an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) will occur if: (a) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days; (b) the Company defaults in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; (c) the Company fails to comply with its obligation to convert the notes in accordance with the Indenture upon exercise of a holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for three business days; (d) the Company fails to give a fundamental change notice or notice of a specified distribution or corporate transaction , in each case when due under the Indenture; (e) the Company fails to comply with its obligations Article 5 of the Supplemental Indenture; (f) the Company fails for 60 days after written notice from the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding has been received to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or the Indenture; (g) the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) defaults with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable; or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, unless, in either case, such indebtedness is discharged or such acceleration is cured, waived, rescinded, stayed or annulled within a period of 30 days after becoming due and payable; (h) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of the Company or any significant subsidiary occur; or (i) a final judgment for the payment of $15.0 million or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) is rendered against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished.

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 consists exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes.

The indenture provides that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into another person, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its consolidated properties and assets to, another person, unless (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Company) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such corporation (if not the Company) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the notes and the indenture; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under the indenture.

The foregoing description of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies thereof which are attached as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.


Additional Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transaction

On September 16, 2010, in connection with the Underwriter’s exercise of its overallotment option with respect to the Notes, the Company entered into an additional separate convertible note hedge transaction (the “Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction”) with JP Morgan Bank, National Association, London Branch (the “Option Counterparty”). The Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction covers, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, 506,009 shares of the Company’s common stock, has a strike price that initially corresponds to the initial conversion prices of the Notes, and is expected to reduce the potential dilution with respect to the Company’s common stock upon future conversion of the Notes.

The Company also entered into an additional separate warrant transaction (the “Additional Warrant Transaction”) with the Option Counterparty, pursuant to which the Company sold to the Option Counterparty warrants relating to 506,009 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants have an initial strike price of $34.8750 (subject to adjustment), which exceeds the closing price of the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 14, 2010 by 50%. The warrants will be exercisable and expire beginning on December 1, 2010 and the Company has the right to settle the warrants in cash or on a net share basis.

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required under the terms of the Additional Warrant Transaction to issue up to 10,128,719 shares of the Company’s common stock (less any shares issuable under the initial warrant transaction entered into by the Company on September 14, 2010 and subject to adjustments in connection with stock splits or similar changes to the Company’s capitalization), which represents approximately 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of August 31, 2010. The Additional Warrant Transaction could have a dilutive effect on the Company’s common stock to the extent that the market value per share of the Company’s common stock, as measured under the Additional Warrant Transaction, exceeds the strike price of the Additional Warrant Transaction.

In connection with establishing its initial hedge position with respect to the Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction and the Additional Warrant Transaction, the Option Counterparty, and/or its affiliates, expects to enter into various over-the-counter derivative transactions with respect to the Company’s common stock concurrently with and/or shortly after the pricing of the Notes. These activities could have the effect of increasing, or limiting a decline in, the market price of the Company’s common stock concurrently with and/or shortly after the pricing of the Notes.

In addition, the Option Counterparty, and/or its affiliates, may modify its hedge position from time to time prior to conversion or maturity of the Notes by entering into and unwinding various over-the-counter derivative transactions and/or purchasing and selling shares of the Company’s common stock and the Company’s other securities, including the Notes, and/or other instruments it may wish to use in connection with such hedging activities (and is likely to do so during any observation period related to a conversion of the Notes).

The Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction and the Additional Warrant Transaction are separate transactions, each entered into by the Company with the Option Counterparty, are not part of the terms of the Notes and will not change any holders’ rights under the Notes. Holders of the Notes will not have any rights with respect to the Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction or Additional Warrant Transaction.

The foregoing description of the Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction and Additional Warrant Transaction is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the confirmation relating to the Additional Convertible Note Hedge Transaction, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6, and incorporated herein by reference and (ii) the confirmation relating to the Additional Warrant Transaction, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and incorporated herein by reference.


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

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

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1

   Indenture, dated September 20, 2010 by and between Volcano Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

  4.2

   Supplemental Indenture, dated September 20, 2010 by and between Volcano Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

  4.3

   Form of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015

10.6

   Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated September 16, 2010, between Volcano Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.

10.7

   Additional Warrants Confirmation, dated September 16, 2010, between Volcano Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.


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.

 

VOLCANO CORPORATION
By:   /s/    JOHN T. DAHLDORF        
  John T. Dahldorf
  Chief Financial Officer

Dated: September 20, 2010


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1

   Indenture, dated September 20, 2010 by and between Volcano Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

  4.2

   Supplemental Indenture, dated September 20, 2010 by and between Volcano Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

  4.3

   Form of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015

10.6

   Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated September 16, 2010, between Volcano Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.

10.7

   Additional Warrants Confirmation, dated September 16, 2010, between Volcano Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.
EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm INDENTURE, DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 BETWEEN VOLCANO & WELLS FARGO Indenture, dated September 20, 2010 between Volcano & Wells Fargo

Exhibit 4.1

VOLCANO CORPORATION,

Issuer

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of September 20, 2010

 

 

Debt Securities


ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

   1

Section 1.01

   Definitions of Terms    1

ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

   5

Section 2.01

   Designation and Terms of Securities    5

Section 2.02

   Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate    8

Section 2.03

   Denominations: Provisions for Payment    8

Section 2.04

   Execution and Authentications    10

Section 2.05

   Registration of Transfer and Exchange    11

Section 2.06

   Temporary Securities    12

Section 2.07

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities    13

Section 2.08

   Cancellation    13

Section 2.09

   Benefits of Indenture    14

Section 2.10

   Authenticating Agent    14

Section 2.11

   Global Securities    14

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

   16

Section 3.01

   Redemption    16

Section 3.02

   Notice of Redemption    16

Section 3.03

   Payment Upon Redemption    17

Section 3.04

   Sinking Fund    17

Section 3.05

   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities    18

Section 3.06

   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund    18

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

   18

Section 4.01

   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest    18

Section 4.02

   Maintenance of Office or Agency    19

Section 4.03

   Paying Agents    19

Section 4.04

   Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee    20

Section 4.05

   Compliance with Consolidation Provisions    20

ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

   20

Section 5.01

   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders    20

Section 5.02

   Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders    21


Section 5.03

   Reports by the Company    21

Section 5.04

   Reports by the Trustee    22

ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

   22

Section 6.01

   Events of Default    22

Section 6.02

   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee    24

Section 6.03

   Application of Moneys Collected    25

Section 6.04

   Limitation on Suits    26

Section 6.05

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver    26

Section 6.06

   Control by Securityholders    27

Section 6.07

   Undertaking to Pay Costs    27

ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

   28

Section 7.01

   Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee    28

Section 7.02

   Certain Rights of Trustee    29

Section 7.03

   Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities    31

Section 7.04

   May Hold Securities    31

Section 7.05

   Moneys Held in Trust    31

Section 7.06

   Compensation and Reimbursement    31

Section 7.07

   Reliance on Officer’s Certificate    32

Section 7.08

   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests    32

Section 7.09

   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility    33

Section 7.10

   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor    33

Section 7.11

   Acceptance of Appointment By Successor    34

Section 7.12

   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business    35

Section 7.13

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company    36

Section 7.14

   Notice of Default    36

ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

   36

Section 8.01

   Evidence of Action by Securityholders    36

Section 8.02

   Proof of Execution by Securityholders    37

Section 8.03

   Who May be Deemed Owners    37

Section 8.04

   Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded    37

Section 8.05

   Actions Binding on Future Securityholders    38


ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

   38

Section 9.01

   Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders    38

Section 9.02

   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders    39

Section 9.03

   Effect of Supplemental Indentures    40

Section 9.04

   Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures    40

Section 9.05

   Execution of Supplemental Indentures    40

ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY

   41

Section 10.01

   Company May Consolidate, Etc.    41

Section 10.02

   Successor Entity Substituted    41

ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   42

Section 11.01

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    42

Section 11.02

   Discharge of Obligations    43

Section 11.03

   Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust    43

Section 11.04

   Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents    43

Section 11.05

   Repayment to Company    43

ARTICLE 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

   44

Section 12.01

   No Recourse    44

ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   44

Section 13.01

   Effect on Successors and Assigns    44

Section 13.02

   Actions by Successor    44

Section 13.03

   Surrender of Company Powers    44

Section 13.04

   Notices    45

Section 13.05

   Governing Law    45

Section 13.06

   Treatment of Securities as Debt    45

Section 13.07

   Certificates as to Conditions Precedent    45

Section 13.08

   Payments on Business Days    46

Section 13.09

   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act    46

Section 13.10

   Counterparts    46

Section 13.11

   Separability    46

Section 13.12

   Compliance Certificates    47

Section 13.13

   U.S.A Patriot Act    47

Section 13.14

   Force Majeure    47

Section 13.15

   Table of Contents; Headings    47

 

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


INDENTURE

INDENTURE, dated as of September 20, 2010, among Volcano Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, 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 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.

 

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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 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 in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.

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.

Company” means Volcano Corporation, 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 principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, and shall mean for purposes of Section 4.02, c/o Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 625 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.

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.

 

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Governmental Obligations” means 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.

Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the 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. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07(b), if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

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(b), if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

 

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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 of the Trustee 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.

Securityholder”, “holder of Securities”, “registered 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.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation or company a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is, at the date of determination, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person (a “subsidiary”), by one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person;

 

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(2) a partnership in which such Person or a subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general partner of such partnership; or

(3) any partnership, limited liability company or other Person in which such Person, a subsidiary of such Person or such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, have (x) at least a majority ownership interest or (y) the power to elect or appoint or direct the election or appointment of the managing partner or member of such Person or, if applicable, a majority of the directors or other governing body of such Person.

Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 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);

 

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(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 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) the date, if any, after which, and the price 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, if any, on which, and the price 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 other terms (including terms, to the extent 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) with respect to such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;

 

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(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) whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for, or based on the price of, shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person and, if so, 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) any changes in or additions to 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;

(25) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to the stated interest, 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;

 

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(26) additional or alternative provisions, if any, related to defeasance and discharge of the offered Securities;

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

(28) 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.

(b) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any 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 (unless a Supplemental Indenture specifies a different denomination), 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 the case of a redemption or repurchase thereof prior to maturity, and any cash amount due upon the 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 in the continental United States of America 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.

 

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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 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:

(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 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 mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered 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.

 

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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.

Upon the Company’s delivery of any such authentication order to the Trustee at any time after the initial issuance of 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 have been complied with and that, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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provided that no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the issuance of Securities on the date on which the Securities are originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of such Securities.

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 in the continental United States of America 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 in the continental United States of America 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 (the “Security Registrar”).

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, or 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.

 

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(d) The Company 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 mailing 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 mailing, 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 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 in the continental United States of America 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.

 

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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.

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase, exchange, registration of transfer or conversion or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent (or any other applicable agent), be delivered to 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. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request 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.

 

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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 a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security 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.”

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security 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.

(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to 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 Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security 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 Security 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 Security 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.

 

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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), a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 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 mailed 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 restriction 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 such restriction.

Each such notice of redemption shall 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 in the continental United States of America, 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 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 Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it 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, the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice

 

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to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. 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 by mail 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 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 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).

(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.

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.

 

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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 and 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 Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and 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), interest on, and any redemption price or repurchase price for 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 the principal of, redemption price for or repurchase price for, 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 in the continental United States of America 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 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 Persons entitled thereto;

(2) that it will give the Trustee 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, 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

 

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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.

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 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.

The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with.

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.

 

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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 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 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; provided that an electronic link to such filing, together with an electronic notice of such filing have been sent to the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, a failure by the Company to file annual reports, information and other reports with the SEC within the time period prescribed thereof by the Commission shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 5.03.

(b) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

 

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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 May 1, commencing May 1, 2011, 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 May 1, 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 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;

 

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(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 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.

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(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 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 any amount due it under Section 7.06.

 

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(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 reasonable costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee 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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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 to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of 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 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.

 

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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 in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. 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, 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.

 

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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), 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(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 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;

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable 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; and

 

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(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 if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may 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;

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written 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;

(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity 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), 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;

(e) 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;

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the

 

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Outstanding Securities of the particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;

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

(h) 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;

(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, 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

(j) The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed 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 or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its sole 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 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.

 

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(k) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of Event of Default other than an Event of Default relating to the failure to pay the interest on, or the principal of, the Securities, until the Trustee shall have received written notification in the manner set forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have obtained actual knowledge.

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.

(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 on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree to in writing with the Company to pay thereon.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and

 

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advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as the Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises.

(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities.

(c) 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. 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 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 of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 7.08 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.

 

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Section 7.09 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 7.10.

Section 7.10 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 by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. 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 have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing 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 7.08 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

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(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 7.11.

(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 7.11 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 its charges, 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.

(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

 

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to, 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 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 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 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.

(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 by mail, first class postage prepaid, 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 7.12 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 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

 

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provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, 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 7.13 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.

Section 7.14 Notice of Default

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Event of Default is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act notice of the Event of Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs and 30 days after it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee, 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 board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or 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

 

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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 Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his 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 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

 

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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 the Trustee actually knows 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 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 any Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:

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

(b) to comply with Article Ten;

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(d) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the benefit of the Securityholders, 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 conferred upon the Company in this Indenture;

(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 set forth in this Indenture;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;

(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 under this Indenture by a successor trustee; or

(i) to comply with any requirements of the Commission 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 affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties 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 written consent of the holders of at least 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, (b) reduce the principal amount, reduce the rate of or extend the time of payment of interest, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption of any series of Securities or (b) reduce the percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver.

 

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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, obligations, duties 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.

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 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 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, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall receive an Officer’s Certificate upon request and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by the terms of this Article, that all conditions precedent to the execution of the supplemental indenture have been complied with and the Supplemental Indenture is a valid and legally binding instrument enforceable against the Company.

 

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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) transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, 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 corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, (a) 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), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, 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) reasonably 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 (b) in the event that the Securities of any series then Outstanding are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or other securities of the Company, such entity shall, by such supplemental indenture, make provision so that the Securityholders of Securities of that series shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion or exchange of such Securities the number of securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of common stock or other securities of the Company deliverable upon conversion or exchange of those Securities would have been entitled had such conversion or exchange occurred immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition.

Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.

(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon 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, 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.

 

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(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 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 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 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, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company 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 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

 

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Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.

If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient 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, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, 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, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that 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 on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s 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.

 

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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, 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.

 

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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, the holders of Securities or any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company, may be given or served by being in writing and sent by electronic transmission or deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), to the Company as follows: Volcano Corporation, 3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130, Attention: John Dahldorf. 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 at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

Section 13.05 Governing Law.

This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.

In addition, the Company: (a) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Securities, as the case may be, may be instituted in any U.S. federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (c) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

Section 13.06 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 13.07 Certificates as to Conditions Precedent.

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture (except with respect to the initial issuance of Securities), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter, upon request, stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12 or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) relating to the proposed action 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

 

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application or demand, no additional certificate need be furnished; provided, however, that no Opinion of Counsel or reliance letter shall be required in connection with the issuance of Securities on the date on which the Securities are originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of such Securities.

(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 13.12 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 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 13.08 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, established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, or otherwise explicitly stated, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security, or the date for the repurchase of any Security or for the redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest, principal (and premium, if any), redemption price or repurchase price due on such date may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity, repurchase or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date as a result of such delay.

Section 13.09 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 Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 13.10 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.

Section 13.11 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.

 

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Section 13.12 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 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 13.12, 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 an Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any such Event of Default and its status.s

Section 13.13 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 13.14 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 13.15 Table of Contents; Headings

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.

 

VOLCANO CORPORATION
By:   /s/ John Dahldorf
Name:   John Dahldorf
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Maddy Hall
Name:   Maddy Hall
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)

   7.09

310(b)

   7.08
   7.10

310(c)

   Inapplicable

311(a)

   7.13

311(b)

   7.13

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)

   7.14

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 3 dex42.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 Supplemental Indenture dated September 20, 2010

EXHIBIT 4.2

 

 

VOLCANO CORPORATION

AS ISSUER

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   2

Section 1.01

   Definitions    2

Section 1.02

   Other Definitions    8

Section 1.03

   Conflicts With Base Indenture    8

Section 1.04

   Section References    8

Section 1.05

   Rules of Construction    9

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

   9

Section 2.01

   Designation; Terms of Notes    9

Section 2.02

   Denominations    10

Section 2.03

   Form of Notes    10

Section 2.04

   Transfer and Exchange    11

Section 2.05

   Payments on the Notes    14

Section 2.06

   CUSIPs    16

ARTICLE 3 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND REPURCHASES THEREUPON

   16

Section 3.01

   Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase the Notes    16

Section 3.02

   Fundamental Change Notice    17

Section 3.03

   Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice    18

Section 3.04

   Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice    18

Section 3.05

   Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice    19

Section 3.06

   Notes Repurchased in Whole or in Part    20

Section 3.07

   Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Repurchase of Notes    20

Section 3.08

   Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price    20

Section 3.09

   Covenant Not to Repurchase Notes upon Certain Events of Default    21

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

   21

Section 4.01

   Payment of Notes    21

Section 4.02

   Conversion Agent    21

Section 4.03

   Reports    22

Section 4.04

   Compliance Certificate    22

Section 4.05

   Taxes    22

Section 4.06

   Corporate Existence    22

Section 4.07

   Par Value Limitation    22

Section 4.08

   Further Instruments and Acts    23

 

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ARTICLE 5 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS

   23

Section 5.01

   Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture    23

Section 5.02

   Company May Consolidate on Certain Terms    23

Section 5.03

   Successor Substituted    23

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

   24

Section 6.01

   Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture    24

Section 6.02

   Events of Default    24

Section 6.03

   Acceleration    26

Section 6.04

   Other Remedies    27

Section 6.05

   Sole Remedy for Failure to Report    27

Section 6.06

   Waiver of Past Defaults    28

Section 6.07

   Control by Majority    28

Section 6.08

   Limitation on Suits    28

Section 6.09

   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert    29

Section 6.10

   Collection Suit by Trustee    29

Section 6.11

   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes    29

Section 6.12

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    29

Section 6.13

   Restoration of Rights and Remedies    30

Section 6.14

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative    30

Section 6.15

   Delay or Omission Not a Waiver    30

Section 6.16

   Priorities    30

Section 6.17

   Undertaking for Costs    31

Section 6.18

   Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws    31

ARTICLE 7 REDEMPTION AND SINKING FUNDS

   31

Section 7.01

   Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture    31

ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   32

Section 8.01

   Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture. Inapplicable Provisions    32

Section 8.02

   Discharge of Liability on Notes    32

Section 8.03

   Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust    32

Section 8.04

   Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held    32

Section 8.05

   Repayment to the Company    33

Section 8.06

   Reinstatement    33

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND WAIVERS

   33

Section 9.01

   Supplementation of the Base Indenture    33

Section 9.02

   Without Consent of Holders    33

Section 9.03

   With Consent of Holders    34

 

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Section 9.04

   Notices of Supplemental Indentures    35

ARTICLE 10 CONVERSIONS

   35

Section 10.01

   Right to Convert    35

Section 10.02

   Conversion Procedures    37

Section 10.03

   Settlement Upon Conversion    38

Section 10.04

   Stock Issued upon Conversion    40

Section 10.05

   Adjustment of Conversion Rate    40

Section 10.06

   Voluntary Adjustments    49

Section 10.07

   Adjustments to Conversion Rate upon Conversion In Connection With a Make-Whole Fundamental Change    49

Section 10.08

   Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale    52

Section 10.09

   No Responsibility of Trustee    53

Section 10.10

   Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions and After Certain Adjustments    53

Section 10.11

   Exchange in Lieu of Conversion    54

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

   55

Section 11.01

   Effect on Successors and Assigns    55

Section 11.02

   Notices    55

Section 11.03

   Governing Law, Waiver of Jury Trial and Submission to Jurisdiction    55

Section 11.04

   Calculations    56

Section 11.05

   Confirmation of Indenture    56

Section 11.06

   Benefits of Indenture    56

Section 11.07

   Force Majeure    56

Form of Note

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of September 20, 2010 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), between Volcano Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (“Trustee”), to the Indenture dated as of September 20, 2010, between the Volcano Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and the Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of debt securities (the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture provides for the Company to establish Securities of any series pursuant to a supplemental indenture, and Section 9.01(g) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into any such indenture supplemental to provide for the issuance and establish the form or terms of Securities of such series as permitted by Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture without the consent of any Holders;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as its “2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015” (the “Notes”), the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding instrument in accordance with its terms and (ii) the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of the Company and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

 

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ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01 Definitions

As used herein, the following terms have the specified meanings:

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

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

Base Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2010, between the Company and the Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Bid Solicitation Agent” means such Person as may be appointed from time to time by the Company, without prior notice to the Holders, to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with Section 10.01(b) hereof. The Bid Solicitation Agent shall initially be the Trustee.

