Exhibit 4.1
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 1, 2009
Senior Securities
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.01 Definitions
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Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver
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Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns
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Section 1.10 Separability Clause
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Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
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Section 1.12 Governing Law
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Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
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Section 1.14 Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 1.15 Force Majeure
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security
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Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security
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Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities
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Section 2.05 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.02 Denominations
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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.04 Temporary Securities
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Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 3.09 Cancellation
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Section 3.10 Computation of Interest
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Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES
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Section 5.01 Events of Default
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.03 Collection and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest and to Convert
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by Holders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee
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Section 6.02 Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.04 Trustees Disclaimer
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Section 6.05 Notice of Default
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Section 6.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders
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Section 6.07 Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 6.08 Replacement of Trustee
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Section 6.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc
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Section 6.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
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Section 6.11 Preferential Collection of Claims against Company
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04 Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc
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Section 8.02 Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
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Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X COVENANTS
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Section 10.01 Payment of Securities
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.04 Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default
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Section 10.05 Corporate Existence
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Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.01 Applicability of Article
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Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption
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Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.01 Applicability of Article
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Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.01 Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held
in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 13.06 Reinstatement
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 1, 2009, between Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the Company),
having its principal office as of the date hereof at 1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, and
The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01
Definitions
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) 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;
(3) 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 GAAP with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean
such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words Article and Section refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise indicates;
(5) the words 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; and
(6) Certain terms used principally in Articles III, V, XII and XIII are defined in those
Articles.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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Bankruptcy Default has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for
the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office as of
the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street 8th Floor West, New York, NY 10286, Attn:
Corporate Trust Division Corporate Finance Unit, or such other address as the Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or principal corporate trust office of any
Successor Trustee (or such other address as such Successor Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Company).
Corporation means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.03.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
Defeasible Series has the meaning specified in Section 13.01.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
Establishment Action shall mean:
(i) a resolution duly adopted by the Companys Board of Directors establishing one or more
series of Securities, authorizing the issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any other action
that may be taken by the Company in connection with this Indenture or the Securities, or
(ii) a resolution or action by a committee, officer or employee of the Company, establishing
one or more series of Securities, authorizing the issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any
other action that may be taken by the Company in connection with this Indenture or the Securities,
in each case, pursuant to a resolution duly
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adopted by the Companys Board of Directors.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
any statute successor thereto.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements
by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for such
Securities or a nominee thereof.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
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 pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
Interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(4).
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel (who may be counsel for the Company)
who is acceptable to the Trustee.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except
:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities;
provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
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or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 13.02; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided
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however
, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar
equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of
original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of
the amount determined as provided in clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, unless the Company or any such
other obligor or Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor owns all of such Securities, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
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 3.06 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to
the Corporate Trust Division Corporate Finance Unit (or any other successor division or unit) of
the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, for purposes of Sections 5.12 and
6.01(c)(2) and the last sentence of Section 6.05 hereof, also means, with
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respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
3.05.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed;
provided
,
however
, that in the event the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean each Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Government Obligations has the meaning specified in Section 13.04.
Vice President, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
vice president.
Section 1.02
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall
be given in the form of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or
an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than the Officers Certificate required by the first paragraph of
Section 10.04) shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has
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been complied with.
Section 1.03
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, unless such
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.04
Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to
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this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date
(or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the
relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to
any action that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date
is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after
which no such action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder
unless given or taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed
agents). On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one
or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date. Nothing in this paragraph
shall prevent any Holder (or any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any
such expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from, the
action or purported action to which such expiration date relates, in which event the Company may
set a record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly
appointed agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is so taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture
Act, the Company shall not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not
apply with respect to, any notice, declaration or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, if an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not
have given such a declaration to the Company, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred
to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect
to Securities of such series. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee shall notify the Company and the Holders of Outstanding Series of such series of any such
record date so fixed and the proposed action. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
join in such notice, declaration or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date;
provided
that, unless such notice, declaration or direction shall have
become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein on or
prior to the 90th day after such record date, such notice, declaration or direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from
giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration or direction
contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period, identical to, the notice,
declaration or direction to which such record date relates, in which event a new record date in
respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or direction of the type referred to in
this paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly appointed
agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the
date such notice, declaration or direction is so given.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
Section 1.05
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Finance Unit, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company
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addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.06
Notice to Holders; Waiver
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Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest
date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.07
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is incorporated by reference in and made
a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
indenture securities means the Securities;
indenture security holder means a Holder;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the
Securities.
All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust
Indenture Act, defined by the Trust Indenture Act referenced to another statute or defined by any
Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings defined to them thereby.
Section 1.08
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.09
Successors and Assigns
.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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Section 1.10
Separability Clause
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11
Benefits of Indenture
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12
Governing Law
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This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York.
Section 1.13
Legal Holidays
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment
of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 1.14
Waiver of Jury Trial
.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 1.15
Force Majeure
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In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01
Forms Generally
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The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to an Establishment Action or in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
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consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to an Establishment Action, 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 Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02
Form of Face of Security
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[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
[Insert Global Security legend if required.]
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of Delaware (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on
[
if the Security is to bear interest prior to
Maturity, insert
, and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and
in each year, commencing
, at the rate of
% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [
if
applicable, insert
, and at the rate of
% per annum on any
overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest,
which shall be the
or
(whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[
If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
The principal of
this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum, which shall
accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made
or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such
interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest
shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [
if applicable, insert
any
such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in
, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [
if applicable, insert
;
provided
,
however
, that at the
option of the
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Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register] [
if applicable, insert
;
provided
,
however
, that
any such payment in respect of a Global Security shall be made in same-day funds to the applicable
Depositary].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
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INCORPORATED
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[Insert Trustees certificate of authentication.]
Section 2.03
Form of Reverse of Security
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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
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(herein called the Indenture), between the Company and
,
as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [
if applicable, insert
, limited in aggregate principal
amount to $
].
[If applicable, insert legend regarding conversion procedures]
[
If applicable, insert
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice by mail, [
if applicable, insert
(1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and
ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [
if
applicable, insert
on or after
, 20___], as a whole or in part,
at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount): If redeemed [
if applicable, insert
on or before
, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [
if applicable, insert
(whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date,
but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the
close
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of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in
the Indenture.
[
If applicable, insert
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice by mail, (1) on
in any
year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [
if applicable, insert
on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning
of the years indicated,
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% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund
or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[
If applicable, insert
The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption
on
in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year
of [
if applicable,
insert
not less than $
(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than] $
aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by
the Company otherwise than through [
if applicable, insert
mandatory] sinking fund
payments [
if applicable, insert
and Securities surrendered for conversion] may be
credited against subsequent [
if applicable, insert
mandatory] sinking fund payments
otherwise required to be made [
if applicable, insert
in the inverse order in which they
become due].
[
If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert
In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like
tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.]
[
If applicable, insert
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time
of [(1) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2)] certain restrictive covenants and Events
of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth in the Indenture.]
[
If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
If an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[
If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
If an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of
principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with
the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to
insert formula for
determining the amount
. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest all of the Companys obligations
in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
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
Securities of each series to be affected 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 Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
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compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities 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 Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.04
Form of Legend for Global Securities
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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be
transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person
other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be registered, except in
the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security
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authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global
Security subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.
Section 2.05
Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication
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The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Trustee
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to an Establishment Action and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series, including CUSIP Numbers (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which 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 the series
pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant
to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other
than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of
the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company;
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(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations
in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of
the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency
of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 1.01;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(13) if other than the 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 5.02;
(14) if applicable, that the provisions of Article IV shall not apply to the Securities of the
series;
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to either or both of
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article XIII; provided that no series of
Securities that is convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant to Section
3.01(16) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to Section 13.02;
(16) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries
for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in
Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged
for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered;
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are convertible into
or exchangeable for any other securities;
(18) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to
Securities of the series; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to an Establishment Action referred to above
and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to an Establishment
Action, 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
Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
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Subject to any limitation imposed in accordance with paragraph (2) above, the Company may,
from time to
time, by an Establishment Action and subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of
this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture
additional securities of any series of Securities (
Add On Securities
) having terms and
conditions identical to those of such series of Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On
Securities:
(i) may have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding Securities;
(ii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after
issuance than is payable on such series of Outstanding Securities; and
(iii) may have terms specified in such Establishment Action for such Add On Securities making
appropriate adjustments to this Article III applicable to such Add On Securities in order to
conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities laws) which are
not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities (other than such
Add On Securities) and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the Trustee.
Section 3.02
Denominations
.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in
such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any
such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, and
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries or by its Chief Financial Officer.
The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
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 Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or
pursuant to one or more Establishment Actions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 6.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by an Establishment Action as
permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by an Establishment Action as
permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general
equity principles.
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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the
issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior
to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09,
for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.04
Temporary Securities
.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 3.05
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place
of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the Security Register) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or
agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same
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series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and
tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company or Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving
any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (1) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption
under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be transferred
to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such transfer may be registered,
unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security and the Company does not appoint a successor Depositary within
90 days after receiving such notice or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and the Company does not appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after becoming
aware that the Depositary has ceased to be registered as a clearing agency, (2) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so
transferable, registrable and exchangeable, and such transfers shall be registrable, (3) there
shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities evidenced
by such Global Security or (4) there shall exist such other circumstances, if any, as have been
specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Indenture, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the preceding sentence
shall have ceased to apply may be transferred only to, and may be registered and exchanged for
Securities registered only in the name or names of, such Person or Persons as the Depositary for
such Global Security shall have directed and no transfer thereof other than such a transfer may be
registered.
Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for or in lieu of, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the first sentence of
the preceding paragraph shall apply, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06 or
11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security.
Section 3.06
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
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authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for any mutilated
Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 3.07
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names the Securities of such series (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 Security of such series and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at
his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names
the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series 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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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
Section 3.08
Persons Deemed Owners
.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Owners of beneficial interests in the Securities evidenced by a Global Security will not be
entitled to any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and the
Depositary or its nominee may be treated by the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, as the owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee
shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. None of the
Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Company or of the Trustee shall have any responsibility or
liability to any Person for any acts or omissions of the Depositary or its nominee in respect of a
Global Security, for the records of any such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial
ownership interests in respect of such Global Security, for any transactions between such
Depositary and any participant or indirect participant in such Depositary or between or among such
Depositary, any participant or indirect participant in such Depositary and/or any Holder or owner
of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in
any such Global Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company,
the Trustee or any agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or its nominee or impair, as between the Depositary or
its nominee and such owners of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices governing
the exercise of the rights of the Depositary or its nominee as Holder of any Global Security.