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

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

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, or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such shares of common stock are reclassified or changed after the date hereof, 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.

Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor or assignee replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, thereafter, means the successor or assignee.

 

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Conversion Price” means, for any date, (i) $1,000, divided by (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect on such date.

Daily Conversion Value” means, for any of the Trading Days during an Observation Period, 4.00% of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such Trading Day.

Daily Settlement Amount” means, for each Trading Day during an Observation Period, (i) an amount of cash equal to the lesser of (x) $40.00 and (y) the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day and, (ii) if the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds $40.00, a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to (x) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day and $40.00, divided by (y) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such Trading Day.

Daily VWAP” means, except as provided in Section 10.08 hereof, for any of the 25 Trading Days during an Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page VOLC<equity>AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening of trading of The NASDAQ Global Select Market to the scheduled closing of trading of the primary trading session of The NASDAQ Global Select Market on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable at such time, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day, as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company using a volume-weighted method). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regards to after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours.

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

Definitive Notes” means Notes that are in registered definitive form.

Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution, the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution from the Company.

Fundamental Change” means an event that will be deemed to have occurred at the time, after the Issue Date, any of the following occurs:

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become, the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of shares of the Company’s common equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s common equity;

 

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(ii) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision, combination or a change in par value) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets or (B)(i) 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 (ii) 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 of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided, however, that neither (a) a transaction in which the holders of the Company’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction own, as a result of such transaction, directly or indirectly, shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of common equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such event nor (b) any merger primarily for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation to another state within the United States of America or the District of Columbia and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of the Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity shall be a Fundamental Change;

(iii) the holders of the Common Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(iv) the Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of a transaction or transactions described in clauses (i) or (ii) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or made pursuant to dissenters’ rights in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions (such securities, “Publicly Traded Securities”) and as a result of this transaction or transactions, the Notes become convertible into cash and such Publicly Traded Securities (subject to provisions set forth in Sections 10.03 and 10.07 hereof and excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments pursuant to dissenters’ rights).

Global Note” means a permanent global note that is in substantially the form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and that includes the information and schedule called for within such form of the Note and that is deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.

Holder” or “Holders” means a Person or Persons in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register.

Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Issue Date” means the date Notes are originally issued as set forth on the face of such Note under this Indenture.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed by the Company and dated September 14, 2010, relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated September 13, 2010.

Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the Notes, each March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2011.

Last Reported Sale Price” means, for the Common Stock (or any other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined), on any date, the closing sale price per share of the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid price and the average last ask price) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is traded. If the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is not listed for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) will mean the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be), is not so quoted on such date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be), will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and last ask price for the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose. On and after the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Last Reported Sale Price of a Unit of Reference Property on any date means an amount determined by the Board of Directors in a commercially reasonable manner; provided, however, that to the extent that any portion of a Unit of Reference Property consists of cash, the Board of Directors shall value such portion at its face amount, and to the extent that any portion of a Unit of Reference Property consists of publicly traded property, including Capital Stock, the Board of Directors shall value such property by reference to the exchange or other market on which such property is publicly traded.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any event that would constitute a Fundamental Change as defined above in this Section 1.01 after giving effect to any and all exceptions to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to clause (a) of the proviso to clause (ii) of such definition.

Maturity Date” means September 1, 2015.

Note” and “Notes” have the meaning specified in the Recitals and include any additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

 

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Observation Period” means, with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion, (i) if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs prior to June 1, 2015, the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third Trading Day after such Conversion Date, and (ii) if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs on or after June 1, 2015, the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 27th Scheduled Trading Day (or, the immediately following Trading Day, if such Scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day) immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

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

Outstanding” means, with respect to the Notes, any Notes authenticated by the Trustee except (i) those cancelled by it, (ii) those delivered to it for cancellation and (iii)(A) Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture, on and after the time such Note is replaced (unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a bona fide purchaser), (B) Notes converted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, on and after their Conversion Date, and (C) any and all Notes, as of the Maturity Date, if the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of the Notes then payable.

In addition, if the Company, any other obligator or an Affiliate of the Company or an Affiliate of such other obligor holds a Note, such Note will be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes Outstanding at the time of any such determination will be considered in such determination (including, determinations pursuant to Articles 6 and 9 hereof).

Prospectus Supplement” means the Prospectus Supplement dated September 14, 2010 to the Prospectus of the Company dated September 13, 2010.

Regular Record Date” means, for any interest payable on an Interest Payment Date, the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

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

Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is a “significant subsidiary” of such Person within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Stock Price” means, for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (i) if the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is described in clause (ii) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and (ii) otherwise, the average of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

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Subsidiary” means a Person more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.

Supplemental Indenture” means this instrument as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Trading Day” means any day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is then traded, and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is available on such securities exchange or market. If the Common Stock (or such other security, as the case may be) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means “Business Day.”

Trading Price” means, per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, for any Trading Day, the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5.0 million principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5.0 million principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the “Trading Price” per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the Trading Price Product on such day. If the Company does not so instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids when required, the “Trading Price” per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the Trading Price Product for such date of determination.

Trustee” means the party named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor. The foregoing sentence will likewise apply to any such subsequent successor or successors.

Underwriter” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

Underwriting Agreement” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated September 14, 2010 between the Company and the Underwriter, as representative of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereof.

Voting Stock” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term Section:

  

Defined in:

“Additional Interest”    6.05(a)
“Additional Shares”    10.07(a)
“Agent Members”    2.03(c)
“Averaging Period”    10.05(e)
“Conversion Agent”    4.02(a)
“Conversion Date”    10.02(a)
“Conversion Notice”    10.02(a)
“Conversion Rate”    10.01
“Default Interest”    2.05(c)
“Designated Institution”    10.11(a)
“Event of Default”    6.02(a)
“Expiration Date”    10.05(e)
“Fundamental Change Notice”    3.02(a)
“Fundamental Change Notice Date”    3.02(a)
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”    3.01(c)
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”    3.03(a)
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”    3.01(b)
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date”    10.07(a)
“Measurement Period”    10.01(b)
“Merger Event”    10.08
“Publicly Traded Securities”    1.01
“Reference Property”    10.08
“Reporting Default”    6.05(a)
“Settlement Amount”    10.03(a)
“Spin-Off”    10.05(c)
“Trading Price Product”    10.01(b)
“Unit of Reference Property”    10.08
“Valuation Period”    10.05(c)

Section 1.03 Conflicts With Base Indenture. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 1.04 Section References. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.

 

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Section 1.05 Rules of Construction.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; and

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

(d) “or” is not exclusive;

(e) “including” means including, without limitation;

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

(g) all references to $, dollars, cash payments or money refer to United States currency; and

(h) unless the context requires otherwise, all references to payments of interest on the Notes will include any Additional Interest payable in accordance with the terms of Section 6.05 hereof.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation; Terms of Notes. There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, which series of Securities is designated as the “2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015.”

(a) Initial Issuance. Subject to Section 2.01(b) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may initially be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $115,000,000. In addition, the Company may execute, and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver, additional Notes upon the transfer, exchange, repurchase or conversion of Notes pursuant to Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07 and 9.04 of the Base Indenture and Sections 3.06 and 10.02 hereof.

(b) Further Issues. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in Section 2.01(a) hereof, the Company may, without the consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes under this Indenture with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as the Notes initially

 

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issued under this Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided, that the Company may issue such additional Notes only if they are part of the same issue as the Notes offered initially issued hereunder for United States federal income tax purposes.

(c) Purchases. The Company and its Subsidiaries may also from time to time repurchase Notes in open market purchases or negotiated transactions without giving prior notice to Holders. Any Notes purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be retired and no longer outstanding under this Indenture.

Section 2.02 Denominations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(13) of the Base Indenture, the Notes will be issued only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 2.03 Form of Notes.

(a) General. Pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture, the Notes will be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit A, hereto, but may include any notations, legends or changes (as an Officer of the Company executing the same approves and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture) or endorsement required by any applicable law (or regulation promulgated thereunder), stock exchange rule or usage, or any insertions, omissions or other variations otherwise permitted or required by this Indenture. Whenever any such notation, legend or endorsement, or any such insertion, omission or other variation is applicable to a Note, an Officer of the Company will provide the Trustee with a written copy of such notation, legend or endorsement, or such insertion, omission or other variation.

Each Note will bear a Trustee’s certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto and a form notice of conversion, form fundamental change repurchase notice, form of transfer and assignment substantially in the forms set forth in Attachments 1, 2 and 3 thereto.

Notwithstanding Section 2.11(a) of the Base Indenture, each Note that is a Global Note will bear a legend substantially in the form of the Global Notes Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto and the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Global Note” attached thereto.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will 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 Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will govern and control.

(b) Initial and Subsequent Form of Notes. The Notes initially will be issued in global form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary.

So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, and except to the extent provided in Section 2.04(b)(i) through (iii) hereof, (A) all Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes.

 

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(c) Global Notes. Each Global Note will represent the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes endorsed thereon and provide that it represents such aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, which aggregate principal amount may, from time to time, be reduced or increased to reflect transfers, exchanges, conversions or repurchases by the Company.

Only the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, may endorse a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes represented thereby, and whenever the Holder of a Global Note delivers instructions to the Trustee to increase or decrease the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes represented by a Global Note in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures, the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, will endorse such Global Note to reflect such increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes represented thereby. None of the Trustee, the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the Company will have any responsibility or bear any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the ownership of any beneficial interest in a Global Note or with respect to maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interest.

Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act will have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note or under such Global Note, and the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee, may, for all purposes, treat the Depositary, or its nominee, if any, as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Note.

The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that Holders are entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein will prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any interest in any Note.

Section 2.04 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) In General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base Indenture, the Company is not required to transfer or exchange any Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for repurchase in accordance with Article 3 hereof or conversion in accordance with Article 10 hereof, and a written form of transfer substantially in the form of the Form of Transfer and Assignment set forth in Attachment 3 to Exhibit A hereto will be deemed to be a satisfactory instrument of transfer to the Company and the Security Registrar.

 

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At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

(b) Global Notes. Every transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the provisions of this Indenture, and each Global Note may be transferred only as a whole and only (A) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (B) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or (C) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.11(c) of the Base Indenture:

(i) each Global Note will be exchanged for Definitive Notes if the Depositary delivers notice to the Company that:

(A) the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary; or

(B) the Depositary is no longer registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act;

and, in either case, the Company promptly delivers a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving notice from the Depositary.

(ii) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for Definitive Notes by delivering a written request to the Security Registrar.

(iii) if the Company determines that a Holder is, or will become, an Affiliate of the Company or was, or will become, a Person that was an Affiliate of the Company within the three immediately preceding months, the Company may, at its option, issue to such Holder Definitive Notes in exchange for such Holder’s beneficial interests in any Global Notes.

In the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (i) above:

(A) each Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(B) the Trustee will cause each Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures; and

 

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(C) the Company, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a written request from an Officer of the Company, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver, for each beneficial interest in each Global Note so exchanged, an aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary specifies, and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under this Indenture.

In the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (ii) above:

(A) the Security Registrar will deliver notice of such request to the Company and the Trustee, which notice will identify the owner of the beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Note;

(B) the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a written request from an Officer of the Company, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to such owner, for the beneficial interest so exchanged by such owner, Definitive Notes registered in such owner’s name having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under this Indenture; and

(C) the Security Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of such Global Note to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so exchanged, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

In the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (iii) above:

(A) the Company will deliver notice of such request to the Security Registrar and the Trustee, which notice will identify the owner of the beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Note;

(B) the Company will, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a written request from an Officer of the Company, the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to such owner Definitive Notes registered in such owner’s name having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under this Indenture and any applicable law; and

 

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(C) the Security Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of each relevant Global Note to be decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so exchanged, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

(c) Definitive Notes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.04(a) hereof, Definitive Notes may be transferred or exchanged in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.05 Payments on the Notes.

(a) In General. Each Note will accrue interest at a rate equal to 2.875% per annum from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, the Issue Date. Interest on a Note will cease to accrue upon the earliest of the Maturity Date, subject to the provisions of Article 10 hereof, any Conversion Date for such Note and, subject to the provisions of Article 3 hereof, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Note. Interest on any Note will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning March 1, 2011, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof, in certain circumstances, the Company may be obligated to pay Holders Additional Interest.

The Notes will mature on the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date, each Holder of a then Outstanding Note will be entitled on such date to receive $1,000 in cash for each $1,000 in principal amount of then Outstanding Notes held, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date on such then Outstanding Notes.

If the Maturity Date or any Interest Payment Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no additional interest (or Default Interest) will accrue on account of such delay.

(b) Method of Payment. The Company will pay the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and any cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Definitive Note to the Holder of such Note in cash at the designated office of the Paying Agent on the relevant payment or settlement date, as the case may be. The Company will pay any interest on any Definitive Note to the Holder of such Note (i) if such Holder holds $5,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address, and (ii) if such Holder holds more than $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, (A) by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address or, (B) if such Holder delivers to the Registrar a written request that the Company make such payments by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, for each interest payment corresponding to each Regular Record Date occurring during the period beginning on the date on which such Holder delivered such request and ending on the date, if any, on which such Holder delivers to the Registrar a written instruction to the contrary, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder.

 

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The Company will pay the principal of, interest on, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and any cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the relevant payment date.

(c) Defaulted Payments. If the Company fails to pay the principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or cash portion of any Settlement Amount with respect to, any Note at the time and in the manner required under this Indenture, to the extent lawful, the unpaid portion of such interest, principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or cash portion of the Settlement Amount, as the case may be, will accrue additional interest (“Default Interest”) at a rate equal to the then-applicable interest rate of the Notes from the date of such failure. The Company will pay any Default Interest in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, as though the failure that caused such Default Interest to accrue were a failure to pay interest on a Security and such Default Interest were Defaulted Interest (as defined in Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture).

(d) Paying Agents. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent in respect of the Notes and the Corporate Trust Office as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer. The Company may, however, change the Paying Agent for the Notes without prior notice to the Holders, and the Company may act as Paying Agent for the Notes. With respect to the Notes, each reference to “principal of (and premium, if any) or interest” in Section 4.03 of the Base Indenture will be deemed to be a reference to “principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, or interest”, and, as provided by Section 8.01 hereof, the reference in Section 4.03(c) of the Base Indenture to Section 11.05 thereof shall be deemed to be replaced by a reference to Section 8.05 hereof.

 

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Section 2.06 CUSIPs. The Company, in issuing the Notes, may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that (a) any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice; (b) reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes; and (c) any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall, without unreasonable delay, notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers

ARTICLE 3

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES AND REPURCHASES THEREUPON

Section 3.01 Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase the Notes. (a) General. If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, each Holder will have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash, at the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, (i) all of such Holder’s Notes or (ii) any portion of such Holder’s Notes such that the principal amount of each Note of such Holder that is not repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(b) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means for any Notes to be repurchased on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; provided, however, that if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs after a Regular Record Date, but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, the Company will instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased.

(c) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means, for any Fundamental Change, the date specified by the Company in the Fundamental Change Notice for such Fundamental Change, which date will be not less than 20 Business Days, nor more than 35 Business Days, following the Fundamental Change Notice Date for such Fundamental Change.

 

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Section 3.02 Fundamental Change Notice (a) General. On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company will deliver to each Holder, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a written notice of the occurrence of Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right (the “Fundamental Change Notice,” and the date of such delivery, the “Fundamental Change Notice Date”). Simultaneously with delivering any Fundamental Change Notice, the Company will publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, New York, on the Company’s website, or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time, which notice will contain the same information as such Fundamental Change Notice.

For any Fundamental Change, the Fundamental Change Notice shall state, among other things:

(i) the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(ii) the date of such Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise its right to require the Company to repurchase its Notes as a result of such Fundamental Change under this Article 3;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(vii) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;

(viii) if applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if such Holder withdraws such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

(ix) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase a Note.

(b) Failure or Defect. Notwithstanding anything provided elsewhere in this Indenture, neither the failure of the Company to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor a defect in a Fundamental Change Notice delivered by the Company will limit the repurchase rights of any Holder under this Article 3 or impair or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to the repurchase of any Note pursuant to this Article 3.

 

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Section 3.03 Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (a) General. To exercise its repurchase rights under Section 3.01(a) hereof with respect to any Fundamental Change, a Holder must deliver to the Paying Agent, by the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date:

(i) a duly completed “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” in the form of Attachment 2 of the Notes that such Holder is tendering for repurchase (a “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”); and

(ii) the Notes that such Holder is tendering for repurchase, (A) by book-entry transfer if such Notes are Global Notes, or (B) by physical delivery, if such Notes are Definitive Notes, in each case, together with any endorsements or other documents reasonably requested by the Paying Agent.

(b) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for any Note must state:

(i) if such Note is to be repurchased in part, the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which principal amount must be such that the principal amount of such Note that will not be repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(ii) that such Note will be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3 hereof; and

(iii) if such Note to be repurchased is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of such Note.

If the Notes to be repurchased are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for such Notes must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

(c) Notice to Company. If any Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note or any portion of a Note, the Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(d) Effect of Improper Notice. Unless and until the Paying Agent receives a validly endorsed and delivered Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, together with such Note, in a form that conforms with the description contained in such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the Holder submitting the Notes will not be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note.

Section 3.04 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(a) General. After a Holder delivers a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, such Holder may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Any such withdrawal notice must state:

(i) the principal amount of the Notes to be withdrawn, which must be such that the principal amount of each Note not to be repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

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(ii) the principal amount of the Notes that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be such that the principal amount of each Note not to be repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

(iii) if the Notes with respect to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pertained were Definitive Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be withdrawn and the Notes that will remain subject to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

If the Notes to be withdrawn are Global Notes, a Holder must deliver its notice of withdrawal in compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

(b) Return of Note. Upon receipt of a validly delivered withdrawal notice, the Paying Agent will promptly (i) if such notice pertains to a Definitive Note or a portion of a Definitive Note, return such Note or portion of a Note to such Holder, in the amount specified in such withdrawal notice; and, (ii) if such notice pertains to a beneficial interest in a Global Note, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of such beneficial interest, in the amount specified in such withdrawal notice.

(c) Notice to Company. If any Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a notice of withdrawal with respect to a Note or any portion of a Note, the Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of such notice of withdrawal.

Section 3.05 Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.

(a) General. If a Holder validly delivers to the Paying Agent a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) with respect to a Note, such Holder may no longer convert such Note unless and until such Holder validly withdraws such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof.

(b) Timing of Payment. Upon the Paying Agent’s receipt of (i) a valid Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) and (ii) the Notes to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pertains, the Holder of the Notes to which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pertains will be entitled, except to the extent such Holder has validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and (ii)(A) if such Notes are Definitive Notes, the date of delivery of such Notes to the Paying Agent, or (B) if such Notes are Global Notes, the date of book-entry transfer of such Notes to the Paying Agent, or, if such later date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such later date.

 

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(c) Effect of Deposit. If on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for every Note subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof and not validly withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, at the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date:

(i) the Notes to be repurchased will cease to be Outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or whether or not such Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent); and

(ii) all other rights of the Holders with respect to such Notes will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any Default Interest with respect to such Notes).

Section 3.06 Notes Repurchased in Whole or in Part. If any Definitive Note is to be repurchased only in part, the Holder must surrender such Note at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder of such Note or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing), whereupon the Company will execute, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the surrendering Holder, without a service charge, a new Note or Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered which is not repurchased. If any Global Note is repurchased in part, the Company will instruct the Registrar to decrease the principal amount of such Global Note by the principal amount repurchased. Any Notes that are repurchased or owned by the Company, whether or not in connection with a Fundamental Change, will be submitted to the Trustee for cancellation and will be duly retired by the Company.

Section 3.07 Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice under this Article 3, the Company will, to the extent applicable, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may be applicable at the time of the offer to repurchase the Notes, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with any applicable United States federal and state securities laws so as to permit Holders to exercise their rights and obligations under Section 3.01 hereof in the time and in the manner specified in Sections 3.01 and 3.03 hereof.

Section 3.08 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. On the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, will segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.03(b) of the Base Indenture) an amount of immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is required to repurchase on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

 

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Section 3.09 Covenant Not to Repurchase Notes upon Certain Events of Default.

(a) General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 3, no Notes may be repurchased at the option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company that would be cured by the Company’s payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes).

(b) Deemed Withdrawals. If, on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (i) a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for a Note has been validly tendered in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof and has not been validly withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, and (ii) pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Company is not permitted to purchase Notes, the Paying Agent will deem such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice withdrawn.

(c) Return of Notes. If a Holder tenders a Note for purchase pursuant to this Article 3 and, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Company is not permitted to purchase such Note, the Paying Agent will (i) if such Note is a Definitive Note, return such Note to such Holder, and (ii) if such Note is held in book-entry form, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of such Note.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or the Settlement Amount with respect to, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner required under this Indenture and the Notes. Any principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, Settlement Amount with respect to, or interest on, a Note will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the due date, money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay such principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Settlement Amount or interest then due. To the extent lawful, the Company will also pay Default Interest in accordance with Section 2.05(c) hereof.

Section 4.02 Conversion Agent. The Company will maintain an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be surrendered for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). The Company initially appoints the Trustee as the Conversion Agent with respect to the Notes.

At any time, the Company may change such designation by delivering written notice to the Trustee signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, which notice will designate some other office or agency as the Conversion Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, Notes may be surrendered for conversion at the Corporate Trust Office of Trustee.

 

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Section 4.03 Reports. The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all quarterly and annual reports that the Company is required to deliver to the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and any other documents, information or reports that the Company is required to file with the Commission under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the date on which the Company is required to file the same with the Commission (after giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not file with the Trustee any correspondence with the Commission and any such document, information or report that is subject to confidential treatment. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any document filed by the Company with the Commission via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee at the time such document is filed via the EDGAR system (or such successor thereto).

Delivery of such quarterly and annual reports, and such other documents, information and reports to the Trustee will be for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2010, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, which Officer’s Certificate will state whether or not, to the knowledge of such Officer, the Company is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

Section 4.05 Taxes. The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.06 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence in accordance with its organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) and its rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that the Company will not be required to preserve any such right if the Board of Directors determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 4.07 Par Value Limitation. The Company will not take any action that, after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 10.05 hereof, would result in the Conversion Price becoming less than the par value of one share of Common Stock.

 

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Section 4.08 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 5

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS

Section 5.01 Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture.

The provisions of this Article 5 will, with respect to the Notes, supersede Article 10 of the Base Indenture in its entirety, with the provisions of Section 5.02 of this Supplemental Indenture superseding the provisions of Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture and the provisions of Section 5.03 of this Supplemental Indenture superseding Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture. In addition, each reference in the Base Indenture to Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture will, respect to the Notes, be deemed to be a reference to Section 5.02 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 5.02 Company May Consolidate on Certain Terms. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, or (ii) sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of it and its Subsidiaries to any other Person, unless:

(a) either:

(i) the Company is the surviving Person; or

(ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if other than the Company):

(A) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and

(B) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture; and

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture.

Section 5.03 Successor Substituted Upon any such consolidation, merger or sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if other than the Company) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the Company shall be discharged from its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, except in the case of any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all our assets.

 

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ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture.

(a) Inapplicable Provisions. The provisions of this Article 6 will, with respect to the Notes, supersede Article 6 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.

(b) Amendments to the Base Indenture.

(i) The reference in Section 7.06(c) of the Base Indenture to Section 6.01(4) is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced with a reference to Section 6.02(viii) of this Supplemental Indenture.

(ii) The reference in Section 7.06(c) of the Base Indenture to Section 6.01(5) is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced with a reference to Section 6.02(ix) of this Supplemental Indenture.

(iii) The reference in Section 2.01(a)(17) of the Base Indenture to Section 6.01 is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced with a reference to Section 6.03 of this Supplemental Indenture.

(iv) Each phrase “Event of Default” in Section 7.14 of the Base Indenture is, with respect to the Notes, hereby replaced with a reference to “Default or Event of Default.” In addition, the words “default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security” are, with respect to the Notes, hereby replaced with the words “Default that would lead to an Event of Default described in Sections 6.02(a)(i) or (ii) of the Supplemental Indenture or any Event of Default described in Sections 6.02(a)(i) through (iii) of the Supplemental Indenture”.

Section 6.02 Events of Default

(a) General. Each of the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(i) the default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(ii) the default in the payment of the principal of any Note when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(iii) the Company fails to comply with its obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 10 hereof upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for three Business Days;

 

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(iv) the Company fails to give a Fundamental Change Notice under Section 3.02 hereof or any notice required under Section 10.01(c) or (d) hereof, in each case, when due;

(v) the Company fails to comply with its obligations under Article 5 hereof;

(vi) the Company fails for 60 days after written notice from (A) the Trustee or (B) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes has been received to comply with any agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture other than those explicitly provided for elsewhere in this Section 6.02;

(vii) the default by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is later created, if that default:

(A) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable; or

(B) constitutes a failure to pay the principal of, or interest on, such indebtedness when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise,

unless, in either case, such indebtedness is discharged or such acceleration is cured, waived, rescinded, stayed or annulled within a period of 30 days after becoming due and payable;

(viii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case;

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

(E) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or

(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

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(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company;

(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company; or

(D) grants any similar relief under any foreign laws;

and, in each such case, the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; and

(x) a final judgment for the payment of $15,000,000 or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) is rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired or if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii)the date on which the right to appeal has been extinguished

(b) Cause Irrelevant. Each of the events enumerated in Section 6.02(a) hereof will constitute an Event of Default whatever the cause and regardless of whether voluntary or involuntary or 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.

(c) Notice of Default or Event of Default. Within the first 30 days after a Default or an Event of Default occurs, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate describing such Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect to such Default or Event of Default.

Section 6.03 Acceleration

(a) Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.02(viii) or 6.02(ix) hereof occurs with respect to the Company, the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the then Outstanding Notes will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any party.

(b) Optional Acceleration. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Outstanding Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be due and payable immediately.

(c) Rescission of Events of Default and/or Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may waive all past Events of Default (except with respect to nonpayment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) or interest or with respect to the Company’s failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion) and rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences hereunder by delivering notice to the

 

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Trustee if (i) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.

Section 6.04 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest on, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of the Notes in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.05 Sole Remedy for Failure to Report (a) General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Notes or in this Indenture, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default specified in Section 6.02(a)(vi) hereof relating to the Company’s failure to meet its reporting obligations under Section 4.03 hereof (a “Reporting Default”) will, for the first 180 days after the occurrence of such a Reporting Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes (“Additional Interest”). For the first 90 days during which such Reporting Default is continuing, Additional Interest will accrue on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If such Reporting Default is still continuing on the 91st day after it first occurred, such Additional Interest will accrue during the next 90 days during which such Reporting Default is continuing at a rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes then Outstanding. If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes.

(b) Limitation on Remedy. On the 181st day after the occurrence of such Reporting Default (if such Reporting Default is not cured or waived prior to such 181st day), the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above. In the event the Company does not elect to pay the Additional Interest following a Reporting Default in accordance with this Section 6.05(b) hereof and Section 6.05(c) hereof, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.03 above.

(c) Company Election Notice. In order to elect to pay the Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of a Reporting Default in accordance with Section 6.05(a) and (b) hereof, the Company must notify the Holders of such election prior to the beginning of such 180-day period.

(d) If a Reporting Default occurs and the Company fails to timely deliver such notice for such Reporting Default, the Notes will immediately be subject to acceleration under Section 6.03(b) hereof on account of such Reporting Default.

 

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(e) Other Events of Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Company elects to pay the Additional Interest with respect to any Reporting Default, the Company’s election will not affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default.

Section 6.06 Waiver of Past Defaults. If an Event of Default or a Default, other than (a) an uncured Event of Default described in Sections 6.02(a)(i), 6.02(a)(ii) or 6.02(a)(iii) hereof or (b) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may waive such Event of Default or Default and all of its consequences hereunder. Whenever any Event of Default is so waived, it will cease to exist, and whenever any Default is so waived, it will be deemed cured, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.07 Control by Majority. At any time, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or for exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to the Trustee’s duties under Article 7 of the Base Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, that the Trustee determines to be unduly prejudicial to the rights of a Holder or to the Trustee, or that would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s instituting such proceeding as the Trustee. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.08 Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.09 hereof, no Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(a) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes deliver to the Trustee a written request that the Trustee pursue a remedy with respect to such Event of Default;

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or other expense of compliance with such written request;

(d) the Trustee has not complied with such written request within 60 days after receipt of such written request and offer of security or indemnity; and

(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes did not deliver to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.

 

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A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder, it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether any usage of this Indenture by a Holder is unduly prejudicial to such other Holders.

Section 6.09 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and accrued and unpaid interest on, its Notes, on or after the respective due date, and to convert its Notes and receive the Settlement Amount for such Notes in accordance with Article 10 hereof, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion rights, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and will not be subject to the requirements of Section 6.08 hereof.

Section 6.10 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.02(a)(i), 6.02(a)(ii) or 6.02(a)(iii) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and Settlement Amount with respect to, the Notes, as the case may be, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on such principal, interest and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, as well as any other amounts that may be due under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.

Section 6.11 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 in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, will be entitled to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, 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, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and is paid out

 

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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. Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or to accept or to adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.13 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder 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 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 6.14 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now 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 6.15 Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder 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 an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.16 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it will pay out the money in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

SECOND: to the Holders, for any amounts due and unpaid on the principal of, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, accrued and unpaid interest on, and cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Note, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Notes; and

 

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THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or to such other party as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.16. If the Trustee so fixes a record date and a payment date, at least 15 days prior to such record date, the Company will deliver to each Holder and the Trustee a written notice, which notice will state such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment.

Section 6.17 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 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; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6.17 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% 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 interest on any Note after the Maturity Date.

Section 6.18 Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants that, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, 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 enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that 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, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will instead suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

REDEMPTION AND SINKING FUNDS

Section 7.01 Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture. The Company will not have the right to redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date, the Notes will not have the benefit of a sinking fund, and Article 3 of the Base Indenture will not apply to the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 8.01 Inapplicable Provisions of the Base Indenture; Amendments to the Base Indenture. Inapplicable Provisions.

(a) Inapplicable Provisions. The satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article 8 will, with respect to the Notes, supersede the entirety of Article 11 of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article 11 thereof and the satisfaction and discharge provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 11 and the satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article 8, respectively.

(b) Amendments.

(i) The reference in Section 4.03(c) of the Base Indenture to Section 11.05 is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced with a reference to Section 8.05 of this Supplemental Indenture.

(ii) The reference in Section 7.05 of the Base Indenture to Section 11.05 is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced with a reference to Section 8.05 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 8.02 Discharge of Liability on Notes. When (a)(i) the Company delivers to the Registrar all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Base Indenture) for cancellation or (ii) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee or delivers to the Holders, as applicable, cash and shares of Common Stock, if any (solely to satisfy amounts due and owing as a result of conversions of the Notes), sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Base Indenture) and (b) the Company pays all other sums payable by it under this Indenture with respect to the then Outstanding Notes then, subject to Section 7.05 of the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and the Holders and the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, (i) any obligation of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7 of the Base Indenture with respect to compensation or indemnity (including in connection with a provision of this Supplemental Indenture), and (ii) any obligation of the Trustee with respect to money deposited with the Trustee under this Article 8 and Section 2.04 hereof will survive.

Section 8.03 Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust. Subject to Section 8.05 hereof, all cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof will be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, will be applied by the Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, to the payment of the obligation for which such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, have been deposited with the Trustee.

Section 8.04 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Supplemental Indenture, all cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, then held by the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies and shares of Common Stock, if any.

 

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Section 8.05 Repayment to the Company. Subject to any applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, upon receiving a written request from the Company, will promptly turn over to the Company any cash or shares of the Common Stock held for payment on the Notes that remains unclaimed two years after the date on which such payment was due. After the Trustee and the Paying Agent return such cash and shares of Common Stock, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash and shares of Common Stock, and any Holder entitled to the payment of such cash or shares of the Common Stock under the Notes or this Indenture must look to the Company for payment as general creditor of the Company.

Section 8.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 8.03 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 Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, in accordance with Section 8.03; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of the principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from any cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01 Supplementation of the Base Indenture. Subject to Section 1.03 hereof, the provisions of Article 9 of the Base Indenture, as superseded and deemed replaced by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

Section 9.02 Without Consent of Holders. This Section 9.02 hereby supersedes Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture in its entirety. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or in the Notes that does not adversely affect Holders;

(b) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and under the Notes as described in Article 5 hereof or Section 10.08 hereof or to modify the conversion rights of the Holders in accordance with Section 10.08 hereof;

(c) to add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

(d) to secure the Notes;

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(f) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company under this Indenture or the Notes;

(g) to appoint a successor Trustee with respect to this Indenture;

(h) to comply with the Applicable Procedures of the depositary;

(i) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

(j) to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

(k) to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of notes” section of the Prospectus Supplement as amended by the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;

provided, however, that this Indenture, as so amended or supplemented, will conform with the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 9.03 With Consent of Holders. This Section 9.03 hereby supersedes Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture in its entirety. With the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), and, subject to the exception provided in Section 6.03(c), any past default or compliance with any provisions waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of then Outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes); provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected, no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes may:

(a) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of then Outstanding Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or to waive any past default;

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

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

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Holder under Article 10 hereof;

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

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

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(h) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, and interest, on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; or

(i) make any change in the amendment provisions that require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions.

It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of such proposed amendment.