Section 3.09
Cancellation
.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver
to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by
the Trustee in its customary manner.
Section 3.10
Computation of Interest
.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11
CUSIP Numbers
.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP, ISIN and other similar numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP, ISIN and other similar numbers
in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided
that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of any changes in the CUSIP, ISIN and other similar numbers.
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with Section
3.01, this Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly
provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited
in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in
the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 4.02 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 4.02
Application of Trust Money
.
All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 5.01
Events of Default
.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that
series at its Maturity;
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a
Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
Notice of Default hereunder;
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or
in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or
of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the
consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action (an event of default specified in clause (5) or (6), a Bankruptcy Default); or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 5.02
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
.
If an Event of Default, other than a Bankruptcy Default, with respect to Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may
declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
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Securities as may be specified in
the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and
upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
If a Bankruptcy Default occurs, the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all
Securities then outstanding will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
Section 5.03
Collection and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or
to enforce any other proper remedy.
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Section 5.04
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the
Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other
similar committee.
Section 5.05
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.06
Application of Money Collected
.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article, and any money or other property
distributable in respect of the Companys obligations under this Indenture after an Event of
Default, shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in
case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon
presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) under
Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities 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 any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
Section 5.07
Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series
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shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.08
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.
Section 5.09
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 5.10
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, 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 5.11
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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 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 or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12
Control by Holders
.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have the
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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 the
Securities of such series,
provided
that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, 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 proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.
Section 5.13
Waiver of Past Defaults
.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such
series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14
Undertaking for Costs
.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess costs against any such party litigant, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, in
the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act;
provided
that neither
this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Holders of the Securities, or group of Holders of the Securities, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% of principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder of the Outstanding Securities for the enforcement of the payment
of principal of or interest on, or the conversion of, any Outstanding Securities held by such
Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Outstanding Securities; and
provided
,
further
, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be
deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company.
Section 5.15
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee,
but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this Indenture and covenants and
agrees to perform
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the same, as herein expressed.
Section 6.01
Duties of Trustee
.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no others, and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in or read into
this Indenture.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they substantially conform to the
requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of
mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated
therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) or (d) of this Section
6.01.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.12.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to
take or omit to take any action under this Indenture.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of this Section 6.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on, or for investment of, any assets received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Assets held in trust by the
Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law.
Section 6.02
Rights of Trustee
.
Subject to Section 6.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or facsimile
form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
or 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.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the
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misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes, suffers to exist or omits to take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if
the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the
sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason
of such investigation.
(f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by in hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other Person employed to act hereunder.
(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth
the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any person
authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(k) Anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for
special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but
not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such
loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
Section 6.03
Individual Rights of Trustee
.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Security Registrar may do the same with like
rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 6.08, 6.09 and 6.10.
Section 6.04
Trustees Disclaimer
.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities and it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the
Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities, other than the
Trustees certificate of authentication, all of which statements shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, or the use or application of any funds received by a Paying Agent other than the
Trustee.
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Section 6.05
Notice of Default
.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and
if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of
Securities of such series notice of the uncured Event of Default within 90 days after such Event of
Default occurs. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of principal (or premium, if
any) of, or interest on, any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a
Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the
Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 6.06
Reports by Trustee to Holders
.
Within 60 days after each February 15 beginning with the February 15 following the date of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such February 15
that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) if such report is required by such Trust
Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Sections
313(b) and 313(c).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Securities of any series
become listed on any stock exchange or automatic quotation system.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Company and
filed with the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed.
Section 6.07
Compensation and Indemnity
.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as
the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustees compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred
or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses
of the Trustees agents, accountants, experts and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee) and any
predecessor Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys-in-fact
and agents for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, demand,
expense (including but not limited to reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustees agents and counsel), loss, charges (including taxes (other than taxes based upon the
income of the Trustee)) or liability incurred by them without gross negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and their
rights or duties hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against
the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the
Company shall not offset the Companys indemnification obligations hereunder. The Company shall
defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Companys expense in
the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written
consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any
expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own gross negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 6.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities on all assets held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as
Trustee, except assets held in trust to pay principal and premium, if any, of or interest on
particular Securities.
In addition to and without prejudice to its other rights hereunder, when the Trustee incurs
expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or (6) occurs,
the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Companys obligations under this Section 6.07 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive
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resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Companys obligations pursuant to
Article IV of this Indenture and any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any
Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.08
Replacement of Trustee
.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by so
notifying the Company in writing. The Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of a series may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series
by so notifying the Company and the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor trustee with
respect to Securities of such series with the Companys consent. The Company may remove the Trustee
if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver, custodian, or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee, with respect to Securities of that or those series. Within one year after the
successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities takes office, the Holder or Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series may appoint a successor Trustee with
respect to such series to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that and provided that all sums owing to the Trustee
provided for in Section 6.07 have been paid, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held
by it as Trustee with respect to such series of Securities to the successor Trustee, subject to the
lien provided in Section 6.07, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. A successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities shall
mail notice of its succession to each Holder of Securities of that or those series.
If a successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities does not take office within 60
days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holder or Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series
may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.10, any Holder of Securities of a series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to such
series and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08, the Companys
obligations under Section 6.07 and the lien provided for therein shall continue for the benefit of
the retiring Trustee.
Section 6.09
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts with or into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person without any further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee Person
is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
Section 6.10
Eligibility; Disqualification
.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section
310(a)(1) and Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a)(5). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 310(b).
Section 6.11
Preferential Collection of Claims against Company
.
The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list for each
series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the Regular Record Date, as the case
may be, and
(2) 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;
excluding
from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.
Section 7.02
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.03
Reports by Trustee
.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange or delisted therefrom.
Section 7.04
Reports by Company
.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such
information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act;
provided
that any such information, documents or
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reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required
to be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates). All information, documents and
reports described in this Section 7.04 and filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor system shall be deemed to be filed
with the Trustee as of the time they are filed via such system.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 8.01
When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company may not, in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions,
consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, or, directly or indirectly, sell or convey
all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person or group of affiliated
Persons, unless:
(1) the Company shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Company)
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company are sold or conveyed (the Company or such other
Person being hereinafter referred to as the Surviving Person), shall be organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and
this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption of the obligations
as set forth in clause (1), above, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, assignment, or transfer and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article VIII and that all conditions precedent herein
provided relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
Section 8.02
Successor Substituted
.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 8.01,
the Surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Person had
been named as the Company herein. When a Surviving Person duly assumes all of the obligations of
the Company pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Securities, the predecessor shall be relieved of
the performance and observance of all obligations and covenants of this Indenture and the
Securities, including but not limited to the obligation to make payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on all the Securities then outstanding, and the Company may thereupon or any time
thereafter be liquidated and dissolved.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by an Establishment Action,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company pursuant to Article VIII and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(3) to add any additional Events of Default;
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one
or more series of Securities,
provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A)
shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of
the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only
when there is no such Security Outstanding;
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Article X or otherwise;
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01
and 3.01;
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
(9) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(10) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture,
provided
that such action pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series.
Section 9.02
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by an Establishment
Action, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest or the
time of payment of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change the
coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or adversely affect any
rights of the Holders of Securities to require the Company to repay or repurchase the Securities,
or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent
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of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders
is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
provided
,
however
, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of
any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in
this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11
and 9.01(8), or
(4) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency, or
(5) change any obligation of the Company to pay additional amounts, or
(6) adversely affect any right of repayment or repurchase at the option of the Holder, or
(7) reduce or postpone any sinking fund or similar provision.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
Section 9.03
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.04
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.05
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.06
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.
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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 10.01
Payment of Securities
.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities of that series and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium,
if any, or interest on the Securities shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee
or Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds for the benefit of
the Holders, on that date, immediately available funds deposited and designated for and sufficient
to pay the installment. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue
installments of interest at the rate specified in the Securities compounded semi-annually, to the
extent lawful.
Section 10.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency
.
The Company shall maintain in the Place of Payment for any series of Securities, an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served and, in the case of any series of Securities that is convertible or
exchangeable for any other securities pursuant to Section 3.01(16), where Securities can be
surrendered for conversion or exchange. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided
,
however
, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby
initially designates the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee as such office of the
Company.
Section 10.03
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
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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 by Company Order 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 trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in New York City, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that,
after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.04
Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default
.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year an
Officers Certificate (one of the signatories of which shall be the Companys principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer) complying with Section
314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act and stating that a review of its activities during the
preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under
this Indenture (all without regard to periods of grace, which shall be deemed fulfilled unless and
until the expiration of such periods or notice requirements) and further stating, as to each such
officer signing such certificate, whether or not the signer knows of any failure by the Company to
comply with any conditions or covenants in this Indenture and, if such signer does know of such a
failure to comply, the certificate shall describe such failure with particularity. The Officers
Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the relevant fiscal year end on any date other
than the current fiscal year end date.
So long as any of the Securities are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith upon becoming aware of any Event of Default or any event, act or condition that, after
notice or the passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default, an Officers Certificate
specifying such Event of Default or any event, act or condition that, after notice or the passage
of time or both, would be an Event of Default, and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section 10.05
Corporate Existence
.
Subject to Article VIII, the Company shall 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.
Section 10.06
Waiver of Certain Covenants
.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series,
the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant pursuant to Section
3.01(18), 9.01(2) or 9.01(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series, if the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of
such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
condition except to the extent expressly waived and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.01
Applicability of Article
.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 11.02
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by an Establishment
Action. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all or less than all the
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by
the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if
applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. 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
Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.03
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination
larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than all of
the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously
called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the
conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of
such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be
treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.04
Notice of Redemption
.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
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(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of
the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(7) applicable CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 11.05
Deposit of Redemption Price
.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
Section 11.04, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be
redeemed on that date, other than any Securities called for redemption on that date which have been
converted prior to the date of such deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or
with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall
(subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive
interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07) be paid to the Company upon Company
Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
Section 11.06
Securities Payable on Redemption Date
.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close
of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
3.07.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 11.07
Securities Redeemed in Part
.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
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Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor,
of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01
Applicability of Article
.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 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 12.02.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 12.02
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which 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 12.03
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02
and will also 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 11.03 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 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.
ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 13.01
Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have either Section 13.02 or Section
13.03 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any series designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as
being defeasible pursuant to this Article XIII (hereinafter called a Defeasible Series), upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article XIII;
provided
,
however
, that Section 13.02 shall not apply to any series of Securities that is convertible
into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant to Section 3.01(16). Any such election shall
be evidenced by an
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Establishment Action or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such
Securities.
Section 13.02
Defeasance and Discharge
.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to have this Section 13.02
applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series and subject to Section 13.01, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this
purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar as the
Securities of such series are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of Securities of such
series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.04 and as more fully set
forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such
Securities of such series when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to the
Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (3) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article XIII. Subject to
compliance with this Article XIII, the Company may exercise its option provided in Section 13.01 to
have this Section 13.02 applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option provided in Section 13.01 to have Section 13.03
applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 13.03
Covenant Defeasance
.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to have this Section 13.03
applied to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series, (1) the Company shall be released
from its obligations under Section 8.01 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18) or
9.01(2) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event
specified in Sections 5.01(3) and 5.01(4) (with respect to Section 8.01 and any such covenants
provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18) or 9.01(2)) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event
of Default, in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that
the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of
Section 5.01(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any
such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in
any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be
unaffected thereby.
Section 13.04
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 13.02 or Section 13.03
to the Outstanding Securities of any Defeasible Series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee that satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.09 and agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Article XIII applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series, (A) money in an
amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
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 and discharge, and
which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge,
the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series on the respective
Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such
series. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means any security that is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged or (ii) an
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obligation 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, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
(2) In the case of an election under Section 13.02, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date first set forth
hereinabove, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A)
or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the
Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the
Securities of such series and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same
manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were
not to occur.
(3) In the case of an election under Section 13.03, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit
and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Securities of such series and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would
be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect
that the Securities of such series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will not be delisted
as a result of such deposit.
(5) No Event of Default or event that (after notice or lapse of time or both) would become an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard
to any Event of Default or any such event specified in Sections 5.01(5) and (6), at any time on or
prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall
not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default
within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.
(9) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation
thereunder.
Section 13.05
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
.
All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.06, the
Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to
Section 13.04 in respect of the Securities of any Defeasible Series shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of such series and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of Securities of such
series, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and
interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the
principal and interest
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received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the
account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article XIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations
held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to Securities of any Defeasible Series that,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that
would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
with respect to the Securities of such series.
Section 13.06
Reinstatement
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If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article XIII with respect to the Securities of any series by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIII with respect
to Securities of such series until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to Securities of such series in
accordance with this Article XIII;
provided
,
however
, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
(Signature Page to Follow)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
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/s/ John D. Walton
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Name:
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John D. Walton
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Executive Vice President, Human Resources,
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer,
General
Counsel and Secretary
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
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Mary Miselis
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318(a), inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture
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Indenture Section
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§ 310
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§ 311
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§ 312
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The relevant provision will be included in Article X of this Indenture or in a supplement thereto.
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Exhibit 4.2
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2009
TO THE INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2009
$350,000,000 principal amount of 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01. Capitalized Terms
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ARTICLE II
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
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REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the
Supplemental Indenture
), to the Base Indenture (defined below)
between Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the
Company
), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture (herein called the
Trustee
).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated
as of June 1, 2009 (the
Base Indenture
), providing for the issuance from time to time of
its Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as therein
provided;
WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture provide that the Company, when
authorized by an Establishment Action (as defined in the Base Indenture), and the Trustee may,
without the consent of the Holders (as defined in the Base Indenture) of Securities, enter into one
or more supplemental indentures, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to establish the form or
terms of Securities of any series permitted by the Base 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 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019
(the
Notes
), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and
conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture (together, the
Indenture
);
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such Notes under the
Base Indenture, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture
to modify the Base Indenture and to provide certain additional provisions as hereinafter described;
and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in
accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and all
acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make this Supplemental Indenture
enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
W I T N E S S E T H:
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees
for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01.
Capitalized Terms.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.
SECTION 1.02.
References.
References in this Supplemental Indenture to article and
section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this
Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.
SECTION 1.03.
Definitions.
For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following
terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
Attributable Debt
in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, as of any
particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the
lease involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined by the Company in good faith)
of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for net rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts
required to be paid by the lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account
of maintenance and repairs, services, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges
and any amounts required to be paid by the lessee thereunder contingent upon monetary inflation or
the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar
charges) during the remaining term of that lease (including any period for which that lease has
been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).
Base Indenture
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Change of Control
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Change of Control Repurchase Event
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Comparable Treasury Issue
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Comparable Treasury Price
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
means the total of all the assets appearing on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, less the following: (A) current
liabilities; (B) intangible assets such as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents and
unamortized debt discount and expense; and (C) appropriate adjustments on account of minority
interests of other Persons holding stock in any Subsidiary of the Company.
Debt
means indebtedness for money borrowed.
Depositary
has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
Domestic Subsidiary
means a Subsidiary formed under the laws of, or conducting its
principal operations within, the United States or any State or territory thereof.
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Guarantee
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt
or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or
by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to
maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof, in whole or in part;
provided
that
the term Guarantee does not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course
of business. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Independent Investment Banker
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Indenture
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Investment Grade
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Lien
means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security interest of
any kind, excluding certain liens relating to taxes, easements and similar liens arising in the
ordinary course of business.
Moodys
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Notes
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Primary Treasury Dealer
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Principal Property
means any manufacturing plant or other similar facility owned by
the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary, the book value of the real property, plant and equipment of
which (as shown, without deduction of any depreciation reserves, on the books of the owner or
owners) is not less than two percent of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets except (A) any such plant
or facility which the Board of Directors determines is not of material importance to the total
business conducted, or assets owned, by the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries as an entirety or
(B) any portion of any such plant or facility which the Board of Directors determines not to be of
material importance to the use or operation thereof.
Purchase Price
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Rating Agency
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Rating Category
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Rating Date
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
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Ratings Event
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Redemption Date
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Reference Treasury Dealer
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Regular Record Date
has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Remaining Life
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
S&P
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction
means any arrangement with any Person providing for
the leasing to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary of any Principal Property or portion thereof
(except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal thereof, of not more than 36 months
and except for leases between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries), which
Principal Property (or portion thereof) has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or
such Domestic Subsidiary to such Person.
Subsidiary
means with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or combination thereof).
Unless otherwise specified, Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
Supplemental Indenture
has the meaning provided in the preamble.
Treasury Rate
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01.
Voting Stock
has the meaning provided in Section 4.02.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01.
Designation and Principal Amount.
The Notes are hereby authorized and
are designated the 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$350,000,000. The Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall be
in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, which amount shall be set forth in the Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base
Indenture. In addition, the Company may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture, additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes issued on the
date hereof in all respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of
such additional Notes), so that such additional Notes
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shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes issued on the date hereof and
shall be governed by the terms of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.02.
Maturity.
The principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on
June 1, 2019.
SECTION 2.03.
Form and Payment.
The Notes shall be issued in substantially the form
set forth on Exhibit A hereto and shall have the terms set forth in such form and shall initially
be Global Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be issued in fully
registered book-entry form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
The Depositary in respect of the Notes represented by Global Securities shall be The
Depository Trust Company. The Global Securities representing the Notes shall be deposited with, or
on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. Except
as otherwise set forth in Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, the Global Securities may be
transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor
of the Depositary or its nominee.
The Trustee shall act as Paying Agent for the Notes. The Company may choose to pay interest
by mailing checks or making wire transfers. All money paid by the Company to any Paying Agent that
remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to Holders shall be repaid to the
Company, subject to any applicable abandoned property laws. After such two-year period, Holders
may look only to the Company for payment and not to the Trustee, any other Paying Agent or anyone
else. The Company may also arrange for additional payment offices, and may cancel or change these
offices, including any use of the Trustees Corporate Trust Office. The Company may appoint and
change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders.
SECTION 2.04.
Interest.
Interest on the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 9.375% per
annum. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from June 1, 2009 or the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest was paid or duly provided for. Interest on the Notes shall be payable
semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1, commencing on December 1, 2009 (each an
Interest Payment Date
), to the Holders in whose names the Notes are registered at the
close of business on the May 15 and November 15 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date
(each a
Regular Record Date
). Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2.05.
No Sinking Fund
. The provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture
shall not be applicable to the Notes.
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ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
In addition to the covenants set forth in Article X of the Base Indenture, the Company also
covenants and agrees for the benefit of Notes, but not Securities of any other series, as follows:
SECTION 3.01.
Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and will not permit any of
its Domestic Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to issue, assume or guarantee any Debt if that
Debt is secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property (or portion thereof) of the Company or of
any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company or any shares of stock or Debt of any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries, whether owned on June 1, 2009 or thereafter acquired, without effectively securing
the Notes equally and ratably with that Debt, so long as such Debt is so secured. The foregoing
restriction does not apply to:
(i) Liens on any property acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company after June 1, 2009, which are created or assumed
contemporaneously with or within three years after its acquisition, or completion of
construction or improvement (or within six months thereafter pursuant to a firm commitment
for financing arrangements entered into within that three-year period) to secure or provide
for the payment of the Purchase Price or cost thereof, or Liens existing on any property at
the time of its acquisition;
(ii) Liens existing on any property, shares of stock or indebtedness acquired from a
Person merged with or into the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company after June 1,
2009;
(iii) with respect to any corporation that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company
after June 1, 2009, Liens on property of, or shares of stock or indebtedness issued by, any
such corporation existing at the time it becomes a Domestic Subsidiary and not incurred in
connection with or in anticipation of such corporation becoming a Domestic Subsidiary;
(iv) Liens to secure Debt of a Domestic Subsidiary owed to the Company or Debt of one
of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company owed to another Domestic Subsidiary of the
Company;
(v) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure partial, progress, advance or other
payments pursuant to any contract or statute;
(vi) any Lien existing on June 1, 2009; or
(vii) Liens for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or replacing Debt, in whole or
in part, secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (vi), inclusive;
provided
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shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or
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replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to the
property that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such
property).
The limitation on Liens described in this Section 3.01 shall not apply to the issuance,
assumption or guarantee by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company of Debt secured by
a Lien which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions up to an aggregate amount
which, together with all other Debt of the Company and of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company
secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under the foregoing exceptions) and the
Attributable Debt with respect to Sale and Leaseback Transactions existing at that time (other than
Sale and Leaseback Transactions in which the property involved would have been permitted to be
subject to a Lien under clause (i) above), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
SECTION 3.02.
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company and the
Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company are prohibited from entering into Sale and Leaseback
Transactions unless:
(i) the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary of the Company would be entitled to incur
Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased without equally and ratably
securing the Notes, pursuant to clauses (i) (vii) under Section 3.01 above; or the
Attributable Debt with respect thereto would be an amount permitted under the last paragraph
of Section 3.01 above; or
(ii) the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary of the Company shall, within 180 days of
the effective date of any such arrangement, apply an amount equal to the proceeds from such
Sale and Leaseback Transaction to the payment or other retirement of Debt that ranks senior
to or equal with the Notes (other than, in either case, Debt owed by the Company or any
Subsidiary), or to the purchase of other Principal Property.
SECTION 3.03.
Limitation on Guarantees.
The Company and the Domestic Subsidiaries of
the Company are prohibited from entering into any agreement pursuant to which any such Domestic
Subsidiary of the Company guarantees the payment of Debt incurred by the Company without providing
that the Notes be equally and ratably guaranteed by such Domestic Subsidiary of the Company.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES
SECTION 4.01.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may redeem the Notes, at its option,
at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a price equal to the greater of:
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest to
the Redemption Date; or
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(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed, exclusive of interest accrued to the date of
redemption, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 50 basis
points, plus, in each case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are
applicable:
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (the
Remaining Life
) of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company for that Redemption Date, after
excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or, if the Company
is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Company.
Independent Investment Banker
means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., and their respective successors, as selected by the Company or, if such firms are
unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and their respective successors and at least two other primary U.S. government
securities dealers in New York City (each, a
Primary Treasury Dealer
) selected by the
Independent Investment Banker;
provided
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however
, that if any of the foregoing
shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary
Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the yield, under the
heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most
recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the
caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury
Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining
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Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable
Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from
such yields on a straight line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any
successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not
contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of
the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such
Redemption Date.
SECTION 4.02.
Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
If a
Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the
Notes as described under Section 4.01 above, the Company will be required to make an offer to each
Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (in a principal amount of $2,000 and in integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes at a repurchase price (the
Purchase Price
) in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but not including,
the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the
Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing
the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase
Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the payment date specified in the notice (the
Repurchase Date
), which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation
of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control
Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. The Company
will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities
laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in
connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of
Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Companys obligations
under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.
On the Repurchase Date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Company will, to
the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered
pursuant to the Companys offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price in
respect of all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted,
together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being
purchased by the Company.
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The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered, the Purchase
Price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased
portion of any Notes surrendered.
The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of
Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
For purposes hereof, the following definitions are applicable:
Change of Control
means the occurrence of any one of the following:
(i) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
(other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions,
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any Person (including any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act)) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any Person (including any person (as that term
is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined
in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50%
of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number
of shares;
(iii) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person
is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of
the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such
transaction;
(iv) the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors cease
to be Continuing Directors; or
(v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
Change of Control Repurchase Event
means the occurrence of both a Change of Control
and a Ratings Event.
Continuing Director
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board
of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on June 1, 2009 or (2) was
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nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority
of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such
nomination or election.
Investment Grade
means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent
under any successor Rating Categories of Moodys), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its
equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P) and the equivalent Investment Grade credit
rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
Moodys
means Moodys Investors Service Inc.
Rating Agency
means (1) each of Moodys and S&P and (2) if either of Moodys or S&P
ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the control of the Company, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization
within the meaning of Rule 15c3-l(e)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as
certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or
both, as the case may be.
Rating Category
means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BBB,
BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to Moodys, any of
the following categories: Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and
(iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moodys used by another Rating Agency. In
determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations
within Rating Categories (+ and for S&P; 1, 2 and 3 for Moodys; or the equivalent gradations for
another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (
e.g.
, with respect to S&P, a decline in
a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB- to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).
Rating Date
means the date that is 60 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change of
Control or (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the
Company to affect a Change of Control.
Ratings Event
means the occurrence of the events described in (a) or (b) of this
definition on, or within 60 days after the earlier of, (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control or
(ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the intention by the Company to
effect a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is
under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies):
(a) if the Notes are rated by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the
rating of the Notes shall be reduced so that the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both
Rating Agencies or (b) if the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by at least one Rating Agency,
the ratings of the Notes by both Rating Agencies shall be decreased by one or more gradations
(including gradations within Rating Categories, as well as between Rating Categories) and the Notes
are then rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies.
S&P
means Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Voting Stock
of any specified person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, the
Notes, but not Securities of any other series, shall also be subject to the following Events of
Default:
(i) a failure by the Company to repurchase Notes tendered for repurchase following the
occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in conformity with Section 4.02 above;
and
(ii) a failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any Debt, within any
applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration by the holders thereof, if
the total amount of such Debt unpaid or accelerated exceeds $50,000,000.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01.
Ratification of Base Indenture.
The Base Indenture, as supplemented by
this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental
Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.
SECTION 6.02.
Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act, the
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 6.03.
Conflict with Indenture.
To the extent not expressly amended or
modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any
provision of the Base Indenture, the provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.
SECTION 6.04.
Governing Law.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 6.05.
Successors.
All agreements of the Company in the Base Indenture, this
Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors.
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SECTION 6.06.
Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 6.07.
Trustee Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustees
Certificate of Authentication. The recitals and statements herein and in the Notes are deemed to
be those of the Company and not the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use by
the Company of the proceeds of the Notes.
[
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture have caused it to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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EXHIBIT A
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO,
OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO
THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
Form of Global Security Representing the Notes
[FACE OF NOTE]
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9.375% Note due 2019
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CUSIP 01741R AC6
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No.
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the Company, which term
includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises
to pay to [the order of [
]][if global notes: CEDE & CO.], or its registered assigns, the principal
sum of [
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])[if global note: the amount set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] on June 1, 2019.
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Interest Rate:
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9.375% per annum
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May 15 and November 15
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of the Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officers.
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
9.375% Senior Note due 2019
1.
Principal and Interest.
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on June 1, 2019.
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest
Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 9.375% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually (to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of
business on each Regular Record Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, immediately preceding
the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing December 1, 2009.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on
this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is
authenticated between a Regular Record Date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest
Payment Date) or, if no interest has been paid, from June 1, 2009. Interest will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2.
Indenture.
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the Base Indenture),
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the Supplemental Indenture, and, together with
the Base Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and
Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such
terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the
terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture limits the original
aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $350,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued
pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes vote
together for all purposes as a single class.
3.
Redemption and Repurchase; Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.
This Note is subject to redemption by the Company at any time, as further described in the
Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Securities sufficient to pay
the then Outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to redemption
or maturity, the Company may in certain circumstances be discharged from the Indenture and the
Notes or may be discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of the
Indenture.
4.
Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount
and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of
Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company or Security Registrar may require a Holder to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during
which the Company will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or
certain portions of a Note.
5.
Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default (other than certain bankruptcy defaults), as defined in the Indenture,
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Notes then Outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If certain bankruptcy
defaults with respect to the Company occur and are continuing, the Notes automatically become due
and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture
or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Notes then Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6.
Amendment and Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be
waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes.
Without notice to or the consent of 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.
7.
Authentication.
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other
side of this Note.
8.
Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and without
charge.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number of assignee)
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion
Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global SECURITY is $[
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Exhibit 4.3
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 2, 2009
TO THE INDENTURE
Dated as of June 1, 2009
Relating to
$402,500,000 principal amount of
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014
Table of Contents
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General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
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Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 2, 2009 (this
Supplemental Indenture
), to the Indenture (defined below)
between ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture (the
Trustee
).
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated
as of June 1, 2009 (the
Base Indenture
), providing for the issuance from time to time of
its Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture), to be issued in one or more series as therein
provided (
Securities
);
WHEREAS, Sections 2.01, 3.01 and 9.01 of the Base Indenture provide that the Company, when
authorized by an Establishment Action (as defined in the Base Indenture), and the Trustee may,
without the consent of the Holders (as defined in the Base Indenture) of Securities, enter into one
or more supplemental indentures, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to establish the form or
terms of Securities of any series permitted by the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the
Base Indenture, as heretofore
supplemented
), the Company duly authorized the creation and issuance of a series of its
Securities designated as the 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019, of which $350,000,000 aggregate
principal amount were issued and are Outstanding on the date hereof;
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 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2014 (the
Notes
), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and
conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture (together, the
Indenture
);
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such Notes under the
Base Indenture, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture
to supplement the Base Indenture and to provide certain additional provisions as hereinafter
described; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in
accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and all
acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make this Supplemental Indenture
enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.
W I T N E S S E T H:
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees
for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01.
Capitalized Terms.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.
SECTION 1.02.
References.
References in this Supplemental Indenture to article and
section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this
Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.
SECTION 1.03.
Definitions.
For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following
terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
Additional Interest
means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6.02.
Additional Shares
has the meaning provided in Section 5.04(a).
Adjustment Event
has the meaning provided in Section 5.02(l).
Base Indenture
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Beneficial Owner
means any person who is considered a beneficial owner of a security
in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.
Clearstream
means Clearstream Banking S.A.
Common Stock
means the Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company
existing on the Issue Date or any other shares of capital stock into which such Common Stock shall
be reclassified or changed.
Company Notice
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b).
Company Notice Date
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b).
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Conversion Agent
means the office or agency appointed by the Company where Notes may
be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent shall initially be the Trustee.
Conversion Date
has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a).
Conversion Price
means, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, $1,000
divided by the Conversion Rate, as may be adjusted from time to time as set forth herein.
Conversion Rate
means, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes,
initially 23.9263 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
Depositary
has the meaning provided in Section 2.07.
Determination Date
has the meaning provided in Section 5.02(l).
Effective Date
has the meaning provided in Section 5.04(c).
Euroclear
means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.
Ex-Dividend Date
means the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade
on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive
the issuance or distribution in question.
Expiration Time
has the meaning provided in Section 5.02(e).
Fair Market Value
means the amount that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller
in an arms length transaction.