Section 9.04 Notices of Supplemental Indentures. After an amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes pursuant to this Article 9 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement to this Indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect in such notice, will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment or supplement to this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10

CONVERSIONS

Section 10.01 Right to Convert. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, a Holder will have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert its Notes, or any portion of such Notes such that the principal amount of each Note that is not converted equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, into an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any, determined in accordance with Section 10.03 hereof, based on a conversion rate initially equal to 33.7339 shares of the Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 10.05, 10.06 and 10.07, the “Conversion Rate”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, (x) at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2015, only upon satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 10.01, and (y) on and after June 1, 2015, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, without regard to the conditions described in clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 10.01.

(a) Stock Price Condition. Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2015, a Holder may surrender its Notes for conversion during any fiscal quarter commencing after December 31, 2010 (and only during such fiscal quarter) , if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day.

(b) Trading Price Condition. Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2015, a Holder may surrender its Notes for conversion during the five consecutive Business Day period after any ten consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which, for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such Trading Day, as determined

 

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following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures described below in this Section 10.01(b), was less than 98% of the product of (x) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (y) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day (such amount, for any Trading Day, the “Trading Price Product”).

The Bid Solicitation Agent shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes unless the Company has requested such determination in writing; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request unless (i) a Holder of at least $2.0 million principal amount of Notes provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of Trading Price Product and (ii) requests that the Company require the Bid Solicitation Agent to begin determining the Trading Price of the Notes. At such time, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent in writing to determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until a Trading Day occurs on which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the Trading Price Product. If the Trading Price condition has been met, the Company will so notify the Holders and the Trustee. At any time after the Trading Price condition has been met, the Company will notify the Holders and the Trustee in writing that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than 98% of the Trading Price Product as promptly as practicable.

(c) If the Company elects:

(i) To issue to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock rights, options or warrants entitling such holders, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of such issuance to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance; or

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

then, in either case, the Company must notify the Holders in writing at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time until the earlier of (x) the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and (y) the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution will not occur.

(d) Certain Corporate Events. If (x) a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, regardless of whether a Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase the Notes pursuant to Article 3 or (y) if the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets, or a transfer

 

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or lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, the Notes may be surrendered for conversion at any time from or after the date that is 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction (or, if later, the Business Day after the Company delivers notice of such transaction) until the earliest of (a)(i) if such transaction does not constitute a Fundamental Change, the Close of Business on the 35th Business Day after the actual effective date of such transaction, and (ii) if such transaction constitutes a Fundamental Change, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and (b) the Company’s announcement that such transaction will not take place. The Company will notify Holders and the Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date on which the Company publicly announces such transaction. If the Company delivers to the Holders notice of such a transaction before such transaction becomes effective, and such transaction fails to become effective, as promptly as practicable after the Company determines that such event will not become effective, the Company will deliver to the Holders a second notice, which notice will state that such transaction has failed to become effective and whether the Holders may still convert their Notes pursuant to any other provision of this Indenture.

Section 10.02 Conversion Procedures.

(a) General. In order to exercise the conversion privilege with respect to a beneficial interest in a Global Note or with respect to a Definitive Note, the Holder must:

(i) pay any funds required under Section 10.02(d);

(ii) pay any taxes or duties required under the proviso of Section 10.02(e); and

(iii) if such Note is a Global Note, (A) complete any instruction form required by the Depositary to effect the conversion of a beneficial interest under the Applicable Procedures; and (B) otherwise comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in effect on the date such Holder seeks to convert such beneficial interest; or

(iv) if such Note is a Definitive Note, (A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Note (the “Conversion Notice”), or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice; (B) deliver the Conversion Notice (or facsimile thereof), which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion Agent; and, (C) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents.

The first Business Day on which a Holder complies with the relevant procedures for conversion set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above and any other procedures required to effect a conversion under this Indenture shall be the “Conversion Date” with respect to such Note. If, at any time, the last date on which any Note may be converted is not a Business Day, such Note may be converted on the immediately following Business Day.

(b) Holder of Record. If a Holder surrenders the entire principal amount of a Note for conversion, as of the Conversion Date for such Note, such Person will no longer be the Holder of such Note. If any shares of Common Stock are issuable upon the conversion of a Note, except as provided under Section 10.05(h) hereof, the Person in whose name such shares of Common Stock will be registered will become the holder of record of such shares at the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Observation Period corresponding to the Conversion Date for such Note.

 

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(c) Conversions in Part. If a Holder surrenders only a portion of a Definitive Note for conversion, promptly after the Conversion Date for such portion, the Company will execute, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to such Holder, a new Definitive Note or new Definitive Notes in an authorized denomination or authorized denominations equal to the aggregate principal amount of the unconverted portion of such Definitive Note. Upon the conversion of any beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Conversion Agent will promptly request that the Trustee make a notation on the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases of Global Note” of such Global Note to reduce the principal amount represented by such Global Note by the principal amount of the converted beneficial interest.

(d) Reimbursement of Interest upon Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date but prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, such Holder must accompany such Note with an amount of cash equal to the amount of interest that will payable on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that a Holder need not make such payment (A) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (B) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date and the Holder converts its Note after the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Open of Business on such Interest Payment Date; or (C) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.

(e) Taxes Due upon Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of the Common Stock upon the conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests that any shares be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder will pay that tax.

Section 10.03 Settlement Upon Conversion

(a) Settlement Amount. Except as described in Sections 10.05 and 10.07 hereof, upon conversion, the Company will deliver to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any (the “Settlement Amount”), equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period. Except as provided in Section 10.07 hereof, the Company will deliver the Settlement Amount to converting Holders on the third Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period.

(b) Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not issue any fractional shares of Common Stock as part of the Settlement Amount. Instead, if the Settlement Amount includes a fraction of a share of the Common Stock, the Company will, in lieu of delivering such fraction of a share, pay an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a share and (ii) the Daily VWAP for the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period.

 

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(c) Rounding; Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder surrenders more than one Note for Conversion on a single Conversion Date, the Company will calculate any amounts due with respect to the conversion of such Notes as if such Holder had surrendered for conversion one Note having an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of the principal amounts of each of the Notes surrendered for conversion by such Holder on such Conversion Date.

(d) Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note and the Company’s delivery of the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, into which a Note is convertible will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but not including the Conversion Date; 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 due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note on such Regular Record Date.

As a result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, if the Settlement Amount for any Note includes both cash and shares of the Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the amount of cash delivered upon such conversion.

(e) Notices. Whenever a Conversion Date occurs with respect to a Note, the Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, deliver to the Company and the Trustee, if it is not then the Conversion Agent, notice that a Conversion Date has occurred, which notice will state such Conversion Date, the principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date and the names of the Holders that converted Notes on such Conversion Date

On the first Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Observation Period for any Conversion Date, the Company will deliver written notice to the Conversion Agent and the Trustee stating (A) the Daily Settlement Amounts for each Trading Day in such Observation Period, and (B) the amount of cash that the Company is obligated to deliver to satisfy its conversion obligation with respect to each Note converted on such Conversion Date.

(f) Definitions.

(i) Only for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, “Trading Day” means a day on which (i) there is no “Market Disruption Event” (as defined below in Section 10.03(f)(ii) hereof) and (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, on the principal other United States national or regional

 

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securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a Daily VWAP must be determined) is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”

(ii) Only for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, “Market Disruption Event” means (i) a failure by the principal United States national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock, for more than a one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant securities exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

Section 10.04 Stock Issued upon Conversion.

(a) To the extent necessary to satisfy its obligations under this Indenture, prior to issuing any shares of Common Stock, the Company will reserve out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Notes.

(b) Any shares of Common Stock delivered upon the conversion of the Notes will be newly issued shares or treasury shares, duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder or other Person to whom such shares of Common Stock will be delivered). In addition, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Note to be listed on whatever stock exchange(s) the Common Stock is listed on the date the converting Holder becomes a record holder of such Common Stock.

(c) If any shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion would be “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144 or any successor provision in effect at such time), such shares of Common Stock will be issued in physical certificated form, will not be held in book-entry form through the facilities of the Depositary and the Company will affix, or will direct its transfer agent to affix, upon such shares of Common Stock any legend required to comply with applicable law.

Section 10.05 Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Company will adjust the Conversion Rate from time to time as described in this Section 10.05, except that the Company will not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if each Holder participates (other than in a share split or share combination), 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 the relevant transaction described below without having to convert its Notes and as if it held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and divided by $1,000.

 

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(a) Stock Dividends and Share Splits. If the Company exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the outstanding Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

LOGO

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 applicable;

CR1

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date;

OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date; and

OS1

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

Any adjustment made under this Section 10.05(a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date for such share split or share combination. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.05(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or announced.

(b) Rights, Options, and Warrants. If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the outstanding Common Stock rights, options or warrants entitling such holders for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of such issuance to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

LOGO

where:

 

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

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CR1

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

OS

 

=

   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 the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

Any increase made under this Section 10.05(b) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, including because the issued rights, options or warrants were not exercised, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to such Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the 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 the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for an 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, with the value of any such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(c) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.

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

(A) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.05(a) hereof or Section 10.05(b) hereof;

 

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(B) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.05(d) hereof;

(C) any dividends and distributions in connection with a Merger Event described below under Section 10.08 hereof;

(D) except as otherwise described in Section 10.05(f) hereof, any rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan adopted by the Company; and

(E) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions of Section 10.05(c)(ii) hereof shall apply (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including spin-offs as to which such provisions do not apply),

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

LOGO

where:

 

CR0

 

=

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

CR1

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

SP

 

=

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

FMV

 

=

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the “SP” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of Notes will receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness, other assets 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 if such Holder had owned a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

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Any increase in the Conversion Rate made under this Section 10.05(c)(i) 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 to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(ii) With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.05(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to an Affiliate or other business unit of the Company, and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a national securities exchange or a reasonably comparable non-U.S. equivalent (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

LOGO

where:

 

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off;

CR1

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off;

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 the Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

MP

 

=

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

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate as a result of a Spin-Off under the preceding paragraph of this Section 10.05(c)(ii) will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off; provided that if the first Trading Day of the Observation Period with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion occurs after the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period for a Spin-Off, but on or before the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, the reference in the above definition of “FMV” to “10” shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the effective date of such Spin-Off to, but excluding, the first Trading Day of such Observation Period. If one or more Trading Days of the Observation Period with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion occurs on or after the Ex-Dividend Date for a Spin-Off, but on or prior to the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, such Observation Period will be suspended on the first such Trading Day and will resume immediately after the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, and the reference in the above definition of “FMV” to “10” shall be deemed replaced with a reference to “one” (1) .

 

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(d) Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

LOGO

where:

 

CR0

 

=

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

CR1

 

=

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

SP

 

=

   the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

C

 

=

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

If “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date.

Such increase pursuant to this Section 10.05(d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(e) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock (that is subject to the tender offer rules of the Exchange Act that are then applicable), other than an odd lot tender offers, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

LOGO

where:

 

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;

 

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CR1

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;

AC

 

=

   the fair market value, on the Expiration Date, of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

OS1

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Close of Business on the Expiration Date (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 the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date (the “Averaging Period”).

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 10.05(e) will occur at the Close of Business on the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer; provided that if the first Trading Day of the Observation Period with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion occurs after the first Trading Day of the Averaging Period for any tender or exchange offer, but on or before the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period for such tender or exchange offer, the reference in the above definition of “SP” to “10” shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the first Trading Day of the Averaging Period for such tender or exchange offer to, but excluding, the first Trading Day of such Observation Period. If one or more Trading Days of the Observation Period for any Note occurs after the Expiration Date for any tender or exchange offer, but on or prior to the first Trading Day in the Averaging Period for such tender or exchange offer, such Observation Period will be suspended on the first such Trading Day and will resume immediately after the first Trading Day of the Averaging Period for such tender or exchange offer and the reference in the above definition of “SP” to “10” shall be deemed replaced with a reference to “one” (1).

If the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such tender or exchange offer not been made.

 

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(f) If a Holder converts Notes and on the first Trading Day of the Observation Period for such Notes the Company has a rights plan in effect, then, to the extent the rights associated with such plan have not separated from the shares of the Common Stock, such Holder will receive, in addition to any shares of the Common Stock delivered as part of the Settlement Amount for such Notes, the rights under such rights plan, unless, prior to such Trading Day, such rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of the Common Stock shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities of the Company as described in Section 10.05(c)(i), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

(g) Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Article 10, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article 10 will cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted, without duplication.

(h) Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any adjustment to the Conversion Rate described in any of clauses 10.05(a) through 10.05(e) hereof becomes effective and, but for this provision, a Holder that has converted its Notes:

(i) would receive shares of the Common Stock based on an adjusted Conversion Rate; and

(ii) would be a record holder of such shares of the Common Stock on the record date, effective date or Expiration Date for the dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to the adjustment or otherwise participates in such dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to the adjustment as a result of being treated as a holder of record of such shares of the Common Stock, then, in lieu of receiving shares of the Common Stock at such an adjusted Conversion Rate, the Company will adjust the amount of cash and the number of shares of the Common Stock that the Company delivers to such Holder as it determines is appropriate to reflect such Holder’s participation in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(i) Adjustment Events that Occur After the First Trading Day of an Observation Period. In addition, if a Holder converts a Note and:

(i) the record date, effective date or Expiration Date for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under any of clauses 10.05(a) through 10.05(e) above occurs:

(A) on or after the first Trading Day of the Observation Period for such Note; and

(B) on or prior to the last Trading Day of such Observation Period; and

(ii) the Daily Settlement Amount for any Trading Day in such Observation Period that occurs on or prior to such record date, effective date or Expiration Date:

(A) includes shares of Common Stock that, if not for this provision, would not entitle their holder to participate in such event; and

 

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(B) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate that is not adjusted for such event,

then, on account of such conversion, the Company will adjust the Daily Settlement Amounts that it delivers to such Holder or make other adjustments that the Board of Directors deems appropriate to reflect the relevant event requiring adjustment to the Conversion Rate.

(j) Other Adjustments. Whenever a provision of this Indenture requires the calculation of Last Reported Sale Prices, Daily VWAPs or any functions thereof over a span of multiple days, the Company will make appropriate adjustments (to the extent no corresponding adjustment is otherwise made pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 10.05) to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or Expiration Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period in which Last Reported Sale Prices, Daily VWAPs or functions thereof are to be calculated.

(k) Limitations on Adjustments.

(i) Except as a result of a reverse share split, share combination, or readjustment resulting from dividends or distributions having been declared but not paid or made, readjustments resulting from distributed rights, options or warrants not being exercised prior to their expiration or termination and readjustments resulting from distributions or deemed distributions of contingent rights, options or warrants that were redeemed or repurchased without being exercised prior to their expiration or termination, in no event will the Conversion Rate be adjusted downward pursuant to Sections 10.05(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) hereof.

(ii) In addition, notwithstanding anything herein, the Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate:

(A) upon the issuance of:

(1) 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 plan;

(2) 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; or

(3) any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (2) above and already outstanding as of the Issue Date;

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

 

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(C) for accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any.

(l) Deferral of Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.05, except when an adjustment is required to be made between the first and last Trading Day of an Observation Period, the Company will not be required to make an adjustment to the Conversion Rate unless the adjustment would require a change of at least 1% of the Conversion Rate; provided, however, that, the Company will carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1%, (i) in connection with any subsequent adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate and (ii) immediately prior to the Open of Business on the first Trading Day of the first Observation Period that occurs after the Company makes such deferral.

(m) Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Section 10.05:

(i) subject to Section 10.05(c) hereof, the number of shares outstanding at any time will include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock, but, so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, will not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company; and

(ii) “effective date” will mean the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the transaction.

Section 10.06 Voluntary Adjustments

(a) Best Interest Increases. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company is permitted to increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company

(b) Tax-Related Increases. The Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of the Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of the Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event for United States federal income tax purposes.

(c) Notices. Whenever the Board of Directors determines that the Company will increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 10.06, the Company will mail to each Holder notice of such increase at least 20 Business Days before such increase will take effect, which notice will state the amount of the increase to be made and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

Section 10.07 Adjustments to Conversion Rate upon Conversion In Connection With a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

(a) General. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and a Holder elects to convert its Notes “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will, in the circumstances described in this Section 10.07, increase the Conversion Rate for the

 

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Notes surrendered by a number of additional shares of the Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below in this Section 10.07. For purposes of this Section 10.07, a conversion of Notes will be deemed to be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the Conversion Notice for such Notes is received by the Conversion Agent during the period from, and including, the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date”) up to, and including, (x) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is a Fundamental Change, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change, and (y) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Close of Business on the 35th Business Day immediately following the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. Whenever any Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, the Company shall notify the Holders and issue a press release announcing the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change on or prior to the fifth Business Day immediately following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date

(b) Determination of Additional Shares. The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate will be increased if a Holder converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change will be determined by reference to the table below and will be based on the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Stock Price for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

(c) Adjustment of Stock Prices and Additional Shares. The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.05. The adjusted Stock Prices in the table below will equal the Stock Prices in effect immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the adjustment to the Stock Price and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment. The numbers of Additional Shares set forth in the table below will be adjusted in the same manner, at the same time and on account of the same events for which the Conversion Rate must be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.05 hereof.

(d) Additional Shares Table. The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will be increased for a Make-Whole Fundamental Change having the Stock Price and the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date set forth below:

 

     Stock Price

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date

   $ 23.25    $ 25.00    $ 27.50    $ 30.00    $ 32.50    $ 35.00    $ 40.00    $ 45.00    $ 50.00    $ 60.00    $ 65.00    $ 80.00    $ 100.00    $ 120.00    $ 140.00

September 20, 2010

     9.2769      8.7114      7.1684      5.9831      5.0567      4.3214      3.2474      2.5186      2.0033      1.3415      1.1211      0.6900      0.3844      0.2153      0.1140

September 1, 2011

     9.2769      8.6747      7.0160      5.7580      4.7886      4.0305      2.9480      2.2362      1.7479      1.1442      0.9499      0.5803      0.3245      0.1833      0.0982

September 1, 2012

     9.2769      8.5046      6.7011      5.3563      4.3400      3.5624      2.4888      1.8167      1.3776      0.8677      0.7128      0.4304      0.2408      0.1354      0.0709

September 1, 2013

     9.2769      8.0439      6.0713      4.6377      3.5879      2.8133      1.8048      1.2272      0.8827      0.5265      0.4290      0.2616      0.1500      0.0845      0.0425

September 1, 2014

     9.2769      7.2183      4.9733      3.4176      2.3523      1.6297      0.8169      0.4517      0.2847      0.1605      0.1339      0.0885      0.0536      0.0305      0.0140

September 1, 2015

     9.2769      6.2661      2.6297      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000      0.0000

 

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(e) Use of Additional Shares Table. If the Stock Price and/or Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date for a Make-Whole Fundamental Change are not set forth in the table above, then:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth in the table for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $140.00, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above, no additional shares will be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $23.25, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above, no additional shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate, as increased pursuant to this Section 10.07 by the number of Additional Shares, exceed 43.0108 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner, at the same time and on account of the same events for which the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted as set forth in Section 10.05 hereof.