A
Fundamental Change
shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes
are originally issued that any of the following occurs:
(1) a
person
or
group
within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit
plans of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company files a Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or
any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing that such
person has become the direct or indirect Beneficial Owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act, of the Companys common equity representing more than 50% of the voting
power of all shares of the Companys common equity entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, unless such Beneficial Ownership arises as a result of a revocable
proxy delivered in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act;
provided
that no person or
group shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities tendered pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made by or on
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behalf of such person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for
purchase or exchange under such offer;
(2) consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common
Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which
the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other
property or assets or (B) any statutory share exchange, consolidation or merger involving
the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock shall be converted into cash, securities or
other property or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of
transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and the
Companys Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the
Companys Subsidiaries, other than any transaction:
(a) involving a consolidation or merger that does not result in a
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the outstanding Common
Stock;
(b) where the Holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Companys common
equity immediately prior to such transaction that is a statutory share exchange,
consolidation or merger own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes
of common equity of the continuing or surviving entity or transferee or the parent
entity thereof immediately after such transaction; or
(c) that is effected solely to change the Companys jurisdiction of
incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of
outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the
surviving entity; or
(3) the Common Stock (or other capital stock or American Depositary Receipts into
which the Notes are then convertible pursuant to the terms of the Indenture) ceases to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global
Market (or their respective successors);
provided
,
however
, that a Fundamental Change as a result of clause (2) above shall
not be deemed to have occurred if 90% or more of the consideration received or to be received by
the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made
pursuant to dissenters appraisal rights) in connection with the transaction or transactions
constituting the Fundamental Change consists of shares of capital stock or American Depositary
Receipts traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq
Global Market (or their respective successors) or which shall be so traded when issued or exchanged
in connection with the transaction that would otherwise be a Fundamental Change (these securities
being referred to as
Publicly Traded Securities
) and as a result of this transaction or
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transactions the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash
payments for fractional shares.
Fundamental Change Purchase Date
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(c).
Fundamental Change Purchase Price
has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Indenture
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Initial Dividend Threshold
has the meaning provided in Section 5.02(d).
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning provided in Section 2.08(a).
Issue Date
means June 2, 2009.
Last Reported Sale Price
of the Common Stock on any Trading Day means the closing
sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask
prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and average ask prices)
of the Common Stock on that Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal
United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or, if
the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a United States national or regional securities
exchange on the relevant Trading Day, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid
price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant Trading Day as reported
by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization selected by the Company. If the Common
Stock is not so listed or quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the
mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at
least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for
such purpose.
Notes
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Officer
means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
Paying Agent
has the meaning provided in Section 2.07.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government
or political subdivision thereof.
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Publicly Traded Securities
has the meaning provided in the definition of Fundamental
Change in this Section 1.03.
Record Date
means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to holders of Common
Stock, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution.
Reference Property
has the meaning provided in Section 5.03(a).
Regular Record Date
for the payment of interest on the Notes (including Additional
Interest, if any), means the May 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the
Interest Payment Date on June 1 and the November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date on December 1.
Reorganization Event
has the meaning provided in Section 5.03(a).
Scheduled Trading Day
means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the
primary securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading.
If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to trading,
Scheduled Trading Day
means
a Business Day.
Securities
has the meaning provided in the recitals.
Security Registrar
means the Trustee.
Settlement Date
has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a).
Spin-Off
has the meaning provided in Section 5.02(c).
Stated Maturity Date
means June 1, 2014.
Stock Price
means, with respect to a Fundamental Change, (i) if such Fundamental
Change is a transaction described in clause (1) or (2) of the definition thereof and holders of
Common Stock receive only cash as a result of such Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per
share of the Common Stock and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices
of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Effective Date.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person (the
parent
) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity owning a majority
of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or another governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both by the parent.
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Supplemental Indenture
has the meaning provided in the preamble.
Trading Day
means a day during which trading in securities generally occurs on the
principal United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then
listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock is not then listed or admitted to trading on
a United States national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which
the Common Stock is then traded;
provided
,
however
, that if the Common Stock is not
so listed or traded,
Trading Day
means a Business Day.
Withholding Agent
means the office or agency appointed by the Company to withhold
the appropriate amount from any payment, to which withholding applies, made by the Company to a
Holder in respect of the Notes. The Withholding Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be
the Trustee.
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means United States dollars.
ARTICLE II
General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
SECTION 2.01.
Designation and Principal Amount.
The Notes are hereby authorized and
are designated the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014, initially limited in aggregate
principal amount to $402,500,000. The Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, which amount shall be set
forth in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture. in addition, the Company may issue, from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, additional Notes having the same terms and
conditions as the Notes issued on the date hereof in all respects (except for the payment of
interest accruing prior to the issue date of such additional Notes), so that such additional Notes
shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes issued on the date hereof and shall
be governed by the terms of the Indenture[;
provided
,
however
, that any such
additional Notes must be part of the same issue as the previously issued Notes for U.S. Federal
income tax purposes].
SECTION 2.02.
Maturity.
The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on June 1,
2014.
SECTION 2.03.
No Optional Redemption.
The Notes issued under this Supplemental
Indenture shall not be redeemable at the election of the Company prior to their Stated Maturity.
SECTION 2.04.
No Sinking Fund.
No sinking fund will be provided with respect to the
Notes.
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SECTION 2.05.
No Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
The Notes shall not be subject
to Article XIII of the Base Indenture.
SECTION 2.06.
Limited Satisfaction and Discharge.
The Notes shall not be subject to
Section 4.01(1)(B)of the Base Indenture.
SECTION 2.07.
Form and Payment.
The Notes shall be issued in substantially the form
set forth on Exhibit A hereto and shall have the terms set forth in such form and shall initially
be Global Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be issued in fully
registered book-entry form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
The Depositary in respect of the Notes represented by Global Securities shall be The
Depository Trust Company (
DTC
). The Global Securities representing the Notes shall be
deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered in the name of its nominee,
Cede & Co. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.05 of the Base Indenture, the Global
Securities may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary
or to a successor of the Depositary or its nominee.
The Trustee shall act as Paying Agent for the Notes. The Company may choose to pay interest
by mailing checks or making wire transfers. All money paid by the Company to any Paying Agent that
remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to Holders shall be repaid to the
Company, subject to any applicable abandoned property laws. After such two-year period, Holders
may look only to the Company for payment and not to the Trustee, any other Paying Agent or anyone
else. The Company may also arrange for additional payment offices, and may cancel or change these
offices, including any use of the Trustees Corporate Trust Office. The Company may appoint and
change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders.
SECTION 2.08.
Interest.
(a) Interest on the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 4.25%
per annum from and including the date specified on the face of such Notes until the principal
thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment. Interest on the Notes shall be
payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1, commencing on December 1, 2009 (each an
Interest Payment Date
). Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date coinciding with the Stated Maturity Date or earlier required repurchase date
upon a Fundamental Change) of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest
Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment
shall accrue for the period from the Interest Payment Date to the next succeeding Business Day. If
the Stated Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, any required payments of
interest and principal shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest (or
Additional Interest) on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the Stated Maturity
Date to such next succeeding Business Day. If a Fundamental Change Purchase Date falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, the Company shall purchase the Notes tendered for purchase on the next
succeeding Business Day and no interest (or Additional
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Interest) on such Notes shall accrue for the period from and after the earlier Fundamental
Change Purchase Date to such next succeeding Business Day.
(b) Holders of Notes at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Regular Record Date shall receive
payment of interest (including any Additional Interest) payable on the corresponding Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Notes at any time after 5:00 p.m., New York
City time on such Regular Record Date. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period after
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
corresponding Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the
interest (including any Additional Interest) that the Holder is to receive on the Notes on such
Interest Payment Date;
provided
,
however
, that no such payment need be made (i) for
conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Stated Maturity Date;
(ii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date or (iii) to the extent of any
overdue interest (including any overdue Additional Interest), if any overdue interest exists at the
time of conversion with respect to such Note. The Companys delivery to the Holder of the shares
of Common Stock, together with any cash payment for any fractional shares into which a Note is
convertible, shall be deemed to satisfy in full the Companys obligation to pay (i) the principal
amount of the Note and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but
not including, the Conversion Date.
ARTICLE III
[reserved]
ARTICLE IV
Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
SECTION 4.01.
Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holders
option, to require the Company to purchase any or all of the Holders Notes, or any portion of the
principal amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest, including Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date (the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price
);
provided
,
however
, that if
the Fundamental Change Purchase Date occurs after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay accrued and unpaid interest plus
Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date to the record
Holder on the Regular Record Date corresponding to such Interest Payment Date and the Fundamental
Change Purchase Price payable to the Holder who presents the Note for repurchase shall be 100% of
the principal amount of such Note. The
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Fundamental Change Purchase Date shall be a Business Day specified by the Company that is no
later than the 35th calendar day following the date of the Company Notice delivered in connection
with such Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 4.01(b) (subject to extension to comply with
applicable law, as provided in Section 4.02(d)) (the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date
).
Any Notes purchased by the Company shall be paid for in cash.
(b)
Notice of Fundamental Change.
The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered
in accordance with the last paragraph of this Section 4.01(b), notice of the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change and of the purchase rights arising as a result thereof (each, a
Company
Notice
) to the Holders at their addresses shown in the Security Register maintained by the
Security Registrar, and to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, on or before the 20th calendar day
after the occurrence of the Fundamental Change (each such date of delivery, a
Company Notice
Date
). Each Company Notice shall include a form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be
completed by a Holder and shall state:
(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise its repurchase rights under
Section 4.01;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(v) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vii) the applicable Conversion Rate and, if applicable, any adjustments to the
applicable Conversion Rate as a result of such Fundamental Change;
(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has
been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture; and
(ix) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to purchase its
Notes pursuant to Section 4.01.
Simultaneously with providing such Company Notice, the Company shall publish a notice
containing the information in such Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City
of New York or publish such information on its then existing website or through such other public
medium as it may use at that time.
(c)
Exercise of Option.
For a Note to be so purchased at the option of the Holder,
the Holder must deliver, on or before the Business Day immediately preceding
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the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable law, the
Notes to be purchased, duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written purchase notice (a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice
) in the form entitled Form of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice on the reverse side of the Notes duly completed, to the Paying Agent. The
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must include the following information:
(i) if the Notes are certificated, the certificate numbers of the Holders Notes to be
delivered for purchase;
(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Holders Notes to be purchased, which
portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(iii) that the Holders Notes shall be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase
Date pursuant to applicable provisions of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture.
(d)
Procedures.
The Company shall purchase from a Holder on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable law, pursuant to this Section 4.01,
Notes if the principal amount of such Notes is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof if so
requested by such Holder.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all cash held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and shall notify the Trustee
of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the cash held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as
a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to deliver all cash held
by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so,
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the cash delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 4.02.
Further Conditions and Procedures for Purchase at the Option of the Holder
upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) Upon receipt by the Company of the Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice specified in, and the Notes to be purchased as provided in, Section 4.01(c), the Holder of
the Notes in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in this Section 4.02(a)) thereafter be
entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes. Such
Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid by the Paying Agent, solely from funds received
from the Company for such purpose, to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to such Notes (provided the conditions in this
Article IV have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Notes
to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 4.01. Notes in respect
of which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be
converted on or after the date of the delivery of such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice unless
such Fundamental
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Change Purchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as specified in this Section 4.02(a).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by Section 4.01(c), shall have the right at any
time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date to withdraw such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (in whole or in part) by delivery
of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 4.02(a).
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental
Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is
acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) cash sufficient to pay the aggregate
Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.01. If the
Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, cash sufficient to
pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of such Notes on the second Business Day after the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then (i) the Notes tendered for purchase and not withdrawn shall
cease to be Outstanding, and interest, including Additional Interest, if any, shall cease to accrue
on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made
or whether or not the Note is delivered to the Paying Agent); and (ii) all other rights of the
Holders with respect to Notes tendered for purchase shall terminate on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price upon delivery
or transfer of the Notes). Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding of tax required by law.
A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, by means of a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent prior to the close of
business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The notice
of withdrawal shall state:
(i) the principal amount of the withdrawn Notes;
(ii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes, or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate DTC, Clearstream
and/or Euroclear procedures; and
(iii) the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice.
If the Notes are certificated, the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the respective
Holders thereof any Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been
withdrawn in compliance with this Supplemental Indenture.
(b)
Notes Purchased in Part.
Any Notes that are to be purchased only in part shall be
surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
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satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such
Holders attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Notes, without service
charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of
the Notes so surrendered which is not purchased.
(c)
Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes.
In connection with any
offer to purchase, or purchase of, Notes under Section 4.01, the Company shall, to the extent
applicable, (a) comply with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 (and any successor provisions thereto) under the
Exchange Act; (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under
the Exchange Act; and (c) otherwise comply with all applicable Federal and state securities laws.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture as described in this Article IV, compliance by the
Company with such laws and regulations shall not in and of itself cause a breach of the Companys
obligations described in this Article IV.
(d)
Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the
Company any cash or property that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due
to Holders, together with interest that the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has
expressly agreed in writing to pay, if any, that is held by them for the payment of a Fundamental
Change Purchase Price;
provided
,
however
, that to the extent that the aggregate
amount of cash or property deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(b), as applicable,
exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof which the
Company is obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then promptly on and
after the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Trustee and the
Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest that the Trustee or
Paying Agent, as the case may be, has expressly agreed in writing to pay, if any.
(e)
Officers Certificate.
At least three Business Days (or such lesser period as
agreed to by the Trustee) before the Company Notice Date, the Company shall deliver an Officers
Certificate to the Trustee specifying whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the Company
Notice required by Section 4.02(a) hereof.
ARTICLE V
Conversion
SECTION 5.01.
Conversion of Notes.
Subject to the procedures for conversion set forth
in this Article V and at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading
Day preceding the Stated Maturity Date of the Notes, a Holder may convert its Notes at their full
principal amount, or any portion of their principal amount that is equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof, into shares of Common
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Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion. No payment or adjustment
shall be made for dividends on, or other distributions with respect to, any Common Stock, except as
expressly provided in this Article V.
(a)
Conversion Procedures.
The following procedures shall apply to convert Notes:
(i) in respect of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, a Beneficial Owner must
comply with the procedures of the Depositary for converting a beneficial interest in a
Global Security and, if required pursuant to Section 2.08(b), pay funds equal to interest
and Additional Interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Beneficial
Owner is not entitled, and if required, pay all taxes or duties, if any; and
(ii) in respect of a certificated Note, the Holder must (A) complete and manually sign
the conversion notice on the back of the note, or a facsimile of the conversion notice;
(B) deliver such conversion notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the Conversion
Agent; (C) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents as may be required by
the Conversion Agent; (D) if required pursuant to Section 5.02(c), pay all transfer or
similar taxes; and (E) if required pursuant to Section 2.08(b), pay funds equal to interest
and Additional Interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is
not entitled.
The date a Holder complies with the foregoing requirements is the
Conversion Date
hereunder. At the Conversion Date the rights of the Holders of such converted Notes as Holders
shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock
as and after such time. The Company shall issue and shall deliver at such office or agency a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion,
together with payment in cash in lieu of any fractional shares, as provided in Section 5.01(b), by
the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date (the
Settlement Date
).
A Holder may convert a portion of its Notes only if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000
or an integral multiple thereof.
In the case of any Note that is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the
Company, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Note.
If a Holder has already delivered a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in connection with a
Fundamental Change, with respect to a Note, the Holder may not surrender that Note for conversion
until the Holder has validly withdrawn the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with
this Supplemental Indenture.
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If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the
number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof) so
surrendered.
(b)
Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares.
The Company shall not issue
fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes. Instead the Company shall deliver
cash, rounded to the nearest whole cent, for such fractional shares based on the Last Reported Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Conversion Date.
(c)
Taxes on Conversion.
If a Holder converts Notes, the Company shall pay any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issuance of shares of Common Stock
upon such conversion;
provided
,
however
, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is
due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the
Holders name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares
of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holders name until the Conversion Agent
receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which shall be due because the shares are to be issued in
a name other than the Holders name, but the Conversion Agent shall have no duty to determine if
any such tax is due. Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding of tax required by law.
(d)
Certain Covenants of the Company.
(i) The Company shall, prior to issuance of
any Notes hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held in treasury, sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock, free of preemptive rights, to permit the conversion of the Notes, calculated assuming
the maximum number of Additional Shares are issuable upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to
Section 5.04.
(ii) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Notes shall be newly
issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse
claim.
(iii) The Company shall endeavor to comply promptly with all applicable Federal and
state securities laws regulating the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon
the conversion of Notes.
(iv) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment increasing the
Conversion Rate to an amount that would cause the Conversion Price to be reduced below the
then par value per share of the Common Stock, if any, of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Company shall take all corporate action which
may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and
legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Rate.
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SECTION 5.02.
Adjustments to Conversion Rate.
The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted
from time to time by the Company as described below, except that the Company shall not make any
adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders of the Notes participate (as a result of holding the
Notes, and at the same time as holders of the Common Stock participate) in any of the transactions
described in this Section 5.02 as if such Holders of the Notes held a number of shares of the
Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed
in thousands) of Notes held by such Holders, without having to convert their Notes.
(a) If the Company issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of
Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate
shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR
0
= the conversion rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such
share split or combination, as applicable;
CR
1
= the conversion rate in effect immediately after such Ex-Dividend
Date or effective date, as applicable;
OS
0
= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable; and
OS
1
= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, after giving
pro
forma
effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day following the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or the date fixed for
determination for such share split or share combination. The Company shall not pay any dividend or
make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company. If any dividend
or distribution of the type described in this Section 5.02(a) is declared but not so paid or made,
the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if
such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If the Company distributes to holders of all or substantially all the Common Stock any
rights or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days to subscribe for
or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported
Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period ending on the Trading Day
immediately preceding
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the date of announcement of such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the
following formula:
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x
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OS
0
+
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0
+
Y
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution;
CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such Ex-Dividend
Date;
OS
0
= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such Ex-Dividend Date;
X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or
warrants; and
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to
exercise such rights or warrants divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period ending on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the distribution of
such rights or warrants.
Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights or warrants are issued and
shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
following the date fixed for such determination. The Company shall not issue any such rights,
options or warrants in respect of shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company. To the
extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights or
warrants, or such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration, the Conversion
Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments
made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the
number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so issued,
the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect
if such date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or
warrants had not been fixed.
In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the Holders to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock at less than such average Last Reported Sale Price, and in determining the
aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any
consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any amount payable on
exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
determined by the Companys Board of Directors.
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(c) If the Company distributes shares of its capital stock, evidences of its indebtedness or
other assets or property of the Company to holders of all or substantially all the Common Stock,
excluding:
(i) dividends or distributions and rights or warrants referred to in
Section 5.02(a) or (b) above;
(ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and
(iii) as described below in this Section 5.02(c) with respect to Spin-Offs,
then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
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FMV
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such Ex-Dividend
Date;
SP
0
= 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 Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV = the Fair Market Value (as determined by the Companys Board of Directors) of
the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property
distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record
Date for such distribution.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the Business Day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such distribution. With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this clause (c) where there has been
a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock in shares of capital stock of any
class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit
(a
Spin-Off
), the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the effective date of such Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:
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0
x
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FMV
0
+
MP
0
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MP
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the Effective Date of the Spin-Off;
CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the effective
date of the Spin-Off;
FMV
0
= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the capital
stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable
to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading-Day period
from, and including, the effective date of the Spin- Off; and
MP
0
= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over
the first 10 consecutive Trading-Day period from, and including, the effective
date of the Spin-Off.
Such adjustment shall occur on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date
of the Spin-Off and shall be applied on a retroactive basis from, and including, the effective date
of the Spin-Off;
provided
,
however
, that in respect of any conversion occurring
prior to the effective date of the Spin-Off with respect to which the Settlement Date would occur
during the 10 Trading Days from, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off, references with
respect to the Spin-Off to the consecutive Trading-Day period shall be deemed replaced with such
lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the
Settlement Date in determining the applicable Conversion Rate.
(d) (i) If any regular, quarterly cash dividend or distribution made to the holders of all or
substantially all of the Common Stock is in excess of $0.18 per share (the
Initial Dividend
Threshold
), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
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x
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0
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SP
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C
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend
Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP
0
= the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
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C = the amount in cash per share distributed by the Company to holders of Common
Stock in excess of the Initial Dividend Threshold.
The Initial Dividend Threshold shall be adjusted at any time the Conversion Rate is adjusted
in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate;
provided
that no
adjustment shall be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment made to the
Conversion Rate under this Section 5.02(d)(i).