(f) Settlement or Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will settle the conversion of such Note in accordance with Section 10.03 hereof; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.03 hereof, if the consideration for the Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition of Fundamental Change in Section 1.01 hereof is comprised entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes on or following the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the conversion obligation will be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and will be deemed to be an amount equal to the applicable Conversion Rate (including any adjustment required pursuant to this Section 10.07), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the conversion obligation will be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the third Business Day following the Conversion Date.

 

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Section 10.08 Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If any of the following events occur:

(a) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or a change in par value);

(b) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company;

(c) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

(d) any statutory share exchange;

and, in each case, as a result of such event, the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (each such event, a “Merger Event”), then at and after the effective time of transaction, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes into cash and shares of the Common Stock, if any, based on a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate will be changed into the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes into cash and Units of Reference property based on the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a Holder of a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such transaction (such shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets, “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of reference property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock would have received in such transaction, a “Unit of Reference Property”). In particular, at and after the effective time of the transaction:

(A) the amount otherwise payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes as set forth in Section 10.03 or 10.07 hereof will continue to be payable in cash;

(B) the number of shares of the Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon conversion as set forth in Section 10.03 or 10.07 hereof will instead be deliverable in Units of Reference Property;

(C) the Daily VWAP and the Last Reported Sale Price will, to the extent possible, be calculated on the value of a Unit of Reference Property; and

(D) if the transaction causes the 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), a Unit of Reference Property will be deemed to be the weighted per share average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election. The Company will notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

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If the Reference Property for such transaction includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Company, for such recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale and conveyance, then such other company will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain whatever additional provisions the Board of Directors considers to be reasonably necessary to protect the Holders.

The above provisions of this Section 10.08 shall similarly apply to successive recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.

Section 10.09 No Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent will not have any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist that require an adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will be responsible for any failure of the Company to deliver any amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock upon the surrender of any Notes for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 10. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 10.08 hereof, including with respect to the calculation of the amount of cash and the number the number of Units of Reference Property, if any, receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any Merger Event, and each, subject to the provisions of Article 7 of the Base Indenture in the case of the Trustee, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and will be protected in relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Company will be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. The Trustee will have no responsibility to determine if a Supplemental Indenture must be entered into pursuant to Section 10.08.

Section 10.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions and After Certain Adjustments. In case:

(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.05;

(b) the Company shall authorize any granting of rights, options or warrants that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.05;

(c) the Company shall announce any tender or exchange offer that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.05;

(d) there is a Merger Event; or

(e) there is a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

 

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the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each Holder as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or grant, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or grant, (y) the date on which such tender or exchange offer would expire, or (z) the date on which such Merger Event or dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Merger Event or dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be. Failure to give any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, grant, tender or exchange offer, Merger Event or dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be.

In addition, whenever an adjustment to the Conversion Rate becomes effective pursuant to Section 10.05, 10.06 or 10.07, or an adjustment to the conversion privilege becomes effective pursuant to Section 10.08, the Company will cause to be filed with the Trustee and mailed to each Holder as promptly as possible notice stating that such adjustment has become effective, the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege as adjusted, and the manner in which the adjustment was computed. Failure to give any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment.

Section 10.11 Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.

(a) When a Holder surrenders Notes for conversion, the Company may direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the first Business Day following the Conversion Date, such Notes to a financial institution designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion (such financial institution, the “Designated Institution”).

(b) In order to accept any Notes surrendered for exchange in lieu of conversion, the Designated Institution must agree to deliver in exchange for such Notes, the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, equal to the consideration the Company would be obligated to deliver upon the conversion of such Notes pursuant to Sections 10.03 and 10.07 hereof, as applicable at the time the Company would otherwise be required to deliver such consideration. By the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date, the Company will notify the converting Holder surrendering Notes for Conversion that it has directed the Designated Institution to make an exchange in lieu of conversion and whether that the Designated Institution has agreed to make such exchange in lieu of conversion. If the Designated Institution accepts any such Notes, it will deliver the amount of cash and the number of shares of the Common Stock, if any, due upon conversion of such Notes to the Conversion Agent on the day the Company would otherwise be required to deliver it to the applicable Holder, and the Conversion Agent will deliver that amount of cash and number of shares of our common stock, if any, to the applicable Holder by the Close of Business on the day on which the Company would otherwise be required to deliver it to the applicable Holder. Any Notes exchanged by the Designated Institution will remain outstanding.

 

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(c) If the Designated Institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange in lieu of conversion but does not timely deliver the related consideration, or if such Designated Institution does not accept the Notes for exchange, the Company will deliver as soon as practicable the relevant conversion consideration as if the Company had not made an exchange election.

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will the Company’s designation of a financial institution as a Designated Institution, to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange, require the institution to accept any Notes. The Company will not pay any consideration to, and the Company may, but will not be obligated to enter into any agreement with, the Designated Institution for or with respect to such designation.

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns. Subject to Section 1.03 hereof, and notwithstanding Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture, all agreements of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent in this Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors.

Section 11.02 Notices. The Company or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the manner provided in Section 13.04 of the Base Indenture, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.04 of the Base Indenture, any notice or communication given to a Holder will be mailed to the Holder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and will be deemed given on the date of such mailing.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.

If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Holders, it will, at the same time, mail a copy to the Trustee and each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

If the Company is required under this Indenture to give a notice to the Holders, in lieu of delivering such notice to the Holders, the Company may deliver such notice to the Trustee and cause the Trustee to have delivered such notice to the Holders on or prior to the date on which the Company would otherwise have been required to deliver such notice to the Holders. In such a case, the Company will also cause the Trustee to mail a copy of the notice to each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent at the same time it mails the notice to the Holders.

Section 11.03 Governing Law, Waiver of Jury Trial and Submission to Jurisdiction. This Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.

 

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In addition, the Company: (a) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Notes, as the case may be, may be instituted in any United States federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (c) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

Section 11.04 Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes and this Indenture. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes.

The Company will make these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations will be final and binding on Holders. If the Trustee or the Conversion Agent request a schedule detailing any of the Company’s calculations, the Company will provide such a schedule to the Trustee or the Conversion Agent, as the case may be, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent will be entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of any calculations contained in such a schedule without independent verification. If any Holder requests a copy of such a schedule from the Trustee, the Trustee will request such a schedule from the Company and, upon receipt of such a schedule, promptly forward a copy of it to such Holder.

All calculations will be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be.

Section 11.05 Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture and all other indentures supplemental thereto, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 11.06 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any Registrar and their successors hereunder or the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 11.07 Force Majeure. Subject to Section 1.03 hereof, the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of such Person (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Volcano Corporation has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as a deed the day and year first before written.

 

Volcano Corporation
By:   /s/ John Dahldorf
Name:   John Dahldorf
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, has executed this Supplemental Indenture as of the day and year first before written.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent and Conversion Agent
By:   /s/ Maddy Hall
Name:   Maddy Hall
Title:   Vice President

Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[Include the following legend for Global Notes only (the “Global Notes Legend”):]

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

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

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No.: [            ]

CUSIP:         928645 AA8

ISIN:            US928645AA84

Principal Amount $[                    ]

[as revised by the Schedule of Increases

and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]1

Volcano Corporation

2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015

Volcano Corporation, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [            ] [include “Cede & Co.for Global Note] or registered assigns, the principal amount of $[            ] on September 1, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”).

Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1.

Regular Record Dates: February 15 and August 15.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

 

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Include for Global Notes only.

 

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VOLCANO CORPORATION
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
Dated:  

Signature Page to 2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Supplemental Indenture.

 

By:    
Title:   Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to 2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015


[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of Volcano Corporation (the “Company”), designated as its 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 20, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 20, 2010, between the Volcano Corporation and the Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is made herby to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and will be, authenticated and delivered.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder of this Note will have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase this Note, or any portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

This Note is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company and does not benefit from a sinking fund.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note has the right, at its option (i) during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2015, and (ii) on or after June 1, 2015, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert this Note or a portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not converted equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, into an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any, determined in accordance with Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for, and the principal amount of, this Note to the Holder that surrenders this Note to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of this Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture 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 to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time

 

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Outstanding. 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 Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults and Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any Holder of outstanding Notes. Any such amendment or consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such amendment, consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, in case certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and the interest on, all Notes may be declared due and payable by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All defined terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full.

 

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIF GIFT MIN ACT – Uniform Gifts to Minors Act – Minor
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties    Custodian – Cust
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of Survivorship and not as tenants in common   

ADDITIONAL ABBREVIATIONS MAY ALSO BE USED THOUGH NOT IN THE ABOVE LIST.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger type. Requests may be made to:

Volcano Corporation

3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200

San Diego, CA 92130

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

 

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[Include for Global Note]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL NOTE

Initial principal amount of Global Note:

 

Date

 

Amount of Increase in
principal amount of Global
Note

 

Amount of Decrease in
principal amount of Global
Note

  

principal amount of
Global Note after
Increase or Decrease

  

Notation by Registrar or
Note Custodian

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

MAC CODE: E2818-176

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

The undersigned owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Note, or a portion hereof (which is such that the principal amount of the portion of this Note that will not be converted equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any, determined in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be paid or issued and delivered, as the case may be, to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name is indicated below.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, if this notice is being delivered on a date after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, this notice is accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal amount of this Note to be converted. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto as set forth in the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

 

Principal amount to be converted:
Signature Guaranteed
 
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

[FORM FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

MAC CODE: E2818-176

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Volcano Corporation (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (i) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is such that the portion not to be repurchased has a principal amount equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, and (ii) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not occur during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

If this Note is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of the Note to be repurchased is:

Dated:                                                                              

 

  
Signature(s)
  
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): $            ,000

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

[FORM OF TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT]

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

For value received                              hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:

______________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

______________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoints                                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substation in the premises.

 

Signature Guaranteed
  
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-4.3 4 dex43.htm FORM OF 2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015 Form of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015

EXHIBIT 4.3

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

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.


No.:

   000001

CUSIP:

   928645 AA8

ISIN:

   US928645AA84

Principal Amount $115,000,000

as revised by the Schedule of Increases

and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto

Volcano Corporation

2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015

Volcano Corporation, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co.” or registered assigns, the principal amount of $115,000,000 on September 1, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”).

Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1.

Regular Record Dates: February 15 and August 15.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

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VOLCANO CORPORATION
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
Dated:  

Signature Page to 2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Supplemental Indenture.

 

By:    
Title:   Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to 2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015


VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% Convertible Senior Note due 2015

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of Volcano Corporation (the “Company”), designated as its 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 20, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 20, 2010, between the Volcano Corporation and the Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), and reference is made herby to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and will be, authenticated and delivered.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder of this Note will have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase this Note, or any portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not repurchased equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

This Note is not subject to redemption at the option of the Company and does not benefit from a sinking fund.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note has the right, at its option (i) during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2015, and (ii) on or after June 1, 2015, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert this Note or a portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not converted equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, into an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any, determined in accordance with Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for, and the principal amount of, this Note to the Holder that surrenders this Note to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of this Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture 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 to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified

 

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percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults and Events of Default under the Indenture and their consequences. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any Holder of outstanding Notes. Any such amendment, consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such amendment, consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, in case certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and the interest on, all Notes may be declared due and payable by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then Outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All defined terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full

 

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIF GIFT MIN ACT – Uniform Gifts to Minors Act – Minor
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties    Custodian – Cust
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of Survivorship and not as tenants in common   

ADDITIONAL ABBREVIATIONS MAY ALSO BE USED THOUGH NOT IN THE ABOVE LIST.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger type. Requests may be made to:

Volcano Corporation

3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200

San Diego, CA 92130

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL NOTE

Initial principal amount of Global Note: $115,000,000

 

Date

 

Amount of Increase in
principal amount of Global
Note

 

Amount of Decrease in
principal amount of Global
Note

 

principal amount of Global
Note after Increase or
Decrease

 

Notation by Registrar or Note
Custodian

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

CONVERSION NOTICE

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

MAC CODE: E2818-176

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

The undersigned owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Note, or a portion hereof (which is such that the principal amount of the portion of this Note that will not be converted equals $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into an amount of cash and a number of shares of Common Stock, if any, determined in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be paid or issued and delivered, as the case may be, to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name is indicated below.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, if this notice is being delivered on a date after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, this notice is accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal amount of this Note to be converted. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto as set forth in the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

Principal amount to be converted:

 

Signature Guaranteed
  
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

MAC CODE: E2818-176

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Volcano Corporation (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (i) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is such that the portion not to be repurchased has a principal amount equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, and (ii) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not occur during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

If this Note is a Definitive Note, the certificate number of the Note to be repurchased is:

Dated: _____________________________________________

 

  
Signature(s)
  
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all): $            ,000

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

FORM OF TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT

VOLCANO CORPORATION

2.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015

For value received                                          hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoints                                  agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substation in the premises.

 

Signature Guaranteed
  
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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EX-10.6 5 dex106.htm ADDITIONAL CALL OPTION TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation

Exhibit 10.6

EXECUTION VERSION

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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

September 16, 2010

 

To:    Volcano Corporation
   3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200
   San Diego, California 92130
   Attention:    John Dahldorf
   Telephone No.:    (858) 720-4112
   Facsimile No.:    (858) 720-0383
Re:     Additional Call Option Transaction

The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the call option transaction entered into between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) and Volcano Corporation (“Counterparty”) as of the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous agreements and serve as the final documentation for the Transaction.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. Certain defined terms used herein are based on terms that are defined in the Prospectus dated September 13, 2010, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated September 14, 2010 (as so supplemented, the “Prospectus”) relating to the 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due September 1, 2015 (the “Convertible Notes” and each USD 1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, a “Convertible Note”) issued by Counterparty in an aggregate initial principal amount of USD 100 million (as increased by up to an aggregate principal amount of USD 15 million if and to the extent that the Underwriter (as defined herein) exercises its option to purchase additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined herein)) pursuant to an indenture to be dated September 20, 2010 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture thereto to be dated September 20, 2010 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (such supplemental indenture, the “Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the Prospectus, the Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. The parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is entered into on the date hereof with the understanding that (i) definitions set forth in the Indenture which are also defined herein by reference to the Indenture and (ii) sections of the Indenture that are referred to herein will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus. If any such definitions in the Indenture or any such sections of the Indenture differ from the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus, the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus will govern for purposes of this Confirmation. The parties further acknowledge that the Indenture section numbers used herein are based on the draft of the Supplemental Indenture last reviewed by JPMorgan as of the date of this Confirmation, and if any such section numbers are changed in the Supplemental Indenture as executed, the parties will amend this Confirmation in good faith to preserve the intent of the parties. Subject to the foregoing, references to the Base Indenture or the Supplemental Indenture herein are references to the Base Indenture or the Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be, as in effect on the date hereof, and if either the Base Indenture or the Supplemental Indenture is amended following such date, any such amendment will be disregarded for purposes of this Confirmation unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.


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Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties’ entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between JPMorgan and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if JPMorgan and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law (without reference to choice of law doctrine), and (ii) the election that the provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement shall apply to JPMorgan; provided that (a) the phrase “or becoming capable at such time of being declared” shall be deleted from clause (1) of such Section 5(a)(vi); (b) the following language shall be added to the end thereof: “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (i) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (ii) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (iii) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”; (c) “Specified Indebtedness” will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a party’s banking business; and (d) “Threshold Amount” means in relation to JPMorgan, three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“Dealer Parent”)) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of the Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

 

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms.

  

Trade Date:

   September 16, 2010

Effective Date:

   The third Exchange Business Day immediately prior to the Premium Payment Date

Option Style:

   “Modified American”, as described under “Procedures for Exercise” below

Option Type:

   Call

Buyer:

   Counterparty

Seller:

   JPMorgan

Shares:

   The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.001 per share (Exchange symbol “VOLC”).

Number of Options:

   15,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Options shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Counterparty. In no event will the Number of Options be less than zero.

Option Entitlement:

   33.7339

Strike Price:

   USD 29.6438

Premium:

   USD 3,610,860.00

Premium Payment Date:

   The closing date of the Convertible Notes issued upon exercise by the Underwriter (as defined below) of its option to purchase additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below).

 

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Exchange:

   The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange(s):

   All Exchanges

Excluded Provisions:

   Sections 10.06 and 10.07 of the Supplemental Indenture.

Procedures for Exercise.

  

Conversion Date:

   With respect to any conversion of a Convertible Note, the date on which the Holder (as such term is defined in the Supplemental Indenture) of such Convertible Note satisfies all of the requirements for conversion thereof as set forth in Section 10.02 of the Supplemental Indenture; provided that if Counterparty has elected to designate a financial institution to deliver the consideration due upon any conversion of a Convertible Note in exchange for such Convertible Note (an “Exchange Election” ) pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Supplemental Indenture and such financial institution accepts such Convertible Note (an “Excluded Convertible Note”), then in no event shall a Conversion Date be deemed to occur hereunder (and no Option shall be exercised or deemed to be exercised hereunder) with respect to such conversion, unless, subject to Counterparty’s obligation to deliver to JPMorgan a Notice of Exercise in accordance with “Notice of Exercise” below, such financial institution informs Counterparty that it will not honor such exchange and Counterparty shall be obligated, pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, to deliver the amounts due upon conversion. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in the preceding sentence, Counterparty will not provide JPMorgan with a Notice of Exercise with respect to any Excluded Convertible Notes, and such Excluded Convertible Notes may subsequently trigger the exercise of Options hereunder if such Excluded Convertible Notes are resubmitted for conversion in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Indenture (and are not subject to a subsequent Exchange Election).

Free Convertibility Date:

   June 1, 2015

Expiration Time:

   The Valuation Time

Expiration Date:

   September 1, 2015, subject to earlier exercise.