(ii) If the Company pays any cash dividend or distribution that is not a regular,
quarterly cash dividend or distribution to holders of all or substantially all of the
Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
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x
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SP
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C
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend
Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP
0
= the Last Reported Sale Price of 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 distributed by the Company to holders of Common
Stock.
(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender or
exchange offer for Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration
included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be
made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (such last date, the
Expiration Time
), the
Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
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0
x
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AC
+
(
SP
1
x
OS
1
)
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x
SP
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where,
CR
0
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the effective
date of the adjustment;
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CR
1
= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the effective
date of the adjustment;
AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by
the Companys Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares accepted for purchase
or exchange in such tender or exchange offer;
OS
0
= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires;
OS
1
= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the
reduction of shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange
offer); and
SP
1
= the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over
the 10 consecutive Trading-Day period commencing on the Trading Day next
succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.
Such adjustment shall occur on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the Trading Day next
succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires and shall be applied on a retroactive
basis from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires;
provided
,
however
, that in respect of any conversion occurring prior to
the date such tender or exchange offer expires with respect to which the Settlement Date would
occur during the 10 Trading Days from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such
tender or exchange offer expires, references with respect to the tender or exchange offer to the
10 consecutive Trading Day period shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days
as have elapsed between the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires and the Settlement Date in determining the applicable Conversion Rate.
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 shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate
that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable
securities.
(f) The Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish
income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with a
dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or any similar event treated as
such for income tax purposes.
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(g) To the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of any stock exchange or market
upon which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading, the Company may increase the
Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 days if the Companys Board of Directors
determines that such increase would be in the best interest of the Company, which determination
shall be conclusive.
(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, the applicable Conversion
Rate will not be adjusted:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future
plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the securities of
the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock
under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase
shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant
benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant,
right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii)
above and outstanding as of the Issue Date;
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(v) for accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any).
(i) All calculations under this Section 5.02 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to
the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be.
The Company shall not be required to make an adjustment in the Conversion Rate unless the
adjustment would require a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the
Conversion Rate that the Company elects not to make and take them into account upon the earlier of
(i) any conversion of Notes or (ii) such time as all adjustments that have not been made prior
thereto would have the effect of adjusting the Conversion Rate by at least 1%. Except as provided
in this Section 5.02 and Sections 5.03 and 5.04, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate.
(j) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided in this Supplemental Indenture, the
Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee an
Officers Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a
brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee shall have received at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee such Officers
Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion
Rate and may assume that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect.
Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such
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adjustment
of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which such
adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate
to the Holder of each Note at such Holders last address appearing on the Security Register.
Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(k) In any case in which this Section 5.02 provides that an adjustment shall become effective
immediately after (i) an Ex-Dividend Date for an event, (ii) the date fixed for the determination
of a share split or combination pursuant to Section 5.02(a), or (iii) the Expiration Time for any
tender or exchange offer pursuant to Section 5.02(e), (each a
Determination Date
), the
Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of the applicable Adjustment Event (x) issuing to
the Holder of any Note converted after such Determination Date and before the occurrence of such
Adjustment Event, the Additional Shares of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon such
conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such Adjustment Event over and above the Common
Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such
Holder any amount in cash in lieu of such Additional Shares of Common Stock or other securities or
in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 5.01(b). For purposes of this Section 5.02, the term
Adjustment Event
shall mean:
(1) in any case referred to in clause (i) above, the occurrence of such event,
(2) in any case referred to in clause (ii) above, the date any such dividend or
distribution is paid or made, and
(3) in any case referred to in clause (iii) above, the date a sale or exchange of
Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer is consummated and becomes
irrevocable.
(l) For purposes of this Section 5.02, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares
issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.
The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in
the treasury of the Company.
(m) Whenever any provision of this Article V requires a calculation of an average of Last
Reported Sale Prices over a span of multiple days, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments
(determined in good faith by the Companys Board of Directors) to account for any adjustment to the
Conversion Rate that becomes effective at any time during the period from which the average is to
be calculated. Such adjustments shall be effective as of the Effective Date of the adjustment to
the Conversion Rate.
SECTION 5.03.
Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
(a) If any
of the following events occur: (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common
Stock (other than a subdivision or combination) as a result of
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which the Common Stock would be
converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (or any
combination thereof) or (ii) any statutory share exchange, consolidation or merger involving the
Company pursuant to which the Common Stock shall be converted into cash, securities or other
property (or any combination thereof) or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a
series of related 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
Subsidiaries of the Company) as a result of which the Common Stock shall be converted into cash,
securities or other property (or any combination thereof) (any such event or transaction, a
Reorganization Event
), then the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the
case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the
Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture) providing
that at the effective time of the Reorganization Event each Note shall be convertible into, with
respect to each $1,000 in principal amount of such Note, the kind and amount of shares of stock,
other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a
holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such
Reorganization Event would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Reorganization Event
(the
Reference Property
). For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of
consideration that a holder of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in the case of any
such Reorganization Event that causes the Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive
more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder
election) shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration
received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election. Such
supplemental indenture shall provide for provisions and adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the provisions and adjustments provided for in this Article V
and in Article IV of this Supplemental Indenture and in the definition of
Fundamental
Change
herein, as appropriate, as determined in good faith by the Company (which determination
shall be conclusive), to make such provisions apply to such other Person if different from the
original issuer of the Notes. If, in the case of any Reorganization Event, the cash, securities or
other property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes cash, securities or other
property of a Person other than the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such
Reorganization Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such successor or
purchasing Person, as the case may be, and shall contain such additional provisions to
protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Companys Board of Directors shall
reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
(b) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of any supplemental indenture required by
this Section 5.03 to be mailed to each Holder of Notes, at its address appearing on the Security
Register, within 20 calendar days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall
not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
(c) The above provisions of this Section 5.03 shall similarly apply to successive
Reorganization Events.
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(d) None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder of Notes to convert
the Notes into shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.02 prior to the effective time of
such Reorganization Event.
SECTION 5.04.
Adjustment upon Certain Fundamental Changes.
(a) If a Holder elects to
convert Notes at a time when a Fundamental Change has occurred, the Conversion Rate for such Notes
so converted shall be increased by an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the
Additional Shares
) as described below. Any conversion of Notes shall be deemed to have
occurred in connection with such Fundamental Change only if (i) in the case of a Fundamental Change
described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, such Notes are surrendered for
conversion from and after the date that is 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated
Effective Date of such Fundamental Change through and including the Business Day immediately
preceding the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date, or (ii) in the case of a Fundamental Change
described in clause (1) or (3) of the definition of Fundamental Change, such Notes are surrendered
for conversion from and after the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change through and including
the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The Company
shall notify Holders and issue a press release (x) at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the
anticipated Effective Date of any Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of
Fundamental Change and (y) no later than five Business Days after the Effective Date of any other
Fundamental Change.
(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Fundamental Change, the
Company shall deliver to a converting Holder shares of Common Stock, including Additional Shares,
in accordance with Section 5.04(e) below. If the consideration for the Common Stock in any
Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change is comprised
entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Fundamental
Change, the conversion obligation shall be calculated based solely on the
Stock Price
for
the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the applicable Conversion Rate
(including any adjustment to the Conversion Rate described in this Section 5.04) multiplied by such
Stock Price. In such event, the conversion obligation shall be determined and paid to Holders in
cash on the third Business Day following the conversion date.
(c) The number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be
determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the date on which the
Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the
Effective Date
) and the Stock Price
paid or deemed paid per share of Common Stock in the Fundamental Change. If a Holder elects to
convert its Notes prior to the Effective Date of any Fundamental Change, and the Fundamental Change
does not occur, such Holder shall not be entitled to an increased Conversion Rate in connection
with such conversion.
(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A hereto and in
clauses (ii) and (iii) of the immediately succeeding paragraph
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shall be adjusted as of any date on
which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.02. The adjusted Stock
Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment and
the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares
set forth in such table shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in
Section 5.02.
The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table in Schedule A, in
which case:
(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts in the table or the
Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares
by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line
interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower
Stock Price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $150.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no
Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and
(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $32.15 per share (subject to adjustment), no
Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion exceed 31.1041 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to
adjustments in the same manner as the Conversion Rate under Section 5.02.
(e) Upon effectiveness of any Fundamental Change described under clause (2) of the definition
of Fundamental Change, the Notes will be convertible only into Reference Property, if applicable.
If the Company is required to increase the Conversion Rate for Notes converted in connection with
such Fundamental Change by Additional Shares as a result of the Fundamental Change, Notes so
surrendered for conversion shall be settled as follows: (i) if the date on which the Notes are
surrendered for conversion is prior to the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective
Date
of the Fundamental Change, the Company shall (A) deliver the amount of shares of Common Stock,
based on the Conversion Rate then in effect without regard to the number of Additional Shares to be
added to the Conversion Rate as described above in this Section 5.04, on the third Trading Day
immediately following the applicable Conversion Date; and (B) as soon as practicable following the
Effective Date of the Fundamental Change, deliver an amount of Reference Property equal to the
amount of Reference Property that would have been issuable in respect of the Additional Shares
pursuant to such Fundamental Change; and (ii) if the date on which the Notes are surrendered for
conversion is on or after the third Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the
Fundamental Change, the Company shall deliver an amount of Reference Property equal to the amount
of Reference Property that would have been
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issuable upon conversion of the Notes immediately after
giving effect to the Fundamental Change based on the Conversion Rate as increased by the Additional
Shares on the Settlement Date.
SECTION 5.05.
Stockholder Rights Plan.
To the extent that the Company has a rights
plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes into Common Stock, Holders that convert their Notes
shall receive, in addition to the Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless prior to
any conversion, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such
case, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed
to all holders of Common Stock shares of the Companys capital stock evidences of indebtedness or
assets as described in Section 5.02(b) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the
expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. In lieu of any such adjustment, the Company
may amend such applicable stockholder rights agreement to provide that upon conversion of the Notes
the Holders shall receive, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the
rights which would have attached to such Common Stock if the rights had not become separated from
the Common Stock under such applicable stockholder rights agreement.
SECTION 5.06.
Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer.
The Trustee has no duty to determine
when an adjustment under this Article V should be made, how it should be made or what it should be
or to otherwise calculate the Conversion Price, and shall be protected in relying upon an Officers
Certificate with request to same. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a supplemental
indenture under Section 5.03 need be entered into or whether any provisions of any supplemental
indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to
the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Notes. The Trustee
shall not be responsible for the Companys failure to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer
or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share certificates or other securities or property upon
the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or otherwise comply with this
Article V. Each Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company) shall
have the same protection under this Section 5.06 as the Trustee.
ARTICLE VI
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 6.01.
Additional Events of Default.
In addition to the Events of Default set
forth in Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, each of the following shall also constitute Events of
Default:
(i) a failure by the Company to convert the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
this Supplemental Indenture upon exercise of a Holders conversion right which default
shall continue for a period of three Business Days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or
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by such Holder, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a
Notice of Default
under this Supplemental Indenture;
(ii) a failure by the Company to deliver a Company Notice when due;
(iii) a failure by the Company to repurchase Notes of such series tendered for
repurchase following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 4.01
of this Supplemental Indenture; and
(iv) a failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any indebtedness for
borrowed money, within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration
by the holders thereof, if the total amount of such indebtedness unpaid or accelerated
exceeds $50,000,000.
SECTION 6.02.
Exception to Remedies.
Notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental
Indenture or the Base Indenture to the contrary, to the extent elected by the Company, the sole
remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure by the Company to comply with the reporting
obligations set forth in Section 7.04 of the Base Indenture and for any failure to comply with the
requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall, for the first 120 days after
the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right of Holders to receive
additional interest on the Notes at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the principal amount of the
Notes (the
Additional Interest
). If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest
shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the
Notes. The Additional Interest shall accrue on all Outstanding Notes from and including the date
on which the Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations in
the Base Indenture or the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act first occurs to but not including the 120th day thereafter (or such earlier date on
which such Event of Default is cured or waived by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes). On such 120th day (or earlier, if the Event of Default relating to the
reporting obligations under the Base Indenture or the failure to comply with the requirements of
Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act is cured or waived by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes prior to such 120th day), such Additional Interest shall
cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to reporting obligations or the failure
to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act has not been cured or waived prior to
such 120th day, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in the Base Indenture. The
provisions of this Section 6.02 shall not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the
occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company does not elect to pay the
Additional Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.02, the Notes shall
be subject to acceleration as provided in the Base Indenture. In order to elect to pay the
Additional Interest on the Notes as the sole remedy during the first 120 days after the occurrence
of an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations in
Section 7.04 of the Base Indenture or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act in accordance with this Section 6.02, the Company must notify all Holders of Notes,
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Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election on or before the close of business on the date on
which such Event of Default first occurs, stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that
is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable.
ARTICLE VII
Modification and Amendment
SECTION 7.01.
Modification and Amendment.
(a) In addition to the provisions set
forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may,
without the consent of the Holders, enter into one or more supplemental indentures to conform the
provisions of the Indenture or the Notes to the Description of the Notes provided in the final
prospectus supplement of the Company for the Notes dated May 27, 2009 and filed with the
Commission.
(b) In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 of the Base
Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of an Outstanding Note affected thereby, the Company
and the Trustee may not:
(i) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Note; or
(ii) reduce the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in
any manner adverse to the holders of Notes the Companys obligation to make such payment,
whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or
otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 8.01.
Ratification of Base Indenture.
The Base Indenture, as heretofore
supplemented, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all
respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the
Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, in the manner and to the extent herein and therein
provided.
SECTION 8.02.
Application of Supplemental Indenture.
The provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture shall take effect immediately upon its execution in accordance with
Section 9.04 of the Base Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that the provisions set
forth in this Supplemental Indenture shall apply only in respect of the Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture and not to any past or future series of Securities established under the
Base Indenture or any other supplemental indenture.
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SECTION 8.03.
Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act, the
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 8.04.
Conflict with Base Indenture.
To the extent not expressly amended or
modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any
provision of the Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, the provision of this Supplemental
Indenture shall control.
SECTION 8.05.
Withholding Offset.
(a) The Company (through the Withholding Agent or
otherwise) shall be entitled to reduce or otherwise set-off against any payments made or deemed
made by the Company to Holders in respect of the Notes or the Common Stock for any amounts the
Company believes it is required to withhold by law. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company
pays any withholding taxes on behalf of a Holder as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate of the Notes, the Company may, at its option, set-off such payments against payments to such
Holder of cash and Common Stock in respect of the Notes. Any amounts withheld pursuant to this
Section 8.06 shall be paid over by the Company (through the Withholding Agent or otherwise) to the
appropriate taxing authority.
(b) Prior to or upon the occurrence of any event that results in an actual or deemed payment
by the Company to Holders in respect of the Notes or the Common Stock, the Company (through the
Trustee, Paying Agent, Withholding Agent or otherwise) may request a Holder to furnish any
appropriate documentation that may be required in order to determine the Companys withholding
obligations under applicable law (including, without limitation, a United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-9, Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, as appropriate).
SECTION 8.06.
Calculations in Respect of Notes.
Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Company shall make all calculations called for in respect of the Notes. These calculations
include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, accrued interest
payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate. The Company shall make all calculations in good
faith and, absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on the Holders. The
Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent, and each of
the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of such
calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Companys
calculations to any Holder upon such Holders request.
SECTION 8.07.
Governing Law.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 8.08.
Successors.
All agreements of the Company in the Base Indenture, as
heretofore supplemented, this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors.
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SECTION 8.09.
Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 8.10.
Appointment of Conversion Agent.
The Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as Conversion Agent, and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointment.
SECTION 8.11.
Trustee Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes other than the Trustees
Certificate of Authentication. The recitals and statements herein and in the Notes are deemed to
be those of the Company and not the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use by
the Company of the proceeds of the Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture have caused it to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, General Counsel and
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
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Schedule A
The following table sets forth the hypothetical stock price and the number of Additional
Shares to be received per $1,000 principal amount of Notes:
Stock Price on Fundamental Change Date
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$32.15
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$50.00
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$60.00
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6.3989
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1.0672
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0.8162
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0.6336
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0.4974
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0.3936
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0.3131
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0.2498
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June 1, 2010
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7.1778
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6.3021
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3.8812
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2.5482
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1.7544
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1.2527
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0.9200
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0.6905
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0.5271
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0.4073
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0.3176
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0.2491
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0.1958
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June 1, 2011
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7.1778
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5.9720
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3.4948
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2.1858
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1.4404
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0.9897
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0.7031
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0.5131
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0.3822
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0.2891
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0.2210
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0.1701
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0.1312
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June 1, 2012
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7.1778
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5.3280
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2.8389
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1.6189
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0.9810
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0.6278
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0.4214
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0.2945
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0.2125
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0.1570
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0.1179
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0.0893
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0.0676
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June 1, 2013
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7.1778
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4.1101
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1.7098
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0.7437
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0.3503
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0.1849
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0.1111
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0.0749
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0.0547
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0.0418
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0.0326
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0.0253
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0.0193
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June 1, 2014
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7.1778
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1.0737
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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0.0000
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A-1
Exhibit A
FORM OF NOTE
[FACE OF SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE
DEPOSITARY
), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT
TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
4.25% CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2014
No.
CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [the order of
[
]] [if Global Securities, CEDE & CO.], or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
$[
] ([
] Dollars) on June 1, 2014, and to pay interest thereon from
and including June 2, 2009 or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 in each year,
commencing December 1, 2009, at the rate of 4.25% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be on May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case
may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and
may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will
be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company
as may be designated by it for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts;
provided
,
however
, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register;
provided further
,
however
, that any such payment in respect of a Global Security shall be made by wire
transfer of same-day funds to the applicable Depositary.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by
its duly authorized officers.
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ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within
mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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Form of Reverse of Security
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1.
Indenture
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the
Securities
), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated
as of June 1, 2009 (the
Base Indenture
), as heretofore supplemented, include as
supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 2, 2009 (the
Second
Supplemental Indenture
, and together with the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the
Indenture
), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture. If any provision of this Security is inconsistent with any provision of the Indenture,
the provision in the Indenture shall control. This Security is one of the series designated on the
face hereof.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2.
No Optional Redemption; No Sinking Fund; No Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
The Securities are not subject to redemption at the election of the Company. The Securities
are not subject to a sinking fund or mandatory redemption. The Securities are not subject to
Article XIII of the Base Indenture.
3.
Purchase of Securities at the Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change
If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, subject to the provisions set forth in the
Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require
the Company to purchase all of such Security, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that
is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, at the Fundamental Change Purchase Price
specified in the Indenture. Article IV of the Second Supplemental Indenture sets forth the
procedures, obligation, conditions and other terms of such repurchase option upon the occurrence of
a Fundamental Change.
4.
Conversion
Subject to the procedures for conversion set forth in Article V of the Second Supplemental
Indenture and at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day
preceding the Stated Maturity Date of the Securities, a Holder may convert its Securities at their
full principal amount, or any portion of their principal amount that is equal to
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$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate
then in effect at the time of conversion.
5.
Amendment; Waiver
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the
Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
6.
Remedies
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities at the time
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement
of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein.
7.
Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities 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 Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
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limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
8.
Limited Satisfaction and Discharge
The Securities are not subject to Section 4.01(1)(B) of the Base Indenture.
9.
Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM
(= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
10.
Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number of assignee)
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[
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] DOLLARS).
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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Signature of authorized officer of Trustee
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or increase
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FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE
To: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
The undersigned registered Holder of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the
Company
) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental
Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this
Security, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
designated below, in accordance with the terms of the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Base
Indenture referred to in this Security and directs that the check or wire or other electronic funds
transfer of the Company in payment for this Security or the portion thereof and any portion of this
Security representing any unrepurchased principal amount hereof be issued and delivered to the
registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any portion of this
Security not repurchased is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the
undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):
$
Certificate number (if Securities in certificated form):
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)
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Fill in if a check is to be issued, or Securities are to be issued, other
than to and in the name of registered holder:
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FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE
To: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
The undersigned registered Holder of this Security hereby exercises the option to convert this
Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
designated below, for shares of the Common Stock of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, in
accordance with the terms of the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture referred to
in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, cash
in lieu of fractional shares and any portion of this Security representing any unconverted
principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different
name has been indicated below. If shares or any portion of this Security not converted are to be
issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer
taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account
of interest accompanies this Security. The undersigned acknowledges that the conversion of the
specified Securities is subject to the requirements established by the Company in the Second
Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, as applicable, as well as the procedures of any
Depositary, each as in effect from time to time.
This notice shall be deemed to be an irrevocable exercise of the option to convert this Security.
Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):
$[
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)
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