Multiple Exercise:

   Applicable, as described under “Automatic Exercise” below.

Automatic Exercise:

   Notwithstanding Section 3.4 of the Equity Definitions, on each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to (i) the number of Convertible Notes in denominations of USD 1,000 as to which such Conversion Date has occurred minus (ii) the number of Options that are or are deemed to be automatically exercised on such Conversion Date under the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation letter agreement dated September 14, 2010 between JPMorgan and Counterparty (the “Base Call Option Confirmation”), shall be deemed to be automatically exercised; provided that such Options shall be exercised or deemed exercised only if Counterparty has provided a Notice of Exercise to JPMorgan in accordance with “Notice of Exercise” below.

 

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   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Options that are exercised or deemed exercised hereunder exceed the Number of Options.

Notice of Exercise:

   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions or under “Automatic Exercise” above, in order to exercise any Options, Counterparty must notify JPMorgan in writing before (i) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Scheduled Valid Day immediately preceding the scheduled first day of the Settlement Averaging Period for the Options being exercised, or (ii) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Scheduled Valid Day immediately following the scheduled first day of the Settlement Averaging Period for the Options being exercised (in which case the Calculation Agent will determine the adjustment to be made to any one or more of the Strike Price, Number of Options, Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner as appropriate to reflect the additional costs (including, but not limited to, hedging mismatches and market losses) and reasonable expenses incurred by JPMorgan in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position) due to such notification occurring after the time specified in the immediately preceding clause (i)) of (A) the number of such Options (without regard to any adjustments by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the immediately preceding clause (ii)) and (B) the scheduled first day of the Settlement Averaging Period and the scheduled Settlement Date; provided that, notwithstanding the immediately preceding clause (i), in respect of Options relating to Convertible Notes with a Conversion Date occurring on or after the Free Convertibility Date, such notice may be given on or prior to the Scheduled Valid Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date and need only specify the number of such Options.

Valuation Time:

   At the close of trading of the regular trading session on the Exchange; provided that if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion.

Market Disruption Event:

   Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby replaced in its entirety by the following:
   “‘Market Disruption Event’ means, in respect of a Share, (i) a failure by the principal United States national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Scheduled Valid Day for the Shares for

 

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   more than a one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant securities exchange or otherwise) in the Shares or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Shares.”

Settlement Terms.

  

Settlement Method:

   Net Share Settlement

Net Share Settlement:

   JPMorgan will deliver to Counterparty, on the relevant Settlement Date, a number of Shares equal to the Net Shares in respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised hereunder. In no event will the Net Shares be less than zero.

Net Shares:

   In respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised, a number of Shares equal to (A) the sum of the quotients, for each Valid Day during the Settlement Averaging Period for such Option, of (x) the Option Entitlement on such Valid Day multiplied by (y) the Relevant Price on such Valid Day less the Strike Price, divided by (z) such Relevant Price, divided by (B) the number of Valid Days in the Settlement Averaging Period; provided that if the calculation contained in clause (y) above results in a negative number, such number shall be replaced with the number “zero”.
   JPMorgan will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional Shares to be delivered with respect to any Net Shares valued at the Relevant Price for the last Valid Day of the Settlement Averaging Period.

Valid Day:

   A day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in the Shares generally occurs on the Exchange or, if the Shares are not then listed on the Exchange, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Shares are then listed or, if the Shares are not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Shares are then listed or admitted for trading. If the Shares are not so listed or admitted for trading, “Valid Day” means a Business Day.

Scheduled Valid Day:

   A day that is scheduled to be a Valid Day on the principal United States national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted for trading. If the Shares are not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Valid Day” means a Business Day.

Business Day:

   Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

 

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Relevant Price:

   On any Valid Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page VOLC <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening of trading on the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time of the Exchange on such Valid Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable at such time, the market value of one Share on such Valid Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted method.

Settlement Averaging Period:

   For any Option:
  

(i)     if the related Conversion Date occurs prior to the Free Convertibility Date, the 25 consecutive Valid Days commencing on, and including, the third Valid Day following such Conversion Date; or

  

(ii)    if the related Conversion Date occurs on or following the Free Convertibility Date, the 25 consecutive Valid Days commencing on, and including, the 27th Scheduled Valid Day (or the immediately following Valid Day, if such Scheduled Valid Day is not a Valid Day) immediately prior to the Expiration Date.

Settlement Date:

   For any Option, the date Shares will be delivered under the terms of the Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Convertible Note related to such Option.

Settlement Currency:

   USD

Other Applicable Provisions:

   The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled”. “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Option means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Option.

Representation and Agreement:

   Notwithstanding Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions, the parties acknowledge that any Shares delivered to Counterparty shall be, upon delivery, subject to restrictions and limitations arising from Counterparty’s status as issuer of the Shares under applicable securities laws.
3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction.

Adjustments applicable to the Transaction:

  

Potential Adjustment Events:

   Notwithstanding Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, a “Potential Adjustment Event” means an occurrence of any event or condition, as set forth in any Dilution Adjustment Provision, that would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) of the Convertible Notes.

Method of Adjustment:

   Calculation Agent Adjustment, which means that, notwithstanding Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions, upon any Potential Adjustment Event, the Calculation Agent shall make an adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction

 

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     corresponding to the adjustments under the Supplemental Indenture; provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent in good faith
disagrees with any adjustment to the Convertible Notes that involves an exercise
of discretion by Counterparty or its board of directors (including, without
limitation, pursuant to Sections 10.05(h), (i) and (j) of the Supplemental Indenture
or in connection with any proportional adjustment or the determination of the fair
value of any securities, property, rights or other assets) or constitutes a manifest
error, then in each such case, the Calculation Agent will determine the adjustment
to be made to any one or more of the Strike Price, Number of Options, Option
Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment
for the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner.

Dilution Adjustment Provisions:

   Sections 10.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j) and (l) of the Supplemental Indenture.

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

  

 

Merger Events:

   Applicable; provided that notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in the definition of “Merger Event” in Section 10.08 of the Supplemental Indenture.

Consequence of Merger Events:

   Notwithstanding Section 12.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Calculation Agent shall make a corresponding adjustment in respect of any adjustment under the Supplemental Indenture to any one or more of the nature of the Shares, Strike Price, Number of Options, Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction; provided, however, that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to any Excluded Provision; provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, then Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply.

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); provided further that if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors), such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

 

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Additional Disruption Events:

  

Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by inserting, at the end thereof, the words “after using commercially reasonable efforts to avoid such increased cost” and Section 12.9(a)(ii)(X) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions”.

Failure to Deliver:

  

Applicable

Hedging Disruption:

   Applicable; provided that:
  

(i)     Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

  

“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms.”; and

  

(ii)    Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Not Applicable

Loss of Stock Borrow:

   Not Applicable

Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

   Not Applicable

Hedging Party:

   For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, JPMorgan.

Determining Party:

   For all applicable Extraordinary Events, JPMorgan.

Non-Reliance:

   Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgements

Regarding Hedging Activities:

   Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:

   Applicable
4. Calculation Agent.    JPMorgan, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a written request by Counterparty, the Calculation Agent will provide to Counterparty by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Counterparty in such written request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such calculation, it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such calculation.

 

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5. Account Details.   
6. Offices.   

(a)    The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

(b)    The Office of JPMorgan for the Transaction is: London

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

London Branch

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

7. Notices.   

(a)    Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:

Volcano Corporation

3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200

San Diego, California 92130

Attention:             John Dahldorf

Telephone No.:   (858) 720-4112

Facsimile No.:     (858) 720-0383

 

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(b)        Address for notices or communications to JPMorgan:
   JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
  

4 New York Plaza, Floor 18

New York, NY 10004-2413

   Attention:    Mariusz Kwasnik
   Title:    Operations Analyst, EDG Corporate Marketing
   Telephone No:    (212) 623-7223
   Facsimile No:    (212) 623-7719

8. Representations and Warranties of Counterparty.

Each of the representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 3 of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of September 14, 2010, between Counterparty and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”) as representative of the several Underwriters party thereto, are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to JPMorgan as if set forth herein. In lieu of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3(a) of the Agreement, Counterparty hereby further represents and warrants to JPMorgan on the date hereof and on and as of the Premium Payment Date that:

 

  (a) Counterparty has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of the Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Counterparty’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Counterparty and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Counterparty in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

 

  (b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Counterparty hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of (i) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Counterparty, (ii) any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or (iii) any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference therein, Counterparty’s Form 10-K filed on March 5, 2010, Counterparty’s Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2010, Counterparty’s Form 10-Q filed on August 5, 2010 or, solely with respect to any such agreement or instrument dated as of or prior to the date hereof or the Premium Payment Date, as the case may be, Counterparty’s Form 10-Q to be filed for the quarter ending September 30, 2010, in each case, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument.

 

  (c) To Counterparty’s knowledge, after due inquiry, no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Counterparty of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws.

 

  (d) Counterparty is not and will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

  (e) Counterparty is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, other than a person that is an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(12)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act).

 

  (f) Counterparty is not, on the date hereof, aware of any material non-public information with respect to Counterparty or the Shares.

 

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9. Other Provisions.

 

  (a) Opinions. Counterparty shall deliver to JPMorgan an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (c) of this Confirmation (subject to customary exceptions and qualifications). Delivery of such opinion to JPMorgan shall be a condition precedent for the purpose of Section 2(a)(iii) of the Agreement with respect to each obligation of JPMorgan under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement.

 

  (b) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give JPMorgan a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day is (i) greater than 8.1% or (ii) thereafter greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice; provided that Counterparty shall have publicly disclosed such information prior to the time of such Repurchase Notice if and to the extent that it would have constituted material non-public information in respect of Counterparty, the Shares or otherwise. The “Notice Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the product of the Number of Options and the Option Entitlement and (y) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other call option transaction sold by JPMorgan to Counterparty and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day. Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to JPMorgan’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to the Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, to which an Indemnified Person may become subject under applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice in accordance with this paragraph, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Counterparty in writing, and Counterparty, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Counterparty may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Counterparty shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding contemplated by this paragraph that is effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Counterparty agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Counterparty shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding contemplated by this paragraph that is in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Counterparty hereunder, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph (b) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of the Transaction.

 

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  (c) Regulation M. Counterparty is not on the Trade Date engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Exchange Act, of any securities of Counterparty, other than the distribution of the Convertible Notes. Counterparty shall not, until the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date, engage in any such distribution other than as described in this paragraph.

 

  (d) No Manipulation. Counterparty is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

  (e) Transfer or Assignment.

 

  (i) Counterparty shall have the right to transfer or assign its rights and obligations hereunder with respect to all, but not less than all, of the Options hereunder (such Options, the “Transfer Options”); provided that such transfer or assignment shall be subject to reasonable conditions that JPMorgan may impose, including but not limited, to the following conditions:

 

  (A) With respect to any Transfer Options, Counterparty shall not be released from its notice and indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 9(b) or any obligations under Section 9(m) or 9(r) of this Confirmation;

 

  (B) Any Transfer Options shall be transferred or assigned only to a third party that is a United States person (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended);

 

  (C) Such transfer or assignment shall be effected on terms, including any reasonable undertakings by such third party (including, but not limited to, an undertaking with respect to compliance with applicable securities laws in a manner that, in the reasonable judgment of JPMorgan, will not expose JPMorgan to material risks under applicable securities laws) and execution of any documentation and delivery of legal opinions with respect to securities laws and other matters by such third party and Counterparty, as are requested and reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan;

 

  (D) JPMorgan will not, as a result of such transfer and assignment, be required to pay the transferee on any payment date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement greater than an amount that JPMorgan would have been required to pay to Counterparty in the absence of such transfer and assignment;

 

  (E) An Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer and assignment;

 

  (F) Without limiting the generality of clause (B), Counterparty shall cause the transferee to make such Payee Tax Representations and to provide such tax documentation as may be reasonably requested by JPMorgan to permit JPMorgan to determine that results described in clauses (D) and (E) will not occur upon or after such transfer and assignment; and

 

  (G) Counterparty shall be responsible for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by JPMorgan in connection with such transfer or assignment.

 

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  (ii) JPMorgan may, without Counterparty’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under the Transaction to (x) any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness equal to or better than the lesser of (1) the credit rating of JPMorgan at the time of the transfer and (2) A- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, Inc. or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent rating or better by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and JPMorgan or (y) an affiliate of JPMorgan whose obligations hereunder would be guaranteed by Dealer Parent. If at any time at which (A) the Section 16 Percentage exceeds 8.0%, (B) the Option Equity Percentage exceeds 14.5%, or (C) the Share Amount exceeds the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies) (any such condition described in clauses (A), (B) or (C), an “Excess Ownership Position”), JPMorgan is unable after using its commercially reasonable efforts to effect a transfer or assignment of Options to a third party on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan and within a time period reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan such that no Excess Ownership Position exists, then JPMorgan may designate any Exchange Business Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction (the “Terminated Portion”), such that following such partial termination no Excess Ownership Position exists. In the event that JPMorgan so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a payment shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Options underlying the Terminated Portion, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (3) the Terminated Portion were the sole Affected Transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 9(k) shall apply to any amount that is payable by JPMorgan to Counterparty pursuant to this sentence as if Counterparty was not the Affected Party). The “Section 16 Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that JPMorgan and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with JPMorgan under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder directly or indirectly beneficially own (as defined under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. The “Option Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (1) the product of the Number of Options and the Option Entitlement and (2) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other call option transaction sold by JPMorgan to Counterparty, and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. The “Share Amount” as of any day is the number of Shares that JPMorgan and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of JPMorgan (JPMorgan or any such person, a “JPMorgan Person”) under any law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by JPMorgan in its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (A) the minimum number of Shares that could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a JPMorgan Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a JPMorgan Person, under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by JPMorgan in its reasonable discretion, minus (B) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding.

 

  (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing JPMorgan to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities, or make or receive any payment in cash, to or from Counterparty, JPMorgan may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities, or to make or receive such payment in cash, and otherwise to perform JPMorgan’s obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. JPMorgan shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty to the extent of any such performance.

 

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  (f) Staggered Settlement. If upon advice of counsel with respect to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including any requirements relating to JPMorgan’s hedging activities hereunder, JPMorgan reasonably determines that it would not be practicable or advisable to deliver, or to acquire Shares to deliver, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by JPMorgan on the Settlement Date for the Transaction, JPMorgan may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “Nominal Settlement Date”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “Staggered Settlement Date”) as follows:

 

  (i) in such notice, JPMorgan will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not prior to the beginning of the related Settlement Averaging Period) and the number of Shares that it will deliver on each Staggered Settlement Date;

 

  (ii) the aggregate number of Shares that JPMorgan will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates will equal the number of Shares that JPMorgan would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date; and

 

  (iii) if the Net Share Settlement terms set forth above were to apply on the Nominal Settlement Date, then the Net Share Settlement terms will apply on each Staggered Settlement Date, except that the Net Shares will be allocated among such Staggered Settlement Dates as specified by JPMorgan in the notice referred to in clause (i) above.

 

  (g) Role of Agent. Each party agrees and acknowledges that (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, an affiliate of JPMorgan (“JPMLLC”), has acted solely as agent and not as principal with respect to the Transaction and (ii) JPMLLC has no obligation or liability, by way of guaranty, endorsement or otherwise, in any manner in respect of the Transaction (including, if applicable, in respect of the settlement thereof). Each party agrees it will look solely to the other party (or any guarantor in respect thereof) for performance of such other party’s obligations under the Transaction.

 

  (h) Additional Termination Events.

 

  (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation if an event of default with respect to Counterparty occurs under the terms of the Convertible Notes as set forth in Section 6.02 of the Supplemental Indenture that results in an acceleration of the Convertible Notes pursuant to Section 6.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, then such event of default shall constitute an Additional Termination Event applicable to the Transaction and, with respect to such Additional Termination Event, (A) Counterparty shall be deemed to be the sole Affected Party, (B) the Transaction shall be the sole Affected Transaction and (C) JPMorgan shall be the party entitled to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement.

 

  (ii)

Promptly following, but in no event later than the fifth Exchange Business Day after, any repurchase and cancellation of Convertible Notes (whether pursuant to Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture in connection with a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) or otherwise), Counterparty shall notify JPMorgan in writing of such repurchase and cancellation and the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes so repurchased and cancelled (any such notice, a “Notes Repurchase Notice”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the receipt by JPMorgan from Counterparty of any Notes Repurchase Notice, within the applicable time period set forth in the preceding sentence, shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this Section 9(h)(ii). Upon receipt of any such Notes Repurchase Notice, JPMorgan shall designate an Exchange Business Day following receipt of such Notes Repurchase Notice (which Exchange Business Day shall be on or as promptly as reasonably practicable after the related settlement date for the repurchase of such Convertible Notes) as an Early Termination Date with respect to the portion of this Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Repurchase Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes specified in such Repurchase Notice, divided by USD 1,000 minus the number of “Repurchase Options” (as defined in the Base Call Option Confirmation), if any, that relate to such

 

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Convertible Notes and (B) the Number of Options as of the date JPMorgan designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Repurchase Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to this Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Repurchase Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction.

 

  (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, the receipt by JPMorgan from Counterparty, within the applicable time period set forth under “Notice of Exercise” above, of any Notice of Exercise in respect of Options that relate to Convertible Notes as to which additional Shares would be added to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Supplemental Indenture in connection with a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this Section 9(h)(iii). Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, JPMorgan shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event (which Exchange Business Day shall be on or as promptly as reasonably practicable after the related settlement date for such Convertible Notes) as an Early Termination Date with respect to the portion of this Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “Make-Whole Conversion Options”) equal to the lesser of (A) the number of such Options specified in such Notice of Exercise minus the number of “Make-Whole Conversion Options” (as defined in the Base Call Option Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Convertible Notes and (B) the Number of Options as of the date JPMorgan designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Make-Whole Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “Make-Whole Unwind Payment”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to this Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Make-Whole Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the Option Entitlement that result from corresponding adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Supplemental Indenture); provided that, the amount of cash deliverable in respect of such early termination by JPMorgan to Counterparty shall not be greater than the excess of (x)(1) the number of Make-Whole Conversion Options multiplied by (2) the Conversion Rate (after taking into account any applicable adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Supplemental Indenture) multiplied by (3) a price per Share determined by the Calculation Agent over (y) the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Notes, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner. Counterparty may irrevocably elect, if so designated in its Notice of Exercise to JPMorgan as set forth above, to receive the Make-Whole Unwind Payment in Shares, in which case, in lieu of making such Make-Whole Unwind Payment as set forth above, JPMorgan shall deliver to Counterparty, within a commercially reasonable period of time after such designation as determined by JPMorgan (taking into account existing liquidity conditions and JPMorgan’s hedging and hedge unwind activity or settlement activity in connection with such delivery) a number of Shares equal to such Make-Whole Unwind Payment divided by a price per Share determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

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  (i) Amendments to Equity Definitions.

 

  (i) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) at JPMorgan’s option, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

 

  (ii) Section 12.9(b)(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) replacing “either party may elect” with “JPMorgan may elect” and (2) replacing “notice to the other party” with “notice to Counterparty” in the first sentence of such section.

 

  (j) Setoff. Each party waives any and all rights it may have to set off obligations arising under the Agreement and the Transaction against other obligations between the parties, whether arising under any other agreement, applicable law or otherwise.

 

  (k) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If in respect of the Transaction, an amount is payable by JPMorgan to Counterparty (i) pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (any such amount, a “Payment Obligation”), Counterparty may request JPMorgan to satisfy the Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) (except that Counterparty shall not have the right to make such an election in the event of (I) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (II) a Merger Event that is within Counterparty’s control, or (III) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, and the Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to JPMorgan, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Merger Date, the Announcement Date (in the case of Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), the Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable; provided that if Counterparty does not validly request JPMorgan to satisfy the Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, JPMorgan shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterparty’s election to the contrary.

 

  Share Termination Alternative:    If applicable, JPMorgan shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on, or within a commercially reasonable period of time after, the date when the relevant Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) and 6(e) of the Agreement, as applicable (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of such Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by Counterparty free of payment.
  Share Termination Delivery   
  Property:    A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.
  Share Termination Unit Price:    The value to JPMorgan of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to JPMorgan at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that in determining the Share Termination Delivery Unit Price the Calculation Agent may consider the purchase price paid in connection with the purchase of Share Termination Delivery Property.

 

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  Share Termination Delivery Unit:    One Share or, if a Merger Event has occurred and a corresponding adjustment to the Transaction has been made, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Merger Event, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
  Failure to Deliver:    Applicable
  Other applicable provisions:    If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 (as modified above) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Settled” and all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units”. “Share Termination Settled” in relation to the Transaction means that the Share Termination Alternative is applicable to the Transaction.

 

  (l) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of either party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into the Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

 

  (m) Registration. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of JPMorgan based on the advice of outside counsel, the Shares (“Hedge Shares”) acquired by JPMorgan for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction cannot be sold in the public market by JPMorgan without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election, either (i) in order to allow JPMorgan to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to JPMorgan an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and enter into an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan, substantially in the form of an underwriting agreement for a registered secondary offering; provided, however, that if JPMorgan, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this paragraph shall apply at the election of Counterparty; and provided, further that, JPMorgan has given Counterparty reasonable notice of its determination and provided Counterparty with reasonable opportunity to satisfy JPMorgan’s concerns; (ii) in order to allow JPMorgan to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to JPMorgan (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate JPMorgan for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from JPMorgan at the Relevant Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by JPMorgan. For the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances shall Counterparty be obligated to make the election described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence.

 

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  (n) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

 

  (o) Right to Extend. JPMorgan may postpone or add, in whole or in part, any Valid Day or Valid Days during the Settlement Averaging Period or any other date of valuation, payment or delivery by JPMorgan, with respect to some or all of the Options hereunder, if JPMorgan reasonably determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such action is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve JPMorgan’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable JPMorgan to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if JPMorgan were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to JPMorgan.

 

  (p) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. JPMorgan acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to JPMorgan rights against Counterparty with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders of Counterparty in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that the obligations of Counterparty under this Confirmation are not secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Counterparty herein under or pursuant to any other agreement.

 

  (q) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (r) Notice of Certain Other Events. Counterparty covenants and agrees that:

 

  (i) promptly following the public announcement of the results of any election by the holders of Shares with respect to the consideration due upon consummation of any consolidation, merger and binding share exchange to which Counterparty is a party, or any sale of all or substantially all of Counterparty’s assets, in each case pursuant to which the Shares will be converted into cash, securities or other property, Counterparty shall give JPMorgan written notice of the types and amounts of consideration that holders of Shares have elected to receive upon consummation of such transaction or event (the date of such notification, the “Consideration Notification Date”); provided that in no event shall the Consideration Notification Date be later than the date on which such transaction or event is consummated; and

 

  (ii) promptly following any adjustment to the Convertible Notes in connection with any Potential Adjustment Event or Merger Event, Counterparty shall give JPMorgan written notice of the details of such adjustment.

 

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  (s) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of the “Option Securities” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) is not consummated with the Underwriter for any reason, or Counterparty fails to deliver to JPMorgan opinions of counsel as required pursuant to Section 9(a), in each case by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on September 20, 2010, or such later date as agreed upon by the parties (the Premium Payment Date or such later date, the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”) on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of JPMorgan and Counterparty under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. Each of JPMorgan and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

 

  (t) Payment by Counterparty. In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement) and, as a result, Counterparty owes to JPMorgan an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Counterparty owes to JPMorgan, an amount calculated under Section 12.7 or Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Confirmation and returning it to EDG Confirmation Group, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10172-3401, or by fax to (212) 622 8519.

        Very truly yours,

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

By:  

/s/ Jason M. Wood

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Jason M. Wood
  Managing Director

 

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

Volcano Corporation
By:  

/s/ John Dahldorf

Authorized Signatory
Name:   John Dahldorf
EX-10.7 6 dex107.htm ADDITIONAL WARRANTS CONFIRMATION Additional Warrants Confirmation

Exhibit 10.7

 

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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY (THE “WARRANTS”) WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE WARRANTS MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

September 16, 2010

 

To:    Volcano Corporation
   3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200
   San Diego, California 92130
   Attention:    John Dahldorf
   Telephone No.:    (858) 720-4112
   Facsimile No.:    (858) 720-0383
Re:    Additional Warrants

The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Warrants issued by Volcano Corporation (“Company”) to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) as of the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous agreements and serve as the final documentation for the Transaction.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”), are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. The Transaction shall be deemed to be a Share Option Transaction within the meaning set forth in the Equity Definitions.

Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties’ entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between JPMorgan and Company as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if JPMorgan and Company had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law (without reference to choice of law doctrine)) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.


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2. The Transaction is a Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms.

 

Trade Date:

   September 16, 2010

Effective Date:

   The third Exchange Business Day immediately prior to the Premium Payment Date

Warrants:

   Equity call warrants, each giving the holder the right to purchase a number of Shares equal to the Warrant Entitlement at a price per Share equal to the Strike Price, subject to the terms set forth under the caption “Settlement Terms” below. For the purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference to a Warrant herein shall be deemed to be a reference to a Call Option.

Warrant Style:

   European

Seller:

   Company

Buyer:

   JPMorgan

Shares:

   The common stock of Company, par value USD 0.001 per Share (Exchange symbol “VOLC”).

Number of Warrants:

   506,009. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Warrants shall be reduced by any Warrants exercised or deemed exercised hereunder. In no event will the Number of Warrants be less than zero.

Warrant Entitlement:

   One Share per Warrant

Maximum Number of Shares:

   For any day, 10,128,719 Shares, minus the aggregate number of Shares delivered prior to such day pursuant to (i) this Confirmation and (ii) any other substantially similar confirmation for Warrants sold by Company to JPMorgan with a trade date within 13 days of the Trade Date and with expiration dates the same as the Expiration Dates.
   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions, in no event shall the Maximum Number of Shares be subject to adjustment, except for any adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation and the Equity Definitions in connection with stock splits or similar changes to Company’s capitalization.

Strike Price:

   USD 34.8750

Premium:

   USD 2,253,900.00

Premium Payment Date:

   September 20, 2010

Exchange:

   The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange(s):

   All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise.

  

Expiration Time:

   The Valuation Time

Expiration Dates:

   Each Scheduled Trading Day during the period from, and including, the First Expiration Date to, but excluding, the 50th Scheduled Trading Day following the First Expiration Date shall be an “Expiration Date” for a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants on such date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if any such date is a Disrupted Day, the

 

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   Calculation Agent shall make adjustments, if applicable, to the Daily Number of Warrants or shall reduce such Daily Number of Warrants to zero for which such day shall be an Expiration Date and shall designate a Scheduled Trading Day or a number of Scheduled Trading Days as the Expiration Date(s) for the remaining Daily Number of Warrants or a portion thereof for the originally scheduled Expiration Date; and provided further that if such Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to this clause as of the eighth Scheduled Trading Day following the last scheduled Expiration Date under the Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to declare such Scheduled Trading Day to be the final Expiration Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine its good faith estimate of the fair market value for the Shares as of the Valuation Time on that eighth Scheduled Trading Day or on any subsequent Scheduled Trading Day, as the Calculation Agent shall determine using commercially reasonable means.

First Expiration Date:

   December 1, 2015 (or if such day is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day), subject to Market Disruption Event below.

Daily Number of Warrants:

   For any Expiration Date, the Number of Warrants that have not expired or been exercised as of such day, divided by the remaining number of Expiration Dates (including such day), rounded down to the nearest whole number, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisos to “Expiration Dates”.

Automatic Exercise:

   Applicable; and means that for each Expiration Date, a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants for such Expiration Date will be deemed to be automatically exercised at the Expiration Time on such Expiration Date.

Market Disruption Event:

   Section 6.3(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing clause (ii) in its entirety with “(ii) an Exchange Disruption, or” and inserting immediately following clause (iii) the phrase “; in each case that the Calculation Agent determines is material.”

Valuation Terms.

  

Valuation Time:

   Scheduled Closing Time; provided that if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion.

Valuation Date:

   Each Exercise Date.

Settlement Terms.

  

Settlement Method Election:

   Applicable; provided that (i) references to “Physical Settlement” in Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be replaced by references to “Net Share Settlement”; (ii) Company may elect Cash Settlement only if Company represents and warrants to JPMorgan in writing on the date of such election that (A) Company is not in possession of any material non-public information regarding Company or the Shares, (B) Company is electing Cash Settlement in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws, and (C) the assets of Company at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of

 

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   Company (including contingent liabilities), the capital of Company is adequate to conduct the business of Company, and Company has the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature; (iii) the same election of settlement method shall apply to all Expiration Dates hereunder; and (iv) no event of default has occurred and is continuing under any indebtedness of the Company or its subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million or more.

Electing Party:

   Company

Settlement Method Election Date:

   The third Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the First Expiration Date.

Default Settlement Method:

   Net Share Settlement

Net Share Settlement:

   If Net Share Settlement is applicable, then on the relevant Settlement Date, Company shall deliver to JPMorgan (i) a number of Shares equal to the Share Delivery Quantity for such Settlement Date to the account specified hereto free of payment through the Clearance System and (ii) pay to JPMorgan an amount of cash equal to the Fractional Share Amount.

Share Delivery Quantity:

   For any Settlement Date, a number of Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date divided by the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date for such Settlement Date, rounded down to the nearest whole number (for any Settlement Date, the fraction of a Share eliminated by such rounding, the “Share Fraction” for such Settlement Date).

Net Share Settlement Amount:

   For any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on the relevant Exercise Date, (ii) the Strike Price Differential for the relevant Valuation Date and (iii) the Warrant Entitlement.

Fractional Share Amount:

   For any Settlement Date, an amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Share Fraction for such Settlement Date and (ii) the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date for such Settlement Date.

Cash Settlement:

   If Cash Settlement is applicable, on the relevant Settlement Date, Company shall pay to JPMorgan an amount of cash in USD equal to the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date.

Settlement Price:

   For any Valuation Date, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page VOLC <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening time of the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time on such Valuation Date (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Valuation Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) any Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day and (ii) the Calculation Agent determines that such Expiration Date shall be an Expiration

 

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   Date for fewer than the Daily Number of Warrants, as described above, then the Settlement Price for the relevant Valuation Date shall be the volume-weighted average price per Share on such Valuation Date on the Exchange, as determined by the Calculation Agent based on such sources as it deems appropriate using a volume-weighted methodology, for the portion of such Valuation Date for which the Calculation Agent determines there is no Market Disruption Event.

Settlement Dates:

   As determined pursuant to Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, subject to Section 9(k)(i) hereof.

Other Applicable Provisions:

   If Net Share Settlement is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled.” “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Warrant means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Warrant.

Representation and Agreement:

   Notwithstanding Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions, the parties acknowledge that any Shares delivered to JPMorgan may be, upon delivery, subject to restrictions and limitations arising from Company’s status as issuer of the Shares under applicable securities laws.
3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction.

Adjustments applicable to the Transaction:

  

Method of Adjustment:

   Calculation Agent Adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, in making any adjustments under the Equity Definitions, the Calculation Agent may make adjustments, if any, to any one or more of the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any cash dividends or distributions on the Shares, whether or not extraordinary, shall be governed by Section 9(f) of this Confirmation in lieu of Article 10 or Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions.

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

  

New Shares:

   Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended (a) by deleting the text in clause (i) thereof in its entirety (including the word “and” following clause (i)) and replacing it with the phrase “publicly quoted, traded or listed (or whose related depositary receipts are publicly quoted, traded or listed) on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors)” and (b) by inserting immediately prior to the period the phrase “and (iii) of an entity or person organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that also becomes Company under the Transaction following such Merger Event or Tender Offer”.

 

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Consequence of Merger Events:

  

Merger Event:

   Applicable; provided that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Merger Event under Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions and an Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(B) of this Confirmation, JPMorgan may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(B) will apply.

Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Share-for-Other:

   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination)

Share-for-Combined:

   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that JPMorgan may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, Component Adjustment (Calculation Agent Determination).

Consequence of Tender Offers:

  

Tender Offer:

   Applicable; provided that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Tender Offer under Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions and Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(A) of this Confirmation, JPMorgan may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.3 of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(A) will apply.

Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Share-for-Other:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Share-for-Combined:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors), such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

  

Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii)(X) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions.”

Failure to Deliver:

   Not Applicable

Insolvency Filing:

   Applicable

 

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Hedging Disruption:

   Applicable; provided that:
   (i)    Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:
      “For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms, as anticipated on the Trade Date; provided that the scheduled exercise or scheduled expiration of call options on the Shares sold by JPMorgan to Company (in connection with the issuance of 2.875% convertible notes due 2015 issued by Company) in accordance with the terms of such call options shall not provide the sole basis for the occurrence of a Hedging Disruption event.”; and
   (ii)    Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the words “or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Not Applicable

Loss of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Maximum Stock Loan Rate:

   200 basis points

Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Initial Stock Loan Rate:

   25 basis points

Hedging Party:

   For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, JPMorgan.

Determining Party:

   For all applicable Extraordinary Events, JPMorgan.

Non-Reliance:

   Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments

Regarding Hedging Activities:

   Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:

   Applicable
4. Calculation Agent.    JPMorgan, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a written request by Company, the Calculation Agent will provide to Company by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Company in such written request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such calculation, it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such calculation.

 

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5. Account Details.
6. Offices.
 

(a)      The Office of Company for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Company is not a Multibranch Party.

 

(b)      The Office of JPMorgan for the Transaction is: London

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

London Branch

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

 

London EC4Y 0JP

England

7. Notices.
 

(a)      Address for notices or communications to Company:

 

Volcano Corporation

 

3661 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 200

San Diego, California 92130

 

Attention:

   John Dahldorf
 

Telephone No.:

   (858) 720-4112
 

Facsimile No.:

   (858) 720-0383
 

(b)      Address for notices or communications to JPMorgan:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

4 New York Plaza, Floor 18

New York, NY 10004-2413

 

Attention:

   Mariusz Kwasnik
 

Title:

   Operations Analyst, EDG Corporate Marketing
 

Telephone No:

   (212) 623-7223
 

Facsimile No:

   (212) 623-7719

 

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8. Representations and Warranties of Company.

Each of the representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 3 of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of September 14, 2010, between Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the Underwriters party thereto (the “Underwriter”), are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to JPMorgan as if set forth herein. In lieu of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3(a) of the Agreement, Company hereby further represents and warrants to JPMorgan on the date hereof, on and as of the Premium Payment Date and, in the case of the representations in Section 8(d), at all times until termination of the Transaction, that:

 

  (a) Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of the Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Company’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

 

  (b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Company hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of (i) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Company, (ii) any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or (iii) any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference therein, Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 5, 2010, Company’s Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2010, Company’s Form 10-Q filed on August 5, 2010 or, solely with respect to any such agreement or instrument dated as of or prior to the date hereof or the Premium Payment Date, as the case may be, Company’s Form 10-Q to be filed for the quarter ending September 30, 2010, in each case, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument.

 

  (c) To Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Company of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws.

 

  (d) (i) A number of Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Shares (the “Warrant Shares”) have been reserved for issuance by all required corporate action of Company and (ii) the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrants following the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

  (e) Company is not and will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

  (f) Company is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, other than a person that is an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(12)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act).

 

  (g) Company is not, on the date hereof, aware of any material non-public information with respect to Company.

9. Other Provisions.

 

  (a) Opinions. Company shall deliver to JPMorgan an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (d)(ii) of this Confirmation (subject to customary exceptions and qualifications). Delivery of such opinion to JPMorgan shall be a condition precedent for the purpose of Section 2(a)(iii) of the Agreement with respect to each obligation of JPMorgan under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement.

 

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  (b) Repurchase Notices. Company shall, on any day on which Company effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give JPMorgan a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day is (i) greater than 8.1% or (ii) thereafter greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice; provided that Company shall have publicly disclosed such information prior to the time of such Repurchase Notice if and to the extent that it would have constituted material non-public information in respect of Company, the Shares or otherwise. The “Notice Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement and (y) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other warrants purchased by JPMorgan from Company and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day. Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to JPMorgan’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to the Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, to which an Indemnified Person may become subject under applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as a result of Company’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Company in writing, and Company, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Company agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Company under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of the Transaction.

 

  (c) Regulation M. Company is not on the Trade Date engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Exchange Act, of any securities of Company, other than the distribution of USD 100,000,000 (or USD 115,000,000) aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015. Company shall not, until the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date, engage in any such distribution other than as described in this paragraph.

 

  (d) No Manipulation. Company is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

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  (e) Transfer or Assignment. Company may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Transaction without the prior written consent of JPMorgan. JPMorgan may, without Company’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under the Transaction to any third party. If at any time at which (A) the Section 16 Percentage exceeds 8.0%, (B) the Warrant Equity Percentage exceeds 14.5%, or (C) the Share Amount exceeds the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies) (any such condition described in clauses (A), (B) or (C), an “Excess Ownership Position”), JPMorgan is unable after using its commercially reasonable efforts to effect a transfer or assignment of Warrants to a third party on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan and within a time period reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan such that no Excess Ownership Position exists, then JPMorgan may designate any Exchange Business Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction (the “Terminated Portion”), such that following such partial termination no Excess Ownership Position exists. In the event that JPMorgan so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a Terminated Portion, a payment shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Warrants equal to the number of Warrants underlying the Terminated Portion, (2) Company were the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (3) the Terminated Portion were the sole Affected Transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 9(j) shall apply to any amount that is payable by Company to JPMorgan pursuant to this sentence as if Company was not the Affected Party). The “Section 16 Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that JPMorgan and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with JPMorgan under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder directly or indirectly beneficially own (as defined under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. The “Warrant Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (1) the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement and (2) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other warrants purchased by JPMorgan from Company, and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. The “Share Amount” as of any day is the number of Shares that JPMorgan and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of JPMorgan (JPMorgan or any such person, a “JPMorgan Person”) under any law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or organizational documents or contracts of Company that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by JPMorgan in its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (A) the minimum number of Shares that could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a JPMorgan Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a JPMorgan Person, under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by JPMorgan in its reasonable discretion, minus (B) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing JPMorgan to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities, or make or receive any payment in cash, to or from Company, JPMorgan may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities, or make or receive such payment in cash, and otherwise to perform JPMorgan’s obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. JPMorgan shall be discharged of its obligations to Company to the extent of any such performance.

 

  (f) Dividends. If at any time during the period from and including the Effective Date, to and including the last Expiration Date, an ex-dividend date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares (an “Ex-Dividend Date”), then the Calculation Agent will adjust any of the Strike Price, Number of Warrants and/or Daily Number of Warrants to preserve the fair value of the Warrants to JPMorgan after taking into account such dividend.

 

  (g) Role of Agent. Each party agrees and acknowledges that (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, an affiliate of JPMorgan (“JPMLLC”), has acted solely as agent and not as principal with respect to the Transaction and (ii) JPMLLC has no obligation or liability, by way of guaranty, endorsement or otherwise, in any manner in respect of the Transaction (including, if applicable, in respect of the settlement thereof). Each party agrees it will look solely to the other party (or any guarantor in respect thereof) for performance of such other party’s obligations under the Transaction.

 

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  (h) Additional Provisions.

 

  (i) Amendments to the Equity Definitions:

 

  (A) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”; and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (B) Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (x) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “a material”, (y) adding the phrase “or Warrants” after the words “the relevant Shares” in the same sentence and (z) deleting the phrase “(provided that no adjustments will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares).”

 

  (C) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “that may have a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “that is the result of a corporate event involving Company that may have a material”; and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (D) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) at JPMorgan’s option, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

 

  (E) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

  (x) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and

 

  (y) deleting the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares in the amount of the Hedging Shares or” in the penultimate sentence.

 

  (F) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

  (x) adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and

 

  (y) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C) and (3) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other.”

 

  (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to the Transaction, (1) JPMorgan shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, (2) Company shall be deemed the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction:

 

  (A) A “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Company, its subsidiaries and its and their employee benefit plans, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of shares of the common equity of Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of such common equity.

 

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  (B) The consummation of (I) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision, combination or a change in par value) as a result of which the Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets or (II)(i) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of Company pursuant to which the Shares will be converted into cash, securities or other property or (ii) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other than one or more of our subsidiaries; provided, however, that neither (x) a transaction in which holders of Company’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction own, as a result of such transaction, directly or indirectly, shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of common equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such event nor (y) any merger primarily for the purpose of changing Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation to another state within the United States of America or the District of Columbia and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding Shares solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity, shall, as a result of this clause (B), constitute an Additional Termination Event.

 

  (C) The default by Company or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate of Company and/or any such subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, unless, in either case, such indebtedness is discharged or such acceleration is cured, waived, rescinded, stayed or annulled within a period of 30 days after becoming due and payable.

 

  (D) JPMorgan, during the one year period immediately following the Effective Date, despite using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable or reasonably determines that it is impractical or illegal, to hedge its exposure with respect to the Transaction in the public market without registration under the Securities Act or as a result of any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by JPMorgan).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction or transactions described in clauses (A) or (B) above will not, as a result of clause (A) or (B) above, constitute an Additional Termination Event if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Shares, excluding cash payments for fractional Shares or made pursuant to dissenters’ rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions, consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions.

 

  (i) No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Company hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Each party waives any and all rights it may have to set off obligations arising under the Agreement and the Transaction against other obligations between the parties, whether arising under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise.

 

  (j) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events.

 

  (i)

If, in respect of the Transaction, an amount is payable by Company to JPMorgan, (A) pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or (B) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (any such amount, a “Payment Obligation”), Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy the Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) (except that Company shall not have the right to make such an election in the event of (I) a Nationalization, Insolvency, Merger Event or Tender Offer, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (II) a

 

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Merger Event or Tender Offer that is within Company’s control, or (III) an Event of Default in which Company is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Company is the Affected Party, and in either case, the Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Company’s control) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to JPMorgan, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable; provided that if Company does not validly elect to satisfy the Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, JPMorgan shall have the right to require Company to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative.

 

  Share Termination Alternative:    If applicable, Company shall deliver to JPMorgan the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date (the “Share Termination Payment Date”) on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, subject to Section 9(k)(i) below, in satisfaction, subject to Section 9(k)(ii) below, of the relevant Payment Obligation, in the manner reasonably requested by JPMorgan free of payment.
  Share Termination Delivery   
  Property:    A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the relevant Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the amount of Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price (without giving effect to any discount pursuant to Section 9(k)(i)).
  Share Termination Unit Price:    The value to JPMorgan of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means. In the case of a Private Placement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below), as set forth in Section 9(k)(i) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be determined by the discounted price applicable to such Share Termination Delivery Units. In the case of a Registration Settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in Section 9(k)(ii) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be the Settlement Price on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable. The Calculation Agent shall notify Company of the Share Termination Unit Price at the time of notification of such Payment Obligation to Company or, if applicable, at the time the discounted price applicable to the relevant Share Termination Units is determined pursuant to Section 9(k)(i).

 

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  Share Termination Delivery Unit:    In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default Additional Disruption Event or Delisting, one Share or, in the case of Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event. If such Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.
  Failure to Deliver:    Inapplicable
  Other applicable provisions:    If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 (as modified above) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Settled” and all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units”. “Share Termination Settled” in relation to the Transaction means that the Share Termination Alternative is applicable to the Transaction.

 

  (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, any Payment Obligation under this Confirmation shall, for all purposes, be calculated as if the Maximum Number of Shares were equal to two times the Number of Shares (without regard to the limitations on adjustment set forth in the second paragraph opposite the caption “Maximum Number of Shares” in Section 2) but any deliveries under Section 9(j)(i) shall be limited to the Maximum Number of Shares as defined in Section 2 hereof.

 

  (k) Registration/Private Placement Procedures. If, in the commercially reasonable judgment of JPMorgan, based on the advice of outside counsel, following any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property to JPMorgan hereunder, such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property would be in the hands of JPMorgan subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or as a result of the sale of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being subject to paragraph (c) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) (such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, “Restricted Shares”), then delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be effected pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) below at the election of Company, unless JPMorgan waives the need for registration/private placement procedures set forth in (i) and (ii) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely in respect of any Daily Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on any Expiration Date, Company shall elect, prior to the first Settlement Date for the First Expiration Date, a Private Placement Settlement or Registration Settlement for all deliveries of Restricted Shares for all such Expiration Dates which election shall be applicable to all Settlement Dates for such Warrants and the procedures in clause (i) or clause (ii) below shall apply for all such delivered Restricted Shares on an aggregate basis commencing after the final Settlement Date for such Warrants. The Calculation Agent shall make reasonable adjustments to settlement terms and provisions under this Confirmation to reflect a single Private Placement or Registration Settlement for such aggregate Restricted Shares delivered hereunder.

 

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  (i) If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (i) (a “Private Placement Settlement”), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Company shall be effected in customary private placement procedures with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan; provided that Company may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Company to JPMorgan (or any affiliate designated by JPMorgan) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by JPMorgan (or any such affiliate of JPMorgan). The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to JPMorgan, due diligence rights (for JPMorgan or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by JPMorgan; provided that such party shall enter into a confidentiality agreement, on terms reasonably satisfactory to Company and JPMorgan), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements, all reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan. In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, JPMorgan shall determine the appropriate discount to the Share Termination Unit Price (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or any Settlement Price (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above) applicable to such Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner and appropriately adjust the number of such Restricted Shares to be delivered to JPMorgan hereunder. Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Exchange Business Day following notice by JPMorgan to Company, of such applicable discount and the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the Share Termination Payment Date (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or on the Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares (in the case of settlement in Shares pursuant to Section 2 above).

 

  (ii)

If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (ii) (a “Registration Settlement”), then Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than the beginning of the Resale Period) file and use its commercially reasonable efforts to make effective under the Securities Act a registration statement or supplement or amend an outstanding registration statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan, to cover the resale of such Restricted Shares in accordance with customary resale registration procedures, including covenants, conditions, representations, underwriting discounts (if applicable), commissions (if applicable), indemnities, opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for equity resale underwriting agreements, all reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan; provided that JPMorgan (or an affiliate of JPMorgan designated by JPMorgan) shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Company that is customary in scope for underwritten follow-on offerings of equity securities of companies of comparable size, maturity and lines of business reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan, subject to execution by JPMorgan or such designated affiliate of customary confidentiality agreements, on terms reasonably satisfactory to Company and JPMorgan. If JPMorgan, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with such procedures and documentation Private Placement Settlement shall apply. If JPMorgan is satisfied with such procedures and documentation, it shall sell the Restricted Shares pursuant to such registration statement during a period (the “Resale Period”) commencing on the Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be (x) the Share Termination Payment Date in case of settlement in Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above or (y) the Settlement Date in respect of the final Expiration Date for all Daily Number of Warrants) and ending on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Business Day on which JPMorgan completes the sale of all Restricted Shares or, in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units, a sufficient number of Restricted Shares so that the realized net proceeds of such sales equals or exceeds the Payment Obligation (as defined above), (ii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares have been sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (or similar provisions then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and (iii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares may be sold or transferred by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act. If the Payment Obligation exceeds the realized net proceeds from the sale of all such Restricted Shares, and JPMorgan used commercially reasonable efforts to effect such sale, Company shall transfer to JPMorgan by the open of the regular trading

 

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session on the Exchange on the Exchange Trading Day immediately following the last day of the Resale Period the amount of such excess (the “Additional Amount”) in cash or in a number of Shares (“Make-whole Shares”) in an amount that, based on the Settlement Price on the last day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the “Valuation Date” for purposes of computing such Settlement Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares. This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero. In no event shall Company deliver a number of Restricted Shares greater than the Maximum Number of Shares. If the realized net proceeds from such resale exceed the Payment Obligation, JPMorgan shall, by the date three Currency Business Days immediately following the last day of the Resale Period, transfer to Company the amount of such excess over the Payment Obligation in cash or, at the Company’s option, in Shares with a value equal to such amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company shall be permitted to suspend or delay any Resale Period for customary “black out periods.”

 

  (iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company agrees that any Restricted Shares delivered to JPMorgan, as purchaser of such Restricted Shares, (A) may be transferred by and among JPMorgan and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by JPMorgan and (B) after the period of 6 months from the Trade Date (or 1 year from the Trade Date if, at such time, informational requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act are not satisfied with respect to Company) has elapsed after any Settlement Date or Share Termination Payment Date, as applicable, for such Restricted Shares, Company shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Shares to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares upon request by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan) to Company or such transfer agent, without any requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan).

 

  (l) Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, JPMorgan may not exercise any Warrant hereunder or be entitled to take delivery of any Shares deliverable hereunder, and Automatic Exercise shall not apply with respect to any Warrant hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares upon the exercise of such Warrant or otherwise hereunder and after taking into account any Shares deliverable to JPMorgan under the letter agreement dated September 14, 2010 between JPMorgan and Company regarding Base Warrants (the “Base Warrant Confirmation”), (i) the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 8.0%, or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery and after taking into account any Shares deliverable to JPMorgan under the Base Warrant Confirmation, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 8.0%, or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit. If any delivery owed to JPMorgan hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Company shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Business Day after, JPMorgan gives notice to Company that, after such delivery, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would not exceed 8.0%, and (ii) the Share Amount would not exceed the Applicable Share Limit.

 

  (m)

Share Deliveries. Company acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the holder of this Warrant is not then an affiliate and has not been an affiliate for three months days (it being understood that JPMorgan will not be considered an affiliate under this paragraph solely by reason of its receipt of Shares pursuant to the Transaction), and otherwise satisfies all holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act applicable to it, any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property hereunder at any time after 6 months from the Trade Date (or 1 year from the Trade Date if, at such time, informational requirements of Rule 144(c) are not satisfied with respect to Company) shall be eligible for resale under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and Company agrees to promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, to remove, any legends referring to any restrictions on resale under the Securities Act from the Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property. Company further agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property prior to the date that is 6 months from the Trade Date (or 1 year from the Trade Date if, at such time, informational requirements of Rule 144(c) are not satisfied with respect

 

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to Company), may be transferred by and among JPMorgan and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by JPMorgan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Company agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property shall be effected by book-entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, or any successor depositary, if at the time of delivery, such class of Shares or class of Share Termination Delivery Property is in book-entry form at DTC or such successor depositary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or any successor rule are amended, or the applicable interpretation thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court change after the Trade Date, the agreements of Company herein shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary, in the opinion of outside counsel of Company, to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as in effect at the time of delivery of the relevant Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property.

 

  (n) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into the Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

 

  (o) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Company and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

 

  (p) Maximum Share Delivery.

 

  (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, the Agreement or the Equity Definitions, in no event will Company at any time be required to deliver a number of Shares greater than the Maximum Number of Shares to JPMorgan in connection with the Transaction after taking into account any Shares deliverable to JPMorgan under the Base Warrant Confirmation; provided that if, but for this Section 9(p)(i), the Company would have been obligated to deliver to JPMorgan in connection with the Transaction after taking into account any Shares that would have been deliverable to JPMorgan under the Base Warrant Confirmation but for Section 9(p)(i) of the Base Warrant Confirmation, a number of Shares greater than the Maximum Number of Shares as a result of an event or condition within the Company’s control, the Company will deliver cash to JPMorgan in lieu of such excess Shares based on the volume-weighted average price of the Shares on the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding the date of such delivery.

 

  (ii) In the event Company shall not have delivered to JPMorgan the full number of Shares or Restricted Shares otherwise deliverable by Company to JPMorgan pursuant to the terms of the Transaction because Company has insufficient authorized but unissued Shares (such deficit, the “Deficit Shares”), Company shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time, Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, to JPMorgan until the full number of Deficit Shares have been delivered pursuant to this Section 9(p)(ii), when, and to the extent that, (A) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Company or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (B) authorized and unissued Shares reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions prior to such date that prior to the relevant date become no longer so reserved or (C) Company additionally authorizes any unissued Shares that are not reserved for other transactions; provided that in no event shall Company deliver any Shares or Restricted Shares to JPMorgan pursuant to this Section 9(p)(ii) to the extent that such delivery would cause the aggregate number of Shares and Restricted Shares delivered to JPMorgan to exceed the Maximum Number of Shares. Company shall immediately notify JPMorgan of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (A), (B) or (C) and the corresponding number of Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Shares or Restricted Shares, as the case may be, thereafter.

 

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  (q) Right to Extend. JPMorgan may postpone, in whole or in part, any Expiration Date or any other date of valuation or delivery with respect to some or all of the relevant Warrants (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Daily Number of Warrants with respect to one or more Expiration Dates) if JPMorgan determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve JPMorgan’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable JPMorgan to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if JPMorgan were Issuer or an affiliated purchaser of Issuer, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to JPMorgan.

 

  (r) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. JPMorgan acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to JPMorgan rights against Company with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders of Company in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Company; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Company of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

 

  (s) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (t) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of the “Option Securities” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) is not consummated with the Underwriter for any reason, or Company fails to deliver to JPMorgan opinions of counsel as required pursuant to Section 9(a), in each case by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Premium Payment Date, or such later date as agreed upon by the parties (the Premium Payment Date or such later date the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of JPMorgan and Company under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, other than in the case of an Early Unwind due to a breach of the Underwriting Agreement by the Underwriter, Company shall pay to JPMorgan an amount in cash equal to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses relating to the unwinding of JPMorgan’s hedging activities in respect of the Transaction (including market losses incurred in reselling any Shares purchased by JPMorgan or its affiliates in connection with such hedging activities), such unwinding to be conducted in a manner consistent with JPMorgan’s standard practice or, at the election of Company, deliver to JPMorgan Shares with a value equal to such amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent, in which event the parties shall enter into customary and commercially reasonable documentation relating to the registered or exempt resale of such Shares, taking into account the size of such equity placement. Each of JPMorgan and Company represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this Section 9(t), upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

 

  (u) Payment by JPMorgan. In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement) and, as a result, JPMorgan owes to Company an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) JPMorgan owes to Company, an amount calculated under Section 12.7 or Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Confirmation and returning it to EDG Confirmation Group, J.P. Morgan Securities LCC, 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10172-3401, or by fax to (212) 622 8519.

        Very truly yours,

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
By:  

/s/ Jason M. Wood

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Jason M. Wood
  Managing Director

 

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

Volcano Corporation
By:  

/s/ John Dahldorf

Authorized Signatory
Name:   John Dahldorf
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